Hi folks, some of you might know me from my content here or elsewhere on Lemmy. I have a long term penchant for explicit and creative digital art, everything from the weird to the wonderful, and from the gorgeous to the grotesque.

With this community being the primary outlet for explicit creators it has seen a lot of to and fro with the styles of content being contributed. I have a concern that there needs to be some distinction between the normal erotic, pornographic, sexualised, content; and that of the more creative, exploratory, fun explicit content. However, I don’t want to see the community try to spread itself out as that just diminishes engagement.

I was thinking that we could take a page out of some of the other AIgen communities and start having weekly pinned themed posts where creators can explore a theme without having to worry as strictly about quality, style, or being explicitly erotic. To minimise the effort required to maintain such posts on a weekly basis I would suggest the following:

  • Each week the theme gets posted to a pinned thread.
  • Each creator can post a main comment, and post as many additional images as they like as a reply to their main comment.
  • The main comment must contain ONE image relating to the current theme, and the creators theme pick for the next week.
  • The most upvoted comment sets the theme for the next week.
  • It doesn’t matter if it’s not fair, it’s not a competition.
  • You can still post your best sexy pics on main.

This will help contain some of the more creative offerings while letting the master 'baiters continue to 'bait and letting us creators fly our freak flags, also giving creators more room to maybe discuss explicit image generation and improve our skills.

Given the spirit of the idea I’ll kick things off below. I think we already know that the theme this week is CLOWNS! So bring them in, post your clowns here, share your thoughts, and tell us what we should try next!

  • dax-nxx@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    I like the idea of a weekly challenge, sound like a fun way to generate content and engagement as well.

    Suggestion for next time: Medieval Heroes/Villains/Adventurers.

    Normal Clowns

    Bizarre, Creepy, Unsettling Clowns

    ** My Personal Favorite **

    • LemmysMum@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      These look great! Do us a favour and edit this comment with your favourite along with your suggestion for the next theme, and post the rest as a reply to that comment. Thanks!

  • Daddy O Surface@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Love the idea, anything that gets more people to share and delve into creative areas they may not have thought of on their own is a good thing in my opinion. “Retro Futurism” is my suggestion for a possible theme.

    Clown:

  • ayawnymouse@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Interesting side effect for the audience: A top level comment might contain both art I like and a theme suggestion I dislike (or vice versa) so voting becomes a little complex/strategic.

    I’m not complaining, just pointing that out to keep in mind as pictures come in.

    • LemmysMum@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, I think it might help limit image/theme favouritism and keep things interesting. It’s more an exercise in creativity than ego stroking so the creators shouldn’t worry about how the votes play out. It’s not like we can’t make the image themes we want without the post.