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JUNE Picture a song Contest - WINNERS
*nush74
reports, 19h 25m ago
reports, 19h 25m agoThe winners of the June "Picture a Song" contest have been announced!!
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Make a Difference || Intense Lit #10
=3wyl
reports, 3h 28m ago
reports, 3h 28m agoMake a Difference aims to do exactly that. This series of articles will hopefully make a difference to you as well as the artists featured. Just by giving one minute of your time to write constructive comments, favourites and even watches will make a difference to these artists. Click here to make a difference today!
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Let's Play With Ketchup! (Week 14)
*Jeannieblue
reports, 11h 24m ago
reports, 11h 24m agoIn an effort to share more amazing talent with the dA community before it grows ten eons old, I have created this weekly addendum to my journal.
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Support Another Artist! - Week 1
=Emerald-Depths
reports, 17h 31m ago
reports, 17h 31m agoI've been on a "support" kick lately. I've gotten so much of it myself over the past several months, so it's time for me to dish it out in return.
Please show your support as well!
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Please show your support as well!
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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Tribute
~Posidendrawer
reports, 1d 5m ago
reports, 1d 5m agoA huge feature for the new Harry Potter movie releasing July Fifteenth.
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DEVIANCE now has it's own profile page!
=DEVIANCE-ZINE
reports, 12h 10m ago
reports, 12h 10m agoDEVIANCE has a new profile page, bursting with awesomesauce! Watch it today! 
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Summer Fun!
~ProjectComment
reports, 20h 23m ago
reports, 20h 23m agoA contest about Fun in Summer! Everyone can participate. 
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adidas Fingerpainting Contest
$chix0r
reports, July 8
reports, July 8Win a trip to New York City to see your art displayed in the adidas Originals SOHO store when you win deviantART and adidas' Fingerpainting Contest!
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Paper Heart Movie Poster Contest
$chix0r reports, 2d 14h ago
reports, 2d 14h agoWe want to know what love means to you!
Get your creative juices flowing and design a movie poster for "Paper Heart" that focuses on the theme "What Does Love Mean to Me?".
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Changes to profile pages, and how it affects you.
*Cyantre
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reports, 2d 9h agoOver the past few days there have been a few subtle changes made to profile pages. Read this article to find out how those changes affect you.
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Deviants Deviously Deny New Features
*Tohru-of-Marshmello
reports, July 11
reports, July 11In response to new features: The dA community stands up to preserve itself and deviously denies further separation between general members and subscribers. Gift givers express dislike for violation of their privacy.
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BUTTER! A story of DA's new "socialist movement"
=alexiuss
reports, 2d 10h ago
reports, 2d 10h agoThe butter legion- a socialist movement/mass colab project I started, to trigger artistic change and evolution in Da artists (mainly my watchers), to make them more active and dedicated on DA. Now 170 people strong and growing...
A "dangerous cult"? a "new religion"? "artistic version of fight club" or "communist movement"? You decide!
A "dangerous cult"? a "new religion"? "artistic version of fight club" or "communist movement"? You decide!
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Black Magic Contest
=liam-stock
reports, July 9
reports, July 9Inspired by Trudi Canavan's "The Black Magician Trilogy" =liam-stock and =Staub-und-Schatten produced stock images with the theme "Black Magic" for you to bring fantasy and magic to life.
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Community Projects: July 13th - Embrace Your Geek
^PurpelBlur
reports, 1d 16h ago
reports, 1d 16h agoGet Geeky with it!
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My Personal Nightmare [an art challenge]
^RockstarVanity
reports, July 11
reports, July 11A horror photography art challenge to inspire the darker side of your creativity. This is a fun community project, not a contest, so its open to absolutely everyone regardless of dA status or skill/experience level. Click through to find out how you can join in...
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More Mermaids on DeviantART #5 July Feature
=raine-angel
reports, 2d 16h ago
reports, 2d 16h agoMermaids on deviantART our 5th feature for July!
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Underlooked Abstract & Surreal 1: November 5, 2006
*gryphontamer
reports, November 5, 2006
reports, November 5, 2006Every week or two I'll be putting together a collection of underlooked abstract and surreal artwork and photography (I'm defining "underlooked" as "less than 300 views" if it was overlooked the views would be higher, right? 
). As this is my first time doing this feature, today's highlights could be anything - anything at all. Starting tomorrow I'll be collecting a few each day that catch my eye! If you see something good this week and want to see it featured, send a note to me with a link to the deviation.
Abstract Art
Abstract art is intended to evoke a feeling by the use of shape, color and imagery. The best abstract art will not represent actual objects such as candlesticks or rocket ships, but instead let the viewer's imagination run free and interpret what they see as they wish. When looking for good examples of abstract art, I think of Miro, Mondrian, Kandinksy, and Klee. Also, when I look for good abstract art, I look at framing and arrangement of the elements, color choices and contrasts, and - because this is dA - whether the thumbnail gives a good impression of the larger piece.
Abstract: Digital
"Digital" doesn't mean "easy!" (It also doesn't mean fractal art, or wallpapers - both of those are represented fairly well in other dA features.) My main criterion for this category, as well as for traditional abstract art, is that it is actually abstract, and not just random.
Abstract: Photography
Some of the best abstract photography makes you continually wonder what the heck the photographer was looking at. That's my main criterion for this category.
Abstract: Traditional
Again, my main criterion for this category, as well as for digital abstract art, is that it is actually abstract, and not just random.
Surrealist Art
Surrealist art is also intended to evoke a feeling, but unlike abstract art, it uses juxtaposition of often familiar objects to create a sense of unreality, or dreamlike feelings, as surrealism is heavily into exploring the subconscious state of mind. In my opinion, the definitive surrealist works are by Dali and Magritte, and that's what I'm looking for here as well. I also look at the same secondary considerations: framing, arrangement, color choice, and whether the thumbnail gives a good representation of the piece.
Surrealist: Digital
Surrealist: Photography
Surreal photography can be achieved by either juxtaposing familiar objects in unfamiliar ways, or doing camera tricks such as multiple exposures or variance in shutter speeds to achieve a dreamlike effect.
Surrealist: Traditional
See you next week!
). As this is my first time doing this feature, today's highlights could be anything - anything at all. Starting tomorrow I'll be collecting a few each day that catch my eye! If you see something good this week and want to see it featured, send a note to me with a link to the deviation.Abstract Art
Abstract art is intended to evoke a feeling by the use of shape, color and imagery. The best abstract art will not represent actual objects such as candlesticks or rocket ships, but instead let the viewer's imagination run free and interpret what they see as they wish. When looking for good examples of abstract art, I think of Miro, Mondrian, Kandinksy, and Klee. Also, when I look for good abstract art, I look at framing and arrangement of the elements, color choices and contrasts, and - because this is dA - whether the thumbnail gives a good impression of the larger piece.
Abstract: Digital
"Digital" doesn't mean "easy!" (It also doesn't mean fractal art, or wallpapers - both of those are represented fairly well in other dA features.) My main criterion for this category, as well as for traditional abstract art, is that it is actually abstract, and not just random.
Abstract: Photography
Some of the best abstract photography makes you continually wonder what the heck the photographer was looking at. That's my main criterion for this category.
Abstract: Traditional
Again, my main criterion for this category, as well as for digital abstract art, is that it is actually abstract, and not just random.
Surrealist Art
Surrealist art is also intended to evoke a feeling, but unlike abstract art, it uses juxtaposition of often familiar objects to create a sense of unreality, or dreamlike feelings, as surrealism is heavily into exploring the subconscious state of mind. In my opinion, the definitive surrealist works are by Dali and Magritte, and that's what I'm looking for here as well. I also look at the same secondary considerations: framing, arrangement, color choice, and whether the thumbnail gives a good representation of the piece.
Surrealist: Digital
Surrealist: Photography
Surreal photography can be achieved by either juxtaposing familiar objects in unfamiliar ways, or doing camera tricks such as multiple exposures or variance in shutter speeds to achieve a dreamlike effect.
Surrealist: Traditional
See you next week!
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 reports, 19h 57m agoTalented artists whose work hasn't gotten the attention that it deserves. 62 Daily Literature Deviations - July 11th, 2009*DailyLitDeviations
 reports, 1d 9h agoDaily Literature Deviations is a group that is dedicated to bringing literature to the forefront of the deviantArt community. We attempt to accomplish this by daily featuring Literature artists from around the community that deserve the recognition, but are not getting it. Each day we will feature 10 deviations from the Literature categories in a News Article. In order to support the artists that we feature, we ask that you  the news article as well as check out the individual pieces. We understand that each day you may not be able to check out each and every one of the pieces, everyone has their own things going on. We just ask that you make an attempt to help support the growing Literature community.57 The Cutting Edge 28/09$spinegrinder
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and it appears the sun is hiding from the moon...
I am relatively new as well, but I got tired of not having any abstract and surreal art favored because it was that kind of art, you know? So I decided to do something about it.
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