Squall, by Angela Wang (2021).
Two of Awanqi's work on the left next to two of Leyendecker's work on the right. Awanqi has influenced a large part of my interest in art during highschool and was one of my earliest inspirations for my interest in illustration. I have a lot of respect for her compositions and use of color, and I can't help but admire how she sticks to themes she likes. I've learned from her drawings to be thorough with the research put into my work, and her work helped developed my preference towards character-centered illustrations. Some of Angela's illustrations that led me to her work are "the shroud of agincourt" and "dear painter", and I've aspired to follow her steps to draw out the fantastic in both subtle and overt ways. "The Shroud of Agincourt" (left) and "Dear Painter" (right) by Angela Wang.
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Article: www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/what-reddit-s-r-place-game-reveals-final-2022-image-prior-ending The final canvas before access was restricted. For April Fools Day 2022, the forum site Reddit revived an older forum from 2017 (aka subreddit) known as "r/place" or "Place", an online collaborative canvas in which each user is able to edit one pixel every five minutes. Compared to the 2017 Place, the 2022 Place ended up becoming a much larger project, expanding to four times its initial area and increasing it's color palette from 16 to 32 colors. Starting out as a blank 1000 x 1000 pixel canvas, the canvas was completely filled six hours after it went live. By the time access closed 83 hours after its launch, the final canvas had grown to 2000 x 2000 pixels and hosted well over eight thousand images and entries (according to the final entry list found on Atlas). Since the final canvas doesn't reflect the entirety of images that existed, many replaced images that currently do not exist on the final canvas can be found in timelapse videos or the slider found on the r/place subreddit. A comparison of the canvas space and size from the first day (left) to the final day open (right). After closing the canvas, the r/place admin provided various resources (1)(2)(3) regarding the canvas' activity, which include the final image, timelapse videos, and tile placement data. When going through timelapses and reaction videos, you can experience an amazing collection of different types of communities and subreddits based on the appearance of certain images, such as national flags, logos, icons, and memes.
Reddit users have been posting about their favorite moments, moments of community solidarity, drama, and appearance of fandoms and celebrities. The excited response to Place shows how it was an amazing experience where communities came together through collaboration, mini community wars, and defense against trolls. Place was more than just a fun artistic project; it was a gathering of communities coming together to show their solidarity, talent, memes, and icons through a display of live entertainment, such as coordinated tile placement and battles. It wasn't just for certain groups but was open to all. Some of my favorite moments have been watching the Ukraine flag bloom, the Osu! community staying solid, giant black masses of trolls creeping around the canvas, and trying to find the hidden plethora of hidden Among Us characters (which also allowed me to appreciate the incredible amount of detail). In general, I thoroughly enjoyed watching communities come and go. My personal collection of Among Us characters found so far. For me, Place is a good way to learn about different communities you can find on Reddit, and it shows how art-related games provide fun, accessible entertainment for large groups of people. Similar sites and games such as Drawpile, aggie.io, skribbl.io, Drawception, and broken picturephone provide great ways for communities and friends to doodle together and hang out. |
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