smashifiedart

Hey guys, it's Omni. I just wanted to say thanks to all of the artists who have submitted artwork into our community smashified gallery. It's been super cool to see how our series has inspired people to make artwork of their own—in some cases for the very first time! We hope to continue inspiring people, and we hope to explore other ways of getting the community involved.

Just a bit of an update regarding the gallery folders. We've decided to get rid of the "Smashified Fan Art" gallery folder. Originally, it was meant to simply be a way to showcase artwork that is directly derivative of the artwork produced for the Smashified series, but it was difficult to communicate that purpose to users, and as a result, the folder never really got much mileage and simply confused people. It makes more sense to just focus on Community Smashified.

We also thought it would be good to give a bit more spotlight to the Community Smashified submissions that we feel are especially excellent. Because the artists on the team have their own full time jobs, we can't produce Smashified artwork as quickly as we might like, so we're trying to adhere to a schedule of an episode every 2 weeks. As such, it will be a while before we can get to some of the less popular submissions. Community Smashified is a great way for artists throughout the community to take up the cause and smashify some of their favorite characters that might not be an official installment in Smashified for a long while, if ever! So if we see a smashified that is especially well crafted, we'll be highlighting them in a new "Community Spotlight" gallery! As always, we encourage people to push themselves and strive to constantly improve.

That's all for now. Thanks for being such great supporters, and we'll continue to do our best to deliver great renditions of your favorite characters.

Hey guys, thanks so much for your ongoing support and encouragement as we continue the series! Smashified only has a handful of installments, but already, there's been tremendous growth!

We figured creating a group would be the best way to get all of the official installments to the series in one central location, while also giving some spotlight to the dedicated fans in the community who have been inspired to create works of their own based on the series. We also hope that this group provides a good way to interact with our most dedicated followers on a more personal level than something like tumblr or twitter allows.

Forgive us if things aren't all working in a way that is typical, as we're still trying to figure out how deviantart groups even work! (As you have probably noticed, neither myself or Chris are very active on here, typically).

Starting out, we're opening up membership to anyone, and you'll be automatically approved. People can vote on features to go into the fan gallery folders. If you have any thoughts on how you think this group could be improved, definitely let us know in the comments! We hope you guys join us on this little journey that we're on to bring more characters to the world of smash in some small way!