pinterest shot itself in both feet and refern died a tragic but understandable death. here is a new blog entry about the desktop software i've been using since May to create an enormous offline reference-and-assets library. 📖 doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20304.html
October 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
pinterest shot itself in both feet and refern died a tragic but understandable death. here is a new blog entry about the desktop software i've been using since May to create an enormous offline reference-and-assets library. 📖 doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20304.html
Since Refern closed down I have attempted several solutions for moving all my ref material elsewhere. Pinterest is making it difficult, and for maybe obvious reasons they probably would kill a quarter of the images in this gallery anyway, so I, for lack of options, uploaded it to Drive for you all.
October 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Since Refern closed down I have attempted several solutions for moving all my ref material elsewhere. Pinterest is making it difficult, and for maybe obvious reasons they probably would kill a quarter of the images in this gallery anyway, so I, for lack of options, uploaded it to Drive for you all.
I use refern! Cosmos is good too
June 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I use refern! Cosmos is good too
only recently did i actually start being responsible and amassing an organized reference collection on refern. as opposed to the overstuffed Mystery Cable Drawer that is my pinterest saves. so i can (hopefully) do proper studies on clothing styles and get better at improvising them over time
July 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
only recently did i actually start being responsible and amassing an organized reference collection on refern. as opposed to the overstuffed Mystery Cable Drawer that is my pinterest saves. so i can (hopefully) do proper studies on clothing styles and get better at improvising them over time
it serves a different purpose, i'll be using both together now ;D refern to keep all my ref images organized with easy tags, and pureref to put together specific reference boards for specific illustrations
April 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
it serves a different purpose, i'll be using both together now ;D refern to keep all my ref images organized with easy tags, and pureref to put together specific reference boards for specific illustrations
I was poking around at the cosmos and refern apps (both have desktop sites i believe) because i'm annoyed with pinterest. no opinions on either yet but they could be good options to get away from the AI and false flagging
May 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I was poking around at the cosmos and refern apps (both have desktop sites i believe) because i'm annoyed with pinterest. no opinions on either yet but they could be good options to get away from the AI and false flagging
10 collection limit to refern.....burned
March 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
10 collection limit to refern.....burned
First thing of April:
Migrated some of the references i had saved from my Pinterest to Refern
the hardest part is that i would have to actually fix the metadata and have them properly sourced but there's so much to do.
Migrated some of the references i had saved from my Pinterest to Refern
the hardest part is that i would have to actually fix the metadata and have them properly sourced but there's so much to do.
April 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
First thing of April:
Migrated some of the references i had saved from my Pinterest to Refern
the hardest part is that i would have to actually fix the metadata and have them properly sourced but there's so much to do.
Migrated some of the references i had saved from my Pinterest to Refern
the hardest part is that i would have to actually fix the metadata and have them properly sourced but there's so much to do.
Eles são muito bons
O refern é pelo navegador mas vc consegue "instalar" pelo Google ele como aplicativo
E o cosmos tem na Playstore e se vc usar ele no navegador, tem uma extensão que passa seus pins do Pinterest pra ele.
Eu tô usando os dois, ainda tô na transição pq tenho muito pin pra passar
O refern é pelo navegador mas vc consegue "instalar" pelo Google ele como aplicativo
E o cosmos tem na Playstore e se vc usar ele no navegador, tem uma extensão que passa seus pins do Pinterest pra ele.
Eu tô usando os dois, ainda tô na transição pq tenho muito pin pra passar
July 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Eles são muito bons
O refern é pelo navegador mas vc consegue "instalar" pelo Google ele como aplicativo
E o cosmos tem na Playstore e se vc usar ele no navegador, tem uma extensão que passa seus pins do Pinterest pra ele.
Eu tô usando os dois, ainda tô na transição pq tenho muito pin pra passar
O refern é pelo navegador mas vc consegue "instalar" pelo Google ele como aplicativo
E o cosmos tem na Playstore e se vc usar ele no navegador, tem uma extensão que passa seus pins do Pinterest pra ele.
Eu tô usando os dois, ainda tô na transição pq tenho muito pin pra passar
how is the references i save on refern dont actually get saved. what the hell....i dont wanna go back to scrolling pinterest
April 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
how is the references i save on refern dont actually get saved. what the hell....i dont wanna go back to scrolling pinterest
planning to move from pinterest to refern, if anyone has experience with refern please lmk!
August 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
planning to move from pinterest to refern, if anyone has experience with refern please lmk!
Practicing drawing Amy! The first design is inspired by a design my friend came up with :) The second two are fmo outfits reference on refern!
#FanArt #Illustration #AmyRose
#FanArt #Illustration #AmyRose
September 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Practicing drawing Amy! The first design is inspired by a design my friend came up with :) The second two are fmo outfits reference on refern!
#FanArt #Illustration #AmyRose
#FanArt #Illustration #AmyRose
I think I'm going to just have to save everything to a hard drive and organise things into stupid folders...
refern was SO perfect it breaks my heart that its going away
refern was SO perfect it breaks my heart that its going away
The awesome pinterest alternative, refern, is shutting down 😭
Anyone have any good reference organisation tools? Hit me with em!
Anyone have any good reference organisation tools? Hit me with em!
September 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I think I'm going to just have to save everything to a hard drive and organise things into stupid folders...
refern was SO perfect it breaks my heart that its going away
refern was SO perfect it breaks my heart that its going away
I do wish Refern was offline. I really try to keep my resources and references in such a state that they’re relatively future proofed if a software or service goes belly up as so many seem to.
April 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I do wish Refern was offline. I really try to keep my resources and references in such a state that they’re relatively future proofed if a software or service goes belly up as so many seem to.
refern app really gets me
June 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
refern app really gets me
Après ça va fouiller uniquement dans les posts Bluesky donc c'est beaucoup moins fourni qu'un Pinterest actuellement. Si tu l'utilises beaucoup tu trouvera probablement pas tout ce que tu veux. Mais c'est très cool ! Si tu veux une autre alternative encore il y a aussi Refern
my.refern.app/discover
my.refern.app/discover
refern. | The curated image reference platform
Centralize all your reference images and streamline your creative workflow — refern. lets you save, find, organize, moodboard & share curated reference images all in one app.
my.refern.app
July 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Après ça va fouiller uniquement dans les posts Bluesky donc c'est beaucoup moins fourni qu'un Pinterest actuellement. Si tu l'utilises beaucoup tu trouvera probablement pas tout ce que tu veux. Mais c'est très cool ! Si tu veux une autre alternative encore il y a aussi Refern
my.refern.app/discover
my.refern.app/discover
I saw an alternative floating around! It was something can Refern or started with Ref snd ended with an n. I'll link you a post about it when I get home
May 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I saw an alternative floating around! It was something can Refern or started with Ref snd ended with an n. I'll link you a post about it when I get home
You can check out the collection on refern and decide if you like it. After Sep. 13th it will not be visible anymore but you still can download the collection from my dropbox.
🔗 my.refern.app/retronekoart
🔗 my.refern.app/retronekoart
RetroNekoArt's Profile (@retronekoart)
View profile page of RetroNekoArt (@retronekoart)
my.refern.app
September 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
You can check out the collection on refern and decide if you like it. After Sep. 13th it will not be visible anymore but you still can download the collection from my dropbox.
🔗 my.refern.app/retronekoart
🔗 my.refern.app/retronekoart
Carai o site do refern simplesmente vai fechar dia 13. Porra serviço bom não dura msm ne...
September 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Carai o site do refern simplesmente vai fechar dia 13. Porra serviço bom não dura msm ne...
REFERN: www.refern.app
Appears to be a mix between Pinterest and Milanote! Mostly free, but you can purchase a one-time fee of $29 USD for 6GB image/board storage, as well as unlimited boards!
AI is allowed, BUT if it is labelled properly it doesn't show up in your feed!
Appears to be a mix between Pinterest and Milanote! Mostly free, but you can purchase a one-time fee of $29 USD for 6GB image/board storage, as well as unlimited boards!
AI is allowed, BUT if it is labelled properly it doesn't show up in your feed!
March 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
REFERN: www.refern.app
Appears to be a mix between Pinterest and Milanote! Mostly free, but you can purchase a one-time fee of $29 USD for 6GB image/board storage, as well as unlimited boards!
AI is allowed, BUT if it is labelled properly it doesn't show up in your feed!
Appears to be a mix between Pinterest and Milanote! Mostly free, but you can purchase a one-time fee of $29 USD for 6GB image/board storage, as well as unlimited boards!
AI is allowed, BUT if it is labelled properly it doesn't show up in your feed!
Poking around what I've seen proposed as an "alternative" to Pinterest (refern), and man, I see some of what was a big problem w/ Pint: Ppl reposting artwork willy-nilly w/o so much as a link-back to the artist. 😩
Why is this so hard for ppl to do?
Why is this so hard for ppl to do?
March 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Poking around what I've seen proposed as an "alternative" to Pinterest (refern), and man, I see some of what was a big problem w/ Pint: Ppl reposting artwork willy-nilly w/o so much as a link-back to the artist. 😩
Why is this so hard for ppl to do?
Why is this so hard for ppl to do?
I also collected a ton of image based art tutorials in what was originally a Pinterest board and is now on Refern, where I paid real actual money to be able to organize it extensively for you guys!
my.refern.app/folder/6818f...
(Refern because Pinterest is randomly banning and full of AI)
my.refern.app/folder/6818f...
(Refern because Pinterest is randomly banning and full of AI)
May 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I also collected a ton of image based art tutorials in what was originally a Pinterest board and is now on Refern, where I paid real actual money to be able to organize it extensively for you guys!
my.refern.app/folder/6818f...
(Refern because Pinterest is randomly banning and full of AI)
my.refern.app/folder/6818f...
(Refern because Pinterest is randomly banning and full of AI)
Refern、アーティスト向けの機能が充実していて真剣にPinterestの部分代替を狙ってるのが伝わってくるな
August 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Refern、アーティスト向けの機能が充実していて真剣にPinterestの部分代替を狙ってるのが伝わってくるな
was trying out refern as a shiterest alternative and thought id transfer some old reference boards from shiterest only to find out their tool doesnt transfer the pin data like the source url it just links all of the transfered pins to the shiterest board you imported from 😢
May 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
was trying out refern as a shiterest alternative and thought id transfer some old reference boards from shiterest only to find out their tool doesnt transfer the pin data like the source url it just links all of the transfered pins to the shiterest board you imported from 😢
I made a post on their Discord with some questions, so hopefully we get answers soon.
August 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I made a post on their Discord with some questions, so hopefully we get answers soon.