hi lichtmetzger
i'm sorry to do this under a post, but i can only assume you haven't got my messages as you haven't told me to go away
would !apocalypticart like to join the f.n.i.c.? i like this lemmysphere and also i feel like it's a good fit
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2023
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DUE TO ONGOING TECHNICAL ISSUES OUT OF OUR CONTROL WE HAVE MOVED TO: !apocalypticart@discuss.tchncs.de
This instance is set to read-only now.
ApocalypticArt - where the remnants of humanity's past meet the promise of an uncertain future. This is the place for apocalyptic wastelands, remains of once-thriving metropolises and forgotten relics of a bygone era.
Always credit the original artist when creating a new post!
A good title format that's used on !digitalart@lemmy.world is: Image title by Artists Name, so let's use that here, too.
Provide a link to the image source or the artists' gallery / social media account(s).
Posting your own work is allowed and encouraged, but please let the community breathe and don't spam.
Don't post AI-generated art, since the legal situation regarding ownership is very shady.
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All artworks are copyright of the artists named in the posts. Artists gallery links may contain NSFW works.
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Header image: Old world by Jerome Comentale
Logo: Custom-made by /u/lichtmetzger
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Hi,
I have gotten your messages (well, at one time some of them mysteriously vanished and this contributed to my lazyness so I didn't reply - sorry for that).
I'm still familiar with the "Imaginary" subreddits before I joined the Fediverse. I had subscribed to a few of them, but ultimately, I found them too limiting because of their specificity. On Reddit, it might've worked to create a community like "ImaginaryWastelands" and only have people post Wasteland-specific art.
We're on the Fediverse, though. There are not a lot of people here and getting too specific of an art community will result in a lack of content.
My motivation for creating this community was the following: I like everything Apocalypse. I want to show how people live after the society as we know it now ends, what happens to buildings when no one maintains them anymore, the conflict between the survivors, abstract art that fits the theme in general or maybe just a real-world image that looks so surreal it definitely fits this community.
In summary: Everything. Just be creative and give us something creative we can enjoy. We have a general theme, but I'm not a stickler for rules. That's why I decided to give this a very generalized name - "ApocalypticArt". Ultimately, the community decides what they deem to be apocalyptic and so far, this has worked out great.
I feel like joining the Imaginary network would take this approach away from us, since these communities are for very specific themes, which is not what we do here. I want to keep it how it is at the moment, and I definitely don't want to rename the community to fit the "Imaginary" naming scheme.