There are differences, but the community is strong. *IMG* (Destiny)

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Thursday, December 17, 2015, 20:36 (3359 days ago) @ Cody Miller

And its not just visual art that have found new channels. The 'fun' part of the community, for me, now unintentionally happens more on Twitter and Facebook than here. For every multi-paragraph rambling essay (that afterwards I cant remember why I wrote it) that I post here there is 20 messages on social media asking Beorn what made him cry laughing while we were Sparrow racing. It's different, but it's not less.

Thank you for that perspective. I am not big on social media because I see the interactions as brief. A fansite like HBO is a much more permanent presence if that makes sense. I don't know if that completely explains it, because other communities have not… shifted the way Destiny's has, in terms of presence and content. But it probably has something to do with it.

Well, I certainly wasn't trying to say these newer platforms were actually better than Claude's creations. ;) I think there's plenty of things wrong with social media, too - just the format and restrictions of Twitter alone is infuriating! But I use a lot of plugins and things to cut out the ads and trends, etc to try and just focus on the actual human interaction (which can be fun and inspiring like I mentioned in the last post). It helps not having a smart phone, too, so it hasn't invaded my life completely yet. But as a freelance artist trying to get my comics out there, I kind of have to use social media in this day and age, despite all the downsides of it. Thankfully I can pour my frustrations with it into my hypocritical art!

And I hope the community only continues to grow. I'd love to make and post more Destiny art here, and figure out contests or something to help bring or generate more here in the future.

You should just do it :-p

If only I had subservient clones or a time machine, I would! But I need to get more of my own ideas out there in the wild before I can do more fanart. :)