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Accessibility in Artby

Artby will offer alternative text on visual works of art so that those who cannot fully see or describe it have access to a description of the artwork.  There is also a detail mode in Artby which allows users to take a close up look at the artwork. This would be helpful to those who have compromised vision as well. 

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Survey 1 for Artby

q. How would you describe your relationship with art? a.  make art

q. What qualifies as art& why?   a.  visual, sonic, dance, theater, sculptural, performance, word - anything requiring creativity and often things that want feedback?

q. How often do you make an effort to look at art?   a.  i try to look at it every day, make it regularly

q. Where do you currently intake art ? (digitally & non-digital) a. both

q. a. What do you enjoy about looking at art digitally?       b. What do you enjoy about looking at art in person? a.  a. i can see it any time of day and can see all of the artist's work in one swoop whenever i want. b. It's nice to be able to walk around it and also to discus with others who are there in the space also - our attention is on the object and we are invested, sharing the experience

q.  c. what don’t you enjoy about looking at art digitally, d. what don’t you enjoy about looking at art in person?   a.  c. hard to see details, you do miss a lot when it's not in person. d. in person - it's hard to make it to art events. they are sometimes far and only available for a limited amount of time q.  Who are some of your favorite artists? a.  american artist (that's their artist name), illana harris babou, nick cave (the sculptor), simone yvette leigh, ayo okunsiende, caroline woolard, pooneh maghazihe, susan jahoda, rose nestler, sam lavigne, nora nurato, adam parker smith, hans tammen, q.  What are some of your favorite art mediums? Least favorite? a.  media art, sculpture, performance q.  Who would you connect with/follow on an art sharing app? a.  friends who make art and also these folks: american artist (that's their artist name), illana harris babou, nick cave (the sculptor), simone yvette leigh, ayo okunsiende, caroline woolard, pooneh maghazihe, susan jahoda, rose nestler, sam lavigne, nora nurato, adam parker smith, hans tammen, q.  What would you want to see in an art sharing app?  ( Like what would you want it to bring to the table?) a.  process - behind the scenes,salons - get togethers, discussion rooms, seminars (places of learning) workshops, art studio visits (virtual), list of artists that the person recommends you to check out also q. What wouldn’t you want to see in an art sharing app?

a. ads, personal posts and stories

q. What kind of art would you like to see on an art sharing app? a. anything really - all the ones i listed first earlier, no restrictions

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Journey Map (Jane the Artist)

1. Jane is an artist who is frustrated by the lack of engagement on her art account on a photo sharing app. 2. Jane changes the way she uses the app to try and get picked up in the algorithm. 3. To no avail, her artwork is still lacking engagement. 4. Jane decides to look up another app she can use to share her art. 5. She discovers Artby, an art sharing app which will help her art be seen by other artists and art enjoyers. 6. Jane is happily suprised that the engagement on her account with Artby is better than her old account on the general photo sharing app. 7. Jane is able to focus on/enjoy posting her artwork, knowing that it will not be lost in the algorithm, and that it is being viewed by others who came to Artby as art lovers.

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Personas

Persona 1: 

Artistic Andy

Andy is an artist who is looking to share their artwork. They are 22 years old, work at a coffee shop, live in NYC, and have a college education.  They are frustrated with the existing platforms on which they try to share their art. They feel that the algorithms are working against them, and their artwork is lost in a sea of information. 

Andy is willing to switch platforms, but doesn’t know which one will help them be the most successful in increasing engagement with their artwork.  Persona 2:

Art Enjoying Edmond 

Edmond is 34, He works as an insurance agent, he lives in Boston, MA., he has a high school education. 

Edmond is a self proclaimed art aficionado. He enjoys looking at art in any form. In person and online. He is frustrated with his current app he uses to look at art. He feels that his favorite artist’s posts are getting lost in the algorithm, and not being shown to him.

There is too much variation in what he is shown by this app. He wants to see more art, and less nonsense. 

Edmond is looking for an app that will fulfill his needs of seeing his favorite artists new posts, and exploring the art world and finding similar artists to his favorites. 

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Interview 4: I’s Interview

De Miller  0:00   All right. So the first question is how would you describe your relationship with art?

Unknown Speaker  0:07   How would I describe my relationship with art?

De Miller  0:09   Yeah

Unknown Speaker  0:15   Damn, I don't know. I was not expecting this kind of question. No idea. I don't know. It's like all consuming like there's art everywhere. I can get away from it. Yeah. It's like a permanent aspect of our all our lives.

De Miller  0:32   And what you can say whatever you want, what qualifies as art and why

Unknown Speaker  0:41   the intent behind it. I think if people are doing it for something like money, then you're more akin to someone else's idea of what they want. Like if you're employed by someone to make art you're probably going to listen to their ideas, one on your own. So it takes away from that

De Miller  0:59   for sure. How you can keep going if you think you

Unknown Speaker  1:07   know, I don't know I guess that's the point of that was later making art for any reason other than the passion to make it and it's probably not gonna I mean, I don't know what I would call art, but I wouldn't call that like who are.

De Miller  1:21   No, I like your answer. How often do you make an effort to look at art?

Unknown Speaker  1:29   Pretty low effort it just comes to me. It's like there's art all over the place, especially on social media where I'm on all the time.

De Miller  1:35   Yeah, I was just gonna ask the next question is where are you currently in take are digitally and non digitally.

Unknown Speaker  1:42   digitally, probably places like Facebook and Tumblr. Probably yeah, probably that if you're talking about non internet. I mean, I thought I'd go out of my way to go to museums or something. But that's also when showcases people

De Miller  1:58   have showcases for art. Yeah, like galleries and stuff. Exactly.

Unknown Speaker  2:04   Then realistically, like there's art all around you, I guess like what I wanted to before was

De Miller  2:12   so what do you enjoy about looking at art digitally.

Unknown Speaker  2:17   Ease of Access and also wanting there's just so much like it always is always are on the internet.

De Miller  2:23   What do you enjoy about looking at art in person?

Unknown Speaker  2:28   You can see details better. There's no worry about like, some sort of artwork in pixelize. You know, I'm saying because my Wi Fi is bad or something like that. Like, you know what I see is what's there and that's

De Miller  2:40   it. Yeah. And what don't you enjoy about looking at art digitally?

Unknown Speaker  2:48   Good question. I guess the point I was making about the scene are IRL, like, I don't know what I'm seeing is the true quality of what was what was meant to be depicted by the artist. Yeah. I don't know if I'm seeing the whole picture.

De Miller  3:08   Yeah. What don't you like about looking at our person or what don't you enjoy about looking at art in person?

Unknown Speaker  3:17   I don't think there's much of a dislike for seeing art in person. I think the peak of seeing art would be in person.

De Miller  3:24   Who are some of your favorite artists? It's okay, if you don't have like specific names. You can also tell me like where you see a lot of your favorite artists.

Unknown Speaker  3:32   Gotcha. Um, I'm doing I'm definitely seeing more new artists just by virtue of it being a general social media platform on Tumblr and Facebook. Like you're just having new artists all the time. Like, as far as favorite old artists like we stopped putting was one of my favorites for a long time. I'd say there's way more artists that are not coming to mind just because I don't remember their names. was always a favorite.

De Miller  3:59   Is a good stuff clips.

Unknown Speaker  4:01   Yeah. You got a person with 830 right now was the run

De Miller  4:11   So, what are your some of your favorite meat art mediums.

Unknown Speaker  4:17   Favorite Armenians with a good one. I like oil pastels. Alright and how you doing, I know man. So, okay, yeah, well pistols watercolor. Well I love marble sculptures. But would that be this medium with that medium?

De Miller  4:36   That counts as a medium?

Unknown Speaker  4:38   Do clay too because I just like sculptures in general.

De Miller  4:41   And what are some of your least favorite art mediums?

Unknown Speaker  4:45   Please favorite, least favorite least favorite. This is not to say I don't like digital art, but as far as like making art, I probably just like digital the most. But that's a weird way to do it. Like I guess one would would that be digital or Photoshop or something? I don't know.

De Miller  5:07   Yeah, I know what you mean. Like when people draw in like Photoshop and stuff?

Unknown Speaker  5:11   Yeah. And that's not even to say that is inherently bad either.

De Miller  5:13   There's asking for your least favorite. Yeah. Who would you connect with or follow on an art sharing app?

Unknown Speaker  5:25   Very good to be the art that speaks to me that I see someone actually like putting real time and effort into things that like wow me.

De Miller  5:34   That's a fun answer. What would you want to see in an art sharing app like what would you want it to bring to the table?

Unknown Speaker  5:52   I want to see what are the people breaking them all like I feel like it doesn't matter what social media you're on. Like you're always gonna see people having like, similar art. I don't know, I guess I guess that's also ambiguous. What does it mean to break the mold? Right, like, broken? Like, I don't know people. People really trying to find their own poison or

De Miller  6:11   Okay, and what wouldn't you want to see in an art sharing app?

Unknown Speaker  6:18   I don't know anything I've seen like a million times before. I really don't even know how I would like work. But like if your art just looks like someone else to hurt, like, there's not really interested in trying it. or seen it.

De Miller  6:32   No, that's a valid answer. That's all the questions I have

Unknown Speaker  6:36   Hi

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Interview 3: T’s Interview

De Miller  0:00   So let's get into it. So how would you describe your relationship with art

Unknown Speaker  0:11   I would describe it active and like ever changing I'm always like exploring new techniques and new things to do. And it's something that I do in any like in many like different forms.

De Miller  0:31   Okay, what qualifies as art and why?

Unknown Speaker  0:36   I think anything made from creation, it could be music dancing, it can be seeing drawing, painting, like, like modeling, doing like it could be like digital design on the computer. There's so many ways to anything like involving human creation. So really, it's a form of art.

De Miller  1:00   So true. Bestie how often do you make an effort to look at art?

Unknown Speaker  1:07   I wouldn't say probably every day

De Miller  1:11   and where do you currently intake art both digitally and non digitally?

Unknown Speaker  1:18   When I do have it, I would say Instagram museums, honestly like even like local shows, through my friends, friends like sending me things I also you too.

De Miller  1:40   I see. Inquisitive What do you enjoy about looking at art digitally?

Unknown Speaker  1:52   I like the variety and how personal attention become like sometimes our pieces are just like super specific. I'm like really touching. I like just like the, like variety of creativity that people express. And it's inspiring.

De Miller  2:14   And what do you like? What do you enjoy about looking at art in person

Unknown Speaker  2:19   in person, it just evokes like they like different motions because you get to physically see it. I feel like I like in person. Better sometimes just because I get to really be close with a piece. Develop like a deeper connection.

De Miller  2:42   And what don't you enjoy about looking at art digitally?

Unknown Speaker  2:46   I don't enjoy how sometimes people like clean nothing needs, like artwork. It's like stolen. Yeah. Or like not credited

De Miller  2:58   and what don't you enjoy about looking at art in person.

Unknown Speaker  3:02   Sometimes it feels like a disconnect with the artist because it's just like a name on a piece of paper. But like online when you're digitally to go on like their page or like even sometimes like talk to

De Miller  3:14   them. Who are some of your favorite artists?

Unknown Speaker  3:23   That's a good question.

De Miller  3:27   I see your time.

Unknown Speaker  3:50   Selling other clothing I feel like so many people I like insert two artists that I really like that you hold on to I think it's called like something with like color. And they do a lot of like, like sleeve falling drawings and sometimes seem like they would even be drawn with like crayon. Oh, that's it. I don't think anyone's name

De Miller  4:31   you Yeah, I feel that like I'll just see stuff on Instagram and like follow people and see their stuff all the time, but I like won't even know what their Instagram handle is.

Unknown Speaker  4:39   No I'm gonna do Instagram followers.

De Miller  4:48   You don't have to do. I'll just take like, like you see them on Instagram as an answer. That's fine. Okay, yeah. What are some of your favorite art mediums

Unknown Speaker  5:01   I really don't like digital art. I guess like, like window displays or I don't really know how to put that in a medium

De Miller  5:15   to medium. Yeah. What are some of your least favorite art? Mediums

Unknown Speaker  5:35   that's a hard question, right that's okay. I can't even say like I don't have like I don't have any like ones that I don't really like.

De Miller  5:58   That's fair. Who would you connect with or follow on an art sharing app?

Unknown Speaker  6:06   I like people that posts like meaningful content. Usually I like like vibrancy or kind of like intercut saying something like you need and also if it's like cute, I like cute stuff, too.

De Miller  6:29   What would you want to see in an art sharing app? Like what would you want it to bring to the table?

Unknown Speaker  6:35   I was like is to bring to the table like having the opportunity for more independent artists to display their art and get like for more people to get recognition for their creativity because there's so many creative people on this planet and sometimes things like Tiktok and Instagram algorithm. Harder to to be seen.

De Miller  7:03   Definitely. What wouldn't you want to see in an art sharing app

Unknown Speaker  7:13   just toxic communities being allowed to, like thrive on it like maybe like people sharing like inappropriate types of art, like creepy STR

De Miller  7:29   what kind of art would you like to see on an art sharing app?

Unknown Speaker  7:37   I would say ranging from digital to visual in person to someone recording like a video something. See you later. Like all different kinds of mediums and like a big variety I guess. Okay,

Unknown Speaker  8:03   Hi

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Interview 2: Y’s Interview

Unknown Speaker  0:00   What is your relationship with art?

Unknown Speaker  0:06   With our yeah I think I was more into it before  college, then I decided I decided to go into our design because I didn't know nothing else. Or by now I'm not into anymore

Unknown Speaker  0:26   okay what qualifies as art and why

Unknown Speaker  0:38   drawing, painting.

Unknown Speaker  0:41   Okay. How often do you make an effort to look at art

Unknown Speaker  0:50   only whenever I need to like every week okay,

Unknown Speaker  0:56   where do you currently intake art both digitally

Unknown Speaker  1:00   and non digitally? I'm sorry.

Unknown Speaker  1:03   Where do you currently intake and like look at art both digitally and non digital

Unknown Speaker  1:16   Yeah, like where do you normally like see art? Usually?

Unknown Speaker  1:21   My phone computer. Okay.

Unknown Speaker  1:24   What do you enjoy about looking at art digitally?

Unknown Speaker  1:31   I got a look at a person. Why don't have choice right now. Yeah.

Unknown Speaker  1:36   What do you like about looking at art in person?

Unknown Speaker  1:39   You can appreciate more details, especially close up. Yeah,

Unknown Speaker  1:47   so what don't you enjoy about looking at art digitally?

Unknown Speaker  1:53   You can see the world art like completely flat.  Yeah.

Unknown Speaker  2:00   Who are some of your favorite artists or where do you see some of your favorite artists?

Unknown Speaker  2:09   To be honest, I don't know.

Unknown Speaker  2:11   That's fine.

Unknown Speaker  2:12   What are some of your favorite art art mediums?

Unknown Speaker  2:27   Drawing

Unknown Speaker  2:30   and what are your what is your least favorite art medium?

Unknown Speaker  2:37   painting

Unknown Speaker  2:38   is that and who would you connect with or follow on an art sharing app?

Unknown Speaker  2:56   All right. Sorry. What was that? What do you say?

Unknown Speaker  3:01   Oh, who would you connect with our follow on an art sharing app?

Unknown Speaker  3:09   I guess the older artist, the people who may easily have a that they know what they're doing. Okay.

Unknown Speaker  3:20   And what would you want to see in an art sharing app?

Unknown Speaker  3:27   I would like to appreciate like more details visual with visuals really close to the Word and the thing being potent is about the piece information.

Unknown Speaker  3:41   What wouldn't you want to see in an art journal? Okay, that's fine.

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Interview 1: J’s Interview

De Miller  0:01   How would you describe your relationship with art?

J  0:05   I would describe my relationship with art as a participant, I like to participate in art and share art and view art and learn about art.

De Miller  0:20   Nice, what qualifies as art and why?

J  0:27   Art? Anything that invokes emotion in the viewer can qualify as art. So it can be a performance or an image or a song or anything that makes the viewer feel something

De Miller  0:48   how often do you make an effort to look at art

J  0:53   I try to make an effort to view art least once a week but I ended up seeing it every single day.

Where do you currently intake art? Both digitally and on digitally? I currently intake art on the streets, on billboards, on sides of buildings and also on Instagram.

De Miller  1:19   What do you enjoy about looking at art digitally?

J  1:24   I enjoy seeing work from artists all over the world. From the palm of my hand on my mobile phone.

De Miller  1:30   What do you enjoy about looking at art in person?

J  1:34   In person I enjoy looking at art due to the scale factor I like to see big things in person.

De Miller  1:48   What do you not enjoy about looking at or digitally?

J  1:54   I don't like the amount of blue light that gets into my eyes and prevents me from sleeping well because I am on my phone too much.

De Miller  2:03   And what do you not enjoy? About viewing art in person

J  2:06   having to leave my house

De Miller  2:12   who are some of your favorite artists? Or where do you see some of your favorite artists?

J  2:48   So, um, where do you see some of your favorite artists? I see some of my most of my favorite artists. I all I find on Instagram and Twitter.

De Miller  3:02   What are some of your favorite art medium mediums?

J  3:06   I love animation.

De Miller  3:08   What are your least favorite art mediums ?

J  3:11   I dislike charcoal drawings.

De Miller  3:21   Who would you connect with or follow on an art sharing

app? Who or what would you follow?

J  3:30   I connect with art sharing app. I would follow artists that use Unreal Engine five

De Miller  3:36   What would you like to see in an art sharing app? Like what would you want it to bring to the table?

J  3:44   I would like to see art made with particular software's I love see art and I'd love to see the kind of art that you can make in Blender and I'd also love to see the distinction between that and the kind of art that you can make using Maya or C 40.

De Miller  4:02   What wouldn't you want to see in an art fair enough?

J  4:06   I would not want to see lined paper

De Miller  4:12   and what kind of art would you like to see in an art sharing app?

J  4:20   Animation

De Miller  4:25   Thank you.

J  4:27   You're welcome. Thank you

Unknown Speaker  4:27   You

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Artby- Art Sharing App Interview Questions (6/13) v.1

1. How would you describe your relationship with art? (artist, art enjoyer, art historian, etc.)

2. What qualifies as art& why?

3.How often do you make an effort to look at art?

4.Where do you currently intake art ? (digitally & non-digital) 

a. what do you enjoy about looking at art digitally, what do you enjoy about looking at art in person? 

b.  what don’t you enjoy about looking at art digitally, what don’t you enjoy about looking at art in person?

5.Who are some of your favorite artists? 

6.What are some of your favorite art mediums? Least favorite? 

7.Who would you connect with/follow on an art sharing app? 

8.What would you want to see in an art sharing app?

9.What wouldn’t you want to see in an art sharing app? 

10.What kind of art would you like to see on an art sharing app?

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Homework 4 (06-08-22)

Omayeli Arenyeka’s article ‘How to think differently about doing good as a creative person” speaks on the intentions behind why we design, and the impact that makes on the outcome of what we design and the people we are designing for. Arenyeka emphasizes that the feeling of doing something “good” overtakes the original objective of creating sometimes. It’s important to step back and evaluate your intentions and goals with a project. Who is this for? What is the goal? The author also emphasizes though that it is okay to take on projects where the goal is to do “good”. In those cases,  Arenyeka urges that personal goals and concerns must be set aside. “Even with good intentions our work can still cause harm”. So it is important to check in with yourself, those who you’re designing for, your relationship to the problem, and who it’s affecting. 

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Homework 2 (Secondary Research)

As per my art sharing app, I think I will call Artby (Art by), there are a few innovations similar to it. 

Some of the first that come to mind are Instagram, tumblr, Pinterest, Behance, DeviantArt, Artly, and TikTok. 

What works for a few of them, like TikTok and Instagram, is that they have a good interface that almost anyone can use. On Instagram, users can upload images, videos, as well as reels and stories.

What doesn’t work for them is that they limit what the user can post, specifically nudity and political content. They don’t take into consideration that these restrictions effect mainly artists who upload their work; and then have it flagged soon after.

Both of these apps also have an algorithm which pushes content that the user may not necessarily be interested in, and doesn’t always show the user what they want to see, they may be missing out on content. 

Artly is an app which helps users learn about historical art, sort of like a virtual museum. However it is not for users to post their own art. 

Analogous Platforms

RoadStr - A car enthusiast app that helps connect people with others in their area who also love cars. Users can also join groups in order to stay up to date on the latest car news. 

FitTogether- Social fitness and gym community app where users can talk to each other and share workout advice. Users can upload images as well as their workout details. 

CraveIt- A social food app. Users upload images of their food, curate their food journey , and categorize their favorite dishes & restaurants.