Is there a way to find people on Mastodon who are starting out/are novice with art?

#art #askfedi #mastoart

@NovemDecimal

start with hashtags and see what you can find.

#BeginnerArt #Art #Artist

@NovemDecimal looking at the toots for a hashtag and also if there is an art-based instance, you can browse the accounts that are there (add “/directory” to the server or About / Profiles)
@NovemDecimal There's also !@drawing, I don't think all that many people post to it actively but it'll have followers on various servers so might get you seen more easily.

@thegiddystitcher

I'm already in the group. 👍

@NovemDecimal #introduction is one hashtag to check, but not art specific...
@NovemDecimal you could follow Lemmy / PieFed art communities: https://lemmy.world/c/artshare
(Sorry, I'm a Mastodon newbie, there is probably a better way to link this.)
Art Share🎨 - Lemmy.World

This is a friendly community for everyone who wants to share their art with the world! Everyone is welcomed 🎨 Please visit https://lemmy.world/c/artmarket [https://lemmy.world/c/artmarket] as well! This is a community for artists to post their portfolios and announce availability to take commissions, as well as get visibility for Ko-fi, Patreon, and other funding for art activities. Rules AI Art: While we appreciate AI generated art, there are more appropriate communities to post that type of art to. Please keep posts to non-AI generated art only. This rule includes AI art that was then manually manipulated (e.g. drawing on top of something generated by AI). NSFW Policy: Nudity and suggestive content has always been a part of art, but it may be something that some users don’t wish to see or cannot view in certain circumstances (e.g. at work). If your work contains nudity or suggestive content, please mark it as NSFW. Work that contains nudity or suggestive content that is not marked as NSFW will be taken down. As long as the NSFW tag is used, we welcome nude or suggestive subject matter. If you aren’t sure if your work is NSFW or not, just ask yourself, “Could I look at this at a typical office job and not get into trouble?” If you’re still not sure after that, you should probably mark it as NSFW just to be on the safe side. Spam: Please do not spam this community. Self promotion is fine if you just want people to be aware of your work, but blatant attempts at spam will result in the past being removed and possibly a ban. If you aren’t sure if what you are posting is spam, please contact the moderator first. Conduct: Be nice, and don’t be a jerk. Constructive criticism is OK, but don’t be mean. Encouragement is always welcomed.

@scallops @NovemDecimal

It'll be @artshare to follow from on here :)

@thegiddystitcher

Just did that recently, thank for the recommendation!

(Also, since it's a Lemmy community, if I ping the group, does it appear on the Lemmy feed? Or it doesn't work like FediGroups?)

@NovemDecimal You used to be able to ping a community and your toot would be formatted like a new thread there. But it stopped working due to a clash in settings between Masto and Lemmy, I'm honestly not sure whether it works again now or not.

If you wanted to test it the format was:

First line of your toot (will be the thread title)

Rest of your toot is the post body so make sure to start a new paragraph after the title.

[tag the community here (no other tags)]

@NovemDecimal If that has been fixed now, you can also reply to a post from a Lemmy community and it just turns into a comment in the thread from their pov.
I can attest that replying here to a Lemmy post federates correctly back as a comment on the original thread.
Not sure about starting new community threads. But i can help you test it if you want. Just ping me on a toot and I'll check over there.
@thegiddystitcher @NovemDecimal
@NovemDecimal I've been a lifelong doodler without instruction, but I've in the past months been learning Blender, texture design, and other digital 3d modeling tools. I'd say I'm still a novice, though I'm happy with what I've been making. Also Very self-taught hehe.

What a great idea! I see people’s beginner/practice/learning art posted every so often. I enjoy it. There doesn’t seem to be a common hashtag though. YET. Give it a go!

@NovemDecimal

@NovemDecimal

@welshpixie might be able to help, they run mastodon.Art and are all round awesome

@bloognoo @NovemDecimal aw <3

You can follow the #NewHere and #Introduction hashtags, and go to https://sunny.garden/directory?order=new to see new people on your instance :) (and then change it to 'from known fediverse' to see new people everywhere)

Sunny Garden

sunny.garden is a community 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.

Mastodon hosted on sunny.garden

@NovemDecimal Sometimes there are art/drawing challenges. You can participate, and if you follow the hashtags you may find like-minded people.

I‘m not really into this any more, but you could check these hashtags:

#tuesdaytiger
#kleinekunstklasse

Maybe other artists can help with more challenge hashtags.

@NovemDecimal
What kind of art are you interested in?