1. Do you use the internet to search for information?
-nod-
2. When looking for information, do you prefer looking on the internet or in books? (Or somewhere else...?)
Online
3. The internet has made it possible for anyone to share their knowledge. Is this a good thing?
-nod-
4. Do you feel that the large amount of tutorials out there are the response to a demand?
Some
5. How do you feel about the general quality of internet tutorials?
Uncertain on this Q
6. Why do you think people make tutorials? (To gain popularity in social environments, out of kindness of their hearts, for financial reasons...?)
Fame and kind heartedness
7. Have you made a tutorial?
-------- If yes, then what were your reasons for making it?
No
8. Have you ever been inspired to try something new or do something you normally wouldn't because of a tutorial? (Pick up needlework, build a water cooler for your computer, try GIMP instead of Photoshop...?)
-shakes head-
9. What attracts you to a tutorial? (Layout/graphic style, level of difficulty, previous existing interest in the subject...?)
Necessity
10. Do you think it is easy to find relevant tutorials online?
-nod-
11. Which kind of tutorial do you prefer? (Visual, text heavy, video, artistic, humorous...?)
Video

1. Yes, I would say almost daily.

2. Internet

3. Yes

4. Yes

5. Depends

6. Attention

7. No

8. No

9. Organization, clarity

10. Yes

11. Visual, video

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Buck futter

I think you need to clarify this in scope, I take it you're referring to art tutorials? Because information is a very general term.

1. Do you use the internet to search for information?
Duh.

2. When looking for information, do you prefer looking on the internet or in books? (Or somewhere else...?)
No.

3. The internet has made it possible for anyone to share their knowledge. Is this a good thing?
It reaaally depends.

4. Do you feel that the large amount of tutorials out there are the response to a demand?
50/50

5. How do you feel about the general quality of internet tutorials?
It depends if a talentless 8 year old made them, or a very talented adult or late teen made them.

6. Why do you think people make tutorials? (To gain popularity in social environments, out of kindness of their hearts, for financial reasons...?)
Because of something useful but confusing or hard, and I just used to make them for fun.

7. Have you made a tutorial?
-------- If yes, then what were your reasons for making it?
Not one that I remember.

8. Have you ever been inspired to try something new or do something you normally wouldn't because of a tutorial? (Pick up needlework, build a water cooler for your computer, try GIMP instead of Photoshop...?)
Yep.

9. What attracts you to a tutorial? (Layout/graphic style, level of difficulty, previous existing interest in the subject...?)
All of the above.

10. Do you think it is easy to find relevant tutorials online?
No.

11. Which kind of tutorial do you prefer? (Visual, text heavy, video, artistic, humorous...?)
Humurous, artistic, and visual.

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2. Wharfafuck, I mean to put "Internet".

Wasn't thinking.
Sorry.

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1. Google is my homepage for a reason.

2. Internet, unless it's important.

3. A good thing with a bad side.

4. Most on this site at least seem to be created solely because tutorials are popular and gain repeat views.

5. Most are crap and too specific to be worthwhile to those who aren't looking to mimic the tutorial exactly.

6. See 4.

7. Nope. I don't even know what I'd make one for, even if I did want to though.

8. From magazine ones, yes.

9. Adaptability. So you don't have to apply the technique solely to one type of creation.

10. No. Due to the aforementioned flood of crap.

11. Visual/descriptive.

Not exclusively. I know that this is an art site so the main focus is on art, but I'm asking generally. I'm studying textiles and communication, but for this project I'm looking at information through tutorials in general

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All generalizations are false, including this one.

1. Yes.

2. Sometimes I like books better because it's nicer to sit with reading material and go over it outside on a sunny day. It depends on the information, too. Books tend to go far more in depth to a topic than a web page does; the internet makes it very fast to pick up in information. It's a win/win. I prefer both.

3. If sharing knowledge was a bad thing, we wouldn't have teachers or books. You could say the internet has bad info, but so do some teachers. So do some books. People socialize more on the internet, so it makes the info much more subjective at times; the medium doesn't change the nature of the person giving the information away.

4. I...have no idea.

5. They're a bit basic. Vague, I know.

6. It varies from person to person, I'm sure. I can't speak for other people.

7. Yes, but it wasn't really a tutorial as much as it was something to give to people so they could quit embarrassing themselves. It was one one not how to draw a penis, but it was to show what the darn thing actually looked like so people would quit drawing it upside down. There was no step-by-step. It was for the peoples' sake, but it was one of the most popular images, gaining thousands of views and hundreds of favorites I had not anticipated. My email still notifies me of such added favorites (not at this site).

8. Rather than copying tutorials, of the few I've looked at, I pick up tips and test them out. From there, I didn't give that tutorial a second glance.

9. Level of quality is a plus, but if the content is fascinating, I'll look at it.

10. Is that a rhetorical question? (That was a rhetorical question.)

11. Text heavy, that way I can understand how the artist arrived at their conclusion without drawing in the dark not knowing anything other than the shallow final product.

The problem with tutorials is they usually can't explain how it arrived at the final product. Tutorials are just that. They're the final product. Such as learning how to draw horses using circles and rectangles--a tutorial can't explain how the horse moves so that you can figure out how to put it in motion. A tutorial can't show you detailed diagrams into the bone structure that would makes the legs the shape they are; a tutorial can't show you which muscles moves (flexes and extends) and where on the horse that would be logical for that particular joint movement on the horse. Basically, tutorials only show you the general idea of the final product for one particular pose.

On the flip side, tutorials are mostly good for picking up tips and building on them as you progress.

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People tell me I'm off my rocker all the time, so I got something to say to them, too: I'm not in my rocker because I'm sitting in theirs, swingin' away and probably tipping it over in my excitement.

Alright, I'll try to answer.

1. Yes.

2. I suppose it depends on what I'm looking for. I tend to prefer something from a decently reputable source if it's important, so I go for print media, but much of that can be found online these days.

3. It's certainly a good thing, all humans should have access to the sum of the species' knowledge.

4. I'm not sure if there is a large amount out there, but there must be some demand.

5. Well, they tend to vary quite considerably, from god awful to impressively informative. Overall, decent I suppose.

6. I think primarily because they want to help or inform people, or because people ask for it.

7. I have, it's not very good at all, and it was only because I was asked.

8. I have, but I don't think I managed too well with it, I'm not a big fan of tutorials.

9. Subject and depth.

10. I guess, though it depends on what you're looking for.

11. A mix of visual and text, a little humour is ok, but too much can be annoying.