Landing - Creative Universe 12+

i’m a physical collage artist who has been looking to experiment with digital collage recently. this app found me at the perfect time! one of the things i was struggling with was collecting enough high quality PNGs, assets, etc. to use. landing has their own in-app asset library, which users are able to add to. i love the collaborative aspect and have already added some postcard scans i’ve made. polyvore shutting down left a hole in the app market. i was a die-hard pv user and…….landing is better????? there’s no shopping aspect, just collaborative creativity which is perfect for me!! the community is still on the small side but it is growing and everyone is so nice.

the groups feature is great, the one thing i’ve noticed that could be better involves the chat section in groups. when people send links to their boards in the group chats, they open in a web browser page, not in the app. this makes it harder to like and repost their boards and takes your users off the app! if those links could be configured to open in the app that would be perfect. the dev team seems to be super active on the app which is very reassuring as a user!

Imagine a place on the Internet where, instead of mindlessly scrolling, you can create. Imagine a place where, instead of toxicity, there’s love, positivity, and glitter. Where instead of envy, there’s inspiration. This place isn’t a fantasy utopia: it’s real, and it’s Landing
Landing is a desktop site in which you create beautiful collages, and it’s an app in which you view others’ work, throw glitter at their boards, and chat with them in positive and encouraging ways. There is a community of inspiration, creativity, and positivity that is created by the leadership at Landing and which trickles down to every user.
You can use the site for fun, and you can use it to help with your branding or with your studies (power points, vision boards for your business, etc.).
I love this app! And if it’s wrong for this Gen X-er to enter some world in which I can magically be 22 again, making collages and new friends while watching The Gilmore Girls wearing a low-rise Y2K tracksuit, I don’t want to be right…. :)

I’ve been fiddling with it for a few hours now and it’s rather simple to use. I am finding myself a bit frustrated with the limited text options, though. While one could find clippings of words, I prefer making my own. There are very limited color options and no options to add a stroke or background to the text to make it more legible. To get around this, you can find something to put behind the text, but it’s extra steps for what could be handled in the editor.

Accessibility is vital to anything to allow a broader range of folks to use anything. I cannot state how important it is to art especially. This app is relatively easy to use and very generous with its freedom and range. A lot more people could enjoy it if it had easier to read text options.

Additionally, I have noticed quite a few generative AI images within the app’s collections. I wish there was a way to signify those to avoid them, as they are, very simply, theft. A lot of the images on the app are already public domain or fall under fair use, but genAI is not guaranteed to be manufactured from either of those pools.