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NEW FOLDER: I have added a new folder, open for submissions. It is a folder dedicated to studies and tutorials. Also accepted to this folder are photos or artwork of animal skulls or articulated skeletons, as they can help other artists get a better grasp on anatomy as well. Of course, group rules still apply to this folder, so while a study of a bird would be accepted, a study of a dog would not.
Quality standards and this folder: *This may be the only folder in which sketch gestures are ok, but only if it is anatomically accurate for the most part, and several poses are shown on the page, rather than just one.
*As for tutorials, they should also be as anatomically correct as possible. Please do not submit a tutorial if you made it without understanding the anatomy yourself. Use references when creating tutorials. We want for other artists to be able to use and easily understand the tutorials. If you do not use a reference to get it correct, and make an anatomical error, then any other beginner artists following that tutorial will also make that error. Of course, the anatomy does not have to be 100% perfect, since I know that is difficult to achieve, but try getting is as close as you can.
Here's a few different studies on dA of things that would be very acceptable to this folder:
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As you can see, you can also have stylized works in this folder with still a good grasp on anatomy.
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In other news, I apologize about being semi-inactive here for the most part, it's been busy lately, and hard running this group almost alone the majority of the time. I have been keeping up with submissions though, just not much else other than that.
I've temporarily discontinued the monthly challenges both because I had been to busy to update them, and no one was really entering them in the first place. Of course, you're still free to do the past challenges if you want, or submit animals to the monthly challenge folder if you have a piece of those animals. If any interest is shown in the members to continue this challenge, I may bring it back, continuing where we left off. I would like to, since it's a great way to branch out from animals we're used to drawing and try something new, and also a good way to improve, and maybe even for people to discover new animals.
Of course, I am not upset with our members in any way for not participating, as it is completely optional, nor am I trying to guilt people into entering. I want for people to want to enter these challenges willingly to better themselves as artists, not feel like it's something they
have to do. Which is why, until more interest is shown in it, I won't be updating the list for a bit. That's all.
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