I have to wonder if some of the grar/miscommunication you got hit with (and I too am very sorry it happened!) is because you are an artist and I know that DW's culture has historically not been the best for the fanartists? And on the other hand, Tumblr's reblog function--making it easy to share the entire piece while also immediately pointing back to you, the artist--is really incredibly crucial for visible art and fanart. Before Tumblr, I have the vague feeling that the fanartists were more likely to hang out on DeviantArt, not DW, and neither DW nor the OTW have historically really been sharply attuned to the needs and functions for fanartists.
So you got a lot of people who have been very text-focused in their experience of fandom, with the exception of icon stuff which is really a different art form than fanart... coming in and going "you're going to grab my whole thing and wave it at people???" and being completely horrified and boggled. Which I get, because writing is so much easier to take a snippet of and wave it at people so they click and come to chew it over when they have the time to dig through it elsewhere. You can't do that effectively with a lot of art!
I would love to see a conversation about what folks on DW can do with respect to artwork, and I think that might have been a piece missing in the conversation (which I'm only reading up on now). I'm a very texty person, but I often do exactly what you're talking about as reblogging, only I call it "linkspams" and do it with links and short snippets. Again: great for meta or fic, shitty for visual art.
How can we do that sort of thing to draws folks' attention to good visual art in their networks? I have the hazy feeling that folks would historically have been especially likely to put that sort of thing in comms, but that can be particularly intimidating.
I dunno. I hope you're feeling better. You don't deserve to feel miserable. And I hope you have support and everything so this whole discussion hasn't completely eaten your life.
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Date: 2019-01-13 03:02 am (UTC)So you got a lot of people who have been very text-focused in their experience of fandom, with the exception of icon stuff which is really a different art form than fanart... coming in and going "you're going to grab my whole thing and wave it at people???" and being completely horrified and boggled. Which I get, because writing is so much easier to take a snippet of and wave it at people so they click and come to chew it over when they have the time to dig through it elsewhere. You can't do that effectively with a lot of art!
I would love to see a conversation about what folks on DW can do with respect to artwork, and I think that might have been a piece missing in the conversation (which I'm only reading up on now). I'm a very texty person, but I often do exactly what you're talking about as reblogging, only I call it "linkspams" and do it with links and short snippets. Again: great for meta or fic, shitty for visual art.
How can we do that sort of thing to draws folks' attention to good visual art in their networks? I have the hazy feeling that folks would historically have been especially likely to put that sort of thing in comms, but that can be particularly intimidating.
I dunno. I hope you're feeling better. You don't deserve to feel miserable. And I hope you have support and everything so this whole discussion hasn't completely eaten your life.
Wishing you well!