Alright Cello, why am I suddenly getting a different looking 2draw page? It's brown/tan with a wierd configuration and well...... what's going on?

OH WOW! Congrats!
You won the secret contest 8D

But.... I don't likes it precious.
I can't figure out the configuration, hate the color..... and I can't see the mystudio link...... ???????????

this must have JUST happened tonight! first the ole blue site...then POOF! the new one...I like the home page..I have to dive deeper in to get a better view...

dj

HOLY SHIT!
This freaked me the hell out!

There I was, sitting in the dark, looking at a picture when I got an email.. I wrote up a response; she said she had packed my bags last night.. pre-flight. Went back to the picture I was looking at.. I figured I would go back to the homepage and wonder a bit.. it's lonely out in space.. such a timeless flight..
BAM.
My world changes before me! Touch down brings me round to find.. I am not even the man they think I am... Then I had felt a tidal wave of emotions rise over me! Anger, Confusion, Sadness, Acceptance, and finally.. Happiness.

It's beautiful in it's own simplistic ways. It's darker, more refined, and scrunched. Change is in every way, in this circumstance.. good. Especially after 4 years of seeing the same blue tint.. oh no no no... I'm a man of many versions. Burning out his fuse up here.. alone.

HOLY SHIT IS RIGHT.
swanky guys, just a little twilight zone though..

I think the new look is great. The colors are neutral, so the visual focus is on the art, not the interface. Personally, I love gray, so I hope it stays this way. Marcello could colorize the grays and retain the same color value but that's up to him. DeviantArt also uses a muted/neutral color scheme but I think it's a bit too bright in areas.

The overall layout is much better, it's certainly more user friendly. I'm giving this new look and layout a 8.5 out of 10 (I would give the old look a 6 in comparison).

>.> <.<
agreed?
I'm a rocket man.

i can't view any animations. please change back to original format

no way, This Style > Old Style.

Also, upon testing it, I can view animations. So I don't know why it doesn't work for you.

Still don't like it. And why can't I see mystudio links? I have unfinished pictures I can't get to.

If you click "draw" you'll get your mystudio images in with that. It's the whole mystudio page and the draw page (where you choose a board) rolled in one~

Wow, nice..scared me at first. I was all 'Whoa, wtf is this?'
Now I'm kinda 'Oooh, sweet.'
Awesome job!

Mocha, how you been girl?

I feel bleh, lol. I just came out of a bad mood. How are you?

Also, I don't like the format of the boards. I don't like the fact that the comments are on the left of the drawing instead of the right. D: This is messing with the right side of my body, lol. And I wish there was an option to change the skin of the site. Everything seems a little too big. I guess I'm coming to my senses now. =P

Yeah, I'm having a hard time with it, but as Dave said I'm sure we'll get used to it. :{

Well I missed all the regulars. There have been a lot of new people I haven't been able to keep up. It's like the old gaurd retired. But it looks like some are coming back into the fold. That's good, too many changes.

Yea, I know what you mean. I visit the site regularly and there's all these cool new people. I lost the feel for oekaki. I'm so used to frolicking in Photoshop.
And I hope that there will be some way to modify this new format. If not, waaaah. T_T

Hahahaha, well I think maybe Cello is trying it out to see how it works. Maybe.... maybe, he'll give a choice. Wasn't there a choice of color skins once? I seem to recall a thread about that. Could be wrong. Do you have a DA account? I finally caved and added some pics in.

Yes, there was a choice for skins in the other layout. Hopefully, he sees these pleas for a choice..and finds some kindness in his heart to answer them, lol.
And I do have a dA account. http://deerose.deviantart.com/
=) Drop a line!

I KNEW there was one. Yes maybe.

Here's mine. My final revision of Halo 2 is there. http://dawnsrise.deviantart.com/

Wheee, awesome! =D

I KNEW there was one. Yes maybe.

Here's mine. My final revision of Halo 2 is there. http://dawnsrise.deviantart.com/

For Sweetcell. One last look at the past.

I like the new look.

I like the new layout but the logo seem a bit stark . . .

studio has been merged with the 'draw' page. just click 'draw' at the top and you can start a new drawing or work on old drawings.

we're continuously revising things, so if you have suggestions, or find things that are broken, let us know.

haha this is sweet. change is good, guys.

:-O It's definately going to take some time to get used to this....
But this is nice yeesss!

Sweet, looks very nice, well done Marcello.
Hope all is well with everyone, sorry I have not been here in a while. First hubby left for Iraq for 18 months :( , 2 days later I ended up in the emergency room, had pneumonia, then this past monday was going for a follow up with the doc when I got hit by a 18 wheeler truck. To make a long story short, I am fine, my nerves are shot though and my car , 2007 Camry has lots of damage :( I hope to be back to the site soon. I miss you guys . TTFN ( I know, wrong thread, sorry )

It looks great. A+++++

I suggest I link to the old site so we can use that instead-I still agree with Sweetcell-no likies. T_T

Yep I was in for a shock. I went to check in and WOW this is different. So far I like it. Very different. Dang pantera!!! :O I thought I had alot going on. Hope things get better for you soon!!! I think you've had enough excitement for awhile.

Woah. So different, but I really like how its organized.

do we still have points and such?

Holy crap.
Big change, it'll take a while to get used to.
Looks good, though.

Holy crap.
I'm digging the new look, so much that I might have to start drawing here again. Maybe.

Two things that are missing that I would like to see on this new version are people's gallery and being able to see the size of the canvas when choosing canvas size.
Otherwise I like the look of it.

This is awesome so far :3 this new looks makes me quite happy *u*

I have not been here that long so I think I am not as embedded as the long-timers. I like being able to see all of my pics at once on one page, or I should say more pics all at once as in the gallery. One thing I was wondering tho, that I can't seem to find are our accumulated points. Is that here, or is that not an option anymore?
It is all good, change is difficult but presents different oppertunities....quoting my late father-in-law.

Help, help, I'm in utter shock. After clicking on my favourites in my browser a tan website showed up, with everything the other way around. What was left is right and vice-versa. I'm a virgo we don't like change that much. :D.
As for appreciation after a few minutes of looking and browsing:
overall => preview thumbs on the main page are small compared to latest comments and forum posts.
color => I like, also think quite easy to have individual choices if somebody doesn't like it.
layout => confusing, flipped around from what I'm used to.
browsing => 1) I liked the compactness of the old layout, now it seems more spread over the page, only have a 17" screen, so it might be that.
2) when browsing latest submissions, I always liked the caption above each, or more than one if applicable, on which board it was drawn. Plus you have to look harder, to find out who drew it.
3) it feels like everything is one more click away to get to what I want to do or see. For instance, after clicking latest submissions-more, I have to click once again to see bigger pictures with comments. I see a thumbnail gallery first, don't think that is necessary.
4) Picture-info on the picture page (the one where you see just the picture, information and comments) looked better on the right (or left since we're doing a switcharoo) of the picture instead of below it.
5) Don't see where I can see if I'm running out of drawing space on a particular drawing.
Change can be good, so we'll just wait and see if the suggestions made can be picked up and carried out.

what resolution is your monitor?

5: there are no space limits anymore.

1024x768, but I lied, it is a 15" monitor.
5) cool
Rest) hope you're not offended, just my first observations.

none taken. we're continuously improving the site, so everyone's suggestions are taken into account.

I like a lot of it, but I agree with Joyce it seems harder to navigate. I liked the continuous flow of new submissions before, regardless of the board they were on, and now you have to click on each board to see the progressions there. I'm sure I'll eventually get used to it, but it just seemed easier to get a quick overview of what was new on the welcome page than it does now.

davinci: that still exists, you just click latest comments or latest submissions (depending what order you want them in).

I'll get used to it..

what is with the "by lori by lori"
Now when you hover over a drawing it double states who drew it. I thought it was just lori but now I see it is on mooki and me and probly everyone. A glich?

twas a glitch.

This new look is nice. However, I do not like the logo. Could there be a contest to create a new one?

or is this just a bad "june bugs"* joke... *Hey, what the hell? April fools, april fools.

2draw logo contests have not been particularly successful in the past... most people here are not graphic designers. the logo is temporary until we come up with one we like (we felt we shouldn't hold up the launch of 2.5 just for the logo). want to draw one? :-)

I'm so glad to hear the logo is temporary, no offense to whoever drew it but it doesn't 'sing' - if you know what I mean . . .

if it starts singing...well...I'd get yourself checked.
CKing: you should talk to shanghai about making it a contest ir something. love it if you drew one :}

but yeah this one sucks major bawls. no offense cello.

Hey, I like it. It makes the site look more professional.

Maybe it's just because I don't like purple... and bright orange... which were the old layouts...

I can live with all the other changes, but I still wish you would add back the artist's name & # of comments to the thumbnails.

jp: simply move your mouse over the image and it tells you the title, artist, and number of comments

I still like to scan the thumbnails & see artist name & # comments. Moving the mouse over each picture is too time-consuming. I guess I am the only one who has a problem with this, so I will not mention it again, but it really slows me down to find my fav artists'/friends' drawings.

you don't have to browse in thumbnail mode...

Really sexy! I absolutely love the colour of the new cellosoft site as well.