Itaku is fantastic actually, and here's why
2 years ago
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[π¨ EMERGENCY] -> [π₯ URGENT] -> [π’ IMPORTANT 4 CLIENTS] -> [ π COMMISSION FORMS OPEN ] -> [πUpdate] -> [No Keywords]I'm on Itaku now!
I'll be brief as I can be, but I'm here to spread my love of this site, and to make it more well-known. It is EVERYTHING I've ever wanted in an Art Gallery social media site.
-No invites needed! Accounts are free. You CAN support them financially for some boons to your features, but being a patron doesn't unlock anything crucial.
-It's starting to gain traction! If more people join, it'll gain much-needed momentum to make it more well-known.
-Status updates like twitter, without the ridiculous character limit.
-Commission information page
-Customizable feed
-Profile tagging so you can tag your whole page with the sort of things you do/make/post about.
-Tagging system is clear, shows you how much a tag has been used, and allows you to blacklist, add new tags to the site, and suggest tags on other people's posts
-Bookmarking posts/images is like 'faving' something on deviantart. This also has folders so you can categorize your faves/bookmarks!
-'Resharing' is like retweeting/reblogging. It shows someone else's post/art to anyone who follows your account, increasing its visibility.
-Rating system is welcoming. It's SFW, Questionable, and NSFW. I LOVE when things have a 'questionable' middleground because it allows for suggestive, artistic nude [without genitals], kink content that isn't explicit, etc. It divides the line between 'suggestive' and 'mature/adult' VERY well.
-Multi-image uploads! There's a file size limit, and a 'collective post size' limit, but there doesn't appear to be a limit to the NUMBER of pictures you can add to a post if they stay under the file size collective cap. You can also tag each image in the set individually.
-Blacklisting works on multiple levels. You can blacklist both TAGS and PEOPLE, as opposed to blocking them outright. It's like 'muting' on twitter. It also shows you the terms that an image was blocked for.
-Bookmarking is for when you don't necessarily want to follow someone, or you do, and you want to categorize them. Bookmarks have folders!
-Gallery folders! You can categorize your art into folders [and you can put images in as many relevant folders as you want!] There's also Folder Groups so you can further categorize.
-Video and Gif support
-You can have a separate AD profile/bio/avatar/header and people can tag your AD 'skin' on and off. I'm not sure what this does on a technical level yet, but it's nice it's there!
There's more I could talk about, but I think that's enough for now.
I have not been this excited for a new gallery/art site since joining tumblr in 2013 around the time DA took a nosedive. I genuinely hope this site picks up, and it can be a new place for artists to make a home for themselves and control what they see and post.
If any of this sounds appealing to you: I know starting over somewhere new sucks. But a site cannot thrive and exist without people being there.
Itaku will be one of my new Main Sites, alongside tumblr, twitter, and my FA. But I can already tell, Itaku will be my favorite to use.
If you make an account or follow me there, bear in mind that I will be posting EVERYTHING I make there. I tag things accordingly, so people can browse safely and comfortably.
Regardless if you do join me there, or you just join in general, happy trails! And may this site be a new bastion, finally, for artists.
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