I joined the original sheezyart when it was pretty much brand new, likely sometime around late-03/early-04. I had gotten swept up in an exodus of horny artists leaving deviantArt, who were excited by sheezy's promise to not police erotic artwork.

It was early days as an undergrad for me, and I recall being very enthused about having a place where I could start playing around with making and sharing more adult art.

This excitement was sadly short lived, only a year or two later sheezyart started removing not all explicit artwork, but specifically Queer themed art. My memory's a bit foggy on whether or not all explicit content was going to eventually get the boot, but at the time it was pretty clear (or rumored to be clear) that Queer art, explicit or otherwise, was being targeted. (It was the 00's, this kind of unannounced homophobic discrimination was all too common.)

So not long after joining sheezy, I left sheezy. Around 05/06 I got swept up in another exodus, this time to y-gallery, where I ended up spending many years indulging in yaoi. (All while trying to not feel the sting of being a lesbian with no equivalent place to post and enjoy sapphic art.)

But those few months on sheezyart were fun, and I recall being genuinely sad to leave it.

So it's been a pleasant surprise to find sheezy's been resurrected, and tended to by folks who seem far less likely to force out queer artists like the original site's creators ended up doing.