Author Topic: Avatars for art gallery owners? (Read 6570 times)

Stryke 9 · **Reply #20 on:** March 24, 2002, 11:51:40 pm

I think everyone having avatars would be a good sign- all us lazy bastards getting off our arses and earning our keep here.

Wait a minute.

Screw that. Anyway, I vote yes, because they're contributing a hell of a lot more than, say, the Node War people, and we actually can see the fruits of their labors before nobody can run FreeSpace because Windows becomes an obsolete OS.

That said, I'm biased because I've had a good long time to prep my stuff for when I can upload again, and it's ALL renders or movies, and I plan fully for it to get a gallery or something. I'd work on TAC, but frankly I think it died again with my computer.

On a side note, I think gallery ownership has become a bit... lax in the requirements. If someone can produce 3 renders that beat Steak's, they deserve their own gallery and avatar, and all the attendant glory. If someone produces 30 that look like ****, or they're just another person doing pencil-drawn work and scanning it without even bothering to clean it up in Photoshop (which is all right in some cases but is getting very tiresome, since it seems to account for about half now), they should be put on hold 'till they do something good. Basically, if it falls below the p1mp art line, it shouldn't go, regardless of whether the creator labels it "art" or not.

WMCoolmon · **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2002, 12:10:58 am

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Originally posted by Stryke 9
On a side note, I think gallery ownership has become a bit... lax in the requirements. If someone can produce 3 renders that beat Steak's, they deserve their own gallery and avatar, and all the attendant glory. If someone produces 30 that look like ****, or they're just another person doing pencil-drawn work and scanning it without even bothering to clean it up in Photoshop (which is all right in some cases but is getting very tiresome, since it seems to account for about half now), they should be put on hold 'till they do something good. Basically, if it falls below the p1mp art line, it shouldn't go, regardless of whether the creator labels it "art" or not.

What he said. But if drawn art is good enough *visions of Deimos bridge comes to mind* then it should be able to get by w/o the cleaning stage.

Stryke 9 · **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2002, 12:35:45 am

Yeah- I never said THAT. Some things, like that anime-type Herc drawing and a few of the sketches, are good enough to be on the gallery. But many, I daresay most, of the stuff that's on there now is not. I have the decency not to start uploading MY concept art and calling it some thing of beauty that deserves a place up with the Havok renders. I imagine most do. But those with overinflated senses of their own drawing and rendering skills shouldn't be humored too much- I speak from personal experience in saying you'll never get better if you think you're good enough.

Yeah, that was bastardly and discredited my first post. So ignore this one if you like, I just wanted to say it.

Setekh · **Reply #23 on:** March 25, 2002, 01:22:50 am

Thanks, Stryke. Opinions noted... I'll leave this open for a little while longer to see if the poll sways anywhere.

Stryke 9 · **Reply #24 on:** March 25, 2002, 01:26:04 am

The Filibusterer strikes again!

Hey... I should make a logo for that...

Setekh · **Reply #25 on:** March 25, 2002, 01:33:43 am

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The Filibusterer

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WMCoolmon · **Reply #26 on:** March 25, 2002, 01:36:10 am

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Setekh · **Reply #27 on:** March 25, 2002, 02:52:54 am

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Black Wolf · **Reply #28 on:** March 25, 2002, 04:01:07 am

I voted no, but it's sort of a conditional no. They should get one if, and only if, the staff decide that the quality is high enough to warrant an avatar.

Unidan · **Reply #29 on:** March 25, 2002, 06:12:35 am

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Unidan, is it on HLP? If not, then no.

Nope, in fact it has absoulutely nothing to do with Freespace at all.

wEvil · **Reply #30 on:** March 25, 2002, 06:33:19 am

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IMO, I'd say once they get to 15-20 renders they get an avatar. There are some art galleries that have 5 or so images in them...there are some people who have made that many and don't have a gallery.
The main reason to make their avatar-ness based on their number of renders? Because it encourages them to make more renders, of course!

If you knew how long it takes to do completely photoreal scenes then you'd place the required images at about...3?

seriously, everything i feel marginally proud of represents over 20+ hours of work.

Styxx · **Reply #31 on:** March 25, 2002, 06:48:25 am

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Hey, I thought I had trademarked the Smilie followed by exclamation mark™ thing...

Setekh · **Reply #32 on:** March 25, 2002, 06:50:46 am

Really? Oh... pardon me...

Styxx · **Reply #33 on:** March 25, 2002, 07:17:45 am

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Really? Oh... pardon me...

NO! No mercy! Expect a notice from my lawyers tomorrow morning.

Stryke 9 · **Reply #34 on:** March 25, 2002, 08:23:11 am

Er... yeah. I'd think the concept of a numerical minimun kinda defeated the purpose of having galleries. After all, I can produce 2 dozen piece-of-**** renders on a good vacation week, or one really good one involving multiple render-quality models, etc.

Styxx · **Reply #35 on:** March 25, 2002, 08:24:20 am

Hm, I thought they said you don't need a minimum...

Sandwich · **Reply #36 on:** March 25, 2002, 09:00:18 am

How about this: if the staff has deemed an art collection worthy of a gallery at HLP, the creator of said art should have an avatar. Plain and simple.

Styxx · **Reply #37 on:** March 25, 2002, 09:37:43 am

Sounds good to me...

Setekh · **Reply #38 on:** March 26, 2002, 03:04:23 am

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How about this: if the staff has deemed an art collection worthy of a gallery at HLP, the creator of said art should have an avatar. Plain and simple.

Fineus · **Reply #39 on:** March 26, 2002, 04:36:57 am

And how would you feel if everyone said "no that's not good enough!"? I'd be fairly pissed off myself

(just offering balance...)

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