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illustration i finished a couple days about neocities, the indie web, and fostering genuine human interaction online. images for this were collected by starting on my own neocities, and following links from sites to other sites to 'map' the 'personal web.' screenprinting it onto shirts next week

agentromanoffsir

neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities

EDIT: part 2!!

petrapixel

indie web resources for making your own website! :]

decided to make a little masterpost of all my resources. if you like, follow me on neocities / buy me a coffee!

First Steps

How to create your first website

Common Questions

Common Mistakes

Code Quality Guide

Troubleshooting Guide

Performance Guide

Neocities Tips

Beginner Tutorials

How to load the same layout on every page

CSS Positioning/Layout Tutorial

Cachebusting

Custom Font Tutorial

JavaScript Beginner Tutorial

Sound Effect Tutorial

Tools etc.

Layout Generator

Widgets for free Neocities accounts

Cheatsheet

Helpful Sites

Self-study Checklist

Coding Quizzes

Code Snippets

CSS Image Filters

My VSCode Setup

Preview Plugin

Webring Script

Lists

List of Cliques

List of Webrings

Advanced Tutorials

Git Tutorial

node/npm tutorial

Webpack Tutorial

Eleventy (11ty) Tutorial

Google Sheets API Tutorial

I know HTML, CSS, and JS. Now what?

Let's reclaim the web together! :)

retquits

artistic rendition of how my cat fell asleep this morning

itsthebeastpeddler

It's here! Sew your own little werewolf and for the love of all that is unholy in the moonlight: tag me when you finish them.

Patrons, you get this one for free so check there first!

Happy crafting!

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babushkaat

kosmogrl

the horrors persist but so do I

monstermonger

He's worried about stepping on flowers. He loves nature.

theartofknightjj

My full time job is forgetting to post my work.

Anyway! Have some little cozy fall animals I made at the end of last year. I got really into Neocolor II and love using them in my sketchbook to make little creatures!

This is the first of 3 sets I made. So stay tuned for the next! :)

whyistheroomempty

so-many-ocs

immediately after an interaction: i have GOT to get more normal oh god i need to get more normal immediately i have to get more normal or they're going to hunt me down they're going to hunt me down and flay me for sport

during an interaction: and why not put a little spin on it? why not add some conversational zest?