After a long absence, the parade is back!

A monthly parade featuring all forms of activity occurring in the deviantART community. This includes but is not limited to: contests/challenges, dAmn, various news articles/journals, deviants, clubs.
If you know of anything that should be in the parade please note me with subject being "Parade".
Lets begin!

Grand Marshal

Have you seen this man?:
"On the 23.02.2007 he was kidnapped in district part of city Sofia in Bulgaria...they even admit that they kidnapped, beet him and after that trow him from the car...."

Some new devWEAR shirts recently made their debut in the shop!


How to Avoid dArama

Contests & Challenges

Contests Around dA! Monthly Newsletter by

Solidarity Contest (Ends: Oct. 17)
"This contest is made to fight against poverty."

Song Challenge: October (Ends: Oct. 31)
"Before you go scrolling down for prizes and judges though, let me explain a bit further. This is supposed to be fun and not a competition or a contest. Everyone who participates will get exposure for their work, but there will be NO PRIZES. At all. Not even a little subby. I will see to it that everyone who enters the challenge will get exposure through my journal (maybe through other people's journals, too? *hinthint*) and a news article."

Thinking In or Out of the box Contest (Ends: Feb. 11 '09)
"The main idea for the concept came up for the simple fact that there are not too many challenging contest themes around deviantart lately, so this contest is to keep you guys trying to find new and amazing creations, sometimes techniques and skills are amazing but when a concept is repeated over and over again the techniques and skills can’t be excused..."

Big Cats Contest (Ends: Nov. 7)
"Few months ago, I held a contest with the theme Birds. Now, I'm starting a new one, and the theme is "Big Cats", like the lions and the tigers! They are really fabulous creatures!"

October NINJAS (Ends: Oct. 25)
A contest hosted by *Emoticiety

Stage a Male - Photography Contest (Ends: Nov. 20)
"DeviantArt is full of extremely well produced artistic fashion and fine art photographs. Make up. Styling. Creation of scenery. Story. Light. Glamour. A combination of these expressions sometimes make up a great photograph. But the protagonists of these pictures are usually female. So... now it's the time for male models to come into focus."

Birthday Wishes Contest (Ends: Oct. 19)
"Its about a one birthday wish that you wished you always had. For example going even along the lines of fantasy like a pet dragon or some sort of creature. Anything from real stuff to mythical its your birthday wish"

"The Season of the Wolf" Contest II" (Ends: Oct. 31)
"October is Lupus Awareness Month, so to help bring attention to, and
information about this devastating disease to the general public here
on deviantART, I am running another personal contest this year."

HalloThanksmas Wallpaper Contest! (Ends: Oct. 20)
"You can submit up to three wallpapers, one of each different holiday, OR Submit one that has all three holidays combined!" [Amongst prizes are 4 year subs, $50 deviantDOLLARS, and a whole lot more ..there is only one winner.. yeah don't miss out!]

Rake 'Em Up, It's an Autumn Contest! (Ends: Dec. 20)
"Theme: Autumn | Photography only."

Magical World Contest (Ends: Oct. 24)
"Write about or draw a character created by yourself with direct links too the magical world... A contest for those who love magic and mystery and are not too serious!!!!"

Halloween Costume Contest! (Ends: Oct. 30)
"This Contest is for Photography only but if you are a clothing designer or model you should also consider entering!"

Halloween Dragon Contest (Ends: Nov. 1)
"This time round I want to see Halloween Dragons! (Or Halloween dragon type animals, if you want to make a Halloween Bunny dragon for example go ahead)"

Contests hosted by the Artist Relations Team:
Vector art has hit the big screen! - Oct. 13
The film art FAN-FEST - Oct. 14
Art History Contest: Surrealism - Oct. 15th
The da-F Wallpaper Challenge - Oct. 21st
"The REEL Player" skinning competition - Oct. 21st
Anime/Manga's "The golden age of film" - Oct. 24th
Indian Mythology Contest - Oct. 28th
Film turns comic! - Oct. 30
Film's Secret Rendezvous with Resources! - Oct. 30th
Character Lab - Oct. 31st
Create A Film Tutorial - Nov. 1st
Midsummer Night's Dream Film & Animation Contest - Dec. 15th
deviantART Film Wallpaper Challenge! - Oct. 21st
Street Art Contest - Oct. 22

dAmn

The New Forum Newsletter: Issue 7

$Tachy-on is about to put the next MN@ Newsletter together and is looking for your opinions of its content and rate of occurrence.

The LOL Corner [#32]

/join iPhotogragh
Photographers Wanted! "Are you sick of trying to find a place to share your art and being ignored? Sick of going to #thumbshare and trying to show off your photos and then getting spammed by anime pictures? Well we have a new spot for you! ~iPhotograph is a new chat made specially for photographers like you. You can come in and post your photos and not be spammed with that other stuff."

/join Photos4Life "is about a relaxed NO DRAMA only zone for photographers or models. We encourage community and having a good time without bringing drama from other rooms in the door. Take off your shoes and flop on the couch and chat awhile."



/join Naturally "The purpose of our chat is to educate dA's fine artists, so that they may know more about what their art is about (like identifying an insect in a photo). We can also help with real-life issues, such as pet problems, gardening issues and other things having to do with nature. As our room is just growing, the best time to check us out is after 10 PM EST. Anyone wishing to join our team of "experts" should note me (~kayladewi) with a description of their expertise, background and education or anything else regarding it.

/join CreativeCenter
#CreativeCenter opening! "This channel is all about creativity and inspiration. Connect different ART to get the most out of your own submissions. Trying to combine different styles to achieve new kinds of designs makes one increase their own style and enhance the experience."

News

^{Please.. to whatever God.. Goddess or entity you believe in. My big sister was in a bad motorcycle accident...
is in an induced medical coma with head trauma...
The accident was also out in the country... no cell service.. cars passed by Michelle waving frantically , the love of her life, my sister, bleeding from her ears nose and mouth...
and they drove on.} from

^ArtisticAunJuli Is in serious need of monetary help. There are various ways in which you can do this and there are several gifts being offered for donators. More info here!

^Helewidis is caring for 44 cats and is in need of help to spay/neuter them all. Here is THIER STORY and what you can do to help.

Spread The L O V E - Inspirations
Spread The Love. A project. A cause.

LUPUS Awareness Month

DotY: Nominations Part Uno!
The nominations for the Deviant of the Year Awards in the category Deviant of the Year are open!

Text Art - Issue #4
Issue #4: full of wonderful Text Art pieces you might wanna look at .

The Ultimate guide for Costume vs. Cosplay
A guide where I'm trying to explain the difference between the Costume-gallery and the Cosplay-gallery.

Mistakes make by first time Comic Artists
Some most common critiques given on comics by ^misskittyoooo with some additional tips from `Katmomma

I Am Anthro Magazine
_{The purpose of the magazine will be to provide a resource for everone in the anthro community. By everyone, I mean, everyone, from the hard-core furry to the mild-mannered middle-aged person with a small interest in animals, plants, and objects that act like humans, from the little kid that likes the anthro Disney movies to the young adult who remembers Looney Toons. The magazine will feature anthro comics and stories, articles relevant to the community, dates for cons, places for furries to find stuff they might want, information on anthro writers (you know, the big-name published ones that "everyone" knows), and information about different outlets for the anthro community to find others that exist in the community. The magazine will also have some games, feature anthro artwork done by the readers, and have a contest or three. For the first year or so the magazine will be made available online for free, it will also be available to buy a print copy.}



CEA Update 20080730: Spam Update
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CEA UPDATE 20082409: Clarifying Mature Content


Food For Thought 8
Yum Yum Yummy number 8 has been rolled out on a silver platter in tonight's menu. Tonight we feast our minds on the interview I had with ~Modestoru

The History of Photo Manipulation
When did photo manipulation start? How did it start? How has it been used in media throughout history?
Many interesting facts and examples presented.

20 Ways to make stunning portraits
Originally meant to be 10 ways, but then the reporter got us +10, hence my title being 20.

FILM/ANIMATION awareness campaign stamp

New Chip Poised to Revolutionize Photography, Film
For the first time, professional-grade single-lens reflex cameras are gaining the ability to record high-definition video. That capability, photographers say, has the potential to transform both still photography and moviemaking.

The Cutting Edge 40/08
The Cutting Edge is a weekly article that features selected high quality art products that caught our eyes when they passed through our print review queue.
Check out the cutting edge works your fellow print artists have submitted in the past week!

Its all about Mimes!!!
According to wikipedia, a mime artist is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech.
This is somewhat of a tribute and a gossip article. Read more for further understanding of why I'm saying this!

The Community Needs Your Help!
We are currently looking for help with both *deviantSPOTLIGHT and *SecretAdmirerPlz

the Beauty of Burlesque
With its origins in nineteenth century music hall entertainments and vaudeville, in the early twentieth century burlesque emerged as a populist blend of satire, performance art, and adult entertainment, that featured strip tease and broad comedy acts that derived their name from the low comedy aspects of the literary genre known as burlesque.

tradART: On The Streets (Issue III)
This newsletter will hopefully tie the cyber-world a little closer with the real-world. Inside you will find shows, sales, tidbits, and information regarding fellow traditional art deviants from around the globe.

Monthly Film Review #6
Training & learning from the evaluation of films and people’s opinion and critics. From now on, there will be a Monthly film review (any genre, commercial or independent, good or bad, new or old, etc) instead of bi-weekly.
Just take it as a mental and visual exercise and it can be funny ¡¡¡

Magic Mirror Cemetery Photography
Ancient headstones can never be replaced. Many are so worn as to be completely unreadable - or so they appear to the naked eye! The "Magic Mirror" technique throws the writing into sharp relief.

Murk March Time

Deviants

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This is an ongoing collab, ending Oct. 30.

100 Artists Together

Clubs

And with that the parade ends.

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