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PE Interview with ^RockstarVanityProject Educate Interview with ^RockstarVanity
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Tanya, Thank you for participating!

Tell us a bit about yourself!
My name is Tanya, I'm an artist with a camera and I run on caffeine. My inside leg measurement is over half my height, I have 15 piercings and I was born on the Winter Solstice.

How did you find deviantART?
I don't entirely remember. It was a long time ago! I think I saw a link on another website.

What inspired your username?
I wish there was a deep and meaningful story here, but there isn't. I just liked how the two words looked and sounded together.

How does deviantART stand out for you?
It really is unique in terms of art websites. I love that artists of all skill levels are welcome here and I've never found a community like this anywhere e

PE: Interview with =Arichy:iconarichy:
An inspiring, friendly deviant that provides loving help 'till hell freezes over!

Stasya is such a wonderful friend, and a talented artist and community leader!
Thank you for participating!

Tell us a bit about yourself!
First, thank you so much for interview!
Hello! I'm Stasya, 19 years old, living in Russia, in great city Saint-Petersburg.
I love making photos, pixel art, drawing in muro, cooking, eating
And dedicated to deviantART community forever.
How did you find deviantART?
Well...I can't remember ALL things! Maybe I was looking for a wallpaper or some
inspirations for myself or something else I was inactive for 3 months after
joining dA, but then...I became a bit more active, more and more, and now I don't know
what would i do without deviantART.

Project Educate: Classic Portrait PhotographyClassic Portraits are Photographs of people in traditional pose. These are often formal, refined and restrained in style. As you will see within the Gallery they often involve a plain and simple background which is a popular feature of Classic Portraiture. One of the most notable things within the Classic Portrait Photography Gallery is that there are a lot of art nudes. This actually occurs across the board with People & Portraits and I cannot stress enough - that if your work features nudity, it belongs within the artistic nude gallery!

Conversion to black and white with concentration on bringing out tones and shadows creates that timeless classic look and is often favoured by the elite artists that submit to the People & Portraits - Classic Gallery.

Whilst D-SLR's have a monochrome function, for the most part (mine h

Photography Fortnightly: Edition Forty Nine
Photography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase"
- Percy W. Harris
The other week, a piece of my writing was selected for a Daily Literature Deviation. If you're curious you can see the article here. I was humbled by that, but my reason for mentioning it in Photography Bi-weekly is that *0hgravity then highlighted a website to me that I found absolutely fascinating. It's soul purpose is to highlight Endangered Languages through Photography. 3170 lens are capturing the people who hold the key to the worlds most secret languages. Once again something like this highlights the complete and utter importance of Photography and reminds us of how far we've come, and how much we can do from mobile ph

Photography Fortnightly #55Photography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
“Others have seen what is and asked why.
I have seen what could be and asked why not. ”
~Pablo Picasso
I've put together an article due for release next week about how you can create your own Photography studio without going to too much expense or trouble. I'm all for making the most out of tricky or limited situations to try and make something professional...butt hen I stumbled across this article and thought it was a completely genius idea - and just goes to show that your studio can literally be anywhere. A Photographer in Yeovil (UK) has set up studio in what was formerly the public toilets! As well as a great move for a photographer it puts an abandoned building, formerly considered an 'eye sore' to great use. The mental images (until you actually realise it's been reno

Pimps and Whoas - February 8, 2013Pimps
Official dA News

Site Update: The New Submission Process

MAMA Scared Stiff Contest Winners

Beautiful

PE Interview with DD Suggester Minato-KushinaAs part of Daily Deviations PE week we have interviewed the lovely `Minato-Kushina who has been suggesting DDs since November 2010. She has since then had over 500 suggestions accepted and as a result of her regular suggestions, made her name known on the DD page.
What first got you interested in wanting to suggest DDs?
I don't really remember the exact point when I started paying attention to DDs. I guess, I saw these beautiful pictures at the bottom of my page. Gradually, I understood that they were a kind of "award" for outstanding pieces. I was also wondering how some people could suggest DDs! By searching here and there, I found the way.
I eventually decided to send my first suggestion to ^rydi1689, the then Fan Art Gallery Moderator. She is so kind, she accepted it immediately! This encouraged me to suggest more and eventually to love this task. I am generally shy with others. So this gesture, although it may seemed normal to her, it was

PE: Interview with `miontre:iconmiontre:
`miontre
Hello `miontre, could you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Hello and Bonjour!

Let me first say that I am terrible at writing about myself!

I'm a hobbyist photographer - at the moment I'm really into Abstract and Surreal, but I like all types of photography. My other artistic interests are editing my photos, photomanipulation, graphic design, typography, web design, and 3D art. Some of those I don't do very often, but I find them all pretty interesting!

The only web design work I've been doing lately has been creating journal skins on deviantART - I've never had the opportunity to put my actual web designs online, and so skins are the best way I can do that at the moment!
How did you first get into creating Journal Skins?
I'd always been interested in creating Journal skins, and I'd known CSS for quite some time before joining dA, but I didn't have the patience to learn how to use

PE Interview: AstralseedIntroducing your CV for the Traditional Gallery, ^Astralseed !
For those of us who don't know you, tell us a bit about yourself?
I'm really bad at talking about myself so I'll just say that my name is Katy and I am a mother of 2 awesome little boys.

When did you first discover your need to draw?
When I was really little, even before kindergarten, I remember sitting down and drawing a lot. I guess it was something I was always drawn to.

What has gotten you through the challenges that arise with drawing?
I don't think I have any specific way of getting through the challenges of drawing. I tend to put things down if I become overly frustrated. Often just doodling random shapes and such will help get my drawing mojo back.

Deviousness Award Interview with JoseFelipeMWhat is this Awesome Achievement?
The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out
on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.
The Deviousness Award for January 2013 goes to `JoseFelipeM.

Hello JoseFelipe! Please give us a quick introduction of who you are, in and outside DA.
Hey Thiefo!

On deviantART, I am `JoseFelipeM, a senior member for a bit more than six months. I recently received the Deviousness Award (obviously

that's what this interview is for) and `TimberClipse pointed out that not only am I the youngest senior, but I took his spot as youngest Deviousness Award Recipient! I am more of an art appreciator than an

Photography Troubleshooting: Capturing SnowThe best of the Wintery weather conditions often come later on in the season, especially here in the UK. The next week or so will hopefully provide many photographers with the chance to capture those snowy scenes. So what’s the best way to achieve them?
I’m sure many will agree that snowy landscapes are amongst the trickiest things to photograph. Exposure is the common problem; temperature is usually a close second! If your camera has a snow or winter setting then this will help override the auto white balance and lower the exposure, so you are already set to go. But if your camera doesn’t have these functions, then you might find these tips handy:

1.Before you head out, check your equipment. The white skies that often accompany a snowy scene are the most likely out of any shot you’ll take, to show up the dirt on your lens. Give it a good clean beforehand or you’ll be spending a long time with th

Shoot Yourself: Self Portraiture Contest "Shoot" Yourself - A Self Portraiture Photography Contest
The idea is to get creative and move away from those myspace style self-portraits. Admit it, most of you did them - and fine tune your photographic skills by taking your own picture! Using technique that you possess, can learn from tutorials or may pick up this week, you need to take a shot of yourself as creatively as possible.
Start Date: 27th August
End Date: 2nd September
Submission Folder: Here!
Rules

Entries MUST be NEW - this means created on or after 27th August 2012

One entry per person

Manipulation must be kept to a minimum - entries MUST be Photography with minimal editing.

Editing allowed - retouching, black and white, colour adjustment, blur and other m

Everyday we're CV'ingAs a Community Volunteer - I do as much or as little within the community that I feel comfortable doing. We're not pressured to do this and that, we don't even have to give a Daily Deviation every day, we choose how we promote our selected galleries/chats and forums and we're not fixed to any specific rule on how much or how little we do. But I do believe that it's important to share with you just what the community volunteers do and why we do it. More importantly it's so easy to get lost on this site full of many people - and miss out on the awesome that's going on. So I'm going to share with you exactly what the latest awesome is...
Project Educate
Almost every week since October last year the Community Volunteers have been working hard both independently and as part of small teams to bring You Project Educate.
Project Educate is about bringing forward art forms whether they are popular or overlooked and giving

The 365 Photography Challenge - How to Stick at itBefore I start with this article, a little disclaimer. I just finished the 365 photography challenge - known as a 'photo a day' but I blogged and took more than one photo on most days, so it was that little bit more challenging. So I'm feeling pretty smug right now, that I achieved it. But I am by no means toting myself as an expert. This is just my humble advice on how to keep going when it does nothing but rain, or when you feel like giving up.
Before 2012, some weeks would pass when I wouldn't even pick up the camera, let alone think about shots, or how to compose one. Photography still excited me, but I was lacking inspiration. So on the 2nd of January last year I decided to throw everything up in the air, and let go. That is to say, I stopped being precious about the camera (because you can't when you have to take a photo a day) and I forced myself to take rubbish shots, as well as half decent ones.

Start as you mean to go. Don't over-set yoursel

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PE Interview with Kaz-D

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 7:55 AM

Community Week

Some of you may know her as the CV for the photography galleries, or for her wonderful articles. Introducing, ^Kaz-D!

For those of us who don't know you, please tell us a bit about yourself.

I'm Katy, or ^Kaz-D in these parts! I live in England, and I'm a part time photographer. Full time, I'm a job assessment coach for people with learning disabilities. I'm also at uni studying criminology with social policy.

Do you remember the first time you picked up a camera? What feeling did you have as you first used it?

I was scared! I'd asked for this awesome 'D-SLR' (they were quite 'new' back then!) for my birthday because I thought it sounded fantastic, but actually had no idea what it was. So my parents agreed to buy me a third and grandparents chipped in and I made up the rest. So when i got this huge technical looking camera, I was thinking oh crap, what on earth have i got myself into? And they expected me to take pictures with it!

When did you start seriously getting into photography?

Well I had to after the above

It was expected! But really, it was after I took some landscapes that became really popular on dA (popular by my standards anyway). That was when I realized I could do this seriously.

How/Has deviantart inspired you as an artist?

Gosh without deviantART i probably wouldn't have even heard about D-SLRs

It has inspired me greatly to learn more, do more, get more creative and all the rest of it. It's also cost me a lot of money. If someone has something awesome, I want it!

Is there an art medium other then photography that you really enjoy?

I actually started off drawing, with Mark Kistler's how to draw books. My Grandad is a painter so when I went over to the Island where he lived, we would spend our afternoons painting the sea, or painting from beautiful postcards and so on. But that's sort of died down a bit now really, after college the materials weren't available so much and so on. I still write, and I started off writing here on deviantART, that's a very precious art form to me!

In your opinion, what does the perfect photo contain?

There are so many variations of the perfect photo. To me it contains a well executed concept, or a breath-taking scene.

What is your favorite equipment to use for photography?

I love my D-SLR's. I have two now. I also like my UV filters

And my props! But that's about it.

What is your artistic work process?

Messy. Although my desk is tidy, my mind is cluttered

as they say!

Do you have any advice for aspiring photographers?

Don't measure your success by the levels of those who are achieving greater things. Set yourself small goals, and delight in them when you over-achieve your expectations.