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At 11/20/10 02:52 PM, liljim wrote:

At 11/20/10 02:43 PM, Luxembourg wrote: You fail to realize one major thing: not much real critique is given in the art portal.

Are you saying that everyone who leaves reviews in the flash and audio portals are animators or musicians?

Did he say that? No, he didn't. Don't assume shit.
If not, what's the difference?
I don't know shit about flash, so will I be able to give any real critique? Not really. I can say "oh, its stupid, it isnt funny and the guy looks retarted." while an actual flash artist can say "the lipsynching isn't exact with the character. maybe by editing the <correct flash term here> it will work better!"
Isn't that a lot more worthwhile?
Same thing goes for art. In the art portal, people can say "it doesnt look good" or "i dont like sonic porn. 0" and nothing good comes out of it. we actually say "oh, the lines areound such-and-such are a little bit blurry" or "the smuged charcoal was overdone. try picking some excess us with putty" or something CONSTRUCTIVE. You cant expect someone with no knowledge to give an in-depth and analytical comment.
Flash artists and Musicians still have their own forums to discuss different forms of what they do and allow aspiring artists in those respective fields to ask questions.
Yup,, we have that to. I THOUGHT thats what this was O.o
Are those artists expected to post a link to a flash animation at the beginning of each thread they make, or post a link to one of their audio entries?
Flash animations can be lengthy,, as can audio, but nevetheless, it is easier to comment and help when you can actually see or listen to what they are talking about. The written text isn't alwasys as easy to understand as a hands on image or song or what have you.

You're saying that the art forum should act completely differently, be exclusive to artists only?

Well, and I quote, "Flash artists and Musicians still have their own forums to discuss different forms of what they do and allow aspiring artists in those respective fields to ask questions." I saw nothing about people that dont know anything about flash or audio coming in and asking questions. People that come to the art forum are learning art or like art or try to do art. We arent necessarily an art FAQ that will like you to pretty garden wall art. we help people that draw or paint or whatever improve or at least tellthem whats wrong or try to help.
What if someone new comes along and doesn't know the first thing about it, but ... ugh, I gave up the will to continue this sentence.
Thats because your argument is completely pointless and you shouldn't ave the right to change this forum with no firsthand experience save the fact that someone showed you the rules and you are too egotistical to apologize and abide by them.

Comments are given, sure, but not much that's actually substantial. Regardless of the standing of this place as a showcase forum, that rule allows this place to be a place to go to get the real critique that's rare in the portal.

I don't see how that would change much interspersed with a few relevant, on topic questions and discussions, or what the big deal is, really.

Luxembourg said pretty much the same that I did earlier in this post, and its pretty clear what the difference is. The comment that come out of the art portal are almost (note, almost) what the comments are in dA*. Completely useless and no one really gives any good criticism, just hate comments or "omg nice piece."

*Newgrounds can never be as bad as dA. Never.

hay, i draw crappy garden art and peeple liek me
doo wut i doo!

At 11/20/10 02:27 PM, Nae wrote: I can't do water color paints. it's hard. will you halp me!?

I can only do lines, but its RLLY HARD!!!
You c, u gotta by a brushset and pants and stuff at a crft stoar.
Than, u gotta liek, dip brushs in the paint.
than, u gotta draw on paper or somethn, idk.
don ass me wear 2 by papr, idk

At 11/20/10 02:41 PM, Fifty-50 wrote:

At 11/20/10 02:37 PM, Luxembourg wrote: Holy shit, you're right.
They got rid of the divine rule.

Haven't you heard? Jimmy said it's okay. Let us see how this forum go spiraling downward to it's destruction!!!

No rules, isn't this a strange day in the art forum.
Oh well, Liljim is our new boss, sorry Nae, I don't abide by your amazingly sensible standards anymore.

And so the Art Forum spirals downward.

I like ice blue!

Or something. Idk, it just seems a lot of people like blue...

Isn't blue just an awesome color?!?

I'm pretty sure people who never come to this forum shouldn't have such overbearing power and influence on the rules and regulations of this forum. Maybe the people that actually, oh I don't know, moderate this forum and the other people that hang out here every day should have the say.
But since Liljim knows all, lets follow his logic. Why don't we let all of the tourists from other countries barge in and take over America's polls and vote for our next president? That should be fun!

At 11/20/10 02:40 PM, DNoack757 wrote: omg i luv pensils too! wear do u by yourz?

i geit mien @ wall smart!
btw i luv u yu 50!!!

Tee-hee! :3

At 11/18/10 10:38 AM, Fifty-50 wrote:

At 11/18/10 07:57 AM, big-jonny-13 wrote: "Excuse me, waiter, there's an octopus in my martini"
- Oh, I'm terribly sorry sir
"You should be, I asked for a squid"

Lol, awesome joke Jonny. More Larry.

Well, I dont know if you used a reference or anything, but the way he is holding the dagger is weird.
To me it looks like its going through his hand
The bump in his hand, thanks to the position of his thumb, makes said bump more prominent, but a lot of it should still be in shadow, which is i think whats making it look weird.

I just read over what I just wrote, and I hardly understand it myself :|
But after messing around with the image, i realized his thumb was really long...

Sorry, pic for explanation

At 11/18/10 10:01 AM, Fifty-50 wrote: Am I doing this right?

yeah, it looks great 50 :D

Khurri, the stonhenge doesnt look miniature as much as it does... rendered, or something (just my opinion, no one else probably believes me :/

Also, I still like the starter pic the best ;) nice job everyone!

now i must try

Well, I don't like how the guy with the circles on his chest is copy-pasted and just different colors :/

Idk about you, but that looks like amazing improvement on your part. Your latest pic (not the WIP, the grayscale one with bloody heart) looks really impressive, great job

keep it up :) please?

At 11/15/10 08:09 PM, SohlTofang wrote: Used an interesting effect in an online program,
I think it's kinda cool.

I'll keep screwing around with it until I find it useful

Muro, it looks like.
But it doesnt look good. Better than MSPaint, but still.
If i were you, I'd take the pencil and paper advice. You'd be surprised at the good it would do you. However, you will need a scanner or camera (scanner is much more recommended). If you don't happen to own one, your school/work will most likely have one. Use it!

Errr..... speedpaint? Took around an hour...
Listening to Drive by Incubus

Shenanigans!

Join us.

Happy B-Day Lego!

Leggo my Eggo! >.>

At 11/9/10 09:52 PM, Rhunyc wrote: Lawls I did spell that wrong.. Thanks for pointing that out. I'da been upset if that's all you would've pointed out, so thanks for that. :P
Instead of just thinking "oh.. people'll get bored of seeing the same images more than once.." And then I realize.. Oh yeah, nobody really cares about my art lol. ^____^

D: I care! I care so much that I... that I... that I make sure your grammar is right! Lol :3
Yeah, I was gonna leave it at only the spelling, but I don't really consider that part of the "art." I was going to try and leave something constrictive about the piece, but it looks pretty good just as it is. Compliments don't hurt either! :D

At 11/8/10 09:17 PM, Rhunyc wrote: Makin' stuff look nicer..

You spelled "unknown" wrong.
Moving on, I like the hair. And the (air?) tank (over his left shoulder)
Looking nice; I'm assuming you have, or are making, more character sheets?

Also, just watching tv and LOL at the new sonic game: Sonic Colors. And I you preorder you get a sonic hat. Trololololololololololol!!!

At 11/6/10 04:33 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: For those of you that don't check the activities thread... we're doing a collab. No thread... just stickam!

...and happy birthday, joy! :D

No, guys, I haven't abandoned you, I swear.
I feel so left out!!! My laptop broke about a weeks ago, and Im getting it back on Monday. But till then, I cant draw or anything! Thank god I have pen and paper or else I might have gnawed my leg off O.o
I also may/may not have lost all of my pictures and data, including, but not limited to, my Halloween pic and jonny's VERY belated birthday pic :( miss you guys, an happy b-day cosmic!

miss you Danny!!! :3

At 10/26/10 05:06 PM, Whysomangry wrote: also this guy doesn't belong on NG, he's obviously below 13.

his userpage says hes 18/m
im giving him the benefit of the doubt.

also, he likes wavechan, thats +1

also, you still arent being helpful

also, i forgot to mention in my previous post, you could fix the shape of the head. it is some messed up lopsided circle/oval thing.... yeah. refs are your friend...

also.... also.

At 10/26/10 04:46 PM, Whysomangry wrote: Hope this thread gets locked.

you can at least be helpful.

well, everything seems a bit off, and rushed. did you use a ref? because it looked like you drew it from memory.
if you happen to look at some refs you may notice that his head isnt so scrunched into his torso, he needs a neck. his eyes are further above his nose, and his nose has some curvature to it, not just a checkmark. it might also be a good idea to add the lines under his eyes. idk.

so, on another topic, how bad did you guys want me to post in this thread?

trolololololol naruto :D

At 10/24/10 11:58 PM, M-Vero wrote: So in other news i just installed my tablet on my laptop.
Question, for windows 7, I did it before but I totally forget.
How the fuck do I get rid of this fucking ripple when I click. I got rid of the obnoxious hold and click menu but i cant fix this ripple crap.

dont you have an intuos4?
i do too and i know of no such thing as a god damn ripple

At 10/21/10 10:01 PM, Kakashi1930 wrote: more work!

done for the night; work so far
its pretty much done, but i think i might add some extra details to it, idk
constructive criticism wanted! esp. about background. im still really unsure about it

'tis fun
join us.

At 10/21/10 11:25 PM, Undeadkitty13 wrote: trying something new
maybe get on a shirt what do you think

looks snazzy; id buy it :)

more work!

At 10/20/10 04:16 AM, Lintire wrote: Fighting people in space is going to present a rather interesting challenge. And while going all-out DBZ on it sounds like a pretty sweet idea, I haven't watched nearly enough episodes to know what to do... in fact, most I ever watched was half an episode while playing Ape Escape way back when.

I'll try to get something done, but I'm having a lot of fun carving pumpkins right now.

so like, 20 episodes till whole thing is over? (that would be lame.)
or 20 episodes till we have to move to some alien planet and collect the dragon balls again?

At 10/7/10 11:49 PM, MajesticBob wrote:

anyways, BRAINNNSSSSSSS

LOL. That is... Special. Yes special is the word I would use...

yay! :D
wait.....

also, <3 zane :3

aaaaaand bump!
gonna finish this; guess i might as well submit it into the halloween contest, couldnt hurt...

yes? yes?
idk, i had to color it digitally... :(

At 10/19/10 01:00 PM, Ryajin-Geki wrote:

At 10/19/10 04:18 AM, Aigis wrote: Somebody fight me (please). I'm keen for some good old fashioned cartoony violence.

No monocles? Or owning people with manners?

or even a top hat? or blue tentacles?

if i have time, ill draw something up, me in sace or whatevs, might fight aigis (might not)