AshMcGivern
@ashmcgivern.bsky.social
LA Animator (TAG839) - D&D addict - reptile enthusiast. 1/2 of the Adventure Squad Comic. Queer friendly always 🏳️🌈 Prev @ ShadowMachine🌑 | WB🐰| Nick 🦈| Titmouse 🐦| Cartuna 🐟| HotHouse 🔥
Art tag: #asharts
https://ashmcgivern.carrd.co
Art tag: #asharts
https://ashmcgivern.carrd.co
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.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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.
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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
October 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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.
October 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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.
October 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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.
October 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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.
October 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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.
October 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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.
October 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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.
October 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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.
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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)
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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)
I dont really know what the answer to any of this is. I just miss the days of old when dA was the place to be to find people who like the same stuff I did. My oldest friends are from there, and I gotta be real, I haven't made a lot of artist friends since. (17/18)
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I dont really know what the answer to any of this is. I just miss the days of old when dA was the place to be to find people who like the same stuff I did. My oldest friends are from there, and I gotta be real, I haven't made a lot of artist friends since. (17/18)
ArtFight is the closest thing I feel every year to having some sense of artist community, and I think our excitement for it every year is really telling of what we are missing - that sense of community that comes with just making something together, for the sake of making it. (16/18)
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
ArtFight is the closest thing I feel every year to having some sense of artist community, and I think our excitement for it every year is really telling of what we are missing - that sense of community that comes with just making something together, for the sake of making it. (16/18)
The way things currently are, the only way to FIND people who like your work is to play the social media game of chasing algorithms and just guessing on what will hit a broader audience. And that's not really building a community - that's advertising yourself. (15/18)
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The way things currently are, the only way to FIND people who like your work is to play the social media game of chasing algorithms and just guessing on what will hit a broader audience. And that's not really building a community - that's advertising yourself. (15/18)
So where does that leave us.
I think it leaves us in a space where artists have nowhere left to go, and nowhere to find communities of people to engage with. At the end of the day, I think a lot of us don't actually want a lot of internet fame - we just want people to like our work. (14/18)
I think it leaves us in a space where artists have nowhere left to go, and nowhere to find communities of people to engage with. At the end of the day, I think a lot of us don't actually want a lot of internet fame - we just want people to like our work. (14/18)
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
So where does that leave us.
I think it leaves us in a space where artists have nowhere left to go, and nowhere to find communities of people to engage with. At the end of the day, I think a lot of us don't actually want a lot of internet fame - we just want people to like our work. (14/18)
I think it leaves us in a space where artists have nowhere left to go, and nowhere to find communities of people to engage with. At the end of the day, I think a lot of us don't actually want a lot of internet fame - we just want people to like our work. (14/18)
But it's not just them - Twitter is basically gone, Bksy is a shadow of what Twitter was, Instagram is more cluttered with ads and fake influencers than ever, and now social media is video-centric with sites like TikTok and Youtube dominating the space. (13/18)
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
But it's not just them - Twitter is basically gone, Bksy is a shadow of what Twitter was, Instagram is more cluttered with ads and fake influencers than ever, and now social media is video-centric with sites like TikTok and Youtube dominating the space. (13/18)
It doesn't help that dA was bought and the new owners not only did a rebrand that nobody wanted, but it also started buying into fads that most didn't want anything to do with - NFT integration and most recently, the building of their own GenAI model built off the backs of their submissions. (12/18)
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It doesn't help that dA was bought and the new owners not only did a rebrand that nobody wanted, but it also started buying into fads that most didn't want anything to do with - NFT integration and most recently, the building of their own GenAI model built off the backs of their submissions. (12/18)
It was super appealing, and people left dA to chase this idea that being popular on social media was important to supporting a career in being an artist. In some sense its true, but it came at the expense of community building as people started moving to their own individual islands. (11/18)
October 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It was super appealing, and people left dA to chase this idea that being popular on social media was important to supporting a career in being an artist. In some sense its true, but it came at the expense of community building as people started moving to their own individual islands. (11/18)