tumblr or instagram???
3 years ago
General
OOPSIE fell behind on my updates again. I've just been busy with things like building a screen porch, fighting a swarm of yellow jackets that live in my wall, and getting all two of my dang neighbors to stay the fuck off my property- JUST ADULT STUFF I GUESS.
I'm wondering what other places people are posting art these days besides Twitter? I hear dA is just full of children. I don't want to use Twitter or facebook. I'm sort of wondering about Tumblr and/or Instagram?
I'm still here btw!!! I'm just kind of itching for a platform less NSFW/less furry-centric.
I'm wondering what other places people are posting art these days besides Twitter? I hear dA is just full of children. I don't want to use Twitter or facebook. I'm sort of wondering about Tumblr and/or Instagram?
I'm still here btw!!! I'm just kind of itching for a platform less NSFW/less furry-centric.
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Except Instagram, that's not supported because it's owned by Zuckerberg and is a walled garden.
Ugh I wish ZUCC would stop ZUCCING things.
(Btw love your art, I hope to see you post wherever you decide to upload to~)
I think Tumblr is kind of dead now
insta is also good but they intend on making it video centric soon because th owners suck.
Look into inkblot! its new and up and coming.
It may take a little while to build up an audience but it's way easier than Twitter or Instagram IMO because people actually look at tags sometimes and not just things that are trending. It's nice being able to post a high-effort drawing and know that people may still look at it a week, three months, a year or more from now, rather than getting 99% of its attention in the first 3 hours of posting and then disappearing into the algorithmic black hole, never to be seen again. Oh and I love love love being able to use tags to organize my artwork... nice to be able to see all my posts with a given character, or all my fan art, or all my fully-rendered scenes, or all my comics together at once.
Overall, Tumblr is probably the best balance of usability and active audience out there, IMO. I'm surprised more artists don't use it.
ALSO congrats on the house stuff! Sounds tiring but fulfilling... a screen porch is such an awesome thing to have. :D
I agree!! I used to have a Tumblr and I really liked how easy it was to organize and browse. It made it a lot easier to navigate character development and world building.
Thank you! I've always wanted one! :')
But personally I'd vote Tumblr.
I can't vouch for Instagram. I tried using it and just didn't like the layout of it and posting images can be a pain sometimes due to quality from my experiences.
Postybirb is also useful for posting everywhere at once that supports it.
Another couple pros in tumblrs favor is the customizability of your blog, and if you're one to tag your stuff it's easy to organize too. Insta has none of that
Omfg yes I forgot about the customization aspect. AAAAA. I think I will probably make a tumblr LOL
I have stopped using tumblr years ago because of the system of prohibiting adult content and they it has deleted my sfw images by mistake
but there is still this website buzzly.art and newground are also social network for community artists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vesOlrVo3xc
Tumblr I hadn't really used since the purge, so I can't speak for it.