Glade Art has turned one year old today! Merch giveaway and more!

Today it is the Glade Art 1st year anniversary! It all started with an idea: "It would be cool to create a social media platform for art. A platform where AI 'art' wouldn't be allowed on while having it strong against AI training." This idea soon came to reality as it became the biggest project of my life. And finally, on April 5th, 2025 Glade Art was released to the public. The site on original launch was much different to what it is today. It didn't have the ease of use, the UI, or anti-bot measures that it does now (still don't have the UI/UX haha). And yet this was the start of the community we have currently. And now, after hundreds of hours and thousands of upgrades poured into the project in the past year, we have the site and artists which we know today. All users who joined and posted in the 1st year have received "Certified OG" badges as a token of honor. A special thanks to our patrons and sponsors who helped make this project possible; to keep GA free and ad free! Thanks to them, I have been able to hire people to make the site better. Additionally, a special thanks to the GA mod team who did a brilliant job at keeping the community safe and civil. 1 year is by no means a small milestone, so of course this day will not go uncelebrated! Enter the Glade Art merch giveaway by commenting on this post: https://gladeart.com/post/347/the-glade-art-merch-giveaway-comment-to-enter NOTE: 1. Shipping is free and international, but I am not responsible for some super steep customs fees. 2. If you win something from it, then you will be messaged on Glade Art to provide a proper delivery address. If you do not want to share your address, then do not enter the giveaway as I can't ship it to you then. 3. I am not responsible for an incorrect delivery address. 4. The images of GA merchandise in this post are for reference only; yours will be different. 5. Winners will be announced on April 10th, and they must respond by April 15th. It has been a pleasure to provide this platform; to give artists a safe space to share their art on. I thank all of our users who used the site this year, and hopefully for many more years to come! Thank you for reading. <>