Request topics

Request topics are topics in which an artist may offer to draw other members in pursuit of inspiration and attention. More often than not these topics die quickly as a result of the number of requests. These topics flooded the Arts Board for quite some time before a sub-forum was created for the purpose of requests. To the aid of flood prevention was the General Friendly-ness topic as well. However it was far less effective because artists didn't want to put up with sorting through such a lengthy topic for requests and made their own.

Complaints have circulated against request topics time and time again because of the attention they drew away from other artists who didn't offer to draw the members. Unless they were offered to be drawn, members did seem to ignore the topics. And if they were offered to be drawn, that's all they posted in the topic for. Many artists frustrated that there were more requests than comments and criticism ended their request topics abruptly.

Thanks to the sub-forum, the requests were separated from general artwork and aided in preventing floods that pushed art topics off the page before they were due.