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The ABC of CraftsWhat this is about: There is seemingly a million crafts, and  little by little we are building up a sort of encyclopedia of crafts.  However, it's impossible for a couple of people to know them all...  here's where you come in. We want to make this a community effort,  please help us with your knowledge to make this happen! This is also the  chance to bring the spotlight to unrecognized and unknown crafts, so if  you know of any craft that isn't included yet, please leave a message!!  Every contribution will be credited :)
What we're looking for:  Crafts, techniques, materials, themes. Crafts and techniques are what  we're most interested in and will be given preference on this list.
What to do:  Leave a comment with your contribution! It would be best if you leave  it on the page that would correspond to the first letter of your  suggestion. If you can leave a small description and a few thu
Meet the Artisan Crafts GalleryTo kick off the craftiest month of the year, let me take you to a little tour around the Artisan Craft galleries deviantART has to offer! They will give you a good idea of how wide and rich the artisan crafts world is, and they may even inspire you to pick up a craft you always wanted to try or didn't even know existed :)
Anthro
Anthro involves combining human motivation, characteristics, or
behaviour with inanimate objects, animals, plants, or natural phenomena.
In other words, animals or objects that act or resemble human nature in
some way.
Sub-galleries: Clothing, Costumes, Masks and Props & Accessories.
Note: This gallery is also taken care
Photography Fortnightly: Edition FiftyPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Eyes like a shutter, mind like a lens..."
With the start of a brand new year, lots of resolutions are set, promises made and aspirations begun to be aspired to. What are your Photographic hopes and dreams this year? Have you just finished the 365 photography challenge? Or the 52 week Photography challenge? Are you ready to take a break? Or are you just embarking on something like that and are fresh and excited for what it might bring? With that in mind, take a look at a very interesting article from =Eitvys200 it explores the Photography Gallery Records. And why not consider heading over to #deviant365 to begin your 52 week journey of challenges and inspirations?
General Photography
Community Volunteers ^Kaz-D | ^3wyl |
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Did You Know? - DD categories, Searching devMEETs
PE: Self Suggesting Daily DeviationsSelf Suggesting
Members are more than welcome to self suggest their own art work for a Daily Deviation, in fact many CVs highly encourage self suggestions.  While self suggesting may have been something people frowned upon in the past, this is thankfully no longer the case as we all recognize the need for self promotion in the competitive world of art.
But suggesting my own work is embarassing
There is no shame in trying to get yourself and your work seen.  By self suggesting you are merely looking to gain more exposure from a broader audience. Look at it this way, if you're not willing to advertise your own work and get more clients and exposure, who will?
When we CVs receive self suggestions we treat them the same as we would any other suggestion so you can easily treat a self suggestion the same as you would a submission of your art to a group so more users can see the piece.  While we do not guarantee that we
Literature Previews, DDs, and YouIntroducing a new policy regarding Literature Gallery DD features.
While not everyone uses preview images and they're not technically part of the work, we're going to require that preview images be properly credited for future features. This does include preview images you've customized that use texture or other such resources.
An important note: Not all images are stock. If an image isn't stock and you want to use it as your preview, please make sure that you've obtained explicit permission from the artist. We will also accept previewed stories that were done for a picture-based prompt if the prompter asked permission to use those images. Of course, you'll need to link to the prompt in your comments.
**Also, if you are using credited stock but the stock terms say it's not to be used like that, someone—okay, it's me—is going to tell the stock creator. Please respect people who put up these resources and read their own rules before using. I've seen a few that w
Super Groups Sale: Upgrade for Less!Avid followers of Holiday Headquarters are aware of deviantART's deals throughout the season, and today is no different!
Our Super Groups sale is back! From now until December 23rd at 11:59 PM Pacific, get 12 months of Super Group status for $49.95!
:bulletyellow: Group administrators: The ability to upgrade is only available to you. The power to take advantage of this awesome deal is in your hands!
:bulletyellow: Group fans: If you want your favorite group to be upgraded, poke your nearest group administrator and alert him or her to this limited time only sale.
:groups:  Super Groups Benefits:
Highlighted rank in the Groups directory. Stand out from the rest with the golden "super" badge.
Choose between four different layouts.
From Resources to Fractal Art #2:ahoy:
Welcome to my new serie : "From Resources to Fractal Art".
What is really interesting in the fractal community, is the way deviants interact between each others to share their knowledge with tutorial or Parameters Pong (Sharing Parameters to tweak the main fractals).
Therefore, in this article I'm going to select a resource randomly and show you how to start from a tutorial to achieve a wonderful fractal.
This week, let's take a look at *Fiery-Fire & ^SaTaNiA tutorial : Splits Elliptic Fractals
We were hanging in the :#aposhack:,ponging some params and then a wonderful idea came to us ! What about explaining this simple technique to the deviants.
When we released this tutorial, we honestly didn't think it was going to be such a loved technique!
Some deviants even says : "It is a elliptic-splits mania on DA" :giggle:
This tutorial is a step by step o
Epilepsy Awareness Day March 26th 2013The Purple Truth

March 26, known to the epileptic community as Purple Day, is a day to promote understanding and teach others the signs of epilepsy and seizures. As one of the most common neurological conditions in the world, directly affecting 65 million people globally, and with 1 out of 10 people having suffered a seizure in their lifetime, this condition has a real presence in our lives. What is epilepsy though?
Epilepsy is defined as a medical condition that produces seizures affecting a variety of mental and physical functions. Normal brain function is made possible by millions of tiny electrical charges passing between nerve cells in the brain and to all parts of the body. When someone has epilepsy, this normal pattern may be interrupted by intermittent bursts of electrical energy that are much more intense than usual.
A seizure, a symptom of epilepsy, occurs when a brief, strong sur
A Note on Daily Deviation FeaturesAt ten features into my tenure as Community Volunteer for Abstract & Surreal Photography I am noticing a certain trend in response to abstract and surreal Daily Deviations. I shall address some of the recurring themes here, and hopefully answer some questions along the way. At this point I would like to mention that I am talking about a small and vocal minority, and I sincerely thank the overwhelming majority for supporting the featured artists and their work. You're what makes this site such a great community.
With that said, let's get to the troublesome themes I am coming across.
The "This is crap!" Argument
As an observer and a critic, you're entitled to think that something isn't very good. However, exclaiming as such on the comments of a piece of work that an artist has spent time and energy creating is not only counter-productive, but rude and insulting, especially if it's not followed up with some advice about how you think they could make their
Photomanipulation vs. Digital Mixed MediaWhat is this series?
The "Fix that Miscat" series has been designed to help educate deviantART members about the different galleries to which they can submit their art. Tired of submitting to a particular gallery and having your art moved to a different one? We will help minimize this occurrence by examining pairs of categories that frequently get confused and doing our best to clarify them for you.
What is a Photomanipulation?
What it is:
On deviantART, we define photomanipulation as "two or more PHOTOGRAPHIC elements that have been combined to form something NEW."
This means that:
:bulletpink: At least 2 elements must be from photographs.
:bulletpink: The result must be something new and different, distinguishable from the original.
What it is not:
:bulletpink: It does not involve 3D images, even if there are also photos involved. 
:bulletpink: A
Craft a Moustache ContestWhat is Movember?
During the month of November each year, Movember asks men across the world to grow a moustache (or Mo') with the aim of raising vital funds and awareness for men’s health issues. Mo Bros are helping to change the face of men’s health by effectively becoming walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November and through their actions and words raise awareness by promoting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health. Together, we are truly changing the face of men’s health.
Source: Movember's Site
How to help
Raise awareness, share the news!Register on Movember.com and grow a mighty manly moustache on that beautiful face of yours, you can choose to join deviantART's US Team,
Vexel Info and Daily DeviationsSo, hello then :D I am MJ, and I am the newly appointed Community Volunteer for the Vexel gallery, taking over from the ever-wonderful `jussta! :love: I am here to provide you with support and entertainment, and to be a bridge between you and the deviantART $taff :dummy:
You will be excited to know that I already have a contest in the planning for next year, but in the mean time while I find my feet in the volunteer world, I can tell you that #vexelove has both a contest and a collab you can take part in at the moment, and you can find the details here: http://fav.me/d5jxxjz :la:
And, my dear vexel artists, take a look at #TheVexelGroup, your vexel community hub of info and goings-on, also with a gallery you can submit to :dalove:
:star: So... What IS Vexel Art anyway?
I always thought the easiest way to describe it was by calling it digital cut paper. When you make a traditional cut paper piece, you are using shapes of paper all built up to create an image - vexel i
I declined 2 photomanip suggestions today aloneNOTE: I am talking about premades and cut-outs here, not ALL stock. And, not all premades and cut-outs are "bad." Just be careful!
I declined 2 photomanip DD suggestions today because the artists used stock (1 used a premade background and 1 used a cut-out psd file) from stock artists who did not say where their original sources came from.
These were really good suggestions, too, from amazing artists who truly deserve DDs. One of them has never had a DD before.
What am I ranting about now?
As an example, let's say you use an ivy psd file for your work. You need to know that the stock artist himself/herself took the picture of the ivy or that it comes from another legitimate source. Too many people pull images off of Google and cut them out to make "psd stock." So, if the stock artist doesn't say where they got the picture they used from, I would recommend not using it.
Likewise, a lot of people take stock pictures from sxc.hu or purchase them from dreamstime or shutt
Daily Deviation GuidelinesDaily Devation Guidelines 2.0
The Basics
I only take Digital Art* suggestions, I cannot feature anything else (e.g. Scraps)I would prefer if you did not suggest anything with more than 700 favorites at the time of suggestion.Please let me know if you would like to remain anonymous as a suggester.Please send me only one artist per suggestionPlease make sure that the deviant has not received a Daily Deviation within the past 6 months.** Send your suggestion to only 1  Community VolunteerI will absolutely not give someone a DD if I have already given them one previously.***I would prefer if you would not suggest anything that is over a year old.Please make sure the artist you're suggesting is active.
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Artisan Crafts Nov/Dec Newsletter

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:44 PM
So what's been going on on the Artisan Crafts world? For your reading convenience here's everything going up lately, if you want me to add anything let me know! I want to make this all inclusive to all the artisan crafts, not just what I've been up to.

Community Volunteer Changes



In November we saw `UnicornReality and `FrockTarts hanging their hats and ^maytel become our new CV. Thank you everyone for your hard work! In December `UnicornReality also received the deviousness award of the month, congratulations!

DD Roundups

Art History Project

December is Artisan Crafts month at #ArtHistoryProject. There's still time to write your own article! Write about your favorite craft, create a discussion, a chat, interview your favorite artist, etc. Here's the articles so far

Contests

Features

If you have any suggestions, ideas or features contact me! :heart: On to a better year for artisan crafts!





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:icontalty:
November/December Artisan Crafts Newsletter with just a tiny bit of what happened at the end of October ;)
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^maytel Dec 20, 2012
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=Nameda Dec 22, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
belated congrats :)
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^Talty Dec 20, 2012   Artisan Crafter
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=Magical525 Dec 20, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
It's been a busy time when you see it all written together - it didn't seem that busy at the time lol

Thanks for the round up - it's good to see all the information in one place :)
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^Talty Dec 20, 2012   Artisan Crafter
I'm glad it didn't seem busy, it would be bad to make things look overwhelming while posting them XD

No problem ^^
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=Magical525 Dec 20, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
No, it wasn't overwhelming at all :D
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