AMen!

though ... i would like to point out that sometimes doodles are some of the best pieces i have seen... but yes i agree with you

i think ppl should at least try to remove the lines its not that hard with a color replace effect

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hmm...i understand your rantings. it can be annoying. but what if plain paper is not readily available? then what? maybe some people like drawing on lined paper because it gives them some guidelines to draw from.. reference points. and some of the best work i've seen is on lined paper. i try to judge on quality of work and effort. not the canvas on which the masterpiece lies....

Guidelines to draw from are better applied with a grid that can be erased after the work's completion. Lined paper is a creature different from notebook paper-- and I've yet to see anything of even a pretending-decent artistic level completed on it. As previously stated, using lined paper detracts from the piece and distracts the viewer. It is no different than, say, giving someone a rough draft of a paper and hoping they understand what's meant through all your typos and insertions.

The majority of notebook paper submissions are five second doodles done between highschool classes. Plus, if you're an artist on deviant you must consider yourself an artist, and therefore someone who can afford their hobby and past time.

I don't give people that much credit for effort, which sounds harsh but here are the provisions-- if it is submitted like a finished work, and meant to be appreciated as such, I give it the regard and judgement of a finished piece. Now if these notebook scetches are done and submitted in, say, the sketchbook portion of a deviant site, I shrug and still find it tasteless and still, an utter waste of time... I just won't gripe about it openly.

The only finished works that have lines have them because it's part of the design quality and enhances the meaning and ultimately is either painted or drawn in the work. It is not a result of the work being on lined paper. So if finished works aren't even sketched out on lined paper... why even bother having that as a basis?

Having difficulties affording this standard? BAM, a huge packet of white paper for the astounding price of $5.79 found here ([link] ). Still too much? Guess what... paper goes on SALE! So, really, financially speaking after an artist drops 4$ on cheap colored pencils and then buys all that paper... you have yourself all set up, cheap and easy, for under twenty dollars. I did the math, so can all other artists out there.

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ok ok! i get the picture. lol. plain paper is better than lined, you win. *bows out*

Oh, I've seen so many people who do that. Going around this site I've seen people who have their entire galley like that, and I get it if it's just one picture or something but the entire gallery. Not small galleries mind you, but HUGE galleries with 300-400 something pictures in them. And the thing that really annoys me is that they have like 25K pageviews or more. I really don't understand that, who would want to watch someone like that? I know that it would annoy me to no end to log on everyday and find 5 new pictures that took then a combined time of less than 20 minutes. Like "Hey look, another stick person with eraser lines throughout it, wonderful" -_-....

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I have a theory. The theory is this... they're fifteen years old and deviant art is more of a social forum than an art forum, so they upload millions of images at a time to yank up their pageviews, and chitter chat as much as they can. You'll find this strange pattern to be true all over deviant-- that okay/notso great artists are just LOADED with pageviews. I guess they're compensating.

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"A day without sunshine is like... night."

Haha, this is such an old comment to respond to.. but I just had to...

Those people, like Keyoyia said, are probably 15 years old... or younger (like 12), hate their art but totally beg and plead for comments and pageviews, possibly have an anime related avatar (such as Death Note, Inuyasha, or other cartoons like Balto or Lion King) and draw ONLY the styles from their favorite toon movie or cartoon network show, and of course draw lots of completely OOC pictures of characters that totally hate each other getting hot and heavy. And all their fans are fans of the show.

That's what I've noticed, anyway. X3

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Hm. Good point. I usually draw stuff in the back of my notebooks because it's less noticeable in class. If I just took out white paper and started drawing on it, my teacher would notice and she would comment. Usually it's just preliminary work in my journal, but some stuff I work really hard on. I'd love to buy a drawing notebook (Unlined, spiral bound drawing paper) but I don't have enough money.

I think I'll accept your challenge. Just don't expect something up soon, I have a lot of work to do.^.^

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