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Conoce más sobre los "Dev-Meets"

*noticias:iconnoticias: reports, 4h 46m ago
Sabes qué es un Dev-Meet?

Conoce las experiencias de devMeets en DF-México, Chihuahua-México, Buenos Aires-Argentina y Chile.

Lee la opinión de nuestros lectores sobre los devMeets y muchas fotos e información interesante!
Artículo escrito por =k-nelo :iconk-nelo:

Weekly-Deviant: Issue 02

=Weekly-Deviant:iconWeekly-Deviant: reports, 22h 17m ago
The club that takes exposure to the extreme!
9 comments   Tributes  Last +fav: ~LanLy

dA Bugs & Solutions...

`karemelancholia:iconkaremelancholia: reports, 8h 24m ago
dA is the widest and most popular Cyber Gallery.
dA is the best place to expoze your creations, to get recognition, to discover other's art. And for many other reasons you may be happy to be a Deviant.
Therefore dA have bugs...
Then read this...

World Mental Health Day

*Flutterings:iconFlutterings: reports, 18h 12m ago
~alcheme posted an amazing article about this here, this is merely a follow up article to feature all of the volunteered works, and share the facts again.

Fight the stigma - Speak your mind.

Art and artists in danger

=cybergranny:iconcybergranny: reports, 17h 46m ago
Art in danger!!! how far is the censorship going?
Help us support a French artist who is liable to 3 years of imprisonment!

Friendly Feature

~E-M-I-L-A:iconE-M-I-L-A: reports, 19h 49m ago
:blowkiss: Thank you so much guys for everything! :blowkiss:
55 comments   Tributes  Last +fav: ~masKade

Halloween Dragon Contest

*sonkem:iconsonkem: reports, 2d 13h ago
I think its time for the fun to begin again (cos I love Halloween).

This time round I want to see Halloween Dragons! (Or Halloween dragon type animals, if you want to make a Halloween Bunny dragon for example go ahead)

Window to the soul....

=sidneyeileen:iconsidneyeileen: reports, 20h 57m ago
Some say the eyes are the window into the soul. What do you see when you look into the eyes....?

Wave Riders

*Ancient-Hoofbeats:iconAncient-Hoofbeats: reports, 2d 1h ago
Featuring surfing deviations from across DA!

*noticias presenta ...a *GENZOMAN

*noticias:iconnoticias: reports, 1d 3h ago
*GENZOMAN es un artista chileno que nos hará navegar con su arte entre la magia y la fantasía, acercándonos a mundos de Mitos y Leyendas. Dejémonos cautivar por ellos, además de por su naturalidad y su forma de sentir y entender el Arte. Hoy, *noticias... presenta a *GENZOMAN
23 comments   Tributes  Last +fav: ~Canfex

Culture News This Week

deviantART Presents: Design the DEW®!

$chix0r:iconchix0r: reports, 2d 10h ago
Mountain Dew® has busted the cap off their Green Label Art Limited Edition Bottle Series™ project and has teamed with deviantART for an exciting new contest. We're searching for an artist who can define their expression of DEW® by adding devious style to the mix! Enter to show us your dream DEW® design and win!

The Best of September Visual Art!

`karemelancholia:iconkaremelancholia: reports, October 7
Now it's time for September 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!

Visit their pages, support them by faving, commenting, and when you see a deviation that you like also view their gallery entirely, like that you can decide if you will devwatch them or not.
Viewing only a deviation (what is great) is not enough ;-)

And if you want to see your favorite visual artists or art selected to be in this feature for the next month, send me via note the links/thumbs!

:pointr: You can see the previous features here, in the Index i've created!

---AMAZING ART FEATURE II---

~kazumasoju:iconkazumasoju: reports, October 5
*---AMAZING ART FEATURE II---* - great artist unite.
63 comments   Contests  Last +fav: ~Tacoly

KHR FAN ART CONTEST~ START!

=brilcrist:iconbrilcrist: reports, October 6
in order to celebrate my 2nd doujinshi release, i decided to ake some fan art contest~ it's a Katekyo Hitman Reborn Contest Fan Art!!>w<

Talented artist Part 12

=hellobaby:iconhellobaby: reports, 2d 12h ago
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:

62 comments   Tributes  Last +fav: ~Vonny88

Recent Dedications (you'll be blown away...!)

=Cataclysm-X:iconCataclysm-X: reports, October 7
Many amazing dedications put together in 1 news article!

The Best Of Fantasy Art - September 2008

*Enchantedforest:iconEnchantedforest: reports, October 5
*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 September, 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!

:heart:
26 comments   Tributes  Last +fav: ^cosmosue

September's Feature in Rus-Club

*Rus-Club:iconRus-Club: reports, October 7
Great works in different categories. You must see it!

The Solidarity Auctions are Opened!

`karemelancholia:iconkaremelancholia: reports, October 8
You know the Solidarity Project were we collect funds for an association : Concern.

Till nowadays we've collected for Concern : 336.25€ aka $456.02

In the World...
"An estimated 25.000 people die from an effect of hunger everyday. That's about One person every four seconds."

:pointr: READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE :pointl:

The Project is coming to and end : on October 17th.

To gather more funds for Concern some deviants gave some of their art for an auction.

READY? GO!

Rake 'Em Up, It's an Autumn Contest!

*Ultra-Violet-X:iconUltra-Violet-X: reports, 1d 10h ago
3rd contest of a season themed series.
Prizes include: Fella plushie, Subs, Prints and loads more!
15 comments   Contests  Last +fav: ~jen22-03

Culture


Giving Credit Where It Is Due.

=bitchinblack:iconbitchinblack: reports, October 26, 2006
I have been a member of DA for over three years. I admit that when I first began, I did not give credit to the stock accounts/websites where I found my sources. However, I have since learned my lesson. Stock photographers give photo manipulators like myself the necessary ingredients to create, invent, imagine, conceptualize, and transcend. It is not just about giving credit, but recognizing the stock as an art piece in itself.

On occasion, I have noticed a number of photomanipulations being featured as Daily Deviations that give absolutely no mention of where they got their stock. I am not criticizing the fact that they were chosen because that matter is left entirely up to the discretion of the gallery directors and deviants with privileges. However, those amazing works of art that turn seemingly ordinary images into something extraordinary would be nothing without the stock that made them. Photomanipulators (and artists in general who use other people's images in their artwork) should have the foresight and decency to recognize their efforts and contributions. This goes especially for those deviants who have achieved massive fame and recognition. It's not nice to forget the "little people" who helped you get where you are today.

Please don't misunderstand my intentions with this article. I am not making demands or giving orders to everyone that ever uses a stock photo. It is merely a friendly request that I am sure the stock artists and your audience would appreciate.

Devious Comments


~sassyeggs:iconsassyeggs: Oct 26, 2006, 10:24:22 PM
i agree. now granted, i honestly don't know where i got most of my brushes, but i haven't used them on anything submitted though. but i feel bad not knowing in the event that i DO use them. but i'm all for giving the credit if i get a POLITE request saying i used something that belongs to them.

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there is no hope, only action. ~LL

"and i feel like i'm naked in front of the crowd
cuz these words are my diary screaming out loud"
~anna nalick

Vox audita perit, litera scripta manet
~DarthGummiBear:iconDarthGummiBear: Oct 26, 2006, 10:29:05 PM
Well this is certainly true in spades. I go out of my way to credit those who contribute to my art and like yourself it annoys the hell out of me when others fail to do the same.

Crediting stock owners and notifying such that their stock has been used is self-beneficial too, so it makes no sense why some people don't do it. When you thank the person who contributed to your art, that's not only one more person who will see your art, but potentially many more who visit that stock artist's page.

It really is self-defeating not to do this. :crazy:

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~DarthGummiBear:iconDarthGummiBear: Oct 26, 2006, 10:30:33 PM
a good habit that I have gotten into is creating subdirectories with artist names so whenever i download something it goes into that artist's directory. That way it doesn't matter when I use something, I always know where it came from.

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~sassyeggs:iconsassyeggs: Oct 26, 2006, 10:53:20 PM
good idea. and the just the borderline ocd organization i love.

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there is no hope, only action. ~LL

"and i feel like i'm naked in front of the crowd
cuz these words are my diary screaming out loud"
~anna nalick

Vox audita perit, litera scripta manet
~Verticae:iconVerticae: Oct 26, 2006, 11:02:12 PM
Last time I checked, one of the rules for receiving a DD in the Photomanipulations category was to list your stock sources. At least, it has been that way since ^kuschelirmel has been GD. I think it's a great development, and hope it puts more pressure on artists to do so. After all, no matter what you do with the stock, it's still the original picture that can make or break the artwork.

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What, are you dense?
Are you retarded or something?
Who the hell do you think I am?

I'm the goddamn Verticae.
=bitchinblack:iconbitchinblack: Oct 26, 2006, 11:10:01 PM
A good habit to get into, in my opinion, is to make two folders in your bookmarks: One for random stock that you particularly like, and one for the stock you are currently using. That way, you can always have a reference that doesn't take up a lot of room and isn't too much of a hassle. :D

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=bitchinblack:iconbitchinblack: Oct 26, 2006, 11:10:39 PM
I didn't even notice you started your reply the same way. :crazy: I'm such a goof.

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=bitchinblack:iconbitchinblack: Oct 26, 2006, 11:12:26 PM
I agree completely. But ^kuschelirmel is not the only one with the privilege to choose DD's in the photomanip category. That's where it gets tricky.

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~DarthGummiBear:iconDarthGummiBear: Oct 26, 2006, 11:51:19 PM
lol--the funny thing about that is generally i'm probably one of the most disorganized people i know :)

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~DarthGummiBear:iconDarthGummiBear: Oct 26, 2006, 11:53:15 PM
hehe

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