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SUNRISE SUNSET CONTEST AT THE WONDERFUL-WORLD CLUB

*Wonderful-World:iconWonderful-World: reports, 14h 49m ago
Hello dA :wave:

We are officially launching our very first contest.

Theme is : Sunrise Sunset :sun:

We hope you'll enjoy it !!!

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:spotlight-left: Please visit Our Official Contest Page for more details and the latest updates !!!!
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Show Us Your Palette Winners & Thank You's

^Helewidis:iconHelewidis: reports, 15h 8m ago
This is the end of the Project Educate Artistic Nudes Week and with it comes the results of the Show Us Your Palette contest and a lot of thank you's!!!!!!

10 ways to Express Art – Part I

*ninaste:iconninaste: reports, 20h 31m ago
10 Ways to Express Art is a project started by *ninaste =Derzorvadur and *ki-liana in order to promote good work of 5 specific categories in Deviant, these being Traditional, Digital art (Photomanipulation), Digital Painting (Vectors), Literature, and Photography. this is ONLY for the sake of art, no favoritism or popularity has anything to do with this, only REAL good art will enter in these articles, and the art exposed in here is what we personally consider the best of the best.

Weekly Deviation - Jul 19, 2008

=RoxRio:iconRoxRio: reports, 1d 10h ago
Another week, another selection. Different people, different style, great works!

[1] Dedicated to: Plushies!

~Keizie:iconKeizie: reports, 1d 19h ago
There's a lot of cute stuff on deviantART that's also very cuddly!

ThumbsShare Features 20

=krazykel:iconkrazykel: reports, 1d 1h ago
More Features from the members / guests that pass through thumbsshare
25 comments   Projects  Last +fav: ~Radiatr

dA Scholarship Project (Is Back!)

*dA-ScholarsProject:icondA-ScholarsProject: reports, 2d 15h ago
The dA Scholars Project is back! Support the community, support the future of art!

About comments and popularity

=seya88:iconseya88: reports, 2d 12h ago
These are my thoughts about the influence that comments have on the rating system used on DeviantART. If you also ask for hits, comments and suggestions everytime you uplode a deviations please, read.

The dArama Around V6 and Subscribers

=failingjune:iconfailingjune: reports, 2d 2h ago
The low-down on the dArama around deviantART V6 and how we should look at it.

Culture News This Week

Best in Rainbow Art

=thegirlinthebigbox:iconthegirlinthebigbox: reports, July 15
A dazzling collection of the most vibrant Rainbow Arts!!!

dA's 8th Birthday Mini Contest!

^DCZed:iconDCZed: reports, July 14
dA is close to celebrating it's 8th birthday, and what better way to celebrate than with a contest?

Tips & Tricks :: Portfolios & Job Interviews

=Princess-of-Shadows:iconPrincess-of-Shadows: reports, July 16
You might even be one hell of a profesional, but if you don't SHOW it and PROVE it, how will everyone know? These facts are important not only when you are looking for a job, but in any situation when you wish to showcase your work. I decided to share a few guidelines that might help you give the best of yourself and help you be a better profesional.

A Tribute to Childhood

*magnusti78:iconmagnusti78: reports, July 13
A big party for everyone who loves childish things like toys and colours and candy. I feature the beautiful artworks in dA that are somehow related to those fun things in childhood. A Tribute to childhood.

Contests Around dA! Bi-Monthly NewsLetter!

`karemelancholia:iconkaremelancholia: reports, 1d 20h ago
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 frequently in my journal here : [link]

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

159 contests are listed!
50 new!
All medias are representated!

Hope it is useful for everyone!

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Art in Music

=No-where-man:iconNo-where-man: reports, July 13
Contest for any medium!! Yes that's right any medium. And rules are simple. So simple anyone can follow them. All it involves is: Your fav song and an art piece inspired by it. Although prizes are here, we still are accepting anything you would like to donate.

[Proj.Educate] Interview with Shy-Too-Shy

^Helewidis:iconHelewidis: reports, July 13
As part of the Project Educate Artistic Nudes Segment Week I present you a interview with =Shy-Too-Shy!

Also, tomorrow, Day 15 is Critique-Night with many great artists from deviantart (like our very own =Shy-Too-Shy ) in #artnudes at 11pm GMT, see your timezone in this site: [link]

[Proj.Educate] interview with mjranum

^Helewidis:iconHelewidis: reports, July 15
[Proj.Educate] interview with *mjranum :iconmjranum::


Also, today 15 is Critique-Night with many great artists from deviantart in #artnudes at 11pm GMT, see your timezone in this site: [link]

The self in portrait. Or is it more?

=SLPdomain:iconSLPdomain: reports, 2d 10h ago
What is the drive that compels a self-portrait?
Why does the documentation of ones self seem universal?
30 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~Kaarmen

Art History Contest: Impressionism

^oilsoaked:iconoilsoaked: reports, July 14
Traditional art contest based on the art movement Impressionism.

Who loved it?

=Doksuri
~zeldrak
~SPYderZ
*VeronicaIsabel

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Help deviantART! Fanart flood!

~zeldrak:iconzeldrak: reports, November 11, 2006
Many of you should've already noticed, but during the past few months, there has been a huge ammout of fanart drawings around DeviantART. Many of you, including me as well, like the deviations, no doubt about it, but it's clearly something that has already been created by someone. Some deviants have even started to dissapear from DeviantART claiming this to have become "a Fansite", which is why many would like to see more original work.

Not that i don't like fanart or even appreciate it, i really do, but in my opinion, the most creative and what could be good works of art in this community are living in the shadows of the fanart community.

Help DeviantART by simply creating something to call your own. Fanart is appreciated, but let's try not to overflow it. Creativity, originality, and conceptual characters are being lost by the fanart fever. Don't let this get to you folks who make original works that go unnoticed because of fanart.

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~Fangyuzhe:iconFangyuzhe: Nov 12, 2006, 12:05:17 AM
Erm... Fanart is still art. And, as well, it's good practice. It's kind of difficult to dictate what people should draw, too.

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^guruubii:iconguruubii: Nov 12, 2006, 12:41:00 AM
Fanart is allowed on DA, so you'll have to square with that.

there are a million original characters on DA, if you just don't browse the fanart categories, you will find them. thats the beauty of categories. you can choose to look in them, or choose not to.

The other side of that is, some people just are not comfortable as designers. they just draw for fun. if they draw fanart, thats their choice.
Just as its your choice to not look at it.

Also, i dont really thing this Qualifies as news.

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~aforb-anduforme:iconaforb-anduforme: Nov 12, 2006, 3:03:23 AM
Any attempt at redirecting any fanart 'movement' here on dA is futile.

You're not going to change anything.

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=RoxRio:iconRoxRio: Nov 12, 2006, 4:45:55 AM
Well, on DA you add everything you want. If there is no problem with copyright, DA accept.

Fanart is a kind of art.

You wrote:
"Help DeviantART by simply creating something to call your own. Fanart is appreciated, but let's try not to overflow it. Creativity, originality, and conceptual characters are being lost by the fanart fever. Don't let this get to you folks who make original works that go unnoticed because of fanart."

Please, don't be hypocrite because everyday we see digital arts without creative, just a simple copy with some changes from other artists.

So, if fanart isn't creative, many digital arts enter in the same way.
`mirrorkills:iconmirrorkills: Nov 12, 2006, 5:02:31 AM
this is clearly one of the most assinine articles ive read here.. fan art is art, pure and simple..

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~Mooseh:iconMooseh: Nov 12, 2006, 5:36:51 AM
Not to mention the authors own gallery

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~zeldrak:iconzeldrak: Nov 12, 2006, 9:27:14 AM
Many of you, including me as well, like the deviations, no doubt about it, but it's clearly something that has already been created by someone.

you fail to see my point. Although i also make fanart, i try not to do it by copying another person's style and adapting his/her character to my own style. Even if i create fanart, i can see that there's a HUGE database on DeviantART about some fanart that i do not approve. One of those would be the AkuRoku pairing, in which i like the Roxas character, but they exagerate the aspect of friendship these characters had.

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~zeldrak:iconzeldrak: Nov 12, 2006, 9:28:11 AM
not really. If one can use the style a person has created and adapt it to a character, you can improve the style by having a base one to start.

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~zeldrak:iconzeldrak: Nov 12, 2006, 9:29:03 AM
I may not change, but i can try to make things different. One's opinion may be futile, but with everyone helping, this might work.

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