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16 Trucos de Photoshop para principiantes

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, 22h 35m ago
Adobe Photoshop es una herramienta increíble, tanto para fotógrafos como para diseñadores gráficos. Aquí tenéis 16 trucos para principiantes que os ayudarán a comprender mejor las bases de Photoshop.

Inkscape 0.47 Released!

=ScislaC:iconScislaC: reports, 1d 3h ago
Inkscape, an Open Source vector graphics editor with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format has released version 0.47!

Stock and Awe 48

^Hanratty-Stock:iconHanratty-Stock: reports, 2d 7h ago
Welcome to the forty-eighth edition of the still awesomely named Stock and Awe a series of newsletters as suggested by you!

Las 25 mejores fuentes de deviantART

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, 2d 25m ago
25 of the Best Free Fonts form deviantART

La web designinformer.com recopiló 25 geniales fuentes que según ellos, son las mejores del deviantART. Visita la recopilación en: [link]

Colours of the Rainbow Stock Feature 2

~ashy-stock:iconashy-stock: reports, 2d 23h ago
Hey guys! :wave: This news article is featuring everything bright and colourful! :D Hope you all enjoy the amazing stock images that have been uploaded during October!

One-stop-stock FFA Feature 3 - Board Games

`shelldevil:iconshelldevil: reports, 2d 20h ago
Submissions from #one-stop-stock's 3rd FFA day!

The Same but Different 16

^Hanratty-Stock:iconHanratty-Stock: reports, November 18
There are a lot of themes that run through the stock gallery – many people have similar ideas but they pull them off in different ways. In this series of newsletters we will look at similar ideas but different outcomes.

Global Tutorials Project : Update !

~GlobalTutorials:iconGlobalTutorials: reports, November 16
GTP :Tutorials Update !
1 week of activities and already 30 translated tutorial available !
But we still need YOU !

Resourcefully Yours // Weekly Gems #19

^znow-white:iconznow-white: reports, November 17
A peak at just a few of the Textures submitted this last week to the Resources & Stock Image Gallery with extra added pimpage & info.

Tools, Tutorials, Photographers, and Friends

*Oden36:iconOden36: reports, November 16
News, tips, tutorials, websites, for help in postwork, camera selection, and inspiration....

Resources News This Week

16 Trucos de Photoshop para principiantes

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, 22h 35m ago
Adobe Photoshop es una herramienta increíble, tanto para fotógrafos como para diseñadores gráficos. Aquí tenéis 16 trucos para principiantes que os ayudarán a comprender mejor las bases de Photoshop.

Stock and Awe 48

^Hanratty-Stock:iconHanratty-Stock: reports, 2d 7h ago
Welcome to the forty-eighth edition of the still awesomely named Stock and Awe a series of newsletters as suggested by you!

Las 25 mejores fuentes de deviantART

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, 2d 25m ago
25 of the Best Free Fonts form deviantART

La web designinformer.com recopiló 25 geniales fuentes que según ellos, son las mejores del deviantART. Visita la recopilación en: [link]

Inkscape 0.47 Released!

=ScislaC:iconScislaC: reports, 1d 3h ago
Inkscape, an Open Source vector graphics editor with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format has released version 0.47!

Colours of the Rainbow Stock Feature 2

~ashy-stock:iconashy-stock: reports, 2d 23h ago
Hey guys! :wave: This news article is featuring everything bright and colourful! :D Hope you all enjoy the amazing stock images that have been uploaded during October!

One-stop-stock FFA Feature 3 - Board Games

`shelldevil:iconshelldevil: reports, 2d 20h ago
Submissions from #one-stop-stock's 3rd FFA day!

LOOKING FOR COOL EFFECTS??

~Chic-Chick:iconChic-Chick: reports, November 21
Actions that I think need more people to see and use

Deluxe resources on for designers on deviantart

~GhostFight3r:iconGhostFight3r: reports, November 22
Some of the best resources I found on Deviantart over time. stock imgages, brushes, renders, shapes...

Faves and comments

~elmagonia:iconelmagonia: reports, November 21
Personally, I appreciate them both.
But to be quite honest, faves are more important
(to an artist or writer themselve)

Hm, why is that?
Comments, yeah.
Everyone wants them.
ALL the time. No matter what. I've had a few times where I made nagging journals, constantly asking and begging people to comment my work no matter what. I didn't care if they had the time or not. I didn't care if they had a life or not.
I.
didn't.
care.

So, since I've seen (a few, actually a lot of) people get a bit overwhelmed only because some deviation that they worked on for hours on end doesn't get the needed amount of comments. But it has about over 30 or 40 faves. So what? I'd be honored to have one of my own deviations with that many faves. Wanna know why?

Because if half of you haven't realized by now, faves CAN get you noticed. Basically, it's like a dieses or a chain letter. It spreads.
One deviant faves it, others see it and they fave it as well. Possibly a few might even comment it. But that depends on who they are in general. I've had a few of my deviations faved by people I haven't even heard of, and still I get them all the time.

Unlike comments, they just give you more and more views. Nothing really special. Sure, you might get a few "oh that's awesome" or "that is so frappin' unique!" or whatever.

Well what if I wanted both comment AND faves, what do I do?
What do you do?
Give in return.
If YOU want faves or comments, you're gonna' have to comment AND fave other deviations, and just like the subject before. You can get noticed. But it depends on the deviation. Though, of course, if you're one of those people who instantly want to get noticed. Then good luck. It's not gonna take you 15 or 20 deviations to reach up to about 5,000 or possibly 10,000 pageviews. But that is totally off topic. Maybe if I have time (or if i even want to) I'll probably do another news letter.

November 21, 2009 5:05 pm

~elmagonia

All You Could Want to Know about Critiques

*Doodlee-a:iconDoodlee-a: reports, November 21
Never done a Critique before, or want to improve? Here are some tips!

Who loved it?

~ok-sana
~fifi-orchid
~Kirinluke
=thesilentrose
~Okami-Hikaru
=ProfelisAurata
*katarina-o
=synax444
=RusCSI
=Kizamaji
*IIIXII
*harvest-jacobina
~secretplanet
~Heatherrrrific
~KinoMokusei
~LunarSkunk
~Kithlin
~box-cap
~xBuggsleyx
~Empyrael
~drakokatze
~illustia
~Vampiskd
~Lacelette
~saroufall
~rikufanattic
~Darius-Kei
~vixentheangryfox
~Hyratel
~lorine
~SkyBlueCivic
*alaer
~RelentlessRepeat
*Freha
~kzinrret
~1337gnome
~Ligax
~SubliminalDice976
~ClearWillow
~em-wolf
*arttine
*whitewolf16
~ZaiBear
~myschan
~jizael
~YozenMari
~Ixi-Da-Pixie
*Morumoto
~MaitresseDeNoir
*LoRi-La-Tortuga
*Melody-Chaos
~Blitzwing34
~Tala-Twilight
~TwinTwosGirl
~mikeyjean
~doomy-panda
*AnnEEm
~hatsukoi
~Fates-Broken-Wings
*bluesoru
*HockeyWitch
*redLillith
~ladyarah
~melkatsa
=Chao-Fangirl
~Eliea
~fo-chan
`taeliac
~DragonMaster42
~zibbelcoot
~s-m-i-l-e-Flourite
*akio-rayne
*BabyLondonStar
=Transformergirl
~Nawesomes
=Vhazza
=Mangamad
~6kLownn
~Djinn-Soundystem
=pandari
*Plush-Bots
=nuclearfeatherquill
=Sylvarant-Cross
~fallenangel614
~SalvationRose
~AnjasKillki
*Ravensilver
*Crosssoul
~euphorics
~Kitty-cat-95
~EagleHaru
=Zionazuro
~Inea
~Pegahoul
=Neitzarr
~sakuraXmoto
~Tanaka-Yuki
~Green-Horse-Arts
~tikeo
~PrincesShe
*maverick-decadence
=WeepinAngel
*strawberrygina
~paperbag-girl
~mariofan360
=ProjectWicca
~xcorvus
~a1984niceguy
~hrn
~Lykan-of-the-Wolves
~RECROW
=Sumitora
*Black--Dark
~mangatomboy350
~Neosun7
~oo0Laura0oo
*Ash-Dragon-wolf
=LadyFromEast
~Combat-Jacquie
~NyappyKyappy

x 5 devious rejections

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Artists are professionals, too!

*Goldenwolf:iconGoldenwolf: reports, August 11
I'm not sure if this has been posted here yet or not, but here's something that :iconleopreston: posted on her DA Journal today that I thought needed to be shared by me as well. I don't know who the original author of this is, but it really impressed me. Please read:

"Every day, there are more and more Craigs List posts seeking "artists" for everything from auto graphics to comic books to corporate logo designs. More people are finding themselves in need of some form of illustrative service.

But what they're NOT doing, unfortunately, is realizing how rare someone with these particular talents can be.

To those who are "seeking artists", let me ask you; How many people do you know, personally, with the talent and skill to perform the services you need? A dozen? Five? One? …none?

More than likely, you don't know any. Otherwise, you wouldn't be posting on craigslist to find them.
And this is not really a surprise.

In this country, there are almost twice as many neurosurgeons as there are professional illustrators. There are eleven times as many certified mechanics. There are SEVENTY times as many people in the IT field.

So, given that they are less rare, and therefore less in demand, would it make sense to ask your mechanic to work on your car for free? Would you look him in the eye, with a straight face, and tell him that his compensation would be the ability to have his work shown to others as you drive down the street?

Would you offer a neurosurgeon the "opportunity" to add your name to his resume as payment for removing that pesky tumor? (Maybe you could offer him "a few bucks" for "materials". What a deal!)

Would you be able to seriously even CONSIDER offering your web hosting service the chance to have people see their work, by viewing your website, as their payment for hosting you?

If you answered "yes" to ANY of the above, you're obviously insane. If you answered "no", then kudos to you for living in the real world.

But then tell me… why would you think it is okay to live out the same, delusional, ridiculous fantasy when seeking someone whose abilities are even less in supply than these folks?

Graphic artists, illustrators, painters, etc., are skilled tradesmen. As such, to consider them as, or deal with them as, anything less than professionals fully deserving of your respect is both insulting and a bad reflection on you as a sane, reasonable person. In short, it makes you look like a twit.

A few things you need to know;

1. It is not a "great opportunity" for an artist to have his work seen on your car/'zine/website/bedroom wall, etc. It IS a "great opportunity" for YOU to have their work there.

2. It is not clever to seek a "student" or "beginner" in an attempt to get work for free. It's ignorant and insulting. They may be "students", but that does not mean they don't deserve to be paid for their hard work. You were a "student" once, too. Would you have taken that job at McDonalds with no pay, because you were learning essential job skills for the real world? Yes, your proposition it JUST as stupid.

3. The chance to have their name on something that is going to be seen by other people, whether it's one or one million, is NOT a valid enticement. Neither is the right to add that work to their "portfolio". They get to do those things ANYWAY, after being paid as they should. It's not compensation. It's their right, and it's a given.

4. Stop thinking that you're giving them some great chance to work. Once they skip over your silly ad, as they should, the next ad is usually for someone who lives in the real world, and as such, will pay them. There are far more jobs needing these skills than there are people who possess these skills.

5. Students DO need "experience". But they do NOT need to get it by giving their work away. In fact, this does not even offer them the experience they need. Anyone who will not/can not pay them is obviously the type of person or business they should be ashamed to have on their resume anyway. Do you think professional contractors list the "experience" they got while nailing down a loose step at their grandmother's house when they were seventeen?

If you your company or gig was worth listing as desired experience, it would be able to pay for the services it received. The only experience they will get doing free work for you is a lesson learned in what kinds of scrubs they should not lower themselves to deal with.

6. (This one is FOR the artists out there, please pay attention.) Some will ask you to "submit work for consideration". They may even be posing as some sort of "contest". These are almost always scams. They will take the work submitted by many artists seeking to win the "contest", or be "chosen" for the gig, and find what they like most. They will then usually have someone who works for them, or someone who works incredibly cheap because they have no originality or talent of their own, reproduce that same work, or even just make slight modifications to it, and claim it as their own. You will NOT be paid, you will NOT win the contest. The only people who win, here, are the underhanded folks who run these ads. This is speculative, or "spec", work. It's risky at best, and a complete scam at worst. I urge you to avoid it, completely. For more information on this subject, please visit [link].

So to artists/designers/illustrators looking for work, do everyone a favor, ESPECIALLY yourselves, and avoid people who do not intend to pay you. Whether they are "spec" gigs, or just some guy who wants a free mural on his living room walls. They need you. You do NOT need them.

And for those who are looking for someone to do work for free… please wake up and join the real world. The only thing you're accomplishing is to insult those with the skills you need. Get a clue.

If you do need portfolio padding, use your skills for a good cause - design a poster for a non-profit organization. Make a website for your local community theater. There are so many opportunities for pro bono work that will actually benefit someone.

Pass this on to every artistically-inclined person you know! Copy the text or just send them the link to the original post."


I absolutely, 100% agree. We artists -are- professionals. Our services are fairly rare, and for people to think that it's a privileged to do art for them -for free- are delusional. I have seen, myself, many, many times how the general populace views artists, and to them we have this talent ergo we should be spreading it around for free, or for chicken scratch. Do you know how much effort it takes to "birth" a custom piece of art for someone? I would say it takes just as much effort as fixing a car, or fixing a computer, or sometimes even surgery. It is a joy for us to do because, as artists, our art is a joy, but at the same time it takes a crapload of effort. If a mechanic loves cars and enjoys fixing them, you wouldn't dream of asking him to do anything for you for free (unless he was a friend, and even then it would be shitty of you not offer something to him for compensation for his time, materials, and effort). Why is it different for artists? I see this attitude -all the time- (and I know my fellow artists will agree), how someone will approach you to do art for them and look at you like a stunned cow when you say, okay, but it will cost you this much. Then they get all indignant like you just insulted -them- by even asking for -anything- in return. Gah!

So a big THANK YOU to everyone who treats an artist with respect, and values their skills and talent as a professional trade. As for the other 80% of the population, I hope they come across an article like this and change their thinking about artists.

Devious Comments

:icongreenleafprince:
everything on here, i agree with and i am glad someone had finally said it :), u can be a proffessional at anything!

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:iconsketcherjak:
Hip Hip Huzzah! I'll drink to that!

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:iconciaron23:
it'd be nice if the Deviant Art admins got whim of this and made a news article out of it. Thanks for sharing Goldie! I posted one on my Journal too.

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:iconpaladin095:
that's not fair =(

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:iconciaron23:
Correction: news article for the mass populi

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:iconthrough-the-monsoon:
agreed

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oh the joy the world brings. makes me so happy i could commit suicide. :P
:iconriitual:
Yeah, I totally agree with this. I like to give my friends free stuff because they are my friends and I appreciate them; that doesn't entitle everyone else to the same liberty.
:iconkitcat4056:
Agreed wholeheartedly. C:

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:iconclassicfan:
Honestly, thank you so much for this :) It gives me confidence and now I won't be such a sheep when I see such ads. I feel as if my work is actually worthy now and I definitely won't fall for all those scams.
Thank you :heart:

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