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WINNERS OF OUR COLORS OF NATURE CONTEST !!!

*Wonderful-World:iconWonderful-World: reports, 5h 28m ago
Announcing the Winners of Our Colors Of Nature Contest :boogie:

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Unknown Talented Artists Nº9

=Yasny-chan:iconYasny-chan: reports, 6h 59m ago
Unknown Talented Artists Nº9

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Project Stacee

`FantasyStock:iconFantasyStock: reports, 9h 10m ago
The objective of this project is to invite artists to either restore Stacee's photo or use it as a reference to create art work in any medium. Please participate! You can even win prizes by contributing your artwork to this really good cause.
6 comments   Projects  Last +fav: `Navagon

Weekly Deviation - 09/06/08

=RoxRio:iconRoxRio: reports, 18h 32m ago
Another week, another selection. Different people, different style, great works!
15 comments   Tributes  Last +fav: ^JunkbyJen

Crazy Creature Contest

*Yayster:iconYayster: reports, 1d 8h ago
Rack your brain and delve deep into your imagination to come up with a crazy creature. It can be anything - a mammal, a bird, even an alien creature - just as long as it shows your creativity!

Winnegan's Picks, Vol. 5: Artisan Crafts/Sculpture

=Winneganfake:iconWinneganfake: reports, 2d 11m ago
Welcome to the much-awaited Volume 5 of Winnegan's Picks, where I delve into two of my favorite galleries, Artisan Crafts and Sculpture, for a full serving of objects sure to inspire, enliven, terrorize, or if you're like me, make you want to start drooling like a madman.

Speed Contest for Non-subscribers - 2nd Edition

=mrcool256:iconmrcool256: reports, 1d 1h ago
Speed photography contest... win a subscription today and have fun doing it!

Art Imitating Music: Opeth

*abuseofreason:iconabuseofreason: reports, 1d 44m ago
A regular feature showcasing music's influence on DA's artists.

Rompiendo con los malos hábitos en Photoshop.

*noticias:iconnoticias: reports, 20h 35m ago
Mindy Wagner, una diseñadora que maneja el Photoshop desde hace 10 años nos cuenta cuales son los malos hábitos de los usuarios del Photoshop.

Un vistazo interesante a malas técnicas y costumbres de los usuarios de Photoshop.
51 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: *Athziri

The Best of August Visual Art!

`karemelancholia:iconkaremelancholia: reports, 1d 38m ago
Now it's time for August 2008 Visual Art Features, many new art to discover!

Don't forget that many artists need to be viewed, they deserve it!
Fave Fave Fave!
My main purpose in doing a monthly feature about (to my point of view) 'the best visual art' is to put in the same level as well wellknown artists and popular creations as unknown artists and under-exposed creations.
Artists need to be supported.
So don't be shy!

Here's the Menu per Category :

Digital Paintings & Drawings | Mixed Media | PhotoManipulations | 3-Dimensional | Vector & Vexels | Photography | Traditional Paintings & Drawings | Artisan Crafts


Culture News This Week

The "Banned Books" Contest: Fight Censorship!

`GeneratingHype:iconGeneratingHype: reports, 2d 21h ago
Speak out against Banned Books! Fight censorship! Participate in this contest!

ALA's Banned Books Week: 27 September - 4 October 2008

:: Self Portrait Contest ::

=BikerScout:iconBikerScout: reports, September 2
This contest is open to all deviants of all skill levels!

THE RED DOT CONTEST

`aeterne:iconaeterne: reports, September 1
Be creative! Take part in The Red Dot Contest designed for all deviants who love to create.

Contests Around dA! Bi-Monthly NewsLetter!

`karemelancholia:iconkaremelancholia: reports, September 1
Giving some fresh ideas to create, contests are essential to creativity!
Here are somes that are flying around!


:trophy: Need TIPS about How to Organize a Contest?
SEE HERE!



= To get more expozure your contest is also updated more freequently in my journal : [link] =

:heart: DON'T FORGET THE SOLIDARITY CONTEST/PROJECT! :heart:

Current Contests

109 contests are listed!
34 new!
All medias are representated!

Hope it is useful for everyone!

The Best of August Visual Art!

`karemelancholia:iconkaremelancholia: reports, 1d 38m ago
Now it's time for August 2008 Visual Art Features, many new art to discover!

Don't forget that many artists need to be viewed, they deserve it!
Fave Fave Fave!
My main purpose in doing a monthly feature about (to my point of view) 'the best visual art' is to put in the same level as well wellknown artists and popular creations as unknown artists and under-exposed creations.
Artists need to be supported.
So don't be shy!

Here's the Menu per Category :

Digital Paintings & Drawings | Mixed Media | PhotoManipulations | 3-Dimensional | Vector & Vexels | Photography | Traditional Paintings & Drawings | Artisan Crafts

The Best Of Fantasy Art - Summer 2008

*Enchantedforest:iconEnchantedforest: reports, 2d 21h ago
*Enchantedforest is a community about fairies and other fantasy creatures that can be found in the woodlands!

Here are the Best Of Fantasy Art for the Summer, among the deviations submitted into our gallery.
You'll find here Every medias, so look closely at the thumbs and visit the artists' gallery!

Enjoy and fave the ORIGINAL deviations you like, browse the galleries of the artists you love and devwatch them!

Talented Artist Part 10

=hellobaby:iconhellobaby: reports, September 1
This s an article which feature amazing artists but unpopular & have under 30k pageviews
They r totally great so plz share ur love with them:hug::love:

EVANESCENCE'S SONGS CONTEST

*intano:iconintano: reports, 1d 8h ago
:bulletred:For more information and updates for the contest,you can check out my journal here>> [link]


Much love:heart:

*intano

Manga/Anime Official Repeating Contest September 1

^Damaged927:iconDamaged927: reports, September 1
The Manga/Anime official repeating contest for the month of September. See last month's results and view the rules for the new contest.

Day of the Dead Contest! Open to all.

*Delectable-Decadence:iconDelectable-Decadence: reports, September 1
A contest open to anyone on deviant art to celebrate an early day of the dead holiday. Great prizes in store, so take a looksie!

Culture


DaV5 Disapointments?

~milesj:iconmilesj: reports, August 9, 2006
I dont know how everyone else feels on this subject, but to me I was expecting the design and layout to be a bit better in some areas (referring to chat, forums, profile, settings, etc).

Those areas of the site still look or resemble closely to the v4 layout, and I think that it should not be that way. Every area of the site should be redone, the old v4 mixed with the new v5 headers and footers (which are great btw) does not look good in the least bit. Even though the profile page has been changed a tad, the colors arent great, I would suggest that the colors from the news page or the home page should be used globally.

I dont know if the staff is planning on changing these at a later time, or leaving them the same, but I was wondering how everyone else feels on this?

Devious Comments


~Daniel-Hunt:iconDaniel-Hunt: Aug 11, 2006, 4:19:48 AM
To be honest, I think the opposite about the colours. The ones from user pages, in my opinion, should be used across the site, on deviations and news pages.

The off-white colour's just too hard on the eyes >_<.

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"How appropriate, you fight like a cow"
=chalkley3:iconchalkley3: Aug 11, 2006, 4:23:37 AM
chat needs to be updated. it looks random without the v5 look

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Life's a bitch and I'm her pimp.
°spot:iconspot: Aug 11, 2006, 4:28:28 AM
I can say this with almost the same perspective as you since I had absolutely NOTHING to do with v5.

It is my understanding that all those areas are being saved for v5.5. So they are going to be updated, just not this moment.

Hope that helps. :)

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I, Gamer - Napalm Riot!
=oggyb:iconoggyb: Aug 11, 2006, 4:31:56 AM
As far as I'm aware the old v4 looking parts are those that haven't been upgraded yet, and should look fine with the release of v5.5. I know lots of people have issues with colours and typo for a start, which is why I'm going to pimp this deviation by =mindfuckx: [link] .

M.

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Here's my Website, and my Blog.
~pres-requin:iconpres-requin: Aug 11, 2006, 4:32:55 AM Mood: Confused
I know exactly what you mean. Before I left for a break there were talks of a new scheme. When I saw the intro I was expecting some absolutely mega redone, cool, hard-worked design that would blow us away. It was good, but when I saw v4 popping up everywhere randomly I kind of got confused to whether it was finished or not yet???

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~Nategeorge:iconNategeorge: Aug 11, 2006, 4:33:46 AM
i feel let donw by the fact that the thumb share forum is kind of pointless now you cant share thumbs :) but the layout and design is nice

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I live in the happy place in my mind :)
and also at [link]
*guardianodin:iconguardianodin: Aug 11, 2006, 4:36:52 AM
This new layout is awful. I was getting ready to renew my sub, but now I don't think I will. The pages are to blocky and fonts are huge. It feels to closed in.

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I Draw Stuff...
~Stygians-Fool:iconStygians-Fool: Aug 11, 2006, 4:47:00 AM
Personality, I'm finding it difficult to nav and search through the site. The font and whiteness makes everything appear unwelcoming (I had a few friends who only recently saw the site and too, found it unwelcoming. Sort of "too big" to be a community site).

If v5 was some mega blow-up version where -everything- was completely different, I'd have considered whether it was for me or not, changing every year. It seems overpowering to me. o_o

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"...A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools..." ~Douglas Adams
~watermonster:iconwatermonster: Aug 11, 2006, 4:57:44 AM
Most of my dissapointments come from the redesign of the front page. I really liked the columnar layour, with my daily deviations showing one-by-one, a shoutboard, and news down.
~m00s4sh1:iconm00s4sh1: Aug 11, 2006, 4:58:06 AM
there is no comment edit ;]

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Dig through the ditches, burn through the witches..