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12 player public game completed on March 9th, 2023
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@kirbturd Heya, nice abstract drawings, but please be sure to follow the prompts you're given. Thanks!
@Vellidragon Thank you. I suppose I should have made it more obvious, but I did intend to draw my own interpretation of the prompt. Sorry, I'm new here, but I don't understand how it was worthy of being removed.
@kirbturd Hi,
I saved both of the removed drawings for reference (normally they can still be revealed after hiding them, but this feature is broken due to server issues) and both drawings were abstract, colourful scenes that don't look like the captioner could have gotten the prompt from them. They also don't look like your other drawings, which are fine, so it seems that making them very abstract was intended. While it's okay to get creative, the focus should be on conveying a prompt (to someone who hasn't seen it), and the next player should have a fair chance of guessing it.
If you want to draw more freely without having to worry about that, you can use the sandbox. There are some sections of the forum dedicated to posting such drawings, e.g. there the Art Adventures subforum with themed threads and art games, and a thread for sharing your most recent sandbox drawings:
https://drawception.com/forums/artventure/
https://drawception.com/forums/artroom/46344/show-your-most-recent-sandbox-drawing/
@Vellidragon I see. Thank you for the detailed response. I do have a question though. Where is the line drawn between being misleading and being stylistic? "Drawception 101: Create your own style & be different" How is it determined what drawings are just a creative and unique interpretation vs a complete derailing of the original prompt? Does it have more to do with what is added to the drawing rather than what is left out?
@kirbturd It's a case-by-case, common sense kind of thing. I don't think it's possible to define in words beyond "play fair"/"give it your best shot", and usually a player knows if they're being needlessly abstract. It's actually very rare, since it's generally understood that someone who looks at the drawing without knowing the prompt should be able to (theoretically) tell what it is (like with your other drawings).
Regarding adding unrelated things to the drawing, there is a thread here that is linked from the rules, which elaborates on the topic:
https://drawception.com/forums/general/56143/derails-and-shoehorns/
(Is the "Drawception 101" quote from somewhere in the tips? I don't recall seeing it before.)
This game feels bizarrely wholesome.