Drawing, writing, gung fu, fencing, hanging out at the gym, clubbing, video games, and window shopping. Weird stuff... like, really. One day I woke up with a rose in my room... we don't have any rose plants, and another time my friends and i ended up at an abandones bus barn in the middle of freaking nowhere at 3am. All without alcohol or drugs.
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Click this to go play a vocab game. It is free and the more you play, the more rice is donated to feed starving people in need of your help!
(How it works? Well, the longer you play the more hits their website gets and the more money they can charge for advertisement and thus the more 'donations' they ears for the rice. They are a non-profit organization! Help out!)
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And now here is a tutorial for Hello Kitty, and an example of using a simple slideshow.
The World Wide Art Extravaganza begins November 1st, 2009 and ends December 31st, 2009, at Midnight, Arizona Time.
Contest Number 1
For this contest we'll see who improves the most. In early November, you submit a drawing done off one of the DrawingNow staff tutorials. Then, in late December, you will submit another drawing (using the same tutorial) to show your improvement.
The tutorial you use must be either created by a StaffIllustrator, or approved by me (just send me a link and I'll say yes or no.)
I WILL check your gallery to make sure you did not turn in a bad first entry on purpose so your chance of winning would improve.
You cannot use one of your own tutorials.
Entries are submited to Fiery_Nightmare.
Contest Number 2
A new year is approaching, and we can't let it get here without improving our artwork and appreciating the tutorials on the site! So for two months you will draw, draw, draw! Try to complete as many tutorials as possible! You start with the ones found by clicking the blue buttons on the orange DrawingNow topbanner, then move on to tutorials created by users and StaffIllustrators.
So, how do you win? Anyone who completes 30+ tutorials (don't just scribble through them, they should look like they took effort) will be labeled as a participant and win a badge to put on their profile. Participants who complete 50+ tutorials will be winners and will get a different badge. Also, this will win you some major activity points. Winners will recieve 250 activity points, Participants will earn 125, and anyone who enters will get five activity points per tutorial completed.
Anyone who does not draw, just advertises will earn activity points based on how many people they get to join. Please be sure to spread the word to other sites as well, as more people will make this event better!
You will draw on your own sketch pads and then either scan the drawings, or take pictures of them. You can upload them to drawingnow, but if you run out of room then you will need to post them on PhotoBucket or any other image hosting site and send me a link.(If you need hep, I'll be happy to assist you)
Label each drawing: WOWIAEX and then the number you have completed.
In your description, you MUST put a link to this page so others can hear about the contest.
Entries are submited to Fiery_Nightmare.
Contestants:
1. Nyc_Drawing
I DON'T LIKE
Basically, I think we have to stand on our own two feet and have the strength not to look for excuses. It get's tough, yeah and sometimes tough doesn't even begin to describe it... but don't disgrace those who fight for their lives by cutting yourself as a fashion statement.
Hi my name is Eve, and I am the Moderator here at DrawingNow.com. That means I’m a staff member, one of two. You got my welcome letter when you joined, right? ^_^
A little info about me
My mantra: Never EVER give up. I know it's hard, but you gotta keep on fighting or nothing has been worth it.
Goals: I want to be a digital artist and eventually work with computer animation. My dream is to open up a group home, only one that is a castle. An asylum for older kids in the foster system who have been through bad homes. Ideally it would be on acres of land and built like something on Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
I also want to save wildlife as... well, when I think of an ideal utopia it isn't all buildings and flying cars. I want to see waterfalls and wolves! Birds flying through the air rather than cars, and coyotes rather than housing divisions of cookie cutter homes.
Personality: I believe that everyone deserves a chance and I'm pretty open-minded. Respect me and I'll respect you. Be nice, I'll be nice back. I prefer being nice to people as I grew up with most people being not so nice to me; I know, sob, cry. :-P Whatever, you know? I think money only is as valuable as what you can do with it so I volunteer a lot and I'm never hesitant to spend what little I have when people need it.
In closing: I love helping people so if you're new or just want to talk you can count on me! Thank you for reading.
I guess the biggest issue on the site lately is the
rules
. What are they? First off, this is a site for all ages and abilities and with that said you should not swear, curse, or use explicit/sexual/dirty language on the site. It's far from impossible to conduct conversations without use of offensive language. So be smart. Easy. Next, pictures. Can you post photos? Well, this is DRAWINGnow, so let's say just drawings and cg art, okay? Drawing yourself would be great!
Can I use my photo as my user icon? Yes, but a headshot only okay? Kids under 13 are not allowed on many sites to post pictures, so let's just say headshots only to keep things safe. No matter what age. Try using a school photo or a year book photo, or you can be daring and use your student ID/passport/driver's license photo.
No arguments, this site is supposed to be SAFE. On that note, if anyone asks for a picture or is attempting to get personal information from you then you can report them. They will get a warning and if they do it again they will be banned.
With that, it is not a good idea/ you're not allowed to put up nude drawings/cged works- artistic or not. You'll just make people mad. I understand many art books have you practice by drawing nude models, as do art classes, but some people cannot tell the difference between art and porn so let's just not post nudes, okay?
Good. Easy rules. Now comes one a lot of people don't understand. Thievery. This is NOT photobucket or myspace. To be blunt let me say that unless you drew the picture yourself, you are not permitted to upload it here. We can all google, it's not an impressive ability, stop it.
To sum it all up:
1. Keep the site friendly and appropriate for all ages.
2. Photos should be of faces only, appropriate, and you cannot ask people for them because we don't know who is lying about their age.
3. No nudity.
4. No theft.
Everyone good?
The help desk was created from use of props from:
Interesting site you have. The layout could use a lot of improvement, but there are just so many questions that I have. first of all, where did you get the engine used in these drawing tutorials? There's a lot of potential with this.
I myself am making a How to Draw Anime website (and a lot of other things to go with it) and I just happened to stumble across drawingnow.com. Though the tutorial engine you're using isn't quite perfect, it's VERY near to what one could achieve through other methods. That said, nothing beats the simplicity and ease-of-use of the drawing engine you're using.
So yeah, I'm looking forward to contributing to this site... pitting my mad skillz against others here :)
I'm Eve, the site Moderator. You seem to be having some trouble figuring out what this site is. It is a site for artists and those wishing to learn to draw. It is, however, NOT a site that will ever look kindly on art thieves and because of that I'm deleting the pictures you stole and will be watching your account to make sure you do not steal more artwork from our members. Have a nice day! -Eve Moderator DrawingNow.com
[/quote &n bsp; ummm i didnt know they were stolen when i said it took me a long time i mean a long time uploading them i didnt draw them i got em from google
Click Groups. Contests are a little trickier. You make up the rules then post them and the idea and advertise for it, then you have to find an unbiased way to judge.
where do you find the contest information and stuff, LOL i'm sorry, i'm a little cllueless
jonasgirl2u took one of my pics. she posted it in the gallery and said 'this was hard it is the best pic i ever drew' help! can you take it out of the gallery and say something to her plz:(
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It is, however, NOT a site that will ever look kindly on art thieves and because of that I'm deleting the pictures you stole and will be watching your account to make sure you do not steal more artwork from our members.
