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dA Life #07: Get in Touch and Get InvolvedWelcome to the seventh dA Life blog, a series created to help you enjoy your time on dA and use it's many tools for sharing your art, appreciating other people's art and taking part in the wonderful community that we have here.
On dA there are lots of ways to make suggestions, share ideas, report bugs, ask for help and otherwise make contact through areas of the site like the Help Desk but there are also fun, every-day (and also pretty special!) things that you can get involved with directly, if you know who to contact. Here are three suggestions...
$Moonbeam13, Director of Community Relations
Danie posts Pimps and Whoas articles every month featuring news, interviews, groups, devmeets, commission information, deviations and other interesting stuff from the community and you are invited to submit content for these articles. You can find a list of Pimps and Whoas articles on her page and there are

Artisan Craft Themes VIIIIn this edition of Awesome Artisan Crafts we will be looking at a select theme from the Artisan Crafts Gallery.
This issues theme is...
Rabbits!
In celebration of my newly found rabbit, Monty, lets look at some Artisan Craft related rabbits!
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Features VII

New volunteer for Architecture Photography!Hello lovely people, `fritsvandersloot here.

Starting today, we have a new volunteer for Architecture Photography! The one and only `anmari now looks after this gallery, in addition to helping out with looking after the Chats & Forums. Ana has an academic background in Architecture and a vast amount of enthusiasm!

If you have been very observant, you might have seen her feature a couple Daily Deviations already.
At the same time, I will be stepping back from the Architecture Photography gallery, so effective immediately, please send all your Daily Deviation suggestions to `anmari!
If you have already noted me an Architecture Photography DD suggestion within the past three weeks, I will be sure to forward it to her, so it will be read by the right volunteer. You do not have to resend your note(s) to `anmari!

I'm not going anywhere, though!

I will still be volun

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Artisan Craft Themes VIIn this edition of Awesome Artisan Crafts we will be looking at a select theme from the Artisan Crafts Gallery.
This issues theme is...
Valentines Day
Ah yes, that day is upon us. Some are loved, some are alone. Whatever your romantic status lets look at some beautiful crafts.
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And for those of you that are Forever Alone...

Awesome Artisan Crafts XIHello!

Hello and welcome to Awesome Artisan Crafts!
I will be regularly featuring the awesome creations I find in the Artisan Crafts Gallery!
New Categories
We were lucky enough to get the awesome new Miniatures category added recently, and it is filling up nicely I must say - and now we are blessed with another new category! This time it is Anthro! This is the place for costumes, masks, props and accessories and clothing! So get submitting to there and get some DD suggestions sent!

Bits and Pieces

This months Artisan Craft Themed Challenge is hearts so have a go at that, 2000 are up for

Awesome Artisan Crafts XVHello!

Hello and welcome to Awesome Artisan Crafts!
I will be regularly featuring the awesome creations I find in the Artisan Crafts Gallery.
Project Educate
We are interested to see what you'd like covered in Artisan Crafts Project Educate, so please let us know. Currently I am doing some interviews and I will be making newsletters, also we will try a mini contest or two but we really need input.

Artisan Craft Monthy Challenge
This month's challenge is Fool so have a go at it and you might win 2000 points!

#Amigurumi-Challenge
The current challenge is Pokemon!So get out your hooks and make a jigglypuff or a wigglymon or whatever they are called!

Submissions
A look at some submissions to the Artisan Crafts Gallery.

Awesome Artisan Crafts XIXHello!

Hello and welcome to Awesome Artisan Crafts!
I will be regularly featuring the awesome creations I find in the Artisan Crafts Gallery.
Changes
As you see I am not part of the CV Team anymore as my term has ended. Please forward your DD Suggestions to the lovely ^Talty and `FrockTarts.
Again I thank you all again for your support and love.
Bits and pieces
Groups
#Holiday-Crafts:iconholiday-crafts: If you enjoy holiday crafts then this is the place for you!
#BatCrafts:iconbatcrafts: Na na na na na na na na BAT CRAFTS!
#Artisan-Tutorials:iconartisan-tutorials:
#Knitting-and-Crochet:iconknitting-and-crochet:
News
Crochet by menfolk!
#fibermancy are having a

Gallery Description ProjectMost of you probably are aware that deviantART has a lot of categories. As you've seen over the past few months, we volunteers, in coordination with $Moonbeam13, often help to orchestrate various changes in category structure in order to make the submission and browsing experiences simpler and more advantageous for the community.
That said, there's another aspect of categories which, sadly, often have been overlooked. I'm referring to the Gallery Descriptions. Over time, gallery descriptions have fallen into disarray, leaving many categories with old and outdated descriptions, others with incorrect descriptions, and yet others without a description at all.
At the moment, gallery descriptions are most prominent when submitting new deviations. However, as part of this project, we hope that they will become more evident as you browse the site. One of our goals is to make a simple, navigable category structure focusing on descriptions that are clear, concise, and consistent.

Project Educate - Darkroom OverviewThis week ^Kaz-D and myself are bringing you an overview of the Photography Galleries on deviantART. This won't replace the full weeks planned by the specific community volunteers for specific galleries - but instead it will help to give you a mini introduction into what's out there.
Darkroom
Photographs manipulated in a film darkroom or digitally enhanced with the use of computer software to emulate traditional darkroom techniques.

Sub-Categories
Traditional
Scans of traditional film prints and negatives that have been produced using traditional darkroom techniques.

Alternative Process

Traditional Process

Digital
Photographs that have undergone significant digital enhancements using computer software.
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The Senior 'Stache | December 11th 2011On behalf of #dAseniors, `TickedOffTeam is the base of operations for

and News of Senior members, defined as those users who have a ` or a ° as their symbol on deviantART.
This is a news article, posted once every two weeks, choc-a-block full of Senior happenings and initiatives, stunning visual features, an awesome mini-interview and much, much more!
Even though this is mainly Senior orientated, if you have something you want to promote or are just looking for something generally, senior or not, we invite you all to take a gander.
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:faq106:
:icondAseniors:
Weekly Hunt: Most Greatest Friends

Be in for a chance to win 10

!
The Absurd Spot
By ^Thiefoworld and his +1
Before we get into the hardcore news selling, we sent :devTh

Awesome Artisan Crafts VI
Hello!

Hello and welcome to Awesome Artisan Crafts!
I will be regularly featuring the awesome creations I find in the Artisan Craft Gallery!
Pumpkin Contest!
The 2011 Pumpkin Carving Contest is drawing to an end so make sure you've entered your carvings!
Monthly Challenge
Fancy grabbing 2000 points? Then just enter our Monthly Challenge and you could! This month's theme is Fairytales.
Submissions

The A, B, C's of Cosplay!
The A, B, C's of Cosplay

From Antropomorphic to Zebra (or Invader Zim!), the A, B, C's of Cosplay is a 26 week 'workshop' to bring to you, in all its costumed and creative glory, some of the most spectacular and colorful work in the Cosplay gallery. Complete with a section on tutorials, and a small history on obscure words or anime used, this week I bring to you...
The letters A, B and C
Cosplay, short for costume play, is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character, or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction.
Favorite sources include manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, hentai and fantasy movies, as well as anthropomorphic manifestations.
Cosplayers often inter

Photography Weekly: Edition Forty SixPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Does Equipment Matter?"
One of the more recent articles on the topic of photography explores how an instagram photograph taken during Hurricane Sandy has been selected to be used on the cover of Time Magazine. Perhaps quite fittingly, the title accompanying the image on the front page is Lessons from the storm. Whilst many have learned a lot from Hurricane Sandy and many more are working on rebuilding their lives, one of the biggest lessons for photographers and the world of media could well be that iphone Photographers can be photo-journalists too. We've covered the topic of equipment, capabilities and qualifications many a time before now in Photography Weekly - but what are your thoughts on this article?
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Journal Entry: Fri Apr 6, 2012, 7:51 AM

Sometimes you just need awesome things to make you happy
in your eyes and brain. Here are some of those things...

Beautiful People
Pretty faces that make me smile.

Epic Styling
Inspirational fashion concepts - a feast for the eyes!

New Tricks
I recently posted a poll asking my watchers for art in mediums
that they don't usually work in. Here are some of their submissions.

The beginning.The smoke curled into fantastical shapes as Little Timothy watched enchanted by it. It was everywhere. The smoke slowly enveloped the alley in which he stood. "Another building brought down ", thought Little Timothy. He quietly headed home from his routine evening stroll. The way Neon city is slowly encroaching upon the slums reminded him of the way in which water slowly absorbs anything which is smaller than the volume of the water. He walked slowly since he had no intention to get home any minute sooner and face a barrage of rather depressing sights, smells, and swear words. He looked up in the sky to see a zeppelin with an advertising of a

Hot Beverages
Here are the winners of `TwiggyTeeluck's Hot Beverages contest.

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~PeteNoir Apr 7, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks for adding my photo here, much appreciated!

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`CapnSkusting Apr 6, 2012 Professional General Artist

I remember when South did that! Still gives me chills.

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~BrianSouth Apr 6, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanx so much T!!

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~Miss-Lacy Apr 6, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

thanks!

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~Pticica31 Apr 6, 2012 Professional General Artist

Great, thanks!

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=Dream-traveler Apr 6, 2012 Professional Photographer

thank you very much for adding my work here!

I appreciate such support very much ^^

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