Well guys, I'm gonna be gone on vacation for a week, so no internet for me.
I'd just like to say, take it easy. Keep the art forum strong guys.

At 8/28/09 10:45 PM, big-jonny-13 wrote: Well guys, I'm gonna be gone on vacation for a week, so no internet for me.
I'd just like to say, take it easy. Keep the art forum strong guys.

I can't dare imagine the terrors would happen to the art forum without big-jonny being here. I only hope that we last until your return.

At 8/28/09 05:03 PM, Luis wrote: Quality art portal submissions now appear on the front page :)

Just curious, but what determines which pieces are featured?

And do new pictures get chosen on a weekly, daily, monthly basis or anything?

I'm just curious about it. I don't imagine ever having a spot on it, considering the magnificent pictures I've seen entered so far. But, just the though occurred to me at work tonight. :)

Congrats on leveling up ReNaeNae. I guess we'll have to get used to the metal glove for ReNaeNae, instead of the knife.

At 8/29/09 08:56 AM, Rhunyc wrote: Just curious, but what determines which pieces are featured?
And do new pictures get chosen on a weekly, daily, monthly basis or anything?
I'm just curious about it. I don't imagine ever having a spot on it, considering the magnificent pictures I've seen entered so far. But, just the though occurred to me at work tonight. :)

Right now it's in it's 'testing' phase. The art portal mods/staff/admin can tag something as 'front page worthy'. The plan is to keep stuff up there for a couple/few days... but apparently someone didn't get the memo and already swapped out everything that was on there yesterday.

"ooh, lookie!! a new thing to click!!I wonder what it does *click* hmm... nothing happened... *click, click, click* huh... must not be operational yet *click* ... *click* ...dumb thing *clickclickclickclick* ...oh well *click*."

At 8/29/09 09:34 AM, MeMB wrote: Congrats on leveling up ReNaeNae. I guess we'll have to get used to the metal glove for ReNaeNae, instead of the knife.

Thanks!I like this much better than the knife... think I'll keep it for a while! lol :D

POWER TO RENAENAE

Well the tagging system seems like a good idea to me. I mean, the same happens with the featured Flash movies right? If you would automate it, you would only get the best submissions, while it's not necessarily the best submissions that are the most frontpage-worthy.

Hey guys, just thought Id direct you to some photo galleriesof the amazing Banksy versus Bristol, summer show at the Bristol museum.... I cant believe I didnt know his work.. too bad the show finished..
I especially love his piece of dorothy and toto (?) on a piece of sheet iron, saying "I dont think were on canvas anymore"

At 8/31/09 08:10 AM, J-qb wrote: Hey guys, just thought Id direct you to some photo galleries...

Wow, that's some seriously cool art! It's like a critical representation of modern life. I liked the 'This is where I draw the line'.

MSN

Share your MSN. Mine is idiot-monarch@hotmail.com

I know this was done some time ago, but the results were lackluster.

Also,

Desktops

I wanna see the super artsy desktops the super artsy people here have.

My MSN is pogostickz@hotmail.com
I already added you idiot-monarch.

My desktop is just a screen from Forza 2, nothing spectacular.

At 8/31/09 02:23 PM, idiot-monarch wrote: Desktops

There's already a "show your desktop" thread in the general forum, don't really think we need to turn the lounge into that :P

Good job leveling up nae, our lvl icons can finally fist bump like real men!

At 8/31/09 06:43 PM, Captain-Ben wrote: Good job leveling up nae, our lvl icons can finally fist bump like real men!

woO! Thanks! I worked really hard at it! ;P

MSN... I'm all for people connecting and whatnot... but with the recent phishing/jacking/brute forcing of email and ng accounts, please make sure your passwords and secret questions/answers are SECURE!!! It would be best if the msn account you're posting wasn't linked to your ng account at all! ...just sayin'!!

msn: ReNaeNaeNg [at] hotmail [dot] com

At 8/31/09 08:10 AM, J-qb wrote: Hey guys, just thought Id direct you to some photo galleriesof the amazing Banksy versus Bristol, summer show at the Bristol museum.... I cant believe I didnt know his work.. too bad the show finished..
I especially love his piece of dorothy and toto (?) on a piece of sheet iron, saying "I dont think were on canvas anymore"

Yeah I read an article about that guy some time ago. He is really awsome :D

At 8/31/09 07:42 PM, ReNaeNae wrote: MSN... I'm all for people connecting and whatnot...

I'm gonna laugh so bad when somebody starts posting Cialis ads.

At 8/31/09 08:10 AM, J-qb wrote: Hey guys, just thought Id direct you to some photo galleriesof the amazing Banksy versus Bristol, summer show at the Bristol museum.... I cant believe I didnt know his work.. too bad the show finished..
I especially love his piece of dorothy and toto (?) on a piece of sheet iron, saying "I dont think were on canvas anymore"

i dont get it.

At 8/31/09 09:54 PM, sucho wrote:

At 8/31/09 08:10 AM, J-qb wrote: Hey guys, just thought Id direct you to some photo galleriesof the amazing Banksy versus Bristol, summer show at the Bristol museum.... I cant believe I didnt know his work.. too bad the show finished..
I especially love his piece of dorothy and toto (?) on a piece of sheet iron, saying "I dont think were on canvas anymore"

i dont get it.

A famous line from the original novel is that Dorothy says (after the whirlwind blew them to the land of oz) " I dont think were in Kansas anymore"....

they are on sheet iron, not on canvas

I know this is probably posted somewhere, but I can't find it. Can I post pictures I edited that someone else posted if I ask them and they agree to let me? I know in the license it says you can't, but if they allow you, you should be able to, right?

At 9/1/09 04:08 AM, J-qb wrote:

At 8/31/09 09:54 PM, sucho wrote:

i dont get it.

A famous line from the original novel is that Dorothy says (after the whirlwind blew them to the land of oz) " I dont think were in Kansas anymore"....

they are on sheet iron, not on canvas

i understand the joke. i just dont get this 'modern art'. always looks like vandalism to me.

hey i think something goofy is happening to my art portal submissions cuz my old submissions from beyond my 2 latest submissions say that they are made by an unscouted artist but im already scouted and its not happening to the recent 2 submissions tho.

At 9/1/09 05:32 PM, DjZeaklous wrote: I know this is probably posted somewhere, but I can't find it. Can I post pictures I edited that someone else posted if I ask them and they agree to let me? I know in the license it says you can't, but if they allow you, you should be able to, right?

Depends on how and how much you modify them. If it's a simple recolor with photoshop levels or something, odds are it will get removed. But if it's line art and you color it, then that should be ok. Just be sure you credit the original artist.

At 9/1/09 05:40 PM, Decoy71 wrote: hey i think something goofy is happening to my art portal submissions cuz my old submissions from beyond my 2 latest submissions say that they are made by an unscouted artist but im already scouted and its not happening to the recent 2 submissions tho.

That happens when you get unscouted for whatever reason. I fixed it for you... but in the future, art portal related questions should go in the Q&A thread, or just pm an art portal mod (list can be found under Help/FAQ > moderators).

oh thanks and will do ReNaeNae 8D

emmerson
(or MSN if you prefer)

if any of y'all need to contact moi on MSN: blackmarketkraig [at] hotmail.com
AIM is still: blackmarketkraig

K?

At 9/2/09 09:10 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: emmerson

If anyone is looking for more e-friendies I'm Zyphonee [AT] hotmail.com

Linux for artists

So, everybody who hasn't lived under a rock should know about Linux. And everyone that know a bit about Linux should know that there are a buttload of distros (versions) of it. Now, I happened to stumble upon two of them - openArtist and UbuntuStudio - which happen to be both geared towards the artist community.
Now, since they are geared towards 3D and audio artists respectively, I know those will not interest the 2D community of Newgrounds....but it brought up a strange thought:

How much of you would be agreeing to switch to Linux (I'm guessing the majority of you use Windows) if it had a distro that is as refined as Ubuntu itself and was designed for 2D artists - complete with an array of painting and drawing tools?

MSN is talikutt@hot.ee for those that are willing.

>_> I'm quite antisocial, and never post in this thread, so the question of why I'm doing will probably pop up.

Oh well. Big-Jonny 13 added me on MSN randomly, and I had fun talking to him, so if anyone wants:

rhunyc [at] hotmail.com

But, if I never talk to you, don't worry. I never talk to anyone on MSN. ;D (Usually they start the conversations)

At 9/3/09 08:38 AM, Re2deemer wrote: Linux for artists

How much of you would be agreeing to switch to Linux (I'm guessing the majority of you use Windows) if it had a distro that is as refined as Ubuntu itself and was designed for 2D artists - complete with an array of painting and drawing tools?

I'd switch my Tablet PC to Linux if the tablet features were completely supported and the art and animation software that was available surpassed my current ones (Photoshop CS3 and Flash 8). But, as things are, I'll stick with Windows XP: Tablet Edition. =]

At 9/3/09 11:38 AM, PrinceFlea wrote: I know What I'm about to ask is going to be pretty damn stupid but... Do any of you guys here have a way that you could actually Portray a cartoon Character in a realistic manner? This would have been weird to work if it around the style of the simpsons but I saw someone over on DA who could do this without any problem... http://toboe91.deviantart.com/art/Dib-re alistic-study-119517469

Hmm, Id suggest noting specific characteristics of a the character compared to the other characters. eg: homer simpson has just a few hairs, stubbly beard, relatively high forehead.
Mind you, he also has big eyes and no chin, but all simpson characters have that, so its not distinguishing for homer.
Then take these characteristics and use them to draw the portrait

Hey All-

I have a give away on my art blog - "ADailyDoodle.com" if any of you are interested. I draw a new picture every day and put it up and do a give-away starting the first friday of every month. Let me know what you think!

Here is a direct link to the giveaway if you are interested

hey guys, what's goin' on?