What can your Art Forum do for you?

[Mana]

I know there's been some dissention amoung the Art Forum lately. People want to see more done with it. One of the most limiting factors, of course, is getting people to actually start something up, but before we get that far into things, let's start at the beginning.

What can the art forum do for you? What do you want to see here? What do you want to stop seeing? Do you want more contests? More people posting art outside of contests? More poetry or more writing? More moderation on posts that exist? Tutorials or help threads? The possibilities, while not endless, are at least extensive. And they don't just have to be ideas of new content, either. If there's something you see happening that you want changed, feel free to voice your opinion in here as well.

I'm not asking anyone to step up and take charge of something, I would just like some more feedback on what people want. Feel free to suggest something, anything. Any and all input is useful. If you have a great idea for an Art Forum event, but don't have the time or commitment to start it yourself, feel free to post up what you think and see if anyone else is up for the challenge. If you have an idea but requires the work or help of mods/admin, feel free to present it, and we'll see what we can do.

You don't have to be that specific, of course, but the more ideas we generate, the better chance we have of something new and exciting happening here.

I would like, if possible, for every art forum visitor, poster, lurker to post in this thread, with any ideas you may have. If for whatever reason you don't want to say something here, feel free to contact me via PM.

[Nicotine]

I think more tutorials would help...and maybe less contests? I don't see how the sig contest has a place here.

[Spilled Milk]

yeah tutorials would be cool! and I'd be willing to Contribute. Also I'd like to see more collaborations! I always love it when artists do collaborations (like someone does lineart and the other colors or something). Maybe even request threads? like other then sigs..for like walls, or even drawings..I dunno jsut an idea :)

[Mana]

I think more tutorials would help...and maybe less contests? I don't see how the sig contest has a place here.

The tutorials were something Rove brought up to me, and I'm going to say here what I said to her. Great idea, I love it... I can't be much help.

I don't know as much as some people on this forum do when it comes to graphically related things, so those would be better left to people who know a lot and would be happy to help, like SM here ^_^

However, if people want, one thing I am pretty decent at is making tutorials in general >>; If people want to make a tutorial, but aren't quite sure on the best way to go about it, I would be happy to do a "How to make a Tutorial" tutorial, so that people can get the most out of helping others.

And, simply because it intrigues me and I've never thought about it before, Nicotene, why shouldn't the contests be held here? Do you think there'd be a better place for them, or a better way to go about it?

yeah tutorials would be cool! and I'd be willing to Contribute. Also I'd like to see more collaborations! I always love it when artists do collaborations (like someone does lineart and the other colors or something). Maybe even request threads? like other then sigs..for like walls, or even drawings..I dunno jsut an idea

Already offering to help, you're my kind of girl :3 Any ideas on tutorials you'd be interested to make, or would you rather just wait and see what people want to learn? Like I said above, I'd be happy to help with the tutorial proofreading and whatnot, but you'd have to be the one with knowledge of what the project is xD;

I like the collaboration and requests ideas too. I think it depends on how many people would be interested in utilizing that kind of thing, but it's nice to know that there are people willing and able to help ^_^

[Javer]

I'd be interested in a beginners' writing tutorial, but I'm not confident in my ability to give one alone. If anyone else would be willing to help out -- prose or poetry -- then that would be nice.

EDIT: Thanks, Mana. I'm not much good at poetry, either, so . . .

[Mana]

Prose I can definately help with :3 It's what I do, after all. Poetry, I'm not so great with, though.

[Jeannie]

I could help supply drawings for any kind of tutorial. I teach frineds all the time with the circle tricks.

I can't get on AA very much though so I'd only be able to draw. Sorry, mood killer. :(

I agree on having a thread designed for requests. Similar to the sig request thread. Maybe a custom drawing thread. I would definatly participate.

[Nicotine]

And, simply because it intrigues me and I've never thought about it before, Nicotene, why shouldn't the contests be held here? Do you think there'd be a better place for them, or a better way to go about it?


I just think they're out of place here. I thought this area of AA was for artists to share their work and improve. Sig contests, ect. don't do that. ^^;

As for tutorials...I guess I could help with poetry and maybe a little with art? I don't know if I'm good enough though XD.

[Spilled Milk]

Already offering to help, you're my kind of girl :3 Any ideas on tutorials you'd be interested to make, or would you rather just wait and see what people want to learn? Like I said above, I'd be happy to help with the tutorial proofreading and whatnot, but you'd have to be the one with knowledge of what the project is xD;

I like the collaboration and requests ideas too. I think it depends on how many people would be interested in utilizing that kind of thing, but it's nice to know that there are people willing and able to help ^_^
yay! hmm..Well I was thinking along the lines of like.. CG, Digital painting and what not, also I could do simple graphics tutorials..like making your own PS brushes, using textures, or sigs etc.
That'd be awsome that you'd be willing to do the proofreading etc. I know thats my downfall haha XD

[Ritalin]

I've made some tutorials and posted them here; they got like... 1 reply each on average. :/

Where was the interest then!?

[soundchazer]

I've made some tutorials and posted them here; they got like... 1 reply each on average. :/

Where was the interest then!?

Well... I usually read tutorials to use the technique, not to comment on them.

[Javer]

I've made some tutorials and posted them here; they got like... 1 reply each on average. :/

Where was the interest then!?

Tutorials are meant to be read, are they not?

Did you check the number of views?

[jetfire]

I'd like to see less poetry in this art forum (especially emo poetry). I don't mind story writing, but all the poetry sounds the same to me.

What I would like to see is more people with webcomics. It's entertaining and educational (to people who are making their own comics) to see how others express themselves creatively by combining their art and writing talents. And I'm not emphasizing comic strips as much. I'm mostly emphasizing actualy comics with plots, like Linuts' manga. Plus, it gives something for people to check out over time, and post more comments on a single thread as time goes on. I'm hoping to post my own someday, if I can ever have the willpower (I've been kinda lazy lately) to finish my first chapter.

Tutorials is also a great idea. I'd like to see some good Photoshop/lineart/background painting tutorials if anyone wants to post any.

[Neo-Hunter]

i agree that this art fourm should have the things listed above but mostly drawing and writing so people can print it out and get use it for their own personal uses and how to use some programs on the computer.

[Mana]

I just think they're out of place here. I thought this area of AA was for artists to share their work and improve. Sig contests, ect. don't do that. ^^;

As for tutorials...I guess I could help with poetry and maybe a little with art? I don't know if I'm good enough though XD.

The 'purpose' of the AA art forum is something that has never really been defined outside of, of course, the descriptor: "Display your artistic abilities here."

While things like the Sig Contests may not gain a lot of constructive feedback (although entries are normally commented and critiqued in the voting threads), they are still artists displaying their abilities, and if all else fails, it's a good place to practice your skills. One of the things SC actually mentioned in the last WotM thread was for people to talk about what they did, how they made what, etc., and that's probably something that will begin to happen, at least as long as people are willing to post that kind of information.

I'm not trying to argue or anything, just posting my thoughts on the whole ordeal. Personally, I think the Contests have sparked a bit of life in the art forum, and has definately brought my posting more work than I would otherwise.

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@Sara Jean: No one's expecting you to make a super commitment, but anything you choose to bring to the table makes me happy ^_^ Even if it's not for a tutorial (as it may be best for people to make their own images to fit step by step), it would be nice to see you post some of your work up; I don't believe I've seen any. It may be able to spark some of the collaberation work SM suggested as well.

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@SM: xD; I'd be more than happy to proofread, it's one of the things I do best. Feel free to PM me anything you'd like me to read through before you post it up, if you'd like.

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@Rit: I must admit, my thoughts on the tutorial thread is along the same lines as SC's. There honestly isn't much to say in them, as it's not really a piece to be critiqued. I think that, as far as tutorials go, it may be a good idea to post them in their own thread, let them get comments and whatnot, and when the thread dies, have a communal Tutorial sticky that the tutes can be copied into as a reference, and we can stick your current tutorials in there, too. It's just an idea, but it's there.

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@jet: I must agree, I don't get much out of the poetry either. I'm not saying anything against AA's poets, I'm just not a poetry person; it's never appealed to me, and I don't really enjoy reading it. However, if people want to post it, it's going to be out there. I'm sure everyone has some sort of art that they don't really like.

The webcomics is a great idea, and while I don't think I've ever posted in his thread, I do sincerely enjoy Linut's webcomic. I think once the Annie May webcomic is up and running, itll give us AAers a bit more in the way of web comics to comment about, but as you mentioned, it does take a lot of willpower to start up a big project like that, and then continue on with it.

[PerfectDeath]

While i was without a scanner and a brain bristling with ideas for drawings and comics, i found that sprite comics let people mass produce their ideas =P
heck i've done some pannels that people thought were hilarious, but all it was was 6 squares with 2 or more characters talking.

I can do a web comic tutorial that I've come up with all of my preparation, but I've been buisy working on my cover page -_-, i'm a slow CG'er.

Which brings up my idea for having artists colaborate. Basicaly it's like a blind date thing, were one artist draws and scans their image, hopfully inks =P , and then posts it, then any CG artist who is willing to be available get's PM'd by the mod saying which image they can CG.
keeps the artists interested in who's work they are getting, and who's working on their's.

But to comment back on WebComics, they take a lot of planning at first to make, i've been off of college for about 2 months and I'm still far from building up an archive. I'd like to get at least 10 pages before showing it. I'm almost done the cover page and have about 3-4 pages on paper, uninked. And I gotta get set on one style of art -_- .

anyway, I got ideas, but they don't usualy make it on paper =P

[Jeannie]

Makes sense. Collabarations are very fun and I think this forum could benefit from at the very least experimenting with them. I'd be happy to try and get something online soon. (I need to go to my friends house... I have a scanner but I do not have internet on my computer currently. At Grandma's house...)

I've always wanted to create a webcomic but because I'm a computer-illiterate retard the only way to make that work is by collaborating... I'll save that for another day I guess (sigh...)


EDIT: I will be able to come on throughout most of July so I will totally consider starting a sort of tutorial. I write comics (though very simple ones) and I'm sure many would appreciate the help. I've noticed a large interest in comic writing here.

[Spilled Milk]

On the tutorials: It could always be a sort of thing like the resources thread is. like a tutorial thread, and just PM the mod incharge of it if u have a tut to contribute? and it could be locked and if someone so feels the need to comment they can comment on the persons personal thread if it was posted there?

[PerfectDeath]

I've actually NEVER seen a tutorial for how a comic artist can lay out their drawings on paper before they scan it.
I know how I organize my drawn images, but i've never seen it on any tutorials =P
Probably because it's completely up to the artist on weither they wish to use that certain style.

Which brings me to my next comment on tutorials, were gunna have a LOT, especialy for comics. You got quite a few styles for comics and how someone can go about and make one.

And avoid my pet peeve, PC Tablets <_< , I don't like tutorials saying the art was all done on the computer, but then I can't mimic the art with a mouse...
But I did manage to do this free hand with only a mouse using the paint brush:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/PerfectDeath/BW1.jpg

Last point:
I would love to see a tutorial for making photoshop brushes, those have always evaded me -_- .

[soundchazer]

Remember:

It is not what the art forum can do for you, but what you can do for the Art Forum.

[Ritalin]

Well... I usually read tutorials to use the technique, not to comment on them.

Yes, I totally understand that and agree for the most part. The views were lowish as well, so the drive to write more up never hit me. I figured there was no interest, and I was probably wasting my time, so meh.

[Javer]

Remember:

It is not what the art forum can do for you, but what you can do for the Art Forum.

Somebody had to say it.

[Tremolo]

Remember:

It is not what the art forum can do for you, but what you can do for the Art Forum.

What we can do for the art forum, indeed!

* Tremolo inserts glib comment about getting rid of bad angsty emo teenage poetry here

[Nicotine]

And avoid my pet peeve, PC Tablets <_< , I don't like tutorials saying the art was all done on the computer, but then I can't mimic the art with a mouse...


That's when the tutorials come in. I never had the money for a tablet, so all my computerized art is mouse-drawn. With lots of work and staying power you can create amazing things using a mouse...although you'll get bruises in the process. XD

[PerfectDeath]

That's when the tutorials come in. I never had the money for a tablet, so all my computerized art is mouse-drawn. With lots of work and staying power you can create amazing things using a mouse...although you'll get bruises in the process. XD
I do it all the time ^_^

I've been doing lots of work with only a mouse, if anything, the work usualy ends up being very detailed but has it's own distinct look compared to a PC Tab.

But off of that topic, and onto the more popular one: emo poetry.
I don't read the stuff =P
I try and stay away from it, and I only dwel in the topics with the word "drawing" or "art" in them.

[Nicotine]

I try and stay away from it, and I only dwel in the topics with the word "drawing" or "art" in them.

You know, I'd like to know what everyone here considers emo poetry.

I happen to write a lot, and most of the time I don't write the happiest of most positive poetry. I guess you could say it's pretty dark...but I find emo an insult.

[Javer]

I happen to write a lot, and most of the time I don't write the happiest of most positive poetry. I guess you could say it's pretty dark...but I find emo an insult.

It is.

I don't really understand the shunning of the "emo" subculture. :\

[Nicotine]

It is.

I don't really understand the shunning of the "emo" subculture. :\

I can agree that the whole "omg...I'm cutting my wrists" things is annoying but once someone write a unhappy poem...say about death, everyone's like "YOUR SO EMO GET A LIFE...URG". That's what I find really rude.

[Javer]

I can agree that the whole "omg...I'm cutting my wrists" things is annoying but once someone write a unhappy poem...say about death, everyone's like "YOUR SO EMO GET A LIFE...URG". That's what I find really rude.

Are they saying it's wrong to be sad or upset? Even if you're sad or upset a lot, teenagers generally are. It's normal to be. Yes, doing it to garner attention or doing it ALL the time is reprehensible . . . But just to be in a bad mood?

[Nicotine]

Are they saying it's wrong to be sad or upset? Even if you're sad or upset a lot, teenagers generally are. It's normal to be. Yes, doing it to garner attention or doing it ALL the time is reprehensible . . . But just to be in a bad mood?

Well, I'm a teenager (that sounds ackward XD) and yeah, sometimes life is depressing, especially high school, but I find the reason I write poems like that is to show darker things that people tend to ignore.

If you think about it, I guess we're all emo in a way. Emo comes from emotions and we have them, write? I guess if people are annoyed with dark poetry, it's better that they ignore them then to limit people and tell them not to write them.

[Ritalin]

It's made fun of because high school isn't hard, and generally nothing to be depressed about that should give you bad outlooks on life. (Generally.) The real world is so much harder and, uh... real. So those of us who went through high school already (or sometimes still are) make fun of those who currently are and having a bad attitude towards it.

That's about it, really.

[Nicotine]

It's made fun of because high school isn't hard, and generally nothing to be depressed about that should give you bad outlooks on life. (Generally.) The real world is so much harder and, uh... real. So those of us who went through high school already (or sometimes still are) make fun of those who currently are and having a bad attitude towards it.

That's about it, really.
Well, I don't want argue with that too much, but I will say that high school isn't that easy for everyone. I know for sure that in the begining it was *really* hard for me for various reasons and I think it's pretty easy to become depressed about somethings that go down there.

Anyway, I don't want to throw this thread off topic -_-.

[Javer]

It's made fun of because high school isn't hard, and generally nothing to be depressed about that should give you bad outlooks on life. (Generally.) The real world is so much harder and, uh... real. So those of us who went through high school already (or sometimes still are) make fun of those who currently are and having a bad attitude towards it.

I see.

So it's just poking fun at those who haven't -- say, adjusted yet. To what is supposed to prepare you for the difficulty of the real world, I mean.

[jetfire]

Okay, then to rephrase it, I'd like to see less "dark" poetry. It's just a matter of personal preference. I see a lot of dark poetry on here nowadays, and it all looks the same to me. Or sometimes, a person will create multiple threads over time for different poems, where they could have just made one thread to post all their poems on. Or maybe if we just had a few large poem threads, everyone could contribute and share their poems with each other. I just find it annoying to scroll down the art forum page, and see half of the threads as poem threads.

And I don't mind the emo subculture. I listen to some emo music from time to time and don't mind it that much.

[PerfectDeath]

You know, I'd like to know what everyone here considers emo poetry.

I happen to write a lot, and most of the time I don't write the happiest of most positive poetry. I guess you could say it's pretty dark...but I find emo an insult.

I was talking about how I stay away from poetry in general. Since I'm not much of a poet myself I find it hard to appreciate someone elses work. I would rather stick to the herd I fit in with the best.

Dark or bright, i've never been into poetry much. It's just not my area to place judgment.

[Two-twenty]

I say, if a thread in the art forum has a consistant 1-star rating, close it.

[Gigadi]

Well.....what I would like to see is some epic role playing threads. I don;t quite know if that is classified as art, but I know many who write on the same level as a novelist. That kinda breaks down when people just want to make RPs with their favorite characters and make them battle each other. That's when it becomes stupid.

[Mana]

A quick note on the "emo" poetry, because I didn't get to the other night.

I think my biggest problem is the overabundance of it, almost to the point of it being a cliche. It seems like about 85% of the people online tend to write dark, depressing poetry, so it's stopped being new, different, rebellious, if it ever was.

I'm not trying to discount people's feelings (although, in all honesty, once you get passed high school and into the real world, you'll realise how amazing simple and nice high school was. And that's coming from the girl who spent most of her sophomore year in a crazy hospital), but there is just so much "emo" poetry out there, that any chance it may have had of impressing me was lost 5 years before it was even written. Sure, nighttime during foul weather may be the perfect setting for a story you'd like to write, but that doesn't mean it has to start with "It was a dark and stormy night."

As for calling it "emo" poetry, it's simply a lot easier to write "emo" than it is to write "dark, depressing, and unoriginal."

@Gigadi: We've had Role Playing before, but it was in Misc, as it really isn't artistic in the slightest.

[Gigadi]

@Gigadi: We've had Role Playing before, but it was in Misc, as it really isn't artistic in the slightest.

I'm sorry, but I'll have to disagree. I think that if writing stories is considered art the role playing would be the same. RPers make extensive stories on the fly. Maybe some of the roleplaying you've seen is diffirent then what I've seen, but I can't imagine that it isn't art. I guess we could just agree to disagree though because my feelings on that subject are way to strong to compromise with such a strong statement.

[Mana]

I'm sorry, but I'll have to disagree. I think that if writing stories is considered art the role playing would be the same. RPers make extensive stories on the fly. Maybe some of the roleplaying you've seen is diffirent then what I've seen, but I can't imagine that it isn't art. I guess we could just agree to disagree though because my feelings on that subject are way to strong to compromise with such a strong statement.

I've seen some pretty artistic role-playing, don't get me wrong. I'm a role-player myself, though of the pen-and-paper variety, and not on forums or the like. Where the problem lies is that forum role-playing leads more towards spam than it does to artistic posts, and it's too easy for people to post one-liners (or the minimum amount of lines necessary as designated by the RP start) just to up their post count.

[Nicotine]

Back to the suggestion of users creating webcomics, I'd just like to mention that managing a webcomic takes a lot of effort and time that a lot of people here might not have (I had to stop doing mine because it was just too hard to update on time). I think a better thing to get everyone involved is maybe opening up an oekaki board for AA and get the top artists here to moderate it and give advice. That way people can post when they have time.

Concerning poetry again, this is still an anime-themed forum right? I was thinking instead of having all the disagreements about what people are writing, why not just focus on drawing, then?

[Ritalin]

Role Playing is FAR more game-related, because it's... a game. ;p It would be pretty stupid to see it in an art forum.

[Finnf00]

What if we simply started a collaborations thread? One person would draw an image and someone would color it. Then the roles would switch and the one who did the coloring would now draw the picture. Maybe we could even host a monthly contest on this, where you'd have to pick a different person to team up with each time. Or not.

Edit: Some people might not like to color all that much, some people might not rely on their drawing skills enough, so by giving everybody a chance to try both aspects it might even turn out quite inspirational and educational at the same time.

[soundchazer]

If someone needs stuff lettered, I can do that job, for a small fee ;)

[Gigadi]

Role Playing is FAR more game-related, because it's... a game. ;p It would be pretty stupid to see it in an art forum.

That may be so, but for the most part it takes writing skills to write a RP, those worth mentioning anyway. If writing isn't art, then I'm lost.

[Nicotine]

What if we simply started a collaborations thread? One person would draw an image and someone would color it. Then the roles would switch and the one who did the coloring would now draw the picture. Maybe we could even host a monthly contest on this, where you'd have to pick a different person to team up with each time. Or not.

Edit: Some people might not like to color all that much, some people might not rely on their drawing skills enough, so by giving everybody a chance to try both aspects it might even turn out quite inspirational and educational at the same time.

Another idea that's possible on an oekaki board. ^^

[soundchazer]

That may be so, but for the most part it takes writing skills to write a RP, those worth mentioning anyway. If writing isn't art, then I'm lost.

* soundchazer hands Gigadi a map.


Anyway... why not just stop suggesting and just wirte/draw/whatever? I always thought the main purpose of the art forum was for people to express their artistic inclinations.

[Pachinko]

* soundchazer hands Gigadi a map.


Anyway... why not just stop suggesting and just wirte/draw/whatever? I always thought the main purpose of the art forum was for people to express their artistic inclinations.

As did I.
Is there anything wrong with the art forum? If so, I was completely unaware...
It looks very well-organized to me... Maybe a sub-board (if possible) for contests would do it good.

There's my two-cents.

[Roark]

That may be so, but for the most part it takes writing skills to write a RP, those worth mentioning anyway. If writing isn't art, then I'm lost.
Writing well thought out, interesting characters is an art. Forum RPing is more or less a slow version of an AIM chatroom, which is not art, but rather an excuse for people to be more stupid than real life.

Forum RPing != art.

[AqueousMessage]

Anyway... why not just stop suggesting and just wirte/draw/whatever? I always thought the main purpose of the art forum was for people to express their artistic inclinations.

Way ahead of you. :Points to "One,two!" thread:
I've already got a couple of linearts that I'm going to post up and since there are so many high quality CG'ers here, I'm going ask for them to be colored. The art fourm doesn't really have a problem like spam or lack of recognition, it just needs a lil' more love and a lil' less "depressed".

sidenote: Fourm RP = game

[Mana]

Anyone is welcome to open/start any threads at any time. You don't need to ask for permission here ;)

I would love an oekaki board (I'm terrible at it, but it's addicting...), but that's more forum coding stuff, and that's something Mugs would need to do. If he ever comes back alive, we'll have to ask him about it.

[PerfectDeath]

now I may be a junior but I don't know what an *crtl+v*oekaki is =P

RPing: I wouldn't want it cluttering the art forums, because that would just promote those artists to *bump* their threads. From my experience in forums there are loads of members who will create their own story line without joining any larger ones. And the larger ones never have room for newbies. Usualy you end up getting swamped by god modders too. Which is why the pencil n paper ones are usualy much better.
But even though RPing takes lots of imagination to create and play through an RP world, this topic is a tricky one, but I would say in the end it is a game. People RolePlay with other people.

As for colaboration pairing, I like my random selection thing, because who wants to be in the school gym setting were the best are chosen first. But I would suggest having a filter, so people who can't do any drawing/CGing very well can practice right away instead of angering their colaborator by making something that the other doesn't like.

Something like seeing how well someone can draw a frame or CG a premade frame. Then if they get a passing grade on it they can "enter the colaborator club" =P

But another thing that we can work on is getting those members who have good story writing skills to colaborate with artists to work on a couple of comic pages. Though this is not a perminate pairing of course, it would mostly be just to give both groups a taste of web comic work. Kinda like some piolit comics.

[Mana]

Just to explain a bit...

Oekaki is a conputer drawing program found online. It ranges from very simplistic brushes and colors to very complex, and most often is found in conjunction with a BBS so users can post oekakis they made and let others comment and critique.

It's a lot of fun, and a good way to practice mouse drawing skills... as well as patience. I've done a couple halfway decent oekaki in my day, but drawing with my mouse eventually got to me, and I haven't done any in years.

For some more information and lots of handy links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oekaki

[Nicotine]

I can see if I can find someone to help us open one...


I've already got a couple of linearts that I'm going to post up and since there are so many high quality CG'ers here, I'm going ask for them to be colored.


Do you mind if I do the same? Maybe one thread for it?

[Mana]

I think colouring requests, and people willing to color, can be done in one thread. I'll make a thread for it now and stick up some basic rules. If you want any changes to the way I've posted things there, just tell me in the thread.

[Pachinko]

Another quick idea: would be if every artist had a single thread to showcase their works, instead of creating various threads devoted to a few art works. Y'know, like Freay & Sakito have done; just a suggestion. =D

[Mana]

Another quick idea: would be if every artist had a single thread to showcase their works, instead of creating various threads devoted to a few art works. Y'know, like Freya & Sakito have done; just a suggestion. =D

It's a personal choice about whether or not to have a contained thread or mulitple threads. Some members lean one way, while others another.

Personally, I never wanted to make one gigantic art thread to rule them all. I don't post up enough art to be worth it. Sure, I could have stuck them all in the same thread if I really wanted, but instead of makign a new thread I'd just be necroing an old one, and people are less likely to read through necroed threads than new ones.

[Ritalin]

Another quick idea: would be if every artist had a single thread to showcase their works, instead of creating various threads devoted to a few art works. Y'know, like Freay & Sakito have done; just a suggestion. =D

This has been done forever, and ever, and ever here.Personally, I've gone through about 5 since I began posting art here, and normally start a new one in the 300-500 reply range.

It's just some of us don't post our work as often anymore so one thread at a time is better.

[PerfectDeath]

Just to explain a bit...

Oekaki is a conputer drawing program found online. It ranges from very simplistic brushes and colors to very complex, and most often is found in conjunction with a BBS so users can post oekakis they made and let others comment and critique.

It's a lot of fun, and a good way to practice mouse drawing skills... as well as patience. I've done a couple halfway decent oekaki in my day, but drawing with my mouse eventually got to me, and I haven't done any in years.

For some more information and lots of handy links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oekaki
well I googled it, but all i saw were tiney pics...

maybe we can have artist duels?