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Random Emote Awesomeness - Volume 12Volume 12 in the series that showcases a random variety of emoticons: some old, some new, some by seasoned emoticonists, some by new artists. There's no real rhyme or reason as to which pieces are featured. Sometimes I pick a theme such as animals, other times it's just whatever strikes my fancy. Below are the current group of awesome emotes hand-picked by me (and sometimes a guest). Much like the title, this News feature will publish a bit randomly. Maybe weekly, maybe every third Thursday, maybe three days in a row--but hopefully at least once a month.
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Random Emote Awesomeness

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dASAW 2012: This Year's Volunteers Are...I am very happy to announce this year's deviantART Staff Appreciation Week team of volunteers. These are the awesome deviants who will be collaborating until August to bring you a dASAW that you won't soon forget!

I would like to cover a few things before I announce the selected deviants:
A total of 25 deviants applied for this year's dASAW! (every application was reviewed individually

)In total, 68% of the applicants DID NOT help with last year's dASAW, while 32% did!If you are not selected, that does not mean you are excluded. There is limited space (10 spots) for volunteers, and unfortunately the decision is difficult when you need to cut 15 people. You will still be able to participate even if you are not a volunteer, and we might even ask you for your input or for some help later in the process! ;D
Thank you again! Here are our volunteers this year.

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Seniority Announcement - 11th Birthday EditionThis article celebrates our latest additions of Senior members in our community.
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So what does it take to become a Senior? That's a question many have asked and have never really been able to get a straight answer on. Some have gained Seniority as a thank you for their time spent as a Volunteer, or to recognise their contribution to a particular project or collaborative action. Some have gained Seniority because of their community spirit, providing help and assistance to many other deviants and taking time out to promote the work of others in the community.
Some people have received Seniority because of their artistic endevours, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice that stands out above the many others who deviate to be recognised in the crowd.
Today, we present to you the following deviants who have all been awarded Seniority as part of our 11th birthday celebrations. They have all been nominated

dASAW 2012 Interview: $codenamepanther:iconstaffappreciation:
dASAW Interview Series: $codenamepanther
Welcome to the second Staff Member interview of deviantART Staff Appreciation Week! As part of my role in dASAW, I had the pleasure of interviewing the fabulous, $codenamepanther. Enjoy!

1. How did you discover deviantART, and what made you stay?
I discovered deviantART back in the day when $Heidi introduced it to me. Essentially, I have known about it since it started, but I didn't join until about 3 years ago. I think the passion of the community and the amazing work I see on a daily basis has made me stay.
2. Tell us the story behind your username and/or prior dA accounts.
This one is actually asked a ton. I don't have a prior account. This is my main account at this time. I have others that are used for testing things, but they are not really that exciting. $codenamepanther was kind of made up out of now

Stamp it Up ContestStamp it Up Contest
As part of our deviantART Staff Appreciation Week (dASAW for short), #StaffAppreciation brings you a contest for stamp makers, new and old alike! The objective of the dASAW is to show the core $taff of deviantART that we appreciate their time, effort, and dedication to the community and the site.
Theme
The theme for this contest is very broad. Stamps created for the contest should follow one of these ideas:

Showing support for a particular staff member (a list of staff members can be found on +about).

Showing support for a particular facet (chat, forums, muro, etc.) of deviantART or for an official deviantART group.

Showcasing something you like about a staff member in particular, or about the staff as a whole.

Showing something that deviantART has done for you.
It's all about spreading the positiveness!

Rules

All entries must

Indie Asks: EastSideSunsetsWelcome to the next edition of Indie Asks , a series of weekly Emoticonist Interviews aiming to unite the community by getting to know the deviant behind the username. Featuring not only a selection of insightful and intriguing questions, but also some outstanding deviations and features.

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Our second interview in this series is the less well known, but awesome and gifted; =EastSideSunsets. Olivia is our second american emoticonist to be interviewe

You Spotlight the Under Appreciated - Volume 2You Spotlight the Under Appreciated - Volume
A while ago, I ran a poll where I asked my watchers and visitors to show me artists they loved, but who they felt were under-appreciated. There were so many suggested artists, I couldn't fit them in one article. This is second in the series. I have to admit, it was amazing visiting the galleries of these little and somewhat known deviants. The artists was suggested by a commenter, the piece chosen was selected by me. I have also included some of my own personal "under-appreciated artists" at the end.
A special volume 3 will be coming soon.

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Random Emote Awesomeness - Volume 11Volume 11 in the series that showcases a random variety of emoticons: some old, some new, some by seasoned emoticonists, some by new artists. There's no real rhyme or reason as to which pieces are featured. Sometimes I pick a theme such as animals, other times it's just whatever strikes my fancy. Below are the current group of awesome emotes hand-picked by me (and sometimes a guest). Much like the title, this News feature will publish a bit randomly. Maybe weekly, maybe every third Thursday, maybe three days in a row--but hopefully at least once a month.
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The Discovery Channel! IXhttp://deviantart.com/discovery/
Please support the artists within this article by faving it!

I will feature underexposed artists that I've happened to find using the Discovery page here on dA! If you would like an overview of how to use this page, feel free to see this brief guide!

~ConvulsionDesigns

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You Spotlight the Under Appreciated - Volume 1A while ago, I ran a poll where I asked my watchers and visitors to show me artists they loved, but who they felt were under-appreciated. There were so many suggested artists, I couldn't fit them in one article! I have to admit, it was amazing visiting the galleries of these little-known and somewhat-known deviants. The artist who are featured were suggested by a poll commenter, while the specific piece chosen was selected by me. I have also included some of my own personal "under-appreciated artists" at the end.
This is a 1 of a multi-part series. Part 2 will be featured early next week.

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Penciled In ~ Volume X - Special Edition Part II

by `SanguineEpitaph, Mar 21, 2011, 6:29:50 PM
Journals / Art News / Traditional

Previous Issues:

Welcome to part two of my tenth-week celebration of writing this article! Last week, I featured *FaceRot, and I post an interview with our current Traditional Art GM, `Mollinda.

This week, I would like to examine traditional art. I'll be doing this with some input from my watchers (I've be polling them for a few weeks about various topics), and through some brief research..

Read on!

Table of Contents

Logistical Things for First-Time Readers

Examining Traditional Art

Trad. Art. Spotlight!

Features

Contests and Groups

GMs, DDs, and Other Info

What Is It?

The purpose of my article is to bring together pieces of artwork from the Traditional gallery for artists who are interested in those media. In doing so, I hope to bring exposure to artists who might be lacking in it, and I would like to provide a platform of inspiration for other traditional artists! I haven't been able to find any articles of this nature, but if you know of any and would like me to link to them, I will!

To Suggest an Artist's Work

Please see this if you would like to suggest an artist to be featured.

Examining Traditional Art

I think that "traditional art" is a term that, after a few weeks on dA, we can all come to recognize and be comfortable with within the community. I certainly found it interesting when I found that my drawings were to be uploaded to "traditional art," instead of something like "pencil art". (I was naive when I first joined!)

But how do other define traditional art? What do people think of it? And something of interest to me, how will digital and traditional art affect one another (not in adverse or positive ways, just in general). These things have been topics of interest to me since I joined dA and found the digital and traditional galleries to be absolutely stunning.

My first step was to find out: what IS traditional art? I, of course, know what I think it is, but here is what I found:

_{"Traditional art is culturally significant...Traditional art symbols incorporate native myths or stories." [link]

"...in the Artworld it refers to "traditional" means Painting, Sculpture, Drawing,Pen and Ink, Printmaking, like that... "nontraditional" would be any kind with little or no past history, like "Conceptual","Computer Art""Video Art" and like that." [link]

"1. Art that is a part of the culture of a group of people, skills and knowledge of which are passed down through generations from master craftsmen to apprentices.
2. On an online art archive, any art created through the use of real media." [link]}

It looks like the last one even made a definition for deviantART!

Interesting. Something that they all agree on is that traditional art is based on culture/history. That is not to say, though, that digital art isn't affected by culture? Digital art certainly has its own history, such as the development of programs (i.e., Photoshop) and 3D-modeling applications. It is quite extensive! In fact, Wikipedia has over 30 forms of digital art listed, while the forms of traditional art could be counted basically on two hands (and maybe a foot or two).

Digital art has also become an industry standard, while traditional art seems to carry on in galleries and art showings. So, how have these two major genres of art affected one another? Good? Bad? Can it be qualified?

_{"I think they have different audiences. My mom actually doesn't like digital art at all, no matter how fantastically they're done. She prefers traditional works, because, and I quote, 'they have a more nostalgic feel to them'. I think she likes paints on canvas and stuff.

I personally, like digital artworks. I somehow like the effects that can be done digitally, the smooth smudges, the textures, and stuff like that. I also like what cannot be done traditionally, the animation, flash, film, etc.

Although, the market now seems to be more geared towards digital (probably cause of its ease of creation as compared to traditional (as per most thinking), but this is my opinion), so I guess it has impacted negatively. xD" =Lokiev}

This majority in the poll this quote was taken from said that the two genres of art have affected one another positively or about the same.

You can read the comments to that poll; my watchers truly gave some insight to this question, which has also helped me in thinking about the two ways of producing art. What it boils down to, though, it seems is that traditional art is nostalgic and hands-on, and some people just like to get their hands messy in paint or like to throw paint at a canvas.

But something inseparable, I think, for both forms of art is that they are all forms of art! I invite you to share you opinion, if you like. What appeals to you about traditional art? Do you need to have a foundation in it?

I leave you on this note:

_{Photomanipulation counts as digital art.
Pixel art counts as digital art.

Sculpture counts as traditional art.

Photography is... somewhere in the middle?

Therefore, it doesn't matter. Just be good at what you're good at.

~koolishmew}

_{The quotes in this little blurb were from two polls I sent out:
Do you need to be able to do traditional art to do digital art, and vice-versa?
How do you think DIGITAL art has affected TRADITIONAL art?}