2 journals in just one day, what the hell is going on with me?

So, I've spent some time this weekend browsing dA, commenting, faving, trying to get back in touch with the community (to some degree anyway). Then I come across this: [link] - a journal about "how to make your art into deviantart popular page"

So I'm thinking "ah ok, so there IS a trick! Let's see..." only to find the following:
"Your art will get a chance to be feature in  one of Deviantart's Largest group. Artist-superstar (I'm the owner)

 

 
 

 

I've got the day off (yay) - shall we do a new round of critiques?

That means you link me to one of your deviations (preferably a medium I'm comfortable in, photography, vexels, vectors, a tiny bit of digital art in general), and I will critique it as best as I can. Deal?

I'll try and get as many done as possible. Thanks

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Critiqued:

So I've been fairly absent/inactive for the last year or so. I guess that's what happens when you start a 40+hour job So when you spend 8-9 hours a day staring at a computer screen, the last thing you want to do is come home and switch on your laptop. I've always seen dA as my online home, I've had plenty of friends here, I would spend hours upon hours on MSN getting to know people. But I guess I'm at a point in my life where that's just not possible anymore (and that's perfectly fine if you ask me).

What's surprised me though, is how quiet it is now. I don't know if anyone else has experienced that, I know that plenty of people have left day for their own reasons, so there's no way of keeping in touch through here. But even without them, there's still 23 million users. Yet it seems absolutely impossible to get any kind of feedback.

I'm not sure if it's to do with groups, however I personally feel like ever since they were introduced there has been a major shift from comments to faves. Then again it seems if you don't post your work to a bazillion different groups or pimp it through your own poll, journal, etc. there's hardly any faves either.

I have been browsing the galleries over the last few days and there's so much amazing art with so little recognition. How did that happen? Is it just me or has anyone else noticed this?

Let's welcome a new deviant to the site (unless they've been here for a while and have just created a new account ) - what a promising gallery. Enjoy!

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Also, happy May Day!

Hey everyone and happy Easter!

I hope you're all having a good weekend with tons of chocolate
I felt like hosting a small contest, using a stock picture of mine, so here it goes:



You have until next Sunday, April 15th 2012, to edit/use this however you want. Add more stock, play around with the colors, do whatever you want with it.
There will be only one winner, who will receive 500 points.

Please either note me with your entries or comment on the stock image with a link to your entry.

Have fun and be creative!

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Thanks everyone for participating - please see all the entries below:
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Now I have to be honest and say there was one that really stood out to me, and don't get me wrong I think they're all wonderful. But the one I chose to be the winner is...


Congrats to =dhik-a and this kick-ass journal CSS!

So it appears I'm having my six year anniversary on dA tomorrrow. Why not make this a quick contest

THEME: Six

RULES:
all media allowed
must be a new deviation
deadline: January 31st, 8pm CET (Central European Time)
send me a note with your entry (subject: Six)

PRIZES:
six month subscription for the winner
Journal features for all
I might throw in a few more things, as of right now I can't think as I haven't even had breakfast yet

Happy Sunday

<edit>Thanks everyone for participating, I have just chosen a winner:

The three month premium membership goes to ~lauoO and this deviation:


Personally, I love how original and quirky this is. It truly is something different.

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€I feel like hosting a quick contest so here it goes.

THEME:
"Different" (interpret that as you wish)


RULES:
Photography only.
Needs to be a new submission, submitted within the next 30 hours.
post-processing completey ok with me, as long as it does not turn into a photomanipulation.
Contest ends tomorrow (November 7, 2011) at 8pm CET (Central European Time aka Berlin time)
Entries must be sent to me via note. Thank you!
Have fun!


PRIZES:
3 month premium membership for the first place winner
journal features and llamas for all


HAVE FUN!!!

PS actions? Curves? Tutorials? Lightroom Presets? Anything?

No really? deviantART has just banned all that pageviews for points crap (YAY!), now people are offering features for points? 20 points per thumb? 100 points to be permanently featured on their frontpage (which no one ever really visits anyway?!)? I say SAVE THE POINTS! Send me one thumb/link of yours and I'll feature you right here for... wait for it... oh yeah, for free.

... I find it fairly interesting (and ironic) how often I hear people complain about dA trying to make money. Yet it's the same people that evaluate pages like dA, Redbubble etc based on how many prints they can sell there. That is all.

It's over, ~ContentWithAlone has just guessed the correct number which was 372. There were quite a few of you who got pretty close.

Thanks to everyone for participating, this has been fun



HINT: THE NUMBER I CHOSE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200 AND 700!



You are currently not a subscribed deviant? You would like to receive a 3 month subscription? Here's the rules.

I chose a number between 0 and 1000. Everyone with a ~ in front of their name gets to reply with a comment and pick THREE numbers. The first one to guess the correct number will recieve the subscription. Get it?

Good luck everyone! Let the fun begin...

PS: I've sent a note to myself with that number, so I can easily screenshot the winning number including time and date

HINT: THE NUMBER I CHOSE IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 200 AND 700!

Personally I absolutely love playing around in Photoshop, but I'm feeling fairly uninspired when it comes to my own pictures lately so I was wondering if some of you had a picture or two for me to play with?
If you do...

1. upload it somewhere (your scraps, external website, etc) and send me a link via NOTE.
2. no more than 2 pics per deviant.
3. if you have any suggestions regarding the editing (retro theme, color theme, touch-ups etc) let me know.
4. I won't upload any of your pictures to my gallery/scraps/elsewhere. They are YOURS and yours only. I will get back to you with a link

That's it I think. Have a great weekend, I'm off to go buy lettuce and corn, will be making chilli con carne later

Hey everyone,

a lot has been happening with me lately, I've moved to Munich ([link] - totally love having my own place!! - because I've started a new job as a Customer Service Assistant for a global company (headquarters are in Texas, USA). All of that happened in a little less than 2 months (that includes staying at a hotel for a week, and sleeping on someone's couch for another 3 weeks, coz finding an apartment around here is incredibly difficult). So yeah, that's my updates. I have a lot less free-time, but the city is beautiful and I'm really enjoying the job. What have you lot been up to?

Feel free to share art, stories, journals etc as I haven't had much time to connect with most of you lately

So apparently it's my 5year dA anniversary today. I'll spare you the details of my dA journey

How about we celebrate that.. Jules-style? 10 of you will receive a feature in this journal, 10 of you will receive a critique - meaning I will randomly feature/critique the first 20 to leave a comment here (please let it be somewhat meaningful instead of just a "" lol)

Have a good Sunday, everyone!

We are finally done judging the "My Precious" contest and here are the winners!