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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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[–] FishLake@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah don’t get me wrong, I like the idea of more engagement in this comm. Anything to get me off my ass and post some my own stuff. I personally like seeing community members’ work mixed with professional pieces. I like that vibe.

I think the problem is formalizing community member submissions into a weekly or mega thread would actually take away from the community. However, dedicating threads to WIP seems like a good idea. The parenting comm has a weekly thread about just sharing what’s going on with community members’ families. It’s nice reading updates each week and seeing familiar/new users.

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Right. Emphasis should be on making a low pressure place to post stuff without splitting off a separate community. Perhaps with a suggested indicator for posts where an artist wants crit and feedback, I've seen that work well elsewhere.