Elfwood

Elfwood was a popular alternative art gallery and online community website devoted to original science fiction and fantasy art and writing.Rupp, Crystal. Mitchell's voice rooted in art . It was founded and launched on May 1st, 1996 by Thomas Abrahamsson and claimed to be the largest science fiction and fantasy art site in the world. It was most popular in the Americas and Europe. The website was gradually overwhelmed by its competitor DeviantArt, Elfwood was eventually shut down some time in the year 2016.
==Site content==
In Elfwood, each content, which was uploaded by any users, was reviewed by moderators before being displayed in a gallery, and profanity and provocative language were not allowed. Since August 31, 2005, the rules and policies had been simplified. These moderation had been further streamlined allowing also Non-Genre contents under a new "Other Works" tab since May 2009. Members, who registered to the website, had to be 13 years old or older to join with a real name.
Elfwood had three main display areas for creative work:
*SciFi & Fantasy Art (Main section dedicated to science fiction and modern/futuristic fantasy art)
*Wyvern's Library (Sci-fi and fantasy themed stories and poetry)
*FanQuarter (Fan-art based on sci-fi or fantasy)
As of August 16, 2010, there were 941 separate galleries in SciFi & Fantasy Art and 148 galleries in FanQuarter.
==See Also==
*Elfwood in Wikipedia.
==References==