Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Welcome to Eggspress Elementary! Your teachers know who they're teaching, please wait patiently for a PM from them! Have you ever wanted to make amazing looking eggs for your signature, but didn’t know how? Here at Eggspress Elementary, our teachers can show you all the basics for making your own eggs. After taking your lessons and doing your homework, you will take the final exam. If you pass, then you have proven yourself a great eggmaker, and be offered a job at the Eggspress thread. Click HERE for a link to the normal Eggspress thread to request an egg. To sign up as a student, just fill out this form and either post it here, or PM it to blazinrider112 or cpoggie and we’ll match you up with a teacher. Username: Program: (Paint, Gimp, Photoshop) Timezone(or Times You Can Be On): (Any Experience?) (Any Additional Comments?) All lessons will take place in our IRC channel, #EggspressElementary . To get there, go to http://irc.technoized.com/?channel=eggspresselementary . You will be meeting with your teacher there at a lesson time that the teacher will reserve for you. Your teachers will teach you the lessons shown below. They may merge lessons, as well. Schedule: Lesson 1 - Basic Recolors. Lesson 2 - Basic Shading Lesson 3 - Flat Patterns Lesson 4 - Shading Flat Patterns Lesson 5 - Working with Pygmies Lesson 6 - Glows Lesson 7 - Sparkles Lesson 8 - Highlighting Lesson 9 - Facial Features Lesson 10 - Fur/Tails/Ears Lesson 11 - Scales Lesson 12 - Random Day Lesson 13 - Shading with Harvests/Waterhorses Lesson 14 - Final Test Graduation! Teachers: - cpoggie – Headmistress - Muffin** - Teacher - Zovesta - Teacher Retired: - blazinrider112 – Headmaster - Corteo - Teacher - saphira888 - Teacher - tinakhal - Teacher Edited September 25, 2010 by Eggspress Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) The Rules 1. Follow the rules for the DC Forums, as this is part of it. 2. Listen to your teachers. They know what they’re doing, and are very good at their jobs. 3. Do your homework. It is necessary to graduate, and will help you learn. 4. Be polite. This is a rule for life in general, and please follow it. 5. Be on time for lessons, and always show up, or tell them ahead if you won’t be able to make it. The teachers will be there on time, waiting to teach you, and you don’t want to disappoint them. 6. Please DO NOT post complaints in this thread complaining how your teacher is never online, or asking when are they going to teach you. Please take these things in polite (or angry, D:) PM's. 7. If you do not do as you are asked in a timely basis, you will be moved to the back of the waiting list. If you argue this point, you'll be expelled. The rules are subject to change at any given moment. Suspended Students This is the list for people that have broken a non-major (minor) rule. You will remain on this list for 3 days, and be unable to have any lessons for the duration of this time. -- Past Offenders -maniakit10 Expelled Students This is the list for people that are multiple offenders, or have broken a major rule. You will not be removed from this list, and will not be allowed to take any lessons. - None! Past Offenders - None! Edited September 9, 2010 by Eggspress Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) FAQ Q: What is the point of this? A: The purpose of Eggspress Elementary is to teach the students how to sprite eggs. Q: Do we get homework like real school? A: Yes. It will be assigned depending on the lesson you are currently learning and your progress and skills so far. Q: How many lessons are there? A: There are 14 lessons, including the final test. Q: How long will this take me? A: It becomes completely up to you. At the least, you could take a lesson a day and be done in two weeks. Or you could stretch them out. Q: Can I become a teacher? A: We are not accepting teachers at this time, but thank you for your enthusiasm. Q: Can I become a thread mod? A: No, the thread mods are the teachers only. Q: What do I do after I graduate? A: Well, you can do what you want with your new skills, and if you want to help others, then apply at the Eggspress thread. Q: Can I request an egg? A: Eggspress is the thread you are looking for. Q: My parents don't allow chatrooms. How can I be taught? A: The only other suggestion is to use PMs here on the Forums. This is very slow though, and is hard to get critique fast. We have no other suggestions at this time. Q: Is there any guides us students could read, to help us with our eggs? A: As of right now, there is only one. More will be coming soon. Custom Shading Guide, by Umbre. Edited March 13, 2010 by Eggspress Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Banners (Anyone can donate banners. Please PM them to blzinrider112 first, though. Thank you.) Here are some banners for Eggspress Elementary. Feel free to use any of them! [URL=http://forums.dragcave.net/index.php?showtopic=81464][IMG=http://www.iaza.com/work/100130C/eebanner18973941791-iaza.gif][/URL] More Coming Soon.... Edited February 12, 2010 by Eggspress Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) *raises hand* As my parents don't allow chatrooms, is there a way for me to be taught without the DC IRC? Edited February 4, 2010 by unimyth_7_7_7 Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 Um, we actually aren't sure if there are any alternatives, unimyth. Do you have any suggestions? Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 Username: Celestial07 Program: Paint *Feels so lame* Timezone(or Times You Can Be On): UK? Is that an answer? Any Experience?: Ah! no. Sorry... I do humans on paint... not eggs. Any Additional Comments?: But I've always wanted to ! Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 If unimyth has a gmail account, I'm sure the teacher and she could chat there... Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 Erm. I wanna join. Username: EternalSpring Program: Paint. ( D: ) Timezone(or Times You Can Be On): GMT + 8, soon to be GMT - 5 (or EST) Im on quite often, and when so, i can practically ALWAYS be found in the #dc room of IRC. =3 (Any Experience?) : No. Not really. (Any Additional Comments?) Uhm. Im bad at shading. D: .. <- Yeah. ._. I think i need this. =D Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 Just wanted to say.....Don't beat yourself up for having paint. Wonderful spriters like Jazi and Kila (I think) work in paint. It's not the program that make the spriters Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 This is so awesome! I was looking for the Eggspress thread on Google and this came up ^__^ Username: Hollabaloo Program: Photoshop Elements Timezone; GMT, evenings or weekends? That's open to negotiation though. Any Experience?: Yes, only practising for myself. I can bombard you with examples if you wish Any Additional Comments?; Just this. Ooh, and that I'm weirdly excited?! Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) Yes, yes please! Sign me up for this. I've been looking for tutorials, but it'd be awesome to have a teacher. :3 Username: lilyice Program: MS Paint Timezone: PST (I'm usually on from 11am - 5pm, then random times scattered throughout the day.) Any Experience?: Not really... I've never done pixel art. ._. ><" Any Additional Comments?: I draw? Dunno. Edited February 6, 2010 by lilyice Share this post Link to post
Posted February 4, 2010 Username:Aquadragon Program: Paint Timezone: Arizona Time (mountain time without DST) I wanna learn how to sprite! Share this post Link to post
Posted February 5, 2010 Oh, everyone seems to be using paint... *looks sadly at her GraphicGale icon* Share this post Link to post
Posted February 5, 2010 Thank you!^w^ *dips the cookie into cocoa and eats it* Share this post Link to post
Posted February 5, 2010 Why not, I need practice. Username: Khallayne Program: Gimp Timezone(or Times You Can Be On): Atlantic Time Zone (EST + 1 hour) I can be online often enough, if people want to PM me. Any Experience: Eh, small amounts here and there. I need to work on Shading. Any Additional Comments: >.> I'm colour incompetent... 8) Share this post Link to post
Posted February 5, 2010 <3 Gimp. Though my friend is really making me want photoshop. Share this post Link to post
Posted February 5, 2010 I so need this. ._. Username:Gemini8910 (Scroll is Pheonix8910) Program: Paint Timezone(or Times You Can Be On): I'm in PST. I can be on anytime around 5:00PM PST if I finish my homework fast enough. >.< (Any Experience?)Sort of...tried a few eggs before. they were decent, but they could have been better.>_< (Any Additional Comments?) I'm pretty bad at shading. >_< The only thing I've managed to make with shading are 2 squares and a rectangle. >_< I also tend to use this smiley a lot: >_< Share this post Link to post
Posted February 6, 2010 Just letting you all know, I'm not exactly a teacher; I'm kind of a substitute, in case someone couldn't make it to the lesson, but in case I'm ever bored, and have a lot of free time, I will try to teach a student I see that hasn't been taught yet. Share this post Link to post
Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) Username: Lightningstreak Program: Paint.NET or Paint Timezone(or Times You Can Be On): EST. (Any Experience?) Nope. (Any Additional Comments?) I usually have to go up to bed and read/go to bed somewhere between 8 and 9 pm on weekdays, EST. :< Ah, Paint. It's oddly pleasing to play around in it. Edited February 9, 2010 by Lightningstreak Share this post Link to post
Posted February 6, 2010 Username: Konayuki of the Spirits (usually called Yuki, kona, kon, KOTS, vomit and Pukey) Program: Paint... on Windows 7 Timezone(or Times You Can Be On): PST. On Fridays, I can be on from 8pm - 12am. On saturdays, I'm on from about 5pm - 12 am and sunday, it depends :/ (Any Experience?): Experience? Me? No. I tried, but it never came out right... (Any Additional Comments?) Just to tell my future teacher, I need a lot of help shading... A LOT. and making additional markings/stuff on the eggs... yeah. Thanks! I feel so much better nao Share this post Link to post
Posted February 6, 2010 Okay tina, I have fixed your non-teacher status with a brand new column just for substitutes. No one ever informed me of that, sorry. And, to all students, we'll be starting up with lessons soon. We totally didn't expect there to be so many eager people, so please bear with us. Share this post Link to post
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