photography/artwork subforum for general banter?

considering the popularity of 'pictures you took that you're pleased with' and 'post your most recent artwork', i was thinking a subforum for this stuff inside genbant like the football one mightn't be a bad idea. we could split stuff into topics like nature photography, abstract, 3d renders, photomanipulation, architecture, HDR images, that sort of stuff! what say ye?

  On 5/10/2013 at 12:42 AM, kaini said:

we could split stuff into topics like nature photography, abstract, 3d renders, photomanipulation, architecture, HDR images, that sort of stuff! what say ye?

yes

i think all of those could fit well in "your latest creations" instead of under general banter

yeah this is a fucking great idea.

We're artists, pretty much everyone who makes the kind of weirdo music we like/make delves into other medias.

This forum should be about creativity, and creative works shouldn't have to live next to stupid internet humor and the whinging of neurotics and bickerers.

edit: videos should have a section/thread to itself as part of this. pretty sure there are lots of people here who do video.

  On 5/10/2013 at 2:02 AM, ganus said:

This forum should be about creativity, and creative works shouldn't have to live next to stupid internet humor and the whinging of neurotics and bickerers.

  On 5/10/2013 at 12:51 AM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

 

  On 5/10/2013 at 12:42 AM, kaini said:

we could split stuff into topics like nature photography, abstract, 3d renders, photomanipulation, architecture, tasteless HDR images with RGB curves that induce vomiting, that sort of stuff! what say ye?

yes

 

subforums are evil.

the cool thing about genban is that it feels like walking into some kind of carnival with various stands and attractions, splitting some of those attractions away to different subforums will make it less colorful and take away from the feeling of community a bit. football subfoum makes sense because there are like 3-5 people who want to talk about football, with arts its different, pretty much everyone is interested in it.

besides, what would you do in that subforum that you can't do in existing topics ?

I have to agree with Eugene... plus the arts bring a certain balance to genban.

Would the usual "mspaint something" threads belong there?

Shall we put it to a poll? I agree there's enough film, video games, books, and art discussions to warrant their own subforum, but on the other hand, then what would General Banter be? Or, is it better to have the creative stuff in a place where people looking for specifically that can discuss it?

I like how messy general banter is.

  On 5/10/2013 at 2:42 AM, eugene said:

the cool thing about genban is that it feels like walking into some kind of carnival with various stands and attractions, splitting some of those attractions away to different subforums will make it less colorful and take away from the feeling of community a bit. football subfoum makes sense because there are like 3-5 people who want to talk about football, with arts its different, pretty much everyone is interested in it.

This

The messier and busier general banter the better imho

Do you guys think a sub forum will provoke more participation to art sharing or less? I have no idea, it could go either way.

  On 5/10/2013 at 5:33 PM, gaarg said:

Do you guys think a sub forum will provoke more participation to art sharing or less? I have no idea, it could go either way.

Probably more intimidating for the new user, but a better atmosphere with more feedback for the regular.

I'd prefer the art/creativity threads to be a free for all in genban. I fear we'd end up with a handfull of people checking out and posting the diy art subforum, while the rest of us forget to head in there to check the stuff out. YLC isn't the most inspiring of places, which I guess is the most similar place we have to what an art subforum could be.

  On 5/10/2013 at 2:42 AM, eugene said:

subforums are evil.

 

the cool thing about genban is that it feels like walking into some kind of carnival with various stands and attractions, splitting some of those attractions away to different subforums will make it less colorful and take away from the feeling of community a bit. football subfoum makes sense because there are like 3-5 people who want to talk about football, with arts its different, pretty much everyone is interested in it.

besides, what would you do in that subforum that you can't do in existing topics ?

if there's only 3-5 people talking about football i don't think it warrants a subforum. it was created during the world cup when there was lots of football chat... i mean me, jules and couple others like talking chairs but a single thread in genban seems to be sufficient.

but i also like adj's idea of expanding YLC to include other artistic media.