Jeremy’s Rants and Stuff

So within my last post I talked about an online forum called the Grafix Lounge. If you don’t remember it, check the last post I made on here. Ok.. did you read it? Good.. now on with the post.

Well this forum is growing at a pretty good rate so far. We have started a new project and the owner has even already set up the first contest. Here is a brief overview of what has already transpired within the last 2 weeks:

Lounge Projects:

Recreation Project #1 - You take a known image (i.e.. movie poster.. cd cover.. billboard.. etc.) and try to recreate it. I’m not saying that it has to be exact and on the money… but it could be light hearted and funny as well. I guess that they could create a “spoof” or “parody” of the original.

GL 2007 Contest #1 - “The Grafix Lounge Triathlon” - Each member will have the pleasure to participate on their own time depending on what stage they’re best at, such as “designing”, “HTML” and picking out the image and thinking of the content to develop and publish your submission.

The Grafix Lounge also has a “Battlegrounds” area where artists can compete (for fun) against each other. We will also be starting “Appointed Battles” here pretty soon. There is always something being added to the quaint community all the time.

All in all it’s a great place to come and hang out, learn new techniques, share resources and ideas and make new friends. If you have ever been interested, or evenhave a small notion, in graphic design… I take that back… in “Art” design this is place for you. All is welcomed!

That’s it for now. I’ll right up more on the Lounge as time progresses.

JK

Just yesterday I received an email from a friend of mine telling me that The Grafix Lounge will be back up and running. Mind you, it had been down for quite a while. Anyhow… here’s a little bit of history…

I found the Grafix Lounge originally back in 2003 I believe and I had just started doing graphic design on the computer. I was looking for PhotoShop resources on the net and came across a link to it. I looked it over and noticed that it was a thriving forum full of useful information. I joined.

This forum introduced me to some of the best graphic designers out there. Not to mention the people were the biggest help to a n00b like me. After a couple of months of being on there I entered a “battle” (A “battle” is where two designers go head to head making a series of graphics based upon a given picture or image) and I won! I wouldn’t have been able to do it if it weren’t for this group of people challenging me and giving their honest opinion and critique on my work.

Anyhow… through this forum I was also introduced to other great places like DeviantArt and PhotoshopCAFE. These two places are great resources as well. I’m going to make a “Graphic Design Resource” page for this blog as well when I get a chance. It’ll be at the top menu when I get it done.

Well to

make a long story short… the Grafix Lounge, to me, was and is THE best forum for the just starting out designer as well as the veteran that wants to hang out with cool people and converse. You should check it out if you are even the slightest bit interested in this type of stuff.

For now I’m out…

JK