somnivision @somnivision@mastodon.art

"Sky Pirates" - a bit of an experiment in letting go. Using a prior image, cutting it up and painting into it. #ConceptArt #VisualDevelopment #DigitalPainting #Pirates https://mastodon.rocks/media/3TM5VrqAAFJvnHLHp9I https://mastodon.rocks/media/FP0q0nGbvIrTkLfd-ks https://mastodon.rocks/media/2oLCq4d7OOCxLQutPgI https://mastodon.rocks/media/t3rnDghCG7XwzN-TQXw
#MastoArt #Art #digital #concepts

https://soc.ialis.me/media/iZAjlRm6NLTJt4Ae9c4

I'm calling out no one in particular but if anyone here is being paid to mention a particular #art program or has been given a free or discounted license to try it &/or mention it — it would be ethical to mention that to others. Also, I'll delete you if I find out otherwise & you have not posted a disclaimer. We allow NO advertising here. All mentions of your fave tools & work-flows using them are fine as long as you are representing YOUR personal brand, career or hobby, without bias. Yes, I realize a few of you are sponsored... Just post a #ArtDisclaimer note.
There are laws (that I present merely as a guide guide to justify this post).
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking#SocialNetworkingSites

@purplePaws For a variety of body types and interesting poses I really like Croquis Cafe's image archive: http://www.onairvideo.com/photo-archive.html

Bodies in Motion has a lot of acrobatic/gymnastic poses, yeah, but a lot of other variety of action-y poses as well: https://www.bodiesinmotion.photo/

The photographic Height/Weight chart gives a lot of examples of body types at various height/weights: http://www.height-weight-chart.com/heightweight.html

And the Humanae tumblr is a fantastic resource of different faces! http://humanae.tumblr.com/random
(That link will give you a random face every time you click it, or you can go to the main blog and just scroll through at your leisure.)

Hope this helps! :)

#ハウトゥー世界征服 #illustration #fanart https://mstdn.jp/media/WFMJa2tm9DrF1ziXTxo

Okami piece I created a couple months ago #illustration #okami #fanart
https://mastodon.art/media/-hgp5SNuBwHYXP2TyBw

Here is 5 instances #under1000

https://elekk.xyz : gaming
admin: @noelle

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/ : gamedevs (very new)
admin: @aras

https://tenforward.social/about/more : star trek themed
admin: @guinan

https://photog.social : photography
admin: @ambassador

https://scholar.social/: teaching and academics
admin: @socrates
Lets decentralize a little.

#under1000
https://tootplanet.space/about/more
Artist-friendly (visual art, literary art, you name it), social and active; we also like dragons.

😃 #Mastodon is getting a lot of new users right now, but, importantly, it's also getting new instances. Here are two comics focused instances for #under1000

https://comicspace.masto.host

https://comics.masto.host

creighton the wanderer my boy #darksouls

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina art.
https://mastodon.social/media/TNGhb55DzsU9JaM3_m4

#MastoTip
How to PIN multiple columns in web view to follow those all-important # feeds. Video starts from nothing just in case you delete everything by mistake. #Mastodon

Thank you 🐘🎨.ART $upporters

Thank you $upporters for helping us host all these amazing Mastodon.ART'ists inspire others without ads, dumpster fires & #ethicaldesign #privacy practices!

I’ve added a $4 #ArtsyAF (http://artsy.af) tier that gives a secure email hosted on tutanota.com (web + apps on ios & android) either using @artsy.af or @masto.art AND a you.artsy.af or you.masto.art subdomain to point to whatever website or blog you host (even tumblr). If you are a student, you can have this for $1/mo (< co$t) - please use your university email domain to contact me/or patreon.

https://liberapay.com/glocal
https://patreon.com/glocal

If your means to $upport the running of your home here are understandably limited, supporting others by boosting, saying hi & interacting away from 'those other' networks here on #Mastodon is 😍 more than wonderful.

Truly heartfelt thank you to the folks that help you inspire others from .ART

Cleaning up the desktop. Found this sketch.
M'gann M'orzz, Miss Martian. #mgannmorzz #missmartian #youngjustice #dccomics https://mastodon.art/media/kpNzwNZzvByqWtx_5wk

I am going to answer this generally because I have seen several non-individual entities (companies, organizations, blogs etc) stumble on mastodon (welcome!) and be very confused about this issue of gaining traction in this new medium.

First, there are no algorithms here, or trending topics. You won't be penalized for a toot with less likes, or your account having less followers. So you don't have to compete against better promoted content just to be visible. :) Every single toot will be visible to your local instance. Followers and boosts will carry your posts across the fediverse.

Other side of the coin is that Mastodon is not a platform to mirror your existing content only, or to gain a one way audience.

Interacting with people, and being part of the ongoing dialogues (and quality/relevance of your content) is what will help you more in becoming part of one of the many voices within the community. :)

@ExilianOfficial I hope this is helpful and welcome to the fediverse. :)

Anyone else, feel free to disagree, correct, add..

I'm glad that my worried pessimism from yesterday about mastodon not being able to hold up long-term to the mass exodus that's arriving is slowly fading away. I was really worried how servers and things would handle it given it's such a small outfit.

Mastodon.ART has proved otherwise - it's great to see the curator doing a bang up job of keeping everything stable. The community feels so warm and thriving right now, I think we all might have found a new friendly home.

Folks,

I know Twitter's a shithole but remember that it's not JUST the admins' fault.

Fleeing from the constant negativity, vicious flame-wars and harassment? Those things are just as likely to happen here, if we're not careful.

Mastodon is not popular yet, but it's growing. One day it will be. Security by obscurity is not security at all, as I'm sure you're aware.

We need to be on our best behaviour, promoting the values we want to see on our networks.

It's not someone else's problem.

❤️ ✌️

it can be a little confusing here at first, so i hope this helps!