You can sign it any way you like, Diane. I wouldn’t change anything in the print. Sign the name you use now — own it. Pencil below. Hope this helps!
]]>Hope you saw this post, Daniela: http://artbizsuccess.com/name-your-art-business
]]>This is a very important subject for me!
My name is Daniela Monteiro, I recently started to show my illustrations on internet under the name Daniela Kurebayashi, because I have Japanese roots. I’ve been struggling if I’m going in the right way because it’s a hard name to spell and to be remembered.
Also I’m working on a children’s illustration book and I haven’t tried to publish it yet because of that issue.
Should I try a different name?
Oops – we missed your comment, Sia. I say stick to your birth name (I always prefer women use birth names to married names, but that’s up to you). It’s different!
]]>I’m now married to an Indian man and reside in India also. My new married name is Kapoor. My name is unique, but many Indian people (sometimes even British as my first name is of Celtic origin) cannot say or spell my first name (even if I remove the punctuation â from my name and write it as Sian-Louise or if I drop the ‘-Louise’ and just say Sian as some of my own family call me).
Indians have given me the nickname Sia which is an alternative way of spelling Siya – one of their female goddesses. It is already the first 3 letters of my own name. Should I rebrand myself as Sia Kapoor/Siya Kapoor to try and be quicker and easier for a wider variety of people to say and remember or stick to Siân-Louise Kapoor?
]]>Hi, Denise. Thanks for stopping in. Take a page out of John Mellencamp’s book and start introducing your maiden name. First he was John Cougar. Then John Cougar Mellencamp. Now just John Mellencamp. That should provide a nice transition for you. Good luck!
]]>Thank you so much for your ideas!
<3 Denise (dba Denise Young)
]]>What about Sara Talor?
]]>If you have used your name for many years and have a following I would NOT change your name.
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