MOD The OFFICIAL Comments, Complaints, and Suggestions Thread-(*Currently Discussing: Holiday Season*)

Well, speaking as a 2D (2D? Do people still do that? ) animator, animation is more about the motion than the individual drawings, so I would think it would be more fitting in the Fan Films category. Then again, the side of me that sits behind a drawing desk for countless hours actually rendering each drawing says otherwise.

Would it be a problem with board policy if animation/flash animation was represented on both forums? Animated GIFs (animated icons and the like), being much simpler, would seem to be perfectly all right in the Fan Art section.

 

Well to be honest, the only drawings you'll want to pick out to frame will probably be they key drawings - the rest will look horribly distorted but work within the context of the movement. And since -as you said - animation includes things such as scripting, foley recording, shooting each drawing under the camera, and ultimately is released in a format other than paper, I'd have to side with Fan Films.

That's not to say that the traditional art side of it is discounted (without the characters or backgrounds, all you're left with is an audio drama), it's just one element within the greater scope of the project.

 

I like the idea of new banners, especially when handled as over the Lit. You're right, it's all fresher then, and in the different banners we could showcase different artstyles (ala: sketches, photomanips, collages, traditional paintings, digital paintings, etc...).

I also like the idea of a randomly picked AotM.

 

I have a suggestion to make about the forums. Can it be changed so that the new PM bit isn't highlighted in black? It's just a small detail but it's hard to see if there are any new PMs.

 

Sounds all good to me!

As for the sticky clean-ups, maybe it's time to purge the whole list and let people repopulate it. Kind of annoying maybe if your request is still wanted, but at least it would really weed out the ones that really weren't wanted. If someone really does want their request to remain, then they can repost. Maybe a little harsh, but I'm sure it would save on a lot of work...

 

Hello everyone!

With the Festive Holiday Season coming up, I want to ask what would everyone like to do to celebrate it together? In the past we have done activities and I was wondering if anyone has ideas with what they would prefer to do.

 

Gifts making a painting for a fellow artist, a roulette

holiday themed art

 

I like the holiday-themed art idea. The gifts idea, though... Bit on the fence about that one. Hm...

Ooh, perhaps make ornaments? Or cookies? I dunno. I'm more into Halloween than Christmakwanzukkahtetamadonlifeen-mastivus.

 

The bird always get something from me because we live in the same country and are friends.



No, but honest, I will participate this year. It is a fun idea. At present I just teach 7 lessons per week & have not found another job in addition yet. So I have some time left.

 

I enjoyed the gift/art exchance with other artist though as HanSolo29 has pointed out, it be great if we had more people participate.

The Holiday-Themed arts, that be like creating a dedicated thread for holiday themed works to be posted in there, we critique and compliment each others works? Maybe we could do an annual thing with that and index the pieces?

 

Sound a jolly good idea.

*is already in a Christmas mood because she baked Halloween cookies with MsLanna/ Etain and had been given a lot of art presents by earlybord-Obi-Wan yesterday*

 

Oh, you just got me thinking now...

The Holiday-themed thread could be expanded further by covering other major holiday events throughout the year, not just the Christmas/December period.

 

So like Halloween today? Or Easter? Or...

*diggs out the "Nightmare before Christmas" DVD to check out the American holidays*

 

I've never seen all the way through that film. From the top of my head:

New Years Eve/Day.... Australia Day.... Valentine's Day.... St. Patricks... International Speak Like A Pirate Day.... Velociraptor Appreciation Day... Life Day....

I'm probably forgetting a few and I can't think of any more but I know there are plenty more out there.

 

I'd participate in the gift idea, but it would come down to cost on my end. Fixed, budgeted income and all that. Groceries are expensive.

As for the thematic arts... I'm all for it. Though, do they have to be our Earthly holiday-centric? Perhaps a Life Day image, or a Feast Day pic as the characters are carving up the trickaloo, or a Galactic Moon Festival image with Sith-O-Lanterns.

I'm not a very Christmakwanzukkatetamadonlifeen-mastivus person. I'll be honest, the overmarketing and the festivities drive me nuts, and I ended up with bronchitis on Christmas Day, twice. Needless to say, I'm not very fond of the holiday. However, New Years is fine, St. Patrick's Day is fun, and I begrudgingly accept Valentine's Day (at least afterward when all the chocolate is on sale). I'll be sure to participate in the other holidays. In fact, I got an image in mind for Valentine's Day.

 

My interpretation of the gift idea is that we create an artwork for another person.

How we did it in the past was a number of us signed up with a short list of things the things they like, e.g.: Luke, Mara, Celebration...
Like a roulette, we then are randomly assigned via PM someone's name and selection and we have till a certain time to create an artwork with those descriptions as a gift for that person. Then we post the artworks in the thread on that date and name the person that the gift is for.

I understand about budget constraints and postage/shipping at this time of year is pretty crazy and can be expensive.

For the thematic works, in universe pieces are great to do too. You got me curious and looking forward to seeing your Valentine's piece.

 

Ah, here I was under the impression that we would actually be shipping the artwork out to people. If it's like any other "gift art" thing, then I'll bite. I haven't done gift art in ages.