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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:15:47 +0000

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:52:16 +0000

If you are looking for the combo niche social network and caricatures, I’d recommend Wittygraphy. Seems like the caricaturists have begun the gathering at that website. A lot or fine caricatures and a lot of fun to be had.

By: Viewbook

Viewbook — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:48:35 +0000

Some think it’s price others think it’s cheap:
http://www.meet...read/4463081/0/

By: Rien

Rien — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:39:16 +0000

Totally agree. Portfolio should be first (personal) then you should have the *option* to go social with your portfolio. And have the possibility to distribute / embed into different networks if you like. That would be nice.

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KillerStartups.com - iPlotz.com - Wireframe Your Ideas — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:25:02 +0000

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KillerStartups.com - MyFolio.com - A New Network For Artists — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:21:52 +0000

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By: Roman

Roman — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:37:31 +0000

The concept isn’t bad, really, but there’re few issues with it.

1. Too many ads on portfolio page. I can’t really imagine an artist who will tolerate such a horrible amount of (not his) ads on his portfolio. $24/year for no-ads option? What’s the point? Hosting will cost me same money, but I’ll be able to do my portfolio the way I like, not the way they want.

2. Mixing up portfolio and social stuff… OK, maybe it looks like a great idea, but I don’t think it’ll work – again, folio is very individual thing, and artists (especially those who are seriously dedicate to their form of art – which isn’t me) are individualists and the last thing they need is huge amount of amateurs leaving their (trashy) comments on his portfolio.

3. Overall – design isn’t very good and intuitive, and I’d say it’s not too sleek either.

To conclude, it may work – but personally for me (very inspired yet still amateur photographer) this thing will not work. Portfolio is personal, not social – period.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:13:51 +0000

Here’s a really good review of how social networks are helping the creative world (the big ones as well as the niche).

http://laterala...-for-creatives/

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By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:02:19 +0000

what is that considered pricey?

-Jim
http://www.movi...nlineforum.com/
(just getting started so check it out)

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:03:44 +0000

Hey Nacho, why do I get the feeling that you are really Jesus (person posted above)? Whats next, a post from Sombrero about the same dinky website known as ameets?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:56:49 +0000

Must be very hard to spell out a 7 letter word

By: Sodoku

Sodoku — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:29:04 +0000

I think “art” is a good niche of social network as artist don’t mind open a new account to show off their masterpiece to get one more chance to attract new fans.
I also want to start a niche social network of people who like playing sudoku. But I have no idea how many people like sudoku.

By: » MyFolio, nuova piattaforma sociale dedicata agli artisti sul web

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By: Carl-Johan

Carl-Johan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:12:35 +0000

I’m working with http://www.thesmalls.com which is a social network and showcase for creatives in general and filmmakers in particular.

We have monthly short film screenings in New York (’The Can’) as well as competitions in London such as The Comedy Smalls sponsored by Paramount Comedy.

By: Ali Sabet

Ali Sabet — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:27:15 +0000

Being the founder of 2 artist social networks; http://www.mojizu.com and http://www.sabet.tv, I know first hand that giving creatives a place to share their talent and thrive is more gratifying than any amount of money. Niche CPM’s are pretty good, but I don’t think Art Communities are really that niche anymore. I feel personally that there is too many of them with no niche.
Mojizu worked because it focused on Character Designers and their work!
Whether MyFolio takes off or not will have to do with Moose’s reach and effort. If there is nothing different here vs. let’s say some other small network, then I’d have to say it’s going to stay small. But who knows, maybe Moose is doing this for love!
Moose, If you read this…
I like the design, and the identity is really well done. I feel that the homepage could be way more interactive and dynamic. It doesn’t draw me in right now. Give me a reason to sign up- something different..something exciting..
I wish you the best!
Ali

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By: Nacho

Nacho — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:06:14 +0000

Actually my favourite is Ameets.com, for the moment is small enough to be relevant and the quality of the works in quite high end!

Concerning the “bigger players” I prefere devianart rather than behance….so easy!

By: Bret

Bret — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:01:38 +0000

Viewbook is $9 or $19 a month. Heard of starving artists?? lol

By: Rien

Rien — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:41:24 +0000

Artists communities are fine, but I think artists also need better tools to show and distribute their work online in a more practical and professional way. Flickr and alikes can help you getting noticed, but once you need to present your work professionally to clients most sites are too clunky. We at Viewbook try to solve this problem by creating tools to present work in a clean and elegant way with flexible portfolio pages and multi-purpose galleries, and at the same time give you tools to distribute your work online for example by publishing your galleries to for example facebook. I think the true challenge finally lies in integrating the best of tools and (community) websites.

By: Joey

Joey — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:39:57 +0000

what mad them spike rapidly last august?