Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator @Curator@mastodon.art

Some general 'best practices' for new Masto users!

As our rules state, any art that's adult/NSFW/sexual/violent etc. in nature needs to be hidden behind a content warning (the 'CW' button beneath the toot window) or with the media marked as sensitive (you'll see this option after adding media to your toot). It's not enough to just hide the media, though - you have to say *why* it's content warned, otherwise users can't make an informed decision on whether to click or not.

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•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!

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.

It's #goblinweek ! Here are some public domain goblins from museum collections :D #cc0 #ArtReference

Sources:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/58710?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&showOnly=openAccess&ft=goblin&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=4
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/127981/study-of-a-mountain-goblin-tsukioka-yoshitoshi
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/128646/the-potbellied-man-with-a-tall-hat-from-varie-figure-gobbi

Some pretty glass vase-things for you to paint/sketch/model/otherwise recreate ^.^

All courtesy of Smithsonian Open Access!

Sources: https://www.si.edu/object/pitcher:saam_1929.8.147.25
https://www.si.edu/object/bottle:saam_1929.8.147.28
https://www.si.edu/object/vase:saam_1929.8.174.27
https://www.si.edu/object/vase:saam_1929.8.174.14

#CC0 #ArtReference

New artfrens have arrived! Say hi!

@5percenter
@Zainax
@plush500
@colinmooredraws
@Achonartist
@ruisncollector

Welcome to .art - settle in, get cozy, have a look around, perhaps make an #introductions post if you haven't already, and yell if you have questions ^.^

As well as CWing NSFW images, people also content warn things that could be triggering or cause anxiety - most commonly faces, especially if there's eye contact, but also anything related to phobias, like bugs or holes.

Be kind, be conscientious, be compassionate. If in doubt, add a content warning. Remember that you are interacting with a hugely diverse community. <3

The Mastoverse at large has many blind and partially sighted users who would still love to engage with your creative content!

We strongly encourage use of image alt text to describe the images and videos you upload, and a lot of people won't boost ('retweet') content with no alt text.

After adding an image or video to your toot, you can click 'Edit' on the media to enter a description.

Media that doesn't have alt text will have a little blue dashed border around it in the feed.

Some general 'best practices' for new Masto users!

As our rules state, any art that's adult/NSFW/sexual/violent etc. in nature needs to be hidden behind a content warning (the 'CW' button beneath the toot window) or with the media marked as sensitive (you'll see this option after adding media to your toot). It's not enough to just hide the media, though - you have to say *why* it's content warned, otherwise users can't make an informed decision on whether to click or not.

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