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PE: Artisan Crafts Week Circus ContestArtisan Crafts Week Contest
EDIT: The winners have been announced here.
We love crafts! We love crafting, we love watching crafts, we love talking about crafts! If you're like us you're always looking for an excuse to craft something, so we're going to give you one: join the circus! The circus contest, of course ;)
Rules
You must make an object using any artisan craft you desire, photograph it and upload it to the appropriate Artisan Crafts gallery. Also you need to submit it to the Artisan Crafts Contest folder. You need to be a member of #projecteducate to submit.
The work must be your own, using tutorials or resources is allowed but you must credit them. No copying anyone else's original work.
You must get your inspiration from the theme "circus"and it must be clearly present in your work. How y
Educate Yourself: Help and FAQ!Help & FAQ: How to search!
If you want to look for an FAQ, it's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Just go to the drop down menu located right by the deviantART logo.
An image showing a better view.
After clicking on the Help & FAQ link, you will be greeted with a few menus along with some other options, let's take a look at the menus under "Help with..."
A more accurate description of the menus.
Each of these menus has it's own sub-menu and each of those have their own sub-menus and so on and so forth...
Wow, that's a lot of FAQs if you think about it, thankfully I know a shortcut, you'll notice that there is a search bar located above the Frequently Viewed section if the Help & FAQ page. Use that to your advantage by searching up any FAQ you might want to know...
A few examples of what to search for.
After which you browse down to find the FAQ you're looking for. Keep in mind that there are over 800 FAQs, so some results might give your browser a scroll bar
Art History - Artisan Crafts ROUND-UPDecember has come to a close and so has the incredible Artisan Crafts Features!
:iconarthistoryproject: :iconarthistoryproject: :iconarthistoryproject:
:icontalty: :iconmaytel:
Our thanks to the lovely ^Talty and ^maytel, your
super CVs for Artisan Crafts, for heading up the work done this
month!
:love:
Also a big thank you and well done to our additional contributors -
 ^Kaz-D  ^SylwiaTelari^3wyl^kingmancheng
=Magical525^cakecrumbs~Revenia
:clap:
Here are all the articles in one neat lot!
A Look at Embroidery by #ArtHistoryProject Naalbinding by ^SylwiaTelari Origami - Art of Paper Folding by ^3wyl Japanese Temari by ~Revenia Artisan Crafts - Friday Interviews by ^maytel Art History - Basketry and Weaving Features by ^PirateLotus-Stock Art History - Leatherwork Features by ^PirateLotus-Stock Art History - Woodworking Features by ^PirateLotus-Stock Out of Narnia... sort of by ^SylwiaTelari A short history of Quilting by =Magical525 Quilts on dA - A Feature by =Magical525 Artisan Crafts - Friday Interviews by ^maytel
They will all be shown in the
DYK? - Easy Official Links, My Correspondence
PE: deviantMEETsWhat is a deviantMEET?
A deviantMEET is an offline gathering of deviants in any one location. 
In terms of the deviantMEET gallery, they are deviations that were created at or for deviantART Meets. Submissions to this gallery are mostly (but not limited to) group or individual shots including attendees of the event. 
Examples
 
 
Searching for deviantMEETs*
There are many ways to search for deviantMEETs in your area:
Search or create a forum thread in the Deviant Meets forum.Find a group relating to your area using +Groups search.Browse for meet-ups via the Journal Portal.Find deviantMEETs that have already t
February - Artisan Craft Monthly Challenge WINNERSTHE WINNERS ARE.... 
:icononiondrum:
*Ninina-nini
 
&
^cakecrumbs

Thanks for everyone that participated! Now go check out the March Challenge
Good news everyone! :iconfarnsworthplz:
As a your fellow Artisan Crafts CV (along with ^Talty), I will be taking over the monthly Artisan Crafts challenges that `FrockTarts used to organize.
Theme
This month, the theme is "life"! You're free to interpret whatever this means to you.
Rules
Artisan Crafts only!Send a note with your entry to ^maytel with the subject "Monthly AC challenge".The entry must be new.One submission per deviant.Must reflect the theme. 
Deadline
The challenge will run from January 27th to February 28th.
Prizes
Two winners will receive a 3 month premium membership
PE: Guidelines to Starting your Own Craft BusinessGuidelines to Starting your Own Crafting Business
So you make cute crafts, and probably someone offered you money for them. Maybe you need the money, and if you're like me, you need it to buy more crafting supplies. Whatever the reason, starting your own crafty business is a decisions that you should take seriously... it's not as easy as opening an Etsy account and setting some random prices for your work. There is a lot of things to consider to keep the business going, your money safe, your name clean, and your costumers happy.
By no means this is an absolute guide, merely a few guidelines of things I've found important or questions I get asked often by people interested in opening their own business. Most of this tips are intended for online selling, but they should apply for other ways of selling too. I will probably do more detailed guides in the future, as I learn more myself.
To begin with, don't forget to research as much as you can! If you're rea
March - Artisan Crafts Monthly Challenge!THE WINNERS ARE.... 

=Brookette

&
*sombra33

Thanks for everyone that participated! Stand by for the April Challenge
Tick tock tick tock, it's that time again! Last month's Artisan Crafts Challenge went very well and I have a feeling that this month is going to be even better! 
 


Theme
According to the poll, this month's theme is "Under the Sea". You're free to interpret whatever this means to you.
Check out this example: 

Rules
Artisan Crafts only!Send a note with your entry to ^
PE: Interview with $namenotrequired:iconnamenotrequired:
^namenotrequired
Hello ^namenotrequired, could you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Hello! My name is Bart, I'm 21 and I study informatics in Amsterdam. I'm currently a temporary Marketing Intern besides my role as Community Volunteer Mentor. For the first 9 months of being a Community Volunteer I looked after the deviantART Related galleries.
When did you first gain interest in the deviantART Related gallery?
I don't remember exactly... it must be 2 to 3 years ago. I was increasingly active on dA and started realising that I had more interest in the website and its community than in literature (which is the community I originate from). I think dA suggestions and extensions got my attention first when I stumbled across them.
How important is it that proper feedback is given to the deviantART staff?
deviantART is rather unique in the emphasis it put
Live Help with deviantART in the #help ChatroomDo you have a question, or need help with deviantART? In the :#help: chatroom on the deviantART Message Network, Community Volunteers and other appointed voluntary helpers can answer your questions.
• We help with:
General questions about deviantART, such as how a certain feature works.Bug troubleshooting. Is something on the site broken? We can help you figure out where the problem is.Chat & Forum policy. Are chatrooms being spammed, or used for sexual roleplay? Have you found a forum thread that needs to be moved or closed? We can help.
• We cannot help with:
Policy violations outside the chats and forums - porn submissions, harassing comments and the like.
Community Voices: What is a Daily Deviation?DDs: The deviantART definition
So, as the title says, What in the world IS a Daily Deviation (DD), anyway?
You know what deviantART says about it, right? Under :faq61: it says:
A small assortment of submissions are chosen each day by a select group of staff/volunteer members who wish to showcase an image which they found impressive or otherwise interesting enough to deserve being brought to the attention of the community-at-large.
That says nothing about a DD being a perfect specimen of art-- in fact, it doesn't even use the word "art" at all. :XD: Basically, as CVs, when we are giving a DD, we are doing so because we think the image is interesting and well-done and deserves your attention. It may be technically exquisite. It may be technically quite good but exceptionally thought-provoking. It may be exceedingly creative. It may be all of these things! Above all else, it should stand out in some way from others in that medium or gallery.
Introducing PE week: Getting the Most out of dAThis week marks the first ever Project Educate week on the topic of "Getting the most out of dA"! For this week I collected a small group of experts on the deviantART community and positive contribution. Together we will present you with articles and happenings, to inspire you and give you an overview of how you can contribute to the deviantART community.
From Monday to Saturday, each day will focus on a different topic. Topics will be introduced in an informative article. Then we'll go into it more in depth with you through interviews with gurus on the subject or through events where you get to experience the fun of contributing.
Then on Sunday we'll recap the entire week not only in a summary of articles but also in a chat event! :party:
Please make sure you're watching #projecteducate to see all our articles and events :eager:
Topics to be covered
Commenting
Monday 4th
^3wyl
Running Groups
Tuesday 5th
:dev3wyl
PE: dA Related Collaboration Contest IIWelcome to deviantART Related's "The Collaborations Contest II", powered by #communityrelations. You will have two months to work with a partner in creating a dA Related deviation!
Ways to enter:
1. Work on your own. Basing your entry on an existing dA Related deviation (eg. find a visual suggestion and create a browser script to make it work).
2. Collaborate with another artist on a piece in one medium (e.g. make a stamp or deviantID together).
3. Work together to create two related deviations (e.g. a gallery skin design, and the coded version).
Submission Guidelines
:bulletblue: The contest will be open to all mediums within the deviantART Related category, including deviantART Tutorials and
PE Getting the Most out of dA: SummaryGetting the Most out of dA - Summary
This week we set out to find the answer to the question; How to contribute to the community? 
Here's what we learnt about:
:bulletblue: Commenting :bulletblue:
:bulletblue: Groups :bulletblue:
:bulletblue: Art Features & Daily Deviations :bulletblue:
+ challenge winners
:bulletblue: Organising Projects & Contests :bulletblue:
PE: Stock, Resources and deviantART RelatedStock & Resources
I see Stock & Resources as a category of art on deviantART where the entire focus is on helping others and providing them with what they need. This helps artists of any medium! Photomanipulators for example rely heavily on the stock photos they find here. If you draw or paint, digitally or traditionally, many stock photos can be hugely helpful as reference, as can line art and textures. There's literature templates, fonts, fractal and vector resources, designs & patterns for artisans and crafters.. and then there's tutorials for any kind of art, and about deviantART itself.
So one great way to contribute something to the community and your fellow artists is to provide such resources!
We will not go into this in depth as it has its own Community Volunteers and Project Educate weeks that should help you get started! :)
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Artisan Crafts week PE schedule (Feb 11-17)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 4:31 AM



Artisan Crafts :icontalty:


This week is all about Artisan Crafts, `Talty and I will be presenting journals twice a day. Here is this week's schedule, enjoy :la:



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*ForeverCreative Feb 17, 2013
Always! love it.
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~ClayGauged Feb 15, 2013
I see you! Great stuff here. :)
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^maytel Feb 17, 2013
:la:
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*Ginger-PolitiCat Feb 14, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
I'm definitely watching! Really looking forward to it :D
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^cakecrumbs Feb 11, 2013
Looking forward to reading all your hard work guys! :la:
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^maytel Feb 12, 2013
The schedule will be updated with links throughout the week :D
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=Riemea Feb 11, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
:la:
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*AnyLuck Feb 11, 2013
Oh, I'm excited for this week! :eager:
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~AquilaHeliaca Feb 11, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Looking forward to it!
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*digikijo Feb 11, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
so exciting :iconexcitedbounce-plz:
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