Anyone make an artfol account yet?

K.Flagg

@Melissa-Bailey-0 hey Melissa, I just learned of it’s existence this morning but it’s pretty cool so far (other than it being slow due to a huge influx of users today). It’s an app designed for artists with the old style algorithm that displays the last posted not most popular or paid posts. I like it so far.

APHOTICMOTH

Boo. No PC option yet. I do 99.9999% of everything on my computer. Almost unheard of nowadays. hehe

This looks great though, I hope it takes off!

K.Flagg

@CLCanadyArts yeah I was bummed that was not available yet but they are working on it supposedly

chrisaakins

I could not sign up because it would never let me click the final buttons. Maybe it was the server?

jdubz

@CLCanadyArts Yeah I hear you there. I don't even text from my phone. I just don't have the patience for that nonsense lol.

@K-Flagg I did create an account to hold the username of jwillustration. I'm curious about this app's place in the market. I also made an account on Bubblehouse with the same name. That looked really interesting also with some really cool ways to show process.

Georgios Christopoulos

@K-Flagg it certainly has potential. Let s get in there before it is too late, if it ever expands right?It has a nice interface imo.

APHOTICMOTH

@jdubz

ajillustrates

@K-Flagg Awesome! Hadn't heard of this yet, but I just jumped on as well - username ajillustrates

kylebeaudette

I did yesterday, servers are running at a slog right now. Could be interesting though.

avfarrar

@K-Flagg that's cool! I've heard of Artfol before, I gotta check it out!

lizardillo

I have one @lizardillo. It has no content on it at all yet though. Not even a profile pic!

K.Flagg

@jdubz I haven't heard of bubblehouse before, it looks cool too. I need to tell my husband about it. He builds beautiful electric guitars and bubblhouse looks like it could be an awesome place for something like that to show off what he has been working on.

jdubz

@K-Flagg Yeah it definitely looks like a great place for those that do handcrafted anything! It's always a question on these new networks on what's going to stick and blow up, so hopefully it ends up being a good home. I REALLY like having some of the extra options that IG doesn't have.

Heather Boyd

@CLCanadyArts I am on a laptop too that's not fair! It looks real nice and clean!

Heather Boyd

@K-Flagg Will you let us know when they do? Pretty please!!!!

Melissa_Bailey

@K-Flagg sounds really intriguing! Will need to look into it.

aska

thanks for info! Ive tried to get it, but there is some problem with server tho...

jdubz

One thing I noticed was that I was never able to sign up on my android device - when you click submit and it hangs, what it's trying to do is email you the code but the code box next comes up (but it did email me the code. I just couldn't input it).

When I switched to my iPad's IOS version of the app the code box came up. Just in case anyone ran into the same problem I did.

jakecrowe

It’s still quite slow and so far feels a bit like a mobile deviant art which was a place I never got very into. However I’ll give it some time to balance itself out. I don’t know how to find specific users but maybe if we start tagging works with #SVS we can connect our networks that way.

Coreyartus

Personally, I think it has some intriguing potential. I'm happy that you can't see how many likes something has, so it's not driven by that paradigm. I also really like that any art you find/like can be shared--I've found most of the folks I'm following because other artists have re-posted work they really like. Plus it seems it can't be downloaded, so the only way to "copy" an image is to take a screenshot.

I don't know what their algorithm is for their "trending" search category, but it only shows a handful of images in those results, so once you've seen them you have to go scroll through the other search categories that seem to be organized by how recently images have been posted. It has a nice "bio/info" section with as many links to your website/storefront/other platforms as you want to include. Plus, you can only post one image every ten minutes, so that's nice. And no "multiple images" per post--you post one complete image that isn't cropped to a ratio or size specification which seems awesome!!

To me, it feels a bit "youth-interest-driven" at the moment, and I wonder if that lends itself to DeviantArt comparisons. I'm not sure I care to participate in any of the challenges, but the fact they have them at all is interesting. Plus there's a specific "asking for critique" category which is nice. It's unfortunate they're mobile-only.