Project Educate: StaticwindProject Educate: An Interview with =staticwind:iconstaticwind:=staticwind may has a gallery that not only is jam-packed with beautifully animated icons , but also with amazingly detailed pixel-art that shows how much attention for detail this artost has for every single piece she submitsFor this reason, she is one of the inspiring iconists that were interviewed for the Icons & Handhelds-week.How long have you been active as an iconist and what was it that first drew you towards the community and art form? I’ve been involved with the icon community on deviantart since 2009. I began creating icons because I enjoyed how they were able to represent an artist before you actually clicked on their page and I thought pixel icons were the cutest way to represent a tiny animation.I have always received support form the deviantart community, even from my very first icon. I think
Project Educate: CuteAvvieOverloadGroups are the heart of a community, so as part of this Project Educate-week some of the bigger groups will be presented to you via a small interview-series!This interview features =r0se-designs, the owner of #CuteAvvieOverload!:iconcuteavvieoverload:What is the group about, how would you describe it?The group is all about cute avatars! And the most fun about it is that's they are all free to use! So much cuteness to choose from! Also we have one folder that our members can add their Non-Free stuff so they can promote their commissions. What got the group started at first, what was the motivation? Well I had a look around DA to find avatar groups and saw that there aren't any dedicated to cute avatars only! So I decided to found one! And then was born #CuteAvvieOverload<b>
Project Educate: Free-dAvatarsGroups are the heart of a community, so as part of this Project Educate-week some of the bigger groups will be presented to you via a small interview-series!This interview features *etNoir, one of the owners of #Free-dAvatars!:iconfree-davatars:What is the group about, how would you describe it?#Free-dAvatars is all about free to use avatars, for everyone! What got the group started at first, what was the motivation? We actual have a pretty long history that goes back way before dA invented the Group system. About six years ago, ~avatar-incwas founded by ~avarator and `FantasyStock. They realized that is was
Project Educate: AngelishiProject Educate: An Interview with =angelishi:iconangelishi:=angelishi is one of the iconists on deviantART who just seems to have an endless imagination. From wobbling jellies to Pokémon, you name and she has pixeled it in her own style! For this reason, she is one of the inspiring iconists that were interviewed for the Icons & Handhelds-week. How long have you been active as an iconist and what was it that first drew you towards the community and art form? April 15, 2007, was the date I submitted my first icon for myself on dA, though I'd been a pixel-artist from before I ever joined, I used to make little pixel adoptables for neopets, probably from 2005 or even 2004. I always loved the idea of giving people something cute to share and enjoy, I still view the icons I create as more of adoptables than avatars, that's why I alway
Project Educate: R0se-designsProject Educate: An Interview with =r0se-designs:iconr0se-designs:=r0se-designs definitely has one of the sweetest icon-galleries on this site. Just looking at it can give you a sugar-rush! For this reason, she is one of the inspiring iconists that were interviewed for the Icons & Handhelds-week.How long have you been active as an iconist and what was it that first drew you towards the community and art form?I've been an iconist for about 1,5 year now. What drew me in was that I really wanted to make an icon of my own. I made my first =r0se-designs-icon and that set me off. And then I thought why not share them with others? I started out with really bad quality and with time, effort and some wonderful tutorials on DA I improved with each new icon. What do you d
Project Educate: Icons&Handhelds IntroductionProject Educate:Icons & Handhelds Week - Introduction of the gallery.This week of Project Educate will be all about the thrilling world of icons, avatars and handheld-customization. but first things first.What are "icons" and "handhelds"?Customization > IconsCustomization > icons is a category which largely encompasses two different icon-types:- The avatars you use on your online-profile, like deviantART-avatars, can be found in the subcategory customization > icons > avatars. - The other category offers icons that can be used to replace the default desktop-icons and can be found under the subcategory of
Project Educate: FirstfearProject Educate: An Interview with =firstfear:iconfirstfear:=firstfear has got to be one of the most well-known iconists and pixel-artists on the site. From her hands-down perfectly pixelled dolls to the popular and recognizable squish-icons, this deviant truly is an extraordinary artist. For this reason, she is one of the inspiring iconists that were interviewed for the Icons & Handhelds-week.How long have you been active as an iconist and what was it that first drew you towards the community and art form?Looking back in my gallery it seems the first free for use Avatar/Icon I uploaded was in 2005, so it's been quite a few years now! I'm not sure of any exact date I began considering myself an 'Iconist' though. The majority of my icons are done pixel by pixel with the pencil tool (Pixel Art). Before I started specifically making things one might consider
Project Educate: Kiss-The-IconistProject Educate: An Interview with *Kiss-the-Iconist:iconkiss-the-iconist:*Kiss-the-Iconist is one of the most active people in the community and has an extremely varied, but beautiful icon-gallery, ranging from the Smurfs to Mario. For this reason, she is one of the inspiring iconists that were interviewed for the Icons & Handhelds-week.How long have you been active as an iconist and what was it that first drew you towards the community and art form?I’ve started making icons during my second year on deviantart in the year 2007. I had a much older account before I made this account back then. But I don’t use my old account anymore after 2008, I decided to create a second account for my icons a
Project Educate: What are icons & handhelds?Today, we're going to be taking a very brief look at what icons and handhelds are. By brief, I mean that the main focus will be on how they are created and the various tutorials that can be found around deviantART to get you started!IconsCustomization > IconsCustomization > icons is a category which largely encompasses two different icon-types:- The avatars you use on your online-profile, like deviantART-avatars, can be found in the subcategory customization > icons > avatars.Apart from deviantART-avatars, you can also find avatars for use on msn and other sites. The biggest category (or most-known category) of avatars besides the deviantART-avatars are probably the Furcadia-portraits. ^Pixel-Spotlight has written a great article on what
Project Educate: GeorgiapeachesProject Educate: An Interview with =JupiterLily:icongeorgiapeaches:=JupiterLily is one of those deviants who has a well-rounded gallery and a recognizable style when pixeling. Two words come to mind when looking in her gallery: deceivingly simple and sweet.For this reason, she is one of the inspiring iconists that were interviewed for the Icons & Handhelds-week.How long have you been active as an iconist and what was it that first drew you towards the community and art form?I started in October 2010 so it has been more than a year now. I'd begun to really admire pixel icons and was interested in learning how. It wasn't until I came across a pixel icon contest that I finally tried my hand at it and found that I really enjoyed it. My entry actually managed to be one of the first place winners, so I became encouraged that I wasn't bad at it and thus I kept trying to i
Project Educate: Ros-sProject Educate: An Interview with *etNoir:iconros-s:*etNoir is an iconist who stands out because of her very clean, yet beautiful pixel-style and great use of colors in her pieces.For this reason, she is one of the inspiring iconists that were interviewed for the Icons & Handhelds-week.How long have you been active as an iconist and what was it that first drew you towards the community and art form?The first icon I made was for Halloween in 2007, but apparently it took me until the beginning of 2009 to make another.I was mostly an emoticonist back then and from there it’s not such a big step to becoming an iconist, I guess. But what really got me inspired was joining the ~FreeAvatarProject. What do you draw inspi
Project Educate - Icons and Handhelds RoundupAs all good things, so has this Icons & Handhelds-week come to and end.February 27th to March 4th Project Educate: Icons & Handhelds - summary of the week:Monday, February 27:- Project Educate: Icons and Handhelds Introduction Tuesday, February 28:- Project Educate: An interview with StaticwindWednesday, February 29:- Project Educate: An interview with R0se-designs- Project Educate: An inter
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