How to search for photographers from a particular town?
Go to "create filter" and choose "photography" within the category section. Next, choose all the artist types as well as to filter the artists by location. Enter the name of the city for which you want to find the artist. Create the filter and go to the search screen. The screen will now display photographs taken by artists from your chosen city.
How to create a filter for young fashion designers?
Go to "create filter" and choose "fashion design" within the category section. Next, choose individual artist to be shown. Enter the considered age brackets for which you wish to search in the fields below. Create the filter and go to the search screen. The screen will now display fashion design created by young individual fashion designers.
How to look up the most liked posts within your country?
Go to "create filter" and choose to filter the artist. Select all artists and filter them by location. Enter the name of your state. Finally choose to filter the post by likes, and within that filter choose "sort by likes". Create the filter and go to search screen. The screen will now display artwork made by artist from your state and the ones with the most likes will be shown first.
How to search for a certain style of art or a certain motif?
Go to "create filter" and choose to define hashtags. Enter here your desired style or motif as hashtag (examples: #impressionism #watercolour #freedom)
How to buy artworks via Umye?
If an artwork is on sale (for a fixed price) it will be marked by an "S" and the price will be shown below the post's icon line. Next to the price you have "see details" which is supposed to contain details about taxes, shipping etc. However, as this field is filled by the artist manually, don't expect any strict format. If you are interested in buying the piece of art the post displays click on the "S" and you will be forwarded to the artist's contact information. Establish contact and discuss further details directly with the artist. Some artist may have a link to their sales team or a gallery that does the sales for them in their contact information. In that case you follow those links. Please note that Umye doesn't participate in the money transfer from buyer to seller, nor do we organise shipping. Transactions and deliveries have to be organised by the users themselves, and you have the full legal and material responsibility for them.
How to sell artworks via Umye?
When publishing your artwork, choose "offer for sale" from the "choose post type" section. In the next step you will be asked to state your sales price and to enter sale details. The sale details should include information about taxes and delivery. Make sure that your contact information is correct. Once your work has found a buyer, the buyer will contact you. Please note that Umye doesn't participate in the money transfer from buyer to seller, nor do we organise shipping. Transactions and deliveries have to be organised by the users themselves, and you have the full legal and material responsibility for them.
How do auctions work?
When publishing a post, the artist can choose "put on auction" from the "choose post type" section. In the next step he will be asked to define your opening price, your closing deadline and sale details. The published post will be marked with an "A". By clicking on "Sale deatils", potential buyers can place their bids. If they place a bid, they will receive messages about further bids / price changes. Once the deadline for offers passed, the artist will be informed about who has placed the highest bid. Umye will either send him a link to the bidders profile (via the Umye messenger) or the bidders email (if he has deactivated the messenger). The artist is then supposed to get in touch with the bidder. Please note that Umye doesn't participate in the money transfer from buyer to seller, nor do we organise shipping. Transactions and deliveries have to be organised by the users themselves, and you have the full legal and material responsibility for them.
What are competitions for?
Competitions are either public or private. Public competitions can be seen by all users of the app. Private competitions can be seen only by the user who initiated the competition and the artists which work in the category addressed by the competition. Their use can therefore range from private motifs, over corporate interests (like a company looking for a new image) to a NGO that wants to raise awareness about a certain topic.
How to follow a competition?
Click the pin on the competitions main page. After that, all new applications will be displayed on your home screen.
Is there a system to choose the winner?
No. The user that started the competition will pick and contact the winner himself.
What is the Artwork of the Week?
The title Artwork of the Week is being awarded to the post which gained the most likes during that week. The Artwork of the Week is announced every Sunday.