SheezyArt

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[[Image:Dante.png|right|180px|Dante, erstwhile site mascot and President of SheezyArt]]
'''SheezyArt''', started on November 30, 2003, by [[Channel Cat]], is an online [[art archive]] devoted to all types of art, including traditional, digital, photography, writing, pixel art, and [[Macromedia Flash]]. No genre of art are excluded, though works containing explicitly sexual subject matter are forbidden.

SheezyArt's visual template is based on the one used at [[deviantART]], allowing user commentary on artwork, journals, and user pages. SheezyArt also has a set of forums in which the community can gather.

Since the summer of 2005, SheezyArt has been down for most of the time because of server problems. This has resulted in the site being $700 short on its server bills, which are usually paid by ad revenue; however, site members' donations have helped to pay the bill. In April 2006 Channel Cat announced<ref>[http://sheezyart.com/news/214/ Goodbye and Hello :)] - Channel Cat announces his imminent departure (22 April 2006)</ref> that he would be passing the site on to [[Spencer]] with technical assistance from [[Thor (person)|Thor]].

* '''Website''': http://www.sheezyart.com/
* '''IRC channel''': [irc://irc.darkmyst.org/sheezy #sheezy on DarkMyst] ([http://www.sheezyart.com/chat/ Java client] - [http://vinyaire.ath.cx/pub/sheezy/ statistics])

== From deviantART to SheezyArt ==
In its original incarnation, SheezyArt permitted all content, including [[pornographic]] imagery. This made it a popular archive for artists who create "adult" works, particularly those in the [[furry fandom|furry]] and [[yaoi]] fandoms. Because deviantART forbids pornography, many artists who liked deviantART's system but scorned its content restrictions migrated to SheezyArt.

Some Flash animators also disdained deviantART's restrictions on including [[copyright]]ed content in animations. Many of these artists also moved to SheezyArt, which permitted Flash animations with borrowed background music, imagery, and other copyrighted material. A user named "Sqeezy" ([[Tim Frommeyer]]) is credited with influencing other Flash animators to move to Sheezy.

== The Great Exodus ==
In January 2005, SheezyArt banned pornographic content and deleted all art and writing tagged as adult, citing a new host's policy restrictions as the reason. However, many adult artists expressed disbelief at the administrators' explanation. They believed the new policies to be unfair and unnecessary at the very least; some even felt that it was a form of intentional persecution.

As a result, most artists specializing in pornographic works left SheezyArt after the ban. A large number migrated to newly-created archives based on SheezyArt's model but specializing in adult artwork. The most popular were [[FurAffinity]] and [[y!Gallery]], both of which are furry-friendly and all-inclusive. FurAffinity's slogan "Where free expression reigns" was intended to be a jab at SheezyArt's allegedly oppressive policies. That slogan dissapeared in early 2006, though, due to changing policies such as their anti-[[wikipedia:lolicon|lolicon]] stand.

== Trolls on SheezyArt ==
In general, trolling on SheezyArt is perceived differently than on other online communities. Harmless trolling, often involving groups of people playing outrageous characters, is permitted and, to some degree, encouraged. Your bicycle hurts my hound dog. The original set of SheezyArt trolls--[[Fungus]], [[Gene Ternruh]], [[Pitbull]], [[The Krampus]], [[Lobsternaut]], [http://reaganlodge.com Reagan], and [[Tengu (person)|Tengu]]--popularized troll behavior on SheezyArt, but now are largely non-participatory.

Argumentative and aggressive behavior is often frequently seen and tolerated, but outright aggression and harassment is usually reprimanded.

== References ==
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[[Category:Art archives]]
[[Category:2003 births]]

WikiFur - User contributions [en]

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