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Best of... weekly photomanip features #137

*Iardacil:iconIardacil: reports, 2d 1h ago
This newsletter was "born" back in March 2007. While things have changed over time, the essence of the newsletter is still the same.
We choose photomanipulations that have made an impression on us from the past week. We do not base our choices on preference or friendships and we have never featured ourselves. We simply pick photomanipulations showing creativity, technique and quality at the same time, and are simply eye-catching. As we are also stock artists, we will only feature the works that give proper credits to stock artists.
22 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: ~SABERCORE23
13

MY Personal VISIONI NiNe EdiTioN

*AthosLuca:iconAthosLuca: reports, December 12
MY Personal VISIONI NiNe EdiTioN
14 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: *mandalamker
27

Friday Fotomanip Features #11: Dec. 5th - 11th

=bitchinblack:iconbitchinblack: reports, December 12
Here is the 11th installment of the Friday FotoManip Features.
4 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: =randomstarlight
29

Germanicum Artis XIII

~suphafly:iconsuphafly: reports, December 8
Feature of German Artists. Mixed Media!
13 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: ~s-meier
57

Fractals and Winter

*Golubaja:iconGolubaja: reports, December 8
A personal feature among thousands awesome fractals recalling winter.
94 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: ~Layla-Rose
18

Dream Club #9

*dream-club:icondream-club: reports, December 6
A collection of your dreams...
8 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: ~alaysiawolfisbad
17

Metaphysis -- New Group Now Open!!

=hallv5:iconhallv5: reports, December 4
apophysis 7x metaphysis fractal flame scripts plugin plug-in addon add-on
6 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: ~vampirekingdom
54

Favorites designs [Part 1]

=OMiyukixO:iconOMiyukixO: reports, December 6
Here is the first part of three articles. In the articles, were chosen some of the designs I liked best over the years here in Deviantart.

Color / Originality / Technique / Specialty
13 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: ~rexhastala
64

Best of... weekly photomanip features #136

=FrozenStarRo:iconFrozenStarRo: reports, December 6
This newsletter was "born" back in March 2007, from a conversation between ~Lareth and =FrozenStarRo, who with the help of their friends *Iardacil and =Sylwiaa , wanted to make something to promote known and unknown photomanipulators alike here on DeviantArt. As of September 2009 =ImaginaryRosse joined the project and will be helping us out with the weekly choices. While things have changed over time, the essence of the newsletter is still the same. As of recent, the talented =Behana has joined us in bringing you this weekly newsletter.
25 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: *Dhuaine
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57

Best of... weekly photomanip features #137

*Iardacil:iconIardacil: reports, 2d 1h ago
This newsletter was "born" back in March 2007. While things have changed over time, the essence of the newsletter is still the same.
We choose photomanipulations that have made an impression on us from the past week. We do not base our choices on preference or friendships and we have never featured ourselves. We simply pick photomanipulations showing creativity, technique and quality at the same time, and are simply eye-catching. As we are also stock artists, we will only feature the works that give proper credits to stock artists.
22 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: ~SABERCORE23
27

Friday Fotomanip Features #11: Dec. 5th - 11th

=bitchinblack:iconbitchinblack: reports, December 12
Here is the 11th installment of the Friday FotoManip Features.
4 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: =randomstarlight
13

MY Personal VISIONI NiNe EdiTioN

*AthosLuca:iconAthosLuca: reports, December 12
MY Personal VISIONI NiNe EdiTioN
14 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: *mandalamker
10

Space-Art Features #23

~qaz2008:iconqaz2008: reports, December 10
Lovely piecese ^^
15 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: =KaramNatour
9

ArtRage 3 - Watercolours in Digital? Surely Not!

=Flynn-the-cat:iconFlynn-the-cat: reports, 1d 19h ago
ArtRage 3 is finally released! ArtRage is an amazing painting program that acts a LOT like real paint! and the newest version is finally out - and this one has watercolours. And stickers (custom brushes) and is extremely fun and easy to use... and did I mention that the most expensive version is only $80?
17 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: ~LadySarah
8

Sci-Fi features #5

~qaz2008:iconqaz2008: reports, 8h 12m ago
Enjoy ;)
2 comments   Digital Art News  Last +fav: *andjbs
4

Digital art features #8

~Art-Weekly:iconArt-Weekly: reports, December 9
Big features.
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digital art

*picadolly:iconpicadolly: reports, 1d 21h ago
digital art!
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Interview with maril1

`Princess-of-Shadows:iconPrincess-of-Shadows: reports, August 6, 2008
Interview with *maril1

♥ A true gentle and sweet soul, her personality and intelligence is reflected on her Art. Each piece tells a story of passions and hidden treasures. I'd like you to meet *maril1 someone who I find very dear
and talented.



♥ Hi and thank you so much for yout time to do this interview. I'm so happy I have the opportunity to do this with you :] I'd like to begin by asking you, what a drives a fantasy artist, who mainly focuses on fantasy related themes such as fairies, and angels, to all the sudden add exquisite touches of the macabre on her gallery? [as we can see on your works "Greek Mary's Blood" and "Planet Hell"]

First of all, I’d like to thank you from the depths of my heart for this interview because you give me the chance to point some things about my art to my friends here in DeviantArt. I’m very happy this interview is being taken by you, a person I respect, admire as an artist and think is a very good person. Regarding my art, I think that the term “Fantasy Artist” describes me best, because everything I draw is influenced by fairy tales, stories from the ancient Greek mythology and miscellaneous books that fascinate me.
"Through my art, I feel like Alice in Wonderland who leads my viewers to Neverland". This attracts me and makes me want to draw worlds that no one ever imagined, worlds that no one ever ever has traveled to and feel like a little child, just because deep inside I feel like a child too.


♥ Along your gallery we can see that your older works were very different from what you've been developping lately, as you are now more focused on digital paintings and manipulations. Do you believe you have finally found your own path in Art?

I always loved painting. My dream was to study painting, not graphic design, but the circumstances led me to graphic design school. As a result, when I first joined DeviantArt, I uploaded paintings mainly. At some point, about 10 months ago, I started working at a creative studio where I manipulated photos, so I was into manipulation for a while.
left the studio a bit later and I met Nick who I admire very much. He saw my early paintings, he believed in me and told me I have skills in painting. Although I didn’t believe in myself back then, his words made me think of the good old times I used to draw I got into digital painting and I’m very happy about it.





♥ If I asked you to, would you be able to pick one of your works as a special and more meaningful one and tell us about it? Like something you really would like your watchers and friends to know about a particular piece, what inspired you, what happened in your mind and heart to create it, and how it changed you as a person and artists.

My favorite work to this moment is “Passion and the Opera” and that’s because it’s the first work after a long time I exceeded my limits and I hope I can keep it at this level. This work has a lot of detail and many difficulties in some parts. It took me 5 days to finish it and I worked for something like 10 hours a day without tiredness, with a lot of passion and love to make something good. As for the subject, I’ll have to talk about my favorite Nightwish. It’s inspired by their song.
I thought they wrote this song cause they wanted to write something similar or opposite to “Phantom of the Opera” so I drew “Kristin” where the phantom should be. Nightwish has inspired me a lot. I love their music and their lyrics give me lots of emotions and images that I want to draw from the depths of my heart.


♥ I've already mentioned that you have been working on fantasy art lately, but even among these, we can see a beautiful dark twist on it. Do you believe fantasy and dark art can live side by side as parallell paths of different styles, or do you think they can be blended and fused into one original and unique style?

Personally, I don’t separate anything at all in art. I believe all art genres can be combined, as long as the artist knows how to handle each genre right. I’m fascinated by the use of Fantasy and Dark elements in a work of art and other genres as well. Things like these fascinate me and makes me think that the artist has many emotions and wants to pass many messages through his work.



♥ In your work "Oceanborn" [ very beautiful and magical piece ], what drove you to use a male model, when in most of your works you clearly prefer working with the female figure?

This specific work is inspired by the album of the same name by my favorite band Nightwish. This album is one of my favorites and all of its tracks give me power, passion, energy… make me awe… I used a muscular, fit man in this work. The subject demands power and only a male model could portray that. As for male/female models, I mainly use women but it depends on the subject.


♥ I see you've already started sharing your knowledge and technique in a tutorial you've made. As a digital painter and artist, how do you feel about exposing your technique, what you've learned to others? Doesn't it make you feel a little uncomfortable knowing anyone can mimic or try to reproduce what you do?

I’m afraid that someone could “steal” one of my works. This can be easily done to an artist who is not famous, like me. Imitation on the other hand doesn’t scare me at all. It pleases me because it
shows that my work counts, it’s not plain. I believe though that when we admire an artist it’s a good thing to keep some elements from him and put our own personality in our work.



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*maril1 Aug 6, 2008, 2:27:33 PM
Im so happy Lily! I thank you for all! I appreciate him a lot! I hope to come sometimes in Portugal and to know you closely:hug::kiss::heart:

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search for beauty, find your shore
:boing:
:iconleahconnor:
~LeahConnor Aug 6, 2008, 2:38:43 PM
She's such a sweet person and a wonderful artist. Really glad to see her in the spotlight. :heart:

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:floating: An angel, however powerful, can be nothing but a messenger.
:iconmaril1:
*maril1 Aug 6, 2008, 2:51:24 PM
wow sweetie thank you soooooo much for the kind words!:heart::kiss::hug:

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search for beauty, find your shore
:boing:
:iconmaril1:
*maril1 Aug 6, 2008, 2:52:14 PM
euxaristw poly na sai kala!:heart::hug:
:cuddle:

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search for beauty, find your shore
:boing:
:iconhoodlum-girl-rox:
Mood: Joy ~hoodlum-girl-rox Aug 6, 2008, 3:38:15 PM
Maril1 is very talented and I like her taste and style. Lilly you did a good job w/ the interview. :D

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:skullbones:
:icondeligaris:
~deligaris Aug 6, 2008, 3:51:35 PM
Very interesting interview! :)

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Visit my online art gallery :pointr: [link]
:iconmaril1:
*maril1 Aug 6, 2008, 3:54:01 PM
thank you so much my friend!you are very kind!
:cuddle:

--
search for beauty, find your shore
:boing:
:iconmaril1:
*maril1 Aug 6, 2008, 3:54:14 PM
:cuddle:

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search for beauty, find your shore
:boing:
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