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Spotlight Features - Volume 8A news series featuring art selected by me. There will be a wide range of themes and genres covered. In addition, there will be periodic interviews and artist spotlights.
If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Poll Features
A month ago, I posted a poll asking my watchers/visitors to show me 3 artists they felt could use more love. They *were* allowed to pick themselves, too. Anyhow, the response was so large that I have to break the feature into two parts. To see the original poll, click here.
Suggested by: ~MysteryKittenThe1st

:iconbblondiegrl07: ~bblondiegrl07

:iconBailey-Bales: ~Bailey-Bales

:iconsafia123321: ~safia123321

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Spotlight Features - Volume 3A new series that will feature art selected by me. There will be a wide range of themes and genres covered. In addition, there will be periodic interviews and artist spotlights. This article will be also be the home of my upcoming "Awesome dA Artist" feature, which is a re-birth/re-imagining of my "Awesome Emoticonist" award.
If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Daily Features
On my profile page, I feature a new deviation every day (or two or three). The piece is usually something that caught my eye. Could be an amazing digital painting, a fun stamp, a quick photograph that made me smile, perhaps a piece for a weekly theme, whatever. However, it moved me enough to share it with my visitors. Below is a list of the artists which I featured during February 2012. I am showcasing different pieces from their gallery in the hope of showing them a bit more love. I

Spotlight Features - Vol. 15A news series featuring art selected by me. There will be a wide range of themes and genres covered. In addition, there will be periodic interviews and artist spotlights.
If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Daily Features
On my profile page, I feature a new deviation every day (or two or three). The piece is usually something that caught my eye. Could be an amazing digital painting, a fun stamp, a quick photograph that made me smile, perhaps a piece for a weekly theme, whatever. However, it moved me enough to share it with my visitors. Below is a list of the artists which I featured during October 2012. I am showcasing different pieces from their gallery in the hope of showing them a bit more love. If you would like to see the original piece I featured of each of these artists, please visit

Spotlight Features - Volume 5A news series featuring art selected by me. There will be a wide range of themes and genres covered. In addition, there will be periodic interviews and artist spotlights.
If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Daily Features
On my profile page, I feature a new deviation every day (or two or three). The piece is usually something that caught my eye. Could be an amazing digital painting, a fun stamp, a quick photograph that made me smile, perhaps a piece for a weekly theme, whatever. However, it moved me enough to share it with my visitors. Below is a list of the artists which I featured during April 2012. I am showcasing different pieces from their gallery in the hope of showing them a bit more love. If you would like to see the original piece I featured of each of these artists, please visit t

If you have any deviantART Related news you'd like to share, shoot a note to ^ladygagz.
This issue covers April 30th to May 6th, 2012
News
Official deviantART
Site Update: New Sta.sh Writer Toolbar by $danlevCelebrating Deviousness - May 2012 by $fourteenthstarAnnouncing the deviantART Creative Grants by $fourteenthstarCommunity Relations Newslett

Emote Interview 3 - TheSaltyMonsterWhat's this?
As part of Emote Appreciation day, I'm holding interviews with some of the members of our community. The third interview is with...
:iconTheSaltyMonster:
~TheSaltyMonster
Interview
Phlum-dee-doo! I have my answers for you
When did you start emoting? Do you think you've improved a lot since then?
My first emote was posted on my dA on March 1st, 2012. I think I’ve improved with pixelling in general, so it has made my emotes more visually appealing, but I want to keep going to do my best! It’s been a short time since I started to make emotes so I have a long way to go ^^.
What do you think of the emoticon community as a whole?
I feel that everybody is really welcoming and nice. I know it wasn’t hard for me (at all) to make and find new people to talk with! I love interacting with other emoticonists and participating in the contests that are in place. It’s a great way to get ins

Dictionary Entry: 28Here's another edition of the dictionary! This is the first time I've posted a Dictionary Entry, so I'll admit I was a tiny bit nervous.

With the added contributors (mentioned last week), we should be able to post weekly now. So expect us popping up in your message centre more often. On another note, the Daily Deviation Project Educate Week was amazing last week, if you haven't checked out the articles - you can find them all linked below.
A reminder that ^lost-angle has a donation pool on his userpage. By donating, you'll help fund future contests and any random donations we'll give out.
Until next time,
^ladygagz
Concerns
^RockstarVanity gives us an insight into Mature Content on dA
Beta Testing
All Beta Testing bugs should be reported to #devBUG
through their

This or That Winners!To remind all of youse guys of the tasty prizelist, I'm going to put it here:
First Place

1 year premium membership

1 emoticon bundle
Second Place

6 months premium membership

dA addict pack
Third Place

3 months premium membership

dA accessory pack
People's Choice

1000 devianART points.

The Winners!
The People's Choice is... =CubicInsanity!
With 19.3% of all votes cast (it was a tight race)

Runner-Up: `BlissfullySarcastic
Fun fact: 57 votes were cast, and one vote was even for someone who was not a finalist.

Third Place goe

Relativity Contest - Great Prizes!

`Ravenswd and I are proud to announce our 2nd annual Relativity contest!
The theme this year (overwhelmingly selected by our Watchers) is:
Your Original Character (OC) as a Hero or Villain in the Relativity Universe
Since this is a Relativity contest, simply drawing a picture of your OC as a superhero will not count. You must incorporate something from Relativity into the piece. Either another character from the universe or something that is a direct and obvious reference to the world.
ANY of the Relativity characters can be used. That includes the characters in or out of costume. Supporting characters or villains may also be used.
A full list of characters, profile sheets, and references can be found in the #RelativityComic Group here ---> http://relativitycomic.deviantart.com/gallery/
Your character can be, but doesn't have to be, a costumed hero or villain. Your OC could be a heroic cop on

Features + Fun - Volume 2Welcome
If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Features & Fun is a new series which focus on the light-hearted side of deviantArt. We hope to showcase a variety of art, artists, as well as indulge in some random silliness, games, trivia, and more. This article is coordinated by `Mirz123, but will also feature picks of various contributors, as well as selections by the community.
All Over the Map
It's Summer in the Northern Hemisphere!

Spotlight Artists
A fun feature of deviantART is the "Random" feature. You can find a random group, deviation, or deviant. In the spirit of fun, we used the Random Deviant feature and picked 10 of the first artists who met this criteria: Active in last 3 months + Under 50,000 page views + Family-friendly art. Enjoy!
:iconcuteliest: ~cuteliest

Spotlight Features - Volume 6A news series featuring art selected by me. There will be a wide range of themes and genres covered. In addition, there will be periodic interviews and artist spotlights.
If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Daily Features
On my profile page, I feature a new deviation every day (or two or three). The piece is usually something that caught my eye. Could be an amazing digital painting, a fun stamp, a quick photograph that made me smile, perhaps a piece for a weekly theme, whatever. However, it moved me enough to share it with my visitors. Below is a list of the artists which I featured during May 2012. I am showcasing different pieces from their gallery in the hope of showing them a bit more love. If you would like to see the original piece I featured of each of these artists, please visit thi

This or That Emote Pack Contest - Closed!Emoticon Pack: a collection of emoticons (emotes) meant for use in a messenger or on a personal website that covers a variety of different emotions.
Required emoticon themes
Lazy OR FlirtatiousSheepish OR MischievousSpeechless OR Down-troddenHurt OR ImpatientIn Love OR HungryEvil Laugh OR TMI (Too Much Information)Envy OR GreedInsecure OR Grateful Relieved OR ConcernedWait, what?! OR OMGYESPLZ
Rules

You must select one (1) emoticon theme per pair, as listed above.

You have to include at least five (5) original emoticons [free choice emoticons] to create a minimum total of fifteen (15) emoticons.

You cannot create any emoticons based on theme pair options that you did not choose.

There is no upper limit to the number of emoticons that you include in this pack.

It must be clear which emoticon represents which emotion, and must be st

Coffee and Features - Issue 1A periodic random feature article showcasing various stuff, including contest wins and other goodies. Published on an erratic schedule.
If you enjoy this article, please add this article to your favorites to help bring more exposure to the artists featured.
Thank You
I was recently low on funds and my premium on my `mirz-alt account was running out. ^Endorell-Taelos and `JamminJo were kind enough to gift me subscriptions. Here is a thank-you feature. Be sure to check out these lovely artists.

:iconjamminjo: `JamminJo

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:iconEndorell-taelos: ^Endorell-Taelos

Chat Feature
A small feature of some

Welcome to the 2012 dASAW! [Updated]Welcome to the 2012 deviantART Staff Appreciation Week!

Hello everyone, and welcome to our second annual deviantART Staff Appreciation Week! We hope that you're as excited as we are to kick off a 7-day-long celebration of deviantART and the people who make it run smoothly for us!
For this week of contests, projects, love, points, prizes, more love, and devious shenanigans, our team of volunteers has worked very hard to organize many ways of telling the staff of deviantART, rather simply, "THANK YOU!"
So, without further ado, let's take a look at our schedule of events! If you are interested in seeing what's happening during the dASAW, you can refer to this journal! We will link to all of our pertinent news articles and post the dates of our contests and projects here!
Don't forget to wish the deviantART staff a happy dASAW! :iconeeeeeplz:

- Project

- Contest

- Chat Events

Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball: RecapHey guys!
As you can tell, I'm back from Sydney. Please bare in mind that I will need a few days to get my routine back in order.

We got up at 6:30am to get ready for the concert. We walked down the road to the train station and caught a few different trains to Olympic Park (where the Sydney Olympics were held). After arriving to Allphones Arena at 9:30am we received our Monster Pit wristbands. The Monster pit is a section inside the stage where fans who held GA tickets could enter.
So we pretty much waited from 9:30am to 7:30pm for the concert.

At 7:30pm, Gaga's opening act Lady Starlight performed for 30minutes.
After the crowed doing a giant mexican wave, Gaga finally graced the stage singing Highway Unicorn (Road to Love) on a unicorn.
Then came Government Hooker and

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Features+Fun: Volume One

Journal Entry: Sat Jun 9, 2012, 8:47 AM

Welcome

If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.

Features & Fun is a new series which focuses on the light-hearted side of deviantArt. We hope to showcase a variety of art, artists, as well as indulge in some random silliness, games, trivia, and more. This article is coordinated by `Mirz123, but will also feature picks of various contributors, as well as selections by the community.

Poll Feature

This time around, users were asked to share their favorite "funny" emoticons. To see the poll and check out who chose what, click here.

Group Spotlight

#Play-With-Your-Food is a fun group. Unlike what the name suggest, the group does not endorse food fights. It does, however, feature pieces where food is displayed in fun and silly ways. Founded by `Ravenswd, the group always puts a smile on my face.

Feature

Fan-Art Chibis! - Theme and Art selected by ~Xanderpus

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All Over the Map

=pixiepot was in dAmn recent, noting how you can create sentences purely using dA usernames. For the sake of random silliness, that got us started and we thought we'd try a few phrases...

~EVERY ~good ~boy ~does ~fine
~May ~the ~force ~be ~WiTH ~you
~batman ~versus ~joker

News

If you have some fun news, contests, or other dA happenings you'd like to share, drop us a note and we'll add it to the next edition.

A publication schedule has not been set for this article series yet, but we hope to publish once or twice a month.

Credits

_{CSS skin: `Ravenswd
Header Graphics: Everaldo
Section icons: Double J Design
Additional art selection: `Ravenswd}

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Features+Fun: Volume Oneby `Mirz123

Journals / Art News / Digital Art

The first edition of Features & Fun, a brand-new News series which focuses on the light-hearted side for deviantArt. Art, trivia, interviews, and more.