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Hello everyone!
Hello I’m Jeff, so happy to be here and excited to meet new people and learn new things!
I am going to be posting a lot about art and posting my attempts. I know that I’m not very good right now but I aim to improve and keep on learning.
I’m hoping that the Steemit community will accept me and provide some constructive feedback on my posts.
I am normally a shy person and so sharing anything on line and trying to make new friends is really difficult for me sometimes.
Finding out about Steemit and taking the plunge to get involved has already felt like a massively positive step towards becoming the person I would like to be!
Thank you so much everyone, I look forward to (hopefully) making some real friends here.
Jeff
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Welcome to Steemit!
I also upload my artworks here too from time to time and there are people who will give you an honest critique about them.
I hope you'll enjoy being with the art community here, looking forward to seeing your art!
:D
Upvoted! Welcome to the steemit community. I hope you enjoy a lot!
A new Steemian ^^ hello @jeff.wode I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community ! Nice post, wish you much luck! I will follow your account. Don't hesitate to contact or follow me at any time :-) See you around @tradewonk
hello @jeff.wode welcome to steem community. Enjoy.
Follow me @pulasthi if you like my posts.
Hello and welcome! Are you getting any formal training? In school for art? It's a great idea to document your progress on here. Years from now you'll look back and smile for sure!
Webpages
There are a ton of other webpages to help you with Steemit. Here are some of the best for beginners:
https://steemd.com/ (This site is used to keep track of your voting power and other stats. You do not want to run out of voting power, and you only get so much per day. I keep my voting power around 80% for example.)
https://steem.makerwannabe.com/ (This site will tell you who follows you, who unfollows you, and who mutes you. It is great for meeting new people too. I regularly check it to see who has followed me to see if I should follow them back.)
https://steemit.chat/ (This site is the official chat webpage for Steemit. There are Discord channels too, but I usually stick to the official site. Come in to network and meet new friends. You can directly message people there too, so it makes it easier to communicate with your closest friends.)
Bots
Oh yeah, there are a lot of bots on here. If you see a cookie cutter reply, especially to your intro post, it is almost certainly a bot. Check the account's reputation. If it is low, I would recommend just ignoring them. Everything is public on Steemit, so you can go look at an account's comments and replies. Are they all the same? It's a bot.
Sourcing and Adding Photos
Adding photos to your account as a new Steemian may be confusing at first too. The easiest way it to click to "Submit a Story." Once in there, use the built in Steemit tool to upload an image from your computer. Below the posting window, you will see "Insert images by dragging & dropping, pasting from the clipboard, or by selecting them." Click on the blue text. Once the image is uploaded, you can copy and paste the link into your account settings.
Here's a link to a Google Document I made to help with the coding:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NlAoGnP8q7ZAxGsEnvza-qotUGkoaae4SwXdubAhi2g/edit?usp=sharing
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If you find or suspect a scam, please report it in the #steemitabuse channel on steemit.chat.
Again, welcome, and I've followed you! If you have any questions about getting started, look me up on the chat site.
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welcome to steemit @jeff.wode
following you now.
follow me back pls. :D
Welcome
Welcome! Looking forward to seeing more of your work!
Welcome to steemit!
I know that steemit may seem very overwhelming to you right now but don't worry. There's a learning curve to everything so just be patient and you'll be churning out posts and becoming a part of something great in no time!
Also if there are any questions that you may have, you can reach me at http://steemit.chat . My username is the same over there, i.e., arthestically
Also do give this article a read as it has guides on how to get you started: https://steemit.com/welcome/@inquiringtimes/333-welcome-to-steemit-333
Have fun and I wish you LOADS of success on here! <3
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I saw that you unfollowed me, and I realized I was not following you anymore. Steemit has a serious problem right now with changes sticking. You'll follow someone and come back later to not be following them.
Thank you, great to be here!
Thank you @gabbspitargue! I really appreciate you welcoming me on here
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much, I'm not getting any training at the moment but have found YouTube a great resource. Yes I hope that in the future I can look back at these posts and see some improvement.
I appreciate the info and those those links.
Thank you again, I'm feeling very welcomed.
Thank you pulasthi!
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you so much. I'll check out Steemitchat and see if I can find you on there.
Sorry, I didn't mean to unfollow you. I have clicked follow again so hope all works well. Steemit has been very slow today, it's taken such a long time for these comments to upload and I have had to try a few times before my replys have been posted. Is Steemit usually quite slow?
Thank you so much. I'll check out Steemitchat and see if I can find you on there.
Hi @jeff.wode
Welcome on Steemit! I'm sure you will have lots of fun here. You will discover a great artists community here.
One thing I like to do is to participate in art contests. Maybe you like it too 😉
Enjoy!
@BecomeTheArtist
Thank you, I'm already enjoying being here and feeling welcomed. I'll check out some contests and maybe participate if I have anything good enough.
Don't worry too much about "if it's good enough". Even if you don't win the contest, the fact of participating has also other benefits :)
You discover other artists, other artists discover you, you make new friends, and especially, you go out of your comfort zone which makes you discover new things, try, learn and progress.
Most of the contests ask you to create something new specifically for the contest. I like this a lot because it's each time a source of inspiration for me and trying each time to do a bit better. (for example I'm still rather new in watercolor and I never ever drew a bull before, but now I did it! :) I see this as an exercise and a relaxing moment!)
And if you are amongst the winners, that is of course the top!
Have fun!
It is having issues unfortunately, but within the last 15 minutes things have been improving.
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STOPCongratulations @ finnian ! I’ve spent many hours reviewing Steemit materials designed to assist beginners, in preparation to provide some targeted support to particular individuals. Yours is the type of response that will serve as a model for me.
I think it is particularly important to be sensitive to a person’s community(ies) and subject(s) of interest (what they brought with them when they came to Steemit) and then try to help them to quickly find their ‘compatriots’ in the extremely diverse Steemit community, where you have to be extremely agile in keeping track of where your own post is on display after it comes into the New area and then disappears a few minutes later.
I’m a university prof., book author, etc., and so I am accustomed to dealing with people who have a new-person perspective as they enter a social environment for the first time, and to organizing information delivery in the effort to be pedagogically effective. On this last point your post is very nice.
Thank you! The information has been slowly added to over time, and I try to give people the information I wish I had when I was new.
This place has a slightly steep learning curve at first, and I did not find the FAQ and official support information very helpful.
What university do you teach at please? I've followed you!
University of Montreal, Dept. of Demography (English translation). Thanks.
I forgot to follow you, and will do so now.
Cheers!