Need “artist community” website suggestions to host artwork and stories

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  • #146928
    phenoms
    Participant

    I’m back… again. Greetings to all those that remember me, and hello to all the new members that haven’t ever heard of me.

    I’m officially fed up with Deviant Art as a place to host artwork (& stories) and I need suggestions for better websites to use. I wrote a dA journal post explaining my reasons more fully here:
    https://www.deviantart.com/phenoms/journal/Abandoning-dA-as-a-place-to-host-all-new-artwork-837558540

    I’d like a website with a good artist’s community including community features. I’d also like it to have less restrictive policies for content where they’ll permit a broad variety of graphic and adult content.

    I’m not sure yet which website to try posting my art to. Furaffinity.net seems like it would be a good place to post, they allow graphic and adult content and have a large artist community, but I’m not a “furry” artist. I’m open to suggestions.

    My Deviant Art Page (old stuff):
    phenoms.deviantart.com

    My Booru Gallery (new stuff):
    phenoms.booru.org

    Also
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenoms/index00.htm
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htm

    #146932
    unkn0wnx
    Participant

    I can’t see anything at Deviant art unless I paid them so much a year.

    #146936
    AlexG
    Keymaster

    I can’t see anything at Deviant art unless I paid them so much a year.

    I think you mean Patreon, don’t you? Basic membership @ DA to access and post on the platform is free. B)

    “I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
    ~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

    #149793
    AlexG
    Keymaster

    Don’t know if this of any assistance, but thought I’d pass this along . . .

    Link: https://conceptartempire.com/sites-like-deviantart/

    And another

    Link: https://homesthetics.net/alternatives-to-deviantart/

    “I like a good story well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself.”
    ~ Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens (1907)

    #149821
    Bane Dorrance
    Participant

    say,what,now…

    I can’t see anything at Deviant art unless I paid them so much a year.

    #149825
    unkn0wnx
    Participant

    Deviant art has a bug where it kept me from logging in for a long time.  I figured out a way to fix that.

    #150268
    phenoms
    Participant

    Don’t know if this of any assistance, but thought I’d pass this along . . .
     

    Alex, thank you. Both of these are extensive and include sites I’ve never heard of and site I know. I’ll need to look at the TOS of a few of the sites listed to see if any might meet what I seek.

    My Deviant Art Page (old stuff):
    phenoms.deviantart.com

    My Booru Gallery (new stuff):
    phenoms.booru.org

    Also
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenoms/index00.htm
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htm

    #150269
    phenoms
    Participant

    Since creating this thread, I’ve discovered some new resources and remembered an old resource.

    Beginning with “Diana the Valkyrie”, a very old website that’s been around since 1996 and whose design is of the same era. I don’t know if the site is still actively maintained or used, but it’s an absolute treasure trove of femuscle photos, artwork, enhancements, and discussion. Last I recall (no, I’ve not bothered to verify current statuses) DtV was a paid membership website. Free, time-limited memberships were granted to contributors. I was once a contributor. My content is still on the site, but my membership expired decades ago… seriously… decades. For any that haven’t ever heard of DtV, it’s absolutely worth a look. There were a few free galleries as last I recall. For those who remember the site and haven’t visited in ages, maybe take a trip down memory lane. You can either poke around from the top of the site, or go directly to the “Westwing” section to find the galleries.

    https://www.thevalkyrie.com/
    https://www.thevalkyrie.com/westwing.htm

    My DtV gallery links are in my signature.

    My Deviant Art Page (old stuff):
    phenoms.deviantart.com

    My Booru Gallery (new stuff):
    phenoms.booru.org

    Also
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenoms/index00.htm
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htm

    #150270
    phenoms
    Participant

    (NSFW links contained within. You’ve been warned)

    Also, allow me to introduce you to the world of Booru’s. If you’re familiar with (Internet) Rule 34 and have visited any Rule 34 website galleries, then you’ve probably already used a Booru without realizing it.

    A Booru is simply a type of gallery that is strongly keyword driven which makes it very searchable, assuming the uploader bothered to tag their individual submissions with enough relevant keywords.

    Most, but not all Booru’s are an absolute free-for-all of content, meaning that you should expect adult content, altered copyrighted works (by law, once altered, a new copyright is permitted for the new creation by the person that did the alteration), and stolen content.

    You can begin by doing a Google search for Rule 34 gallery websites. Because there are so many, and because their content is extremely mature in nature, I won’t link directly to any of them here.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=rule+34+gallery

    If you somehow don’t know what Rule 34 is, I’ll refer you to the “expert on all things”… the xkcd webcomic.
    https://xkcd.com/305/
     

    I have my own free Booru website. It became my solution to the very dilemma that led me to first starting this thread until I find something better. My Booru is linked to in my signature. The homepage where I signed up is:
    https://booru.org/

    One of the hosted Boorus is already dedicated to femuscle:
    https://animatedfemuscles.booru.org/

    Continued in next post (due to forum restrictions on the maximum number of links that can be shared in a post)…

    My Deviant Art Page (old stuff):
    phenoms.deviantart.com

    My Booru Gallery (new stuff):
    phenoms.booru.org

    Also
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenoms/index00.htm
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htm

    #150271
    phenoms
    Participant

    (Still NSFW)

    Continued from post above…

    Here are 4 other Booru websites:
    https://gelbooru.com/
    https://danbooru.donmai.us/
    https://xbooru.com/
    https://safebooru.org/

    Except for SafeBooru, expect to find mature content at any Booru you visit.

    My Deviant Art Page (old stuff):
    phenoms.deviantart.com

    My Booru Gallery (new stuff):
    phenoms.booru.org

    Also
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenoms/index00.htm
    www.thevalkyrie.com/picthumb/p/phenom_fett/index00.htm

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