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The Down and Dirty of BJDs Pt2 – Buyer's Guide

=eating-dust:iconeating-dust: reports, October 5
Just getting into BJD, but have no idea where to start shopping? A vetran and tired of telling 1000 people that you got your hydrangea from 4D? Here's a little linksource to cure your woes. Not every company/wig manufacturer/eye manufacturer is listed here, but it's a good place to start.

The very best of september

=RainyDaysClub:iconRainyDaysClub: reports, October 3
The very best of the month that just passed. Feast your eyes!

PanoramaClub September 2008 Submissions

=PanoramaClub:iconPanoramaClub: reports, October 1
PanoramaClub September 2008 Submissions
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Please Don't Let All This Beauty Die...

*TazzyDee:iconTazzyDee: reports, September 30
A collection of Traditional Photography

The Difference Between Anime Edits And "Vectors"

~stop-tracing:iconstop-tracing: reports, September 29
Hint: There is no difference!

Tips for Tipping in a Restaurant

=FireFeathers:iconFireFeathers: reports, September 28
A guide to any person misinformed on the art of tipping, and what it means to be a waitress.

Bulgarian deviants, and all others please read

lolly:iconlolly: reports, September 25
Please check out the link :)

[share] Pink, It was love at first sight

*Flutterings:iconFlutterings: reports, September 25
A collection of ';pink' works and information about a cause close to my heart.

Concerning The spiritual in Art: A Review

*gromyko:icongromyko: reports, September 23
Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the
mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture
produces an art of its own which can never be repeated. Efforts
to revive the art-principles of the past will at best produce an
art that is still-born. It is impossible for us to live and feel,
as did the ancient Greeks. In the same way those who strive to
follow the Greek methods in sculpture achieve only a similarity
of form, the work remaining soulless for all time. Such imitation
is mere aping.

Las convicciones de *noticias

*noticias:iconnoticias: reports, September 23
Las convicciones de *noticias

¿Te suena la ídea de escribir algún texto para *noticias pero aún no lo decides?
Te invitamos a que leas este artículo y tomes una decisión.
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Editorials This Week

The Down and Dirty of BJDs Pt2 – Buyer's Guide

=eating-dust:iconeating-dust: reports, October 5
Just getting into BJD, but have no idea where to start shopping? A vetran and tired of telling 1000 people that you got your hydrangea from 4D? Here's a little linksource to cure your woes. Not every company/wig manufacturer/eye manufacturer is listed here, but it's a good place to start.

In Defense of Anime Style Art

*WingedHippocampus:iconWingedHippocampus: reports, October 7
If you think the anime/manga style is not valid, I encourage you to please read this.

Exclusive Interview with `RockstarVanity!

*myxchemicalxkiss:iconmyxchemicalxkiss: reports, October 7
I got a great chance to interview a beloved and well-known senior and photographer on DeviantART, `RockstarVanity. Here is what she had to say. :)
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A Lesson in Colours

=thunderfox5:iconthunderfox5: reports, October 5
If your art is not getting much attention, or people's attention are drawn to details that shouldn't be the first things to notice, you might reconsider your thoughts about colours.

Community is...

*tabikat:icontabikat: reports, October 4
Community is is about the definition of what a community is and to help bring back the spirit of community that DA was meant for.
4 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: *MrMario

The Best Of September Submissions

*PhotomanipulatorClub:iconPhotomanipulatorClub: reports, October 4
The best of September here and, if not a member, JOIN!!!

All Things Pink!

~JadedSphnix:iconJadedSphnix: reports, October 6
October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month in New Zealand.

Holiday Shopping Guide

=hyannah77:iconhyannah77: reports, October 6
Since the Holidays are getting closer and closer (and waiting till the last minute is never a good idea) here's my holiday shopping guide!

Volunteer Devaint Police Officer

=feline643:iconfeline643: reports, October 4
Helping keep the informational highway of Deviant Art clean of all the smut!

Blocked?!

=Kuromu:iconKuromu: reports, 5h 41m ago
A few personal ways of ridding oneself of art or writers block!

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Why you should consider not going to an art school

~fthora:iconfthora: reports, February 15
Ok, this is quick :) I just read an article with 7 good reasons you should go to an art school. It was all very nice but we do forget I think it's art we're talking about. We're artists, people with a sightly more fragile soul and a more fragile inspiration I guess. As I already commented on the article, I think there's a chance you get lost along the way. Well, I can't really tell you why, and this is what makes it crappy, but I do tell you it's true. an art school also might make you a professional but maybe it won't. What's a professional anyway? Is it the person who relies on art as his profession, while an amateur is doing it for fun? Or does the degree and all the learning and making of you qualify you while the amateur has limited knowledge and/or therefore abilities? I think the professional we all know is just marrying his art. It can be true love, but maybe passion will begin to give away for rensponsibilities to take place, and because I don't want to mention ending I'd rather close with, you never know how long it's gonna last or how's it's gonna be.

But do take a shot with the art school I guess, you can't sit on your ass, can you? :P




I wanted to get this out quickly so this is propably incomplete, crappy, and I do not justify my words very well, but the whole thing is so messed up itself so I think I'm ok with submitting this :)

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=CSnyder:iconCSnyder: Feb 15, 2008, 5:59:08 PM
i never was taught art at all....but it is my full-time job, for many years
=Kazeyoubi:iconKazeyoubi: Feb 15, 2008, 6:18:16 PM
i have to disagree. art school helps you develop your skills and introduces you to new techniques and styles you would otherwise have not known about. i'm in art school, but if i get "lost along the way" as you put it, it's not like im going to regret going to school. learning art has developed my brain and introduced me to lots of new ideas and interesting things.

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~m-x-p:iconm-x-p: Feb 16, 2008, 8:56:24 AM
...good one, alla eprepe na to anaptyxeis akoma ligo nmz... :p

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"The only true Law is that which leads to Freedom" - Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
~fthora:iconfthora: Feb 17, 2008, 2:13:11 AM Mood: Joy
epeidi enevriasa kori mou pou emashetoun mia pou btw eishe sxoli emashetoun ti orea ti kala pou eni na piennis na spoudazeis texni... sanna tj ama spoudaseis en oulla ekssfalismena gia sena!! en kani pou oi ilithioi oi amerikanoi pienoun sto sxoleio tis geitonias tous!! tj nomizoun pan art school.. an en etsi vallo kati me to mikro mou daktilaki(tou aristerou xeriou malista) tous ''epaggelmaties'' tous!!! tj inta pou kamnoun dld, mathenoun tous ta akrilika?! kirie eleison as poume!! a tj pata tin kardioula kato pou ton titlo kori mou na mpei mesto profile sou :P

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with my eyes closed i look closer...
~m-x-p:iconm-x-p: Feb 17, 2008, 8:08:55 AM
nai vevaia oi amerikanoi pou panta ta xeroun ola!!! :p

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"The only true Law is that which leads to Freedom" - Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
~artlmntl:iconartlmntl: Feb 17, 2008, 9:07:28 PM
Art school is not universally beneficial, and all art schools are not the same. Art with a "capital A" is taught differently from illustration, graphic design, and so-called "Time Arts," which includes web design and computer animation. It's not just the training that's different, but the whole philosophy and goal for the work.

Artists with the "Capital A" are seeking a place in the rarefied and market-driven gallery world. The odds of punching through are slim. Illustrators and designers appeal more to the masses, and it's not easy, but it's still easier to make a living at it.

The vast bulk and majority of work posted here on DA is philosophically oriented toward the illustration/design side of the field. That's not a criticism, but a fact easily observed in DA galleries. Thus, people on DA going to an "Art School" with its emphasis on inner expression tempered by critical theory and art history resulting in work that is deliberately Postmodern, highly abstract, and/or aggressively conceptual may find themselves very unhappy. Those same people going into a more specialized illustration/design program will probably find themselves more at home.
~fthora:iconfthora: Feb 18, 2008, 5:13:59 AM
omg, did you read what we were saying above or something?!

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with my eyes closed i look closer...
~artlmntl:iconartlmntl: Feb 18, 2008, 6:58:00 AM
Is there a problem?
~fthora:iconfthora: Feb 18, 2008, 11:44:45 AM
no, it's just we were speaking greek, and you kinda spoke like you knew what we were saying

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with my eyes closed i look closer...