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Digital Art Newsletter - DecemberLess than a week for christmas! hurray!
It's that time of the month again! No I'm not talking about my period, if it was my period you all would be dead by now... ehmm I mean, here are the current going on in the community regarding Digital Art!
Project Educate
It was time for Digital Art over #projecteducate the first week of the month. I want to thank all of you who supported the week, be by reading the articles, commenting and faving as well as taking part in the events. In case you missed them, here are the articles published during the week:
:bulletpink: Opening Article
:bulletpink:  Introduction to the Digital Art categories
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Digital Art Newsletter - OctoberHello people!
Here are the current going ons in the community regarding Digital Art. Have any activity and/or news you want me to mention in this or the next issue? I'll be more than happy to hear from you!
#ArtHistoryProject's Digital Art Month
That's right! All october is being dedicated to the Digital Art galleries over #ArtHistoryProject. A lot of great articles, features and interviews have been already posted, but the month is not over yet, so keep an eye on the group so you don't miss any of it! Here are just some of them:
:bulletpink: A brief history of Adobe Photoshop
:bulletpink: Interview with Sergi Brosa
:bulletpink: Digital A
Birthday Photomanip Challenge - The Winners!
 
Hi all,
It is entirely my fault that we are just now announcing the winners of the Photomanipulation portion of the 12th Birthday Stock & Photomanipulation Challenge. School started, and I forgot to post the winners. I very much apologize for the delay! 
Without further ado, I wanted to announce the winners! 
FIRST PLACE
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Who has won:
2,000 points
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Features from  ^Elandria, ^Aeirmid, & `Dan-Heffer, #DesigningDivas, #StockandResources, #Dreamers-of-Avalon, & ~The-Sacred-Space
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New Community Projects CVHi all,
Just letting you know that there is a new Community Volunteer for Community Projects: me. :D
Before anyone panics or rejoices too much, let me quickly add that I am not leaving the photomanipulation galleries. I will be handling both galleries for the time being.
What is a Community Project?
Glad you asked! A community project is a project or contest that is designed by community members (as opposed to being an official dA project or contest) to promote a positive, supportive environment here on deviantART. Community projects build community spirit and help all of us grow as artists and as individuals. They have specific goals and often span many galleries and media to bring people together.
Some examples that I am aware of include:
#Arts-and-Health - A project that serves as a platform for people who live with illness to tell their stories of challenges and triumphs through creating art with a message#GimmeFeedback - A pr
Photomanipulation News November 25, 2012*Thanks to =StarsColdNight for her significant contribution in helping with this newsletter! Thanks also to the many others who helped gather the news!
Welcome, and update!
Welcome to your bigger, better photomanipulation newsletter. We are pleased to bring you up-to-date information about things that are going on in the community. It's been a busy few weeks, and we have a lot to share with you!
Direct link requirements on DDs
I spoke with $fourteenthstar and $Moonbeam13, and we decided that you should no longer have to put direct links to stock pictures in order to get a DD. So, you no longer need to direct link your stock pictures for DD purposes. (You DO still need to credit stock, though!) However, many groups still require those direct links for submissions, and that decision is entirely up to the group administrators. We hope this change will help make suggesting and posting DDs easier. 
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Photography Weekly: Edition Forty FourPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Creativity, like human life itself - begins in Darkness "
-Julia Cameron."
I read a very interesting article this week debating Photography Vs Literature and which one of the two tells us more. Of course there is always the element that a picture could be accompanied by words but neither aspect is enough to tell a whole story. But as the article says, Photography has become a universal constant in the world today and is accessible to nearly everybody. Yet many still believe that only pure narration can truly tell a story. What are your thoughts? As Photographers we can choose to limit what we tell or show with a photograph, we can even mislead. Can we convey more with words? Or more with an image? You could describe a person with words but never truly give an accurate picture of who they are visually without a photograph...

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Photography Weekly: Edition Thirty EightPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
- Erich Fromm
Weather Photography has always fascinated me - the weather in general does anyway, but capturing those changes, shifts in atmosphere and so on have always had me in awe. However when browsing the latest news within popular photography early this week I was stunned by an image that NASA had captured of hurricane Isaac as it lurked over the USA. I've been in a hurricane before, but it never felt as organised or precise as this image shows. This shows a smooth beautiful cloud formation. When below  it's likely wreaking havoc and destroying lives. It's difficult to match the two together and contemplate them as the same thing. It's also incredible how we've advanced in terms of technology. This shot of Hurricane Isaac was captured at the end of a month in which images have been transferred from Mars. We, as a human rac
Bring Your Type To Life - Contest Winners!The submissions are closed, the jurors have gathered and the votes have been counted :la: Finally it is time to announce the winners of the Bring Your Type To Life Typography Contest!
Sit back, take a deep breath and enjoy the winners! :eager: :squee:

Octopus by =PSHoudini
This artwork shows great technical and conceptual skill, as well as a great eye for detail and continuity. This type treatment is full of life that it could almost be real!
Prizes: 12 months Premium Membership & 1600 deviantART points

Crow-Type by *Priitii
A simple yet powerful artwork, charming with clear symbolism and references. Bringing together life and death.
Prizes: 6 months Premium Member
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"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase"
- Percy W. Harris
The other week, a piece of my writing was selected for a Daily Literature Deviation. If you're curious you can see the article here. I was humbled by that, but my reason for mentioning it in Photography Bi-weekly is that *0hgravity then highlighted a website to me that I found absolutely fascinating. It's soul purpose is to highlight Endangered Languages through Photography. 3170 lens are capturing the people who hold the key to the worlds most secret languages. Once again something like this highlights the complete and utter importance of Photography and reminds us of how far we've come, and how much we can do from mobile ph
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Deep Dive on deviantART - 12 Years

Journal Entry: Mon Oct 29, 2012, 1:42 PM


Hey guys, 

I did a deep dive interview last week with Jason Calacanis from "This Week in Startups", it's posted to youtube so I figure I'd share it with you all:


Should give you an insight in to some of the things we're up to. :ninja:

Let me know what you think! 

Cheers,
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i really need to change my signature.
it's been simmering in lame for way too long.

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~OpalFur Nov 14, 2012  Student General Artist
I think it's scary that my birthday is 13 days before deviantART launched.
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Mood: Love ~midnight21 Nov 3, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
man that host just doesn't seem to let you talk fully lol.

still, very interesting interview. congrats to you, jark, and other co founders on years of success! and i've been around since 2003... i guess that's about the time when DA began to rise to its peak...
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*pinestater234 Nov 3, 2012   Photographer
Thanks for posting this. I learned so much about dA. It actually dispelled some misconceptions I had about about the site and it's origins. I gotta say I wish the host had let you finish more thoughts before cutting you off, again and again and again. Part of the craft of doing an interview is listening to the ideas being presented.
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`Resaturatez Nov 1, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
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~Kiara-Vestigium Oct 31, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Loved it - I didn't listen to the first 15 minutes though ^^
But now I know I was right that all of you are in this with their heart.
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*DasGhul Oct 31, 2012   General Artist
I cannot exactly put my finger on it, but there's something spooky about this host... :paranoid:
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~Akarori Oct 31, 2012
yes you and °jark made this website right
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+spyed Oct 31, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
yah, °matteo too, and $mccann, $chris, $Heidi and others in the early days. :devattila, °tack, °arc -- the early days were hard so some remain friends and some not. but dA is amazing, and I remember everyone fondly.
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~Akarori Nov 8, 2012
OK.
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^KovoWolf Oct 30, 2012  Professional General Artist
I find it always inspiring to learn the roots of such a great website, company , individual and community. This was very insightful into the depths of what DeviantART was built upon and from! Such a great foundation of knowledge! This was such a great and informative interview! Thank you +spyed!

Man it was so great to reminisce about IRC back in the day :) Especially when it was super popular!
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