Nonsensical Ramblings of a Scary Muffin

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Deviant Art and WebCT - Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at 12:42 p.m.

Well, as we dive straight into our 4th assignment, I thought I'd present to you guys a flash film with some very interesting cinematography.

The artist for that particular film is Vinnie Veritas and his DA (Deviant Art) site is here. In case you do not know what Deviant Art is, it is a website designed for artists. Essentially like a blog (the layout is similar to that of Xanga) The artist can upload and post their art, flash animation, photos, etc. along with some comments. Visitors can leave comments on the main page or for particular peices of art. The site is great for exploring style and seeing how other people aprroach art. You can follow one artist's favourite links and continue along that line and see many shifts in style and approach. Getting feedback on works is good too. However, there is no real built in filtering system and the quality of comments can often be lacking. Many users of DA like to leave one word comments on other artist's sites in hopes that they can attract many people to their own page. Another problem that had come up in the past was solicitors offering to pay artists for their works but scamming them during the process. DA's main attraction of posting art and recieving comments is similar to Newgrounds. DA can learn many lessons in controlling the commenting environment from Newgrounds but does not have to rely on such drastic (and time consuming) procedures as Newgrounds. DA's environment is not as dynamic as Newground's and a karma system here would be extremely helpful.

WebCT lends itself a built in filtering system as all of its users are expected to be mature and well behaved. Yet another reference to the Panopticon critic, when posting in the discussion area of WebCT one does not know if the professor or TAs will be reading their comment and thus, they post reflecting that train of thought. While the quality of the posts in WebCT is good, a better method of displaying information is necessary. The main problem that exists is the number of repeated questions found in the discussion. A better organization of the "forum" is much desired and perhaps a search function.

That's it for this week, busy busy, I must work on a paper now. Good luck to all of you who are experiencing a similar turbulent time as I.
- Cheers,
MrScaryMuffin

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