Here's my attempt at a guide to writing effective alt and descriptive text for art work on Bluesky. I'll be posting bits of it here as a thread as well for easy sharing.
I'm also open to critique and suggestions, so feel free to comment or ask questions!
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I'm also open to critique and suggestions, so feel free to comment or ask questions!
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My challenge is I draw abstract pieces representing my pain while in horrible pain & I'm drawing it because I can't put it into words. Definitely hard mode. I really try anyway, but boy howdy that is a competing need.
making it easy to do is a whole other thing!
Abstract art is often difficult to describe. I didn't specifically touch on it at the time that I wrote that post, and if I'm being honest it's probably because of how tough it can get. As long as people are trying though, it takes practice!
Alt text: brief & concise sentence (or sentence fragment) describing the most important context/contents of an image.
Descriptive text: more detailed alt text that comprehensively describes an image.
For the most part, folks on Bluesky use these terms interchangeably.