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Starting my archive
I've decided (after many months of hemming and hawing) to start posting my art on AO3, despite the fact that they do not (and will not, for the foreseeable future) have any image hosting there yet. I'm just going to embed the images from their storage place on deviantArt, which isn't a perfect solution by any means, but it's the best I can come up with. Though come to think of it, I don't know dA's upper limit on the size of the files they'll let me store for free. Hmm. Part of my deal with myself is that fandom must be free, so I am limited in my image storage options... most places charge after a point, and art can take up a lot of space! I will have to ponder that one.
Anyway.
My primary reason for wanting to do this is to make my art more searchable/findable in a fanwork specific database, with the hope of eventually making it available in perpetuity for others to enjoy. Which sounds really arrogant now that I type it out, but there you have it. I don't want it to disappear. I want to leave my mark on fandom, even if I don't think I'm BNF material. And I want to do it in a place that supports my effort to express my love and admiration for my sources of inspiration.
So, if you have an AO3 account (and even if you don't), I'm altocello over there too. You can see all my random bookmarks and, eventually, all of my art.
(And now this means I will have 4 accounts to update whenever I post something, lol.)
Anyway.
My primary reason for wanting to do this is to make my art more searchable/findable in a fanwork specific database, with the hope of eventually making it available in perpetuity for others to enjoy. Which sounds really arrogant now that I type it out, but there you have it. I don't want it to disappear. I want to leave my mark on fandom, even if I don't think I'm BNF material. And I want to do it in a place that supports my effort to express my love and admiration for my sources of inspiration.
So, if you have an AO3 account (and even if you don't), I'm altocello over there too. You can see all my random bookmarks and, eventually, all of my art.
(And now this means I will have 4 accounts to update whenever I post something, lol.)
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I've made a masterlist at DW and LJ, and shamelessly exploit the crosspost feature at DW to make sure I post both places. DA I have to do separate, and now AO3 too, but honestly, AO3 isn't too bad.
I have decided I definitely DO NOT WANT to be a BNF. Ever. No celebrity status. I'm fine, thanks, lol. :D