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December Color Contest ENTRIES! 2 Days to Vote!

Journal Entry: Sun Jan 3, 2010, 8:00 PM



Only two days remain until we pick a winner for the #color-me-club
Space Color Contest! Voice yourself, and help us make a selection!

Voting details below...

December Color Contest
ENTRIES:











HOW TO VOTE:
Select one of the images in the above listing. Then, send a note to the #color-me-club, and title the note 'VOTE ______'. Instead of the blank, write the name of the ARTIST you are voting for. For example, if 'Jim' submitted an entry, and you wanted to vote for his, you would send the #color-me-club a note entitled 'VOTE JIM.'

We only read the title of these notes, do not write anything in the body of the note.

You do not need to be a #color-me-club member to vote. Do not use multiple accounts to vote. Contest participants may vote for their own entry. One vote only, please. Votes will be collected until January 5th, then we'll begin the January Lineart Contest.



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[link]
=manic-goose is hosting a long-term coloring contest,
and opening up four linearts for you to choose. This previous
#color-me-club contest winner will also be giving prizes
and features to the winners.
Deadline is January 4th, 2010.

[link]
The girls of =catzilla need lovin', too. Heed their siren's
call, and give them your special pampering in this free-for-all
contest featuring nine femmes of your picking. Plenty of prizes,
features, and subscriptions up for grabs!
Deadline is March, 2010.

:bulletblue: How to Join/Submit :bulletblue: Color-Me-Club FAQ :bulletblue:




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A word regarding submissions.

Sat Jan 2, 2010, 1:45 AM by `vest:iconvest:
Salutations, club members. `vest here, and I'd like to first off thank all of your for your incredible volume of contributions, and for being such active participants in the #color-me-club. I'm going to take a moment, just to write a blog for blogging sake, free of all the additional doodads CSS and other adverts we have dangling on our journal entries.

To all the people who have sent me their good wishes and compliments for running this club, I thank you and appreciate every one of your kind words. I may not have time to write an in-depth thorough message of thanks to match words with how much that elevates my heart, but I do want all of you to know that your approval of the new club system is really cherished.

That's what I'd like to focus on. The new group system. I'd like to share some down-to-earth clarification for why the club does what it does, and why it doesn't utilize some features offered with the groups system. In particular, the gallery submission feature.

At the moment, members are unable to upload images to the club gallery. This has raised some confusion amongst newer members, and I've gotten suggestions from veteran members pertaining to this feature's absence. There are a number of reasons why this feature is not available, and why we have moved to a dedicated 'Collections' system of archiving work.

DevWatch Spam
I'm sure many of you have joined other groups, and share the same frustration I do with some groups obliterating our inboxes with hundreds of...let's just be frank here...REALLY BAD IMAGES. I have been forced to take a few groups off my own devWatch because of this problem, and I know I'm not alone. It's one of the most common complaints. The Groups system streamlines the submission process, so it is almost instantaneous for members and admins to submit-then-approve deviations, resulting in a loss of perspective. Both parties fail to realize how much work is going up.

When the #color-me-club switched to a Group, we had the gallery upload system in place, and it worked beautifully. And that was the problem. It was too simple. Way too easy. After my personal inbox got flooded with a plethora of #color-me-club submissions, my personal inbox was quickly flooded with a plethora of 'Can't stand this rubbish, I'm unwatching the club' notifications from members as irked as I was.

Thus, the gallery submission feature has been stricken into oblivion, and will never, NEVER, make a return. Unfortunately, a number of other highly-popular groups are plagued with this problem, and I hope they, too, make that jump.

I would like to make a formal recommendation to the team of coders maintaining the Groups programming. Please include a separate module in the devWatch specific for images submitted to Groups galleries.


The 5,000 Image Gallery Limit
While inbox spam comprises 90% of the decision to remove the gallery submission feature, there are still other quirks and bugs that support the move. The biggest of these technical snafu's is the fact that new images aren't showing up in the gallery anyway. It seems we've hit a limit, and nothing more can be added.

Heck, I could have greatly shortened this blog to just say 'sorry guys, no new gallery contributions, they aren't showing up.' But that isn't an honest assessment of the situation. It's just one of the reasons, and if it was the only reason, I would work hard to find a workaround to that snag, and get the issue resolved by my own means.


We Don't Appear in the 'Found in These Groups' Box
You may notice on some deviations that there's a 'Found in These Groups' box listing all the groups the deviation has been submitted to. By using collections instead of a gallery, our icon doesn't intrude into your deviation description.

I want you to have full control over your deviation's real-estate. If you want our icon represented, feel free to place it in your own image description. If you don't, by all means, it's your work, you have no obligation to do so.

The #color-me-club does not strive to put its name and icon on every piece of work that cycles through it. We don't even make it a requirement for our color artists to mention they got it at our club. We don't require our club members to mention they're a part of our ranks in the footer of their journals. Why should we? That's your journal, your image description, your artwork. The #color-me-club exists because of your hard labor. If anybody should be crediting anything, the #color-me-club should be showering you with admiration and love. Not the other way around.


I Can Utilize the 'Show Collections' journal feature
When I write the 'Images Submitted xx/xx/xx' journals, I have a lot of thumbnails to post. It would take me hours a week just to copy every one of those and paste it into the journal. However, with the 'Show Collections' feature, I can drag and drop from my own Fave folders, and more quickly post the 'Images Submitted' journal. I'm just speaking for my own convenience here.


Closing Remarks:
There are still a ton of features and fixes I'd like to see implemented in the groups system. For example, I'd love the ability to search the #color-me-club gallery and collections like you can with any regular dA user. Why did they take that out? You'd think it would be way more important to have it for groups than regular members, so why is it backwards?

I'd also be jazzed if they'd fix some of the bugs in the administrator's message box, like the ability to drag/drop thumbnails into collections. And why can't we send messages for +Fav suggestions? It would be so helpful to explain to club members why images were refused, so that way, they could remedy the problem and get their work in our archives easier.

But for now, these are just ideas of mine; things I'd like to see done.

On December 12th, 2009, when the #color-me-club was officially converted to a group, I knew it would take time. And I asked all of you for your patience and saintly candor. You all have certainly delivered upon that request, and then some, and I can't thank you guys enough for it. As of now, the club is in a pretty consistent means of doing things, so no major changes are in the works. You're all free to put your attentiveness back down to comfortable laziness, because if you've got the hang of it now, you should have the hang of it for a long time.

A lot of other groups are struggling to keep their members interested in their activities, and they're losing members at troubling rates because of the cursed 'easiness' the new interface opens up. The #color-me-club will work hard to keep spam at a low (an occasional irreverent whimper in the polls section), and continue to keep its mind open to suggestions and complaints our members have. That's right. If anything bugs you about the club, let me know right away, and I'll work my hardest to ensure you are satisfied with your club experience. I may not be able to fashion a solution, but I will heed you my mind.

Much thanks again to all of you who gave your compliments and applause. While I appreciate it a lot, I feel the credit truly goes to the network of thousands of contributors and followers who have made this club what it is. Without all of your support and hard work, and without all of your artwork streaming into the club's collections, we simply wouldn't be.

I'm just the custodian, you know. I just tack it on the wall. It is the artists who deserve all the respect in the #color-me-club, and that is something I'll never forget.

Best of luck to everybody in 2010. And one last little mini-poll to end this blog:

What is the shorthand pronunciation of the year 2010?
1: Two-thousand (and) ten.
2: Twenty ten.
3: Oh-ten.
4: Ten.
5: Two ten.
6: I'm terrible at remembering years, I still sign checks '2006.'

December Color Contest ENTRIES! VOTE!

Journal Entry: Sat Jan 2, 2010, 12:28 AM



December Color Contest
ENTRIES:











HOW TO VOTE:
Select one of the images in the above listing. Then, send a note to the #color-me-club, and title the note 'VOTE ______'. Instead of the blank, write the name of the ARTIST you are voting for. For example, if 'Jim' submitted an entry, and you wanted to vote for his, you would send the #color-me-club a note entitled 'VOTE JIM.'

We only read the title of these notes, do not write anything in the body of the note.

You do not need to be a #color-me-club member to vote. Do not use multiple accounts to vote. Contest participants may vote for their own entry. One vote only, please. Votes will be collected until January 5th, then we'll begin the January Lineart Contest.



:bulletblue: See EVERYTHING ELSE at the Lineart Archives :bulletblue:

:star: View the Lineart Submission Archive :star:
Browse Simple Lines
Browse Moderate Lines
Browse Complex Lines




[link]
=manic-goose is hosting a long-term coloring contest,
and opening up four linearts for you to choose. This previous
#color-me-club contest winner will also be giving prizes
and features to the winners.
Deadline is January 4th, 2010.

[link]
The girls of =catzilla need lovin', too. Heed their siren's
call, and give them your special pampering in this free-for-all
contest featuring nine femmes of your picking. Plenty of prizes,
features, and subscriptions up for grabs!
Deadline is March, 2010.

:bulletblue: How to Join/Submit :bulletblue: Color-Me-Club FAQ :bulletblue:




:bulletblue: See EVERYTHING ELSE at the Lineart Archives :bulletblue:

Browse Simple Linearts
Browse Moderate Linearts
Browse Complex Linearts


December Color Contest - Final 24 Hours!

Journal Entry: Thu Dec 31, 2009, 11:50 AM



UPDATE
This is the last full day to submit your entry to the Space themed
December Color Contest. On January 1st, we will tally the votes,
announce a winner, and start the January theme contest.

Also, remember that when you finish your contest entry, send
a note to `vest. Don't note the #color-me-club. Note `vest
so your note and entry can be archived and your entry will be displayed.

So far, we have received entries from:

~Venthor78 *Sarah-loves-art ~MangaBea
=BloodlustSerenade *Scarlet-Inkxx ~kapie1571993
~Sonten ~scheherazadenerai ~shanteru ~gothicgal122
~InkCountess ~WasabiFreak90 *stormowl7
*adriannauk ~AshleighBlair ~sweetlemmon
~Neopong13 ~gotrei ~Spennig

If you have an image ready, but don't see your name listed above
please send a note to `vest with a link to your submission to
ensure your image is included in the voting portion.

`vest
:iconvest:


Here are the lines for the December Color Contest!


[link]
Glitsh- Space Lineart

By *FellyChan


Now that the voting period is over, we will now spend the remainder of December holding the color portion of the "Space" color contest.

HOW IT WORKS.

The contest is simple. Take the lines above, download the full resolution, print it off or open it in your favorite drawing program, and give it some color. Entries will be accepted until December 31st.

Then, a four-day long voting period will be held between January 1st through the 4th.

All medium is accepted. You can color these images with Photoshop, Painter, Gimp, OC, crayons, color pencils, markers, pastels, tattoo, you name it. If it colors, it's acceptable.


I'M DONE WITH COLOR. NOW WHAT?

Once you have completed your colored version of the lines above, submit it to your DeviantArt gallery. Then, send `vest a note. The note should be titled "DECEMBER COLOR CONTEST ENTRY," and the note needs to contain a link to your colored piece.


ANY SPECIAL RULES?

There are a few rules that need some going over. First of all, you cannot submit multiple entries. One entry only, please.

You do NOT need to be a member of the #color-me-club to participate. This is open to everybody. :thumbsup:

The same rules regarding coloring lineart in the #color-me-club gallery still apply. You can add to the image (a background, other effects, etc), but you cannot dramatically affect the lines in a way that completely changes them. Also, do not remove or modify the signature or watermark on the image; that must stay.

Paintovers are acceptable. You are free to even add details or completely redo other details, just as long as the general look and feel of the image still maintains that of the original lines. Also remember that by doing a paintover, you are subject to the original line artist's demands; even if the lines aren't visible, their intended image and layout most certainly is.

Lastly, any users found to be pandering for votes will be disqualified. You ARE allowed to state "I hope I win, wish me luck" on the image description. However, you CANNOT say "everybody go to this [link] and send them a note voting for me" in any medium. And by any medium, we mean ANY medium. This includes:

-On the image description.
-On the image itself.
-On comments in that image, or other images.
-Journals.
-Your signature.
-Forum posts.
-Notes.
-Radio Broadcast.

Use proper judgment. Pandering is for slimy politician scumbags. We're artists, we're far better than them in every way conceivable. Let the image speak for itself, and the best way to say "vote for me" is to put a laborious amount of love and tender work into your art.

`vest
:iconvest:


:bulletblue: See EVERYTHING ELSE at the Lineart Archives :bulletblue:

:star: View the Lineart Submission Archive :star:
Browse Simple Lines
Browse Moderate Lines
Browse Complex Lines




[link]
=manic-goose is hosting a long-term coloring contest,
and opening up four linearts for you to choose. This previous
#color-me-club contest winner will also be giving prizes
and features to the winners.
Deadline is January 4th, 2010.

[link]
The girls of =catzilla need lovin', too. Heed their siren's
call, and give them your special pampering in this free-for-all
contest featuring nine femmes of your picking. Plenty of prizes,
features, and subscriptions up for grabs!
Deadline is March, 2010.

:bulletblue: How to Join/Submit :bulletblue: Color-Me-Club FAQ :bulletblue:




:bulletblue: See EVERYTHING ELSE at the Lineart Archives :bulletblue:

Browse Simple Linearts
Browse Moderate Linearts
Browse Complex Linearts


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