About this app

The social network for artists. Artfol is made for artists, focused on showcasing artwork and supporting any and all artists. Open to all forms of visual art, Artfol provides tools which give you full control of your Artfol experience; from customizing your profile and gallery to resharing your favorite artwork! Users can engage in discussions on the Community tab, browse art from the Discover page and converse with others through private messaging.

Key Features:

Discoverability
• We are bringing back chronological feeds! Never miss when users post, as the posts on your feed will be kept in the order of when they were posted.
• Our algorithms are weighed on recentness, this means that every artist (both big and small) will have an equal chance of having their posts seen.
• Engage with the community; participating in challenges and answering questions are great ways to get exposure!

Community Challenges
• Browse existing challenges through the dedicated challenge tab
• Participate in challenges or start your own!
• Browse challenge submissions through the submission tab.

Customizable Profiles
• Customize your gallery by selecting which artwork to show people when they first visit your profile!
• Upload your own profile picture and banner
• Choose a theme colour for your profile
• Write an intro which will show up below your username
• Choose to add a commission tab to show others you are open to commissions!

Groups
• Find and join communities of likeminded artists and individuals
• Create your own group to meet others with similar interests
• Participate in group challenges and events
• Start discussions and post art in a private space within Artfol

Resharing Art
• Reshare your favorite artwork from other artists!
• Users will be able to like the original artwork through reshares

Post and Browse Text Posts
• Make text posts to interact with your followers
• Browse other text posts through the community tab
• Browse questions asked by the community through the question tab or ask your own questions

Non-Artist Accounts
• If you are not an artist but still would like to browse the app, make a non-artist account!
• Get access to all the content on the platform
• Have the ability to make text posts as well as comment on posts and reply to comments

Terms of Service: https://blog.artfol.me/agreement#terms-of-service
Privacy Policy: https://blog.artfol.me/agreement#privacy-policy

New features

• Patched bug regarding crashing on group pages

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.