While the other one's percolating through ya'll's (double, apostrophe!) brains, I figured I'd let this one swim as well:

I was thinking how much craigslist rocks. But also, I was thinking of some of the things I don't like about it. The search for example really, really bites.

And in the process of thinking and mulling... and talking to friends, it was indicated to me that the communities that bring photographers together with models online are either too bloated or not developed well enough. Often there's too much noise.

So a craigslist for artists is something that could be very useful. A place where people can post their public portfolios, events, help wanted ads, etc. Attach good search capabilities. Keep shit simple. And for people to talk to other people, slap on a forum if necessary. But really, most of the messaging will preferably be private.

So thats the idea - thoughts?

Deviantart?

"Artists" meeting models? Sounds like it could attract the wrong crowd... esp if models are posting pics online. Also Kijiji is a more user friendly Craigslist.

DeviantArt - good, but not for searching classifieds. You can't find people locally without posting in the forum and asking for responses.

Craigslist / Kijiji - good, but not for portfolios.

An idea was to allow artists to form guilds and showcase them together.

.. lots of swirling ideas. I'm starting with something simple: a photo gallery hosting app like flickr but with even less features, haha.

Diddy: models post their pics online all the time. So do photographers.

Four sections:
- Folios -> permanent. requires user account. Allows for multiple folios etc.
- Events -> expires when the event expires
- Gigs wanted -> expires after 1 month
- Artists wanted -> expires after 1 month

I guess I'm trying to build something flickery when it comes to managing pictures, but with a focus on people .... but without the noise of facebook. Something a bit more pure and clear. I don't want people to comment on other people's portfolios unless the opinion is asked for in, a separate forum perhaps - turns into a big ass-kissing-fest when models are involved, haha.

Always fun trying to hit some sort of a sweet spot - at the very least I'll get some javascript / ajax practice and some re-usable widgets ;). Flickr's new in-site (not the one you download) uploader is awesome.

... maybe I'll just end up selling the widgets.

DUDE..I would totally use that...haha..and help if i could in any way..I totally agree with what you said about DA.