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[OPEN CLASS] Arts n Crafts 101 (Sidron)

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Yayoi

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:40 pm
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NAME OF CLASS: Arts and Crafts 101
PROFESSOR NAME: Professor Zixil Braxton

General information:
The Arts and Crafts room is tucked away in the corner - one way in and out, which is just how the teacher likes it. The classroom looks normal enough from the outside, with its standard door and numberplate (with an added addendum by the teacher, his name and the class title added on a piece of Muck Tape). The inside, however, looks like someone found all of the weird, eclectic stuff within a five mile radius, ate it, and then vomited it all up. The teacher has either completely lost his mind, or is trying way, way too hard. The cabinets that line the walls are partially filled with beginner art supplies: slime-based paints, earwax crayons, and...glitter, a thing so evil that it can be known by no other name.

Mechanics:
Your Most Excellent Professor isn't going to fill your head with crazy ideas. That's all up to you!

Upon entering the class, roll 1d100 to determine your Muse Level (ML).

Muse Level 1-20

Woah, you can't make art with a Muse Level this low! Go stare longingly at your first crush, or listen to emotional music, or cry it out! We can't have you making anything that's worth less than 20 silver seeds beneath your actual capabilities.


Muse Level 21-50

Did you dip yourself in paint and roll your face over the canvas? That's not going to be acceptable. Nobody will want to buy this. Or look at it. Not even kind of.


Muse Level 51-80

Looks like you might have the right idea. Go ahead and give it a shot. I guess the worst thing that could happen is you ruin everything, but that's okay.


Muse Level 81-100

Got a real overachiever here! Creativity is oozing from your pores (seriously clean that stuff up please)!


If you roll 1-50, you will need to make another attempt. A roll of 51-100 allows you to proceed. The above information correlating to your ML gives you a good idea of how your student will be approaching this assignment.

If you succeeded in developing a passable Muse Level, you will then need to roll a 1d10 to determine to overall success of your drawing/painting/sculpture etc. Feel free to pick whatever medium you'd like!

1-3 You really poured yourself into this one, but the Professor isn't quite feeling it. Take it home and pin it on your wall, because that's all you're getting. (Fail. You'll have to make another attempt!)
4-9 You paid careful attention to details, color schemes, and - most importantly - marketability. Professor Braxton smashes a sickly note to your body with a sloppy "A" written on it, because ruining the art would be a travesty. As far as you can tell, you've done a good thing. (Pass!)
10 You are a prodigy! This thing belongs in a museum! Or the home of the highest bidder! Your artwork will be displayed in front of the entire class. Hope you're not shy. (SUPER-PASS!)

You must RP your student creating their...well, whatever they make.

Bonus Mechanics:
•If you include a DRAWN representation of the piece of art that your student creates, you can automatically add 2 to your success roll, ultimately bringing up their final score. These drawings do not have to be anything fantastic, and can be as detailed or non-detailed as you want.

•Any student who is able to use magic to create illusions can roll 1d4 to determine how amazing their artwork appears. Which is what matters. If you roll even, you can add 1 point. If you roll odd, no points can be added. This can not be combined with the 2 points you can add when including an image.

•Any student who lacks dexterity (lookin' at you, claw-handed monsters) can roll 1d4 to determine their ability to talk Professor Braxton into believing that the piece of art's concept is going over his head and is, in fact, a true masterpiece. If you roll even, you can add 1 point. If you roll odd, no points can be added. This can not be combined with the 2 points you can add when including an image.

Each visit to the classroom has the potential to span multiple posts due to the amount of dice rolls. You can interact with other students, try to steal their concepts - whatever you'd like to play out!

YOU COMPLETE THE CLASS WHEN


You pass the class!
 
Yayoi rolled 1 100-sided dice: 41 Total: 41 (1-100)
PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:43 pm
Arts and crafts? How hard could that actually be? Besides it was a beginner class anyhow so Sidron didn't really need a lot of artistic talent. Though he really had no serious interest in art. Drawing, painting, sculpting or other wise.

As he entered the room the boil looked around. Eyeballing the various art supplies that was scattered about. He wasn't quite sure just what he should start with. Whichever seemed easiest he supposed. No point in going head first into something that would turn out to be way too difficult for him to grasp.

Grabbing a canvas and some paints he sat down at an aisle. Staring at the canvas for a bit before he began to just paint away. Not having anything in particular in mind to paint, it eventually ended up looking like a really big mess. Like someone had just tossed paint haphazardly.

That wasn't going to get him any good marks.  

Yayoi

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Yayoi rolled 1 100-sided dice: 39 Total: 39 (1-100)

Yayoi

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:44 pm
Ok, so painting was most certainly not his strong suit. Perhaps he would go with something a bit easier. And with an eraser. This time he grabbed some paper and a couple pencils. Making his way to a nearby desk he sat there pondering just what to attempt to draw. He could come up with many ideas in his head but getting it down on paper that would be the tricky part.

Maybe he should try and draw something that was already in the room? That would work. Having a visual aid to go off of would help immensely. Sidron was sure of it.

There just so happened to be a bowl of fruit nearby. Grabbing the bowl, he settled it down where he could see it more easily. Orange eyes stared at the bowl of fruit, trying to get a grasp of the shapes. The shadows and lights. As he studied the bowl of fruit Sidron would draw a bit, look up, draw a bit more, look again. It was taking him a bit more time than he would have liked to get all the shapes down. Shading would be a truly awkward endeavor. Thankfully he had dark skin so the lead from his pencils that he kept smudging with his hand wasn't all that visible.

Ok, he was done. And it was horrible. It looked like grey lumps of mush inside a bowl that looked like it was floating. Yea this medium wasn't for him either.  
Yayoi rolled 1 100-sided dice: 76 Total: 76 (1-100)
PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:45 pm
Third time was a charm right? At least that is what they say. But sometimes you just had to know when to give up. And Sidron was not quite ready to give up just yet. He was going to put his all into this next medium. He was going to go full out. The boil would make something magnificent or horrible.

He decided to attempt working on the pottery wheel. Maybe he needed something a bit more hands on and complex. Yea, that was it. Though other attempts were just too easy and not very thought provoking. Slipping on a smock, the boil sat down at the wheel. Tossing a piece of clay onto the wheel before he began to tap the pedal with his foot. As the wheel began to spin he lightly placed his hands against the lump of clay and began to shape it. Moving the wheel faster and faster as he put more pressure here and there. Creating ridges and a neck. Thinning out the inside to make it look like an actual pot.

It was odd. He found this activity oddly relaxing. Maybe he would take it up outside of his usual hobby of just ready. Perhaps he could even get Amy into it. Wasn't there an old timey movie with a pottery scene it in? He was pretty sure there was. They could totally recreate that.

Though he was pretty sure there wouldn't be much pottery making.  

Yayoi

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Yayoi rolled 1 10-sided dice: 10 Total: 10 (1-10)

Yayoi

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:46 pm
Time seemed to fly by as he sat at the pottery wheel. Sidron had actually made quite a few pots and bowls. As instructed he'd placed them in the kiln the bake. He glanced at a few other pottery pieces nearby that previous students had done. They were quite good to say the least.

Once his projects were done he removed them. Let them cool and then once that had been done Sidron grabbed some paint and put a bit of color to them. It took a bit until he was totally satisfied but once he figured he was done he showed his projects to the teacher who seemed really, really impressed.

The pots and bowls were paraded around the class room for everyone to look at. Sidron was quite proud of what he had made so he had no problems with everyone ooing and ahhing over what he had made. It actually brought him a rather large sense of pride. Perhaps inflating his ego just a bit. After all, his previous artistic attempts were quite the failures. Hell, if he could impress just this class just imagine how the regular student population would react. Even those of Halloween town. Although it was not like he felt the need to make it a career, no. His family had other plans for him Sidron knew that.

But making something nice like a pot or bowl from time to time couldn't hurt right? It might even lead him into other artistic ventures.

By now Sidron was lost in his own thoughts. The sounds of praise and approval coming from the teacher and other students were lost on deaf ears.

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10 You are a prodigy! This thing belongs in a museum! Or the home of the highest bidder! Your artwork will be displayed in front of the entire class. Hope you're not shy. (SUPER-PASS!)
 
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