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

Photography Troubleshooting: Capturing AutumnFor many Photographers, Autumn is now officially here and is one of the most exciting seasons to capture in terms of colour, change and vistas. Early morning mist, late afternoon sun, orange, red and golden hues - Autumn has a lot to offer in many countries. If you're like me, Autumn often arrives all at once and it can be tricky to know how to make the best of the season before it's over. A couple of days of high winds and rain can ruin the best Autumnal captures by ripping the leaves down before you've even got the chance to snap - so it's great to be prepared for the season.

Leading lines are particularly useful. Yet so many people quote ' Look for leading lines...' or 'You've captured the leading lines here perfectly' and really do we even know properly what they are? The purpose of a leading line is to draw a viewers eye into the photograph and then on a journey - through it. Think of it as a visual narrative. They can be intentional and ind

March - Artisan Crafts Monthly Challenge!THE WINNERS ARE....

=Brookette

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*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 ^

Seasonal People + Portrait Contest Now Open!~PeopleAndPortraits has well and truly launched! In conjunction with that, we wanted to bring you a fantastic shiny new contest to see you through October.
We recognize that across the world people are entering all sorts of seasons right now...which is why this isn't just about Autumn. You can utilise any season you want - and if you're extra creative, how about combining all four into one image?

The idea of a Seasonal Portraiture Contest is for you to experiment and explore whatever season you happen to be in right now - through portraiture photography! The contest is open to all categories within the People and Portrait Photography Gallery:

April - Artisan Crafts Monthly Challenge!THE WINNERS ARE....

*Costumy

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*funkichkn

Thanks for everyone that participated! Stand by for the May Challenge
Tell your friends, tell your neighbours, tell your mom! It's already time for the third AC Monthly Challenge!
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Theme
According to the poll, this month's theme is "Mythology". You're free to interpret whatever this means to you.
Rules
Artisan Crafts only!Join #CRArtisanCrafts and submit to the Monthly Challenge Folder. The entry must be new and submitted between April 1st & April 30th.One submission per deviant.Must reflect the theme.
De

CR Newsletter - November/December 2012 Director of Community Relations :iconmoonbeam13: :
Table of Contents
1. Happy Holidays and Merry New Year
2. Volunteer Openings in Community Relations
3. Community Projects
4. Official Contests
5 Project Educate 2011/2012
6. Art History Project
7. News from the Chats and Forums
8. News from the Galleries
1. Happy Holidays and Merry New Year
As the old year begins to fade into the sunset, it is customary to reflect on the passing year and make plans for the upcoming one. Some do this in the form of resolutions, some people make action plans, some people just swing into the new year the same way they swung out of the old one

Whatever way you intend to welcome in 2013, I hope you're surrounded by love and that you do it safely!
I've been reflecting on the year and like many, with some focus on the unimaginable events of the last few weeks. Specifically, the shooting in Newtown. I know that it's "human nature" to want to find

Let it snow - CONTESTDEADLINE
THE RESULTS ARE UP!
This contest started on December 1st 00:00 GMT+2/EET and ended March 1st 00:00 GMT+2/EET - here's a link that helps you convert that in your time zone: Contest Deadline: Let it snow.
THEME
LET IT SNOW - Your work has to revolve around this theme.
Examples:

King of snow by ~adypetrisor Snow White by *Amanda-Diaz Let it snow... by *LenaZLair
Mini Snow Globe - Spheal by =Swadloon Snow flake by =The-Cute-Storm Snow Leopard by ~CallieFink
Let the Snow Fall by *yoruuko Bunny Snow Globe by ~Laiyee Snow Globe Swing by ~Zulma-san
ACCEPTED MEDIUMS
All (Photography, Digital art, Traditional art, Artisan Crafts, Literature - literally all mediums as long as the

Four Line Long Poems -Contest ending SOON!Contest Update
Just a few days left to go! Get your entries in NOW!
A recent discovery of the very innovative idea from Alex Valentine on Four Line Long Poems has prompted a mini-revolution here on deviantART as ^3wyl and I plotted and schemed to create something not dissimilar to #SixWordStories. Thus, ~FourLinePoems was born! It's a group that's completely open to everyone and anyone who would like to join and the exciting news is that, with its launch, we are announcing the first Four Line Poem Competition!
Dates
Contest Open: 15th December 2012, Midnight PST.
Contest Close: 15th January 2013, Midnight PST.
Winners Announcement: After 1st February
Rules & Examples
Four Line Poems are exactly that - just four lines long!

One entry per person.

Entries must be newly submitted to deviantART, in Literature Format:

Photography Weekly: Edition FortyPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Replace Fear of the Unknown with Curiosity..."
As the year crawls into the final quarter - lots of challenges and daily photo tasks and so on begin to conclude. I have personally been challenging myself with the 365 Photography challenge - a photo a day for a whole year. It has been tricky to say the least, especially as I set myself a high standard of capturing more than one Photo a day - but also rewarding. Setting yourself a challenge, whether it's following the 52 week photography challenges that are out there, or doing a themed challenge such as 365 breakfasts - is a great way of expanding on your portfolio. Whilst it sometimes means that you struggle to find anything interesting to photograph or share, on the days that you do, you're one step closer to building another aspect of your portfolio.
Next week in Photography Troubleshooting - we will be looking at Money Matters and so

Chinese Horoscope Contest Finale

鼠 TEAM RAT
1.=ValeNyan (full text) 2.~CratyChick16 (full text) 3.~Kryschenn 4.~Sonic156 5.!arianam411 6.~xXoriigamiXx 7.~ShinigamiinPeru 8.~Orangelargh 9.!arianam411 10.~YouWouldntLikeMe 11.*animetoonation 12.~InkHeart4568 13.~AskFemFeliciaItaly 14.~onypiegirlz 15.*AnimaMundi113 16.~Katyrbee 17.~izzy1213
牛 TEAM OX
18.~ArizonaJackal 19.*cakeskin 20.~Manaliabrid 21.~enocods1 22.~Hilegard 23.~Akimi-Chan15 24.~homeworkhater (full text) 25.~nyancat1997 26.~Orchid-Bud 27.~Chovyle 28.~InkHeart4568
虎 TEAM TIGER
29.~cwp1999 30.~PATCHWORX 31.`LineBirgitte 32.`UnicornReality 33.:devxSwirl

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

Stock and Resources Nov/Dec RoundupStock updates, HOLIDAYS!

So, the holiday season is upon us, and I am writing this from a computer that has been attacked by tinsel and other shiny things that keep distracting me!!

^PirateLotus-Stock and I wish our entire stock and resources community a safe, magical and warm festive season no matter when or how you celebrate! After the recent devastating news of the killings in Connecticut its a hard reminder that family and friends can be swept away from us in the blink of an eye, so cherish them and smother them in love every chance you get. We all know that there are many out there who won't be able to, and we send you our love.

The stock community has been ticking along quite nicely the last month or so which is lovely to see, we really dislike drama affecting the stock & resources galleries and try to head it off where we can! This is a reminder to everyone that we are here to help you, n

Darkstalkers Resurrection: Embrace the Dark Comp.Disclaimer: I am not an official team member of the external competitions that I am presenting/sharing here on deviantArt. Being a community volunteer for the Cartoons and Comics gallery, I would like to as much as possible, share relevant news, competitions and contests around the globe that might be interesting for the community. Thank you (all information were gathered from the official website)

Darkstalkers Resurrection, coming early 2013, has one of the most unique and creative casts in gaming, as they are all based on classic monster types, from vampires to werewolves and even succubi! Now is your chance to try your hand at designing your own hypothetical Darkstalker character!
Entries are very open-ended. While there are a few basics we'd like you to include, you can expand as much as you like. Do you have movesets? Win quotes? You can even attach artwork of your character to your entry email!
Winn

Sketchmatch rulesWhat is Sketchmatch?
The original Sketchmatch actually was originated on Twitter by idea of ~eL-HiNO, ~toonfed and ~Tebin-Art and later transfered to deviantArt via dAmn
The rules and way to participate has changed slightly since then but the main rules remain the same; the idea is to create a quick jam, a group of deviations with a theme which is set at the moment by the people currently participating.
The catch is that you only get 10 minutes to do your entry!
Here are a couple of examples:

Yes! Each one of these was created in just 10 minutes!
So how will this work?
We gather over :#communityrelations: The theme will be set at the moment by the participants currently in there. The theme could be literally anything; french maids, steampunk ponies, how would you look if you were a superhero, the most craz

Photography Troubleshooting: Capturing HalloweenHalloween brings with it the chance to combine many areas of Photography whether you are presented with a field of pumpkins, decorated houses, close up spooky food creations or indeed infants and children adorned in the cutest of costumes. In terms of vibrancy, fall/Autumn and Halloween combine wonderfully to create a time of color, emotion and interesting subjects. So it's often difficult to know where to start, but the key elements behind arming yourself with the camera don't differ that much from how you should behave day to day when shooting.
Still Life Photography Tips
Halloween is about the drama and you can capture this and convey it in your images by getting in close and filling a frame with your subject. People or objects alike, getting in close will add a bit more drama to your shots. If you're capturing food and in particular cupcakes or other Halloween treats and desserts then consider making your background Halloween themed too. Orange paper,

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THE WINNERS ARE....

*Ninina-nini

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^cakecrumbs

Thanks for everyone that participated! Now go check out the March Challenge

Good news everyone!

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 and 500

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~MoonFey Mar 3, 2013

I really enjoyed this challenge and I loved the winning pieces, congratulations!

^cakecrumbs Mar 3, 2013

Oh!

Well that was unexpected! Thank you.

Loved looking at the entries. I'm very much looking forward to all of the contests starting up. They're so inspiring!

=kirilee Mar 3, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Congratulations winners!

`Talty Mar 1, 2013 Artisan Crafter

Loved the entries and winners!

*Ninina-nini Mar 1, 2013

Waaaaaaa

Thank you so much!!!!

Perfect timing too

*argentinian-queen Mar 1, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Congratulations to the winners! They really deserved it!

*marwa15 Mar 1, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

great congrats to them i couldnt join this month cuz my camera got damage so i am buying new and i will joinin march

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Awesome winners

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