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Congrats to the winners!

There was some impressive art throughout this tournament and of course in the final round. Well done!

I did not envy the judges for this one, they had a tough job.

And thanks TurkeyOnAStick for taking care of the last two rounds. I think it wasn't easy all of time.

Sorry I am late.

At 10/17/11 02:58 PM, Travis wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1276 706

ReNaeNae suggested that I post in here that we are having a brown paper bag mask contest.

So join in!!!

That idea is brilliant. I hope I can defeat my laziness for once and submit something.

I am sure it was kinda hard to start over after you spend so much time on the first one, but you did the right thing, respect. This one is coming along great. I especially like the paw.

Whenever I check this thread I see Bahamut, Travis and Heinrich (among others) doing that big pile of work. You guys really rock when it comes to moderating icons.

I will stick to checking random users that are online while double-checking if someone called them in here already, if that's ok.

At 10/16/11 11:35 AM, maemaemae wrote: I have Photoshop CS5 & a pressure-sensitive tablet (that isn't working at the moment, but will be sometime) that I would like to use in digital painting. I don't have much experience in it yet, but I have watched many tutorials. I've tried it first hand, but I feel as if I'm jumping into it too quickly. What are some simple exercises I can do for practice? With or without a tablet would be great.

Depends on your skill level, but you could always go far basic shapes. Draw a sphere, a cube and so on. It's good shading exercise and helps with both, your digital and traditional art. As for the tablet, many people not only use it for drawing but also for browsing and other tasks just to get used to it. Maybe that can help you too.

If you would like more detailed advice you could upload something you have drawn so people know how they can help you.

Good luck!

At 10/14/11 07:51 PM, sirhenrystudios wrote: butterfly in a frying pan, for a friend...

Butterfry, huh? HUH?!

Nobody is laughing about my poor pun, but the pic is really funny so far.

I don't evwn bother reading those text walls of argumenting. Seriously people don't you think you are overcharging new users a bit? It's pretty difficult to process all the information in such a short time. That doesn't mean any of the advice is wrong or something.

Let TreeSapp just post some more art and help her improve in small steps. If she decides not to take your advice then we all can just forget about it.

To TreeSapp: WIP means "work in progress". Just post some more of them and consider some of the stuff the people here are telling you, they really know what they are talking about and have the best intentions even though that does not always come across.

At 10/13/11 05:51 PM, Kashi wrote: Owl wrestling Elvis PLZ

Did you forget this request? :'(

Still nice work so far.

Ooooh look who showed up!

At 10/13/11 07:47 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote:

At 10/13/11 07:09 PM, Sockembop wrote: Happy Jonny Day, everyone!

You hold the record for most drawings of me.

Yeah there is more Jonny fanart in the art forum than sonic fanart on deviantart. :P

On a side note. If you were wondering about the cake pic. I have done it with a virtual birthday cake e-card flash here: http://www.theoworlds.com/birthday/

Would be interesting what artists can create with it. Would it be worth dedicating a thread to it?

At 10/13/11 07:19 PM, TwistedXP wrote:
All done with your Dino!

This is brilliant. Great idea for a twist!

I like all of your drawings in here, especially the sharks wrestling or... erm... boxing.

Thank you very much!

At 10/13/11 04:39 PM, stott1 wrote: Well I am sorry, I am not good with computers so my art work is hand drawn. I do not need a computer to produce artwork for me. Sure having a system that can mould a picture to your likings is easy, but try drawing by hand, see if you can do REAL art...

Nobody is complaining about your art. What people are trying to tell you is:

The better your art is, the more likely it will be that you get scouted quickly. There is no "waiting time" that you have to go through.

At 10/13/11 04:51 AM, Wivernryder wrote: Let's throw balloons and cake at them.

Alright.... and who brings the balloons?

Really nice zombie. If you are up for more requests, I would love to see a dinosaur with a top hat.

At 10/13/11 04:51 AM, Wivernryder wrote: So anyway, today is Jonny and Jess's birthday. Yes, they're totally related. Yes, they definitely live together. No, they're not dating. Yeah, that WOULD make a hilarious TV show sitcom. Let's throw balloons and cake at them.

Happy Birthay Jess and Jonny! May your hypothetical sitcom run for a hundred seasons.

To those who have not noticed yet: The unscouted section seems to be fixed. I am browsing it for more than two days now and so far there was no more waiting infront of a white browser page anymore.

Thanks to the admins involved in it for fixing that issue.

And yes I am aware that they most likely won't even read this. :P

At 10/11/11 06:30 AM, AchievementGaming wrote: No, I thought of this my self. After seeing all the drawings, all I have is MS paint. XD

First off, amazing stuff can be done with MSPaint although it's much harder with it. Secondly here is a list of some free art programs: http://re2deemer.newgrounds.com/news/pos t/309622

I recommend Gimp, but it's probably not the best choice for pixel art.

At 10/10/11 02:35 AM, big-jonny-13 wrote: Hey guess what?
It's thanksgiving today in Canada. All you Americans are late.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all you maple leaf flag saluting folks here on NG.

btw it was german unity day one week ago... and nobody cared.

On an art note, simple ideas can result in interesting photography. One should think someone else thought about this before, but apparently not:

http://www.donkom.ca/maple-leaf-flag/

At 10/10/11 12:48 PM, donatrax97 wrote: Rules are very simple.
1. Do not swear.
2. Type a message with action {e.g. - Jump, walk there,} whatev. you want.

{Rob Linkinson woke up.}

Robs examines the items on the floor.

At 10/9/11 03:19 PM, jeeshwa123 wrote:

:like i wasn't allowed to be part of the "club" anymore..

There is no club....

and no spoon.... yep that bald kid from The Matrix was right, no spoon here.

At 10/9/11 04:40 AM, jeeshwa123 wrote: Ever since I came back to newgrounds, I feel like the welcome wasn't necessarily a warm one.

Sorry that you feel like that, but I am sure you are more than welcome here. Your art is nice, you offer helpful critique and show new users round sometimes.

But I think it should also be possible to have an argument among the regs without taking it personal.

It's all good

On a totally unrelated note: http://www.savagechickens.com/2011/10/wo rks-of-art.html

At 10/7/11 08:54 PM, 5p4Zim wrote: Why is it sad that I'm 21?

Just ignore that comment, I think he tried to tease you.

And I haven't really drawn anything on paper recently but I do have these

http://i.imgur.com/BlPJl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/f4qnK.png
http://i.imgur.com/9aDE2.jpg

These look nice. Would you mind posting them in the thread using the "Include picture" function when posting a reply?

It makes life so much easier for the users here. :)

Instead of using MSPaint you could check this list of free art programs: http://re2deemer.newgrounds.com/news/pos t/309622

I suggest THE GIMP on www.gimp.org btw. It's one of the most popular free art programs.

It will help against those jagged edges and provide some useful brushes and other features.

But generally your art looks nice and I especially like the pics done with pencil and paper.

At 10/7/11 02:37 PM, rendibsivad wrote: FUCK YOU!! I LOVE PURPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I actually like the purple shading more than the first one. Looks nice.

Apart from that it's the same situation as usual, the lines could still use some cleaning even though it's much better already and a nice background would really add to your art.

But yeah, your attention seeking is still kinda annoying. I just thought I wasted some minutes of my life giving feedback to someone who doesn't listen, so I could as well come here and share some minutes replying to you.

At 10/7/11 01:11 PM, roundrat wrote: so if my art is "sloppy" then by God, it's just sloppy...

No your actual art (your linework) is not sloppy, sorry if you got that wrong.

At 10/7/11 12:49 PM, Ramatsu wrote: Aww great I rushed my piece for what?! Lol, I think I can recreate something unless what I put in for the calendar contest is final.-__-. Which I hope is not that would suck.

If you want to redo your piece, just remove the tag calendar2012 in the art portal submission. You can however also enter more than one entry. Only one can make it into the calendar though.

If you just want to edit your current entry simply update the portal file.

At 10/7/11 12:12 PM, roundrat wrote: But don't tell me what to do or how to do things to please you or anyone else. Definitely don't assume it's a favor for me or anyone other than yourself.

No it's not a favour for me, but nobody will force you to take advice. And I am not talking about jpeg artifacts but something that looks as if you either A) filtered it sloppily or B) used the curve tool and overdid it.

Either way continue as you wish, but be aware that some others may make the same mistake as me and try to give you feedback.

At 10/7/11 11:54 AM, TomFulp wrote: This contest has been extended to OCTOBER 17th.

Great! Thanks a lot Tom!

Please don't make anything with Pico or any of the mainstream characters. We are looking to expand the pool. Possible themes from the past year:

This could be hard for those who started already. But thanks for providing that list, I am sure it will serve as additional inspiration.

At 10/7/11 11:39 AM, roundrat wrote: This is some kind of demon type thing. It's not a rodent-demon though.

First off, welcome to the art forum!

What kind of filter are you applying to your pics? The outcome looks kinda funky at times. As for this pic, I can hardly make out what it is.

I prefer your other art, especially the piece called "Hare".

Do yourself and us a favour and post more lineart like in aforementioned piece. That way we can see YOUR art and give honest feedback. Filters kinda cover up a part of the real work and make it harder to review.

Generally your stuff looks promising.