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A community for sharing and discussing art in general.

If you are unsure if a piece of media is on theme for this community, you can make a post asking if it fits. Discussion posts are encouraged, and particularly interesting topics will get pinned periodically.

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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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[–] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe a separate comm named like "oc" for creativity and all kinds of original works? I think it's important to counter the current information economy of market-based "content", "consumers", and "slop" with good old creativity too.

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 2 points 18 hours ago

Still think it's best to keep it all in one place. Most comms are pretty minimally utilized. Plus I think art is art.

Just hit it with a [OC] tag if you want to make it clear it's yours and are seeking feedback. If I do end up setting the [WIP] mega, that would be a place to share progress without blowing up the main feed with posts. Also just kinda like the dynamic of the megas in general for faster paced communication.