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DISCUSSION: Allowing artists to share their work here (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net to c/art@hexbear.net

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There has been some discussion here about a community where artists can share their work. This community seems like an obvious place for that, but it is currently mostly people sharing art that they appreciate.

I was thinking of possibly doing weekly threads where people could share their art without having it show up in the main feed, but I would also like to open up a discussion on it.

Since I had totally forgotten that I was a moderator of this community since it's never generated any reports, I also went ahead and set the banner and thumbnail to something random. (Last art image on my phone and the first post ever in this comm). I will pick replacements from this thread that get the most upbears.

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[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was thinking of possibly doing weekly threads where people could share their art without having it show up in the main feed, but I would also like to open up a discussion on it.

I like this, it seems like an elegant solution.

I'd suggest it might be easier to not replace them weekly but just let the "WIP and misc OC thread" (or whatever you call it) age until it approaches a reply limit.

Like the news mega, but not a 3000 reply limit necessarily, since that would probably take years to reach.

That way you wouldn't have to make new threads on a weekly basis regardless of activity. Less regular work that way, among other possible intangible benefits.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm down for this, I'm also in agreement with the other folks here that the pinned thread should be more for feedback and casual sharing for people who aren't ready to show something on the main feed. Or just a general place to ask for feedback etc.

Would keep it clean and when someone's ready to share a final work, they can put it in its own post

Also would you want to be given control over these threads? I'd say a monthly rotation is probably good. Could even be fun to hit the post body with an artist or an idea like how the other megas work.

If you want that but don't want to manage it, I can find time to set one up every month too.

[–] FishLake@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 day ago

when someone's ready to share a final work, they can put it in its own post

That’s a great idea.