Artist's Gallery Guidelines
Updated 10/25/12 by [admin]Shining Raikou[/admin]
Updated 10/25/12 by [admin]Shining Raikou[/admin]
Welcome to the Artist's Gallery! This is an art forum for serious critique of artwork. Before you get started, have some quick guidelines for you to read through before you submit your work to the gallery or begin giving critiques.
General guidelines:
1) Always be respectful and constructive, in both presentation and critique.
2) Be sure to like the first post of a thread in which the artwork was really enjoyable for you. This counts toward the work possibly being posted in forum updates and gaining more exposure overall.
3) Put thought into your thread titles, as they are the name of your piece.
Staff will select artwork from this forum from time to time to show off on the forum portal, our Facebook page, and the main site. This is a great opportunity to gain exposure!
To submit artwork:
1) Start a new thread in the gallery with the name of your piece, or pieces (separated by a comma).
2) Give a brief description of your thought process and anything you were trying to achieve with the piece of art.
3) Include a picture of the finished piece. You may also include pictures that relate to the process, like pictures of steps you took along the way, pictures that relate to details in the work, inspiration, or similar.
Approved forms of artwork that can be posted here:
If you want a type of artwork to be added to this list, please contact [admin]Shining Raikou[/admin] or [smod]safariblade[/smod].
- Hand drawn (any medium)
- Digital painting
- Artwork created with a brush (painting, ink wash, coffee stains, etc)
- Collage
- Jewelry
- Design work (Typography, advertising, web, invention or industrial designs, designs intended for use by people)
- Photography (remember to consider composition and lighting)
- Artistic Film or Cinema (Documentaries, or films with meaning or purposes)
- Musical compositions, played music, cover songs are welcome too.
- Wearable artwork or costumes, fashion
- Sculpture
About posting critiques:
1) Critique is defined as
Those who critique in this forum should provide details about which parts of the artwork they like, what can be improved, or what you would do differently. Offer suggestions, not demands. Critique is meant to help the artist understand anything that works well with their piece, or how to make it better. Remember to consider the elements and principals of art.To evaluate (a theory or practice) in a detailed and analytical way: "the authors critique the methods used in research".
2) The gallery should remain a happy place where artists and those who post to critique where both parties can be respected. Be constructive, not destructive.
3) Your critiques speak volumes about you. If you are offering more helpful advice, you are likely to be seen more as a better artist and a leader. Posting bad critiques will only impact you negatively, so please put some thought into them.
Thanks for reading, enjoy the gallery!
- SR