How to get classed [A 2 step guide]

[chairman ali]

Disclaimer: I DO NOT promote classing for it is just an illusion set on the internet for idiots to gain more respect from other members. You are what you do and your style is what people should like about you. Not YOUR RANK. Stop thinking about rank, stop getting ranked, if you keep thinking about rank then you'll eventually smell like rank. Look up the definition of rank, you'll see that it means a terrible smell.

 

Anyway,

Step one:

Look into your photobucket account. Make a new folder on your desktop and name it "Class 1" or w/e you desire. Then choose 7 of your best artworks and drag them to that folder.

 

Step two:

Make a thread on any graphical community and paste your photobucket account inside it. Ask people to post out 5 or 6 of your best artworks. The ones you get the most are the best to use in your application.

 

REMEMBER: If you want to get classed in higher ranks then you'll have to select different styles of work.

[JG.]

Sorry, but but classing isn't allowed on this forum. Don't remember why, but around CHristmas it was abolished.

[chairman ali]

I didn't mean in this forum. I was talking about how to get classed generally on any graphic community.

[JG.]

Yeah, but still, why post it here then? Sure, I know the reason, but it seems a bit pointless, since you yourself also despise it anyways =P

[chairman ali]

Well other people want to get classed. I sure don't promote it but other people WON'T CARE that I don't so they want to do it anyway. Not really pointless.

[JG.]

If you don't want it to be on YCM, then why did you even post this? Just let them live in the belief that it doesn't exist =P

[chairman ali]

Wtf? Now you're just pulling sheet out of your hat. Where did I say I didn't want it to be in ycm? People here already know about VF. VF has classing, I'm giving people an idea on what to do if they want to get classed. I asked a mod on VF about making this thread but he said that it was already being made so yh.

[JG.]

I'm not wearing a hat.

[Twenty-five Zero Oh-oh]

Why can't we class?

[Guest JoshIcy]

Why can't we class?

 

Chaster stated in the red text, assuming you can read.

[Twenty-five Zero Oh-oh]

That's not any reason to just completely abolish it.

[JG.]

Actually, it is. Because peoples opinions vary greatly. And we have almost no qualified classers here anyways.

[Guest JoshIcy]

There are no qualified classers anywhere. Not even art critics are qualified to judge art.

If that makes any sense =/

[JG.]

There are no qualified classers anywhere. Not even art critics are qualified to judge art.

If that makes any sense =/

 

I hate it when you're right.

[chairman ali]

I'm not wearing a hat.

And you're not funny either.

 

There are no qualified classers anywhere. Not even art critics are qualified to judge art.

If that makes any sense =/

 

In some cases yes. But, when classing, the classers do not just throw their opinions about it. There's a few rules to it.

A) Colour selectivity

B) Basic Fundamentals (depth, flow, etc)

C) Concept

D) Execution

E) Style.

 

Their might be more but I'm not sure.

[Guest JoshIcy]

There are no qualified classers anywhere. Not even art critics are qualified to judge art.

If that makes any sense =/

 

In some cases yes. But' date=' when classing, the classers do not just throw their opinions about it. There's a few rules to it.

A) Colour selectivity

B) Basic Fundamentals (depth, flow, etc)

C) Concept

D) Execution

E) Style.

 

Their might be more but I'm not sure.

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1) A kid trained with the color wheel could know that.

2) Same for 1.

3) One cannot assume what the concept was without the artists input, and 90% of cases you do not know the concept behind it.

4) That's a darn right given isn't it? Why label it as separate from opinion?

5) One must treat each style as if it were new, to prevent bias in whatever way possible.

[Twenty-five Zero Oh-oh]

Ok I see. Thanks for the explanation guys although it went where I wasn't expecting it to.

[chairman ali]

There are no qualified classers anywhere. Not even art critics are qualified to judge art.

If that makes any sense =/

 

In some cases yes. But' date=' when classing, the classers do not just throw their opinions about it. There's a few rules to it.

A) Colour selectivity

B) Basic Fundamentals (depth, flow, etc)

C) Concept

D) Execution

E) Style.

 

Their might be more but I'm not sure.

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1) A kid trained with the color wheel could know that.

2) Same for 1.

3) One cannot assume what the concept was without the artists input, and 90% of cases you do not know the concept behind it.

4) That's a darn right given isn't it? Why label it as separate from opinion?

5) One must treat each style as if it were new, to prevent bias in whatever way possible.

 

Number one proved my point that you can class stuff. Since anyone can learn about the colour it is easy to spot that the colours are awful or good.

Number two is the same. If you know about that basic fundamentals then you can class obv. since some artworks can miss one of these.

Number three, that's why there is 'any other comments'. That's what all artists do, including myself. When you join lets say a CG forum. When you want to post, a box will appear with 'Name of work' 'name of artist' 'explain the artwork' etc.

Number 4, I actually agree with you on that one. I didn't want to add it but I didn't want to lie and make classing perfect.

Number 5, Actually... there is something called 'style ripping' ... pretty much explains what's going on.

[Guest JoshIcy]

In those cases then it's clearcut to explain what's going on.

 

But why segregate it from whats good? And what's bad? It's just something the eyes see. And if the style works for the person despite being a clear "rip", and they bring something new to the table. That's not quite a bad thing is it?

 

Good on you Chaster lol. Keeping me on my toes, but there is one HUGE difference between us. All my views are from a real life medium, like judging sculptures and paintings; where such things as knowing the concept is not immediately known if at all. You seem to show just the Graphical (Digital) Medium. Alls fair though.

[chairman ali]

Egos differ in each. I mean on the internet, no one knows you too much. That's why class was made actually to show how pro people are. I think that NSL (National Sig League, the creators of the class system) made this rule to make people join their site and stay in it until they get into a higher level.

 

In real life it's different. To be honest I prefer real life art of graphical since you have so much control over what's going on. But yes it IS real different in real life.

 

All in all, I was just trying to help mate :\

['tyleR]

I'm not asking people to like me/my art because of my rank/class. I just get classed to see where my skill lies at the moment, if I've improved, what I can work on ETC. That's all.

[chairman ali]

So if you're ranked pro you'll sit there doing nothing? No Rank is not set for people to improve really. Just for increasing ego size.

['tyleR]

So if you're ranked pro you'll sit there doing nothing? No Rank is not set for people to improve really. Just for increasing ego size.

 

If I was ranked pro I'd try and keep my skills up and help others.

[JG.]

No. If you were an artist you'd do that. No title or ego stroke should tell you to help others.

That's pathetic.

 

He does that already. I think he meant it as try to help people become his level of skill as well, since he'd have to to give of if he was better. If you get me.

['tyleR]

No. If you were an artist you'd do that. No title or ego stroke should tell you to help others.

That's pathetic.

 

Holy hell' date=' Josh, shut up. Quit trying to be a smartass and correct everybody when you don't have a damn clue about what you're saying, k?

 

No. If you were an artist you'd do that. No title or ego stroke should tell you to help others.

That's pathetic.

 

He does that already. I think he meant it as try to help people become his level of skill as well' date=' since he'd have to to give of if he was better. If you get me.

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Thank you.