Hey guys, I'm currently writing up a PDF tutorial for a shoes asset I made a while ago. What is best practice when releasing such a thing. Would I house it on Gumroad as a free downloadable PDF? Then link it to things like ArtStation and Facebook? or keep it on ArtStation and distribute like that? I also have a time lapse…
If it's a free PDF, then make sure that it can be seen by just clicking a direct link. Putting it behind any kind of login (even free) will cost you viewers.
I think gumroad is a good option. You won't have to worry about hosting the files yourself, and people will be able to give you a few bucks if they want to. You could also upload the content of the pds as images on artstation, and link the timelapse video from youtube.
Cheers @Jean-Pascal, this is exactly what I ended up doing. I host it on gumroad and share via artstation/polycount. If you're interested I just posted one up here http://polycount.com/discussion/189605/sharing-techniques-reference-research-tips-and-tricks/p1?new=1