Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
January 22, 2014 08:27 am GMT

Nifty Art Site Is Snapchat Meets DeviantART

Mngao078a0sdf

Online photo tools such as Snapchat allow users to share images that are meant to be seen only for a limited time, creating a sense of urgency for viewers. But what if there was a similar tool for another, less casual visual medium, like art?

See also: Banksy Sells Original Artwork for $60 in Central Park

Enter Slash Temp, a Japanese site that lets anyone post their artwork for a finite period of time. But its dynamics are a bit more fluid than Snapchat. In fact, the easiest way to explain Slash Temp is to describe it as Snapchat meets Reddit meets .

Once a user posts a piece of art on Slash Temp, it will only remain visible for 24 hours — that is, unless someone comments on the image. Once this occurs, one hour for every typed character is added to the artwork's shelf life. For example, an eight-character comment adds eight hours to an image. So, an extremely popular piece of art could live on the site indefinitely, as long as the comments keep coming Read more...

More about Software, Art, , Websites, and Tech

Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/jsxzI59JdPw/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Mashable

Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.

More About this Source Visit Mashable