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Post by Aurocard on Aug 14, 2023 2:07:46 GMT

Good day to everyone

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A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, there were a small group of people trying to get an artistic community built and set to do the following:

These four base goals were inspired by another community that had long since dissolved due to varying factors. While no one could ever re-create what once was, there is always room for a community to be built. This is not something that can be done by one person. It takes a community to build a community.

Before I got my current job, I started to build a forum to put a sort of foundation for a community to form. I didn't take into account how much my life would change, nor did I imagine what would happen in that time span.

Now, with a move on the horizon and permanent settlement back in the states happening, I see a window where I can kick start this back up again.

I'd like to re-open this project, revise, invite people, invigorate....do all these things.

I am going to be, over time, adding some posts, ideas, etc etc. And I would really love some input.

I will be re-opening the original forum for those who want to have a nose, and once I do I'll pop the link on here.

This is essentially a placeholder for building this.

I appreciate the time everyone that reads this has taken, and I look forward to any questions or input.

EDIT 1:
WE HAVE A DISCORD, discord.gg/9NRk49rvF (link will last for 30 days as of 08/05/23) -UNDER CONSTRUCTION STILL!

EDIT 2:
Oh, the forum is open...SAY WHAT??
PLEASE NOTE: Forum registration is NOT restricted right now, HOWEVER. The forum is NOT open for services as of yet. Please monitor this post and the forum for news.

EDIT 3:
Application Discussion Now open on the forum. This is something I'm keen on getting into as I want to get the whole community involved. In the meantime, I'm reorganizing boards and adding sub boards for certain areas (IE request forums and the like).

EDIT 4:

Discussion for the DoodlePip form of the Ban Ladder. Really looking forward to everyone's Input!

Oh...and a smol announcement.

EDIT 5:
Added Free services for members to participate in (IE in the event the free service boards become too full). This gives members the chance to practice and build a portfolio of services/freebies for themselves.

Added Freebie master forum for people who have freebies already under their belt.

Consequence Protocol post updated with response and more questions.

Currently typing up admin applications with feeback, will be displaying rough drafts hopefully in a few hours.

EDIT 6:

Thank you to everyone who contributed their opinions on what the applications should look like.

I'm now looking for THREE MEMBERS per team that are currently open for applications.

Advisor and Archivist Applications

Free Request Team Applications

Moderator Applications

If you or anyone you know would like to join and volunteer, please sign up (if you havn't) and have a gander. I'd love to see everyone there!

EDIT 7:

After a good dicussion in the discord (NOTE: please message me here or on Discord - Username: Aurocard for a link to the chat) I've combined both the Relations and Events role into one as we will not be holding any Events for a while until the userbase becomes more substantial.

So here is the Events and Relations Team Application.

I look forward to hearing from you guys

EDIT 8:
Updates here!

Master Post Copy Aug 14, 2023 2:08:13 GMT

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Post by Aurocard on Aug 14, 2023 2:08:13 GMT

HELLO EVERYONE!

I want to make a few announcements -

The Team Roles are going to be listed so that those who havn't gone on to the forum can understand what each role does. I will follow up with notes on changes made to two of the roles.

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Advisors and Archivists

The Advisor and Archivist section is made for those who need information or advice concerning art. Have you ever began a piece and sat there staring at the bare basics wondering where to go from there? Have you ever finished a sketch and thought to yourself that the angle of the still life fruit you're doodling just doesn't look proper? How about when you're coloring strands of hair and the lighting just doesn't seem to suit?

Perhaps you're trying to remember the name of an artist who did a specific piece of art for you all those years ago but just can't put your finger on their name. Maybe even, you can't find your old poses for graphical chats. Did you remember to save that old permissions screenshot from ages ago? Or what about those freebies that one artist did and you know they are free because you remember them being in an archive?

That's what this team is here for. They are here to help you with your queries concerning art old and new and are here to help you to the best of their ability.

Not only that, but this team will work with every staff member to help you understand the process if you want to learn.

The Advisors and Archivists are there for you from beginning to end and will help you get a new perspective on what is going down with your peice of art, whether it's lost or in the making.

The Free Request Team

The Free Request Team is here to bring your ideas to life...well. Within reason. This team of artists and polishers are people who love to work on little projects simply because they like to see people smile and help spread happiness. Have an idea for a reference base that you can't pop onto paper? We got ya. Use chat sites that incorperate poses/avatars and want to have a freebie that all can use realised? Yup. We got that too.

But what about pieces of art that you have started, tried to finish, but couldn't? Shading? Highlighting? Resizing? Flat coloring? Outlining? Yes. We have all this too.

Not only that, but this team will work with every staff member to help you understand the process if you want to learn.

The Moderators

As all the other teams are primarily here to focus on giving you all the help you can get when it comes to getting your creative juices going, actually moderating and keeping the peace on the forum is something that needs it's own special attention. This isn't to say that the Moderators can't step in and help out the other departments, but their primary focus is to make sure the experience on the forum is enjoyable for you.

They are the best people to approach when it comes to things like sorting your profile or getting handy coding tips for editing your post to make it more snazzy. They are also there to approach if they feel something just isn't right, weather it's with another member of the board, or with a team member.

The Moderators are here to help you and you are always welcome to approach them with any questions you may have, including who to reach out to when it comes to a particular art issue.

The Events and Relations Team

Multi-classing in the areas of our Events and Relations is no easy feat, but it is a fulfilling one. This team is responsible for not only organising and moderating the events of DoodlePip, but also co-ordinates all of our social media and any queries folks may have outside of the forum itself.

The function of this team is to be the first point of call when it comes to the community base coming together to mingle and get to know each other. They are the public faces of DoodlePip and are representations of what makes this place so awesome.

(totally no pressure guys).

PLEASE NOTE: The Events tasks will not be existant for a little while as we are still building a user base. We are primarily going to focus on Social media and getting the word out there. Without a userbase, there will be no events.

The Administration Team

If the Moderators Moderate the board, the Administration Team moderates the whole DoodlePip staff as a whole.

The Administration Team are a small tiny little group of people that have had loads of experience with forums/communities just like this one and have had time to fine tune their own skills so that they can effectively help the machine that is DoodlePip chug along the tracks.

They may be busy, but they'll do what they can to help, or at the very least, point you to someone who can help you more directly.

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1. The Art Advisors are now the Advisors and Archivists. In Short, they are the team to go to when it comes to finding long lost art, or permissions, and they are also there to help people with their artistic direction.

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a. They do NOT have to be artists. It is all about knowledge and use of that knowledge.

b. They will be massively responsible for Collecting and archiving/documenting

c. The information collected is AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE'S USE and will not infringe on any privacy (IE no addresses, real names, etc etc. Only information given to us freely, or information that is already well known universally).

2. The Artistic Events Team Is now the Events and Relations Team. As explained before, they are currently going to be sorting out the socials, and keeping tabs on them and being the first point of contact for users concerning events and such.

Additional note: They do not have to be artists. It is a role specifically for community functions.

WHAT IS BEING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW, AND HOW YOU CAN HELP!

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Right now, this is what needs to be done-

1. Art work for all socials (Twitter...or..X...or whatever the heck it's called now, FA, DA, etc etc)
2. Updated banner art work and Mascott art works (DoodlePip is a Bee with a brush for a stinger. They paint with their butt. It's awesome)
3. The Continuing Discussion on the Ban ladder (Known as the Consequence Protocol on Doodle Pip) for both users and Staff Members.
4. The Staff Handbooks (WIll be discussed publically, but written behind the scenes.

These are just a few of the steps. But here is what I need before we can get more done -

1. Staff - I have opened applications, all the links:

Advisor and Archivist Applications (OPEN) - 3 Spots left
Free Request Team Applications (OPEN) - 3 Spots left
Events and Relations Team Applications (OPEN) - 2 Spots left
Moderator Applications (OPEN) - 3 Spots left

2. A bigger userbase:

We have a very small userbase right now, and those that have joined in conversation have been really helpful with their ideas! I would love to get more on here so that way we can start more community discussion. There are two main ways to get involved.

a. Our discord server: discord.com/invite/9NRk49rvF
b. The forum : doodlepip.boards.net/

I highly suggest going on both so that way you can help us make sure we have all the proper information in sync on both platforms.

3. Word of mouth:

We want to start helping people as soon as possible so if you know anyone who would appreciate a community like this or would love to help out, please spread the word! Right now we are doing everything we can to get the socials up and running, but as we are so small, this will take time. Any one you can bring to the table would be great. I know we would love to see you! [/quote][/spoiler]

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I would like to add one last note....

DoodlePip is NOT in partnership or affilliated with any Chat Lands Site.

This is an INDEPENDENT endevour and anyone from any community can join.

We will work with websites as our database and services are for everyone to use, but we remain neutral and only handle issues within our own DIscord and Forum.

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Thank you so much for reading! If you have any questions please drop a line

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