Poligeektoons 2024-11-12 17:12:45

You could have listen very closely what ornery would have to say… i think you scouted the low quality art with no shading or something that was made by a 13 year old.

Poligeektoons 2024-11-12 17:17:49

@RaymationStudios sure it might have the reason what happens if you get castrated https://ornery.newgrounds.com/news/post/388624

Dynomike03 2024-11-12 18:07:48

dang dude that's tuff :(

Dynomike03 2024-11-12 18:16:18

@RaymationStudios Imean I guess this time we learned our lesson. it was merely a matter of time before some flaw surfaced in the regulating system of the place.

Yatsufusa 2024-11-12 21:08:16

There are A TON of artists here. Look at the art of scouted artists and compare it to your own. 'Right now' it's not at a point that one would feature. (There would be no point in 'having a scouting system' if basically everybody was getting scouted...)

Work on improving your art. Use shadows and highlights to bring out facial features. From what I'm seeing in a preliminary search, your hands, shoulders, knees, ankles... need work as well.

Basically: Improve on facial features and anatomy. Look up references and guides. I'm sure you can regain your scouted status, but only if you put in the work.

Yatsufusa 2024-11-12 21:31:36

@RaymationStudios I would have to see the piece(s?) in question to comment about the frontpaged art, but I suspect that it told a story or captured the zeitgeist in some way.

One more thing though, that I forgot to mention earlier: Some artists will look at a large part of another artists catalogue before they make their scouting decision, some just look at a small selection. If you upload a ton of old works, any user clicking randomly (or just checking the last 4 uploads) is more likely to see work that doesn't represent your current skill. Uploading a lot may get you more 'attention', but will "not necessarily" earn you 'recognition'... ;)

Oh, and this may also be helpful to you:
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/330234/guides-tutorials-other-help

Yatsufusa 2024-11-12 22:25:11

@RaymationStudios I think I see what you mean in the first two. Especially with the 'Sploot 2023 Reference Sheet', but the anatomy is pretty good on that one and the black bits improve the feeling of depth.
'Cool City' is very atmospheric and there is a feeling of (spacial) depth to the scene.
'Black n Blue' has very 'stylized' hands, but the artist did some great detailing with what is essentially a monochrome image. Great work with the highlights. And the reflected/refracted light around the glasses adds a feeling of 'realness' to the scene. While I like the 'mood' in 'Cool City' of those 3 'Black n Blue' is my favorite from a technical standpoint.

To me, each of those submissions conveyed a 'mood' - admittedly not as strongly in the reference sheet, but that's not what references are for. I'm sorry to say this, but I feel that their works are way more expressive and technical detailed than yours are 'at the moment'.

I don't think your work is "crap", but "it's not there yet" and from my understanding the best way to improve on that is getting some form of 'guidance' (be it some form of "tutorial" or your peers in the Art Forum), followed by _a_lot_ of practice. Because that's how humans are wired.

I can suggest stuff like "draw with pencils for practice", "draw cubes in N-point perspective", "draw a sphere with shadows", but I am not a person who can draw. I know some fundamentals and methods to improve, but you should get input from users who are more 'artists' that 'art critics'. Having gone through such learning processes themselves, they also can point out pitfalls which amateurs and outsiders like me are oblivious about. ;)