# Think yourself an artist? Or not. Give this a shot. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805 "2005-09-21T23:55:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/21 "2005-09-22T04:02:13Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > omg it’s art > > [http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=73](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=73) Beauty is truth! And that is beautiful. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/22 "2005-09-22T04:14:25Z")
A couple of comments: 1. When I create a new object and immediately try to change the transparency or scale, it doesn’t work. I have to additionaly click on the object, even though it appears to already be selected. Otherwise, adjusting the transparancy or scale does nothing. (Note, this is on Safari browser, mac os x 10.4) 2. The size of new objects is just too big to start off with. I think the default size should be a bit smaller. ---
**Author:** ![The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_King\_of\_Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_King_of_Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/23 "2005-09-22T04:16:34Z")
What a splendid waste of time! [http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=75](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=75) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/24 "2005-09-22T05:12:25Z")
[The Birth of the Avant Garde](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=78) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/25 "2005-09-22T05:46:59Z")
[The Mythology of Desire](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=80) ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/26 "2005-09-22T06:36:04Z")
The input fields won’t take my text. My contribution has vanished into the aether. _snf_snf\* It was a thing of beauty and a joy for at least 15 minutes, too. (Safari 1.3.1 on Mac OS 10.3.9) I kept wishing for an undo function. But I could spend a lot of time playing with this. ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/27 "2005-09-22T07:17:27Z")
I had no trouble with it in IE. Presenting [The Residue of Miracle](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=84) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/28 "2005-09-22T10:25:37Z")
Fun site [here’s mine](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=70) ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/29 "2005-09-22T13:02:16Z")
You guys are doing some wonderful work! ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/30 "2005-09-22T17:29:59Z")
Wow. Surprised at all the replies and the paintings. Some of these are quite good. Glad everyone enjoyed it. And just for the helluvit, [Stairway to Heaven?](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=99) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/31 "2005-09-22T21:35:17Z")
Quite nice, but geez are you guys prudes or what? Mine is [Eve Had To Have The Damned Apple](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=115) and it was immediately edited to “Eve Had To Have The \*\*\*\*\* Apple”. Plus you didn’t even give me the correct number of \*'s to make up the word DAMNED…damn. Still, very cool site! ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/32 "2005-09-22T21:51:06Z")
I’m feeling a little goofy today, and had to go make another painting. I actually intended to do something serious, but when I got the eyes in place over the background, well, the outcome was obvious! [http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=116](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=116) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/33 "2005-09-22T22:28:23Z")
Fun! [Here’s mine.](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=119) I didn’t look at anyone else’s until I’d finished mine. Freaky. These are fun, I want to do some more! ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/34 "2005-09-22T23:54:48Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Quite nice, but geez are you guys prudes or what? > > Mine is [Eve Had To Have The Damned Apple](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=115) and it was immediately edited to “Eve Had To Have The \*\*\*\*\* Apple”. > > Plus you didn’t even give me the correct number of \*'s to make up the word DAMNED…damn. > > Still, very cool site! Thanks for props. As far as language filter goes, it was something we realized rather late we needed, so we wrote the script but used an existing list of “bad words”. Would I prefer no language filter? Yes. But from the museum’s point of view they have to be careful, very careful. Lots of donors and whatnot. And when the museum forwarded to us a very complimentary email that mentioned how excited she was to have the kids she teaches use this… well, better safe than sorry. ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/35 "2005-09-23T00:01:58Z")
I had to do another this morning, and it worked fine, even in Safari. I’ve sent the link to several friends, who now consider me the height of evil temptation. So that’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/36 "2005-09-23T00:35:53Z")
> [@rexnervous](#): > > Lily - I think I’ve discovered the issue. “Send” isn’t activated unless all of the first four fields in the Publish page (the one where you fill in First Name, Last Name, Email, and painting Title) are filled in. > > “Cancel” is always active. > > Hope you can give it another try - and just fill in the first four fields on the Publish page (even if they’re nonsense - though the title and your first name last name will be shown on the site - we only use email to send you the link to your painting, and you can un-check the opt-in link to receive the museum’s newsletter - which we have nothing to do with) > > Perhaps that was the issue? Ah, thank you! I had filled in everything except the last name. :smack: Now I’ll have to go back and try again. The title is calling me to be “painted”. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/37 "2005-09-23T01:11:31Z")
> [@LilyoftheValley](#): > > Ah, thank you! I had filled in everything except the last name. :smack: > > Now I’ll have to go back and try again. The title is calling me to be “painted”. Make sure you post your entry here, so it can be admired by all! (or heckled. but we wouldn’t do that 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/38 "2005-09-23T01:12:57Z")
[“Adrift in the Mists of Time”](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=127) (Only slightly pretentious.) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/39 "2005-09-23T02:05:16Z")
This is so fun here’s another. [Auburn Sky](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=88) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805/40 "2005-09-23T03:26:41Z")
Fun! [Pronouncement](http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/painter/galleryView.php?paintingID=135) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-yourself-an-artist-or-not-give-this-a-shot/322805.md?page=3)