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Cupcake Wars: Hollywood Glam
by Candace Nelson in Shows, February 23rd, 2011Cupcake Wars judge Candace Nelson is the founder and pastry chef of Sprinkles Cupcakes, the world's first cupcake bakery. She joins us on the FN Dish each week to recap all the sweet details of the competition from her seat at the judges' table. Here's what she had to say about last night's episode, Walk of Fame.
With Hollywood Walk of Fame as this week's Cupcake Wars theme, I expected to be dazzled by exciting flavors and glamorous displays. And, certainly, Joanne from Lucky Cupcake delivered some excitement in round one with her martini cupcake complete with olive-mascarpone filling! But, in spite of her gutsy choice and dazzling star toppings, she was tripped up by a baking issue that left her cupcake basically inedible. I was sad that I didn't get to really try what she could do.
Moving on to round two, I was certainly dazzled by Casey's glitzy plate of cupcakes, including the rice paper "boa," and Chrissy's incredibly delicious cupcake trio. Her Elvis "sandwich," in particular, is one of the best of this variety I have tasted on the show. Celeste disappointed us, though, with her decorations that felt too plain for the occasion.
In the third round, Casey went HUGE with her display and it was the most spectacular I have seen yet on the show. Although the height of the steps on her display meant guests had to bend over to retrieve a cupcake, there was no denying that she captured the "glitz and glamour" of Hollywood. Casey from Casey's Cupcakes waltzed away with the prize.
Bake up a batch of Casey's winning Lavender Cupcakes and check out FoodNetwork.com for more about Cupcake Wars, plus dozens of our best cupcake recipes.
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Playing the claiming game can be a challenging one for owners and trainers. A bad claim can forever tarnish a reputation. But a good one? Well, it can help make a career.
Case and point was on display at Golden Gate Fields Sunday.
Eleven fillies and mares went to post in the $50,000 Golden Poppy Stakes. Four of them were trained by hall of fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, including odds-on favorite, and seven time stakes winner, Halo Dolly.
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"In that race she got banged around a little at the quarter pole and got knocked into the fence and sustained an injury that required some time off," Sloan said. "Sometimes with lower level horses you might think about doing something else and not keeping them around for a year but she showed such talent and heart, we thought it was wise to keep her and looks like we made the right decision."
Lonna was off 16 months and came back to run sixth in a starter allowance and then won a $12,500 claimer. From then on out, she has been a major player in five allowance races with three wins and two seconds, leading into her stakes win.
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My extremely amateur opinion is that the roll pin is shown in the diagram as inserted from the left, so would be driven out safely from the right. But it might not matter. Most roll pins aren't tapered. Have you had your Buckmark long? Mine would initially not extract standard velocity .22s, but after a couple of hundred rounds that went away. Best of luck with your situation. Have you trolled the garage with a magnet?
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Tiger running back Curtis Steele was named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts in helping the UofM beat Southern Miss, 36-30, Saturday night at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
Boosting an offense missing its top two quarterbacks, Steele rushed 29 times for 178 yards and two TDs. He scored the eventual game-winning touchdown on a 22-yard run with 1:24 left in the game following a Tiger interception. Steele finished with 237 all-purpose yards, the most by a Tiger player since DeAngelo Williams was amassing huge numbers in 2005.
''Curtis is getting better every week,'' Tiger coach Tommy West said. ''Curtis is really learning to be patient.''
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In the UofM's past six games, Steele is averaging 119 yards rushing. The Tigers are 4-2 during that stretch. Steele is the third Tiger to earn C-USA honors this season, joining senior defensive lineman Clinton McDonald and kicker Vinny Zaccario. McDonald was honored after his four sacks against Arkansas State and Zaccario following his game-winning field goal against UAB.
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West said punter 's performance may have been overlooked by most in the crowd of 24,034 Saturday, but it didn't go unnoticed by the Tiger coaching staff. While Sutherland punted four times for a 37.5 average, he created a field-position advantage for the Tigers. Sutherland had two punts downed inside the 15-yard line and should have had a third downed inside the 5. ''Our punter was tremendous in the game,'' West said. ''He gave us a chance to down them inside the 15-yard line almost every time."
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Since my original string that got me into soft multis was Pro Supex Maxim Touch 17, I figured I should add it here as another review. So here is my review in the TW format of the Pro Supex Maxim Touch 17. This is the only 17 gauge multi I've tested to date in this thread.
It is very easy to string because of the softness. It does have mild roughness but nothing that makes the crosses hard to do.
Tension it is strung: 60 pounds on a lockout machine full bed
Your regular string set up: Mantis Comfort Synthetic 60 pounds full bed
String pattern of your racquet: 16 x 20
Power (or lack there of): Medium/High powered multi
Feel: Great feel
Tension maintenance: Seemed to hold the entire 8-12 hours
Overall comments and feedback: See below
General: This was my first post Golfer's Elbow string. It was nice and soft especially at a lower tension of 55 pounds which I started out at. I got beat like a red headed step child getting adapted to my new racket and strings the first few months, but after that I started getting close to my normal level. The mildly rough texture provided adequate spin for a multi. Eventually I upped the tension to 60 pounds. I had one stint in the summer where I served really well with the string but overall it just had too much power for my liking.
Serve/Return of Serve: First serve was good some days and bad other days. I never felt like my 2nd serve caused much damage. I never felt comfortable ripping returns with this string, I always felt like I had to chip it to get control.
Strokes: My forehand could never really get dialed in with this string. I felt like any shot the trampoline effect could rear it's ugly head. Slice was just OK on the backhand. My topspin backhand is solid with just about any string, so no issues there.
Volleys: It's OK for volleys, nothing outstanding.
Touch shots: Drop shots and touch volleys were pretty good with this string. Considering it is called Maxim Touch it better be!
Softness: The string was the softest I'd ever used at the time. I've since tried Mantis Comfort Synthetic 16 which is softer than this. So now this would be the #2 softest string. I know, this does not jive with RSI stiffness ratings but this is what it felt like to me.
Tension: Maybe one day I'll try this string again at 62 or 63 pounds to see if I can tone down the power.
Durability: The string looks like a standard 17g string. The string did not notch too badly. It would typically snap between the 8 to 12 hour mark with no warning.
Movement: String movement is average for a multi meaning it moves a decent amount.
Conclusion: This is an average multi that is good for the price. I just felt like it was too powerful for my liking. Still, I used it for 9 months and have to thank it for helping me stay on the court the entire time during that stint. For those players who have trouble generating power and desire a very soft string, this is definitely worth a try.
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Hello Alice. As one of the 5 people who read your comic…Thank you :) . I enjoy it.
Please dont be bummed, when the comics come in Hurray! When they're slow, oh well.
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I will try my best! Thank you so much.
as another of the five people who read this (i'm sure there's more)…. i'd like to second shaun and give you a very big thank you!! thank you for what's definitely my favorite webcomic on the internet, and thank you for not giving up on it.
Your favorite? That is a lot to live up to. ;ェ; Thank you malhris.
We're all definitely cheering you on!!!! Your comic is so amazing and all the details you put into it!!
Thanks for helping remind me why I'm doing this. ❤
I know 'Boned' must be taking up most of your time and energy, but i'm sure many people would love to see TR finished and the remaining chapters turned into a neat volume to hold and to love. Two Rooks has been one of my very favourites both in terms of art and story, and i must admit i am deeply attached to Dea and the rest of your cast.
So please don't give up.
I don't use IM, but if you need cheering on or silly fanart sketches give me a shout via email or the smackjeeves message system (my username is joolita).
Boned is actually two thirds finished which may be what's prompting this guilt; I don't want it to end before I can even complete Two Rooks. Thank you so much for all your support over the years, joolita.
I don't really IM… but I am still reading. Thank you so much for your dedication to finishing this story and I am thrilled that you haven't given up on it.
Your art style is unique and in the relatively early days of the comic opened my eyes to a whole new style (I didn't grow up with comic books/graphic novels so the minimal color and large blocks of black that you used were totally new to me). Your art might not be as great in the new pages of Two Rooks, but I'm glad that you are continuing to churn out great art with Boned and I'm super duper glad that you haven't let your bad experience with this comic turn you off making gorgeous art and telling awesome stories.
I can't tell you how impressed I am that you are seeing this comic through to the end. I've been reading it from the beginning and am very grateful that you are not abandoning it. So many other great comics I read took that turn, and it takes real strength to stick by a project like this, especially when it takes much longer than you planned. Every time you post a new comic, all I feel is happy that it is still going. It's the gift that keeps giving!
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I'm sure there's wayyy more than 5 who reads this still. Just wanted to give you my support! Still follow all your projects and I have to say your works are awesome ^^
Keep it up! I'd LOVE to see this one completed as it was one of the first few webcomics I followed (don't remember how I came across this.. but it really made an impression on me).
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weird request when trading
just curious the other day i was asked to skype to work out a deal instead of typing messages..is this the new fad or just an odd occurance..i mean it seems logical to see the person actually has the card..but it still dont mean they would ship lol
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It's a little odd, but I do see the advantage of actual negotiating in a conversation like this or over a phone. Nobody who is actually negotiating anything important would be trying to do it over messages like we do.
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It makes sense IMO, just not something you hear about very often (or at all for that matter).
Personally, I'd much rather negotiate in person (or some form of live communication) than by message.
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yeah i mean if someone has a 1000 dollar card looking to trade and you skype and you see its a 10 year old kid...it would be able to toss up flags quicker..and i know id love to see the peoples reactions because alot of people can tell when your lying and its hard to scam me for a card you cant physically produce during a skype convo..its easy to doctor pictures but i think it would be harder to scam when you must show the picture in live time lol
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Given the solution to the spatiotemporal evolution of a single particle on a 1-D surface $P(x,t)$ a nice result (that I gleaned elsewhere on physics.SE) is that for a boundary at $x=0$ where $x_0>0$,
1) a reflecting boundary condition at $x=0$ for the particle is represented exactly by
$$ P_{ref}(x,t|x_0)|_0^\infty=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4 \pi D t}}e^{-\frac{(x-x_0)^2}{4Dt}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{4 \pi D t}}e^{-\frac{(x+x_0)^2}{4Dt}} $$
This imposes the condition $\frac{\partial P}{\partial x}|_{x=0}=0$, i.e., "no flux".
2) an absorbing boundary at $x=0$ (i.e., all collisions with the boundary are lost to the system) is represented exactly by
$$ P_{abs}(x,t|x_0)|_0^\infty=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4 \pi D t}}e^{-\frac{(x-x_0)^2}{4Dt}}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{4 \pi D t}}e^{-\frac{(x+x_0)^2}{4Dt}} $$
Unlike the reflecting case, the absorbing case tracks surviving particles such that $\int_0^\infty P(x,t|x_0) dt$ corresponds to $P(\text{no collision with boundary at time } t)$, i.e., "first passage".
I'm interested in the intermediate case (survival probability) where a particle that collides with the the boundary has probability $p_r$ in reflecting and $1-p_r$ in being absorbed. This corresponds to a type of Robin (radiative) boundary condition. It is tempting to think that combining the image approach above would solve this problem generically, that is:
$$ P_{rad}(x,t|x_0)|_0^\infty=\frac{1}{\sqrt{4 \pi D t}}(e^{-\frac{(x-x_0)^2}{4Dt}}+p_r e^{-\frac{(x+x_0)^2}{4Dt}}-(1-p_r)e^{-\frac{(x+x_0)^2}{4Dt}}) $$
In fact, some of the properties of $P_{rad}$ at the boundary suggest this might be true despite the unprincipled derivation. For example, the flux of probability density lost in the full absorbing case ($P_{abs}$, or $p_r=0$) is:
$$ J_{abs}=-\frac{x_0}{2t^{3/2} \sqrt{\pi D}} e^{-\frac{x_0^2}{4 D t}} $$
This is one extreme case, if every collision at the boundary led to absorption. The other extreme is the reflecting case where where $J_{ref}=0$. Computing $J_{rad}$ for arbitrary $p_r$ I get an ugly mess which I won't show here, but renormalizing the flux over the maximum flux I find:
$$ \frac{J_{rad}}{J_{abs}} = 1-p_r $$
In other words, the rate of absorption out of the system linearly increases from $p_r=1$, where flux is zero, and all collisions are reflected, to $p_r=0$ and $J_{rad}=J_{abs}$.
Question: Is $P_{rad}$ a solution to the actual problem, i.e., what is the survival density for a particle diffusing between a boundary at $x=0$ and infinity where the boundary absorbs a colliding particle with probability $1-p_r$ and reflects otherwise? I.e., is $\int_0^\infty P_{rad}(x,t) dx$ equal to $P(\text{particle has not been absorbed at time } t)$?


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June 21st, 2011 #1
wtf is wrong with you guys?
these forums are filled with knowledge, tutorials, instructions, etc... yet people keep coming here without even doing some browsing, asking for something thats for the first time (due to the internet) accessible to them anyway. yet this obviously doesnt satisfy the specific needs. it needs to be sugarcoated, conditioned to serve individual tender feelings...
could you please, for once consider that your problems aint unique and that the answer could be found, putting in some effort yourself, instead of expecting someone else to tailor it, to suit your specific problem, or mental state?
currently i see a shitload of aspiring artists coming on here, obviously thinking that the community owes them something, or that it is the greatest joy to spend an afternoon, properly voicing a critique, while only 12 minutes of effort went into the creation of the picture at hand?
[edit] only to be called out for pointing out the obvious, just because its not "add a 5 pixel wide touch of r54b47g07 with 80% opacity on the right calf 7 pixels above the ankle".... bleh
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June 21st, 2011 #2I've noticed this, in fact I have very recently wrote a journal on deviantART about how beginning artists are becoming increasingly lazy (modern age maybe?) and surprisingly enough it got applauded big time (by both experienced as well as beginning artists). Any beginning artist who is serious enough about their craft will do the effort, because they have done their research and they understand what it takes. Those who aren't that serious don't really know what it takes and they think that as soon as they find the right software, the most expensive tablet and the biggest set of professional brushes from a very experienced artist, they will instantly be amazing.
Another problem is people thinking that there is no classification for good or bad art. I've had a series of extremely tiresome discussions about the matter on deviantART, where a group of people tried to argue that there is no beautiful or ugly, no good or bad in art, because all art created with the right intentions is art. For such people though you'd wonder what the hell they're even doing looking for critique.
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June 21st, 2011 #3I think a lot of people come here form deviant art and think " i wonder if the professionals at CA will think im as awesome as my deviant art friends" then they ask for crits... and get them.
And if this is about my thread, what was a problem i couldn't figure out after much testing, so i asked a question, which is what this place is for right?
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June 21st, 2011 #4I guess this can be solved by putting a notice about what to do and what not to do or post in a particular forum. For example, Critiques forum should have atleast 60% completed work.
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June 21st, 2011 #5The reason I posted my sketch of the Bat-mouse-cat thing with a beak was because I felt that it represented where I currently was up to style and skill-wise at that stage and I was really feeling frustrated at how generic it looked. So I'm not just going to apply the critiques to one piece and then ignore them after that. The advice also helps my work improve as a whole.
I also only give critiques if something really bothers me. I hate nit-picking on tiny details. It's art! Not a space rocket!
Also, sometimes uploading the fairly early stages of a drawing can save a whole lotta hassle later on. If you upload a painting with glaring anatomical mistakes, it's nearly impossible to salvage. However, if the artist knows nothing at all about the basics, they would not be able to save work even at their sketching stage. I keep links in my signature for a reason. It's so much easier to post a "See sig, follow them all." to newbies who draw sparkledogs and balloon-headed anime characters.
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June 21st, 2011 #6@ element1988: no its not about your thread specifically. its about the predominant prospect this subforum gets flooded with lately.
when this forum been invented, theres been a different approach. it got invented for users to get really tough indepth pointers for what they were doing (wrong)... assuming that they already had viewed most of whats been on here... i think thats been back in 2005. over time the need to have a "get pointers instead of asspats" section grew.
there are rules and pointers attached to this subforum.. instructions on how to handle this for both sides... the reviewer and the reciever. i think noone reads them anymore.
its mostly about "who gives a fuck about whats been said previously... im special and basically the hottest new shit on earth".
for me, whats once been the toughest and therefore most rewarding experience, degraded into a "i do what i want and because im an individual with feelings and specific needs, that needs to be respected" pile of bullshit. which is tiring and devaluating.
this could really be an excelent learning resource, yet both sides have to treat it with respect and care.
if youre posting artwork here that you didnt put much effort into and neither are planing to, you are actually devaluating it for you and everybody else and thats why i take offense.
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The problem with that Richi is that often the biggest issues occur right at the first 5-10% of a piece, since this is where the composition, perspective and blocking in takes place. Personally I have no problem with people throwing up rough sketches and thumbnails as long as they look like some thought has been put into them.
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June 21st, 2011 #8Actually it's good that people come here with sketches. What good is it if someone posts an already finished picture in the critique section? What are they after? I doubt many artists are going to completely revamp an already finished piece (unless that's exactly what they're trying to do). In fact, I'd say more people in the critique section should show a willingness to actually plan their drawing ahead and ask for help in the earliest stages of their work, rather than just going by what they know and not ask for critique until they are completely and utterly stuck (after which we can tell them the same thing over and over again, basically).
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June 21st, 2011 #9I actually read your journal and I must say that I didn't like it too much.
For all, here's the link: http://dragoness77.deviantart.com/journal/41336599/
I think there are some fundamental issues with your viewpoint that I would have like to see addressed:
1. "Modern" artists. I doubt that "artists" in the past have been less lazy, and there is a decline in devotion. I think what is eminent is that more and more people discover their interest in creating art through the internet, and deviantart is a great tool for everyone to dig in. And given the massive amount of users, yes- that must be a lot of "lazy modern "artists"" out there. I don't know why you regard them as "artists" anyway. As you said yourself, there is good art and bad art. I don't regard manga-wannabes and wolf-draw-madman as artists per se. I don't regard myself an artist either. I don't want to get in the discussion of what is an artist, but it strikes me that you use the term to describe a certain clientel on deviantart.
2. Whereas I absolutely agree with your statement on "there is no shortcut for experience", I had a hard time accepting a statement such as yours "so please, put more effort into it". I think your gallery is a prime example of deviantart's social network. 90% dragons or else, generating the most favs. I do know you have a much broader range than this, but only after meeting your artworks here on CA.
I think your DA account is the answer to your question of lazy artists:
Not that you were one of them, but the use of dA as something closer to Facebook rather than a sketchbook or a CC forum. You pick which artwork you upload, you write lots of journals and you have lots of followers- all this does not suggest that you are a hard-working artist. If I were to look at your gallery, and haven't stumbled upon CA, I would think that you are just one of those dragon-freaks who just happen to draw better than I do. That is actually what I thought. Because without the knowledge of fundamentals, one cannot appreciate works in the way that one does once you understand what lies behind. This is what the internet, and deviantart suggests. 2 days ago a tutorial got a DailyDeviation which explicitly states, and I quote:
"Where possible, draw from real images. Magazines (especially photos naturally lit, not studio lit) will be much easier to learn from than real life. Real life doesn't stay still long. Disregard this advice if your passion lies in painting fruit"
Link: http://yasahime.deviantart.com/art/C...-Kit-208184873
Not just is it suggested that drawing was some sort of 3-step process, it is actually and actively discouraged to draw from life, which for me as a beginner was one of the most enhancing and useful things to embark on and that every single artist book out there devotes at least a couple of sentences to.
Thus, I say that internet encourages more people to pursue a path of art, but it remains an encouragement based on the social network of "artists", and not professional education or advice. It is a general phenomenon that the massive amount of tutorials and websites dedicated to subjects suggests that everyone can do it, and learn it in a day. I have encountered this when starting with Photoshop Design in 2006. It is not restricted to art or fine arts or digital art, the idea of "do it yourself in 3 steps" has become a phenomenon which the market has been happy to use, just look at video2brain, GalileoComp and other commercial products suggesting that you can do it within the time the tutorial plays.
So coming back to your journal article, this is why I think it is less about lazy artists, but an environment encouraging those who otherwise would indeed be too lazy to pick up a pencil. That said, I am sure there are many good artists living today which would have not become artists had it not been for the internet. I do not intent to criticize your deviantart presence.
Sorry I couldn't be bothered to write a long text on deviantart, but as it feeds into a discussion here, I regarded it as useful.
June 21st, 2011 #10The way I see this, your gripe is with two very different things, which I think shouldn't be mixed.
First off, rough sketches. I'll echo the other opinions stating that being whistled back on a rough sketch that's going awry without you noticing is a lot less painful than being told to start over when you're nearly done and way off the road. And I don't think the latter way is so much more educational.
I agree on the other gripe to large degree - people expecting to be given a customised manual of how exactly they'll make it from amateur to kick-ass pro artist by next Tuesday. That is common, and it is idiotic. But on the other hand, I've read several threads that you're referring to here and I'm sure the artist did put in the best he could (even if that doesn't look like much to a pro). And yes, they have all the wealth of this forum at hand and they ignored it... but not, I think, to be mean or spoiled, but because there's such an awful lot of precious information that they don't have a clue where on earth to start.
The WIP section already is for newbies. And personally, I think that as long as there are people willing to give them more customized feedback than "work on the basics" there shouldn't be a problem with that.
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June 21st, 2011 #11This really has more to do with human psychology in general rather than just aspiring artists doing this. But I'll shoot:
While it's easy to understand what it is to do a critique when you're actually able to spot the specific shortcomings of the artist and the artpiece(s), and you've actually made such (a) critique(s), a lot of the people who are starting out, don't really comprehend what lies behind it. This is because they don't have the empathetic abilities or the experience necessary to know what it's like on the "other side".
This in turn can lead to scenarios where the artist will misbehave so to speak. People want to improve, but they don't always want to accept that the road towards improving can be a lot harder than to learn that magic trick that will immedatly make them masters. This doesn't make them stupid or any less of a person than yourself or anything though (not implying that that's your view.) It just makes them less experienced and somewhat ignorant to elements that they should be aware of.
There is no substantial proof for artists becoming lazier than before either. (nor any way to prove it given the subjectivity of what is "lazy" and not.) What might be the case giving such an impression (in addition to becoming grumpier and more critical of "the youth today" as one grows older.) could be that given the flow of so much information today, many might expect information in regards to how to actually improve their skills to be as easily available and digestable as the comparative information that is spread out there.
Having a cap of 60% done (which would be arbitrarily decided since an artwork isn't static, but rather dynamic.) makes little sense. Sure, one should expect some effort put into the work if they expect to get some effort in terms of critiques for their work, but that is a very self-correcting process since the people giving critiques here have a good sense of what took effort and what didn't, and will respond depending on how much effort has been put into a work up for critique.
June 21st, 2011 #12no its not. its about attitude and willingness to put serious effort into it. thats the only thing im ranting about.... fuck... post up a 14 seconds sketch to go from there, if you feel like. but its more obvious than most here seem to realize, if its ment to be a foundation, or a product. posting minor steps is actually quite educational to yourself and others... but its not if you just mean to post it and ditch any input anyway and just make it "your thing". thats redicilous and offensive.
yeah granted... yet i expect more... he aint been able to do some browsing? he aint been as humble to realize that flaws pointed out in someone elses work, applies to his aswell?... i understand that, but dont ask me to respect it please. doing art as a career aint for sissies, and just feeling like something doesnt cut it. (remember this is an applied arts forum and not about fancy feelings.)
no its not? it aint for newbies, its for serious art students striving to get better at what they do... newbies are just ruining it with their careless attitude.
June 21st, 2011 #13LordLouis: Be careful with your assumptions. Just because someone is active in a community does not make them lazy in their profession, not even if that community may seem a useless waste of time to you. Particularly the line where you said;
"I would think that you are just one of those dragon-freaks who just happen to draw better than I do."
They happen to draw better than you do? I'm sorry, but nobody just "happens" to draw better than anyone. They draw better than you because they have more experience in doing so. That fact doesn't change just because they draw a lot of dragons.
Yes, I am active on DeviantART. Have been for six years and probably will be for many years to come. Indeed, it's an art community that works somewhat like FaceBook. But how many artists are a member of FaceBook besides their profession? I bet lots of them. I'm not a member of FaceBook, because DeviantART offers practically the same just with more people who share my interest. This is only a bad thing if you are blind to the opportunities it actually offers. I got my first as well as my best paid commissions off of DeviantART and I can quite safely say that without that website, I would not have got as far as I am now. Don't judge something you've never been part of just because you heard stuff about it.
Although I do have to agree with you that there are a lot of misleading articles as well as actually misleading artists on there. Every community has it's rotten apples, some just more than others. I've no idea how anyone could counter that, but it may contribute to the amount of derailed beginning artists, I guess.
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June 21st, 2011 #14This.
For every lazy newbie who expects to become a professional within a week there's an arrogant "experienced" artist who thinks himself above critiquing newbies' work beyond giving them a vague "work on the basics" answer. It does not occur to these guys that some newbies might misinterpret what they're studying and keep on rendering it inaccurately until someone points out their error. As an example, I've done many leg studies, but I would always get the knees wrong until someone was kind enough to tell me exactly how they looked wrong. Were it not for that particular piece of feedback I would keep getting them wrong.
That is why newbies may demand customized feedback. And frankly, aren't critiques in general customized feedback?
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June 21st, 2011 #15lol at least he is putting in the effort of posting input?... did it ever occur to you that there are more satisfying things than "oh yeah today i helped an ignorant newbie"?
why would you want to rely on wellmeant input, if you could get there yourself?
do your homework and people will treat you with respect... rely on someone elses effort and you already lost.... seriously how thickheaded can you be to not get this into your head????
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June 21st, 2011 #16I'll read all that later...but I couldn't agree more with sone_one's OP. IMHO the main problem is a complete lack of real interest or curiosity about what this stuff (art/illustration) is all about. People just seem to think, "Wow! That would be so cool if I was Craig Mullins! I'll start drawing in Photoshop!" If someone is genuinely interested they are immersed in a thing, they read about it, explore it, etc. and they develop an awareness of the thing. This seems to be missing from many of the newbies today.
I have no problem with people just getting started asking questions, seeking direction, feedback, etc. but when you point out to them what they need to be doing you often get a big rant or a bunch of excuses. It has become so bad that most experienced artists/pros don't even bother any more.
The reason for this seeming "decay" in awareness, again imho, is the ease in which the internet allows people to post their work, ask questions and receive feedback. In the olden times, there were probably just as many wannabes, but they couldn't bother very many people and no one was aware of them really. There was a filter in place essentially, if you weren't good enough or dedicated enough you didn't go anywhere. The internet has removed that filter is all, but unfortunately, people being people means they rarely want to hear anything straight up.
The WIPs/Critique area should be full of people trying to understand shadows, light and form - this area should be dominated by still lifes, perspective studies, etc. And there should be far fewer comments by newbies. But that is just my take on it, clearly that isn't what it is or what people are after. Which is unfortunate.
Thanks for opening up the discussion sone...
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June 21st, 2011 #17I think you misunderstood his post, because there's actually a road inbetween the one you're aiming for and the one you think he's describing. While I completely agree with your statement that artists should put more effort into actually looking up their own references and studying material, I also agree that telling a beginner who is looking for some kind of direction to "study the basics" is not really helping them. They probably know they need to study the basics, but what are the basics? Where to begin? There is so much to art, there are so many different subjects that need to be studied, so sometimes it doesn't hurt to be at least a little more specific.
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June 21st, 2011 #18Why do you guys think it is arrogant to tell someone they need to work on the basics? Do you think pros or experienced artists didn't absolutely SUCK at some point and were told to work on the basics? Or read it in any of the books on "how to"? And eventually when they started working on teh basics things fell into place?
I'm outa here.
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June 21st, 2011 #19its just 5 words... elements and principles of design... i assume anyone posting on here can handle a search engine/wikipedia?
seriously there are as many starting points, noone can keep a tracking record. yet the readiness to investigate is lacking big time.
jeff is mentioning curiosity ... and thats probably what i ment to say.... if you aint interested enough to do your own investigations... what a fucking prick are you to expect anyone else to, and serve it to you one a golden plate?
do you want to get there? put in the effort.
dont you care? dont waste my time, i had to put into clicking on your thread, reading it, and hitting the back-button.
this section once had guys like dan dos santos (dsillustration), and ron lemen (fredflickstone) replying.
just ask yourself before posting here... is this rather going to attract the ones im learning from or is this going to drive them off.
everyone that posts here is responsible for what this evolves into.
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Unfortunately Lhune, most of the time that's the only way to really put it. We could give critique on every aspect that needs to be improved, however that would often require an essay. Working on the basics is pretty self explanatory, and in the end the artist needs to be able to recognize their own shortcomings and errors without relying on other people. There are a tonne of resources that explain what these are, google is not hard to use.
Brandon Pilcher - You can't DEMAND anything. People critique your work because they genuinely want to try and help, even if it may seem harsh. We don't get paid, or receive compensation for anything we choose to say. Be grateful that they chose to crit you in the first place, and then apply that to your work. I have been following your threads and all you seem to do is argue rather than try and fix your art. Smarten up or stop posting.
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June 21st, 2011 #21It's not arrogant at all, but I think it's simply less useful than you think it is. It seems very logical to anyone who is already far past that stage, to just "learn the basics". But that's like telling someone who has zero understanding of the human body and wants to become a surgeon to "just learn the basics" as well. They will still be lost, because there is so much to learn, it's really quite intimidating. You could tell them to just start somewhere, but where is that? That's why, for example, linking them to the Loomis books when they are trying to learn anatomy, or to Gurney's "Color and Light" when they need to focus on that, is more useful than just saying that they need to work on the fundamentals. I know this isn't what you usually do and I'm not accusing you of anything, but I've seen more experienced artists do that to "newbs" and they then get ticked off if said "newb" is still, or even more, confused. I think they may have forgotten what was like to be a newb.
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June 21st, 2011 #22*sigh* Guys, you're going from one extreme end to the other. I know what you're saying and I actually agree with all of you. I'm not trying to say that an experienced artist should teach a beginner down to the tiniest detail how they need to improve themselves, but being a little more specific where it is necessary won't hurt anyone.
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June 21st, 2011 #23I'm going to answer EVERY new "artist's" Question with this one answer.
Question: "Where do I start?"
Answer: Take your area of interest, no matter what it is, and research the subject. You want to draw anime, pick your favorite illustrator and research their artistic background, see how they developed to get to where they are now, & follow their path.
Will you draw just like them? No, illustration as well as painting or any other artform, is an individual expression that, though many may ape another's style, will always have slight variation. Eventually if it's your goal, you will develop your own way of creating.
Main elements...Time, drive, desire, determination, will, need.
Now go off, and be "ART-TEESTS".
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Agreed. And I'm relatively new around here, so feel free to ignore me, but I think it might be more constructive to the average beginner if we focused more on pointing out one of the major flaws we notice in depth, rather than the vague, blanket "work on everything." Personally, if I were just starting out, I'd benefit more from having 5 different people point out 5 different things with some explanation, than from 5 people telling me to focus on the basics, particularly when you're so new that you can't see how the basics apply to your own work.
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June 21st, 2011 #25I don't understand why you take this as an offense now. I merely stated, I didn't judge- I wouldn't "watch" you or read your journals or participate in your polls if I found it a stupid thing to do. I am on deviantart since my teenage years, and I have stated my assumptions from back then, because as I said, without the knowledge, it is not possible to appreciate the difference between a solid work and a solid copy of work.
Where do I judge you? I said multiple times that I know about your skills, and your effort, and your range. I did. What I was talking about it impressions. If a 16 year old teenie girl comes on deviantart and sees your account, do you think they will go along the lines of "wow, solid anatomy and understanding of form and value"? I haven't heard "stuff" about it, I am a member of deviantart. My artistic skill does not match yours, and I am unable to get requests for comissions- but I would love to (so, quite the contrary to what you said).
As for the last paragraph, yes absolutely. That is what I was trying to say, enhancing it with the example of your own dA account- which I obviously have misrepresented and I apologize. I do not intend to start some furious argument here, sorry.
June 21st, 2011 #26why?
the answer is just a few clicks away.... seriously... you can get it with minimal effort. i grew up when there aint been handies around with 24/7 internet access. no gutenberg project. no download mirrors.... youd have to go to the library and ask for a specific book... because whod like to rely onto a more or less illiterate librarian? and even then you had to cross your fingers the library got that book....
now everything comes for free... and people treat it like that... for free=little value....
are you fucking serious? you are drinving away those youd benefit from... keep that in mind when youre posting your next "these are my sketches what do you think" thread, or are easily ditching well-meant critique.
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June 21st, 2011 #28But isn't that the fundamental difference?
If you don't know how it's like without the internet, when everything IS free and available- why would you think there is a reason to bother any further? Isn't that simple logic? I see that everything is for free- clearly it wouldn't be logical to assume "oh, advice is free- therefore it must be a hard process". But on that subject matter philosophers have been smashing their heads, and I guess we won't uncover the grand scheme of things in a CA forum
But can you say sone_one, how it was like in 2005? I know this forum myself for not longer than a year, and I haven't noticed much of a change, other than it has just gotten more crowded.
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June 21st, 2011 #29No offense intended, but I think you're being a little bit too aggressive, not to mention rather conservative. So you come from the time when there weren't as many computers readily available. Big deal, so am I. They aren't the problem.
I think that, whereas some "newbs" are driving away the more experienced people who could really be of use around here, you yourself are driving away the people that could benefit from this site with your behavior. What you're saying is getting close to suggesting that there is no need for secondary school, college or university, because so long as someone has the drive to learn, they will. That's simply not how it works, the world of art is complex and even the great masters of the past needed guidance of some sort. There's nothing wrong with that. Yes, a lot of beginners today should put much more effort into learning, but I think one of the problems is, as Jeff said, it's so easy to just start drawing, and get half decent without even really having a goal. People have more time nowadays, more money to spend on useless things, more tools and machines to do things for them. People are getting used to everything being easy.
I understand your frustration really, but everything you're saying right now, and particularly the manner in which you're saying it, isn't helping anyone or anything. It definitely isn't making anything better, anyway. The problem is that people need to be more inspired to do something, they need to decide where they want to go in art, because the main cause for the problem you're seeing is a lack of goal, the fact that they don't really need to be serious. And I'm afraid that's something that isn't really going to change any time soon.
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June 21st, 2011 #30The truth is that people shouldn't be asking about the basics here. I think that is what sone one is really getting at in principle.
I find myself looking down the string of thumbnails and will only bother to look at something that is ambitious in its attempt and where the help they need cannot be found in the literature of the basics.
I remember Kev Ferrara doing a fantastic rolling crit for a guy going by the name of DOG FOOD who was really, really trying to get his composition right. He took Kev's advice, went away, worked on his comp, posted it up again and Kev would tear into it again. Off, DOG FOOD would go, try to put the advice into practice and post up his comp yet again. Kev, encouraged him and critiqued him and back went DOG FOOD to try some more on his comp. The final image was a wonderful improvement on what was first begun and the whole thread a moving testiment to the relationship of a pupil and master both enrinched from the experience.
That's what this forum should be about.
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