Well, there have been a lot of trivial, opinionated news posts about the wonderous new art portal
And here's one more.
The art portal has been hyped up for a long time now, and I'm happy for Tom and the rest of the staff that they were finally able to realize their vision for the portal. So far it seems like their system of quality control has been working so far, and most of the submissions are artistic, creative, and will help to make the art portal a success that will add to the experience here on Newgrounds. I also think that the limit to 20 is a good move on their part. It will not only help their servers immensely to limit how much each user is able to contribute, but it will also make prolific users very choosy about what they submit. It will ensure that an artist only submits the best of their work, and if better work comes along, that they delete the weakest pieces in their gallery. In short I agree with every decision they've made in terms of keeping the art portal legit.
It's also nice to see my humble cartoons getting some love on the portal. When placed against some of the art in the portal, mine definitely pales in comparison to people who spend a week digitally painting a masterpiece. But cast, a kind soul who somehow saw my work very soon after I started posting, scouted me and the voting by the portal seems to be positive so far. It's a great feeling to know that I meet the quality standards that have been set out to ensure the portal doesn't become a cess pool. It also feels like a great honor to be able to scout upcoming artistic talent, although it seems that whenever I come across someone who is a good artist, they've already been scouted. I guess I gotta be quicker on the uptake.
So, I think that about wraps this up. I didn't want to go on a diatribe and bore all you tl;dr people, but I just wanted to add my two cents to the blogosphere that this is a wonderful idea, and that the NG staff has executed it well.
Now if only I could figure out a way to change my username to match my modern online moniker...
jakenator85
how do you scout?
Ninjkabat
Well, first you have to be scouted yourself by someone who has already been scouted. People who already submit to the art portal can scout new talent that they see, and then the person they scout can submit art to the portal and can also scout more people. So all you have to do is get scouted.
But you have some more practice to do before your art is good enough for the poral.