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Differences -- America & England -- A must read!!!

*llama-doll:iconllama-doll: reports, December 12
Differences between systems in america and england, a must read, school systems, currency, slang, law
36 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Phirebrand
32

Loss of faith...

~DouglassDumas:iconDouglassDumas: reports, December 8
DA policies and double standards.
72 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: *whisperpntr
14

Horror News.

=mzscarecrow1313:iconmzscarecrow1313: reports, December 8
Horror News straight from the Harleyquinn and her Babies
9 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: *mandalamker
53

Photo-manipulation: A Beginner's Hand Guide

=Emerald-Depths:iconEmerald-Depths: reports, December 7
Don't know what photo-manipulation is, or do you want to try it but don't know where to begin?

This article contains frequently asked questions (with answers) involving the process.
16 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =prolific-stock
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Project Comment: Around dA Issue 6

#ProjectComment:iconProjectComment: reports, December 6
Project Comment is all about the community, so instead of just sticking to one thing and effectively closing all our walls and doors, we’re issuing a weekly Around dA, Project Comment style.

This news article includes things you can take part of (Groups, Features, Projects and More!), FAQs and Tuts, Guides and Resources. Each category is limited to only five things so that you have time to visit each individually.

Have something to suggest? Note us! :D
4 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~ichryshirad94
28

Alzheimer's Disease. A Plea at Christmas

`photonig:iconphotonig: reports, December 4
There was a play on; a half hour treat between grim news headlines. This particular play was a monologue about an elderly lady suffering the effects of Alzheimer's Disease......................
28 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: *Lauraurora
81

Inspiration credits is not a shame!

=lady-symphonia:iconlady-symphonia: reports, December 4
copy art inspiration
49 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~mary-cherry-me
340

An Observation of deviantART

#ProjectComment:iconProjectComment: reports, November 29
Discussing page views, activity and popularity, ~ChaoticSkye explores the inner workings of the community on deviantART from her point of view.

Although this does not apply to everyone, we hope the article is a worthwhile read and that the majority perceive things from a different point of view from reading this.
170 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: ~TwilightLucia
37

Daily deviations explicadas por expertas!

#noticias:iconnoticias: reports, November 26
Estas tres chicas son expertas en el tema de sugerir Daily Deviations, ellas 3 suman cientos de DDs aceptas y publicadas en deviantART.

Entiende de una vez por todas el tema de las Daily Deviations…
42 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: `Jules1983
109

How to?

=morbidthegrim:iconmorbidthegrim: reports, November 27
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60 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =NKVGBD
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22

Differences -- America & England -- A must read!!!

*llama-doll:iconllama-doll: reports, December 12
Differences between systems in america and england, a must read, school systems, currency, slang, law
36 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Phirebrand
8

Gaining More Exposure

*Magic-fan:iconMagic-fan: reports, December 13
How can I gain exposure?
That is a question I often find myself, and others, asking. To answer that question I have written this article with tips on how to gain more views, comments, favorites, and even watchers.
27 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: *Isaac-Volpe
7

Underground & Mainstream ARTS- zine2

~visionmsia-zine:iconvisionmsia-zine: reports, 12h 45m ago
The most awaited 2nd Zine of #VisionMsia -Underground & Mainstream ARTS- Don't miss it out!
2 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: *amie689
6

Real or Fake Christmas Trees?

=solalia:iconsolalia: reports, 15h 59m ago
Is an artificial "Christmas tree" or a living Christmas tree better for the environment?
7 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: `Elandria
3

The biggest book about Magic ever published !

`kreestal:iconkreestal: reports, December 13
The German editor TASCHEN has just published an amazing, heavyweight book about Magic. This impressive book (Hardcover, 29 x 44 cm (11.4 x 17.3 in.), 650 pages, 7 kg) celebrates more than 500 years of the dazzling visual culture of the world's greatest magicians.
1 comment   Editorials  Last +fav: ~Void-Hamlet-Herself
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Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 26 - Kirin

~ladyarah:iconladyarah: reports, 1d 18h ago
Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 26 - Kirin
5 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: *karliashi
0

The #DeviantSudents

~BOONJAGGA:iconBOONJAGGA: reports, December 12
Deviant Students formed this week, needs more people, and wants to learn and teach :)
6 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: Nobody
0

The Debate of Abortion: The Conservative View

~mandit:iconmandit: reports, December 13
the argument of abortion and that the unborn are really humans not just alien parasites.
a fun read.. just take a look
2 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: Nobody
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Myspace or deviantART

~eduardofrench:iconeduardofrench: reports, December 13, 2006
From quite some time, the photography section, specially the people and portraits have been invaded by shots that are best suited for places like hi5, myspace and the alikes, shots that aren't related to art at all, the emotive and fashion galleries are the ones that are being the most affected by this trend.


This said I am not talking about the photos taken by newcomers in photography, since you can still find between all the rubbish myspace-alike photos that really have artistic merit, people who are really doing their best to do good artistic photographies, I am talking about people holding cameras to take photos of a circle made with the legs and shoes of her an her friends, people making the classic myspace shot arm extended camera set to wide angle showing bloated faces, flash overexposure and doing silly faces and putting them into the fashion gallery... I haven't found yet any fashion magazine that has this kinds of photos... because that is not fashion or a photo with any artistic merit, it is a SNAPSHOT, a shot best suited for their SCRAPS or make-online-friends sites.

deviantART as the name implies it is a site dedicated to ART, yet the place is being overrun by this kind of trend that has NOTHING to do with art...everything has a place, artistic photography belongs to DA. Family, friends SNAPSHOTS belong to make-friends-online sites.

I really want to Invite the administrators of the site to take this issue seriously, and the general population who is really taking seriously the word ART in deviantART to demand the site to be focused to ART related material.
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!BadFurDay Dec 13, 2006, 10:17:13 AM
Sadly true, lots of people are complaining about it, and I'm the first to do so.

But art is not defined by the viewer, it's defined by the artist. If they make a crappy webcam shot of a rotten turd, they can call it art, and it will therefore be art :/

BTW, don't use the news system for such complaints, rather use your journal or the forum
FAQ #687: What is news and what is not news?
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`duhcoolies Dec 13, 2006, 10:22:59 AM
If this was well worded and didnt sound as if it was a rant, it could have been news. But sadly it looks more like a rant. The news section isnt the place for this. Try the suggestions forum.

FAQ #687: What is news and what is not news?


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~chapel4533 Dec 13, 2006, 10:23:10 AM
I comment you for commenting on a growing issue on this site. We here tread on a touchy subject though, because to some extent this is a rather subjective topic. I struggle to think of a way to implement some sort of ruling that would eliminate or at least reduce the amount of snapshots that we have on here. I mean, some people would get annoyed with a lot of other forms of "art", so as you can see we hit upon a touchy subject. My suggestion is that if the scraps section is seemingly to degrading to those that are needing to use it, maybe we should implement a snapshots type section with the same intent as the scraps section. Or bring the two together in a scraps and snapshots section. This blatant naming may help in this area. That is my two cents though...
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!BadFurDay Dec 13, 2006, 10:26:40 AM
That would save the photography section, but it would also definitely transform DA into DeviantMySpace :/
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Mood: Disbelief ~eduardofrench Dec 13, 2006, 10:28:43 AM
It could be but the guidelines for the submission define in which category the photos should be submited, this said it is on of the filters to avoid this problem, but people simply submit whatever they want without taking in count what the submission guidelines in each section of the photography section say.

May I ask if you have seen that this is and editorial and it is the editorial section?

In case you don't know what editorial is and to reply to your FAQ link
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It is truly annoying that you copy and paste the link WITHOUT even looking that this is an editorial.. for God's sake!

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~eduardofrench Dec 13, 2006, 10:30:41 AM
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Next time check the section and tell me later if you know the difference between NEWS and EDITORIAL

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!BadFurDay Dec 13, 2006, 10:31:34 AM
Well, of course they submit where they can, because they can't find the "Crappy webcam shot" gallery that is... -_-

Yeah, I know what is an editorial, but yours is not as it's rather written as a rant.
But I must admit, the same article, better written, would definitely be a newsworthy article ^^
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~eduardofrench Dec 13, 2006, 10:31:49 AM
In case you haven't noticed it is already happening

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~eduardofrench Dec 13, 2006, 10:35:06 AM
.... Yeah that is the main problem. the Scrap section is defined for casual and non art related snapshots.

I won't talk about the rant or no rant thing, but I would appreciate that next time before making the copy and paste from the faq, you take the time to see if it is news or it is an editorial. with any user of the page.

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`duhcoolies Dec 13, 2006, 10:37:25 AM
this isnt an editorial... it's a complaint!

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