It’s wild because I definitely think Harmony 25 is an absolute winner - it introduced some features that I’m so excited about I’m sad my workplace isn’t using it yet. But they did say p explicitly that once you move into 25 files have to stay there… which… isn’t great, yeah.

I had a feeling we were doomed to have a boring lotr clone as soon as they announced it was live action and I hate to see that my instincts proved frustratingly true.

Heyyyyy maybe lets not post animal abuse. Crocodillian noses are extremely sensitive - more sensitive than your fingertips. This would be like stubbing your toe extraordinarily bad, except all over your face.

Listen I’m a retake animator I don’t get to choose how the files are set up sometimes you’re on a show that is so insanely built you wonder if it was done specifically to spite you.

Only a matter of time before it becomes the same sort of subscription model that all the others are.

If you’re looking for a Cintiq you could always hit up some art schools in the area and see if they’re offloading equipment! They’ll often sell at a heavily discounted rate. Otherwise the old 22HDs are absolute workhorses if you can get your hands on one. Mines still going and its 10 years old.

MY SON MY BEAUTIFUL BOY

Id also like to see them adopt an inbox system in tandem with the timeline but thats really my old soul speaking… if they managed to make robust Groups like dA had, I’d be really happy even with a feed.

Ive been on Cara for a long time! Long before the big boom. My biggest gripe with it is that its really just an instagram clone, without the reach. But as far as places for us to be, my bets are on Cara. If it can overcome its growing pains I think it’ll be the one to win out in the end.

I’ve tried to mimic a similar thing on Discord channels and communities, but it doesn’t ever really land the same way. I think you're right in that only big websites really can do it, but theres no good money in it so… kind of left in an awkward position. dA has never been profitable, after all.

Fam this isnt the inspiring text post you think it is. I know my damn limits and my limits are I don't have the capacity or means to re create something like this lol.

I mean "death" in the sense of it's death as a platform anyone is engaging with. It's still running, but it's a shell of its former self and unrecognizable from it's older iteration.

I tend to do better on Tumblr than most other websites these days just because of how it recycles posts forever (I'm still getting notes on art I made 5+ years ago), but I feel this in my bones. People also just don't really leave comments anymore which was a HUGE part of dA's ecocystem.

I don't have the expertise to make something like this lol I'm just an artist not a web developer with endless money to invest in image hosting.

Thanks for reading this thread btw it really is just a summary of my feelings - a friend and I have been nonstop talking about this all week and we CANT be the only ones who feel this way.

I just miss the old DeviantART and what it stood for, and I miss the internet of old, where it was about creativity and not about marketing. I don't know what we need to do to get that back, but I think we owe it to ourselves to do something about it. (18/18)