Getting started with ArtHelper — your first 30 minutes

Welcome. If you’ve just signed up, this is the article to follow. In about thirty minutes you’ll upload a piece of your work, let ArtHelper draft a title and description for it, see it hanging on a wall in a room mockup, make your first post in the community, and connect with one artist whose work you admire. By the end you’ll know how the main pieces fit together — and tomorrow you’ll know exactly where to go next.

You don’t need to do all of this today. Each step works on its own. But the sequence below is the fastest way to get a feel for what ArtHelper actually does.

Note for returning users: If you’ve used ArtHelper before — even if you didn’t finish the welcome wizard earlier — the platform will greet you with a personalized ‘Welcome back’ message when you sign in instead of the standard introduction. This is normal; your previous account activity is remembered, and you can pick up where you left off or start fresh with any of the steps below.

Step 1 — Upload your first piece of artwork

Everything in ArtHelper starts with one uploaded piece of art. Until you upload something, the AI has nothing to write about and the room mockups have nothing to hang. So this is where to begin.

Sign in at arthelper.com and open My Artwork from the left sidebar.
Click Add Artwork. The Add Artwork page opens.
On a computer, drag a photo of your work straight onto the page. On a phone or tablet, tap Upload an Image and pick a photo from your device.
Wait a few seconds for the thumbnail to appear. You can upload more than one piece at the same time — drag a whole batch on at once if you’d like.
Click the thumbnail of the piece you just uploaded. That opens the artwork page, which is where the rest of this walk-through happens.

Note: If you’re going through the onboarding flow and you’ve already uploaded artwork earlier in your session (or from another device before reaching the upload step), the onboarding step will show “You have X pieces” and count your existing artwork automatically. You can proceed to the next step right away, or add more pieces if you’d like.

Tip: JPG or PNG files work best. Photograph your work in even daylight, fill the frame, and keep the camera straight on. A good photo makes every AI draft and every mockup look better.

Step 2 — Generate a title and description with AI

Once a piece is uploaded, ArtHelper can draft a title, a description, and tags for it — written from the image itself. You can keep the draft, edit it, or ask for another one.

With the artwork open, click Edit details near the top of the panel.
Look for the small wand icon next to the Title field. Click it. ArtHelper writes a title for you.
If the title is close but not quite right, click Suggest changes, type a quick note (for example “shorter” or “mention the watercolor technique”), and ArtHelper rewrites it.
When you’re happy with the title, click Use. The text drops into the field.
Do the same thing for the Description field — click the wand, read the draft, edit or suggest changes, then click Use.
Click Save. Every Spark you run for this piece will now remember the title and description you’ve saved.

The same wand icon shows up throughout ArtHelper — on your profile bio, on your artist statement, on the social-post caption box. The flow is always the same: click the wand, read the draft, suggest changes, click Use. See the AI content generation article for more on where the wand lives and how it decides what to write.

Step 3 — Render a room mockup

Room mockups show your work hanging in a real-looking interior — a living room, a bedroom, a hallway. They’re useful for your own website, for sharing on social, and for sending to a collector who’s trying to picture your piece in their home.

With your artwork still open, click Mockups in the artwork panel.
Scroll through the gallery, or search by colour or scene — try blue, bedroom, or sofa.
Click any thumbnail to see your piece rendered into that room.
To keep it, click Save on the mockup. To download a high-resolution copy, click the download icon — the file lands in your browser’s downloads folder.

Mockups are unlimited on every plan. Generate as many as you’d like — the Room mockups article goes into more depth on filtering, on T-shirt and pillow mockups, and on what to do with them afterwards.

Step 4 — Make your first community post

The community is where artists on ArtHelper meet each other. You can post a piece of work, ask a question, share a story, or join a contest. Your first post doesn’t have to be polished — most people just share a piece they’re proud of and a sentence about it.

Click Community in the left sidebar to open the community feed.
Click Create Post. The Create Post dialog opens.
Pick a community from the Community dropdown — if you’re not sure, choose a general community like Show Your Work or whatever the feed suggests.
Choose the Image tab at the top of the dialog.
Type a Title for your post — something simple is fine, like “My latest watercolor” or “Just finished this one”.
Click + Add images, pick the piece you uploaded in Step 1, and confirm.
Add a short caption in the Caption box if you’d like — one or two sentences about the piece is plenty.
Click Post. Your post is now live in that community.

Note: You can post up to ten images in a single post. If you have a series — a set of studies, or a body of work — adding several at once tells a much fuller story than a single image on its own.

Step 5 — Connect with one artist you admire

You don’t need to follow dozens of people on day one. Picking one artist whose work you genuinely admire is enough to start. Following them means their new posts show up in your feed; connecting goes a little further and opens the door to direct messages.

On the community feed, scroll until you see a post by an artist whose work you like.
Click their name or profile picture. Their public profile opens.
Click Follow. Their new posts will start appearing in your feed.
If you’d like to introduce yourself, click Connect. A small dialog opens — type a short personal note (one sentence is fine), then click Send.
If they accept, the button changes to “Connected” and you can send each other direct messages from Messages in the sidebar.

For the difference between Follow and Connect — and what each one actually does — read the Following vs connecting article. The community connections article covers messages in detail.

Quests — guided early actions with Rep rewards

ArtHelper offers a series of optional quests designed to help new artists learn the platform while earning Rep points. Quests are structured onboarding tasks that guide you through the most useful early actions — uploading your first piece, trying out a Spark, making your first post, or connecting with another artist.

What quests are: Each quest is a small, clearly described task with step-by-step guidance. You’ll know exactly what to do, and when you finish, you earn Rep points that appear on the community Leaderboard. Rep reflects your participation and contributions — the more quests you complete, the more Rep you build.

Where to find them: During your first session, look for the quest indicator or badge in the ArtHelper interface. The quest system appears automatically for new accounts and highlights available tasks as you navigate the platform.

How they work: When you open a quest, you’ll see a list of clear steps. Many quests let you complete the required action right there with a one-tap picker or in-place step — no need to hunt through menus or switch pages. As soon as you finish, the Rep points are credited to your account and you can move on to the next quest or explore the platform on your own.

First-touch bounty: Some quests include a first-touch bounty — extra Rep awarded the very first time you complete that type of quest. Think of it as a bonus for trying something new. After your first completion, you can repeat the quest if you’d like, but the bounty only applies once.

Are quests required? No. Quests are entirely optional. You can ignore them and use ArtHelper however you like. But if you’re new and not sure where to start, quests offer a clear path through the most important early features — and you earn Rep along the way.

The Rep and Leaderboard article explains what Rep is used for and how the Leaderboard works.

Sending feedback

If you run into an issue, have an idea for a new feature, or just want to share your experience with ArtHelper, click Feedback in the left sidebar. It opens a short form where you can report bugs, request features, or tell us what’s working (or not). The ArtHelper team reads every submission — your feedback helps us decide what to build next and what to fix first.

What to do tomorrow

Tip: Come back tomorrow and do three things: upload one more piece, run a different Spark on it (try Social post or Artist statement), and leave a comment on someone else’s community post. Three small actions a day for a week and ArtHelper starts to feel like home.

A few directions to explore next:

Visit your Town Square profile and fill in your bio, artist statement, and social links. You can click Edit Profile or click directly on any section to edit it inline. The richer your profile, the better the AI writes about your work, and the more reasons other artists have to follow you.
Browse the full Sparks catalog. There are hundreds of pre-built AI prompts — for product titles, Etsy listings, Reddit and Facebook group finders, marketing plans, interior-designer outreach templates, and more.
Connect Instagram from Integrations so you can post a piece — caption, hashtags, and all — straight from ArtHelper.
Find one or two communities to join from the Communities list. Joining is one click; participating is the part that matters.

Common questions

Do I have to do all of this today?

No. The fastest path through Steps 1 to 5 takes about half an hour, but you can stop after any step and come back later. Your uploaded art, your AI drafts, your saved mockups, and your community post all wait for you.

What if my first AI draft doesn’t sound like me?

That’s normal on day one — ArtHelper doesn’t know you yet. Fill in your profile bio and artist statement on your Town Square profile page, set your tone in Settings → Assistant, and try again. By the third or fourth draft the voice usually feels much closer.

I can’t see Sparks on my artwork. Where are they?

Sparks only appear after a piece has finished uploading. Open My Artwork, click the thumbnail of the piece, and you should see a Sparks panel on the artwork page. If you don’t, refresh the page once.

Can I delete a community post if I change my mind?

Yes. Open the post, click the three-dot menu on your own post, and choose Delete. The post and any comments on it are removed.

Will the artist I followed see that I followed them?

Yes — they’ll get a notification that you started following them, and your name will appear in their Followers list. A connection request also sends a notification, and includes the short note you added in the Connect dialog.