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The Big Guide to deviantART Forums

Thu Apr 11, 2013, 9:03 AM

What is the Forum?

A deviantART +forum is dA's own coded forum. Yep, a forum/community board that you can find elsewhere on the internet but functions a bit differently from the other forums out there, like the phpbb3 forums for example. Whether you are a new deviant or someone who has been on this site from months to years, the +forum might be new and a daunting place for you. You might have heard rumors of users being torn alive!

Or of some enchanted praise of it

.

This guide will hopefully help you providing some core ideas and rules and notes on how to go around using deviantART +forums. This will link to various FAQs on the site, links and articles by other deviants out there and give some tips to get you started on being active on this aspect of the site. It might be too much reading for one sitting, so bookmark/fave it for future references if you wish. While it might look hard to navigate or interact, using forums take some basic knowledge will hopefully not give you a faulty start.

Each of the sections have been divided into several categories for ease of reading and use. Try using the Find tool, Ctrl+F or Cmd+F to see if something that you seek is here or not. Or simply ask a question below!

Know Your FAQs

FAQ #801: Are there any rules for the Forums?

Aka, the big Forum Rule Boss. In short, yes. There are core rules binding the whole +forum to the deviantART Terms of Service and Etiquette Policy.
Each section of the above FAQ is reinforced by the staff and Community Volunteers (CV) moderating the forums and your response/interaction/threads are likely to be moderated depending on the case you are in.

I need Help with deviantART
So what do you do? Every Forum section has at the top sticky notices. They are always at the top. Unless you fly straight to create a thread, you still have to look at this to get to know the rules that bind each forum section. If you want deviantART Related help, the forums are not there for that. All of the sticky notes will show Where to get help on deviantART?. Use it, bookmark it, take it to your heart. Anything that belongs there that is about deviantART does not belong in any of the forum categories and you should follow the specific directions provided.

To find out about relevant issues and help with deviantART:

Search through the deviantART +faq. Type in a keyword or browse through with the help of the links on the left pane.

If you are a new user, check out the *welcome tour page.

To request live help from one of the available Community Volunteers (if present), you can get live help from the #help channel in +chat. Or you can contact +help with any inquiries.

For reporting threads:

If you find any threads that you find are inappropriate and doesn't follow the general forum rules in FAQ#801, report it to +help as a Chatroom and Forum Inquiry or notify a Community Volunteer in the #help channel.

If you want to lock/move your own thread, you can do so by notifying a Community Volunteer. deviantART has recently enabled locking of your own thread, so you can do so yourself as well for your own threads: FAQ #709: Can I close or delete my forum thread?

For bugs/glitches:

Check the deviantART Status Page to see if any of them has already been brought to notice or not. If it has, no further reporting is required as it is being worked on. You can also check that in #help channel.

If you are a Beta-Tester experiencing a bug with beta features, contact #devBUG. If you are unsure if it's a beta related bug or not, turn of your beta-testing from the Settings Page in the drop down of your profile.
FAQ #4: Which options can I control under the Edit Settings page?

Then those that are not listed, contact +help.

Spammers, Abuse Reports, Theft, Bullying, etc:

Any of those threads are immediately closed down when noticed. Do not think of raising your army to attack/harass anyone by posting a thread in the forums. Most often, you would be the laughing stock and feel the wrath of forum users yourself.

FAQ #155: How do I report a deviation which I think breaks the rules?For Spam content, submit a Spammer Report to +help.
FAQ #263: What is "spamming"?
If you are the one spamming, here's your chance to not do it!

FAQ #155: How do I report a deviation which I think breaks the rules?Report any abusive behavior, COPPA violations directly to +help under their correct categories.

FAQ #155: How do I report a deviation which I think breaks the rules?For deviations that violate policy, FAQ #155: How do I report a deviation which I think breaks the rules?. The Forum is not your evening tea party gathering to raise pitchforks. Read what violates the policy, what is considered stolen, what is "pornography", etc from the FAQs available.

FAQ #155: How do I report a deviation which I think breaks the rules?For Print, deviantART Gear related questions, check +faq to see if there is any information available or not, and contact +help.

Know your Environment: Rambo Edition

This is going to be your Survival Skills 101. Everything is interrelated. The information is already out there (Spoiler alert yes!). Even by reading the first few steps of this article, you have taken some basic steps to knowing your surroundings which will lead to less humiliation, inflammation of the ego, and having a charming interaction in the forums.

Know your FAQs:

Check!

Know your Chats/Forums Community Volunteers

You can find a list of Community Volunteers for both galleries and chats/forums in #communityrelations group.
A list of them all and any openings that you might be interested in can be found
Here
.
Knowing at least one or two from the Chats and in this case Forum CVs -whom you will be seeing frequenctly- will help you in quickly noting to them anything regarding any of the following above to move/lock/report anything or asking any questions.

The Lurking Game

When you lurk the forums, or a particular forum section of your choice, you will know what is acceptable and what isn't. You will meet all sorts of people in the forum. Diving blindly will likely result in meeting people that somehow 'ticked' you off. This will result in hurt egos, drama (dArama), call out threads, journals, you having a magical "Thin Skin" notice hovering on top of you, and the use of unnecessary Block Tool.

These all can be avoided if you lurk the forums. You will be surprised to know, the people you thought were bullies/trolls/flaming you are likely pointing out some crucial thing you missed while on the forum. Just in their different savory ways. That's why the FAQs, the sticky notes at the top and lurking will help you. You will soon start to admire these people and have decent conversations with them. All because you decided to be a new chameleon in the open desert (You are not lucky like Rango most likely).

Don't fall into the Block tool conundrum. You will have fewer contacts with people because someone's different view point felt stabbing you. This is a open discussion board for users. You are likely to counter various opinions out there. By all means, if someone is harassing you, bullying you (check the FAQs or contact +help regarding those), use block. But remember, just because someone did not pat you in the back for your "M! BOIFRND l`3f7 m3! I GET no money because I spent the last of it on a bag" does not mean they are out to get you. Are you being referred to personally as a bad/etc etc person? Most likely not. Is your actions being judged? Yes. Know the difference. Just because someone is saying what you are doing is wrong (or in other words, "Grow Up") does not mean you have to kill yourself moping on it. It will take some used to it, but being mature about interactions will help.

Don't fall for the "Forum Users to Block" list that you might suddenly come across. They are to be blunt useless and idiotic the same way as falling for "Send this comment to everyone or you will not get love and DIE ALONE" goes. You do not know what resulted in someone making such list (which could be for trivial things because somehow they were offended and would like you to follow suit on their path. It will likely result in everyone realizing you easily fall for petty assumptions without even interacting with a person you pre-blocked (who might not even interact with you or don't even know you) and that you could have had valuable interaction with them. Remember how lemons are used in various dishes even though they are sour? Yea... Be open and it will result in less 'butthurt' and miscommunication.

You will see any who you somehow blocked because they were in this "list" or any you visit in the forum, notice how they type. Treat your communication as you would with any colleague or discussion in your class (or paper review). By all means, have fun! But know, there's a difference between continuing mobile chat speak and legible writing is one flame/blunt comment away.
If you have a typo in anything, you reply to your comment/reply. It is commendable and fine.
FAQ #41: What do the "Parent", "Top" and "Reply" links under comments mean?

Specific Forum Etiquette and Sticky Notices

I can't stress enough how important it is to adhere to each of the specific forum category rules and etiquette. Read through the Sticky Notices at the top. They are there for a reason. For you to adhere to them. Yes, you might cringe a little that you have to read something before posting anything, but know that other will also read what you are posting about, and not adhering to those rules and things set in the etiquette sticky notices will not often give you a fruitful result. It helps both side of the parties to interact smoothly in this way.

Comments/Replies/Image sharing
FAQ #41: What do the "Parent", "Top" and "Reply" links under comments mean?

Most often as a newcomer on the forums, you will feel like deviantART Forums work like other community boards you might have come across on the net which use a different way to comment/reply (the phpbb3 forums and all that) where you comment to everything separately (whether you [Quote] someone's post or respond alone). deviantART communication system is made so that you can directly reply to someone. Use the Reply button to respond to someone (whether they responded to you personally (or not) or you happen to find it directed at someone. This will result in them getting the message in their message centre, the same way you got it.

FAQ #41: What do the "Parent", "Top" and "Reply" links under comments mean?

You can also refer to another comment/reply made by you or someone and copy pasting the link.

FAQ #511: How do I post thumbnails of my art on the Chat Network or Forums?

Each form categories (specifically the Thumbshare and Art categories) allow the posting of deviations. You can certainly copy paste your deviation link, but it's easier and more direct to use the thumbcode. This will result in anyone responding to you to see it directly and comment rather than having to waste time to click it to see what it is or ignoring your want to get a feedback on an image because you didn't follow their note on this.

Forum links

Each +forum category has subcategories and each then have forum threads that you are responding you (like Forums > deviantART > Deviants). You can find them easily from the top under the thread title and you can directly go to see other categories or threads.

From the above image, you will also see, the middle column shows who is the creator of the thread (date) and on the third column the number of replies in the thread, and the last person who replied in the thread and date in the fourth column.

Forum categories

See below

Forum Categories

Whether you have joined deviantART recently or have been here for years and uploading your works, you have already found a way to do so and follow the steps. The same can be (or rather should be) done when you want to post in the +forum. deviantART +forum is divided into several categories to make accessing particular threads or sections easier. Remember, there's it's a long page, and there's likely a scrollbar to your right hand side of your page. Scroll through them to get to the right section to post your thread. Your question regarding a particular artwork or discussion related to art does not go in the top most section in the Deviants section (have an educated guess at this point on where it should go!)

As you scroll through the +forum, you will see different categories for different topics where certain threads would go. When you find your desired forum category, read through the Sticky Threads at the top to see individual rules that pertain to the sections. At the bottom, you will find a box to create your thread.

For a summary, check out ^3wyl's article on #projecteducate (which you should watch) about this: PE: Forum Overview.

But still, let's go through each of them!
Let's also use ^3wyl's awesome bullet system to categorize them in another way:

Main/Popular Forums

Art Related Forums

Community Focused Forums

Entertainment Focused Forums

Technology Focused Forums

Forums for Opportunities

Specialized Forums I

Specialized Forums II

deviantART
1. Senior Members
2. Premium Members
3. Community
4. Art Related
5. Showcase
6. Entertainment
7. Employment Opportunities
8. Technology
9. Think of an interesting topic that will result in discussion. Something that is not flamebait. Lurk before posting. See whether there are already topics that have been already discussed to deaths or not.
10. Find the category that best suits your need. See above for explanations of the forum sections.
11. Check the Sticky Threads at the top of the forum for important information. This is important!
12. Check the section (or use search) to see if there are already active duplicate threads regarding what you will post. If there isn't, follow to the next step.
13. After you have done and understood it, scroll down the forum section. You will see something similar to this:
14. Write a legible topic, Discussion content, thumb sharing on/off.
  
  1. Make sure your are trying your best to create a thread that everyone can read.
  
  2. Make sure you are using parenthesis appropriately.
  
  3. Don't use bold, italics, ^superscript, _subscript, underline, ALL CAPS continuously and for a whole paragraph!
  Read through ^neurotype's Stop Using Subscript in Your Lit. This applies in +forum as well.
  
  4. Know how to use html codes and how to post thumbsnails of your work:
  FAQ #104: What HTML formatting can we use on deviantART? And what is the format for these codes?
  FAQ #511: How do I post thumbnails of my art on the Chat Network or Forums?
  
  5. ~~Click Submit Thread.~~
  
  6. Click Preview and see how it looks. Fix any errors in grammar, coding, links that you might have missed.
  
  7. When everything is alright, click Submit Thread!
15. +forum might sometimes be a quagmire of interactions. You are likely to get various responses and viewpoints. It is in the hope of meeting new people and interacting with them, being active in a dynamic community that might have interested you to participate in the +forum. Therefore, staying open and positive to everything helps. Don't take every different views or slight jabs of various as a personal hit on your ego. There's the Game forum for discussing how you loose easily in games! Users will likely interact with you in different ways and you will soon find the forums that you like and are regular in.
16. Play nice with others and your participation and experience will be fruitful both to yourself and the rest of the community.
17. Avoid cliched warnings! Remember that cliched warning of 'People to Block in Forums List'. Don't fall for them. Make up your own mind. Everyone is giving you the benefit that you are mature! Don't loose your karma just because someone messed up in the forums, didn't follow rules, had a childish drama and got called out for such behaviors. You are most likely not like that (now that you have been reading through this! ). Forum users are all very well, have jobs, studies, and frolic in the real world as well. Don't fall for the childish insults that some might be playing with. While blocking might be easy, it's also easy to take a step back, and click the [x] button in your message centre and remove the reply!
  Don't fall for the downfalls of the poor souls who could have had it all!
18. Have a Feeling you are being trolled?
  Take a look at =angelishi's helpful tip regarding this: HOW TO AVOID BEING TROLLED.
19. #projecteducate is currently having +chat/+forum week. Check that out for more about forums and chats!
  Welcome to Chat and Forums PE Week
20. You are most welcome and encouraged to share your views/experiences or questions or concerns regarding the +forum. You can also fave/bookmark it for future reference. If you have any useful tips or guides, don't hesitate to mention it in the comments below!
21. This will hopefully be updated with more information as they become available!

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Points Anyone #14 Apocalyptic Giveaways Winners

by `phoenixleo, Mar 2, 2013, 10:05:09 AM
Personal Journal

Hei everyone!

Remember the double Points Anyone # 14 everyone participated in with poll and Journal where you could win a one month membership in any one of them and awesomeness in

? The results are in!

Total: 2 one month subscriptions (1 in poll + 1 in journal) + 200 (100 in poll + 100 in journal) = 992

These are the entrants and the winners are!

POLL

1.~Art-By-Stephanie

2.`WDWParksGal - 5

3.~Why-did-Kenji-die - 3

4.~MusikFreak13- 3

5.`TiaVon- 3

6.=dhik-a

7.*Dawns-Envy - 2

8.~KrizelQ - 2

9.=evermorefire - 2

10.~syko-girl- 3

11.~BursaPastoris- 3

12.~SilentKara - 5

13.=xTalithax- 3

14.^JCROXAS - 2

15.~Allyntu - 2

16.~JotePaine

17.=AquarianBabe - 5

18.~7Vale - 2

19.=Yobtaf

20.=aLzRitH - 2

21.*Darfishy - 2

22.=FallenUmbrella - 5

23.~ManipulatedAngel - 5

24.~bonbonjelly- 3

25.*BlissfulImperfection- 3

26.~xX-Fantasia

27.^Astralseed - One month premium membership winner!

28.~Elephantfreak - 5

29.~LatvianGambit

30.^laserbeast - 5

31.~thePhoenixHound- 3

32.~Cognitio

33.~BursaPastoris - 5

34.*MidnasEspeon - 5

35.~EsteIIe - 2

36.~Falenis- 3

37.=of-the-skies - 2

38.~Cleverloppi1 - 5

39.`SavageFrog

JOURNAL

1.~Art-By-Stephanie - 2

2.`WDWParksGal - 2

3.=Hopedrop - 2

4.`Infinite-Heart - 3

5.=amour-raven - 2

6.~Why-did-Kenji-die

7.~MusikFreak13 - 2

8.=evermorefire - 3

9.`TiaVon - 5

10.=dhik-a - 3

11.*Dawns-Envy - 2

12.~KrizelQ - 3

13.~xelanesque - 3

14.~syko-girl

15.~BursaPastoris

16.~SilentKara - 3

17.=allyalltheway - 5

18.~Allyntu

19.~JotePaine - 5

20.=AquarianBabe

21.~7Vale - 2

22.~draenei-friend - 3

23.~ManipulatedAngel - 3

24.*BlissfulImperfection

25.~xX-Fantasia

26.~IPPO-Lita - 2

27.~diamondriri - 5

28.~Elephantfreak

29.=aLzRitH

30.~bonbonjelly - One month premium membership winner!

31.~LatvianGambit - 5

32.~thePhoenixHound - 5

33.~Shadow34698 - 5

34.~morningcoffeebreak - 2

35.~Cognitio - 5

36.*Darfishy

37.~overdestiny

38.~BursaPastoris

39.*MidnasEspeon - 2

40.~EsteIIe - 5

41.*JigokuShii - 5

42.=of-the-skies - 3

43.~Starkitten191 - 3

44.~lizabeywonder

45.`SavageFrog

Image:

[If you get more than the numbers given here, it would be very kind of you to return it, as I have to give other people as well ]

will be awarded shortly after posting this and may take time considering page loading time. Thank you for your patience!

Take care!

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Ballistic Publishing: EXPOSE 11 Call For Entries

by `phoenixleo, Feb 7, 2013, 10:04:23 PM
Journals / Art News / Digital Art

EXPOSÉ 11: Call For Entries

About | Committee | Awards | Guidelines | FAQs

Ballistic Publishing is proud to announce EXPOSÉ 11, the eleventh edition of the premier annual artbook, which celebrates the creative talents of digital artists worldwide. These books sit in the collections of many top Game and Film studios - your next employer may be looking at your images in the near future!

Submissions Are Now Open!

Call For Entries - Ballistic Publishing is now calling on artists to submit digital images for consideration in EXPOSÉ 11.We are interested in digitally-created fine art, whether it be 2D or 3D, for commercial use, or personal satisfaction.

As with all Ballistic Publishing showcase publications, artists with work published in EXPOSÉ 11 will receive a complimentary copy of the book and will enjoy worldwide exposure in the premier collection of digitally-created artwork to ever be published. There is no entry cost nor limit to the amount of artwork you submit.

EXPOSÉ 11, Entry Deadline:
28 March 2013, Midnight GMT

The EXPOSÉ 11 Awards
The EXPOSÉ 11 Awards will celebrate the highest artistic achievement in a diverse range of categories and styles. Award recipients will demonstrate an outstanding fusion of artistic and technical excellence.
About Award Categories >>

EXPOSÉ 11 Committee
The EXPOSÉ 11 Awards will be judged by a highly talented group of industry leaders and artists.
More >>

Publishing Details
EXPOSÉ 11 will be released worldwide by the end of August 2013. Due to the rush of last minute entries, we ask that artists with existing works submit them as quickly as possible to avoid any technical difficulties or mail system failures. We look forward to seeing your work featured in EXPOSÉ 11!

Click here to go to the Ballistic Publishing page

o_O

`phoenixleo

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Resources for Artists: Art of Civilizations Past

by `phoenixleo, Jan 13, 2013, 4:54:53 PM
Journals / Culture / Editorials

So I have been thinking of doing a few articles apart from feature articles to link some useful resources for artists and this is the first one of these.

Creating a concept about a civilization, a person or even a fantasy environment requires some solid background knowledge and learning about past civilizations' art helps in that regards. "'Should I create abstract patterns on the arches and pillars? Would placing a crosses around a minar look out of place?" "No way I do what I want!!" Surely, a lot of us have gone through those decisive moments.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) has several free fully illustrated books about several references. Below are some of MET's Civilization artbooks which are fully illustrated and full of information. But don't hesitate to research more through your own libraries and art galleries! Click the titles or the links in asterisk to go to the following sites or the links below the images to go directly to the pdf files below the image.

MetPublications

The Art of Islamic World

PDF files:
Introduction

Unit One: Islam and Religious Art

Unit Two: Arabic Script and the Art of Calligraphy

Unit Three: Geometric Design in Islamic Art

Unit Four: Science and the Art of Islamic World

Unit Five: Courtly Splendour in the Islamic World

Unit Six: From the City to the Steppe - Art Beyond the Royal Court

Unit Seven: Trade and Artistic Exchange

The Art of Africa

PDF files:

The Art of Africa Resource

The Art of Ancient Egypt

PDF file:

The Art of Ancient Egypt Resource

The Art of the Ancient Near East

PDF file:

The Art of the Ancient Near East Resource

The Art of Renaissance Europe

ArtofRenaissanceEurope cover by `phoenixleo

PDF file:

The Art of Renaissance Europe Resource

The Art of South and Southeast Asia

ArtOfSouthAndSoutheastAsia cover by `phoenixleo

PDF file:

The Art of South and Southeast Asia Resource

The Arts of Korea

PDF file:

The Arts of Korea Resource

Auguste Rodin: The Burghers of Calais

PDF file:

Auguste Rodin - The Burghes of Calais Resource

Greek Art from Prehistoric to Classical

PDF file:

Greet Art from Prehistoric to Classical Resource

Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning

PDF file:

Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning Resource

A Masterwork of Byzantine Art - The David Plates: The Story of David and Goliath

PDF file:

A Masterwork of Byzantine Art - The David Plates Resource

Medieval Art

PDF file:

Medieval Art Resource

Nature Within Walls: The Chinese Garden Court at The MET

PDF file:

Nature Within Walls: The Chinese Garden Court resource

Roman Art

PDF file:

Roman Art Resource

Other helpful MET publications

The Academy of the Sword: Illustrated Fencing Books 1500-1800

> Read online: Google Books

The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789-1815

> Read online: Google Books

> Download PDF

Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain

> Read online: Google Books

> Download PDF

The Art of Medieval Spain, A.D. 500-1200

> Download PDF

Art of the Bronze Age: Southeastern Iran, Western Central Asia, and the Indus Valley

> Read online: Google Books

> Download PDF

Previous issue:

Resources for Artists: Colour Scheme Tools

That's it for now! Don't forget to browse through MetPublications' vast resources or your own library's resources for more information or inspiration for your works!

Don't forget to share them, fave it, bookmark it and spread it around!

Take care!

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Digital Art - Mixed Media What it is and isn't

by `phoenixleo, Jan 9, 2013, 7:43:30 AM
Journals / Culture / Editorials

Digital Art > Mixed Media:

What is and isn't "Mixed Media"

_{This article was originally posted by `IreneLangholm. Since the actual article is no longer available, this is a backup version from the original article and released with permission from and full credit to Irene.}

What does this mean?

It means that those of you who use more than one digital technique, there's a home for these creations

BUT BEFORE YOU RUN OFF TO MOVE YOUR DEVIATIONS, PLEASE READ THIS ARTICLE COMPLETELY!

This article covers the gallery descriptions, the descriptions of the so called basic art forms as well as includes some help on how to determine if your gallery contains Mixed Media pieces.

Gallery Description: Digital Mixed Media

This new gallery is meant to hold deviations that have been created using at least two of the following DIGITAL art forms: Paintings/Drawings/Airbrushing, Photomanipulation, 3-Dimensional, Fractals and Vectors / Vexels - from here on referred to as basic art forms. The basic art forms should be clearly distinguishable in the piece, meaning they should be present in roughly equal parts. Traditional art forms mixed with digital work should not be posted here unless there was 1. more digital than traditional work done AND 2. you used more than one of the basic art forms.

This makes the gallery ideal for matte paintings (use of photomanipulation and painting) or terraspace art (use of 3D rendered landscapes combined with painting and/or photomanipulation to “extend” them into a space scene).

Only images consisting of two or more of the above mentioned basic art forms are to be posted here. If your image consists only or mainly of one of those art forms, it should be posted in the respective gallery. That also holds true for paper sketches that are painted using a graphics program (such as Photshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc) as well as drawing/doodling/sketching onto a photo – the first of those two examples should still go in Digital Art > Paintings & Airbrushing while the second one would fit best into Digital Art > Miscellaneous (because drawing on a photo is not a photomanipulation either!). If you have used filters or plug-ins to alter your digital creations, they should be submitted to Digital Art> Miscellanous.

For example

If you have started with a photomanipulation and decided along the way to add vector elements, both need to be prominent features of your art for the image to be posted in Mixed Media – adding two tiny vector flowers for instance doesn’t make it a mixed media piece, but rather it should still be a photomanipulation.

Please note

Just like anywhere else on deviantArt, the use of copyrighted material is prohibited. If you use third party material you must have written permission from the owner of the original piece (be it a render, a photo, a painting or whatever) to do so or it must be clear from stating the source that the image is considered stock. In the case of stock, be sure to include the proper credit and adhere to any rules the stock source may have defined. Also see FAQ #157: Can I use things created by other people in my submissions? Please be advised that there are websites out there that pretend to be offering free stock when in fact they have no legal claim on the material!

What should NOT be posted in Mixed Media?

If you have only used a little bit of a second art form (or if the secondart form is not listed in the basic art forms above at all) your deviation should not be posted in Mixed Media. That includes (but is not limited to): doing a sketch using one program or scanning it and painting the colors in digitally (this should go in painting!), adding some brushes to a photograph or playing with a series of filters on a scan or photo (both should go in Miscellaneous).

If you mix traditional and digital art, you need to determine which of the two you used more and place your deviation accordingly. Neither the traditional nor the digital Mixed Media galleries are to be used to post traditional/digital mixes!

If you do Manga/Anime art or Cartoons/Comics, please use the respective galleries to post your art. These galleries have been created to keep all these things in one place where they can be found and not just as another option that you can use whenever you feel like it. This also holds true for wallpapers (Customizations> Wallpapers) or Designs & Interfaces (such as websites, CD or book covers etc.)

Adding text or scribbles on a photograph is not photomanipulation and also not digital mixed media - they should be submitted to Photography (text as in adding a title and the deviant's name - only if the photo was taken by the deviant), Visual Poetry (found in literature - only if the text is a poem written by the artist) or Digital Art > Miscellaneous (everything else).

Please!

I know that some of these guidelines may feel rather sketchy, but please take the time to think about what you did to your image and what you used before dumping it into the next best category that catches your eye! (That goes for any category btw, not just for Digital Art > Mixed Media!)

When placing your deviation, think about what you did:

Did you use photos? Did you use vectors? Did you paint something? You are the only one who can tell exactly what you did so please take the time and place it correctly so others can find it where they expect to find it!

If you want to place it in Digital Mixed Media, ask yourself: how much of one and how much of the other basic art form did I use? Is it really Mixed?

The Mixed gallery is NOT the place where you put your stuff if you don’t know where to put it after thinking about it for two seconds. And if you believe you should put it in Digital Art > Mixed Media, but have a feeling people will not recognize the different media you used, then please leave a description in the 'artists comment' – that’s what it’s there for (among other things of course). This will also prevent me from moving your deviation based on what I see.

To help you decide

Here are the descriptions for the basic art forms as listed in the gallery description:

Painting/Drawing/Airbrushing:
This involves using a mouse or graphics tablet along with a graphics program to create paintings or sketches directly in said program. Programs used include: Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, the Gimp and others.

Photomanipulation:
The use of photographs (in most cases more than one) which are then altered via a graphics program is considered to be Photomanipulation. Be advised that using filters or plug-ins is not a Photomanipulation and all deviations altered in that fashion should not be put here or in Photomanipulation, but in Digital Art > Miscellaneous. Also, using post-processing techniques like photographers would be able to apply in a darkroom is not a Photomanipulation either but still considered Photography. These techniques include, but are not limited to, changing hue, saturation, color, contrast, levels, desaturating, inverting,…
Photomanipulations can be performed in programs such as Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, the Gimp and others.

3-Dimensional:
Scenes or objects created through the means of rendering software that lets you set up the object and its environment (including position of objects and camera, light, atmosphere etc) as a first step. When you are ready, you have the option of rendering the scene in higher resolution for displaying your work. Programs used include: Poser, Maya, Cinema 4D, 3dsMax, Blender, Daz Studio, Terragen and others.

Fractals:
Fractal images are created using mathematical formulas. Their characteristic features is that it consists of a geometric shape that can be subdivided in parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole (it is self-similar no mater how far you zoom in). Programs used to create fractals include: UltraFractal, Apophysis and others.

Vectors/Vexels:
The difference between a vector and a vexel lies in their nature: while a vector uses vectors to store the image information, a vexel stores the information in raster format. For the purpose of the Mixed Media gallery, the difference is negligible though. The reason for this is that as soon as you add another art form to vectors, you need to raster the image thus converting it to a vexel basically. Both art forms have in common, that their looks are similar: imagine a picture composed from basic shapes filled with solid color, a gradient or a pattern, that when stacked upon each other form your picture (' posterized look' ).

Even more help

Perhaps this is still too abstract, so if you like, I have conducted several interviews with Mixed Media Artists that will show you different examples of Mixed Media work:

Assorted monthly selections:

Digital Mixed Media Monthly Vol. 1

Digital Mixed Media Monthly Vol. 2

Digital Mixed Media Monthly Vol. 3

Digital Mixed Media Monthly Vol. 4

Digital Mixed Media Monthly Vol. 5

Digital Mixed Media Monthly Vol. 6

Digital Mixed Media Monthly Vol. 7

Digital Mixed Media Monthly Vol. 8

Digital Mixed Media Monthly Vol. 9

Educate: Digital Mixed Media

In Conclusion

If you find you have some Mixed Media art in your gallery (after reading the above description), feel free to move it over. But please be sure that it is Mixed Media. I will be monitoring the gallery closely, especially during the next few days, and I will move anything out of it that doesn’t conform with the gallery descripton!

Thank you for reading through this and if you’ve got any question don’t hesitate to ask via note [link] or comment

^{From a News article by the lovely `kuschelirmel [link]}

_{This article was originally posted by `IreneLangholm. Since the actual article is no longer available, this is a backup version from the original article and full credit goes to Irene.}

For additional articles:

Digital Art > Photomanipulation vs. Digital Art > Mixed Media by `kuschelirmel

Photomanipulation vs Digital Mixed Media by ^Aeirmid

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Resources For Artists: Colour Scheme Tools

by `phoenixleo, Jan 3, 2013, 4:23:44 PM
Journals / Culture / Editorials

Colour Scheme Tools

So I have been thinking of doing a few articles apart from feature articles to link some useful resources for artists and this is the first one of these. While this is a mini one, it's helped me a lot on several occassions.

Sometimes it gets confusing to decide which colours to choose. "'Should I go with a turquoise and a gold for the face? What about the room? I was going for a chic cool modern palette which is minimalistic!" Surely, a lot of us have gone through those decisive moments. Below are some colour scheme tools that would help you with your colour scheme choices. Click the titles or the links in asterisk to go to the following sites.

COLOURlovers

A big resource community for colour palettes*, user named colours* or patterns*.

Kuler

Adobe's own version of COLORlovers. You can create your own schemes and save them for later use. To save or download themes, sign in with your Adobe ID. To create an Adobe ID, click Register on the Kuler site*. It's free! You can access it from Creative Suite 6* as well.

Colorotate

An interactive form of choosing colours and creating your own palettes by mixing, adjusting and blending colours. Available as an iPad app as well. Takes some time to load personally.

Color Scheme Designer

An excellent editable colour wheel for creating colour palette. Monochromatic, complementary, triad, several forms and varying saturations and light and darkness.

Color Palette Generator (DeGraeve.com)

Generates colour schemes based on the image link you provide.

Pictaculous

Similar to DeGraeve's Color Palette Generator, this lets you get a colour scheme based on image on your computer. So you can use your image to get a colour scheme and use that for designing your website for example. It also suggests similar colour schemes from COLOURlovers* and Kuler* and download the swatch file.

Gamut Mask Tool

"The Gamut Mask is a great way to created harmonic color schemes. It simplifies your color choices and saves you lots of time and paint in achieving unified color palettes quickly and easily." Developed by Richard Robinson from the original concept from James Gurney. Click through to find out how to use it.

Don't forget to share them, fave it, bookmark it and spread it around!

Take care!

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Happy New Year + 365 degrees deviant

by `phoenixleo, Jan 2, 2013, 5:46:46 AM
Journals / Personal

A Happy New Year to you all!

Even if it's a day 2 belated

. #deviant365 is on a new start with awesome prizes and tasks ahead in a weekly basis. And the prizes. The prizes

Want to be community involved and meet others? Want to have a chance to showcase your work? Well, I am here to circle around you in 365 degrees to tell you can do that by being awesomely involved with #deviant365 (if you get hit while I am dancing near you, it's not my fault :C )

Week #1 Tasks are already announced

Click here!

But you can win prizes

Seriously, I might turn 360 and flail around you. :C

And you might go..

But still...

Win those for me. For yourself. For your awesomeness

Have an awesome year and more to come everyone!

Over and out \o\

o_O

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dAmnU 8

by `phoenixleo, Dec 24, 2012, 8:17:32 PM
Journals / Culture / Art Features

Hi everyone,

The deviations in the featured gallery gets shuffled after a certain period _{[depends on when I get to do it]} with the deviations submitted in the folders in #dAmnU

Featured Gallery Folder

'tis the season of awesomeness

These are the this time period's features!

Enjoy the features!

Everything is possible. by *LilianaSabato

:: ... Somewhere in you ...:: by ~TitPrince

Stash - The Beautiful Sta.sh Client by =Pickley

Notice

"dAmnU requires no physical fitness program. Everyone gets enough exercise jumping to conclusions, flying off the handle, running down the moderators, knifing friends in the back, dodging responsibility, and pushing their luck."

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

_{Make sure to submit your best works! Also don't forget to submit your works to the correct folder!}

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Emote Chat Event Winners!

by `phoenixleo, Dec 24, 2012, 4:01:47 PM
Journals / Culture / Art Features

To celebrate the holidays, `Synfull and `BlissfullySarcastic hosted Emote Chat event from

(the results of which you can find here and here. Here is a feature for the winners (which there are a lot!

)

Emote Legend Trivia Winners

*otohime0394

Muro Challenge Winners

1st Place

by ~MerelyCubed

2nd Place

by =Wooded-Wolf

Honorable Mentions

by *otohime0394

by =icefire8521

Treasure Hunt Winners

1st Place

=Eitvys200

2nd Place

`Krissi001

3rd Place

*otohime0394

Raffle Winners

~Hikara-chan & *Kohaku0827

Guess the OC winners

=icefire8521

*marcphx

Pixel Challenge Winners

1st Place

by =Sylvaur

2nd Place

by `IceXDragon

IRL Emote Challenge

1st Place

by *FireFlyExposed

2nd Place

by ~MerelyCubed

Honorable Mention

by `Krissi001

Congratulations to the winners!

o_O

`phoenixleo

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Points Anyone #14 Apocalyptic Giveaways + Features

by `phoenixleo, Dec 20, 2012, 1:04:34 PM
Journals / Culture / Contests

Hello everyone!

Mayans may or may not be correct tomorrow (considering they couldn't predict their own demise...) but whatever happens tomorrow (or not) let's have a Apocalyptic or Holiday Giveaway with Premium Memberships and Points

giveaway!

Also don't forget to check out #the-haiku-club's Snapshot Contest feature who are featured both here and in profile page! There's also an awesome project going, Presents for Breylon which you should read and help in any way you can!

There's also other contest information in the profile page!

Introduction

Read the whole thing to see what you have to do!

_{I usually hold Points Anyone #14 giveaways through my polls which anyone is able to participate in. Watchers or non-watchers alike. Those who have participated and won throughout the years know all you have to do is comment once and that's it! The comments are allotted a comment number which is set in a random generator number sequence which gives out random numbers. And from there, the first numbers (or the last if I feel like a Grinch >:3 ) wins the .}

See previous poll example: Poll 13 [closed] and Poll 13 Winners.

Now you have 2 ways to win!

Comment why you want to win a premium membership!

Fave this journal!

You don't have to watch me or do anything else! That's it! You will be entered to win one of the following prizes:

[Journal] 1 random deviant will get One Month Premium Membership! = 396

[Journal] 10 random deviants will get 5 each! = 50 total!

[Journal] 10 random deviants will get 3 each! = 30 total!

[Journal] 10 random deviants will get 2 each! = 20 total!

Total Journal Giveaway = 496 for 31 winners selected Randomly!

BUT WAIT

You can also increase your chances of winning by commenting on the poll!

CLICK HERE!

You can enter for both but if you win one of the premium memberships in the journal or the poll, you will then only be able to win the

giveaway! So increase your chances by commenting on both!

You only need to comment in the poll and you will be entered for a chance to win one of the following prizes:

[Poll] 1 random deviant will get One Month Premium Membership! = 396

[Poll] 10 random deviants will get 5 each! = 50 total!

[Poll] 10 random deviants will get 3 each! = 30 total!

[Poll]10 random deviants will get 2 each! = 20 total!

Total Poll Giveaway = 496 for 31 winners selected Randomly!

Total Journal + Poll Giveaway = 992 for 62 winners selected Randomly!

Please Comment Only Once in the journal and/or in the poll. You are welcome to continue conversations, etc etc but those won't be counted. Cheating will not be taken nicely during the apocalypse :C

But wait!

The awesome deviantART iOS developer ~~Pickles~~.. ~~Aaron~~ err..=Pickley has released a new iOS app that allows you to upload and manage your sta.sh account from your iPhone.

It's only $1.99

But, if you comment here (within the same comment) that you are interested in getting this, 2 deviants will receive a free copy of the sta.sh client brought to you by the awesome =Pickley You have to comment specifically you want this, as only those will be randomly selected for this part of the giveaway!

SNAPSHOT: Contest Winners!

1st Place

HAIKU: watchif i turn away
the finch outside my window
will vanish for good

by ~impersonalinfo

2nd Place

Moon on Still Watersa small pond
drinking moonlight
algae thrive

by *timeraider

3rd Place

ika-siyamearly urban rush
a hundred thousand people
odd man sat alone

by ~ragesaavs

Congratulations to the winners!

Some more features!

SO PARTICIPATE, COMMENT, SCREAM (or not), FAVE, see the awesome deviations and have an awesome holiday everyone!

o_O

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I am underage

by `phoenixleo, Dec 6, 2012, 5:17:04 PM
Journals / Personal

COPPA Violation

Yesterday I became 6 years old here.

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Help a deviant / How are you all?

by `phoenixleo, Nov 16, 2012, 11:17:40 PM
Journals / Culture / Happenings

Help a deviant(s)!

The talented `d3rzi and her husband =ninaste live off of commissions and are trying to raise extra money during the holidays.

So those of you who would like an awesome but simple portraits for christmas for yourself (give yourself a pat and a gift for going on awesomely the whole year) or for someone you like, there's $15USD commissions!

So click the image above or here for more info on their journal! What better way to spend $15?

_{_{Also, if anyone would like to 'signal boost' something, maybe a contest or an event, you are more than welcome to note me or comment on my profile. The contests/events/projects will be posted in the contest module in my profile page at the top so anyone can see them there.}}

If you have an helpful link at something or you can share that as well!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

So how is everyone?

What are you thankful for?

Am I too quiet?

Journal wise? D:

The F word and

Anyone (result and new game) are coming soon!

I am so late with the article

Damn exams and things ruining things

I want it to rain again

Over and out

o_O

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dAmnU 7

by `phoenixleo, May 28, 2012, 12:08:40 AM
Journals / Culture / Art Features

_{_{Hi everyone,

The deviations in the featured gallery gets shuffled after a certain period _{[depends on when I get to do it ]} with the deviations submitted in the folders in #dAmnU
Featured Gallery Folder

These are the this time period's features!
Enjoy the features!

Good Morrow, MoonOff to bed I must fly, sitting on the clouds way high up
And coloring silver linings green,
And stars orange,
Wishing the moon goodnight,
And the sun a good morrow.

_{"NOTICE:
dAmnU requires no physical fitness program. Everyone gets
enough exercise jumping to conclusions, flying off the handle, running down the moderators, knifing friends in the back, dodging
responsibility, and pushing their luck."}

_{_{Take care!

o__O

_{Make sure to submit your best works! Also don't forget to submit your works to the correct folder!}}}}}

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Welcome to Earth!

Sat May 12, 2012, 12:29 PM

Welcome to Earth!

The
Earth would die
If the sun stopped kissing her.

― Hafez, The Gift

"I see trees of green, red roses too

I see them bloom for me and you

And I think to myself what a wonderful world."

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people going by

I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do

They're really saying I love you

Enjoy the seasons...

Lean on...

enjoy the company of those around you...

and hope for a better tomorrow...

and not this....

_{_{o_O

`phoenixleo}}

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Inspiration Station - Fractals

by `phoenixleo, May 2, 2012, 11:10:26 PM
Journals / Culture / Art Features

_{_{Hei everyone!
So
lately I had heck of a lot of things to do and have to do still but
here is an overdue Fractal Art's
Inspiration Station feature! Take a look at the awesome people featured}}

_{_{Inspiration Station #29 - *penny5775

Inspiration Station #30 - ~milleniumsentry

Inspiration Station #31 - ~eralex61

Inspiration Station #32 - ~OutsideFate

Inspiration Station #33 - ~slobo777

Inspiration Station #34 - ~pillemaster

Inspiration Station #35 - *FractalDesire}}

_{_{Enjoy the awesome fractal deviations!
The next F word will be coming soon!
So stay tuned!

_{_{`phoenixleo
o_O}}}}

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Earthquake of magnitude 8.7 near Indonesia

by `phoenixleo, Apr 11, 2012, 2:36:08 AM
Journals / Fun / World Events

A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 has struck under the sea off Indonesia's northern Aceh province on 11 April, 2012. Indian Ocean is under tsunami alert.

Tremors felt in Singapore, Thailand, India, Malaysia and parts of Bangladesh.

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Wisdom

by `phoenixleo, Mar 16, 2012, 5:33:58 PM
Journals / Personal

_{_{I am all out of 4 of them. [Can't even cry my eyes out for what my mouth is now ]

And that bloody scene in Twilight where that Bella gulped blood 'all because of her born daughter'...guess what?
I had to gulp down as well...the amount that didn't stick to the gauge in my mouth...The pain hasn't started yet maybe because my jaws still have some parts of anesthetics left...(it happened from 9:45am and I woke up at 11:45am) and now it's 8:19am..but it's hard to gulp down anything..I feel like my throat has been abused...
Anywho, my mom was laughing that I might stick the needle on the doctor like Mr. Bean but they had me tied down >_>

Also, after waking up to go to the surgery, I realized I had a halloween dream. Almost same dream as the one Willy Wonka had during halloween in Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (2005)...

But, I could walk well and didn't have to go through any funny moments like those youtube or AFV videos Also thanks to my parents for not recording anything.}}

Here's a small feature to ignore what's written above C:

Take care everyone!

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Double Yang Feature+InspirationStation+BED TAG+etc

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 5:09 PM

Hei everyone!

So lately I had heck of a lot of things to do and have to do still but here is a journal with contest winner features, Fractal Art's Inspiration Station feature plus more!

Take a look at the awesome people featured

Also I will get to the Points game soon and news article feature of F Word.

See the tags below D:

First is #the-haiku-club's Double Yang Winners Feature! They will be featured in my profile page as well!

_{_{Where is the Ying? Also the winning pieces and stuff submitted in this group are such a inspiration for artwork or if you are having those artists' block}}

Double Yang Winners

First Place

tivoli parkthe ducks wake,
plunging and preening:
spread wings, waggled tails.

the sun 'graphs,
water faceted:
my prayers in motion.
tivoli park sedoka by =deinktvis

Second Place

Haiku 19morning tea--
putting my cup down
on smeared finger paint
morning tea senryu by ~zippip

Third Place

Gogyoka: Murky watersleaves swirl
in murky waters;
the surface ripples -
no...
still too hot to drink.
murky waters gogyoka by `Itti

Congratulations to the winners!

here

Inspiration Station #25 - ~guagapunyaimel

Like blood flowing through a stream...

On A Black Paper With A Cup Of Tea by ~guagapunyaimel

Flutter of a moth's wings in smoke...

Like a jewel from a lover you passed by...

Inspiration Station #26 - `ClaireJones

Inspiration Station #27 - `cmptrwhz

that first rose for a lover...

Inspiration Station #28 - ~love1008

like dew drops on Christmas baubles...

Here's another small feature before the F word!

So I was tagged by ^pica-ae who was tagged by `Exillior

It's like a virus

_{_{Rules:
1) You must post these rules in your Journal (VERY VERY IMPORTANT!)
2) Answer the questions the Tagger has set for you in their post, and create 10 new questions for the people you tag to answer!
3) You have to choose 8 people to tag and post their Icons in your journal! yea right
4) Go to their page and tell them you have tagged him/her! daylight murder D:
5) NO TAG BACKS! no revenge}}

_{1. Have you ever cried while watching a movie? (Because of the movie…)
_{>__>}
2. What was the biggest waste of time in your life so far?
_{This surely isn't the biggest waste but I can include it in there if you want >_>}
3. What was the most scary sound you ever heard?
_{And why would I utter it again?}
4. If you could travel in time, to when and where would you go?
_{[keeps answer safe] on}
5. Do you singalong to songs you don't know the lyrics of?
_{Yush in my mind Sometimes a little audible sound sneaks out... D:}
6. Have you ever broken a bone? (Yours or someone else's.)
_{Nope. However I have quite a lot of memories of getting cut, hit, run over [partly] by cars, etc etc}
7. What is the weirdest thing that ever happened to you in public
transport?
_{stuff happens..and it makes me want to have a cycle to ride on and not take public transport}
8. Did you ever imagine how it would be to swap the body with someone from not your gender?
_No.
9. What's more embarrassing: Being seen naked or seeing someone else naked?
_{First one..but then that would mean the other person if naked would be embarrassed. Which would increase more embarrassment and it would keep increasing o__O I guess both? What's with these questions? D:}
10. Do you ever think "Oh my God, I hope nobody heard what I just thought!" ?
_No}

_{My Questions

1. Can you keep secrets? If so, would you consider breaking a promise based on how it might effect others in a positive or negative way? If not, why do you think you are not able to keep it and want to say it to someone/group?

2. Are you close to your parents, friends or someone in particular that you are an open book [given layered, and complicated; not that you are an easy book!]? Or do you keep some contents under lock?

3. Related to the previous question, do you keep a physical diary (electronic-blog, journal, etc; traditional - paper journalbook)? Or do you consider your mind to be your best journal?

4. Would you rather be considered wrong by everyone but actually right [in effect stay quiet/forced to be quiet vs say it out loud no matter what] or right by everyone yet be actually wrong [in effect stay quiet/forced to be quiet vs admit you were wrong] ?

5. If you were given the task of helping/guiding/leading a community, what and how would you do it?

6. If you accept to take the helm of that said community, would you listen to everyone regardless of some who may be unpleasant or ignore them for the enjoyment of select few who may or may not be the majority?

7. How do you overcome hurdles? Do you feel it might affect someone else other than you?

8. This is a break question. How are you?

9. Do you look up to someone in particular for your aspirations/goals [whether or not you they are just hobbies or your actual interest]? How do you go ahead with it?

10. If you had very little of something, would you consider giving it [partly/fully] to someone else knowing full well you would not be able to get by for some time? How would someone doing it/not doing it for you make you feel?}

And now I tag:

All of you [whatever symbol in front you may have, whoever wants to do it, those who are running seeing the first word of it, since I am drowning so shall I drag you beneath with me, etc etc.

_{No pressure!}

Also, as usual, sta.sh writer is playing with my patience! We love you back sta.sh writer!

_{_{Take care!}}

Edit:What's with all the tags coming in my watch all so sudden? Is it tag/meme season all over again?

~CraigWinslow did this [link] and now I have to wonder

.YOU WOKE UP NAKED IN BED NEXT TO ME..

Using only 3 words , would you say to me?

Note: If you comment,please copy and paste this as your journal, So I may comment on yours as well. Be a good sport. Play along.

Note2: I had so many nightmares

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Painting Battles: Winter Warm Project Charity

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 3:37 AM

Painting Battle -Winter Warm Project

This journal contains violence for the sake of charity with paint brushes, coarse textures, nude colours! Viewer discretion is advised
Watchers, friends, visitors, what you are about to read next, choose wisely upon your actions!

Gone were the days when a simple art gift would cheer people to no end. *Topicality out of thin air decided to create a 'gift art' for me, for which as a thank you I reciprocated with another. Like the calm before the storm, I felt some ulterior motive and asked if she had done it to insinuate a painting battle.
Lo behold, she did! And the battle commenced!

But we thought, we should do battle in the hope of peace! And so, we have decided to do battle of the paintings for =ToxicAlice92's Winter Warm Project, (Thanks to lolly for doing a wonderful work spreading the news!) to help spread her initiative! As the valued people and friends that you are for whom we battle, should you accept this challenge you can do one of the followings:

If you like *Topicality's paintings more than mine (or because you love her), donate points to ToxicAlice92 in Topicality's name.

And tell *Topicality in her this journal that you support Team AwesomeAdri

If you like your faithful, ever loving, caring `phoenixleo's aka my paintings more than hers,
donate points to ToxicAlice92 in phoenixleo's name

Then, comment in this journal that you support Team Pho!

Whichever team raises the most wins! So be sure if you are on Team Adri, to post your donations amount in her journal, or in mine if you support Team Raf. YOU CAN DONATE ANY AMOUNT OF POINTS THAT YOU WISH!

If you seem to be Switzerland and support both of us, as much as we love you, please donate only in the name either Team Adri or Team Raf (or Team pho)!

If you are unable to donate points, cheer on your team and spread the news so others can see it!

In return for your awesome donation to =ToxicAlice92's charity, you would receive awesome and blessings and all things eternally awesome than Adri (with 9 lives, how can she compete against a phoenix )

Attention: In order to raise your morals, I am going to donate additional 400 to her project (after I submit this)! Please spread the word and donate!

_{This will not interfere with my usual Anyone polls however, later on (the amount for recent poll is safe )

"How do I know `phoenixleo will win?"

CAN YOU DO IT?

YES Team Pho CAN!

TEAM ADRI DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE!

Stay up to date on the battle!

My death of kiss awesome works on Kitty!

Adri's meh attack on me

CAN YOU DO IT?}

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Inspiration Station+Features+Introduce me/you+etc

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 11:07 AM

Hei everyone!

This is a pile up of the recent Inspiration Station features, a few #deviant365 tasks and a stolen journal idea from `Exillior

Belated apologies for the big feature which will soon be done and also

Anyone polls

Sorry for the journal floods as well D:

Inspiration Station #23 - *lyc

Inspiration Station #24 - ~grinagog

Task #41

_{1. What's the first thing you can remember drawing/creating/painting?}

_{Fishies all over the walls...}

_{2. Why did you choose your deviant name?}

_{zodiac sign and favourite creature.}

_{3. What is your favorite colour?}

_{4. List one main personal goal you'd like to avhieve as an artist.}

_{It's a hobby however it would be nice if I can continually improve.}

_{5. What is something you are proud of?}

_{6. What is your favorite piece in your own gallery?}

_{7. What is your favorite piece from another deviants gallery?}

_{A look at some of my collection folders would suffice for this. I take care on what I fave.}

_{8. What's one thing you'd like to improve on regarding your artwork?}

_{What is there not to improve?}

_{9. If you had the chance to meet anyone in your life, who would it be?}

_{10. Pencil vs pen?}

Also, from `Exillior's journal, introduce yourselves!

Watchers, visitors, everyone! Talk about anything you want: yourselves, your likes, dislikes, why you are on dA, a particular memory or person or anything you are fond of, a freaky incident you may have had, anything, your favourite work of yours and others' on here or outside..anything you want!

Start

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Journal History

Apr 11, 2013 The Big Guide to deviantART Forums
Mar 2, 2013 Points Anyone #14 Apocalyptic Giveaways Winners
Feb 7, 2013 Ballistic Publishing: EXPOSE 11 Call For Entries
Jan 13, 2013 Resources for Artists: Art of Civilizations Past
Jan 9, 2013 Digital Art - Mixed Media What it is and isn't
Jan 3, 2013 Resources For Artists: Colour Scheme Tools
Jan 2, 2013 Happy New Year + 365 degrees deviant
Dec 24, 2012 dAmnU 8
Dec 24, 2012 Emote Chat Event Winners!
Dec 20, 2012 Points Anyone #14 Apocalyptic Giveaways + Features
Dec 6, 2012 I am underage
Nov 16, 2012 Help a deviant / How are you all?
May 28, 2012 dAmnU 7
May 12, 2012 Welcome to Earth!
May 2, 2012 Inspiration Station - Fractals
Apr 11, 2012 Earthquake of magnitude 8.7 near Indonesia
Mar 16, 2012 Wisdom
Mar 12, 2012 Double Yang Feature+InspirationStation+BED TAG+etc
Feb 22, 2012 Painting Battles: Winter Warm Project Charity
Feb 13, 2012 Inspiration Station+Features+Introduce me/you+etc

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Shoutbox

`phoenixleo: Wed Jun 6, 2012, 7:41 PM
`phoenixleo: Shoutboxes
Mon Jan 23, 2012, 11:39 PM
~Lovepanda29: I LOVE SHOUT BOXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 11:29 AM
`phoenixleo: You went really ecstatic about it
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 8:06 PM
*-elly-: :iconphoenixleo: 11:27:13 PM `phoenixleo - Deviant of Many Talents - [Reply] *-elly- you are the one and noone else
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 5:31 AM
*4EverYoungKid: Tue Jul 19, 2011, 4:53 PM
*Dumdodoor: You...
Fri May 20, 2011, 6:09 PM
`jdrainville: Wed Apr 20, 2011, 9:35 PM
~PHantomDragon-56: [link] I am sending a shout out, help out my friend?
Sat Jan 22, 2011, 7:54 AM
`phoenixleo: What? I just added the shout box now
Fri Dec 10, 2010, 10:34 PM