Lemerksdagaming
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Like seriously, when did anyone say that this was an art community when it's just people doing mods for a goofy sonic game
Does anyone know where the claim that this is "an art community" came from?
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Crysochyon769
SatAM & AoSTH for life!
Which can be considered an art form, just like music painting customizing etc
Personally I don't consider it art. It modifies a game, it's not really art unless its standalone really. Also side note, you don't have to quote the original thread post.
Isn't art about drawing things? The only time you'd ever be drawing while modding srb2 is if you make sprites for a character/object or making textures for a map. Everything else is pretty vaguely art, even more so if you don't create sprites for your mods, and even if you do, there's only a few cases where it plays a big part of any mod in general
"art community" is a bit too vague, I personally refer to this as a "modding community" or a "video game community"
Crysochyon769
SatAM & AoSTH for life!
Art by definition doesn't meant necessarily mean drawing it means the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination
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to each their own, and thanks for the tip
Well, in that case I guess you could really call any community a "art community" then
But I do believe there are better and more fitting terms for a community like this
Aquavine
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I don't think anyone will be offended if this community could (but doesn't have to) be called a "modding community with a hint of art" or an "artsy modding community" something on that route.
The first and closest thing to regular art in this community is making sprites because it can be just traced back to drawing/painting. But to me the second most artsy thing in this community is level designing. The level should mainly be fun to play, but it doesn't mean that it can just have random unfitting textures/decorations everywhere. It also should be soft for the eyes as the second most important thing beyond game play.
And I'm not outright calling this an art community, but what I mean instead is that even if the raw concept of modding can't be traced back to art, (Actually it kinda can, but not specifically.) making addons can still be a kind of an art form instead if you squeeze your mind enough.
Like for the example of level designing:
This could be pretty much called digital art or just art. Even if this is just a silly fan-made level for a silly fan-game about a blue hedgehog. Everything here was made with an effort to be both fun to play and nice to look at. (Also the best type of art is the one that you can semi-physically explore. :> and it means everything from enjoying some nice scenery in a stage or just acknowledging the effort that have been put into the sprite-work or a smartly designed moveset.)
And yes, I order several yappuchinos already. You don't have to ask.
(I just hope I'm not talking out of ma ahh right now. 
I'm not good at presidential debates or whatever this could be called. 
)
Or just choose whatever or not you agree with this. ↓
The first and closest thing to regular art in this community is making sprites because it can be just traced back to drawing/painting. But to me the second most artsy thing in this community is level designing. The level should mainly be fun to play, but it doesn't mean that it can just have random unfitting textures/decorations everywhere. It also should be soft for the eyes as the second most important thing beyond game play.
And I'm not outright calling this an art community, but what I mean instead is that even if the raw concept of modding can't be traced back to art, (Actually it kinda can, but not specifically.) making addons can still be a kind of an art form instead if you squeeze your mind enough.
Like for the example of level designing:
This could be pretty much called digital art or just art. Even if this is just a silly fan-made level for a silly fan-game about a blue hedgehog. Everything here was made with an effort to be both fun to play and nice to look at. (Also the best type of art is the one that you can semi-physically explore. :> and it means everything from enjoying some nice scenery in a stage or just acknowledging the effort that have been put into the sprite-work or a smartly designed moveset.)
And yes, I order several yappuchinos already. You don't have to ask.
(I just hope I'm not talking out of ma ahh right now. I'm not good at presidential debates or whatever this could be called. )Or just choose whatever or not you agree with this. ↓
Crysochyon769
SatAM & AoSTH for life!
While that is true that other words could describe it better, saying it isn't an artform is unfair but in the end its just a matter of opinion and SRB2 is meant to be fun so it doesn't matter all that much
PencilVoid
Circuit Enthusiast
Art as a concept is incredibly vague and subjective. Different people can have entirely different ideas on what is and isn't art, and all takes are valid.
My own personal view is that anything can qualify as art under the right context, so I would call SRB2 mods art and the SRB2 modding community an artist community. Art isn't exclusive to high culture.
My own personal view is that anything can qualify as art under the right context, so I would call SRB2 mods art and the SRB2 modding community an artist community. Art isn't exclusive to high culture.
Crysochyon769
SatAM & AoSTH for life!
that's my thinking just explained better so thanks!
Sls64LGamingBro
An ordinary coder...
I wouldn't also consider Coding as art. Since it's revolves around programming, and that is not something related to art. Sure, it also revolves around creativity and imagination. But comparing it as an artist community is a false remark.
But, that only depends whether it's considered as art. I formerly know coding as a programming language anyway.
But, that only depends whether it's considered as art. I formerly know coding as a programming language anyway.
Lemerksdagaming
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its not that I dont consider modding art, there are some pretty cool mods out there that I consider art. But I always found it weird how this community outta nowhere just started calling themselves an art community.
Crysochyon769
SatAM & AoSTH for life!
I can see that
time gear
Eternity in an hour
Is there any reason why this shouldn't be considered an art community? There are those who view such things as inherently snobby, but I don't think that's necessarily the case. Generally, the people here expressing themselves through their mods aren't doing it to be snobby or to look down on others, they're just making what they think is fun or expressing their imagination in a way they can share with others or etc.
Without question however, the mods people make here are absolutely art. Not always necessarily high quality art, but that doesn't really mean anything anyway. The mods that people create here create experiences for you to develop your own thoughts around, positive or otherwise. They are absolutely a creative expression that's open to subjective personal interpretation and opinion.
Likewise, even those who aren't making anything are more than free to share their opinions on other people's works. In this way, the art that people are making here is the central focus of the community that binds us all together whether people are creators or just sharing their thoughts.
Without question however, the mods people make here are absolutely art. Not always necessarily high quality art, but that doesn't really mean anything anyway. The mods that people create here create experiences for you to develop your own thoughts around, positive or otherwise. They are absolutely a creative expression that's open to subjective personal interpretation and opinion.
Likewise, even those who aren't making anything are more than free to share their opinions on other people's works. In this way, the art that people are making here is the central focus of the community that binds us all together whether people are creators or just sharing their thoughts.
It's because its a very faulty generalization. According to the definition of art, a lot community (including this one) can be placed under the same umbrella of "art community". That, however doesn't mean that this community is a art community, and its not entirely correct to refer to it as such.
SRB2 is definitely a video game community with a very active modding community if anything.
time gear
Eternity in an hour
Video games are art, so all that does is categorize the community under the "video game" subcategory of the overall art community. Also, just because something can be broadly defined doesn't mean it shouldn't be used. If there's a lot of communities that would also apply to the definition of art, then that's just how that works out.
I would personally say more specifically, that this community puts heavy emphasis on the direct creation of art through the path of modding the game itself. If the community was purely about consuming SRB2's base game content and discussing it, then I would find it a very difficult argument to try and label this as an art community, but instead you see a bunch of creative efforts done either through spiriting, character making, level design, or even code designed to improve and change the experience of enjoying the game itself and this has always been a pretty important focus among the staff team given how important it's been to the longevity of SRB2 in the first place, similar to the DOOM modding community.
if it doesn't matter then why do the staff have it ingrained in our brains that mods ARE art and this IS an art community. i think video games are a form of art, i am not going to call it art because i prefer calling it by what it is, a video game. the ring racers github refers to the game as "fan art" which made me laugh my ass off
time gear
Eternity in an hour
This reads the same to me as "I think paintings are a form of art, I am not going to call it art because I prefer calling it by what it is, a painting." or "I think books are a form of art, I am not going to call it art because I prefer calling it by what it is, a book." Yeah, video games are a form of artistic media. Simply boiling them down to "video games" doesn't make them less art any more than boiling down "paintings" or "books" or "movies" does with them.
Perhaps I'm just not understanding the point you are trying to make here?