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5 years ago
I don't do the Deviant Art website. I feel like I get lost there too easily and while I don't consider myself "furry," I do relate to this community more than I do more general art communities. (I'm told that makes me a furry.) I also like the fact that I don't have to keep answering the question, "Why wolf people? why not just use humans?" I'll answer that on a future journal post from the literary standpoint, not because I feel like I have to answer it here. In short though, you have to have counter-culture to have the punk in steampunk.
Back to the topic. DA recently rolled out a new interface and unlike how FA did theirs here, where it made quite a few obvious improvements, especially for mobile devices, this new interface um... sucks? Is that still a word or am I dating myself using it? My publishers page there just posted saying that they're staying, but wished they didn't have to.
FA seems to be the big furry art site. I'm experimenting with So Furry and Weasyl ("That's WeaSEL!"), but they seem to be smaller than FA. I like the format for writers on So Furry much better, but if there's no one there, it doesn't matter.
So while DA is going through their Eclipse Exodus, let me know if there's sites you'd like to see me on. I'm up for it. Eventually, they'll all be posting my stories in unison. There's an app somewhere that works for multiple sites. I plan on using that once I get everyone on the same part of the story.
Back to the topic. DA recently rolled out a new interface and unlike how FA did theirs here, where it made quite a few obvious improvements, especially for mobile devices, this new interface um... sucks? Is that still a word or am I dating myself using it? My publishers page there just posted saying that they're staying, but wished they didn't have to.
FA seems to be the big furry art site. I'm experimenting with So Furry and Weasyl ("That's WeaSEL!"), but they seem to be smaller than FA. I like the format for writers on So Furry much better, but if there's no one there, it doesn't matter.
So while DA is going through their Eclipse Exodus, let me know if there's sites you'd like to see me on. I'm up for it. Eventually, they'll all be posting my stories in unison. There's an app somewhere that works for multiple sites. I plan on using that once I get everyone on the same part of the story.
Oh goodness, this so much! I do have an account there and update there once a week, but feel that I get lost in the place. And for me, the general 'focus' (can I call it that? I mean the lack of focus, anything goes there within reason and the law) makes it too wide of a scope for me. Personally I'm not a furry either but I do find it easier here - probably because niches have always been my thing.
"this new interface [Eclipse] um... sucks? Is that still a word or am I dating myself using it?"
Oh, use it with pleasure and pride - it's succinct and makes the point. I feel that way too. It's too blocky and chunky, and a lot of things are hard to find.
"I like the format for writers on So Furry much better, but if there's no one there, it doesn't matter. "
My feelings exactly. I have a SoFurry account but rarely get any feedback there. I've had commissions from there in the past but that was years ago, and I wonder if people have generally migrated away? Last time I checked their forum the posting there was much more sparse than it once was.
Weasyl is very polished and I like the format. Since it's open source, I'm wondering if a furry site for just stories would have any interest.
The company DA site - what's that, if I may ask?