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Tomorrow, is the first blank page.......of a 365 page book. Write a good one.
Every year is like a chapter of our lives.
The object of a new year is not a celebration of a new year, nor having a new number displaying in our callendar but it is where we should have a new soul.
To sit down and think over how to improve up our lives.
Also is not a day to cry out loudly how our past year was unsuccessful and impatiently wait when it will be over, start a new, but to learn who we are and how we can move forward.
I'm not here to wish a good New Year Eve since it's not the only day which will decide how our new year will be like… however what I truly wish you guys lots of joy for every day for this year, as well for next year- regardless what is the day or what's happening. Every day is a miracle and a proof of our existence.
Smile to yourself while looking at your image reflected by mirror and don't be shy to say "I love you" to yourself. And lots of love to all livings forms, animals and nature and less interest to mater

Before you throw that pity party read thisBeing in touch with your weaknesses is important in order to grow as an artist, but are you so hung up on what you can’t do well that it’s holding you back? I'm not talking about the intermittent (or frequent) attacks of complete blockage, or even lack of inspiration, but full out pity parties.
I’ve seen far too many people on dA who post exercise after exercise, writing in the artist comments that once again they’ve failed, they’ve read hundreds of books, studied the masters for so many years, and they still cannot draw a photorealist rending of a man’s head. First of all let me say that I highly respect “self taught” artists and I’m not discouraging anyone who chooses (or must) go that route. However, setting realistic goals and finding your niche is extremely important. Let me say this: not everyone will be able to paint like a Baroque period artist! But that doesn't mean you can't be a painter, it just means

My film is posted!Hey guys, my film is now posted on Vimeo! Feel free to watch if you've got some time.

http://vimeo.com/40914521
-Melissa

Accepted to Disney!!!I was accepted into the Disney College Program this morning

If I accept the offer I will get to work at Walt Disney World in Florida this Summer and Fall. I am freaking out right now (totally in a good way)!!! They offered me a job as a lifeguard, which I am totally cool with

Great hours, outdoors, get to work with kids...totally awesome. And this will open doors for the future!

YAYYYY!!!!!
I'll have a longer post later...I just thought I'd let you all know :3 Hehe
--Katy

Finding thieves of your work !!Hi
I just want to share with you a great little add on i found to the browser Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/who-stole-my-pictures/
This is a great little add on that can help you find those damn little thieves

You may already use it but i think this was great so i wanted to share it with you.....
I found that my work have been stolen and used in countless sites with out my permission which i find very sad and disturbing....
If you have some other suggestion on how to find out if your work have been stolen and what to do and how you do to get them to take down your work for the site please share it here i would really appreciate it
Sincerely
Pali

Report backlogging: What you can do to prevent it!The deviation reporting system works like this:
Someone submits a report through the "Report Deviation" button and waits to get reviewed by the administration. When a report of the same deviation the report merges with the current report and get's a higher chance of an administrator reviewing it.
As told by $dxd.
The +help desk reports go like this:
A deviant finds another deviant who is breaking the rules and files a report using the +help desk and awaits a response from an administrator. While another deviant files a report about the same deviant, thus the staff now have two
reports of the same person. Sure they're categorized. But they do not merge together, making it more difficult for the administration who deals with reports if there is twenty reports about one deviant.
Q: But what about reporting an entire gallery that's made with nothing but copyrighted material or offensive deviations?
Wh

Neat Artwork Based on Children's DrawingsI came across a fascinating art project a while back that I thought I would share.
The Monster Engine project, based on the idea of creating realistic paintings from children's drawings: http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2010/05/amazing-art-works-based-on-childrens-drawings/
Here is a sampling of a few of the pieces on the website. Please check the link above for more!

It actually makes me wish that I had some of my old artwork saved to "redraw."

Anatomy booksI'm frequently asked how I learned to draw and the answer is very simple - a large part of my knowledge is self taught from books. That's why I thought it would be a good idea to share some titles I owned or came across and used them through the years. Hopefully someone will find this list useful :3
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Books that are awesome:
"Anatomy for the Artist" by Sarah Simblet
"The Artist's Guide to Animal Anatomy" by Bammes Gottfried
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Books that are good:
" Drawing the Head and Hands" by Andrew Loomis
"Figure Drawing for all it's Worth" also by Andrew Loomis
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Books that are ok but from the time perspective I do not recommend them:
"How to Draw Heads and Portraits" by Jose M. Parramon
"Human Figure" by Jose M. Parramon
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Books that are pure unrefined shit and should be burned on sight:
Anything from Christopher Hart

Contest!WinOver600pnts+LotsDrawings ENDED!:iconrainbow-cplz::iconrainbow-oplz::iconrainbow-nplz::iconrainbow-tplz::iconrainbow-eplz::iconrainbow-splz::iconrainbow-tplz:
Yes

As the title says...IM HOLDING A CONTEST!!!
This is for those who can draw: wolfs, anthros/humanoids, dragons, robotic beings and other fantasy creatures!!!
Theme:
You have to draw one of my characters listed below in the link.
Whole informations about them are in deviations descriptions, so read them to not to do any mistakes

Also you should know that if the character has wings then he likes to fly and etc. Some characters will have their free time spending things in the descriptions too.
My OCs :
http://drers-stuff-club.deviantart.com/journal/My-OCs-for-Contest-LIST-293432493
More pictures of them here: http://drerika.deviantart.com/gallery/35275048
Drawings of them by other people: http://drerika.deviantart.com/favourites/47658889
RULES:
:bulletbl

My RoadThis journal will contain some great photographs of a winter paradise.
On December, a friend of mine, musher known as a legend, the great mentor to me has passed away, I traveled up to the mountains and went on mushing alone (skijoring: cross-country skiing + sled dog, it looks like that: http://i.pinger.pl/pgr221/0fa2234e000267884b460f96/justyna_kowalczyk_10.jpg but with a dog pulling you) with my leader Arnaq. Instead spending Christmas at cozy places, I've been very hardly training cross-country skiing (skate style) alone and with my dog as well. On that month I've been doing negatively physically as well mentally, especially that feeling of emptiness after losing someone where you will never see this person again- sport was absolutely to best thing to help myself to overthink many things and make me to stand on feet properly.
But other than sport by itself I did but that trip was kind of my personal memorial for that musher who passed away. In his name I went on mushing. For

Cyber Bullying. Please read.Please do not mention names of ANY deviants in the comments. If you do, I will hide your comment. We're not here to name drop, thank you.
So journals- you can write what you want in them right?
Well, I'm really sick of cyber bullying around here. If you haven't seen it around deviantART, you're lucky because it breaks my heart. It's so ridiculous. I've seen a lot of it around the anime/manga community lately.
I am not going to name any users here.
But seriously. You guys need to stop. I'm sure you know who I am trying to direct if you've seen it around. Anyway--
Dear cyber bullies,
It's NOT right to send notes to people saying:
-Go die because they're heavily influenced by someone's art
-They're worthless
-You want a commission, give them references, etc, then when the artist notes you back, telling them their art is shit
It's NOT right to:
-write hate comments on someone's page
-make a new account several times after being blocked just to harass someone

Giving You More Details at Your FingertipsHey Beta Folks

Now it's been some time since we've seen any new features come into beta, so I'm happy to announce that today we have a couple of little additions involving thumbnails for everyone to try out

Comments Count on Thumbnails
We love to encourage users to leave feedback on art they like, as it's always nice to see users appreciating each-others work.
Now we've made it even easier for you to spot that wonderful masterpiece
so that you can give it the attention it deserves

Under deviation thumbs in gallery, favourites and when browsing the site you will see the comments count for the deviation
Galleries at a Glance
On the subject of thumbnails we've also added some info informing you which galleries the deviation is in
So now thumbs really give you more details at your fingertips
More to Come!
If these new features have wet your appetite for more then don't despair!
We'll have even mor

Happy Easter and deviantheartMay you find all your eggs before they spoil~
and now I officially hate deviant~~art~~heart

Oh my dear Lord Jesus Christ......I nearly had a heart attack just now.
Imagine it's three in the morning, you're laying in your bed, sleeping and getting awoken by scratching sounds alongside your head, shoulders and arms and having a crawling sensation on your hair. You're awake enough to know you aren't dreaming but too sleepy to freak out.
But as each minute passes you're slowly getting more and more aware that this really isn't a dream.
You're beginning to think you're going mad and having hallucinations, because you're still hearing scratching noises... but they're really faint. You begin to panic because you can't make them go away...
You're frightened to death.
And just as you roll on the side to try and go to sleep again, you see a faint white splotch in the darkness underneath your bird cage... in the next second it's gone. Now you're really freaking out... But you're not done yet... that same splotch appears in a different corner of the room, then disappears into the darkness again in the wink of an eye.

Did u knowWhen you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you 'squeeze' for freshness or softness? Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie.
They are:
Monday = Blue,
Tuesday = Green,
Thursday = Red
Friday = White
Saturday = Yellow.
So if today was Thursday, you would want red twist tie; not white which is Fridays (almost a week old)! The colors go alphabetically by color Blue- Green - Red - White - Yellow, Monday through Saturday. Very easy to remember. I thought this was interesting. I looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers DO have different twist ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors. You learn something new everyday! Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping.

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© art by Stanislaw Zoladz

And this IS watercolor painting. 100% watercolor. Kthnxbye.

I've been a lot in traditional art society, and just... I spotted this artwork. No, at the first it was a photograph for me. For really long time I wasn't interested to take a look deeper at that common photograph until I got bothered by loads of people to take a peek on it.

That really knocked me out from chair, is not the fact it's 100% painting but it's watercolor. I've seen 100% photo looking a like acrylics, oils and really mixed medium ways of paintings but... watercolor alone? And that's from simple watercolor "squares" palette.

I'm not really fan of photo-realistic paintings, I do love real life paintings with very artistic touch and with it's own original style... but for this one I have lots of "wow" for this artist to master watercolor on insane level of skill by using simple techniques. I would give so much to see his original artwork in person!

Another immerse artwork by Stanislaw Zoladz, this one shows a bit more of watercolor washes:

Traditional art is as usually extremely impressive for me. It never stops amazing me, whether it's real life painting or fantasy creatures.

Stanislaw's watercolors are so inspiring!

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~MithiorenIthere Oct 21, 2012

Dear God, that's absolutely astonishing... O_O

*DupleSnowflake Oct 12, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Those are pretty incredible paintings! I can see in th background where more of the washes come into play, but even those are high-quality watercolor work.

~TigerShaard Oct 8, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Howwwww

~Feanor-the-Dragon Oct 8, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

That is WATERCOLOR!?!?!?!?

I. Am. Stunned.... I swear I've been to a bend in a river in the olympic mountains that looks EXACTLY like that!

~OneThousandMasks Oct 8, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Oh my god. That is incredible! I had to look hard to find evidence of watercolor and could only find the brush strokes in the second painting. Who is this artist?

!Needleguns Oct 7, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

WWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMGFUCKINGODJESUSAAHHHHH!

~glassreflections Oct 7, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Oh... my...gosh. That is incredible...

~leopard3431 Oct 7, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Holly $@@! That is amazing!!!!!!!!

*Lupinicious Oct 7, 2012 Photographer

That's pretty amazing. I haven't seen many impressive watercolor works.
Being no traditional artist, I only know watercolors from school where we painted really bad pictures with that technique

But I do remember that if you painted over the same spot more than once, holes quickly formed in the paper... so I guess he must have used very sturdy paper... or just waited for a long time between every iteration... or just be the master of watercolor art he is

Very impressive.

~cinnamonwulf Oct 7, 2012 Professional Artist

That's incredible!

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