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I come from a family of artists so I've always hoped that we day see a world where most regular people to have nice art on their walls, at home and at work. At

by staunch 15y ago

I come from a family of artists so I've always hoped that we day see a world where most regular people to have nice art on their walls, at home and at work. At $1000/piece that idea is still out of reach for most people, but it's a good start. Interestingly enough, I think you could learn a lot from tattoos. Millions of people get tattoos because it's a way to express themselves in a meaningful and unique way for a couple hundred dollars. If you can make art culture something more personal and approachable, like tattoo culture, you may unlock a huge market and make the world more beautiful to boot.

replicatorblog 15y ago
Or they could just serve the tattoo market right? As much as the name is "EveryArt" I could totally see this being a place for tattoo artists to make a name for themselves, sell commissioned works, etc.
itmag 15y ago
There's loads of stuff on Deviant Art, for instance, that I wouldn't mind hanging on my walls. The problem is the total overload one suffers when browsing around that site. I'd totally use some kind of smart discovery service to find me cool art. But how does one algorithmize subjective visual aesthetics? De gustibus non est programmandum :)
- zb 15y ago
  > I'd totally use some kind of smart discovery service to find me cool art. So find a dealer gallery you like and develop a personal relationship with them.
  - jmitcheson 15y ago
    What year is this, 1990?
  - itmag 15y ago
    But that's not what I want. I want a better filtering/discovery mechanism for DA. There's a lot of great artists on there but it's too much work browsing, not to mention deciding.
samstave 15y ago
I've never gotten a tattoo as I could never commit to something "forever" that I wasn't sure about. I want a temporary tattoo painter. One that I can program or download art into and have it print on my body - it can remain until I am tired of it and I can delete and reprint myself as I see fit. Maybe one day I want my whole body to be plaid, camouflage the next.
egypturnash 15y ago
This already exists. It's called "furries". No. Really. See, every furry has a character or three they've come up with. Some of them are self-insertion characters - "fursonas". Some of them are not. But not every furry can draw. And furry is a pretty visually oriented scene. So there are TONS of people making a decent chunk of their living on lots of little commissions where they draw other people's characters. Browse around furaffinity.net and you'll see it in action. (Warning: you will also see lots of amateur art, and if you log in and say you're an adult, you will see some really out there fantasy porn. By both amazing artists and amateurs.) A few of my friends support themselves largely, or entirely, on this.

by staunch 15y ago

replicatorblog 15y ago

Or they could just serve the tattoo market right? As much as the name is "EveryArt" I could totally see this being a place for tattoo artists to make a name for themselves, sell commissioned works, etc.

itmag 15y ago

There's loads of stuff on Deviant Art, for instance, that I wouldn't mind hanging on my walls. The problem is the total overload one suffers when browsing around that site. I'd totally use some kind of smart discovery service to find me cool art. But how does one algorithmize subjective visual aesthetics? De gustibus non est programmandum :)

zb 15y ago
> I'd totally use some kind of smart discovery service to find me cool art. So find a dealer gallery you like and develop a personal relationship with them.
- jmitcheson 15y ago
  What year is this, 1990?
- itmag 15y ago
  But that's not what I want. I want a better filtering/discovery mechanism for DA. There's a lot of great artists on there but it's too much work browsing, not to mention deciding.

samstave 15y ago

I've never gotten a tattoo as I could never commit to something "forever" that I wasn't sure about. I want a temporary tattoo painter. One that I can program or download art into and have it print on my body - it can remain until I am tired of it and I can delete and reprint myself as I see fit. Maybe one day I want my whole body to be plaid, camouflage the next.

egypturnash 15y ago

This already exists. It's called "furries". No. Really. See, every furry has a character or three they've come up with. Some of them are self-insertion characters - "fursonas". Some of them are not. But not every furry can draw. And furry is a pretty visually oriented scene. So there are TONS of people making a decent chunk of their living on lots of little commissions where they draw other people's characters. Browse around furaffinity.net and you'll see it in action. (Warning: you will also see lots of amateur art, and if you log in and say you're an adult, you will see some really out there fantasy porn. By both amazing artists and amateurs.) A few of my friends support themselves largely, or entirely, on this.