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ROUGH IDEA

@RoughIdeaTracked since May 2026

criticism about art, tech, and media by Brian Droitcour.

Observed Aug 13, 2026 · stalePublic earnings

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Paid members

−8.5% · 30-day rate from 13 observed days

Total audience

136

incl. free followers

Observed monthly earnings

$84

Starting price

$4/mo

2 membership tiers

Where the 136 observed tier members sit

Membership tiers

$080.9%$419.1%

Largest observed tier is $0 Free. Tier totals include free-tier members and come from the Aug 13, 2026 public snapshot, so they do not reconcile to the paid-member total.

$0/moFree11080.9% of observed tier members

$4/moTier2619.1% of observed tier members

Growth signals: ROUGH IDEA

−8.5%

26 paid members · 30-day rate from 13 observed days

Membership

272726

May 202617 weeks trackedNow

ROUGH IDEA26 members · $84/mo

The chart only uses ROUGH IDEA's observed public history. Comparison peers are listed below, but comparable trend series are not available yet.

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ROUGH IDEA's estimated gross rank in Recommended cohort
Rank	Creator and why included	Estimated gross	Gap vs ROUGH IDEA	Freshness
#1	ROUGH IDEAProfileWritingEstimated gross position in Recommended cohort	$84	Reference	Aug 13, 2026Stale
#2	Rose (AKA Kit)WritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence	$81	$3 fewer	Aug 24, 2026
#3	Anthony's Animation TalkWritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence	$66	$18 fewer	Aug 24, 2026

The rank uses the full fixed cohort. This table shows up to five creators around ROUGH IDEA; the coverage summary above still counts everyone.

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46Posts total0 postsLast month25%Members-only

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Image Latest post$4 tier & upTwo Trends in NFT Art: Blockchain Formalism

Latest post Two Trends in NFT Art: Blockchain Formalism Locked Two Trends in NFT Art: Blockchain Formalism Nov 3, 2025 Buy for $3

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Pastiche Lumumba; "Code Switch" at MOCADMy interview with Pastiche Lumumba was published in Bomb last week, and I hope you’ll give it a read. It’s about his recent turn to paintingArticleAug 12, 2025Public 0 0

David Horvitz; Self-Driving CarsI put some reflections on art I saw on a recent trip to Los Angeles into two threads on Twitter. I decided I’d revise those tweets into paraImageNovember 16$4 tier & up 0 0

Two Trends in NFT Art: SchizocollageAn essay on maximalist digital collage, aka schizocollage, aka Gay NFTs, that discusses work by Parker Ito, Tabor Robak, and RemiliaImageJul 14, 2025$4 tier & up 0 0

Two Trends in NFT ArtLike painting, the NFT persists despite repeated pronouncements of its death. The format is just too convenient. Now that we know how to fusImageJul 8, 2025Public 0 0

We Have Screens at HomeThis edition gathers some loosely related thoughts on exhibiting digital art, including notes on the recent show “Rhizome World” at WSA in NImageJuly 13Public 0 0

Painting on PrintsThe following essay is about painters’ use of software. It builds on “Software as Underpainting,” published by Eyebeam in September, by consArticleMay 23, 2025Public 0 0

Getting over the "and" in art and techA review of “Electric Op” at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum The intersection of art and technology has been jammed for sixty years. We’ve seeImageJan 27, 2025Public 0 0 Here's a review of a great exhibition about art and technologyA review of “The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970 – 2020,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago through March 16, 2025ImageMarch 16, 2025Public 0 0

Rough Idea Recommends #3Sara Cwynar The moving images shot on film that you see in a gallery have usually been “transferred to digital.” Sara Cwynar’s 21-minute filImageDec. 14Public 0 0

Rough Idea Reading Group #1I'm organizing a reading group to discuss Anna Kornbluh's book Immediacy . We'll be meeting in person at Canal Projects in New York on Dec. 6, and online Dec. 14. If you'd like to join, send me a message and I'll share more details!ArticleDec. 6Public 0 0 Beeple in ChinaA review of “Tales from a Synthetic Future,” Beeple’s solo exhibition at Deji Art Museum in Nanjing, China, open through late 2025 The intImageNov 22, 2024Public 0 0

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