How to make an Art Instance for Lemmy?

I tried finding Art instances to subscribe to after leaving Reddit and only found too which were for psychedelic art and erotic art. How do I make an instance for just Art and other instances for other genres? Unless does one exist?

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sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Just to clarify, are you wanting to create an instance (an entire server like lemmy.ca, lemmy.ml, lemmy.world), or a community (a subreddit like nostupidquestions@lemmy.world, canada@lemmy.ca, main@sh.itjust.works)? Instructions differ greatly depending on your answer.

Wali_Boi@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Sorry, community. I'm still learning lemmy

sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 3y

Hey, no worries. I'm new too, and most of us here are learning as we go. For communities there should be a link along the top bar next to the "Create Post" button (screenshot of my instance attached). Click it and it will take you to a page where you can name your new community and fill out other details about it. Once you've got it created feel free to post a link here! I'm sure we all will be interested in following a new art community.

AlataOrange@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Go to lemmy.world, click the 3 bars to open the menu, click 'create community'.

Good luck, I hope you enjoy being a mod!

SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org · 3 pts · 3y

I mean. You can do that on your home instance. Doesn't need to be Lemmy.world.

kman@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y

Have you checked out !art@lemmy.world?

twistedtxb@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

You mean community? An instance is basically a server that connects to other instances, which themselves host communities on different topics.

On the web interface, you can create a community on your instance (Lemmy.ca). Once other instances have indexed your newly created community, it will appear to every member of their instances

kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

The Lemmy Community Browser is a useful search tool for existing communities. Try different keywords and see what comes up. Here are a few I found:

!digitalart@lemmy.world !artshare@lemmy.world !watercolor@lemmy.ml

Wali_Boi@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y

Thank you very much!

influence1123@psychedelia.ink · 4 pts · 3y
hsl@wayfarershaven.eu · 1 pts · 3y

Here's a good place to start searching for communities - I believe Beehaw has art-related communities. Wayfarers' Haven: Community tips list

Otherwise, why not create your own? If your current instance doesn't allow new communities, you can do so on another instance.