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Collecting the potential alternatives. Please add more in the comments. (Update: 8/2023) https://500px.com/ (photography only) https://anthro.art/ https://artfol.co/ https://www.artgram.co/ (previously: https://www.arrrt.io/ ) https://www.artpal.com/ (mostly for selling art) https://www.artstation.com https://www.artwanted.com/ https://www.behance.net/ https://buzzly.art/ (in beta, internal controversity, many staff and members left) https://cara.app/ https://cohost.org (social media platform) https://comicfury.com/ (web comics) https://www.doodleaddicts.com/ https://ello.co https://www.furaffinity.net https://inkblotapp.info/ (open beta) https://iscribble.net/ https://itaku.ee/ https://www.mangadraft.com/ (french only) https://mastodon.art/explore https://medibang.com/ (ArtStreet, for fanart) https://paintberri.com/ https://www.pillowfort.social/ (one time 5$ fee) https://www.pinterest.com https://www.pixiv.net/en https://www.preefix.com/ (closed beta) https://sheezy.art/

DeviantArt has seen better days, and for me the uncontrolled AI flood has been the tipping point, I doubt this place is ever going to improve again, not under this management. I've advertised other's journals about deviantArt alternatives in the past but I thought it can't hurt to review some of them myself, the more the merrier. I'll keep updating this journals as I learn about new online art outlets: side7.com: Old fashioned site that feels alot like old deviantArt in parts. Allows illustrations, photography, literature, and audio submissions. It has some features that got replaced/lost with eclipse, like categories. It lacks the ability to create gallery folders as on dA, but has a portfolio option and 'serial' feature intended for webcomics, chapter-based writing, or any other similar art forms, which you can use as substitute for galleries. Not very active currently but with the continual decline of dA place it might grow. No algorithm curated feeds. Newgrounds.com: Allows for