Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator @Curator@mastodon.art

Our current header is from the pages of Tales From The Fediverse, an anthology series featuring stories from a few artists from across the Fediverse, created and edited by @david_a_webcomic !

Find it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zu0rpczeqvnhszq/Tales%20From%20The%20Fediverse%20Volume%205.pdf?dl=0

And there's a mirror overview with previous editions at:
https://www.yncke.be/html/talesfromthefediverse.html

•ART will never serve you ads, track you, sell your data, or charge you to use our site. But there are still costs related to running one of the largest artistic communities on Mastodon, and we rely on the generous support of our users to keep the lights on.

If you have the means and inclination, you can support us in two ways:

https://www.patreon.com/mastodonart

https://liberapay.com/Curator/

Otherwise, just keep on inspiring the with your amazing art! Thank you!

Following is a thread of toots about how you can support •ART.

Our instance is fully hosted and managed by @mastohost, who does such a fantastic job keeping us updated and running smoothly!

But it also costs money every month, and we rely on the support of our users to keep going.

Looking for other creative instances to try out? Take a look at these excellent choices:

General #art:
http://imaginair.es
http://kafuka.me
http://mastodon.art
http://merveilles.town
http://raconteur.ink
http://artalley.social (18+, NSFW)

#Photography:
http://photog.social

#Writing:
http://writing.exchange
http://wandering.shop

#Animation:
http://socel.net

#Comics/Narrative art:
http://comics.town
http://comicscamp.club

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I'm going to start a thread of quick #MastoTips for new users. Apologies for any hiccoughs, these toots aren't planned, so they may seem a little haphazard.

First of all: Welcome to Mastodon! If you're coming from Twitter you'll find some things very similar. Mastodon is a microblogging platform for sharing thoughts, photos, music, video, etc.

Posts on Mastodon are affectionately called "toots". You can laugh, it's OK. We found it funny too when we first joined.

I'm loving all these beautiful, colourful, exquisite, and downright incredibly creative takes on merfolk for #mermay that are swimming about the fediverse! What's next month's theme? 😁

https://line-of-action.com

A friend discovered this drawing/sketching site. It looks like it has tutorials, references, exercises - might be a good resource? :)

#MastoArt

And here's another cutie for you to draw! *holds up mirror *

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