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Post by ray.kioti on Jun 7, 2022 10:47:51 GMT -5
So, art trades! Yeah! I really miss them or at least having a dependable location to organize them with like-minded people. Being part of PE for years was really good for me back in the day. (PE or Private Exchange was an art trade forum back in the 2000's and went on through... well... I dunno when it ended, actually, maybe someone else can elaborate?). Anyhow, that was a great thing for me since it kept me drawing even when I was really busy with other things in life. It kept me accountable to something and I worked through a lot of difficult challenges and learned a lot from doing it. I figure a lot of people I knew from those days are busy these days. Either they have a busy career or family or they're working on their own art full time. So if we did manage to put together a little exchange here, it wouldn't have to be anything extreme. It could be sketch trades, line art trades, or it could be bi-monthly. Just whatever works for whoever wants to participate.
This thread can be a place to discuss it! So if anyone has ideas or wants to participate don't be shy about taking control and suggesting stuff. Also, definitely feel free to invite people. I barely know how to contact people online, anymore. I've been away for so long, years even. People's handles have changed, their art styles, their lives, what social media they use. I don't know where anyone is anymore! So please feel free to invite people you know.
Anyone can feel free to post/host their own art trade at any time, with your own themes/time limits.
Suggested Themes:
1) Sketch trade with no specific theme
2) Pet Portrait (with possible other themes like costumes/colors)
3) Couples!
4) ATC
5) Sketch Jam
6) CHIBIS!
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Post by phoenixelement on Jun 12, 2022 14:09:37 GMT -5
Love it! Like you, PE and TRG were really good at keeping me drawing and provided a much-needed art community! Sketch trades were always some of my favorite art trades.
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Post by ray.kioti on Jun 12, 2022 14:50:40 GMT -5
Yes, I miss those forums so much! Maybe we can do a sketch trade as our first one? I feel a little intimidated by a full-fledged illustration honestly, hahaha. I gotta get warmed up or something. I think I have developed some level of "Art anxiety" and that's gotta go!!!
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Post by lizspit on Jun 13, 2022 9:50:05 GMT -5
Ok, so hear me out, pet portrait art trade.
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Post by ray.kioti on Jun 13, 2022 10:44:45 GMT -5
Ok, so hear me out, pet portrait art trade. I am very down. I have more than enough pets to choose from, haha. I'd also want to be selfish and trade with you so I can draw your dog (whomst I imagine has a rainbow mohawk at all times). I can't specifically remember how the art trades were set up on forums in the past. I figure I would make a sign up thread with a deadline. Let it sit for a while so people can sign up. If at least two people sign up, it's a done deal! Once the deadline to sign up is over, I'll send PM's of the random assignments? And I guess to solve the problem of references, etc, people can just include the information/pictures in their sign-up post? Or, if you do have a website or source for references just link it. |
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Post by lizspit on Jun 13, 2022 12:14:40 GMT -5
Ok, so hear me out, pet portrait art trade. I am very down. I have more than enough pets to choose from, haha. I'd also want to be selfish and trade with you so I can draw your dog (whomst I imagine has a rainbow mohawk at all times). I can't specifically remember how the art trades were set up on forums in the past. I figure I would make a sign up thread with a deadline. Let it sit for a while so people can sign up. If at least two people sign up, it's a done deal! Once the deadline to sign up is over, I'll send PM's of the random assignments? And I guess to solve the problem of references, etc, people can just include the information/pictures in their sign-up post? Or, if you do have a website or source for references just link it. That sounds correct. I remember something about there being a way to earn a private pick so you could chose who drew for you or something? I don't think it's necessary, the memory just popped up from the fog. lol. |
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Post by lizspit on Jun 13, 2022 12:15:29 GMT -5
Oh, and he has a mohawk about 50% of the time XD for the past two years he's been in a show trim, but anyone is welcome to draw any of my pets in any trim they see fit XD
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Post by ray.kioti on Jun 13, 2022 12:23:33 GMT -5
oH yeah, I now remember that private pick, too. But I don't remember the specifics of how it worked. Maybe Amy would remember better since I think she was running the trades back then? Do I remember that correctly, too? ahah man. so long ago. yet it does kinda just seem like yesterday.
anyone could definitely draw any of my dogs with any color/styling as well, that would be awesome heh. a pet style trade! xd
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Post by uneide on Jun 13, 2022 18:10:12 GMT -5
Sketch trades I think would be a really great way to dust off, I think. I love the idea of pet portraits, though all of you can draw circles around me for that. As far as PE and others as I recall the idea was to set up a deadline for sign ups and then basically do a random draw for who got who?
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Post by ray.kioti on Jun 14, 2022 10:21:07 GMT -5
Something I also somehow forgot was that there were themes to the rounds. I remember there was a gore one once, a steampunk one, etc. Pet trade sounds like a theme, too. And I guess there were lots of rounds that weren't themed, just draw whatever the person asked for.
Ok, so maybe I'll set up the first one as a sketch trade and the subject can be anything. A pet, a character, an object, etc! That might feel like a good warm up. I guess the sign up can be up for a week or something, and then the trade itself can go for... another week? or two weeks? I wanna try to get a read on how much time people think they will need since I know everyone's pretty busy out there in the wild world.
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Post by Temiel on Jun 17, 2022 22:20:22 GMT -5
Nthing SKETCH TRADES, because I want this to be fun and doable, and full-ass illustrations feel like way more of a commitment than I can do these days. (Double so because I now work almost entirely traditionally, which represents using up materials in a way that digital doesn't.) I would, however, make a hardcore exception for ATCs because I love them SO much and they're easy to do quickly and are always, always fun.
Subject-wise, I'm one of those obnoxious people who really, really enjoys hooking my characters up with each other, so I'm going to be extremely predictable and suggest a couple-themed trade, which could totally also include platonic two-person pairings. I JUST LIKE DRAWING PEOPLE BEING CUTE WITH EACH OTHER, OKAY?! :3
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Post by ray.kioti on Jun 18, 2022 10:51:24 GMT -5
Sounds great, a couple themed trade!! And yeah, I get it about doing full illustrations, I'm in the same boat. I kinda assume that most of us are a little too busy in life to be taking on full illustrations, at least regularly. I was thinking that almost every exchange we do can be really casual, without any specific expectations. just do what you have time to do and what's fun, cause that's the point o this! fun and to keep us drawing.
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Post by grungecat on Jun 28, 2022 23:27:06 GMT -5
I am interested!!
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Post by grinn on Jun 29, 2022 12:13:03 GMT -5
I'm into everything that's been suggested. Seconding ATCs in particular *_*
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Post by ray.kioti on Jun 30, 2022 16:20:08 GMT -5
I wonder if anyone would be interested in a "sketch jam" type thing? Where everyone who signs up draws for everyone who signs up! That sketch round as so fun I kinda find myself wanting to draw for everyone so it got me thinking. Of course that could be a much longer duration. Anyhow just an idea!!
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Post by Temiel on Jun 30, 2022 17:16:01 GMT -5
I wonder if anyone would be interested in a "sketch jam" type thing? Where everyone who signs up draws for everyone who signs up! That sketch round as so fun I kinda find myself wanting to draw for everyone so it got me thinking. Of course that could be a much longer duration. Anyhow just an idea!! Ooh, yes. I like this a lot, especially because I had the same feeling- I was like "I legit want to draw ALL of these."  |
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Post by grinn on Jun 30, 2022 18:02:39 GMT -5
@ray and Molly: Same >: D
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Post by lizspit on Jul 1, 2022 11:44:15 GMT -5
sketch jam sounds amazing!
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