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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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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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August - Art Monthly Challenge - Design a Candy Character

Type of Event: Monthly Challenge
Introduction: Using candy as inspiration, create an original candy character.
Instructions: There are several different candies in the world, all with their own flavors and textures. Using your creative eye, first study a wide arrangement of candy. Analyze how lighting and texture differentiate the different surfaces of candy. This will help you create a realistic candy character. You may incorporate candy into your character any way possible. The candy could just be their clothes, or the character itself can be made of candy. Get creative. I will provide resources for inspiration, but I would advise to not look at them for long. Often when artists look at something to get ideas, the image that they have studied will become stuck in their brains, and it'll limit their creative thinking. Do not let yourself become stuck on one concept. Experiment and have fun. Don't forget to name your character.
Resources: Concept Cookie Candy Study • CC Summer Contest (Scroll to the bottom for contest entries) • WiR Sugar Rush characters • AT Candy People

~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 - Writing Monthly Challenge: Writing Assessment

Today marks the beginning of the Creative Community challenges! Please view the Event History post for June 2014 to see what other challenges are planned for this month. Monthly challenges begin on the first day of that month and end on the last day of that month. Please dedicate your challenge entries to CreativeCommunity so we can see your artwork.

Type of Event: Monthly Challenge
Supervisor: WyvernWings
Introduction: Submit one writing piece every week for assessment. I would like you to submit a piece immediately so I can track your progress and offer critiques, comments, etc.
Instructions: Please submit one new piece every week. The challenge is for each piece to be in different type of writing. For example, the first week you may submit a poem, the second week you may submit a short story, the third week you may submit a short scene, and the fourth week you may submit a chapter of a novel. That is one example. Another way to do this would be to write in four different genres, or four different types of poetry, though I would prefer you intermingle prose and poetry. For poetry, the minimum is 14 lines, and for prose, the minimum is one page double-spaced.

~FUNimation

June - Art Monthly Challenge: Applying Elements and Principles

Today marks the beginning of the Creative Community challenges! Please view the Event History post for June 2014 to see what other challenges are planned for this month. Monthly challenges begin on the first day of that month and end on the last day of that month. Please dedicate your challenge entries to CreativeCommunity so we can see your artwork.

Type of Event: Monthly Challenge
Supervisor: FUNimation
Introduction: After learning about the Elements and Principles of design, apply these Elements and Principles to a piece of artwork.
Instructions: Come up with a composition that utilizes at least two elements. Several different principles can be displayed through the use of few elements. Demonstrate your knowledge of design through your artwork. Try coming up with at least three different sketches to help with your composition. Being able to organize the layout of your artwork can help you set up focal points and subjects of interest. Don't worry about value or color until you have established the foundation of your piece. You may use whatever medium you feel comfortable with.

Please ask if you have any questions!

~FUNimation