The Channel Frederator art quarterly?

I'm hoping you could answer a question.

About ten days ago, I mumbled something in of one of the RAW Art Today! posts about starting a magazine featuring great artwork from the art galleries on Channel Frederator RAW (tentatively titled "Cartoon Central on the Internet"). The more we've talked about it the cooler the idea seems. Reading an article about the photography magazine JPG the other day sealed the deal. We're going to start prepping now; maybe we can get it going by March? (Start saving those full resolution files; we'll be calling).

JPG organizes their magazine around themes posted on their website, and their readers submit their best appropriate photographs: Nostalgia, Geometry, Color Theory, Creepy, Loneliness, etcetera, etcetera; the magazine curates the best of the best. It makes perfect sense, giving each issue an organizing principle and a vibe.

But themes also work against my natural lack of discipline, anarchistic tendencies, and my hopes for the explosion of surprise.

What do you think? Do we ask for thematic submissions? Or is it better for you to keep uploading your latest stuff, or your favorites from your archives?

Let us know, it'll help us make some early decisions.

Tags: art, illustration, magazine, painting, raw, storyboards

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Permalink Reply by Sharvonique on December 20, 2007 at 11:52pm: I say offer both, that way you have the best of both worlds. You could dedicate a section of the magazine to themed art, and leave the rest of the magazine open to latest work. I think this would offer a good mix of variety and will keep the magazine interesting.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Adam Levine on December 29, 2007 at 1:29am: I think it's an awesome idea! I think that as we grow as a community we have the chance to really gather some great artwork to then show the world...in magazine form. I hope more people agree because it would be a lot of fun to have an animator driven magazine featuring some of the tallented people on this site. I think a theme is a good idea for a section or a feature but I would use the majority of the magazine to showcase random goodness from the site. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Happy holidays everyone!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joanna Davidovich on January 1, 2008 at 2:59am: I agree with Sharvonique and Adam- both is better.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tommy Cannon on December 30, 2007 at 11:22pm: I don't like the theme idea.

I like the idea of just seeing what people come up with at random.

But, that's just me. I'm a hodge-podge kind of a guy.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Floyd Bishop on January 1, 2008 at 3:32am: I think it could be fun to give a really strange topic, and then see what people do with it. For example, a dinosaur with a broken arm waiting for a bus in the rain.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by George Pfromm II on January 1, 2008 at 10:36am: This is exciting. Maybe thematic ideas are used only on certain occasions? Guy Fawkes day, or other obscure historical references/holidays.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Fabian Dores Pais on January 2, 2008 at 4:54pm: i'm agree with george pfromm....,
the best idea"for me"will be work :
-on "occasional" themes according to different dates
-seasons....
-or actuality
-important events....

hearing from you soon

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Permalink Reply by Saxton Moore on January 3, 2008 at 2:20pm: All I got to say is, it worked for Juxtapose and the lowbrow art scene. It worked for the various publications on vinyl toys and the urban art toy movement. We independent animators need to unite and make our mark in the world. Lots of great talent on here, keeping it RAW.; ▶ Reply to This