Let's get ready for the next contest here. Every one can make one suggestion and when we have 5 of them we'll start to vote. You can suggest any theme we've already done or any new one you can think of. so this is the theme that got picked- 2. Scene or passage from a book

I was going to have another thread to vote on the next contest theme, but here's what I'm thinking- we've been voting on what contests we want next for a while now and I'm wondering if this is the method everyone wants to stick with. Any other ideas? Any suggestions for improvement? Maybe we should change the length or frequency of the contests? I'm asking because some of the contests lately have had kind of low participation, despite being whatever people voted that they wanted the contest t...

Contest Week 79: 18th Century Because the 18th century saw multiple art movements in Europe, we're going to have themes of both the late Baroque and the Rococo. I would especially recommend looking up Jean-Antoine Watteau and Thomas Gainsborough. Your goal will ...

Why is it that every oekaki site I've been to requires you to decide how good your drawing is going to be before you draw it? This seriously makes no sense, and tends to cause problems. The pattern is usually to have one main board, and a sketch/beginners board. This system is probably designed to put a sort of quality control on the main board, so the crappy drawings have somewhere to go. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. Many of the best artists are also the most modest, and will always c...

It's time to decide the next contest theme. Everyone can make one suggestion per contest and everyone gets to make one vote. You can suggest any theme you want, including themes that have already been used or suggested. Ideas for contests will be posted in this thread, and when enough ideas have been made then we'll start a new round of voting to get ready for the next contest. Ideas to vote on this time- 1. Mechs 2. Draw to music 3. 18th century inspired 4. Old school video games

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