Art Portal!

[Sethdd]

Ok I dont know if this is just me or not... But I cannot seem to be able to stay scouted for even 2 days... I get scouted by someone... then I dont even submit anything or do anything, and i get unscouted the next day... its stupid, the art portal scouting system has to be change... it doesnt work very well... tell me what you think about it...

[TheThinWhale]

Be thankful our even getting scouted and that people have actually seen your work :S

[Sethdd]

At 7/11/09 11:08 PM, TheThinWhale wrote: Be thankful our even getting scouted and that people have actually seen your work :S

I am thankful... Now I would be even more thankful if I could stay scouted... and not have to be rescouted every other day...

[Fleshlight]

You should know that you can't ask to be scouted and I don't think sketches are allowed in the portal either. Don't throw just every little thing you make into the portal. If it's not your best, uncheck the option to submit it in the portal. If your art is good, you'll get scouted easily.

and don't be surprised if you get unscouted by tomorrow. You really need to be scouted by someone on the higher branch of the tree and never go trigger happy with the scouting option.

[ngfan14]

I've had this same problem. I've been scouted before and now I am unscouted. My art doesn't show up in the art portal or in the unscouted submissions. Anyone know why?

[LegolaSS]

At 7/12/09 01:41 AM, ngfan14 wrote: I've had this same problem. I've been scouted before and now I am unscouted. My art doesn't show up in the art portal or in the unscouted submissions. Anyone know why?

you needed four or more art works... you see to understand this and are now scouted..

i have had a look at the work posted by the author of this thread and firstly in the BBS rules.. you must NEVER ask to be scouted in anway... second... your artwork is mostly based around other pictures which seem to be traced or copied... and your orginal artwork doesnt even come close to it beacuse its just stick people... either start again from scratch or remove the ones that will break the rules...

[wtf97ds]

Keep practicing and make even better art. Eventually you'll be able to submit art so good that no one would dream of unscouting you.

Your art is probably a bit too open for different interpretation right now or something.

[Sethdd]

At 7/12/09 02:44 AM, LegolaSS wrote:

At 7/12/09 01:41 AM, ngfan14 wrote:

you needed four or more art works... you see to understand this and are now scouted..

i have had a look at the work posted by the author of this thread and firstly in the BBS rules.. you must NEVER ask to be scouted in anway... second... your artwork is mostly based around other pictures which seem to be traced or copied... and your orginal artwork doesnt even come close to it beacuse its just stick people... either start again from scratch or remove the ones that will break the rules...

well first off, i dont trace, secondly copying is a form of art, and I did make it so that my sketches will not go through the portal... so... yea... and I never asked to be scouted, I simply said that i have been scouted and unscouted I never said that this BBS post was to get people to scout me... so i dont know where you got to thinking that...

[Viridis]

Sketches should not be submitted to the portal. The art Portal is for your completed works of art, such as finished drawings/paintings. When submitting a sketch you can click a box that says "send into portal", unclick this and the art will only appear on your user-page.

You may have been unscouted for a few reasons, firstly if the person who scouted you was unscouted then you will be too. It's like a big chain reaction. If your art is good enough you will be scouted again in no time at all. Don't worry about it.

Finally on the matter of copying, one of the Art Portal rules is:
A: If you created a piece of art by following a tutorial, please refrain from posting it. The Art Portal is for artistic endeavours, not images created by following a set of instructions. Tutorials are a great way to learn to draw but their final products aren't necessarily art, they are merely your copies.
Following a tutorial and copying someone else's art or picture are essentially the same thing. If you copied something keep in on your user-page. Not in the portal.

[Sethdd]

At 7/12/09 11:15 AM, Viridis wrote: Sketches should not be submitted to the portal. The art Portal is for your completed works of art, such as finished drawings/paintings. When submitting a sketch you can click a box that says "send into portal", unclick this and the art will only appear on your user-page.


Finally on the matter of copying, one of the Art Portal rules is:
A: If you created a piece of art by following a tutorial, please refrain from posting it. The Art Portal is for artistic endeavours, not images created by following a set of instructions. Tutorials are a great way to learn to draw but their final products aren't necessarily art, they are merely your copies.
Following a tutorial and copying someone else's art or picture are essentially the same thing. If you copied something keep in on your user-page. Not in the portal.

yes, but i did not follow a tutorial to draw the pictures, so technically that rule doesnt apple... and I already said, my sketches do not go through the portal... so dont get all pissy about that =S

[Sethdd]

rule doesnt *apple*... and I already said, my sketches do not go through the portal... so dont get all pissy about that =S

sorry to double post, but i meant apply... not apple

[Viridis]

At 7/12/09 01:12 PM, Sethdd wrote: yes, but i did not follow a tutorial to draw the pictures, so technically that rule doesnt apple... and I already said, my sketches do not go through the portal... so dont get all pissy about that =S

The idea of the rule I assume is that stuff you submit should be original art, not copied.

[Sethdd]

Well you can assume many things, but that doesnt mean its correct, I do realize that many people do not like copied artwork, and that is why I have been taking a step away from that and trying to create my own... most of my drawings that are up here were made like 3-5 years back. Since then I have been studying art alot more, and am planning to go to a college, and major in some form of art...

Also, for some reason now... when I go to my art, it says that i have been scouted by someone, it says their username and everything.... but then when I look at my pieces of art, like click on them or something, it asks me if I would like to scout this user... it asks meeee, but of course when I click on it, it comes up with an error page... does anyone know why that would happen. maybe its because the server is lagging or something idk...

[Madmongul]

How the hell do you get scouted anyway? I want people to see my art lol!

[xports]

At 7/12/09 11:02 PM, Madmongul wrote: How the hell do you get scouted anyway? I want people to see my art lol!

Taken directly from the FAQ:

Q: How do I get scouted?

A: Do NOT ask to be scouted! Do not ask in the Forums or send the staff a Private Message about being scouted as these will only hurt your chances. Just submit at least four pieces of quality art and be patient, someone will find you! Every single person with art in the Art Portal has the ability to scout others, so there will be a lot of people with their eyes peeled for great submissions.

[crazydave001]

At 7/12/09 11:15 AM, Viridis wrote: You may have been unscouted for a few reasons, firstly if the person who scouted you was unscouted then you will be too. It's like a big chain reaction. If your art is good enough you will be scouted again in no time at all. Don't worry about it.

So thats how it works... I was about to post a bug-report bitching and moaning about me being unscouted(good thing i read this first)

[Heroface]

From similar older thread:

I think scouting should be out and images shouldbe rated like flash and audio do where if they get sucky votes then they are deleted so the portal only ever has good stuff on it.

Just what I think anyway, I don't see why art is different.

At the time of writing I am working on my second piece to submit here but all I want is some ratings and comments for feedback on how to improve. I don't see why I need semi-permanent permission that could disappear anything between seconds and months after getting it just to show people what I can do.

Oh well... it's a new section I'm sure they'll come up with something

[Sethdd]

At 7/13/09 09:31 AM, Heroface wrote: From similar older thread:

I think scouting should be out and images shouldbe rated like flash and audio do where if they get sucky votes then they are deleted so the portal only ever has good stuff on it.

Just what I think anyway, I don't see why art is different.

At the time of writing I am working on my second piece to submit here but all I want is some ratings and comments for feedback on how to improve. I don't see why I need semi-permanent permission that could disappear anything between seconds and months after getting it just to show people what I can do.

Oh well... it's a new section I'm sure they'll come up with something

thats how i feel the art portal should work also... I think it was a good idea to try the scouting thing... but it obviously doesnt work all that well unless you get scouted by a mod or something, i think it should be exactly the same as the flash portal.

[MindChamber]

if it was exactly the same as the flash portal, your submissions would've been blammed, sketchy stickfigures isn't really what we want in the art portal.

[Sethdd]

At 7/13/09 10:23 PM, MindChamber wrote: if it was exactly the same as the flash portal, your submissions would've been blammed, sketchy stickfigures isn't really what we want in the art portal.

well then i wouldnt put those in if it was not allowd