art

A mega solely for sharing incomplete original work and art-based discussion would be nice. This comm could be a space for people to have regular discussion, get feedback and encourage people to pick up a pencil/stylus and keep improving.

I suggest the structure of a biweekly pinned thread, give it the theme of a particular piece of art or a particular artist, with a bias towards artists and works from socialist countries, but including modern artists such as manga/comic artists to avoid impressions of elitism or gatekeeping. In the body of the post there should be a conversation starter, such as "What do you think about the depiction of nudity?", "How strong are your perspective skills?", "What particular artist inspired you recently?", etc. After that a random prompt for people to try sketching/doodling/painting.

Lastly a reminder for people to not post images that they shared with their real name.

The most important aspect would be to keep the thread as casual and welcoming as possible, while it would be mainly targeted towards artists who want to share their work it should welcome non-artists that want to share their thoughts about art and feedback towards those who share their sketches. One thing I noticed is that people treat this site as a super secret communist hideout and that mentality must be overcome for such a thread to work.

The one obstacle to solve would be the range of subjects allowed to be depicted. Nsfw art depicting nudity should be allowed but the question is to what point, furry art is tricky as well, this hypothetical thread could include it as well with content warnings but there is already a comm for that. Lastly there should be some sort of mechanism to encourage people to actually post their completed works standalone, I recommend a biweekly change of the comm's icon and banner art where only original works posted standalone are considered.