Well well look at how GW is expanding it is almost frightening!!

While I am in favor of less RPGmaker development, more different game development, I just hope all these new features don't draw too much attention away from the core concept of the community but instead contribute to it if at all possible. Like, I hope artist/composer subcategories don't become isolated mini-deviantarts but instead places where people can download license-free graphics and music for their games (naturally though you could still upload more classic CG pieces/lyrical music that wouldn't make much sense in RPGmaker games anyway and state that THESE ARE MY WORKS DO NOT TOUCH THEM.)

Also if we get a specific section for artists with a full fledged comment system what will be the point of the graphical arts forum anymore(unless it gets integrated or something.)

I might be dealing in absolutes here though since you could indeed just make a separate resources section where people can upload their pixels if they feel like it...though personally I think it a bit clumsy to have two "graphic & art" sections but w/e.

Also I am not sure if an unique section is necessary for programming and game development; GW5 had them in the resources section and we can just categorize them properly....unless there is something extra special to be discussed there.

Well, in GW5 games could only be reviewed, which eliminates the possibility of casual discussion and makes forums necessary, but in an art section where you can freely comment pictures it would be pretty much just an arts forum with a snazzy index page.

Then again this is much ado about oh hell there might be two instances of this image in the gw space and I admit an arts forum would be necessary for discussion about art methods, games etc.

that's cool bart have some to freshen up

anyways that Rowain's graphical arts topic brought up some possibilities I hadn't considered so I am now pretty cool with this. I just hope musicians get something like that too because otherwise it'd be sort of...unbalanced.

I'm glad we'll be getting an arts section.  I think LORd's suggestion of a music section might be a good idea too.

You have to remember that its unlikely we'd post everything on our artist's page. When it comes up, I'll probably use it as an online gallery so only work that I think is suitable would go there. Anything like wips or sketchbooks would likely go to the forums. Theres a difference between comments and critiques.