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I'm going to need to start on my art homework over Christmas break soon so I need some help. I just need someone to give me an idea to use for my art homework and I'll be fine. If your idea involves working on a sheet of paper than the requirements are at least 12 by 18. If you have another idea that doesn't involve paper like making a clay model of something, well then that's just fine.

At 12/30/08 03:51 PM, Tugoro wrote: I'm going to need to start on my art homework over Christmas break soon

Gyahh... i've got the same problem. 7 more by new-years.
Even worse, my teacher says no digital. Something about it being part of "graphic design" when... i'm actually painting, not designing.

-My suggestion, take (or download) some reference photos, and start drawing stuff based off of them.
-There's a large selection of people on http://www.exactitudes.com/
Warning, a couple of the collections are not school safe...
-And of course, there's always posemaniacs to practice poses.
- find fruit to draw? can't beat the classics.

At 12/30/08 03:29 PM, ArthurGhostly wrote:

There could always be an option to pause and skip ahead a frame and what not.

Great idea! Spurred something in my brain too... If someone was particularly flash savvy, they could maybe make it so you click and drag a time-bar that can go at your own speed scrolling through the different pictures, so you can go back and forward etc. at your own pace. Anyone know if that is possible at all?

At 12/30/08 05:38 PM, AwesomeSaurus wrote: If someone was particularly flash savvy, they could maybe make it so you click and drag a time-bar that can go at your own speed scrolling through the different pictures, so you can go back and forward etc. at your own pace. Anyone know if that is possible at all?

easily! there's plenty of timeline controls.

gotoAndStop((distanceDragged/totalDistan ce)*walkAnimatonFrames);

pseudocode, of course.

I'm using a Wacom Intuos3 and, due to lack of space on my desk, I use the mouse it came with. While playing a game yesterday sometimes the left click wouldn't work. And the problem still happens. Left click only works half the time. I was just wondering if anyone else has/ had the bug and knows how to fix it? I tried google but it's like looking for a bottle in a sea full of answers.

Hey what do you guys think?

At 1/17/09 02:13 PM, Peglay wrote: Hey what do you guys think?

I think it doesn't belong in the lounge :P

What does everyone think of the Art Portal? Any features you're hoping to see (or not see)? I'm anxious for it, but at the same time... scared! Not sure what to expect! Could be a nightmare! lol

At 1/17/09 02:21 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: Not sure what to expect! Could be a nightmare! lol

Im just worried its going to be spammed to hell with ms-paint sticks. There has to be some kind of filtering system, maybe like the flash portal but nowhere near as harsh..

At 1/17/09 03:16 PM, Shadow-1409 wrote:

At 1/17/09 02:21 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: Not sure what to expect! Could be a nightmare! lol

Im just worried its going to be spammed to hell with ms-paint sticks. There has to be some kind of filtering system, maybe like the flash portal but nowhere near as harsh..

Yeah, exactly. I hope they have the "under judgement" system on it, and only decent pictures can get through. Not so sound harsh but sketches, practices etc shouldn't be allowed. That's what the Art Forum is for.

Well you have to think about it. How many people that have user accounts HAVE FLASH and SUBMIT? It's not that large of a ratio (people that have flash : people that don't have flash).

But when you put a portal up for something that EVERYONE ON NEWGROUNDS has access to, aka 'art' aka MS PAINT, you're kind of asking for trouble.

The first 100 submissions in the portal listing will be underjudgment alone... It will also spawn new spam groups for image submissions. PORN PIX PARADE HALSDKJFLKASHD

I pity the fool

At 1/17/09 02:21 PM, ReNaeNae wrote:

At 1/17/09 02:13 PM, Peglay wrote: Hey what do you guys think?

I think it doesn't belong in the lounge :P

What does everyone think of the Art Portal? Any features you're hoping to see (or not see)? I'm anxious for it, but at the same time... scared! Not sure what to expect! Could be a nightmare! lol

I'd like mandatory tagging of what Medium(s) you used, as well as filters, so that I can filter anything made with MS Paint :P

I think we need to prepare our biggest and greatest pictures to counter any such 5 second MS Paint pictures! That way it won't be cluttered with garbage on day one.

Is there a new bot going to be made for a new portal?

At 1/18/09 07:19 AM, Peglay wrote: Is there a new bot going to be made for a new portal?

UH HUH

At 1/18/09 07:38 AM, Jonas wrote:

At 1/18/09 07:19 AM, Peglay wrote: Is there a new bot going to be made for a new portal?

UH HUH

well it's not that easy of an answer, considering A bot is for audio...Art bot needs it's own letter :( maybe....R-bot?

Doesn't it tick you off when you work your ass off on something and all of a sudden your computer goes gay on you? then *facepalm* I didn't save! I know I know...save frequently because you can't rely on technology all the time, but I just can't get into this habit. I don't want to stop to save when I'm in the zone. You can't break the zone!

At 1/18/09 03:49 PM, Fleshlight wrote: Doesn't it tick you off when you work your ass off on something and all of a sudden your computer goes gay on you? then *facepalm* I didn't save! I know I know...save frequently because you can't rely on technology all the time, but I just can't get into this habit. I don't want to stop to save when I'm in the zone. You can't break the zone!

yeah i know what you mean. a year or so ago though, i started using a crapload of hotkeys for any program i use. my finger is within a half inch of ctrl+S almost all the time so i just hit it by instinct after a few changes by instinct.

im also kind of ocd and make a few copies of the project file too :P

At 1/17/09 03:16 PM, Shadow-1409 wrote:

At 1/17/09 02:21 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: Not sure what to expect! Could be a nightmare! lol

Im just worried its going to be spammed to hell with ms-paint sticks. There has to be some kind of filtering system, maybe like the flash portal but nowhere near as harsh..

I wouldn't be surprised if the first month is people spamming out their entire portfolio onto the portal in one go. Think it'd be much better for people to have some fresh stuff at the ready.
I've a feeling the art forum rules may get relaxed too.

What does everyone think of the Art Portal? Any features you're hoping to see (or not see)? I'm anxious for it, but at the same time... scared! Not sure what to expect! Could be a nightmare! lol

Art Portal sounds like a good idea, but as almost everyone has stated already, the almost inevitable danger of poor art spammage is quite horrifying to think about. I hope voting is enabled so we can blam those suckers back to the lonely bastards they came from!

Then again, voting in my particular case could prove fatal to me... not everyone approves my, hm, "style"... In anyone's case, though, it would suck to get his/her piece blammed by 16> year old angsty kids (not all kids are angsty, mind you.), just because they don't like a paticular style / genre (macabre, ect.). So, I think it would somewhat help people out if they could put their art into categories, as in what the age limit would be, and in which style / genre the picture would fall into.

People are mostly searching for comments on their work, it would be a great place to get those, so at least I have thumbs up for the project, while being somewhat cautious.

Don't mind me jumping in here... just gonna give my two cents

But the real question is, if an art portal is created, how much use will the art forum be? The portal sounds like an alright idea, but how do you judge what art can pass or not, if it's on a grading system like the flash portal? Good work could be deleted or blammed because, as already stated, someone may not like it. Newgrounds just isn't the kind of place that you go to post art that you'd want constructive criticism on. Yes, I know that there's a handful of people out there that would, but what needs to be focused upon is the masses.

If a poll was taken, I bet that this site is an overwhelming majority of teenage males. Then look at the majority of those guys of what they do/don't do on Newgrounds. You'd probably find that that majority isn't interested in giving constructive critisim on "pretty pictures."

Though it would be nice, I'm personally not 100% for the art portal. What would happen to the art forum? How would the art being submitted pass, or how would it be considered (dis)qualified? For those who would use it properly, it could be helpful, but I think that if you want to have a place to upload your art, I'd say try Deviantart or Sheezyart. No offense to NG, love ya, but it just doesn't strike me as art portal material.

But I could be wrong. Maybe, if initiated correctly, it could be a really nice thing.

sorry for the rant, here at school, just finished my finals, don't have anything to do

At 1/20/09 12:31 PM, Temariix wrote: But the real question is, if an art portal is created, how much use will the art forum be?

Theres a flash forum and a flash portal, and that works out. The same goes for audio portal/forums. The forums maybe wont be the same way as they are now, but i dont think it would be neglected because of a art portal system.

At 1/21/09 05:38 AM, LaserKarl wrote:

At 1/20/09 12:31 PM, Temariix wrote: But the real question is, if an art portal is created, how much use will the art forum be?

Theres a flash forum and a flash portal, and that works out. The same goes for audio portal/forums. The forums maybe wont be the same way as they are now, but i dont think it would be neglected because of a art portal system.

yeah. every post probably won't have to start with an art submission. you could ask questions like 'what type of program is best for doing this? or doing that? etc..'

the forums would probably be more about WIP and questions on certain techniques etc.

although there will still probably be threads like 'let's draw ____!"...

At 1/21/09 10:49 AM, Starogre wrote: yeah. every post probably won't have to start with an art submission. you could ask questions like 'what type of program is best for doing this? or doing that? etc..'

the forums would probably be more about WIP and questions on certain techniques etc.

this I can definitely look forward to.
maybe the forum could even graduate into a more mature form of artistic discussion, a la conceptart?

i have no flash program to draw anything (other than crappy ass "paint") where do i go to get a proper flash program? and not just drawing i want to make flash games and stuff. also some audio flash would be good. can someone help me out and tell me where to get this...errm...."animation flash"

At 1/21/09 05:20 PM, sweet21 wrote: i have no flash program to draw anything (other than crappy ass "paint") where do i go to get a proper flash program? and not just drawing i want to make flash games and stuff. also some audio flash would be good. can someone help me out and tell me where to get this...errm...."animation flash"

Flash.com? Have you tried that? Adobe flash is the Flash program. There are other, lesser, cheaper programs, but most quality stuff is Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Flash.

so will there be a demand for art portal moderators, if I may ask?

At 1/21/09 06:03 PM, Fleshlight wrote: so will there be a demand for art portal moderators, if I may ask?

You may. I don't know the answer though, sorry :P

Hey you cool katz, can I join you guyz?

Also, rawr.

At 1/21/09 08:26 PM, TehSlapHappy wrote: Hey you cool katz, can I join you guyz?

Also, rawr.

why post this in the lounge, the only thread that isnt about posting images?