DeviantArt – Art Community with Digital/Traditional Works
History: One of the oldest online art communities, launched in 2000 by Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens, and Angelo Sotira. It predates and inspired many modern social platforms.
Functionality: A massive, diverse community for artists of all skill levels and mediums, from digital painting to poetry. It functions as a social network with profiles, journals, and groups. It has also embraced AI art generation with its own tool, DreamUp.
Future Plans: Navigating the integration of AI art tools while maintaining its core community, and modernizing its platform to compete with newer social media.