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[Open Class] Artistic liberties (Edel)

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Zyphiris
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Dainty Snowflake

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:09 am


NAME OF CLASS: Arts and Crafts 101
PROFESSOR NAME: Professor Zixil Braxton

General information:
The Arts and Crafts room is tucked away in the corner - one way in and out, which is just how the teacher likes it. The classroom looks normal enough from the outside, with its standard door and numberplate (with an added addendum by the teacher, his name and the class title added on a piece of Muck Tape). The inside, however, looks like someone found all of the weird, eclectic stuff within a five mile radius, ate it, and then vomited it all up. The teacher has either completely lost his mind, or is trying way, way too hard. The cabinets that line the walls are partially filled with beginner art supplies: slime-based paints, earwax crayons, and...glitter, a thing so evil that it can be known by no other name.

Mechanics:
Your Most Excellent Professor isn't going to fill your head with crazy ideas. That's all up to you!

Upon entering the class, roll 1d100 to determine your Muse Level (ML).

Muse Level 1-20

Woah, you can't make art with a Muse Level this low! Go stare longingly at your first crush, or listen to emotional music, or cry it out! We can't have you making anything that's worth less than 20 silver seeds beneath your actual capabilities.


Muse Level 21-50

Did you dip yourself in paint and roll your face over the canvas? That's not going to be acceptable. Nobody will want to buy this. Or look at it. Not even kind of.


Muse Level 51-80

Looks like you might have the right idea. Go ahead and give it a shot. I guess the worst thing that could happen is you ruin everything, but that's okay.


Muse Level 81-100

Got a real overachiever here! Creativity is oozing from your pores (seriously clean that stuff up please)!


If you roll 1-50, you will need to make another attempt. A roll of 51-100 allows you to proceed. The above information correlating to your ML gives you a good idea of how your student will be approaching this assignment.

If you succeeded in developing a passable Muse Level, you will then need to roll a 1d10 to determine to overall success of your drawing/painting/sculpture etc. Feel free to pick whatever medium you'd like!

1-3 You really poured yourself into this one, but the Professor isn't quite feeling it. Take it home and pin it on your wall, because that's all you're getting. (Fail. You'll have to make another attempt!)
4-9 You paid careful attention to details, color schemes, and - most importantly - marketability. Professor Braxton smashes a sickly note to your body with a sloppy "A" written on it, because ruining the art would be a travesty. As far as you can tell, you've done a good thing. (Pass!)
10 You are a prodigy! This thing belongs in a museum! Or the home of the highest bidder! Your artwork will be displayed in front of the entire class. Hope you're not shy. (SUPER-PASS!)

You must RP your student creating their...well, whatever they make.

Bonus Mechanics:
•If you include a DRAWN representation of the piece of art that your student creates, you can automatically add 2 to your success roll, ultimately bringing up their final score. These drawings do not have to be anything fantastic, and can be as detailed or non-detailed as you want.

•Any student who is able to use magic to create illusions can roll 1d4 to determine how amazing their artwork appears. Which is what matters. If you roll even, you can add 1 point. If you roll odd, no points can be added. This can not be combined with the 2 points you can add when including an image.

•Any student who lacks dexterity (lookin' at you, claw-handed monsters) can roll 1d4 to determine their ability to talk Professor Braxton into believing that the piece of art's concept is going over his head and is, in fact, a true masterpiece. If you roll even, you can add 1 point. If you roll odd, no points can be added. This can not be combined with the 2 points you can add when including an image.

Each visit to the classroom has the potential to span multiple posts due to the amount of dice rolls. You can interact with other students, try to steal their concepts - whatever you'd like to play out!

YOU COMPLETE THE CLASS WHEN


You pass the class!
Zyphiris rolled 1 100-sided dice: 29 Total: 29 (1-100)
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:10 am


Artists are temperamental creatures. On some days they were bursting with ideas and creativity, unable to control themselves and their urges to vandalise paint everything around them, unable to repress the desire to create 7 foot tall structures made of apples and oranges. There were also days where art would be a clinical process, it would be about carefully measured strokes and the precision involved in cutting strips of paper 1mm thick. And then there were days when one couldn't do a ********* thing at all.

Edel stood right up and walked straight out of the room.

Inspiration. She needed to find some Inspiration.

Zyphiris
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Dainty Snowflake

Zyphiris rolled 1 100-sided dice: 66 Total: 66 (1-100)

Zyphiris
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Dainty Snowflake

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:11 am


It took a while. 10 cups of tea or so. A walk around the entire school campus, including scaling the bear mountain.

It took sometime before she finally resorted to using the interweb.

Ponies, she flipped a tab, Ponies and more ponies. Pony videos, Pony Gifs, Pony graphics, Pony everything.

She had hit upon a trend here.

Well then, this should sell well. Time to get to work.
Zyphiris rolled 1 10-sided dice: 4 Total: 4 (1-10)
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:12 am


Chucking down a block of ice, Edel revved up her chainsaw and got to work, slicing the ice up into the rough shape of a pony. A few hours of furious scraping and chiseling later, the ghoul was done.

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*It actually looks better

The ghoul took a step back to admire her work. The Professor had already tacked on a nice grade for her but that didn't matter. She was her greatest critique. Edel folded her arms and let out a long "hmmm... "

Did she like it? Was it satisfactory?

Yes and Yes. But satisfactory wasn't enough.

No. This isn't cutting it.

Throwing aside the rest of the equipment, the ghoul loaded the ice sculpture up on the trolley and wheeled it to the window.

And she threw the entire thing out of it. Just like how she did it at home.

Zyphiris
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Dainty Snowflake

Zyphiris rolled 1 100-sided dice: 90 Total: 90 (1-100)

Zyphiris
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Dainty Snowflake

PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:16 am


Undaunted by the fact that she could be receiving detention for her act of killer litter, the ghoul strode to the corner of the room where she picked up a nice sheet of canvas and mounted it on an easel. From the cupboards she retrieved an apron and a nice wooden palette and squeezed out some paints on it. She stood in from of the canvas, thinking, waiting, for the inspiration to come to her.

It was coming ... she knew it. All she had to do was sit down and let it burst forth.

Zyphiris rolled 1 10-sided dice: 5 Total: 5 (1-10)
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 7:17 am


Edel sat on her chair and stared intently at the blank canvas placed on the easel. There she sat and stared some more.

Suddenly, she dabbed her paintbrush into the blob of jet black paint and flicked it across the canvas.

Add another stroke.

A flash of red here and there.

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The result was refreshingly modern and minimalistic. The dynamism in those strokes, the cheeky juxtaposition of colours and direction. Standing out was a spot of red that stood completely still - the oxymoron in the piece. Truly ... it was a work of art. Even the Professor seemed rather pleased.

Zyphiris
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Dainty Snowflake

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