I was thinking of doing this myself - great idea! There's so much artists can share and people can learn, not to mention being a great showcase of talent - proven and blossoming.
I'm a noob here and have been sharing some of my Zbrush work, with more of my portfolio going to be added as I learn how Steem works. I've followed you to keep abreast of this project, will you check out some of my work and give me a follow back? @imagin8orr
Let's do this! How can I help?
Thank you! I have been pondering this for the past week. I believe it could help unite the digital art community if done right. Any help? All ideas are welcome if there is something you think is missing in my outline and of course once it is set up I would appreciate a heads up on related content on Steemit. I'm bound to miss some searching alone. If you have any ideas feel free to drop them here or start a private chat with me anytime.
Followed you back, always looking for more digital artists. I will have a look at your blog too.
Awesome, thank you. If you're familiar with Daniel Pink's work on intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation, he talks about how the "carrot and stick" model of rewards (do this, get hat) doesn't work well for creative endeavors.
I think that artists will be happy to share for the exposure and community interaction more than any particular payout. They'll get rewarded on their posts anyway, so providing a cash prize may not be needed.
Maybe the first contest is to design badges or award graphics for the future winners? This could be done for each series of contests.
Potential categories could be as you suggested - 3D, photoshop, illustrated, motion fox, etc.
What other art contests are there that we could emulate? I'm a noob and have only seen the redfish one. I think there's a good opportunity to do a digital showcase series, what are your thoughts?
Some great suggestions. I wouldn't be able to offer too much by way of a prize at this stage so maybe the extra exposure is sufficient. Maybe collate all entries and base the winners off the amount of votes and resteems they get?
I like the idea of a contest to create badges and maybe graphics to be used in the Showcase post. I thought maybe every week do a competition on a given subject or category and do an artist of the month feature
I'm going to noodle on this a bit more. I think we've got something here and I'd love to come out of the gate with a strong plan to make this a success for all involved. I have a lot of experience managing creative communities elsewhere and will bring that to this project. Let me sleep on it and I'll get back to you tomorrow. Thanks!
Thank you for your support and enthusiasm, much appreciated.
Open to all suggestions and offers of help - especially from someone with some experience
Have you checked out chainBB yet? It could be a great platform to start this on...
No I haven't. I will investigate, thanks