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Re: All-Purpose Contest Discussion Thread!
We are still refining the art contest quirks, but rest assured that deciding whether an entry should be advanced or not will be dealt with fairly. Since the matter was brought up early and there are still 6 more days to go before the end of this contest, it will surely be resolved before the voting ends.
We may not be art experts of considerable experience to the past moderators, but such issues will be brought to other resident art critiques who are also mods for a longer while and have much more experience in such matters.
My personal responses to [user]Silhouette[/user]'s concerns are these...
--kindly name those entries which you consider to be advanced through pm or in this thread.
--some amateur entries may be executed such that to the untrained eye, they may look advanced but upon closer inspection and comparison with other advanced entries, they look amateur in comparison. e.g. [user]miranu[/user]'s entry...
see below...
--have you compared today's amateur entries to advanced entries in the past which have been moved from amateur to advanced? also kindly use for comparison colorings that have been put into galleries found in the naruto art section, notably by [user]Vhea[/user], [user]Dynamic Dragon[/user], [user]Willitblend[/user], [user]ak-46[/user].
--in my personal opinion, the advanced entries are obviously on a different level than the amateur. a lot of entries in the amateur are cel shaded or simple soft shaded. the advanced entries on the other hand for some entries, custom brushes are used, more colors/shades are used in soft shading(one of the most significant and obvious basis for being advanced), the photorealism is high and the quality is on par with colored Edited Manga releases.
--in my personal opinion, based on what i have said previously, the entries in the amateur contest as of date warrants no relocation to the advanced category.
We are still on the process of compiling and tallying the winners of the amateur contests to determine those close to eligibility in the advanced. Thanks to [user]miranu[/user] for pointing himself out...
btw, after seeing your 2 winning entries, you are more than welcome to join the advanced category at any time now and in the future. (i agree that your current entry is not as advanced as your previous winning entries)
After considering the points I have listed above, if you still feel that some entries are too advanced. Kindly bring the issue up again and more third-party opinions will be brought in to settle this matter fairly.
edit: [mod=TechnoMagus][user]*Mel*[/user] has indeed won 3 amateur contests, hence, the polling has been halted and the polling thread closed. [user]kiddo7[/user]'s post has been accidentally deleted hence it escaped my attention. We assure you that this matter will be resolved as soon as possible.[/mod]
[user]Grayfoxx[/user] and me have just been recently made mods over the art section and the art contests since our resident art expert mods have been unavailable most of the time lately.Yeah it's pretty unfair
There are ppl in a skill beyond Amateur, and below advanced, where should they post?
And I can remember, there was a rule, that ya need 3 wins in amateur, to be advanced :P /I have 2, so I'll stay there untill I win 1 more :P/
We are still refining the art contest quirks, but rest assured that deciding whether an entry should be advanced or not will be dealt with fairly. Since the matter was brought up early and there are still 6 more days to go before the end of this contest, it will surely be resolved before the voting ends.
We may not be art experts of considerable experience to the past moderators, but such issues will be brought to other resident art critiques who are also mods for a longer while and have much more experience in such matters.
My personal responses to [user]Silhouette[/user]'s concerns are these...
--kindly name those entries which you consider to be advanced through pm or in this thread.
--some amateur entries may be executed such that to the untrained eye, they may look advanced but upon closer inspection and comparison with other advanced entries, they look amateur in comparison. e.g. [user]miranu[/user]'s entry...
see below...--have you compared today's amateur entries to advanced entries in the past which have been moved from amateur to advanced? also kindly use for comparison colorings that have been put into galleries found in the naruto art section, notably by [user]Vhea[/user], [user]Dynamic Dragon[/user], [user]Willitblend[/user], [user]ak-46[/user].
--in my personal opinion, the advanced entries are obviously on a different level than the amateur. a lot of entries in the amateur are cel shaded or simple soft shaded. the advanced entries on the other hand for some entries, custom brushes are used, more colors/shades are used in soft shading(one of the most significant and obvious basis for being advanced), the photorealism is high and the quality is on par with colored Edited Manga releases.
We are still on the process of compiling and tallying the winners of the amateur contests to determine those close to eligibility in the advanced. Thanks to [user]miranu[/user] for pointing himself out...
btw, after seeing your 2 winning entries, you are more than welcome to join the advanced category at any time now and in the future. (i agree that your current entry is not as advanced as your previous winning entries)
edit: [mod=TechnoMagus][user]*Mel*[/user] has indeed won 3 amateur contests, hence, the polling has been halted and the polling thread closed. [user]kiddo7[/user]'s post has been accidentally deleted hence it escaped my attention. We assure you that this matter will be resolved as soon as possible.[/mod]
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