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What not to do in the Art Forum.

Posted by Vortex00 - October 19th, 2007


This in kind of a continuation of my first journal entry.

If you found yourself here and post or read in the Art Forum please read carefully.
These are things you should NOT do in the Art Forum. If people can grasp these concepts of what NOT to do. The Art Forum can be the place I believe it was meant to be.

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1-Post some raggedy ass pic in the art forum that you know is bad and ask for critique/comments.

2-Ask for critique/comments but don't apply them.

3-Make the excuse that you picture sucks because you only spent a few minutes on it.

4-Link to a higher quality version of a shitty picture.

5-Post a higher quality version of a shitty picture you already posted.

6-Post a dumb ass picture with an alt you own.

7-Log onto you alternate account (alt) and respond to your own threads.

8-Bump your own topic only a few minutes after creation, saying something like "how come no one is responding?".

9-Post a picture in a existing thread to contribute to it, but then start a new topic with that same picture.

10-Picture spam. ( Keep posting the same picture in different threads)

11-Start a new topic asking what the best art program is.

12-Say your art looks like shit on purpose.

13-Start a new thread saying what you plan on drawing later.

14-Post art for your friend who doesn't want to make a Newgrounds account.

15-posting short replies just for post count +1

16-Posting personal messages in the forum. (use PM system please)

17-Posting a off topic picture as an excuse for the thread to be legit. (because quite frankly I'd say threads like these fall under a general rules BIG ONE "Attempting to smartass your way around these rules." )

18-make a new thread for a certain category or theme of art but provide none of your own.

19-Make a new topic with a shit load of links. (especially with [IMG] tags)

20-Post raggedy ass bullshit because you are bored

21-bump threads about following rules when someone already posted the link and gave appropriate info to the original poster.

22-ask a question that is pretty easy to figure out on your own..

23-forgetting to post the picture. ( No biggie if corrected in a timely fashion)

24-Write some long as shit that no one wants to read then post a shitty picture.

25- POSTING CAPS IN MY FUCKING THREAD.

26-misspell my user name >.>;

27-Start a topic requesting someone make/design graphics for your shitty web page no one is ever going to go to.
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If people would apply the rules combined with those listed here of what "not" to do the Art Forum would be kick ass. It's fun to browse like any other section of Newgrounds, but some days it's ridiculous. I'm just putting thoughts into words by making this list.

It's seems like a lot but it's not really that hard to do. All of it is stuff regulars don't do anyways.
What's are your thoughts on this?

I'm not saying, the shit has to be badass art, I know my shit isn't badass. But it's obvious to tell when a person can't draw well versus not really trying. I see the Art forum is a place to flaunt your skills, visually express feelings and ideas, be competitive and improve.

Direct people to this page if you spot them fucking up the forums, maybe we can make a difference if only slightly.

Anything I left out on the list? leave a comment ad I'll add it.

/rant


Comments

Don't say anything related to "Rape her.", "Grab his/her cock." or "Do a barrel roll.", again just for the post count +1.

Haven't seem people say that much in the Art Forums. Just mainly General Forums. =/

You should probably put out links :U

heh.. I might >:)

I think the one I hate the most is

-Ask for critique/comments but don't apply them.

I've tried to help so many people with their art, and after a lengthy critique of their drawing they say "well that's just my style I'm not making any of the changes you suggested". I guess these people don't really want criticism. Just comments. Just one comment actually:

"HAY D00D TAHT IS TEH BEST ART EVAH!!!"

Honestly...

But yeah, not much we can do about it. If you complain about it on the forums it's just considered backseat modding. I can understand that though, it's annoying to see a crappy thread bumped seven times so that everyone has a chance to say "Read the rules". Once is enough.

Bah, I should quit ranting and get back to art.

yeah.. it happened to me today XD

and that's another one i forgot :O
bumping threads about rules when someone already posted the link.

I agree wtih fetusdoctor, I mean I go on, and some people just arn't good at drawing. Like i'll say, "the anatomy is wrong, muscles don't look like that, change it". I'll give them a list of things to do, and they just say, "well my style of animation doesn't use anatomy", or, "anatomy isn't that important you know". It's like, wtf dude, learn to take damn critisizm. And hi

Yeah some people just want positive comments rather than critique, even though they ask for it =/

and hi :O

yeah i broke some of those rules but realize that i did some growing up....you cant beat these little fucks that like shitting in the art forum... the mods wont delete the shit that been posted...they'll lock but wont delete....i guess the art forum will never get up to a respectable level

probably right about the people shitting in the forums.. =/
But I know of mods that delete BS posts..

You forgot: "WOOPS FORGOT PIC"

I mean, is it that hard to hit the browse button it's right above the post button...

I lol'ed, nice.

not to name your account after a fish?

not to submit naruto fanart?

not to post ion any thread thats not awesome?

there are idiots out there?

hmm these are not mandatory...

a ton of good points, especially number 26.
seriously vaurtecks, you need to get some of these in the official rules.

ugh! MY NAME >:C

getting some in the rules would be awesome though >.>;

You are one of the best artists on the forums man, I mean sure all your pics basically base on naked/almost naked chicks, which is ok, but anayomy is extrodinary, like when mindchamber gave you the stick drawing. I mean wow, you really know how to work photoshop, I just found out how to take one image and put it in another lol.

Thanks. Yeah I'm glad Mindchamber was there to put me in check ^_^;
I stayed up almost all night doing that picture.... That was really the best I could do at the time, in such a short amount of time...I can do a lot better now.. But a while ago I looked at the lines again and I think the arm was supposed to be on the outside of the leg >.>;

Good list, great tips, I can only hope some people learn from this. I know I'm far from being a perfect mod but damnit, I'm trying.

Number two is my pet peeve on the forum; people who ask for crit (or don't ask for it, they need to hear it anyway) but flat out refuse to learn or correct or even explain why it doesn't apply to their image. >=[

Yes, you are trying, and doing a good job at it too. When I go to the art forums and see lots of red tankmen icons to the side.. it makes me smile :)

But yeah, some people.. ask for crits, then their next picture has the same mistakes. Or you tell them something useful and it's obviously ignored. And they keep posting that same shit, with the same flaws.. ugh. Let me stop before I write a book, I could make thick rant paragraphs for anyone of these items on the list T.T;

Lol, I laughed cos most of this is heart-bustingly true. Nice one.
Although I think we've all called our stuff shit (12) at some point :'(

Heh, yeah, but not in the same meaning. number 12 on the list means basically, you post some art and you know it sucks in places ( or someone tells you what wrong with it ), but you refuse to admit the flaws and claim you meant to draw it that way T.T; or say it's supposed to look that way as an excuse to not fix it.

vrtexoO.

>.>;

"14-Post art for your friend who doesn't want to make a Newgrounds account."
Might be changed into 'Don't post art you didn't make, unless you're helping other people with them (examples/reference images)'

Truth, but that's one of the standard rules no? Only post original art that you made.