From myPortfolio Original Post Payout: $84.41
This presentation of the #steemartarchives is dedicated to my IRL friends that I personally onboarded to Steem. I had to meet them in person and basically give them the whole pitch which of course was hard to describe. In terms of rewards I think it was pretty all over the place with some posts doing really well and others earning close to nothing.
HELIOSPHERE Original Post Payout: $0.09
In the end as far as I know it wasn't earnings that made them lose interest though. It was lack of engagement. Considering that at least two of my friends here post regularly to sites like Instagram, I'd thought that whether you earn a few cents or a few dollars it's better than earning nothing, but I think one thing I've learned over the years with Steem is that the earnings are not enough to make up for the poor experience for most people.
Some of these issues I hope to address as best I can with OnChainArt. By collecting the people that have the same interests in one community as well as working hard to keep this community trending so we can increase exposure and in turn engagement. I haven't been as good about it yet but I'll also be using this account to upvote people that leave valuable comments.
Hi from a San Francisco Artist! Original Post Payout: $25.77
Another idea I had to help populate this community with awesome content was reaching out to my art friends and if I could just get them to make a Steem account, then with their permission, sharing their work in OnChainArt and sending them 100% of the rewards via beneficiary.
Happy to report that 
Over time I've gotten used to the Steem format and writing 500 word essays with all my art posts, but some of my friends resisted that heavily when I told them that was how to attract curators. I think it has to do with (surprise) the UX here on Steem. The way the flow works, especially on Steemit, especially on the beta site now. You have to click on an art post to appreciate it because the thumbnails are too small to get anything out of them, then if you click and there's no type, the post "feels" empty. You feel a bit mentally disappointed.
I'm hoping for better layout options in the future where you can just scroll in a community and appreciate lots of posts without clicking on them. Sidetracked.
Anyway, hope you all enjoyed this showcase of #steemartarchives. The artists featured here are set to 100% beneficiaries of the rewards on this post.
