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Hey folks! I'm Marcelo, one of the co-founders. Sywork is a live streaming platform for illustrators and digital artists. It’s like Twitch but for artists. It’s

Hey folks! I'm Marcelo, one of the co-founders. Sywork is a live streaming platform for illustrators and digital artists. It’s like Twitch but for artists. It’s a place created especially for them. We've just released our beta. We'd love to hear your feedback and answer any questions!

adminprof 11y ago
What advantages do artists get for using Sywork instead of Twitch?
- minimaxir 11y ago
  Twitch is gaming-only, and users can only stream gaming-related subjects.
  - atom-morgan 11y ago
    They don't seem to be very strict about it. I've watched poker, piano playing, and drawing on there before.
  - forthefuture 11y ago
    Twitch actually has an entire section titled Creative[0] where people paint, do graphic design, sculpt, etc. Right now there are 2,000+ viewers. They also have sections for Music and Game Development / Programming. [0] http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Creative http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Creative
- marceloeche 11y ago
  Sywork is a place created especially for artists. Next week the streamers will be able to setup rewards to their fans. In Twitch they have a small channel for creative people. But the audience is not the same, in Twitch they're into games. In Sywork they're into games, comics, movies and art in general.
ThomPete 11y ago
Are you considering adding identity, web and GUI work too?
- tvmalsv 11y ago
  I would be really interested in that, too. I'm more of a backend guy, not an artist, and I think I would benefit from watching designers do their thing. Not so I could be a designer, but just to know their tools and workflow.
  - marceloeche 11y ago
    That's great idea! I think we can do that.
tombrossman 11y ago
Does this require Adobe Flash? I'm getting a "Error loading player: No playable sources found" message using Firefox on Linux. I don't have Flash installed but sites usually fall back to HTML5 video or tell me to install Flash. Neither happened here. This looks really interesting though, so good luck with it and I hope to get it working soon. EDIT: It's only the the live streams I'm having trouble with, the pre-recorded works fine.
- marceloeche 11y ago
  We had some problems with Firefox but we are already working on it : )

adminprof 11y ago

What advantages do artists get for using Sywork instead of Twitch?

minimaxir 11y ago
Twitch is gaming-only, and users can only stream gaming-related subjects.
- atom-morgan 11y ago
  They don't seem to be very strict about it. I've watched poker, piano playing, and drawing on there before.
- forthefuture 11y ago
  Twitch actually has an entire section titled Creative[0] where people paint, do graphic design, sculpt, etc. Right now there are 2,000+ viewers. They also have sections for Music and Game Development / Programming. [0] http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Creative http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Creative
marceloeche 11y ago
Sywork is a place created especially for artists. Next week the streamers will be able to setup rewards to their fans. In Twitch they have a small channel for creative people. But the audience is not the same, in Twitch they're into games. In Sywork they're into games, comics, movies and art in general.

ThomPete 11y ago

Are you considering adding identity, web and GUI work too?

tvmalsv 11y ago
I would be really interested in that, too. I'm more of a backend guy, not an artist, and I think I would benefit from watching designers do their thing. Not so I could be a designer, but just to know their tools and workflow.
- marceloeche 11y ago
  That's great idea! I think we can do that.

tombrossman 11y ago

Does this require Adobe Flash? I'm getting a "Error loading player: No playable sources found" message using Firefox on Linux. I don't have Flash installed but sites usually fall back to HTML5 video or tell me to install Flash. Neither happened here. This looks really interesting though, so good luck with it and I hope to get it working soon. EDIT: It's only the the live streams I'm having trouble with, the pre-recorded works fine.

marceloeche 11y ago
We had some problems with Firefox but we are already working on it : )