Creative Community

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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.

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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

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July 4: Comment Day #4

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 - Art Monthly Challenge: Backgrounds and Perspective

Type of Event: Monthly Challenge
Introduction: Take a photo and use its background elements and perspective to create your own original artwork.
Instructions: You must include at least one person in your artwork. Be sure you have the person follow the perspective of your piece. Do not trace directly over everything from the photo. Add your own elements. In your submission, please have the tracing place on top of the photo. Try to make the photo less opaque so the tracings can be easily seen. You may submit the tracing and the photo separately, but it is not required for you to do so. You are not required to do lineart or use color, however you can if you want. The easiest way to execute this challenge is probably either to use tracing paper or do it digitally. [Example]
Challenge: (Option 1) Include more people in your artwork. (Option 2) In another tracing, identify the perspective grid of your photo.

~FUNimation

June 30 - Color Scheme 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: Choose a color scheme either from Adobe Kuhler or from this color scheme sheet to create a piece of artwork.
Instructions: Choose a color scheme to inspire a piece of artwork. The piece may be anything you want. However, you may only use the colors in the palette, and you may not use different shades of the colors you choose.

~FUNimation

June 27: Introduce Yourself! #1

This is the last event of the month. If you have any event suggestions, please feel free to contact us with your ideas! We'd be happy to hear from you!

Type of Event: Comment Day
Introduction: Introduce yourself to new members of theOtaku and welcome them to the website!
Instructions: Using theO's New member introductions, find the new users that joined this month and comment in their Guestbook welcoming them to theO. If they have a few submissions up, try commenting and encouraging them to continue submitting. You might find some new friends!

~FUNimation

Collaboration Weekly Challenge - Week 4 - June 23 - Pirates' Treasure

Title: Week 4 - June 23: Pirates' Treasure
Type of Event: Weekly Challenge
Introduction: Using an item from the list for inspiration, develop an original pirate character "who has become one with the sea". Team up with a writing member to collaborate and develop a backstory for your character.
Instructions: Your pirate must be inspired by ONE of these objects:

Ship in a bottle
Jewels
Seahorses
Shells
Barnacles
Netting
Crabs
Kelp
Dagger
Spyglass
Sea Urchins

Do NOT just draw your character holding the object you decide to use. The pirate has "become one with the sea." Find a way to combine the object with your character to create a unique original character.
Challenge: Create a character sheet for your pirate. This means drawing your character in at least two different

Title: Week 4 - June 23: Pirates' Treasure
Type of Event: Weekly
Introduction: This is a collaboration piece. The art-focused members will be creating a pirate who has "become one with the sea" and is inspired by one thing from a list of sea-related creatures/objects. You will be working with one and receiving their input to write a 1-2 page story of their origin, their daily life, etc.
Instructions: Communicate with the member you are paired with. Make sure you ask important questions (like the character's name, their looks, their personality, etc.) and work closely with them as they progress with their project. Make changes to your story as their picture changes; consistency is important. This may be difficult, as you may need to change your story multiple times throughout the week, so don't finalize anything until the last day.

~FUNimation