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A quick and simple guide to Project Educate!
Hello all!
Based on our recent poll, a large number of you feel confused about how projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate) works and how you can become involved. Therefore, this quick guide is being posted in the hopes to help clarify things! Please let us know if you have any remaining questions, and let us know if this helped at all!
This has nothing to do with anything I just wanted some Jon Snow up in here.
What exactly is Project Educate?
Let's make it real simple: Project Educate is a group focused on YOU, the DA community. It is an opportunity for Community Volunteers and deviants to work together on producing content on an education or awareness level to
Featured
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Selling your Adoptables
Adoptables Week
By now I hope you’ve learned quite a bit about adoptables. But once you’ve made and priced a design, how do you go about selling them? When selling anything on DeviantArt, it is important to keep in mind that you are dealing with a buyer's market. Most people on DA don’t have a lot of money, and most of them make art. This means that there are a lot of people trying to sell art and designs, and not a lot of people who can afford to buy them. To illustrate: when I search for 'adoptables' now I get 3,668,913 results, and more are added every minute. To stand out from the crowd you will have to make an effort.
Adoptables
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Traditional Asian Costumes, An Introduction
Art History Week
Happy belated Halloween! :wave:
I love Halloween; really, I do. But one thing that always ruffles my feathers (Please don't imagine me with feathers...^^;) is the precarious relationship between this occasion and so-called "ethnic" clothes. Really, most of the commercially available costumes really do not do traditional clothes of any specific nation any justice. I hate to say it, but a lot of these so-called "ethnic costumes" were really just a re-imagining of what stereotyped ethnic clothing would be, often highly sexualised, too. Well, in honour of the wonderful dress-up festival that had just passed (and all the chocola
Art History
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Where to Sell Your Art
Art in the Professions
Many people sell their art to make extra income, or as a full-time job. But how, and where? Surprisingly, there are quite a few options out there. And this works for physically made items such as jewelry, postcards, and traditional art, as well as digital items like t-shirt designs, photos, and digital art.
Selling Offline
If you prefer to sell offline, in the real world, whether through a third party, or in person, there are several options for you. You can show your art in a gallery, sell in boutiques, craft fairs, or go by word of mouth.
Galleries Galleries sometimes charge you to display your work, but get a fai
Art in the Professions
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So you wanna bake a cake?
If there's one thing I've heard several too many times in my years of baking and cake decorating, its the sentence, "I wish I had the talent to do that." And there's nothing that will get me jumping onto my soapbox quicker, eager to explain that there is literally no intrinsic talent involved. Like every creative endeavour or otherwise, it's nothing but years of accumulated skills, knowledge and practice practise practise. So, you want to start baking, maybe it feels like everything you touch is a mess and you don't know where to start. Well, before you can even start trying to do anything fancy you need to prepare your canvas. Or to put it c
Artisan Crafts
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The Wonderful World of Anthro Art
Anthro Week
What is Anthro Art?
Anthropomorphic basically means "to be like a human."
Anthropomorphism or Anthro (as the some people call it) is the act of ascribing human characteristics to a non-human being or object. The word can apply to any non-human thing, including animals, plants, inanimate objects, or even natural or unnatural phenomena. So Anthro Art may be described as any medium that employs the concept of anthropomorphism.
Expand your arsenal!
One of the most fun things I've learned about drawing anthropomorphic characters compared to regular humans or objects (as fun as they are), is that you have more buttons in your arsen
Anthro
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Comics and Cartoons Week Wrap-up + Resources
Comics and Cartoons Week
Thank you for joining us for Comics and Cartoons Week here at projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate)! It’s been an exciting, information-filled five days – we’ve learned about everything from panel layout to what comics journalism is, from defining an editorial cartoon to what not to do with speech balloons. Several of our fellow deviants tapped their knowledge and experience to bring these useful articles to you:
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Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Resource share
To keep you going, we’ve gathered this excellent collection of resources for you. Some of these were shared in previous articles; now they are a
Cartoons Comics
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30 days of art: an all-mediums challenge!
Hi guys! As many of you already know, in August @projecteducate hosted a daily art challenge that was meant for all artistic mediums! It was a HUGE success and so much fun to watch you guys come up with creative ideas for each theme. So...as promised, we're here with yet another monthly art challenge for you :eager: ! Please carefully read this journal for all the info you need :) Before getting into the new challenge, I do want to thank everyone who participated, even just for 1 day, in the August challenge: @BlackCloverCreations ; @Pixlhaufen ; @Mouselemur ; @arttrails342 ; @iRPs ; @Triplechoc ; @Subhojit2du ; @Markotxe ; @sufiyan10 ; @SIUCAR ; @psto1464 ; @MeinFragezeichen ; @CapnDeek373 ; @balanuts ; @EYproductions ; @Virgoferra ; @Ejderha-Arts ; @ChimeraDragonfang ; @MaggotsX ; @wolfwoofa ; @MysticSparkleWings ; @PencilframeArt ; @ceystel ; @teddybearcholla ; @Long-Bird ; @dherss ; @furyfyting ; @TheKikkaKibaz ; @ECCpizzacats ; @Lumenox ; @Thystyn ; @DangerouslySlowCat ;
Contests
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A Recap of 2019 at ProjectEducate!
I did a recap of 2018 at projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate) last year and it was a fun little exercice that you guys seemed to enjoy as well. So here I am (a little bit late due to January being such a busy month for me) doing a recap of 2019, another year where a lot happened in the group!
Before we get into things, I just wanted to specify how proud I am of projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate)'s growth over the years. I "took over" the responsibility of running the group at some point in 2015 and we've come a long way since then! Just in terms of KPIs:
We went from 1,687 members in January 2015 to 5,060 members in January 2020We went from 195,890 pageviews in January 2015 to 542
Community
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Customization
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What not to say when suggesting a DD
As CVs we get a tonne of suggestions for DDs, and with those come a variety of assertions as to why the piece should be featured as a DD. Some of these, particularly those that focus on things extrinsic to the art, really don't help get the art featured at all. In fact, sometimes the given reason can hinder the process instead. Here's a breakdown of the most common, unnecessary things we are told.
"The deviant worked really hard on this piece."
This is one of the most common extrinsic reasons I receive in DD suggestions, and the reason why it is so common is also the reason it is a bad one: it applies to just about everyone.
All artists wh
Daily Deviations
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Game Development Recap
The following articles are missing from our gallery; we are therefore providing the links to them below. Enjoy!
:bulletpink: Introduction & Contest Information
:bulletpink: Information Day
:bulletpink: Interviews Part I
:bulletpink: Feature Day
:bulletpink: Interviews Part II
:bulletpink: Contest Results & Recap
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Designs and Interfaces
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Project Educate Typography Critique Night
[Happening now :la: :eager: :hooray:]
Project Educate Typography Critique Night
Join us this Friday in #CommunityRelations for a Typography Critique Night!
You are welcome to post thumbs of your Typographic Art or Designs and get instant feedback on your work. I will be there in dAmn with fellow CVs, but everyone is welcome to join and leave feedback.
Friday, March 30th
9:00 PM UTC+1 / 3:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST
In #CommunityRelations
I tried to cover all the important time zones, but you can [check your local
time here]
Just to be save!
09:00 PM in Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid
08:00 PM in London
03:00 PM New York
12:00 PM Los Angel
DeviantArt Chat and Forums
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Project Ed: Tutorials Group Bio for Tutorial-City
Hello there! I am the current founder and leader of Tutorial-City (https://www.deviantart.com/tutorial-city) and today I'm going to tell you a little bit about who we are what we like to do!
Who We Are
Tutorial-City (https://www.deviantart.com/tutorial-city) is an ever-growing community of deviants that adore tutorials and other resources. The galleries we have range from digital artwork to writing and everything in between. We have a folder for just about everything and we are always welcome to suggestions from our memebers.
Our Mission
Our goal here is showcase the best tutorials that we can find on deivantART and share them with the world. As such we only accept resources that are hosted on dA and do not accept
DeviantArt Related
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Hands and how to handle them
People and Portraits
Hello! I'm Kiki-Tayler, the one-who-studies-hands.
Hands are complicated things and a daunting challenge for artists everywhere. In this article, I'll walk you through the structure of the hand, how hands bend and move, and how to predict where folds of skin and flesh will appear.
Whenever I'm looking at something complicated, I find it helpful to look at the bones first.
Carpals
The 8 carpal bones don't need to be differentiated. While they do flex and move, we almost never see it from underneath layers of skin and muscle. So I always treat them as a single shape.
Metacarpals
The Metacarpals hide within the palm of
Digital Art
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Fan Art Week: Let's dance!
Fan Art Week
It's Fan Art Week once again! For the following days we'll touch on some important and interesting topics regarding some popular fandoms, like The Witcher, Pokemon and My Little Pony. You'll be challenged to a fun mini contest and also we'll have a few tutorials and walkthroughs, showing you the process of creation of some amazing artworks. This and many more, coming to a DeviantArt near you!
So grab your partner and let's dance!
Feb3Feb8Fan Art Week
3rdMonday
AM: Introduction by Thiefoworld (https://www.deviantart.com/thiefoworld)
PM: The Witcher Challenge by @psto14644thTuesday
AM: Fan Art, Eclipse and Tags by Thiefoworld (https://www.deviantart.com/thiefoworld)
PM: The Universal Appeal of the My Littl
Fan Art
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Project Educate Gallery: Film + Animation [1]
Galleries Month
Introduction
Hi everyone! Welcome to the first of two articles about the film and animation gallery.
Our gallery is the part of deviantART where everything comes to life! Our community is relatively small compared to some galleries but it is a thriving and exciting one. The range of talent we have includes super talented design students through to professional motion graphic wizards!
With independent film and animation works on the rise over the years, it’s a really exciting community and gallery to be a part of right now!
For gallery descriptions month TimberClipse (https://www.deviantart.com/timberclipse) and I will be talking about the gallery as a wh
Film Animation
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Vexels- what are they?
Gallery Descriptions and Miscats
The definition
To understand what Vexels really are you must get to know Vexel's bigger brother- Vector.
Both can be created with a tool called Pen tool or Lasso Tool (or similar- depending of the graphic software) using layers of shapes filled with solid colour or gradient BUT Vectors are created using vector layers while Vexels use raster layers.
Vexel = Vector + Pixel
To simplify: Vectors are scalable (you can enhance or scale them down and all shapes will stay sharp and crisp) and Vexels are not (when you expand a Vexel you can see pixelation, as rasters are based on pixels).
Vector expanded to 300%
V
Gallery Descriptions
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Viral Verse: Instapoetry
According to the Oxford dictionary, a poem is “a piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction, rhythm, and imagery.” This definition, while granting free range over the approach and content of poetry, inadvertently begs more than a few questions. For example, could any and all creatives be considered poets? Can something be considered a poem if it relies on "likes", "followers" and "retweets" rather than authentic expression and intense emotion? Therefore, how is the legitimacy of a poem determined—who determines it?
Such questions are thrust upon the &
Literature
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Comiket: The World's Largest Fan Convention
Anime and Manga Week
A few years ago, I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to intern in Tokyo, and during that time of course I had to check out the largest fan convention in the world. If you're fond of anime and manga, you may be familiar with it. Or not! Either way, I'm here to talk a little about Comiket and my personal experience attending this massive event.
Introduction
Comic Market (or Comiket/Comike, as it's more commonly known) is a doujinshi convention that takes place twice a year, three days in August (Summer Comiket, or Natsukomi) and three days in Winter (Winter Comiket, or Fuyukomi). Held for the first time in 1975, it n
Manga and Anime
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Discovering @GothicNarcissus
People and Portraits Week
Hello everyone! For this People and Portraits Week at projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate), I will be interviewing the very talented Portrait Photographer GothicNarcissus (https://www.deviantart.com/gothicnarcissus)!
Hi Alessandro , first of all, thanks for accepting my invitation!
-Thank you for having me, it’s a true honour!
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Please introduce yourself:
GothicNarcissus (https://www.deviantart.com/gothicnarcissus): I’m a freshly-minted thirty-year-old and I live in the beautiful Trieste, Italy.
I’ve been taking photos with artistic intent for almost thirteen years, and professionally since 2013, after I upgraded my gear to a full-frame digital reflex camera: an old-scho
Photography
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Find your way around Landscapes and Environments
Landscape Weekend
Welcome to another FywaDA! This time I have collected a large amount of resources that will hopefully help you improve your landscape and environment drawing skills.
Before we move on, I would like to give a very brief explanation of the difference between landscapes, environments and backgrounds.
A landscape is a painting or drawing which depicts a scene somewhere. This can be in the countryside, the city ('cityscape'), near water ('waterscape'), or anywhere you like. There can be characters in the image, but the main focuss is on the overall scene. The character (if there are any) is there to enhance the landscape. (ex
Resources and Stock
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Autumn watercolor TUTORIAL (easy sponge technique)
Trad Art: Tools of Your Trade Week
Hello everyone, I am happy to be able to post another article as part of projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate)s Traditional art week. Today's painting is inspired by autumn, its coloring and tutorial will present an easy technique, very suitable for beginners and those, that want to just relax and play around with color - in my opinion. I hope you'll enjoy!
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Let's go over the materials. The list is pretty simple, you'll need a watercolor paper (I prefer 100% cotton paper for this technique, but make your paper at least 300 gsm, so that it can withstand a lot of water and layering), watercolor paints either in tubes or p
Traditional Art
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Painting Fabrics: Part II
Tutorial Tuesday
Welcome Back!
If you’ve missed the first part, you can find it here.
I do urge you to read it if you are relatively new to painting, and would like to find out about the basic rules when it comes to painting fabrics. If you don't need that, please, do read on!
So, without further ado, let’s jump right back into it. Having discussed different fabrics and their attributes, I thought it would be nice to continue with patterned fabrics, how to work them into your paintings, and what to look out for.
[ Detail of a painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud ]
Painting Patterns
So you have the basic fabric thing down and now want
Tutorial Tuesdays
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Archive - Old Projects
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Community294
Community Week Guidelines are found > here
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The group system and your community project
Here at deviantART, we have the group system, which is a fantastic way for like minded deviant's to gather create and inspire other people, through art and some very cool projects.
in terms of running your project the group system is one of many tools DeviantART provides us with to give like minded deviants a place to go. So here are some tips and tricks, and some do's and don'ts to give you and your project some help along the way.
If you don't know what i am talking about check out the Group 101 tutorial.
:bulletgreen: Make sure your back room is organized ( you can see how in the back room we have 3 forums in this picture each with there
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