"The worst was seeing small, especially creative, businesses — and even graphics designers — hopping on the trend.
[...]
Every single one of those businesses, even the small ones, could have afforded to pay an artist. But they didn’t."
artists
Scambi esiste, resiste e insiste.
Per contribuire senza chiedere in cambio ed esplorare insieme nuovi modi di crescere.
Il tema dell'edizione del 2026 sarà RESISTENZA, intesa come concetto trasversale che attraversa diversi ambiti: politico, sociale, scientifico e tanti altri🫂🌱
Vi abbiamo incuriositɜ?👀
Speriamo di sì, perché a brevissimo uscirà la call per la Summer School!!!
Restate connessɜ✨
#estate #festival #liguria #sanremocittàdellamusica #lapignadisanremo #scambifestival #musica #laboratori #artists #italia #territorio
"Obviously it looks AI-esque because I was hired to create a meme, not necessarily a painting [...] it needed to be immediately readable as clearly doctored and fake, because that’s the joke"
https://www.avclub.com/devil-wears-prada-2-hires-human-artist-to-make-ai-slop
Helen McLaughlin makes painting videos that show how she creates her art:
There are already over 30 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/helenmclaughlin/videos
You can also follow McLaughlin's general social media account at @helenmclaughlinart
#FeaturedPeerTube #Art #Artists #Painting #Painters #PeerTube #PeerTubers
Friends of mine are running this amazing project, A(fro)TOPOS: https://afrotopos.com/ (#French and #German; communication in #English is totally fine!) If you'd like to visit, receive news, or if you're an #artist, or a group of #artists, interested in a #residency in #Yaoundé, #Cameroon, or in #Osnabrück, #Germany, drop them a line! The idea is to work #together at a level of #equity, dealing with the deep wounds of #colonialism, filling #spaces yet unknown.
https://pestojaguar.itch.io/perhapsyoumighttrythesoup-01
My Zine "Perhaps You Might Try The Soup" is a #ScienceFiction adjacent zine with experimental text, comic pages and interesting images and jokes.
Best of all it's Free,
I would be thrilled if anyone gets the time to check it out. I think you will enjoy it.
Boosts also greatly appreciated.
#Zine #Zines #Art #Weird #SciFi #SFF #Comics #MastoArt #Artists #Experimental #Comedy
Sunny.garden is a Mastodon server for indie creators who draw, paint, sculpt, write, design, program, play, sing or build, and anyone else who thinks that sounds like a nice place to be.
Posts on sunny.garden can be up to 1500 characters long.
You can find out more about the server at https://sunny.garden/about or contact the admin @brook
#FeaturedServer #Art #Artists #Creative #Creatives #Writing #Painting #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
ShiftyPumpkin is a painter who posts timelapse videos of creating oil paintings, you can follow at:
There are already 14 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/shiftypumpkin/videos
#FeaturedPeerTube #Paintings #Painters #OilPaintings #OilPainters #Oils #Art #Artists #PeerTube #PeerTubers
A question for all of you on the #Fediverse (and especially #Musicians, #Writers, and #Artists) who sell your work online:
Do you know how you receive payments right now?
I want to connect the most fedi-friendly platforms into #Bandwagon, #Emissary, and beyond.. so I'd love to hear what works best for you :)
Coreyartus is an artist doing calm friendly video livestreams as he creates his works. He also posts the streams as full-length recordings and as short timelapses.
➡️ @coreyartus
There are already over 300 videos uploaded, if they haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/coreyartus/videos
You can also follow Coreyartus's general social media account at @[email protected]
#FeaturedPeerTube #Art #Artists #Painting #LiveStreaming #ArtStreams #PeerTube #PeerTubers
LittleMissBonnie / PachiChu posts videos of painting and crafting, often altering existing objects to create a new piece of art. You can follow at:
They have already uploaded 98 videos, you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/littlemissbonnie/videos
You can also follow their non-video general account at @PachiChu
#FeaturedPeerTube #Art #Artists #Crafts #Crafting #PeerTube #PeerTubers
🚀 Our 18th annual game design challenge has launched!
💬 Topic: #Communication
📆 Submit ideas by March 24th
⭐ $10,000 in cash prizes
⭐ Critiques for all Finalists
🎮 Please boost to reach #gamedevs, #designers, #artists, #writers, #composers, and more.
🧡 Presented by an award-winning #nonprofit program producing videogames for #violence #prevention since 2008.
Details, rules, communication resources at the contest website.
#games #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #gamejam #nonprofit #education #edtech @gamedev
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The excellent artist and libre fan David Revoy has an official PeerTube account full of art, art tutorials, reviews of art-related hardware etc. You can follow at:
➡️ @shichimi
There are already more than 80 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/a/shichimi/videos
You can also follow Revoy's general account at @davidrevoy
#FeaturedServer #Art #Artists #Krita #FOSS #PeerTube #PeerTubers
New #zine alert ‼️ Inspired by @stefan’s zine about the #Fediverse. I’ve noticed that so many #artists only use #Instagram despite worries about how their #data and #artwork might be used without their consent. Maybe this can convince someone to try the Fediverse. #datasovereignty #MastoArt #socialmedia #mayke #fediart @zines
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Sunny.garden is a Mastodon server for indie creators who draw, paint, sculpt, write, design, program, play, sing or build, and anyone else who thinks that sounds like a nice place to be.
This server has a post size of up to 1500 characters.
You can find out more at https://sunny.garden/about or contact the admin account @brook
#FeaturedServer #Art #Artists #Creatives #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
I like this framing.
"[...] what I mean by “art is easy” is that art is natural. So much of being an artist is paying attention and being attuned to what is already happening materially and socially.
[...]
It’s not easy if you’re judging yourself and putting pressure on yourself and having a certain expectation of what the outcome is. Then it’s impossible."
https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/artist-hannah-tishkoff-on-why-art-is-easy/
Mastoart.social is a friendly international creative Mastodon server that welcomes all skill levels of visual art, crafts, music, writing and more. (AI is not allowed.)
You can find out more at https://mastoart.social/about or contact the admin @artmin
#FeaturedServer #Art #Creative #Artists #Creativity #Crafts #Musicians #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
https://bandwagon.fm/2025-september 👀
More updates to #Bandwagon are now live on https://bandwagon.fm, including a beautiful embeddable player, Federation improvements, and upgrades to the core application.
We're continuing to move the #Fediverse forward for #Musicians and #Artists
Let me know how it works for you, and what would be the best next thing to work on.
Sunny.garden is a Mastodon server for indie creators who draw, paint, sculpt, write, design, program, play, sing or build, and anyone else who thinks that sounds like a nice place to be.
This server has a post size of up to 1500 characters.
You can find out more at https://sunny.garden/about or contact the admin @brook
#FeaturedServer #Creatives #Creative #Artists #Art #Design #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Sommerlich is a artist who paints and draws traditionally and digitally. The works are done in a classical style and often have a fantasy theme. You can follow at:
➡️ @brandkopf
(Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow the account and its videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.)
You can also follow their non-video account at @[email protected]
#FeaturedPeerTube #Art #Artists #Painting #Painters #PeerTube
RE: https://socialontario.ca/@smattymatty/115980949272698821
Call to action for artists... @loops would love a mascot animal...
I'd love to make us a plush to join #Plushtodon toys.
Mastoart.social is a friendly international creative Mastodon server that welcomes all skill levels of visual art, crafts, music, writing and more. (AI is not allowed.)
You can find out more at https://mastoart.social/about or contact the admin account @artmin
#FeaturedServer #Art #Creative #Artists #Creatives #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
#Art & #Artists video accounts to follow:
➡️ @potterybyosa - Ceramic artist using traditional African pottery techniques
➡️ @helenmclaughlin - Digital painter, annotated timelapses of how paintings made
➡️ @littlemissbonnie - Artist/crafter, paint, plastic, miniatures, jewellery, clothing
➡️ @shichimi - Artist, "Pepper & Carrot", Krita tutorials
➡️ @epiglottalaxolotl - Pixel artist with livestreams, vector art, chiptunes etc
➡️ @zitapanyi - Painter & illustrator, bright & fun
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Helen McLaughlin is an artist painting landscapes, portraits and other subjects. She does detailed videos showing the steps she takes to create the pictures, you can follow at:
(Don't worry if it looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow the account and its videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.)
You can also follow McLaughlin's non-video account at @helenmclaughlinart