I've been a bit sidetracked this past week, with the Thanksgiving holiday here in the USA as well as getting my own inventory of painted stones organized and ready to sell through various online venues.
Now it is time for me to work a little bit more on the Hive Rocks Community, since I have a feeling that community founder @yangyanje is somewhat looking to me because I am very familiar with the structure and workings of a community stone painting initiative.
As always, if this is the first time you've ever heard of "Hive Rocks," please take a moment to read the Hive Rocks introductory post!
After thinking it over, I figured that perhaps one of the more useful things I could offer would be a series of fairly basic ”Tips and Tutorials” style posts to help explain in more detail how a community rock painting project typically operates.
I'm trying to stick to step-by-step style posts, keeping in mind that some people may never have tried painting on a stone before.
5 Fundamental Areas
So far, I have broken the information into five separate sections, each of which I plan to publish to the community page as an individual post. After a bit of deliberation, I felt it would be easier for people to have these separate posts for different parts of the process, rather than leaving folks to dig through a single very long ”White Paper” style document.
The areas I have come up with so far are the following:
- Choosing suitable rocks to paint on, and getting them ready.
- Types of paints, what to paint, and how best to mark your rocks.
- Putting a weatherproof finish on your rocks to protect the design.
- Suggestions for where and how to hide rocks, and letting the community know.
- What to do when you find a ”Hive Rock,” including a brief introduction for people who might not know what Hive even is.
Always Seeking Feedback!
At this point each of these is in the "rough draft" stage, and I'd like to invite community feedback as to whether you can think of other things that should be covered or mentioned. What would YOU like to know more about?
Furthermore, I don't intend for these tutorial pages to be static, rather I plan to keep them updated; adding to them as new information and experiences are shared.
I'm excited about the potential of Hive Rocks as an interesting and vibrant corner of the Hive ecosystem! One of the unique aspects of a community rock painting initiative is the fact that it combines the online environment with an activity and physical space.
I look forward to seeing lots of people express their creativity, into watching the Hive Rocks Community grow!
Thanks for stopping by, and much more to follow!
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