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Stories of Improvement IThrough the month you have seen some historic moments regarding Digital Art, some topics of discussion, interviews with talented digital artists and features with incredible art.
Today we'll take a look at the personal stories some deviants have to tell about how much they've improved over the years. So here is the first part of two! Each story is accompanied by a couple of thumbs, one old and one old so you can see how much the deviant has improved.
:iconmilotic1406: `Milotic1406
I started creating digital art just a few

Celebrating Deviousness - February 2013

Deviousness Award





Congratulations to `Krissi001



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The Deviousness

Everyday we're CV'ingAs a Community Volunteer - I do as much or as little within the community that I feel comfortable doing. We're not pressured to do this and that, we don't even have to give a Daily Deviation every day, we choose how we promote our selected galleries/chats and forums and we're not fixed to any specific rule on how much or how little we do. But I do believe that it's important to share with you just what the community volunteers do and why we do it. More importantly it's so easy to get lost on this site full of many people - and miss out on the awesome that's going on. So I'm going to share with you exactly what the latest awesome is...
Project Educate
Almost every week since October last year the Community Volunteers have been working hard both independently and as part of small teams to bring You Project Educate.
Project Educate is about bringing forward art forms whether they are popular or overlooked and giving

Community Relations Newsletter - March/April 2012Table of Contents
1. Gallery Clean Up Project
2. Feedback
3. Volunteer Openings
4. Share Your Opinions
5. Community Projects
6. Official Contests
7 Project Educate 2011/2012
8. Art History Project
9. Gallery Description Project
10. News from the Chats and Forums
11. News from the Galleries
1. Gallery Clean-up Project
The Gallery Clean-up Project will focus on literally cleaning up the category tree in several ways. This first part of this project, is all behind the scenes. Over the years there have been categories that have been "removed", merged, or changed and there are back-end changes that need to be done to fully remove them from the tree. This part will not affect you, and if everything goes properly, you won't even notice it

The second part of this will be ensuring that the categories are all accepting the correct file-types. If there is a file-type that isn't being allowed in a particular category or

Welcome Neiio, Valasedai and Lost-angle!! `neiio, ^ValaSedai & `lost-angle!
Please join us in welcoming new additions to the Community Volunteer Team!
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`neiio
Skins and Themes

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^ValaSedai
Icons and Handhelds

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Chats and Forums

Manga/Anime Project Educate Closing Ceremonies Why hello everyone! So today is Saturday, and that means another week is done for Project Educate. `kit-y, `MzzAzn and I had a wonderful time getting everything ready for you and executing the week. I hope that everyone enjoyed the week and took something away from it. We had interviews with all sorts of different Manga/Anime artists, news features with the different sub categories, a trivia night, and even a featured chat!
This past week was crazy busy, and I felt like I really needed to stop and catch my breath for it bit, but overall it was a ton of fun. Its been an honor to host Manga/Anime's Project Educate week!
So a Recap of this week;
ABC's of Anime Master Article
The master article to the ABC's of Anime which are filled with all sorts of information relevant to the Manga/Anime world.
Interviews
A lot of wonderful deviant

Manga/Anime DD Roundup- September 2011

Welcome to the Daily Deviation Round Up for the Manga/Anime category here on dA! Below is a feature of all of the Daily Deviations that were posted by the Manga/Anime Community Volunteers this month!
`kit-y's Picks

Fyuh 2 by ~7AHO DA-F :Exhibition Tri-Lightning by =ForbiddenImmortality
`MzzAzn's Picks
Sunflower Smile by *meadow-rue
`Nyiana-Sama's Picks
Catching Dragons by *Aeollon CR - Last Stage : Outbreak by *Intelman Spring girl full version by ~Silent-Voice-Group
Pouring Rain by ~PinkuRabbit Worship Me by ~Anzabelle Roberta by ~swdd-cat
CR LAST STAGE : OUTBREAK by ~takappi requiem for innocents ch11p214 by *mariposa-nocturna Gold Apple Pegasus by ~hostage-fiver
Untitled 4 by ~ddal84 Green Magician by *Shumijin Mignon aka Party Monster by ~yumi-ranmachan
.:Come back:. by ~ElfenCeres The Pursuit: Grand Space Opera by ~RDumont Ex-Skribble Contest by ~LiChii
Griffin_Girl by *Unodu Remember Forever by ~ZakkVanBurace Commission- for Serenitybane by *Wanaca
Sakura by ~aiki-ame Atmospheric Leap by ~icecreamwar :thumb256039972:
AT - gate keepers by *rosuuri CR: Shiva by ~Podjok-Wajang lucy magic powders by ~angelcano
+Our Promise+ by *goku-no-baka Windy at the beach by *Ysa :thumb210187

Manga/Anime Spotlight: JyinxeManga/Anime Spotlight: *Jyinxe
Manga/Anime Spotlight is a weekly feature that highlights the different artists across the deviantART's Manga/Anime community, and is a portal to get to know a bit more about them and their works.
This week's feature is *Jyinxe

1.) To start off, what is your favorite medium and tools to use?
My favourite medium is traditional art, but I would love to learn to colour on the computer properly one day (I'm not a very patient person). I tend to use Prisma colour pencil crayons the most to colour, trading them out once in a while for Crayola. I use Staedtler pigment liners for my lineart (usually .1 or .3) and gelly roll pens for shine.

2.) When you draw, do you plan everything out first, or do you just see where the drawing takes you?
I try to plan everything out before hand because I like to have an idea of what I'm doing. The picture doesn't always end up the way I planned

Manga/Anime Spotlight: azarathManga/Anime Spotlight: `azarath
Manga/Anime Spotlight is a weekly feature that highlights the different artists across the deviantART's Manga/Anime community, and is a portal to get to know a bit more about them and their works.
This week's feature is `azarath

1.) To start off, what is your favorite medium and tools to use?
Usually I start everything with a pencil sketch, then take it into Deleter Comic Works, Photoshop, or my favorite, Illustrator. I also love using Copic markers, but they get very costly.

2.) When you draw, do you plan everything out first, or do you just see where the drawing takes you?
I have an idea in mind, but usually it's more of a case of "let's see what my skill level will actually allow me to do."

3.) On average, how long do you spend on a drawing?
I depends on what I'm doing. Mostly nowadays I just doodle. A markered drawing would

Dictionary Holiday 2012 EntryThis article will be dedicated to all things Holiday 2012 on deviantART. Keep an eye on this for contests, projects, events, giveaways, and deals associated with the Holidays. If you think we've missed something that you think should be included, send us a note and we'll update the article!
#dA-Dictionary
Official Articles
Holiday Headquarters
$Ikue would like to remind us of the Help Desk's Holiday ClosuresHappy Holidays from #hq
Projects
The official Holiday Card Project

What IS Vexel Art Anyway?So, hello then

I am the newly appointed Community Volunteer for the Vexel gallery, taking over from the ever-wonderful `jussta!

I am here to provide you with support and entertainment, and to be a bridge between you and the deviantART $taff

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

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

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 is the same so

Graphics Month - August:iconcommunityrelations: :iconarthistoryproject:

From Traditional to Graphic

So July was the month of Traditional Art. We saw work on Illustration, Dali and Surrealism, John Blake, Giger and much more.
For the full Archive please check out our Traditional Gallery here.
August is now our Graphics Month. This is a culmination of mediums, including - Comics & Cartoons, Anthro, Fan Art and Anime/Manga
Without much ado, here are your Community Volunteers for these Galleries...

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`kit-y -

Anime & Manga

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^KasumiCR -

Fan Art

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^KovoWolf -

PE Daily Deviations- Presentation of your workHello all!

Well we’ve had a fascinating week so far; a week which hopefully has provided some insight not only to the process of DD selection but helped you understand what we look for in DDs as CVs. As we draw to the end of this week, I bring you an article which will whet your Saturday with thoughts that don’t just apply to the DD feature, but something which should be a consideration to everything you submit to dA. I am talking about deviation presentation.
Why is Presentation important?
Art isn’t always about just being “creative”. There are techniques and skills which develop over time which contribute to the quality of the work you produce and alongside this comes a developed understanding of good presentation.
Good presentation could be anything from cropping a photograph, to spell checking your literature. These are common sense things that in the rush of wanting to show off your creativity can sometimes be

What Are Original Characters?What are original characters?

Hello everyone! Today we are going to go over the concept of "What is an original character" and this is actually part one of a two part news article series. The second article will be released at a later date.
What do original characters have to do with the Manga/Anime gallery here on deviantART? Well just about everything. The Manga/Anime gallery is designed for original characters only, and by original, I mean original. Here is an example of what I mean...
Drawings of characters submitted into the Manga/Anime gallery can only be your ownThe drawings of characters need to be from your own universe.If the character you are drawing is placed into another "existing universe" such as Pokemon or Naruto, they do not belong in Manga/Anime, instead they belong in fanart.Your own character, your own world, your own creation, then it can go into the Manga/Anime gallery
If anyone is still confused by that, I can show you some visuals using my character

Random Architecture Showcase #11Week Eleven
This is the eleventh of a regular weekly feature from the Architecture gallery.
Each week, I'll bring you a different selection of amazing and spectacular pieces.
Features

Sagrada Familia Ceiling by ~cosmicenemaParallel by ~Real-Nela
.hamburg08. by ~dasTOKTower by ~MatthiasHaltenhofthe female side of geometry by ~veftenie
Passage by *EmilStojek1000 Bouddah path by *EpytafeHeir by ~adityapudjo
facade xx by ~ChristianRudatVertigo by ~bittersweetvenomthey're watching - again by =geissa
Hogwarts, a History by ~Freckles4815162342facade xix by ~ChristianRudat:thumb254728616:
Blue Stairs by ~bittersweetvenom:Carnival of Rust: by ~bittersweetvenomThe Guiding Light by *IngoSchobert
Karlskirche by *focusgalleryThe eiffel tower by ~miaboasKALYMNOS by *gingado
Please show the artists some love and

the article if you liked it!
Don't forget to check out #Urban-and-Rural for more spectacular pieces of work!
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Welcome Maytel, Arctoa and rydi1689!!

Tue Nov 27, 2012, 12:49 PM by ^KovoWolf

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=Yivae Dec 9, 2012 Hobbyist

Welcome back ^rydi1689

Welcome to all >v<

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`petrova Dec 4, 2012 Hobbyist

I'm a bit late but

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^maytel Dec 5, 2012

hehe thanks

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`phoenixleo Nov 28, 2012

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=izka197 Nov 28, 2012

awesome, welcome

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^maytel Nov 28, 2012

I want to say Hi and thanks to everyone individually but it seems like a mountainous task.
SO HI AND THANKS everyone!

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