[WAR: Season II] Drawn Art

[SassySnivy]

Its a art challenge Speed.. I would hope all the challenges would be tough enough to test your creativity and skill out. If the challenges were to be more simple it would be unfair for those of us who really only have creativity. People with advanced editing programs already have a huge edge over anyone without a tabelt and photoshop.

Yes, I know. But the thing is artwork and creating a full-blown design are on different sides of the spectrum. I didn't say that the challenges needed to be simpler, just not as much monster designing. You can have a good prompt that requires creativity without requiring a full-blown original character design.

And that isn't necessarily true. If you've mastered your own program of choice, you can do anything and can do it well. It's less to do with technicalities and more to do with skill.

[VeloJello]

Yes, I know. But the thing is artwork and creating a full-blown design are on different sides of the spectrum. I didn't say that the challenges needed to be simpler, just not as much monster designing. You can have a good prompt that requires creativity without requiring a full-blown original character design.

Not every prompt is going to appeal to every person, though. Some artists are really good at character design and really love it, so they want to show that off, and that's fine. Other artists don't enjoy character design and don't want to do it, and that's fine, too! But each week is going to be a different challenge, and there will be other weeks. Last year, there were two prompts containing character design (create a fake Mega, create a full-blown Fakemon), and there was still plenty of participation. For me, personally, if you want an example, look at Creative Writing. I absolutely loathe like writing historical fiction, so I'm not going to participate this week, and it's not Neo's fault or anyone else's that I pretty much can't participate. I personally think it's good that different artists should get a chance to show different skillsets.

[Neo Emolga]

Yes, I know. But the thing is artwork and creating a full-blown design are on different sides of the spectrum. I didn't say that the challenges needed to be simpler, just not as much monster designing. You can have a good prompt that requires creativity without requiring a full-blown original character design.

It happens. I got stuck on trying to figure out what new typing to create, and the only ones I could come up with (Sound, Celestial, and Imagination) got me stuck on trying to visualize what kind of Pokemon would fit those types. I also doubted reusing a fakemon I had already created years ago (Narsaka the legendary of Imagination) would have been permitted. Unless... I redrew him. Hmm, you know, that might have been a great question to ask if I still had time! XD

So no sweats, if you don't get anything in, there's still plenty of time left in the upcoming weeks. Sometimes, we have that week were things just don't click for some reason and often just getting a fresh new theme and new stuff to work with is all you need to get your inspiration and motivation back to jump into action. Here's to hoping next week's theme is more of a comfort zone for you, because I'd love to see your work. :3