5 OCT - Feeling better, and back to business! :3 Also realizing that I really need a better way to organize this! My goodness, this blog is getting huge.

It's quite a mess to sort through right now. Any and all help is always appreciated, but I will certainly try to figure something out to make it a bit more readable and eye-friendly.

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So Nopje finally kicked my butt into gear, and here I am. :3

I have been wanting to start up a very big project here in the TEF community, but I'm not sure how many people would be interested, or how exactly it should be set up.


Basically, I'd like to set up a kind of art class just for TEF!
We have so many awesome artists here, but I've noticed so many other aspiring artists who are eager to learn! I think this might be an excellent way to pull the community together and have some fun.

I'm hoping that we can run the classes every week. Each week, a different 'mentor' will lead the class. Each mentor is completely in charge of creating their own lesson plan, assignments, etc. It can be as detailed, or as vague as you'd like, it's all up to you -- just make sure it only takes one week, after that it's the next mentor's turn!

If you'd like to be a mentor, just let me know, and we'll compile a big list of volunteers. (:

Everyone in the community is free to give advice at any time in the class. Basically, the mentor simply comes up with the lesson plan, but everyone can take part sharing advice, tips, critique, etc. on the topic at hand. That way anyone is free to share their knowledge and help teach the class, even if they don't want the responsibility of being a mentor.

There will be NO members list (aside from the mentors list, of course). You can join every single week, or just every once in a while -- or even not at all, popping in to give tips and advice but not completing any assignments. It should be very open and easy for everyone. Just come to 'class' when you feel interested, whether to teach or to learn.


Additional Ideas...

♦ We can have people volunteer their deer to be drawn by the class -- that way, the class has something TEF-related to practice with, and there's a great opportunity for free fanart! Volunteered deer will go into a pool and be pulled out and random when needed.

♦ Maybe there could be times when the class joins up on iscribble? (shamiya)

♦ A resources blog with links to tutorials and anatomy help. (shamiya)

Suggested Topics
_{(items with an asterisk [*] are in especially high demand)}

♦ Digital painting (general) ***
♦ Digital painting (specifically: lineless painting)
♦ Water
♦ Expressions *
♦ Lighting
♦ Lineart *
♦ Cell shading
♦ Composition
♦ Dynamic drawing
♦ Atmosphere
♦ Deer hooves & legs! ****
♦ Fur techniques *
♦ Colour
♦ Anatomy (general, deer) **


Possible Mentor List

♦ Shaku?
♦ TheSnalf? (speed paints, anatomy)
♦ Pandoras (anatomy, traditional)
♦ Terabetha (anatomy, shading)
♦ Tuhka? (painting, anatomy)
♦ Eyestrain (painting, photoshop, color)

What we need...

♦ Mentors! We'll always need plenty of mentors, so please don't be shy if it sounds like fun. Of course, you can always sign up later if you'd like. (: There's no deadline or prerequisites, just let me know and I'll add your name to the list.

♦ Ideas for topics! What do you want to learn about? I think it would be great to compile a list to give our mentors some nice ideas for class topics.

♦ Ideas, suggestions, comments, questions, concerns, and feedback on the class in general! c:




If you need to contact me for whatever reason, you can find me at (email) or (MSN). ♥