Shadowness was formed into an art community in 2001 by Meng To. Shadowness quickly became a way for artists to interact with each other, improve, share their work and promote themselves. Going into its eighth version, Shadowness continues to be a home for artists to share and learn from others.

I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek into what the new version of Shadowness will be all about and ask Meng some questions.

Kyle
How will Shadowness be different? Will the layout change much?

Meng
It’s only the database that’s not going to be rebooted. The concept of following will be the main focus, building a follow base and promoting your work and personal website. It’s going to use twitter connect and be a platform to share work.

Updates will be like twitter, comments like facebook but where it is unique is with how you manage and show your gallery. We will be able to collect art and those collections will become like blogs.

Kyle

How far along is this next version?

Meng To
I am designing all the pages pixel perfect. Planning all the scenarios first and features, something I’ve never done with SN. I’ll know when I finish the wireframes. I’ll be showing much more later on this weekend.

From what I’ve talked to Meng about and what I’ve seen so far, Shadowness is going to become a great place for artists to connect, not only within the community but as well with other social networks and websites.

Make sure you register for Shadowness at shadowness.com
You can follow the updates for Shadowness 8 at http://twitter.com/Shadowness8

Btw you can find me on Shadowness as LostEagle