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| Welcome to the Promo Pad! Do you have a book coming out? Have you spotted a colouring contest? Is there something else you're just itching to let our members know about? Then this is the place for you! The Promo Pad is here for any member who wants to get the word out about anything relevant to the group. It doesn't matter whether you're a colourist, a publisher or just an observant wanderer - if there's anything you think our members would like to hear about, let us know! Just drop us a note (marked "PP" in the subject), and I'll pop it up here! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  BA Year 2 - Color battle 03 My apologies swatchbucklers. I've been laid low with a bugger of a cold/flu-type deal, so I kinda missed the call for the next battle. Anyway, Color Battle 3 is now underway. Head here [link] for more details and late additions. Deadline for this one is February 12th, so get those colors in! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  The Last of the greats TPB- colored by Eddy swan will be released soon. Pre-order a copy now! the book needs support to recieve a second series. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This first 15 pages of issue 2 of Filler have been posted as a wee preview at [link] along with a preview of isse 1. You can still pick up the first issue in hardcopy at [link] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- updated 10-01-12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------- |
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| ************************************************ Behave yourselves. To be honest, that's about the only strict rule we have. We want to keep the gallery quality high - obviously this will mean not everyone's art is going to be accepted. We expect submitters to understand this and we will not tolerate hissy fits. Everyone is capable of frustration and, to a point, that's perfectly understandable. However, if it's constantly repeated, while we don't want to ban people (and dont yet really know how), if someone is repeatedly causing a stir because we didn't accept their work, we'll soon figure it out. This group is for professionals and people who want to be professionals, and we expect appropriate behaviour. So to spell it out completely so its absolutely clear - act professional! With that unpleasantness out of the way... While we have fairly high expectations for the gallery quality, we would like to keep the mood around this place pretty light hearted. Ideally we'd like to create a place here that you can be proud to submit your work to, and also be happy to hang out here and be a part of the community, and if everyone carries on in the same spirit we don't really need any more rules. So here's how the group works (this may be subject to change as we figure stuff out) Membership: we have 3 basic levels of membership - you can only apply for basic membership, but all applications are automatically approved. We're happy for anyone & everyone to join the group, no matter what your interest in coloring. Members - basic membership is intended for those who are starting out in coloring, but who aren't quite ready for professional work. Also welcome are publishers, studios and other prospective employers who'd like to keep an eye on our galleries, and anyone else who'd like to tag along, really. Members are elegible to enter group contests and submit announcements to the Promotions Pad. If any member's submissions to the group show consistent high quality they may be upgraded to... Contributors - this group is reserved for those who have already shown they're ready to work in coloring (or very nearly), and as such you can only become a Contributor by invitation, or by having a normal membership upgraded. In addition to normal member benefits, Contributors can submit to all folders (including placing an ad-card in our 'for hire' gallery), and can vote on submissions (tho we ask that you don't vote for your *own* submissions - let's try to keep things relatively impartial ;D). Moderators - once we get things going properly we'll be looking for a few moderators to help us run things. Moderators will need to know their stuff regarding coloring so will probably be drawn from our contributors, and each will be given a specific job within the group. Submissions: All submissions to the group are subject to voting. And we really mean all ... even the founders! We have very high expectations for submissions so make sure you're submitting only your best pieces. Also note that we only accept examples of coloring - if your submission is something you've colored over your own drawing we class this as illustration, and therefor not appropriate for this group. We have established a rough criteria for what will be accepted, so our voters should hopefully be fairly consistent. If your submission is not accepted and you don't understand why, please pop a comment in the submission-pending-box-thingy in your message center, and we'll do our best to explain our reasons. A member can submit 1 piece per week into the member's and critique galleries, while a contributor can currently submit 2 pieces per day to any of the galleries. We will not accept any more than 2 submissions per person into the featured gallery per week. Colorist for hire section: ... is a work in progress at the moment, but what we want to do with that section is allow contributors to submit promotional posters/info cards for themselves as colorists. The folder will appear on the front page with its entries set to random, so anyone looking for a colorist will be able to see your work and whatever information you would like to include. We may also add a section for potential clients to post ads this same way. Critique Corner: Pretty self explanatory - this is where you post work you would like to receive feedback for. This is not an open submission folder for you to put whatever you want in - it will still be regulated, though not as highly as the rest of the galleries. We can't guarantee you'll always received critique, but what critique is given will be very honest. You may not always like what you hear, but we'll always try to do our best to help you improve your techniques. Promotions Pad If you have a new book coming out, a nice wee contest our members might enjoy, or really anything else related to coloring that you want to let everyone know about, the Promotions Pad is there for you. Just drop a note to the group, mark it PP in the subject-line (for example: PP - coloring contest), and we'll pop it up if it's appropriate. The Pad is prominently featured at the top of our main group profile, so should be seen by most of our visitors. ************************************************ |
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