It was short-lived just a couple years, but in that time i managed to bring some good 45 artist into the portal, and somehow i was under the impression that they were 50, anyway today i got notified by M-bot, and lost my scouting privileges, but i am still allowed into the art portal, i have no idea why this happened, but i will not question it.
On this couple of years all the artists that i got to scout were already incredibly good, and would, without a doubt, been scouted regardless (or so i think), or otherwise have some incredible amount of potential and with just some more uploads and time would have gotten themselves scouted by someone else.
So as far as new artist go nothing really changes, nothing at all, but what about the old ones?
When i got scouted i decided to go on an adventure and check the unscouted section chronologically, and managed to arrive halfway to the end, finding myself with unscouted artist from 2009, but at that point it is just nonsense to hope someone to still go and check their profile for an scouting notification, so when i started classes i decided to put that quest on hold, "they have been unscouted for years, waiting some months wouldn't make any difference right?" i said to myself.
Well that didn't worked as planned XD, haha oh well, those users are mostly no longer active here, and is understandable, i actually got in contact with some of them and they all have different reasons for not being using NG as an art outlet, however i do believe that if they ever try to give it a go in the NG of today, they will get themselves a good barrage of scouters behind them, and more importantly some good user exposure on the Art Portal.
And what about the rest? well, you all are great, just keep uploading and eventually you will get scouted.
My last scout was Themightycaolf his art is greatly promising, and at times i already consider him to be there on the "you can't really advice nothing else" zone, if anything he has the obnoxious problem of having all his uploads looking sideways, but that doesn't impedes you from noticing that the guy is good at that thing known as drawing.
Well with nothing else more to say, it was a good ride, i can still check the unscouted portal, so i will be making recommendations if necessary.
VicariousE
How does one peruse unscouted artists?! Oh wait, only a scouted artist can do that right?
Just scrolled though your 'tree' and wow, everyone of them looks promising and serious! Remember when jiovanni first started posting, everyone was downvoting her? Do you counsel your scouted artists on making their work look more presentable, and not just a sketch on white?
Anyway congrats man, elevating your fellow man/woman is a noble task :)
Doomroar
Yeah only scouted artist can browse that part of the portal, the good thing is that i can still go and navigate that part, so in the end i lost nothing, and deep down i know that i wanted an excuse to not scout people, so this is working for my lazy self.
I always try to give constructive criticism both for the good and bad things, i am not one to hold back, i myself like the sketch on white aesthetic but if i see that they have a talent for coloring then i tell them to explore that side more.