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Update for Applicants (5/10/2015) Echoes to the applicants have been sent out! Four applicants have been invited to move to the extended applications. Update for Applicants (5/7/2015)
Staff will finish up giving input and voting on Round 2 applicants by Friday evening. We plan on sending all applicants a message regarding their status this weekend! Hopefully on Saturday, but possibly on Sunday. Thanks for being patient! :) Artist Application Information
Important Dates for the Initial Application
Start Date: April 13th, 2015 Mycena Cave’s Goal Mycena Cave is looking for one or more Customs and/or Breedings Specialists. The new artist(s) will be assigned to either customs or breedings, with the potential for their assignment to be switched from one to the other as necessary. We are looking for artists with a very specific set of qualifications. Some of these qualifications will be evaluated during the application process, and some of these qualifications will be evaluated during a trial period. Listed below are our expectations for a Mycena Cave artist:
(*For anyone interested in downloading SAI or trying the free trial period of 30 days, you can find the download on this page. It’s a lot more affordable than new versions of Photoshop and it’s awesomeee) Incentives Before you apply, you should ask yourself why you want to be a part of the Mycena Cave team! As an artist on Mycena Cave, you will:
Potential Drawbacks Not all is fun and games, unfortunately, and staff members may feel the effects of negative social consequences such as:
Application & Trial Period: Overview Anyone can fill out the Initial Application. The application consists of three parts:
Up to four artists will be picked out of the Initial Application entries and will be asked to do the Extended Application which consists of two parts:
One or more artists will be selected for a three-month trial period. Trial artists will:
After three months, Myla and glitch will give the artist(s) a final evaluation. If they meet all qualifications, then the artist(s) will join the team full-time. Initial Application Echo application to Mycenangelo when you’re finished! Art Examples Mycena Cave Style Request We will be looking at how closely you can mimic the Mycena Cave style. Here are some specific aspects about your art we will be looking at:
Application Questions
Do you still have questions? Feel free to ask in this thread or to echo me!
Posted 04/13/15, edited 05/10/15
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if I had the ability I would apply in a millisecond, working with a petsite always seemed like so much fun!! good luck to everyone who applies, I can’t wait to see who the shiny new artists will be! (also, artists specifically for breedings?? that sounds so delicious and exciting and full of more babies in the future!)
Posted 04/13/15
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you know, in all my time on petsites I’ve never seen a staff application opening with a list of pros and cons included in the description of the position. often it seems like the pros are obvious(an artist position! with potential pay! contribute to the site! so tempting), but when they’re not in front of you, the cons aren’t. they are just as important to consider. and it’s not the greatest feeling to resign from a position when you realize it really isn’t for you. knowing what to expect reduces the chance of that happening. it’s good to be realistic and put things in perspective that way. idk just a minor detail here that I thought was cool. gl to those who apply!
Posted 04/13/15
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I would LOVE to apply for this… Im in an advanced placement art class and I love art and I have an auto immune disorder that prevents me from getting a job that’s taxing on my body physically. SO SAD I don’t have the art programs needed to apply for this job :‘c BUT GOOD LUCK TO OTHER APPLICANTS!!! The art style on Mycena Cave is beautiful and so fun to draw!
Posted 04/13/15
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Aw, i was gonna apply, but I switched from SAI to Clip Studio Paint D: Good luck to everyone else thoughkyrctyn Argh, I’m sorrry~ There are a few reasons that I’m restricting the art programs to just SAI and Photoshop, but basically .psd compatibility is a pain in the boompah: We use .psds and send them back an forth to each other—since photoshop has clipping layers/groups/etc, other art programs have to be able to handle this. For example, you can clip and apply layer effects to a group folder in Photoshop, but I don’t know of any other art program that can handle that, even SAI. It’s also not uncommon for artists to hand me a SAI .psd that just gets totally wonky when I open it in Photoshop — groups will disappear or get mixed around (I still haven’t figured out why that happens sometimes but I suspect it’s because SAI has a feature that Photoshop lacks with group folders). It’s really crappy to have to put that restriction in place but I’m already having trouble dealing with compatibility with just one other program, sadly! :<
Posted 04/13/15, edited 04/13/15
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Promise: No, there isn’t an account age restriction! Part of the reason we have the 3-month trial in place is so we have a good stretch of time to see how the new artist(s) work for a longer period of time in case we don’t know very much about them. There are quite a few new users, so we didn’t want to have any account age restrictions. :)
Posted 04/13/15, edited 04/13/15
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I’m desperately trying to get a good program for drawing on my computer, just in general, I’ll probably miss the application window. But I’m getting mixed signals on wether or not SAI can run on a Mac. Could anybody enlighten me on wether you can or not? From what I’m seeing its a windows only thing but I could be misreading.
Posted 04/13/15
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Haha, thank you, Xiao! >w< It’s 3AM and I’m trying to draw that vase, probably not the best idea. :‘I
Posted 04/13/15
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SAI is not Mac compatible. You can get an official Adobe CS2 download for your Mac if you register an Adobe account and get it here: http://www.adobe.com/downloads/other-downloads.html It’s really old, but I used that up until a few months ago! One of our artist still uses it and I’ve never had compatibility issues with their files. Fewer bells and whistles than the new Photoshop, but it’s still a great program.
Posted 04/13/15, edited 04/13/15
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D’: I used to use Photoshop but, like kyrctyn, switched over to Clip Studio last year. Of course, being such an extreme forum lurker also probably doesn’t exactly help my application. Alas.
Posted 04/13/15, edited 04/13/15
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I’m desperately trying to get a good program for drawing on my computer, just in general, I’ll probably miss the application window. But I’m getting mixed signals on wether or not SAI can run on a Mac.pickles1127 I believe that Paint Tool SAI is PC-exclusive. There are ways to convert SAI over to work for MAC but there are bugs and issues involved with that. For anyone interested in downloading SAI or trying the free trial period, you can find the download on this page. Download the ‘full version’ and it should automatically give you the 31 day free trial period. This is where I downloaded SAI to try and from whom I bought the full version.
Posted 04/13/15
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If there enough people out there using exclusively Clip Studio, I can do some compatibility tests tomorrow and see what happens! I think I still have my code for it somewhere.. XD if it still works.. hahaha. I’ll keep you guys updated. Also, extreme forum lurking does not hurt your application! A few of our artists are forum lurkers :)
Posted 04/13/15, edited 04/13/15
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