Space is as infinite as we can imagine, and expanding this perspective is what adjusts humankind?s focus on conquering our true enemies, the formidable foes: ignorance and limitation. (Vanna Bonta)
Here we go with another school year for some of the members here, myself included. Starting College this year so I'll try and be on as much as possible.
In other news it looks like Last Stand rather well fell over and died... Artists check the group area for updates on new pack ideas and other such activity.
Contrary to popular belief the site is NOT dead, most people are beginning to move back to College or are getting ready for school which has caused quite a bit of jumping around and more than likely no internet for periods of time for some. New ideas are still being discussed by the staff as to the direction of the site and the crew.
Regardless as I get into more programming and advanced security practices we'll begin to see some rather interesting new additions to the site. The reason for such things not being created now is that while I can program/script in php there's enough about security that I won't put the site at risk like that just for experimentation and additions.
Consideration of changing the agreement that is shown on sign up are under way. Consulting a lawyer to put in bold print that any account automatically created that posts advertising material must provide compensation funds for the use of the site for their own illicit purposes. Put simply it's my way of giving the finger to the ad bots and earning a few thousand from legal charges against their creators . An unrelated note to those who signed up earlier you forgot to read the fine print that your souls are now in my possession. Moving on now...
We're beginning to encourage the artists to post and talk outside of their group area so rumors don't keep flying about inactivity.
This daily bit of sarcasm and dry humor brought to you by UA!
The official due date for the Last Stand pack is now set for July 15th due to low amount of submissions and requests for more time.
In other news we have a contest up and running! Design a new theme for UA! If oyu're interested see the forums for details, demo skins will be made functional as they are finished. Currently the only new theme created is Noir by Lemur. The theme is open for interpretation as long as it can somehow tie into Celestial Art.
Sorry for the lack of actual news updates, contrary to popular belief we are still very much alive, just that a vast majority of our activity has been present in the Artists areas of the site instead of in public view.
There has been talk of releasing UA shirts and other materials to the general public, all Artists need to make sure to check in with their ideas. Profits will be given to the respective designers of each product in a way that is agreed upon by all of the Artists on site.
Banner Contests will now be on a basis of who submits a piece within a 2 month period which will be voted on by all site members as was the original tradition.
Here we go, the site is off the ground and plans are underway for the next pack. The artists are planning quite the project that will go public soon enough.
25 Members and still growing. As of today we will start looking into Affiliates, so if you have any other art sites that you go to then point them over here. Top Sites are available as well.
Note - Submitting content to the site raises the amount of points you have as well as pack submissions (The number of votes you receive for the feature) . After you reach a certain number of points the Staff (later the Senior Artists group) will decide if you'll be promoted to Senior Artist.
What is Universum Artifex? We are a group of dedicated Celestial Artists. We support all levels of Celestial Artists, welcoming and teaching the new artists, or challenging the masters to achieve a higher level.
It is our goal as a group of Celestial Artists to welcome any that come regardless of skill level. Even an absolute beginner will be at home and be able to learn, while the truly gifted are still challenged.
Not a Celestial Artist? Always thought that you could never become one, or even didn't know how? At Universum Artifex we are working on creating a comprehensive database of knowledge to teach those willing to learn!
Celebrate with us in the birth of this new site! All are welcome to come!
It is at this time that I would like to personally thank the members of Universum Artifex for making this dream a reality. Without their dedication and hard work we would not have gotten past conception!
Thanks for your time and have a great New Years! Designated driver and what-not while you're at it.
What an anti-climax that mission to find water on the moon today, huh? When they neglected to say whether or not they'd found water that's as good as saying they found diddly-squat
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. An unrelated note to those who signed up earlier you forgot to read the fine print that your souls are now in my possession. Moving on now...
