sonicfan12p wrote:

Borrego6165 wrote:

A separate review centre would make things confusing for other Scratchers, as the whole idea of this thread is to have everything on show and tell organised into one place.

Also, what's your feedback on this:

Maybe we need to expand on how useful the “worth mentioning” section is, by focusing on scratchers rather than things. For example, we could use it for birthday mentions and public messages like in a newspaper!

I see what you're saying, but this thread is already crowded with many things. The reviews, members, galleries, everything has its own separate post. A very long post. Some people prefer to just have the info they need on the first post. I do like that you linked to the other posts from everywhere, that is good, but some people like to have things separated. One last thing…This thread's name. It is very informative, but also cluttered. I know what you're thinking, with the purpose of this thread and all, why would we separate it, but it may be for the better. Maybe. It could go badly, I don't know, but if it does, we can always just let the other thread go away, and focus on this one again.

About your idea, I do like it. Scratchers are more worth mentioning than projects sometimes, so that would be a good change.

Borrego6165 wrote:

sonicfan12p wrote:

Borrego6165 wrote:

A separate review centre would make things confusing for other Scratchers, as the whole idea of this thread is to have everything on show and tell organised into one place.

Also, what's your feedback on this:

Maybe we need to expand on how useful the “worth mentioning” section is, by focusing on scratchers rather than things. For example, we could use it for birthday mentions and public messages like in a newspaper!

I see what you're saying, but this thread is already crowded with many things. The reviews, members, galleries, everything has its own separate post. A very long post. Some people prefer to just have the info they need on the first post. I do like that you linked to the other posts from everywhere, that is good, but some people like to have things separated. One last thing…This thread's name. It is very informative, but also cluttered. I know what you're thinking, with the purpose of this thread and all, why would we separate it, but it may be for the better. Maybe. It could go badly, I don't know, but if it does, we can always just let the other thread go away, and focus on this one again.

About your idea, I do like it. Scratchers are more worth mentioning than projects sometimes, so that would be a good change.

Let's try the simpler title, but keep everything on one thread. Maybe we're just doing too many things? Maybe I should simplify the project advertising system. So instead of having hundreds of projects, we could just have the top rated ones. Every time a project is added to the galleries, we review it and it may or may not end up in the public listing.

Borrego6165 wrote:

For the signature, I've got the new one down here encase anyone wants to try it out! +25 points for members with this signature!

 [code] [/code] 

• A featured Member
  

• A featured Project
  

• Birthdays and Special Events
  

• Other News About the Thread
  

LoopyS wrote:

Have you put the code for it somewhere, like on the homepage? You can use the

 [code] [/code] 

tags so we just have to copy and paste it into our signatures. Also, I was thinking, your signature is good, but maybe something less invasive? Because I want to advertise my own stuff, too.
Maybe you could put just one picture with everything. Like maybe…



It can link to a post with the featured project (worth mentioning?) and can change every week. So Scratchers come here every week to get the new code, and can check out the rest of the Hideout while they're here. It could get a bit annoying changing the code every week, though.

LoopyS wrote:

Also, I like the idea of the worth mentioning section becoming more newspaper like. Maybe it could have:

• A featured Member
  

• A featured Project
  

• Birthdays and Special Events
  

• Other News About the Thread
  

Awaiting feedback…

Borrego6165 wrote:

Maybe we convert to “The Scratch Cat Times” and have the whole thread converted to a newspaper, and each post can be a page?

Borrego6165 wrote:

Maybe we convert to “The Scratch Cat Times” and have the whole thread converted to a newspaper, and each post can be a page?

Specification For Art- Scroll down, quote this, and remove the other bits to keep the formatting

Project name

“DESCRIPTION”

Effort /10
“”How much effort was used in this project? Were there good designs, colour choice, and adequate detail? Does it contain any aspects that you can learn from when you make an art project?

Originality /10
“”Was this project original? Did it feature a special idea, or did the project contain things that is in almost every other project? Please note that just because it is a line art of a cat does not make it unoriginal. Did the project creator express an unoriginal idea in an original and unique way?

Innovation /5
“”Did the project creator do anything special when conveying this project? Does the project use something that other similar projects don't have, like pen rendering for the pictures or scripts that allow the art to change dynamically?

Sound choice /5
“”Does the art project have fitting music? For example, a light, bouncy soundtrack would be good for a piece of art that is a line art of fluffy kittens, but it will not be good for a creepy Halloween-themed drawing. If there are scripts to make the art do things and animate, does that make good sound effects?

Message/theme /10
“”Does the art convey a message or have a single theme to it, or is it a bunch of random sprites? For example, creating a drawing with pencils and a backpack has a theme- school, but a bunch of scribbles (that is not made in a way to make it abstract art) does not have a theme. A drawing about bullying conveys a message and has a theme, but a picture of a basketball and a upside-down apple does not have a message or a theme. The art project should either have a theme or a message, or even better, both.

Firing round: /10
Quality /2
0 (jagged lines, signs of resizing, poor colouring, appears rushed) 1 (decent quality) 2 (excellent quality)
Idea /2
0 (unoriginal idea) 1 (creator has made an effort to make an original idea / make an unoriginal idea more unique) 2 (creator has made an original idea / expressed an unoriginal idea in an unique and creative way)
Clutter and simplicity /2
0 (too simple or too cluttered) 1 (decent) 2 (just right for the project, not too simple or too cluttered)
Reuse value /2
0 (not good enough to reuse in a project) 1 (good enough if changes were made) 2 (good enough to reuse in a project)
Innovation /2
0 (not created in a way that makes it different) 1 (signs of innovation) 2 (innovative, with good scripting)

Overall experience /50
“”In this place talk about general points, repeat the important points, and give suggestions to improve.

TOTAL: /100

Key
0-19 Can improve many aspects.
20-39 Can improve some aspects.
40-59 An average project.
60-79 Quite a cool art project.
80-94 Wow! It only needs a bit of editing.
95-100 You're the top cat!

LoopyS wrote:

Borrego6165 wrote:

Maybe we convert to “The Scratch Cat Times” and have the whole thread converted to a newspaper, and each post can be a page?

No, this is an advertising thread and it should stay that way.

The Scratch Cat's Times
Issue #0 - Updated Weekly

Featured Member

This week's featured member is Borrego6165.
He founded the Scratch Cat's Hideout!
Check out his profile HERE!

You could be the next featured member! Simply join The Scratch Cat's Hideout!

Featured Project

This week's featured project is The Scratch Cat's Hideout Tycoon!
It scored an amazing 87/100 when reviewed by Scratch Cat's Hideout members!
Check it out HERE!

The next featured project could be yours! Simply get your project reviewed by The Scratch Cat's Hideout!

Special Events

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Other News

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Thanks for reading this week's issue of Worth Mentioning!
Check back next week!

LoopyS wrote:

Borrego6165 wrote:

For the signature, I've got the new one down here encase anyone wants to try it out! +25 points for members with this signature!

Have you put the code for it somewhere, like on the homepage? You can use the

 [code] [/code] 

tags so we just have to copy and paste it into our signatures. Also, I was thinking, your signature is good, but maybe something less invasive? Because I want to advertise my own stuff, too.
Maybe you could put just one picture with everything. Like maybe…



It can link to a post with the featured project (worth mentioning?) and can change every week. So Scratchers come here every week to get the new code, and can check out the rest of the Hideout while they're here. It could get a bit annoying changing the code every week, though.

Also, I like the idea of the worth mentioning section becoming more newspaper like. Maybe it could have:

• A featured Member
  

• A featured Project
  

• Birthdays and Special Events
  

• Other News About the Thread
  

Awaiting feedback…

bigpuppy wrote:

I like the signature, so now I have it.

Borrego6165 wrote:

bigpuppy wrote:

I like the signature, so now I have it.

Wrong signature, sorry! See the members page for details (by clicking on my handy signature at the bottom of this post) unless you don't want the points Not sure if you noticed but LoopyS sneakily put their project as featured on the signature! That would be unfair to use their signature