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The Magic of Code-Breaking

=Abfc:iconAbfc: reports, 3h 48m ago
Want to know a neat trick to get around some of dA's more annoying implementations?
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Artistic Nudes - A study by Fahd A. Paracha

=fahap:iconfahap: reports, 2d 8h ago
Depictions of nudity refers to nudity in all the artistic disciplines including vernacular and historical depictions. Nudity in art has generally conformed — with some variation — to social standards for public nudity; in cultures where nudity was accepted, nude figures in painting and sculpture were as well.

New report system puts FAQ into question.

=Mixedpie:iconMixedpie: reports, May 14
FAQs #565 and #305 are called into question as new report system shows pornographic materials ok'd by the administration.

Dangerous Pictures - UK Criminal Justice Bill

$chix0r:iconchix0r: reports, May 9
The UK Government have introduced a Criminal Justice & Immigration Bill to criminalise the possession of adult, staged, consensual violent pornography. How will this affect you?

The Wonderful World of Color

*celestiadevs:iconcelestiadevs: reports, May 8
A look into deviations using complimentary, contrasting, and monochrome colors.
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A better way to organize deviations?

*Orioto:iconOrioto: reports, May 7
The actual way of organizing content is somewhat not perfect, cause it links two things that should be independant : genre and tech of an image.

The World is Black and White

*celestiadevs:iconcelestiadevs: reports, May 4
An exploration of black and white works with a focus on ink, as well as some tips and tricks to creating works of art using only black and white.

Dear deviantART,

`red5:iconred5: reports, May 2
I have recently been becoming concerned with a growing demographic on deviantART. "Fanboys".

Constructive critique: learning to talk..

^Obsidian-Fox:iconObsidian-Fox: reports, May 2
Taking a look at what is an appropriate comment, what qualifies as critique, and some helpful spelling/grammar tips I learned in grade one.

Fast fact reference: Lyme Disease

*ItDoesNotHaveMe:iconItDoesNotHaveMe: reports, May 1
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, worldwide! In light of this is a series of articles with important information regarding this potentially debilitating, silent illness.

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New report system puts FAQ into question.

=Mixedpie:iconMixedpie: reports, May 14
FAQs #565 and #305 are called into question as new report system shows pornographic materials ok'd by the administration.

The Magic of Code-Breaking

=Abfc:iconAbfc: reports, 3h 48m ago
Want to know a neat trick to get around some of dA's more annoying implementations?
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Artistic Nudes - A study by Fahd A. Paracha

=fahap:iconfahap: reports, 2d 8h ago
Depictions of nudity refers to nudity in all the artistic disciplines including vernacular and historical depictions. Nudity in art has generally conformed — with some variation — to social standards for public nudity; in cultures where nudity was accepted, nude figures in painting and sculpture were as well.

deviantART's Mature Content Hypocrisy

*sephys-little-cloud:iconsephys-little-cloud: reports, 2d 57m ago
Why does the deviantART staff refuse to enforce their own rules sometimes? When it comes to prohibited content such as pornography and underage nudity, why do they let some obscene material stay up, while innocent deviations get deleted?

Cutters

=ShiraAriel:iconShiraAriel: reports, May 11
"It is estimated that depression affects as many as one in eight adolescents." -[link]

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I'm leaving this place!!

*phydeau:iconphydeau: reports, 3h 53m ago
Tips to keep the quality, respect, and maturity at DeviantART.

Interview With Spyroteknik

~Critique-Central:iconCritique-Central: reports, May 10
Interview With Spyroteknik

deviantART CEA; FAQ #565 and Policy Interpretation

=exsecror:iconexsecror: reports, 21h 47m ago
The purpose or rather intent of this news article is to address the increasing concerns by many deviantART members (including myself) as to the recent results from the new Policy Violation Reporting System and the deviantART Copyright Etiquette and Administration (CEA) team. I should stress that this is not meant as an attack or attempt to defame what the CEA team does. They do a fantastic job at making sure that deviantART is clean but rather it addresses a serious concern about interpretations of two FAQs, namely #565 and their compliance with United States Code Statutes.

PETA and IAMS

*thegratefulred:iconthegratefulred: reports, May 14
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OJ Simpson confesses?!

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OJ Confesses finally.

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Want to make better art? Simplify.

*Fenglyph:iconFenglyph: reports, Jan 1, 2007
There is an interesting article which appeared on the UCSD website recently entitled Beauty in the Brain.

The article is about the perception of beauty and is a very good read for anyone interested in the psychology of aesthetics. The core of the article basically boils down to this: We perceive things as beautiful because they are easy for the human brain to process.

quoting the article: “What you like is a function of what your mind has been trained on,” Winkielman said. “A stimulus becomes attractive if it falls into the average of what you’ve seen and is therefore simple for your brain to process. In our experiments, we show that we can make an arbitrary pattern likeable just by preparing the mind to recognize it quickly.”

To me, this is a mind-blowing concept; a basic mechanism which can be seen everywhere. For example, it seems to explain why some songs 'grow on us' the more times we listen to them or why simple and sharp photos dominate flickr's interestingness section. And it also helps to explain why Hi Monkey is so disturbingly appealing.

If you're like me, you've probably once taken a lot of time to create a complex and elaborate piece of art, and then wondered why your simpler pieces are the ones getting the attention!


I invite you to take a piece of art that is pleasing to you and examine what features make it 'easy on the mind'.

Features you can look out for:

Focus on a single object with little or no clutter
One hugely-dominant colour with supporting colours used sparingly
High contrast & saturation
Simple composition (triangular, circular etc.)
Repeating patterns

...Or better yet, use the list above to help you create your own piece of eye candy!

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=Rickbw1:iconRickbw1: Jan 1, 2007, 7:58:16 PM
Interesting. The same theories were explored in the documentary: The Psychology of Beauty running on PBS stations in The US

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~Inovation:iconInovation: Jan 1, 2007, 9:19:15 PM
Interesting.
Although the statement about music isn't necessarily true for me.
It seems for me the more I listen to one song more I detest it.

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=savagebinn:iconsavagebinn: Jan 1, 2007, 10:41:14 PM
That's pretty deep... :o

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*Fenglyph:iconFenglyph: Jan 2, 2007, 4:13:15 AM
Good point! Perhaps it wasn't the best example to give, because when songs 'grow on me' it seems to happen fairly rapidly and is almost always followed by a much more noticeable drop in enjoyment as the song slowly degrades into tedium!

To me, songs usually quickly grow on me, reaching their 'peak' after about 10 plays or so (this varies a lot depending on the song)... But this effect is far outweighed by the inevitable drop in entertainment value as the novelty of the song wears off.
~doranobaka:icondoranobaka: Jan 2, 2007, 4:50:01 AM
Absolutely fascinating.

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~arcticTransfuse:iconarcticTransfuse: Jan 2, 2007, 5:34:18 AM
Yeh, same with me.
I usually absolutely love a song, or a set of songs (I seem to get them in bursts of a certain artist, get all their songs that I like) and listen to it hundreds of times and then I listen to it less because it bores me. Which is a shame, because I Think they're really great songs, but I can't like them. Not fair. >_<
*Fenglyph:iconFenglyph: Jan 2, 2007, 5:46:10 AM
Thanks! :teddy:

I tried to search the internets in hopes of finding a video of the documentary. Unfortunately I couldn't find it... but my search was not in vain, as I came across this amazing lecture: The Artful Brain. The codec Real Player Alternative is required to listen to it although you can just read the transcript provided instead.
*Fenglyph:iconFenglyph: Jan 2, 2007, 6:10:24 AM
OMG, so true!

It's almost heartbreaking when one of your all-time favorite artists no-longer appeals to you anymore. :cries:

In fact, in this iPod generation where music is so widely available, it seems this problem is magnified. Sometimes I find a good album and end up growing bored of it just a few hours later.

Back in the good old days, when CDs costed a fortune and were something to treasure - that time was when I enjoyed music the most... ZOMG, I'm getting old. ^^;
~T-Mike-T:iconT-Mike-T: Jan 2, 2007, 6:11:10 AM
According to that statement, great pieces like Gericault's "The Raft of the "Medusa"" shouldn't be a masterpiece...

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Lì si comincia da ciò che è piccolo
E si gode d'ingoiare i piccolissimi;
Così si cresce, lenti, a poco a poco,
E ci si forma verso più alti compimenti.
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=xxbcxx:iconxxbcxx: Jan 2, 2007, 6:26:44 AM
It's true, it's all true!

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