Creative Community

Welcome to Creative Community!

About Us • Members List • Rules • Resources • Lessons • Event History • Critiques • Jobs • Contact Us

This is a WORLD full of resources dedicated to the aspiring artists of theOtaku of all kinds. The term 'artist' is not limited to the categories on theOtaku. Art can range from sculptures, photography, writing, film, graphic art, and much more! We will have a collection of various tutorials and references to offer that will help you improve and learn new skills in whatever you specialize. However, in order to improve, one must also receive feedback on their work. The members of the Creative Community will be available to provide critiques and aid you on your journey as an artist.

Along with the goal of assisting other artists, this is, after all, a community, and we would like to also make this a place where you can meet new people that share your same interests. This is a friendly haven that will hopefully bring together the many members of theO.

If you wish to join this community, please subscribe so you can receive notification on when new things are posted and fill out an application. Members who have subscribed and sent in an application will be given the Guest Poster privilege, and will be able to ask for critiques on their work. To maintain Guest Poster privilege, please provide critiques to other users so everyone can benefit.

This site is designed to run without a lot of supervision. Features such as critiques and corrections depend on the activity of members. Administrators have the responsibility of coming up with events and updating the website every now and then. So please act appropriately and stay friendly.

Click here to join now!
If you decide not to, thank you for taking the time to stop by! :)

Administrative Team:
FUNimation - Founder & President
WyvernWings - Earl of English & Writing Aficionado
harvestmoonluvr - SHSL Harvest Goddess
KeybladeMewKasa - AMV Queen & Resident Grammar Nazi

CURRENT EVENTS:
Monthly Challenge: Create a Candy Character
Weekly Challenge: Life Drawing Study

Tag List
Special Thanks

Created By CreativeCommunity

July 18: Comment Day #5

In order for Comment Days to be as successful as they can be, the Community will have to work together as a whole. Please continue to spread the word about the Creative Community so that we may have more people participate!

Type of Event: Comment Day
Introduction: Leave encouraging comments to theOtaku submissions to help bring members together.
Instructions: Filter the submissions to what was submitted that week. Try commenting on the less popular pieces. Either filter the section to order by freshness or start at the end of the most popular list. Spend at least 30 minutes commenting. Comments should be encouraging, but also add friendly critiques to help artists learn and grow. Try to comment on at least 3 pieces from each section on theOtaku. Try commenting on the pieces with the least amount of comments.

~FUNimation

July 14 - Underwater Challenge - Weekly Challenge - Art

If you participate in this challenge, please dedicate it to CreativeCommunity so we may feature you to the rest of the Community! The challenges will always be available through the Event History section of the Creative Community, so you can always visit the challenges that you missed.

Type of Event: Weekly Challenge
Introduction: Create a piece that takes place underwater
Instructions: The values in your artwork must make it look like your subject is underwater. Though it's not required to have color, it may make this challenge easier.

~FUNimation

Event History - July 2014

This is a list of upcoming events for the Creative Community during the month of July 2014. As events are completed, a link will be provided to the announcements so users can see the details of each event. The event outline is subject to change. If you have any ideas for events, please contact message the Creative Community. This list is subject to change.

Week 1

June 30 - Color Scheme Challenge - Weekly Challenge - Art

July 1 - Backgrounds and Perspective - Monthly Challenge - Art

July 4 - Comment Day #4

Week 2

July 7 - Age Chart - Weekly Challenge - Art

July 8 - Growth Comparison - Weekly Challenge - Writing

Week 3

July 14 - Underwater Challenge - Weekly Challenge - Art

July 18 - Comment Day #5

Week 4

July 21 - Imitate the Style - Weekly Challenge - Art
July 21 - Describing Color - Weekly Challenge - Writing (backup)

Week 5

July 28 - Character Generator - Weekly Challenge - Art
July 28 - Rewrite a Classic Fairy Tale - Weekly Challenge - Writing

July 8 - Growth Comparison - Weekly Challenge - Writing

All writing entries must be Times New Roman, size 12, double-spaced if submitted in any medium other than via PM.

Type of Event: Weekly
Introduction: To improve as a writer, one must accept that change is often for the better. As you write, your style, your voice, your interests all change. It is important to recognize the necessity of your growth, but it is equally important to understand the importance of where you started.
Instructions: Fish up an old piece of writing. The older, the better, but try not to delve into elementary years (unless you had a strong sense of vocabulary and syntax back then). Then compare what has changed, and make note of what is effective in both examples. You do not have to submit anything other than the two pieces.

Entries:
gaaraskittygirl - Old Writing • New Writing

~WyvernWings

July 7 - Age Chart - Weekly Challenge - Art

Type of Event: Weekly Challenge
Introduction: Choose one of your original characters and draw them at different ages.
Instructions: You must have at least four different ages, but you may add as many as you want. Practice consistency as well as differentiating between ages. Feel free to use the following examples as inspiration: [Example 1] [Example 2] [Example 3]

~FUNimation