Introduceyourself - Stow

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Pleased to meet you, Stow! It's an interesting choice to create your entire post as a graphic... I don't know if I've ever seen that before. I glad you found Hive. 🤝

I chose to do it that way because it allows me more freedom when creating but now that i see it posted i see that some letters are too small haha i guess this will be a learning process as it should. Thanks for the welcome Dave 😁

It was common for people in the early days of the Internet to design their web page as a .gif because HTML 1.0 lacked the design features they want.

The practice failed because search engines keyed in on the text. So purely graphic web sites failed to get the attention the designer desired.

I think the best design for HIVE involves a combination of graphics and text.

HIVE is a social media platform built on a blockchain. The text of each post is encrypted and recorded on the blockchain. The images are actually stored on an image server associated with HIVE.

HiveBlocks.com is a blockchain explorer. It shows all of the transactions on HIVE. This page shows all transactions related to your account:

https://hiveblocks.com/@stow01

This is what was recorded for your first post . The post is just a link to the image on an the peakd.com image server.

Most artists are using a combination of text and graphics.

BTW: HIVE has had huge problems with scammers who post the art created by other people hoping to get rewards. A scammer could make several hundred dollars by posting work from an artists. Claiming ownership. They then skidaddle with the funds when discovered.

Unfortunately, this means that HiveWatchers scrutinize artists accounts. So, when you post art work it is best to have some text positively asserting ownership.

Many artists show images from the creation process of the piece.

An artist named @politeumico , who had been posting for years on Deviant Art, simply posted a single image on his account.

HiveWatchers thought the account might be a scammer and started downvoting his work. Downvoting strips the rewards from the account. The solution is to write a little text with each piece. You might examine his postings as they have good art. The text positively asserts ownership. This makes people feel more comfortable when they decide which posts to upvote.

PPS: Different tribes on HIVE have different interfaces. The Creative Coin interface supplements the HIVE rewards with CCC.

There are some new interfaces in the works targeting the NFT market. It is good to experiment with the different interfaces.

PPPS: Never share your HIVE keys. Before trying different interfaces, you will want to install Hive Keychain. This is a browser extension that will grant access to different sites without sharing the key. You might want to install it on your browser before testing different sites. Hive Keychain will ask for your keys.

Good luck.

you're right @yintercept; when I started on Hive I knew nothing and rapidly found myself on a blacklist xD, but you helped me with all kinds of tips and advices and delegated HP and coins to me. Again, thank you very much my friend!

Welcome to Hive Stow!

Glad to have you here, your post is unique, and I like your style. If you have questions about Hive, send me a message. On my profile, you can find my contact info.

Welcome to #Hive..!

This is a great and amazing road.

Cool self-presentation.

Greetings from Miami..!!!

Hello @stow01! This is @traciyork from the @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) curation team. We noticed you shared your first post here on Hive and introduced yourself to the community - congratulations and welcome!

(I feel like I should take a screenshot of this message, dress it up with some doodles, and use that as my reply instead so I can somewhat live up to the awesomeness of your illustrated post! 😊 )

Speaking of community, we have many different ones here on the blockchain, devoted to all kinds of interests. Here's a link so you can check them all out - Hive Communities. I see you already found OnChainArt, and you might like the Sketchbook community as well.

Also, as Hive can sometimes be quite confusing, the newly launched Newbies Guide should be helpful to you, as it is a growing repository of useful and easy to understand posts about how the Hive ecosystem works. For instance, there's a post in the collection called 3 things Newbies should do in their first week on Hive that you might find helpful.

Please be aware that Hive is a bit different from other social media platforms since you are monetizing your blog, so it is important not to include content that you don't own without sources (and it shouldn't exceed 50% of the post). For more information, check this post - Why and How People Abuse and Plagiarise by hivewatchers.

I'm sure @fermionico will continue to help you as you begin your Hive journey, but if you have any questions, feel free to hop into the OCD Discord server and we'll do our best to answer them, and again welcome to Hive!

Oh actually, one last thing since there's been discussion in your comment section about scammers and account ownership - if you add the word "Hive" to your IG bio, and tag me to say that it's there, I'll get your profile validated. Hopefully that way you won't have any issues going forward. 😊

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Welcome to Hive :) nice introduce!

Thanks Pardo! Really excited with the warm welcome 🙌

Yoo Eddie! I will, and thanks for your kind words 😄

The journey just started 👹

I would have died if you replied with an illustrated comment ☠️☠️

I'll make sure to check the post about newbies on the first week, and yeah, I'm already part of Sketchbook community a a couple more.

I already added the blog link to my IG profile in case you want to check it, and thanks for the welcome! I'll make sure to keep creating things that stand far from what HIVE is used to but always following the guidelines 😃

Big hug!

Thanks for the info @yintercept, I see how a mix of text and images could help the organic growth of the account but to be honest I don't plan to become viral inside HIVE or anything like that, I want my posts to reach the correct people and I think that the communities inside the platform are the best way to reach them.

To avoid any suspicion about ownership or how original my art is i added the link to my blog on my instagram page (link on bio too) which is like 8yo i think haha

I also plan to create a solid graphic style for every post which eventually people will see as my signature, I'd rather sacrifice a few followers and money to keep the artistry which is what I'm seeking with the blog (hope this makes sense)

Again, thanks for all the info and sending you a big hug from this side of the world 🙌

Dang, missed opportunity! 😂

But how about this - since illustrations are not in my wheelhouse, but stealing pop culture gifs and twisting them to my purpose tweaking gifs definitely is, I present to you...

And I just submitted your profile to Hive Watchers for verification and added you to some Discord anti-abuse bots, so you should get a message at some point (as a reply to this post). It's more for curators who are doing their due diligence, but it will be handy for you to have in case anyone ever questions if you're a dirty rotten content stealer who you say you are. 😁

I look forward to seeing what you create, and in return I'm...

https://media.giphy.com/media/2vaStBdxxTceXOwEQf/giphy.gif

Still does the trick! Hope to see more of them pretty soon lol

And I can't thank you enough about the verification issue 🙏

We're going to create crazy things over here so stay tuned

I went into detail because your post said you were interested in design. Designers tend to be interested in the reason behind design decisions.

I don't plan to become viral inside HIVE

HIVE is not driven by follower counts like Facebook or Twitter. It is based on communities and tags. Pretty much everyone interested in a community or tag will read your posts.

For example, a large number of people read every posts with the #introduceyourself tag.

BTW, you should only use the #introduceyourself tag on one post.

To avoid any suspicion about ownership

It is likely that the suspicion of ownership will be ongoing. It is the nature of the medium.

Welcome to HIVE. I wish you success.

Welcome to HIVE stow
I love your graphical writing and your introduction. It's amazing.🖤

Thanks Sunita! Stay tuned because there's more coming 😊

Awesome!! Welcome to the family

Thanks 🤘

Hello Andrés.

The account has been verified:
https://hivewatchers.com/verifications?utf8=✓&verification[username_search]=stow01

Thank you

Thanks @hivewatchers!

Love your creative approach. While I'm a writer and not a visual artist, I totally agree that creativity thrives best in a group where we can all bounce ideas off of each other, rather than in a vacuum. That's why I've done my best work in creative writing workshops and blogging forums like these where you get feedback and meet other awesome bloggers!