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14 May 2012 @ 02:28 am

Originally posted by

chacusha, reposted here since we're changing the point scales for a few things. This post is for non-art pieces; for the art scale, please go here! Many thanks to

chacusha for the original post.

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chacusha

17 June 2011 @ 09:48 pm

Game 2 Art Scale

After countless hours and half a dozen revisions, the Game 2 Art Scale is FINALLY here. The new art scale is complicated enough to justify its own post, so here we go:

I've updated the art posting format to reflect the info needed for this new art scale. Let me know if you have any questions. Any suggestions to this scale, unless an emergency, will be held until the between-game feedback period after Game 2 ends.

<lj-cut text="Digital Art Scale">
<center>DIGITAL MEDIA</center>
Tallying up points for digital pieces is a six-step process. The first three steps are the base that relate to how lines and color have been laid down. The next two steps are bonuses that are applied onto the base. Finally, the last step (done after the earlier bonuses, so unaffected by them) deals with work done on the background.

DIGITAL PIECES:
I. Line quality - doodle/sketch, rough lineart, clean lineart
II. Amount of shading - lineart only, flat color, some shading, medium shading, lots of shading, photorealistic
III. Use of color - monochrome, full color
IV. Amount of body - bust/chibi, half-body, full
V. Extra characters
VI. Background

I. Line quality
• Doodle/sketch = something drawn with either no or minimal erasing; a first draft (+5)
• Rough lineart = something where an initial sketch was laid down first and later drawn over, OR where a significant amount of erasing & redrawing was done; BUT there is still a significant amount of roughness to the lines; a second+ draft (+10)
• Clean lineart = the linework is very clean/fine with few rough spots or errors (+15)

II/III. Shading & use of color
• Lineart only = the insides of shapes has been left the default color and not filled, or only a very small portion of the piece has been filled (--)
• Flat color/no shades = something where a flat layer of color has been laid down with either no or very sparse shades; OR some shading has been performed but the coloring work is highly rough/blurry/messy (+5 monochrome / +10 full color)
• Some shading = the coloring is both not as messy as described above AND a darker shade has been used throughout most of the piece (+15 monochrome / +20 full color)
• Medium shading = multiple lighter/darker shades have been used throughout the piece, OR the piece is very cleanly/precisely cel-shaded (+30 monochrome / +35 full color)
• Lots of shading = heavy use of shading that begins to convey form more than the linework does (+50 monochrome / +60 full color)
• Photorealistic = shading conveys realistic lighting and form like a photograph (+80 monochrome / +90 full color)

Summarized in this table:

<center><table border="1" cellpadding="5" style="text-align:center"><tr><td width="100">↓ II. Shading</td><td>I. Line Quality →
↓ III. Use of Color<td>[1] Sketch
5 points</td><td>[2] Rough Lineart
10 points</td><td>[3] Clean Lineart
15 points</td></tr><tr><td>[0] Lineart only</td><td>--</td><td>5 points</td><td>10 points</td><td>15 points</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">[1] Flat Color / No Shading</td><td>No color (5 points)</td><td>10 points <a href="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y161/chacusha/art/ffx_yuna.jpg">[ex.]</a></td><td>15 points</td><td>20 points</td></tr><tr><td>Color (+5 points)</td><td>15 points <a href="http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=big&illust_id=18673857">[ex.]</a></td><td>20 points</td><td>25 points <a href="http://hales-the-hairball.deviantart.com/art/Terra-Alternate-Outfit-206831410">[ex.]</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">[2] Some Shading</td><td>No color (15 points)</td><td>20 points</td><td>25 points</td><td>30 points</td></tr><tr><td>Color (+5 points)</td><td>25 points <a href="http://gisellerocks.deviantart.com/art/FFIV-Rydia-Edge-146966556">[ex.]</a></td><td>30 points <a href="http://ckt.deviantart.com/gallery/958903#/d1q83wu">[ex.]</a></td><td>35 points</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">[3] Medium Shading</td><td>No color (30 points)</td><td>35 points</td><td>40 points</td><td>45 points</td></tr><tr><td>Color (+5 points)</td><td>40 points</td><td>45 points <a href="http://syren007.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-Zack-Cloud-177988413">[ex.]</a></td><td>50 points <a href="http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=big&illust_id=18564545">[ex.]</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">[4] Lots of Shading</td><td>No color (50 points)</td><td>55 points</td><td>60 points</td><td>65 points</td></tr><tr><td>Color (+10 points)</td><td>65 points <a href="http://phoenixfurybane.deviantart.com/art/Ladies-of-Final-Fantasy-78429012">[ex.]</a></td><td>70 points <a href="http://de-ad.deviantart.com/art/Final-Fantasy-7-Enemies-151822752">[ex.]</a></td><td>75 points</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">[4] Photorealistic</td><td>No color (80 points)</td><td>85 points</td><td>90 points</td><td>95 points</td></tr><tr><td>Color (+10 points)</td><td>95 points <a href="http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=18734676">[ex.]</a></td><td>100 points</td><td>105 points <a href="http://irarref.deviantart.com/art/Tonberry-King-207402391">[ex.]</a></td></tr></table></center>

IV. Amount of body
• Chibi or bust = x1
• Torso (between bust and full body) = x1.3
• Full body (2/3 of body or more) = x1.6

V. Extra characters
Calculate separately the point amount they'd get for I-IV above, and multiply by .6 (this amount is then added on)

VI. Background
• Solid color, gradient, premade background = --
• Sketchy, undetailed background = +10 points
• Detailed background = +25 points
• Painting-level background = +50 points

</lj-cut>
<lj-cut text="Traditional Media">
<center>TRADITIONAL MEDIA</center>

Each medium has a slightly different base point system (I, II, & III above), but for all traditional media, the body amount and extra character bonuses (III & IV above) apply in exactly the same way. All traditional media use this altered background system as well:

VI. Background
• No background = --
• Solid color, gradient, simple pattern = +5 points
• Sketchy, undetailed background = +15 points
• Detailed background = +30 points
• Painting-level background = +55 points

PENCIL PIECES:
Line quality and shading scales here are the same as digital. For color, see the color pencil scale below.

Other bonuses
+5 for using a significant amount of dark shades in the piece

CRAYONS/COLOR PENCILS
If another medium was used for the lineart, first determine what that lineart/sketch would have gotten and then add the regular points for colored shading. Otherwise, assign the linework 5/10/15 points based on its cleanness and then add color/shading bonuses.

Other bonuses
+5 for achieving more solid non-patchy colors / high contrast between dark and light in the piece

PASTELS
Evaluate the piece using the crayon/color pencil scale and add 5 points for using pastels.

PEN
Like pencils, pens are easy to use and not too hard to buy or find. Unlike pencils (and like markers) they instantly produce a dark color, and therefore aren't as good at conveying intermediate shades. For color, see the color pen scale below.

Linework
• Sketch/doodle = same as digital (5)
• Rough lineart = same as digital (10)
• Clean lineart = a +5 boost from digital here (20)

Other bonuses
• Dynamic line widths = +5 points
• Significant amount of solid black areas = +10 points
• Hatching/detailing = +5 for some amount / +10 for a large amount of very fine detailing

MARKER/COLOR PEN
For this, first determine what the lineart would get (if there is no lineart, use edges between colors to determine the linework quality), and then evaluate the coloring on the same scale as digital except 5 pts higher.

Color & shading
• Flat color = +10 monochrome / +15 color
• Some shading = +20 monochrome / +25 color
• Medium shading = +35 monochrome / +40 color
• Lots of shading = +55 monochrome / +65 color
• Photorealistic = +85 monochrome / +95 color

Other bonuses
• Smooth/non-streaky colors = +5 points

PAINT
Case-by-case. Watercolors are done similar to markers with a small boost. Acrylic and oil are given slightly more than watercolor.

Anything else not covered here (e.g. landscape art, pixel art, etc.) is on a case-by-case basis at this time. If there is a piece where the mod and artist have a difficult time trying to assign a category, the piece will be awarded a point value in between the two closest categories.</lj-cut>

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chacusha

26 January 2011 @ 12:09 am

Fanworks Points System

Icons & Graphics:

Icons = 2 points per icon
Bases (icons that are just cropped pictures) = 1 point per base
Complex Icons = 3 points per icon
e.g. icons that are animated or required a significant amount of work outside of coloring
Wallpaper (simple) = 5 points
e.g. a picture placed on a wallpaper-sized canvas with some work done to the coloring or simple text added
Wallpaper (medium) = 10 points
e.g. multiple images used, use of a texture or effect, some composition work, thought given to text layout
Wallpaper (complex) = 15 points
e.g. a wallpaper involving lots of compositional work, blending, use of textures, effects done with text, etc.
Other graphic that's smaller than a wallpaper but larger than an icon = 3 points
Variations/alts of another graphic* = 1 points
For example: If you made an icon with text and then a textless version, or a black & white version of a color icon, you'd get 3 points -- 2 for the icon and 1 for the variation. If you made a complex wallpaper of two sizes you'd get 11 points.

Fanfiction:

Fanfiction = 1 point per 25 words of fanfiction = 4 points per 100 words
Drabbles = +2 points = 6 points per drabble
Poetry = 2 point base + (1 point per 10 words)

Fanart:
See this post.

Fanmixes:

Covers = 3 points each
Songs = 1 point per song in mix
Other graphics included = given points like icons

Fanvids:
Base system:

Clips = 1 point per clip

Multipliers:

Effects = x1, x1.5, x2 depending on how much work has gone into altering clips, adding special transitions, etc.
Music Lyric/Image Match-up = x1, x1.5, x2 depending on how closely clips chosen match music / how the music is interpreted by the clips chosen
Lip Synching = x1, x2, x3 depending on how much work has been put into choosing clips that seem to follow the audio closely

Picspams, Fancomics, Miscellaneous Crafts:
Case-by-case point system at this time.

* What counts as a variation/alt? I think something is a variation if:
1) It uses the same coloring on the same image, with a different crop, or
2) The image & crop are exactly the same but the coloring or effects change, or
3) The only difference is the presence or absence of text

I don't consider it a variation if:
1) It uses the same coloring on a different image (because different images have different colors, it's hard for me to detect if the coloring effects are exactly the same, so I just treat them as separate icons)
2) Both the coloring/effects and the crop change

Icons & Graphics:
<ul><li>Icons = 2 points per icon</li><li>Bases (icons that are just cropped pictures) = 1 point per base</li><li>Complex Icons = 3 points per icon
e.g. icons that are animated or required a significant amount of work outside of coloring</li><li>Wallpaper (simple) = 5 points
e.g. a picture placed on a wallpaper-sized canvas with some work done to the coloring or simple text added</li><li>Wallpaper (medium) = 10 points
e.g. multiple images used, use of a texture or effect, some composition work, thought given to text layout</li><li>Wallpaper (complex) = 15 points
e.g. a wallpaper involving lots of compositional work, blending, use of textures, effects done with text, etc.</li><li>Other graphic that's smaller than a wallpaper but larger than an icon = 3 points<li>Variations/alts of another graphic* = 1 points
For example: If you made an icon with text and then a textless version, or a black & white version of a color icon, you'd get 3 points -- 2 for the icon and 1 for the variation. If you made a complex wallpaper of two sizes you'd get 11 points.</li></ul>

Fanfiction:
<ul><li>Fanfiction = 1 point per 25 words of fanfiction = 4 points per 100 words</li><li>Drabbles = +2 points = 6 points per drabble</li><li>Poetry = 2 point base + (1 point per 10 words)</li></ul>

Fanart:
See <a href="http://moogle-workshop.livejournal.com/39082.html">this post</a>.

Fanmixes:
<ul><li>Covers = 3 points each</li><li>Songs = 1 point per song in mix</li><li>Other graphics included = given points like icons</li></ul>

Fanvids:
Base system:<ul><li>Clips = 1 point per clip</li></ul>Multipliers:
<ul><li>Effects = x1, x1.5, x2 depending on how much work has gone into altering clips, adding special transitions, etc.</li><li>Music Lyric/Image Match-up = x1, x1.5, x2 depending on how closely clips chosen match music / how the music is interpreted by the clips chosen</li><li>Lip Synching = x1, x2, x3 depending on how much work has been put into choosing clips that seem to follow the audio closely</li></ul>

Picspams, Fancomics, Miscellaneous Crafts:
Case-by-case point system at this time.

* What counts as a variation/alt? I think something is a variation if:
1) It uses the same coloring on the same image, with a different crop, or
2) The image & crop are exactly the same but the coloring or effects change, or
3) The only difference is the presence or absence of text

I don't consider it a variation if:
1) It uses the same coloring on a different image (because different images have different colors, it's hard for me to detect if the coloring effects are exactly the same, so I just treat them as separate icons)
2) Both the coloring/effects and the crop change

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