It's back! With the goal of bringing a little cheer to patients in the hospital during the holiday season, the deviantART Holiday Card Project connects deviants from around the world and applies their tremendous artistic abilities in designing and creating uplifting holiday cards.
In past years, the Project has received more than 5,000 cards sent in by more than 1,000 deviants from 50 different countries/political regions. Cards were then divvied up and distributed in-person by deviantART members to local Los Angeles, CA hospitals, with additional cards given to various hospitals in the U.S. and abroad for hospital staff members to hand out
The importance of anatomy.
Understanding anatomy is crucial to many aspects of your art.
You'll notice that anatomy is essential for drawing. It becomes difficult to accurately draw a complex pose, or even a simple one, if you don't understand what's under all that skin or fur, or even bark. Knowing how everything fits together is important.
Once you notice where that certain muscle is, shading and form become much more accurate and more natural. Knowing why the nose and eyes fall where they do make it much easier to draw from memory, and nail that natural look you were going for.
Learning the anatomy of the subject you're going to draw
Small Feature Contest I. ( CLOSED ) by Kara-a, journal
Small Feature Contest I. ( CLOSED )
I know that my other contest just ended, but i wanted to do that for a while :meow:
Your Task : produce a Feature about the theme ( easy right? :la: )
Theme : Colours
Prize :
50 :points: and a Feature by me
Deadline : 9 March
Some Rules :
:bulletblack: :+fav: this journal
:bulletblack: everybody can join :aww:
:bulletblack: of course you have to consider the theme !
( you can choose one colour, two colours or a lot of different colours, but the theme has to be visible )
:bulletblack: Share some love and have fun :heart:
Criterias for judment :
:bulletblack: Overall look
:bulletblack: Concept
:bulletblack: Is the theme recogni
101 points giveaway!! (Closed) by iDJPanda, journal
101 points giveaway!! (Closed)
Hey there guys! :wave:
I'm hosting another giveaway for you guys, since I missed you guys soooo much!! :dummy:
101 points is being given away (lol, I wanted to add an extra point, just because I'm cool like that. cx)
So, all you guys have to do to enter is favorite this journal! :la:
That's pretty easy isn't it? No watch requirements, no nothing. Just a fav will be sufficient.
But before you guys go, I have two questions for you:
:bulletred:Who (or what) inspires you?
:bulletred:What is your best piece of artwork (post a link here so I can admire it!!!)?
You don't have to answer these questions but I would like to see! :woohoo:
Make
120 points giveaway!The winner: by naked-in-the-rain, journal
120 points giveaway!The winner:
Hello, sweeties!
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I hope you're having a wonderful week :heart:
I decided to make one of you smile again by giving one lucky deviant 120 points :la:
All you have to do to participate is:
:+fav: favorite this journal
and
that's all :giggle:
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You don't have to visit my gallery nor watch me, but if you do, thank you! :heart:
_
+ Have a random question?
You can ask me anything here :
http://ask.fm/nakedintherain1
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Have fun and good luck :heart:
Mia
+ random from my gallery:
:bigthumb350914603:
:bigthumb350103926:
:bigthumb346251538:
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Thank you all who participated.
The winner is:
~BitterSweetNitemare (https://www.deviantart.com/bittersweetnitemare)
Cong
With the launch of the group FourLinePoems (https://www.deviantart.com/fourlinepoems) came the launch of our fantastic (even if we do say so ourselves) and challenging Poetry Contest. You can read all about that right here however the contest has now ended and the winners have been decided! We asked you to write a poem using just four lines, and just four words. The entries were fantastic, and picking through them for some winners was a challenging process. But without further ado...
First Place
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By carouselclover (https://www.deviantart.com/carouselclover)
Second Place
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By Enigma-Dreamer (https://www.deviantart.com/enigma-dreamer)
Third Place
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By 1pen (https://www.deviantart.com/1pen)
Honorable Mentions
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222 points giveaway!The winners! by naked-in-the-rain, journal
222 points giveaway!The winners!
Hello, sweeties (:
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Tedddy and I are sending warm hugs (:
...
So we decided to make someone smile by giving two lucky deviants 111 points each.
All you have to do to participate is:
:+fav: fav this journal
and
well, that's it :giggle:
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You don't have to visit my gallery nor watch me, but if you do, thank you :heart:
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I will pick the winner with a little help of random.org and announce it in this journal on 20th January around 5pm (GMT+1) (:
Have fun :la:
Mia
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+ random from my gallery:
:bigthumb349124315:
:thumb189868281::thumb144508115::thumb343509005:
:thumb209062292::thumb202880033::thumb316
The 50 Foot / 50 Hand Challenge! CLOSED! by AdorkaStock, journal
The 50 Foot / 50 Hand Challenge! CLOSED!
THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED! But feel free to do it just for fun/improvement!
This was a drawing challenge from `AdorkaStock (https://www.deviantart.com/adorkastock) and :iconmostlyguystock:!
Hands and feet are pretty hard to draw. Lots of artists struggle with them! Even when other things come naturally, hands and feet can still be quite a problem. The best way to get better at drawing hands and feet is to study them!
The Challenge: Sketch or draw 50 feet AND 50 hands from reference photos or life.
Deadline: The deadline has passed for this challenge, but you can still participate and make yourself a better artist!
You can post them as one giant post, in groups, one at a
150 points giveaway! The winner (: by naked-in-the-rain, journal
150 points giveaway! The winner (:
Hello, sweeties!
I decided to make someone smile again by giving one lucky deviant 150 points!
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All you have to do in order to participate is:
fave this journal...
...and...
well, that's all
_
You don't have to visit my gallery nor watch me, but if you do, thank you
~naked-in-the-rain (https://www.deviantart.com/naked-in-the-rain)
+some of my works:
:bigthumb348981335:
:bigthumb348270710:
:bigthumb347744316:
:bigthumb338939565:
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Thank you everyone who participated (:
:heart:
The winner is
:iconsmartybloom:
Congrats and enjoy your points!