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Re: AmateurIllustrator Takes on DeviantArt

Jark Sotira Clash — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:08:57 -0000

â€œIn 2000, there was no place for artists to put their artwork online.â€ = Angelo Sotira from his interview with Redefine Magazine. What a lie! www.artwanted.com was already around. A few art communities were. I like deviantART but Sotiro often re-rewites history in order to make him or the site look better. The site mentioned here has just as much chance as any of them. The problem with deviantART is that their staff make bold claims and their membership numbers are deceptive. There has to be over a million dead accounts on there if not more. You can't 100% delete accounts.

Re: AmateurIllustrator Takes on DeviantArt

SopBop — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:24:05 -0000

deviantart has been called a site for the 'artworld', but if you attend openings in Chelsea (and if you don't know what I'm talking about you don't know anything about the 'artworld') and mention www.deviantart.com you will most likely get laughed at. The artworld, as in big time art collectors, curators, and artists who have been featured in ARTnews don't want anything to do with deviantart. You won't find them on there. So how can deviantart be called an art site for the 'artworld'?

As for deviantarts membership. You can't delete your account on that site. They even state that in the rules. So even though your work is off the site the account is still there and still counted as part of total site membership. Even banned profiles remain in that way. This means that the numbers are not exactly honest.

Re: AmateurIllustrator Takes on DeviantArt

Stephan Schier — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:46:33 -0000

Hi Pete,

Yes, I did. Thanks!

Re: AmateurIllustrator Takes on DeviantArt

Pete Cashmore — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:06:11 -0000

Stephan,

You did see that I already mentioned ImageKind in the post?

Re: AmateurIllustrator Takes on DeviantArt

Miles Sims — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:28:11 -0000

Totally agree, but getting written up a few times on the day they launch is a good way to get noticed.

Now its up to them to convert all of that attention to success and offer a compelling product. Plus you never know how many of these geeks are artists on the side!

Re: AmateurIllustrator Takes on DeviantArt

Geek — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:44:37 -0000

Blog coverage does not equal success. Their market is not made up primarily of the readers of Silicon Valley Web 2.0 geek blogs.

Re: AmateurIllustrator Takes on DeviantArt

Miles Sims — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:14:52 -0000

Hey Pete,

As I noted over on TC - I don't think this is really competing with dA. If anything its competing with some of the illustration specific communities that have been out there a while (illustrationmundo.com, artdorks.com, drawingboard.org).

dA is a massive site that encompasses potery, crafts, photography, etc. and like myspace many artists use it to draw attention to their own projects, sites, communities - exactly like the myspace ecosystem.

I don't see any reason that AmateurIllustrator can't make it - they are off to a good start with all of this blog coverage!