At 10/26/13 06:15 PM, Kkylimos wrote: What does not evolve dies. If this thread has no purpose any longer close it or better yet reform it to what the name indicates it to be. Anyways , im spending less and less time in the forums so it doesnt affect me much. This is an "art" forum so imo , it should have more activities and challenges. Stuff to bond the artistic community and most importantly actively improve the skills of those who participate.Right now its either personal art threads or people looking for some advice. Both are great and perfectly placed on an art forum , but still i find it lacking. Now lets see how many pitchforks will i raise by saying my opinion.

Considering this threads sees more activity than the lounge, I think it's safe to say it's still serving a purpose. Tinychat is one of the few places left where users DO come together and interact. So don't be hatin'! Just join the chat instead ;D

At 10/26/13 05:36 PM, PatBest22 wrote: I can show whoever takes over how I got x-split to work and even let them on my twitch channel if need be.

I've created a livestream account using Art101 ...that way you don't have to give out your password! But it seems xsplit isn't available for macs :'( Anyone know of any FREE alternatives?!

At 10/26/13 05:48 PM, BeckyRawr wrote: is there still an art group chat?

YES!! Everyone should join us! :D

At 10/26/13 05:50 PM, Kkylimos wrote: Wait so the "art group activities" is not for organising art group activities? But ok i think i get ur point. If i see something interesting stir , ill join , like i did before with AFBR and Totem Collab. Otherwise , Im not organizing anything personally, i dont have the trust to put my time and effort to it.

Well, if you read the first post of the thread... it's meant for things happening 'off-site', if you will. Back in the Stickam days, the rooms were constantly dying so the link was always changing. It was a way to keep it all in one place making it easier for everyone to find. With tinychat... that doesn't happen, but... the thread is still here as a reminder/notification that people are about/active.

For things happening 'on' the site (collabs, contest, etc.), there's usually a dedicated thread for it. But I can understand how the title could be misleading.

/history lesson

At 10/23/13 02:11 PM, Kkylimos wrote: Less chit chat more organizing of something awesome. Lets get together and do something cool? All the cool stuf happened before i joined NG..Like the worm -_- Sabtastic threw some pretty neat ideas some time ago , like a callendar or pokemon gifs etc. Everyone poped in and showed interest and then silence.....

This thread was specifically created for sharing activities like tinychat, livestreams, etc. So let's keep it about that ;)
If you want to organize a collab or something, go for it. Make a new thread ...or use the lounge to discuss ideas.

At 10/26/13 01:22 AM, PatBest22 wrote: Once again I must announce that I won't be available Sunday...

Oh no! :( That's a bummer seeing how Tom was nice enough to give it a shout out in his last news post. Art101 has gotten a few pm's already. Would suck if there wasn't a stream tomorrow.

Would anyone else be up for hosting/manning the steam?

we'll miss you Pat!

At 10/21/13 12:31 AM, BIueBeef wrote: Yeah, and how are you?

Doing well. Thanks for asking.

At 10/21/13 12:17 AM, BIueBeef wrote: i don't know what to say

You seem to be doing all right.

At 10/21/13 12:13 AM, BIueBeef wrote: hey nae

sup?!

At 10/21/13 12:12 AM, The-Psycho-Ragdoller wrote: How come whenever they say that you should be 'just friends,' they end up ignoring you?

Maybe they don't want you to get false hopes or feel like they're leading you on.. or maybe you just go for the wrong kind of girl?! I dunno.

At 10/21/13 12:08 AM, BIueBeef wrote: £ß£3332

I can't BEAR it

Ok, stream is live. If you have anything you want critiqued, post here or in twitch or tinychat.

Tossing around the idea of doing another live stream but we'd need a few more people to help out.
If anyone is interested, drop into tinychat or post here!

At 10/13/13 02:38 PM, M-Maher wrote: I did an art can I have all the commission monies now?

If you want your stuff reviewed, we can do that. Post a link to a few specific pieces.

Ok... we're doing a twitch stream on Pat's channel here: http://www.twitch.tv/patbest22
We're also in tinychat here: http://tinychat.com/ngart

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING!!! LOL!!!

At 10/12/13 08:30 PM, Cordyceps wrote: As for resources, I read Osamu Tezuka's books, which I fortunately found at the library, and were incredibly helpful. I also received quite a bit of help from the guys at AlbinoBlackSheep back in the day when I had particular issues.

Despite not having any formal education, I still manage a few commissions here and there, and I even worked a couple months at Disney.

Cool, I'll have to check out that book! Thanks!!

Disney, eh?! Impressive!! That had to be exciting!! What did you do there? Did you work on anything we may have heard of/seen?

At 10/12/13 07:57 PM, PatBest22 wrote: I want to participate, however tomorrow I've already got plans so I may not be available till later in the evening ( 8 or 9 ).

Oh no!! We're kind of leaning towards 1 PM ng time to accomdate the overseas peoples. This is unfortunate 'cuz you were supposed to be the twitch master! lol Maybe you can do it next weekend then! ;D

At 10/12/13 10:01 PM, Plasmarift wrote: Could you review my picture "Museum of Fine Art"? I want to make pictures that are like the FarSIde and ToonHole, but I believe the picture is lacking in certain details. Could you give me some tips?

Sure. I don't know if the stream will be recorded, but hopefully we can leave reviews/comments too.

At 10/13/13 02:00 AM, 372 wrote: pick me

A few of us are in tinychat right now, so if anyone wants to drop in, please do! And again... you don't have to go on cam or mic. You can just text chat or... observe. And you don't need to sign up or have an account for tinychat. Just click 'Guest' pick a name (preferably your ng username), close the pop-up if you get one, and you're good to go.

We had a decent turn out last time... several old regs dropped in! Was fun!! We ended up with a skype call broadcast via livestream ...and we're thinking of trying it again tomorrow. Not sure what time yet. That'll depend on who volunteers to join in.

So this is a heads up and a call out to anyone that might want to tune in/participate. The hope is to get enough people involved that this can go on every week without being dependent on the same few people. So the more the merrier!

If you're interested in joining as a 'critiquer,' let us know so we can get you added on skype beforehand.

If you'd like to be a 'critiquee,'(scouted or unscouted, everyone is welcome!!) ...just post a link to ONE piece. Depending on how things go, we may be able to look through more of your stuff (that's sort of what happened the first time).

You don't have to be on cam or mic to participate. There's text chat or you can just watch/listen!

If anyone has any questions, comments, suggestions ...or anything else to add, post 'em here or pm me if that's more comfortable for ya.

The goal is to get people to interact and HELP each other improve in a positive way ...and strengthen the community in the process!! Plus it's a good way to get some views (thanks, Pat! lol)

Hope to see you all tomorrow!! :D

if no one shows, we'll just skip it :'(

Question to everyone... out of curiosity... how have you learned what you know about animation? Did you go to school? Are you in school now? If so, which one? Is it strictly an animation course, or full art-type program? ...Or are you self taught/learning on your own? If so, what has been the most helpful resource for you? (books, sites, other animators, etc.)

At 10/11/13 07:03 PM, Kkylimos wrote: I was wondering if there is a limit to the submissions we can make for halloween. I think ill have time to make two artworks for that day , will they both compete for the halloween material contest?

The standard has been: you can submit as many as you want, but can only win one prize/place. I'd imagine that's how it'll be this time around too. But you could ask in the Halloween Art 2013 thread. Tom posted there, so odds are he'll be keeping tabs on it and will respond to questions. Or... you could pm him.

Can't wait to see what awesome stuff you (and everyone else) turns out! :D

If anyone is into art books, here's a kickstarter* for one you might find interesting: Masters of Anatomy.

*reached more than double it's funding goal in half a day!

At 10/11/13 02:21 AM, InDeeperDreams wrote: I need ANIMATORS and CONCEPT DESIGN ARTISTS who are willing to work for free, as this project is to promote the experience of the team. Any commision from merchandise sold will be given directly to them. I will not take a share.

I would suggest checking out the collab forum and the collabinator.

for future reference, you can get to the collabinator by selecting 'team up!' in the games, movies, audio and art nav tabs above.

At 10/8/13 11:04 AM, Zeebra wrote: Hey everyone, I am in need of some advice and assistance. Is it possible to animate a character with a bone structure?

I dabbled with the bone tool a while back. Seemed like just as much, if not more, work than doing it with tweens/fbf. The rigging can take ages... but then you still have to move it to the poses you want in all your keyframes anway. It's been deprecated with Flash CC, so... might as well stick with tweens. And as kkots said, be mindful of your pivot points!

Good luck!

You might have better luck asking in the Audio Forum lounge.

Doing a Google Hangout for a bit if anyone wants to drop in :D

At 9/24/13 12:29 PM, cuteboy99 wrote: I NO TROLLS!

We believe you.

You've made a lot of progress from the first to the second link. Keep at it and I'm sure you'll be getting a daily award in* no time. Either way, it's better than anything I could do, so... go you.

*at

At 9/25/13 04:27 AM, ragnkinson wrote: One does not simply start a new NG day.

Why not?

Just pick a day and start promoting it. Make news posts, threads, animations, etc. As people get on board, have them do the same. Spread the word to other sites too. If it's a cool concept and you get enough momentum that it turns into something big, it'll could eventually become an 'official' day*!

*Might take a few years.

At 9/15/13 11:28 PM, takopako wrote: have any of you ever colored or enjoyed coloring someone else's art work? Are you a person that would prefer someone else color your artwork? Would you like to post your linework here and have different people color and post it in the thread?

lets do all of that here, and have fun doing it!

...or how about here.

At 9/15/13 12:17 PM, dagmert wrote: Word

What kind of name is dagmert?! ;P

We're still looking through art. Scouted and unscouted. If you want to join us, or have something you've done (or are working on) that you'd like comments on, stop on by. Not sure how much longer I'll be around, but someone is usually there.

I've always thought it would be fun to do live reviews/critiques... as a group. So I figured I'd toss the idea out there and see where it lands. If it fails, it fails... but hopefully it'll turn into something fun and get people more involved in the community.

I'm totally open to ideas and suggestions (on any aspect of it), but basically the idea is... get whoever is around and willing... to meet up in tinychat (or where ever) and go through the art portal (or unscouted section). Discuss, rate, and leave HELPFUL comments along the way... with the goal of getting the actual artists to join the chat so we can have some back and forth with them. Give tips/suggestions and help each other grow and improve.

Livestream, G+, Skype and Twitch have all been suggested. Not sure which would be the best route. So if anyone wants to join in, help out or just offer suggestions on things, please do so here or drop by the current tinychat room.

Anyone and everyone is welcome! :D

At 9/9/13 09:20 AM, Kkylimos wrote: Ok , thank you , it sounds like a good idea! Im gonna try it starting from next week , i have already posted the current week's description and i wouldnt want to confuse people with jumping around. I think the chain of links will work very nicely! Cheers!

No one will get confused :P ...just make the new thread. Post a link to it here and request a lock. Daisy-chain, activated ;)