It's Just Pixels: a summer art project

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Contents~
INTRO
DETAILS
SCHEDULE/details for the tl;drers
THE LIST
OTHER INFO+LINKS

Updates

6/16Done the redos
hunting for mac compatible version of this scanner software
WE'RE SO CLOSE!

6/5 Not sure if people are still keeping an eye on this buuut...
Almost done the redos
I'll hopefully have everything scanned and sent soon
The show ended with less than 25 remaining
& I've got a few people saying they're gonna post pics soon
Soyeah
you guys are/will soon be out there
it's almost time to play the waiting game

5/19 If you don't already hate me you're probably gonna~
My (ancient) pc, which had all my (outdated) editing software, and the last few scans I ******** didn't save to my usb, crashed last night
Procrastination will be the death of me, sorry to those who didn't even get to see their art
BUT I'll start working on redos and such once I get things all setup on my laptop
sorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorry
This won't end in total failure. I SWEAR THAT TO YOU OH READER!

5/12Finals are over
so I can finally get to cutting up the scans for individual pics
& I just realized I left a few of you out of the scan album, because I forgot to save them to my usb (onceagainforgiveme!)
but I've got them now
and everything should be up by tomorrow (they should've but they weren't...sorry again guys)
then we can play the waiting game on facebook pics D:

5/7THEY LOVED IT :'D
I'm happy to say over half of you guys are already in the hands of gallery goers after opening night
making you wait longer would just be cruel
so if you want to spot yourself out
here's the scan album
as the scan numbers go up so do the spot numbers
forgive my shoddy schedule-keeping/presentation
finals will be dead and gone in a few days
and everything will be organized
til then deal with me and enjoy :V

Also the facebook page is up~

5/5 I CAUGHT EM ALL!
Wasn't able to scan all of the pics yesterday (or whore the forums for those last 10, but luckily you guys came to meee crying ) because of a freak biology project accident
I'm scanning the rest tonight and should get them up by saturday night at the latest
The opening's tomorrow night
but I can just sneak the last few into the setup (WHICH LOOKS AWESOME) when noone's looking
SOEXCITEDTHISISACTUALLYWORKINGOUTIPROBABLYJUSTJINXEDMYSELFDAMMIT

5/3 All caught up
drawing/painting people as soon as I list em
working on the set up for the show atm
The art will be placed in handmade envelopes with photocopied directions
I CAN SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD! D:



expect pics tomorrow I lied.

5/1 75 DRAWN/PAINTED!
Halfway there!

I decided to nix the cutoff date and make 150 the cutoff number
I didn't think I could do it
but after yesterday's burst. I'm pretty confident I can make it by the earliest tonight
thank you everyone for your well wishing and participation :}

4/30 I can and may do multiples/couples/whatever for the same user
150 individual users would be ideal
But considering the time I have left
I just need to get 150 avatars/characters :}

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Hi I'm Anti~
For the past 6-7 years gaia has taken up a huge chunk of my time
I've gone from obsession to cynicism to apathy to some unholy lovespawn of the three.
But through it all I've always been intrigued by the community...you guys!

I love people watching
it only gets more exciting online, and on gaia it's something else
where else but gaia can you watch a minotaur with a leisure suit and fairy wings talk about their sister's bat mitzvah with an obviously bored sweet lolita missing limbs?
It's a goldmine of artistic expression
Who wouldn't want to be seen as almost anything they wanted to?
people are missing out.

I'm sure most of you know and enjoy that avatar sites aren't that well known to the "general public"
I can't say I don't like this being my social oasis.
But I've always thought the idea of them was just too good to keep to a few groups
which is why when I was offered my first space in a public gallery show concerning identity, I knew exactly what my subject would be.
With your help I can spread a little more knowledge about sites like gaia, have some fun multitasking for once, and give you guys what might be some of the most unique avatar art out there.

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D-tails~

Doing this project will require 150 gaian avatars, a box full of drawing and painting supplies, a shitty old pc with outdated image software, a ton of (recycled) paper, and probably enough caffeine to kill a small child.
All you guys need to provide are the avatars.

I plan to draw and color 150 both by hand and digitally.
They will then be cut out, leaving some white space along the drawing
some will have details hand painted

Considering the number of avatars
art will be small and simple
But by no means halfassed
There is effort in there, even if it doesn't show :V

I have a (kind of very) limited amount of time to produce a decent amount of these
So I'm looking at a cut off date of may 1st.
I know I may not get to 150 with a cutoff date that soon
but being a proud procrastinator, I don't mind settling for a few photocopies
and hey, I might just do this again~
I decided to just go for it
cutoff's at 150 :}

I'm still thinking about how to display these
but I'll have it figured out by May 4th at the latest

The finished piece will be brought to and set up in the gallery on May 5th
The Gallery opening will be May 6th (check below for address/time)

Gallery-goers will be allowed to take avatars from the display and out of the gallery
some type of directions will be included with the avatars or featured by the display telling them to take photos with the avatars and post them in the [project's facebook album] or send them to my email
I'll have photos of every avatar so don't fret if you don't see yours in the album

Sometime in the summer I plan to draw the gallery goers in a similar style as to how I drew you guys
I'll then ask you guys/or other gaians (this step is completely optional) to pose in a photograph with or draw your avatar beside the gallery goer and post it in a second album on the project's facebook page (or pm me/post here if you don't have a facebook)

This will complete the cycle and the project...for then ;D

TL;DR?


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Schedule~

MAY 1ST (8PM EST)-
CUTOFF DATE FOR PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
MIGHT AS WELL TRY FOR THE 150

NOW-MAY 4TH-
I DRAW YOU GUYS

MAY 5TH
I POST FINISHED AVATAR ART

MAY 6TH-
GALLERY OPENING/STEP 2 BEGINS

MAY 6TH-JUNE 1ST
[STEP 2]
AVATARS DISPLAYED IN GALLERY
GALLERYGOERS TAKE/POST PICTURES WITH AVATARS IN FACEBOOK ALBUM

JUNE {DELAYED}
[STEP 3]
I DRAW THE GALLERYGOERS LIKE I DREW YOU GUYS
YOU GUYS TAKE PHOTOS/DRAW YOUR AVI WITH THEM (totally optional, but you'd be so much cooler if you did)

NOTSODISTANTFUTURE?-
I DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN?

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THE LIST
first come, first serve and all that jazz.

1.Flocksy
2.Dashing Valentine
3.mintcraving
4.xX_Viany_97_Xx
5.MoonLitS u i c i d e
6.Flz
7.Cheri BIossom
8.-Katie Murder-
9.iiSpongeCake
10.iiSpongeCake's hubby

11.Stained Butterfly
12.Silent Sympathy
13.Sir Black Tea
14.pinkrosecat
15.Florida Love
16.iiZeNiThs
17.MaliceMisfit
18.ruasonid
19.XxDeeDevilimpxX
20.Jake it is

21.PQ and Retrostacja
22. Equinoxious
23.charlieslaysvampires
24.Halfling Heroine
25.I Found A Sexy 1
26.I3oat
27.The Triwizard Cup
28.Kain-Senpai
29.Esdella Vie
30.VVhip

31.Fluff Mage Kaede
32.Crystal Sparda
33.hpanna47
34.Mez_zzie
35.x_Comedy_Tragedy_x
36.ZombieGoreFiend
37.8-PollZ-8
38.iP r e
39.Maiukai
40._KaoruTwin-Roxas_

41.Naya Merai
42.Logically Unacceptable
43.Gummiie Bears
44.WantToLickMyKeyblade
45.Natural Perfection
46.Old Man Vee
47.lovely_sidney
48.Janeru-chan
49.xXUnwanted-SoulXx
50.PeaceShouldBeFree

51.Mythril Dragonfly
52.0ttsel
53.shadow1sasuke
54.Future Self
55.Saber Pendragon
56.greenyfree21
57.vivanlaviolet
58.Chokin
59.Frosty015
60.Matasoga Saber Pendragon's couple completer

61.Baronne de la Nuit
62.Sinsario
63.blue-unnie
64.lunaoftheforest
65.KaylaGalela
66.Ellie the Magnificent
67.Sabin le Rose
68.Kovva
69.Jayce Reinhardt
70.SaikoTaiko

71.Dan D Lie N
72.Droite
73.CharliAnn
74.ixmiyuki
75.Queen Ichi
76.SetsunaEternal
77.Chisuchina
78.Le Sapphirette
79.Major band geek
80.Legend

81.Obsequious Minion
82.Plexiglass Prism
83.Gabriel Faust
84.Zebin le Rose
85.Tryna Lia
86.The wandering mind...
87.0greatone
88.Zeoia Kuesk
89.TurtleJen
90.ManateeMan

91.Perving
92.Pikurusu
93.Song of Sickness
94.Ms Dahlia
95.Lucidly
96.zaiisu
97.Czar Bomba
98.Tidus Guado
99.D e l i r i o u s
100.WhoIsBobX

101.Ungoliath
102.Kayian
103.Aryn
104.nanieru
105.AquaRegia
106.Meromictic
107.LokiLB
108.Halfling Heroine's Lionguy
109.~Darklady_Adsagsona~
110.Lupas Deva

111.michicachan999
112.Ebb n Flow Man
113.PK Flash
114.Siorraidh
115.Mimi Imfyrst
116._Riyo_
117.kadesha
118.La Bijou
119.Pamplemousse Grenouille
120.Zomborrz

121.totheAcey
122.Soul Remnant
123.La Petite Medic
124.Tomei of the Wolves
125.Jin the Shadow Wolf
126.Nikunya
127.Klim
128.Busting at the Seams
129.Qiie
130.xX_LoyalWolf_Xx

131.Simply Berry
132.Monday Delirium
133.Arkadiusz Caelum
134.Brenzie
135.YourShadowedDestiny
136.FatalMelancholia
137.Sanguine Skies
138.snufflypoo
139.Verathmia
140.Captain Mipsy

141.Recyclable Raccoon
142.Cerulean Siren
143.non-king 3mo
144.Kittywitch
145.Toontastic
146.Waggish
147.Kitt Koneko
148.KoRoShItA
149.OPTIMUS LIME
150.&me.

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links+info~

Facebook Page

If you're in the Baltimore area any time from May 6th to June 1st (well not any time I just don't know the hours yet) check out the show at the Charmed Life Gallery and take someone elses avi on a trip :}

The Opening Times:
Friday May 6, 2011
6 pm-10 pm

Hours:
Unsure
but they're closed on Mondays

Address:
4505 harford rd
Baltimore, MD

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Whatevs

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so anyone up for freebs? :}

[flocksy]

This project sounds crazy! I don't envy you the task of drawing 150 gaians in seven days!
It's a nice idea though, I know if someone said community to me gaia would be one of the first places I'd think of.
May I nominate my gentleman scarecrow?

-followed your sig link, will delete if you're not quite ready-

[Dashing Valentine]

I would not mind being apart of this. ^^ Would you like my fennec fox avatar, one of my various snow leopards, or something else? <:

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yeah it's gonna be insane xD

I've got the fox one saved Valentine :}

[mintcraving]

me please?

[trashdotgov]

Consider me,please? o u o