Article Updated December 2024

Art Amino Alternative: Best App for Artists and Art Communities (2026)

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Art Amino had millions of artists trading work, doing critique threads, taking commissions. After the shutdown, here's the best free app to rebuild an art community in 2026.

Art Amino Alternative — Best App for Artists

Art Amino was where artists traded work, took commissions, and ran critique threads. Here's where it went and the best free app to rebuild an art community in 2026.

Short answer

Art Amino disappeared with the rest of Amino in 2025. Aminoka is the closest replacement: image-first posts with gallery, OC libraries to showcase original work, polls for critique pairing, leader-run communities.

Open Aminoka and find an art community — Open Aminoka.

Frequently asked questions

Where did Art Amino go? +

Art Amino — and its sub-communities (Anime Art Amino, Traditional Art Amino, Digital Art Amino) — went offline in the 2025 shutdown. Artists migrated to Aminoka, Twitter/X, and Bluesky.

Aminoka: Built for Refugees of Amino

We built Aminoka because we were Amino users too. We saw what MediaLab did, watched the app we loved crumble, and decided to create something new — community first, not profits.

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