I wish I can be as good as the artists in Pixiv. They're really cool! XD

Hmm...oh. What is Pixiv? Pixiv is a Japanese site which caters to a lot of aspiring artists all over Japan and a place where they showcase their talents - in other words, an imageboard/tagboard all in one. You could probably say it's like 4chan, minus the wars that erupt there every so often between and among anons and other boards. Illustrations are of course found by adding keywords/tags into the search bar. Also, it differs from 4chan because you have to be a member first before you can actually see any illustrations on that site - it's their security measure. Japanese fan artists are just about as very touchy as Western artists are about their work, and they don't like people stealing their stuff. Stealing which means saving those pictures and then uploading them and passing them off as their works (the "art thieves'" of course). And as I mentioned, Pixiv is a Japanese site - it means that it has Japanese all over the place. How I even managed to become a Pixiv member is way beyond me. ;A; As for me, I try to make do with Babelfish so as to get to the really awesome illustrations that I want. :P

I'm still trying to guess what those points up above my member page mean though.

Labels: imageboard, Japanese art, pixiv, tagboard

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