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Where to Announce Free Graphic Art?

Posted by Cliff on from the finding-the-right-SIG dept.

BrynM asks: "I have a good portion of my deceased father's artwork scanned and up on a personal website (294 images with everything from sketches to finished work). I have been adding more in batches and should end up with around 1,000 images when done. My sister and I have released the art under the Free Media License, which is much like a GPL for art. We have also set a date on paper that the art falls into the public domain regardless of what laws may change in between (avoiding the eternal copyright stuff). My hope is that people will utilize the art, since the only gain I desire is to share the pride in the work my father did. Where can I announce that the site is open to the graphics and stock art geeks out there? Since the server can't take a full slashdotting (DSL), that's out. Are there any sites that specialize in public domain or commons type art sites without having to submit every piece to an unknown body?"

6 of 31 comments (clear)

  1. Themes? by billn · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What about one of the common themes sites used heavily by open source geeks?

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  2. Re:Note to future "Ask Slashdot"ers by galaxy300 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Ouch! And yes, as I checked the site (as Slashdotters are wont to do) I noticed the ticker going up...14 users...16 users...20 users...

    I smell silicon burning somewhere...

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  3. Usenet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Post it to usenet. I have no idea what group(s) would be appropriate without more explanation, but with 20,000+ groups, something should fit.

    Find a group, read the FAQ, learn the rules about flooding and binary posting, and upload it over an appropriate period - and it'll be forever enshrined in any of a number of usenet mirrors.

  4. Re:Did you try... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Ask Slashdot != Full Slashdot

    Look at the comment load for Ask Slashdot stories not on the main page. Very few people visit these sections of the site very often.

  5. Re:Note to future "Ask Slashdot"ers by BrynM · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You know, it's funny. This Ask Slashdot question sat around for a long time on my account. I even waited for database maintenance at Slashdot (just kidding - but I've never seen it before, posting it now may have been a favor from Cliff). It sat there so long, I thought it was dead. When I originally posted it, I didn't have my website listed in my profile. There isn't a mention of my site in the post either, but I figured that a few intrepid /.ers would figure it out. Ah well... The server is holding up OK. I think my slow ass DSL connection is keeping it at bay... so far... ;)

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  6. Where would you go if you were looking for art? by forwhomthebelltrolls · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If I was looking to download some graphics or artwork, the tool I would use would be google.

    Why not simply use meta tags on your web page, to attract googlers to your site?