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Resource Roundup #6The Resource Roundup is a regular feature showcasing some of the best resources deviantART members share with the world!
Whether you're a beginning artist or seasoned pro, deviantART's Resources Gallery is an inspirational and beneficial asset for art creation. Take a look at a few of the incredible submissions below – they might help enhance your next artistic creation!
Spring is closer than you think. Let Resource Roundup help you combat Springtime allergies by creating some awesome pollen-free art!
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Art We Heart: LuckArt We ♥ is a hand-selected art feature, chosen by deviantART staff members, showcasing art we believe the community will enjoy.
:iconthesmallwonder: Some thoughts from Katie (`thesmallwonder)
“See a penny pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck!”
It doesn’t matter that I’m not a little kid, I still pick up pennies for luck when I see them. Though they have to be heads-up, of course. I also refuse to walk under ladders, I don’t open umbrellas indoors, and I try my best to avoid cracks in the sidewalk. It might be silly superstition, or maybe there’s something more to it.
What ever you believe, cultures and countries around the world and throughout time have decided that different symbols, animals, and events represent good luck.
Check out some of our favorite signs of good luck below!

I want to hear from you!
How did these symbols get their meaning?
Do you believe in good luck and bad luck?

Resource Roundup #7The Resource Roundup is a regular feature showcasing some of the best resources deviantART members share with the world!
Whether you're a beginning artist or seasoned pro, deviantART's Resources Gallery is an inspirational and beneficial asset for art creation. Take a look at a few of the incredible submissions below – they might help enhance your next artistic creation!
As the proverb goes...
Child: "I hate all this rain. Why does it have to rain?"
Mother: "April showers bring May flowers."
This month's theme is "Rain." Hopefully some of these resources will help you make a splash!
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Art We Heart: SpringArt We ♥ is a hand-selected art feature, chosen by deviantART staff members, showcasing art we believe the community will enjoy.
:iconthesmallwonder: Some thoughts from Katie (`thesmallwonder)
Spring has sprung and April showers have started raining down here at HQ.
Winter rain makes me want to crawl back into bed, get a hot cup of coco, and read a book all day. But there’s something different about April showers...
Maybe it’s because it’s less cold outside, or that the days are longer, but springtime rain makes me want to play in puddles.I want to go outside and smell the fresh air, and I just feel rejuvenated. Spring is a time for me to dust off old projects and start new ones. Forget New Years, April's when I get inspired!

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Do you play in the rain?
Does spring inspire you?
Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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The Dead Places: The Visual Delicacy of DecayIt’s easy to think of art in terms of what is instantly pleasing to the eye, of that which evokes a feeling of joy and hopefulness and blissful peacefulness or ecstatic exultation. This is the consideration of art as something that helps propel us forward through life – to out future great deeds, our career victories, or dreams of coming big events. But there is a peak to every life. At some point all people, and all places, and even all ideas have to begin the inevitable decline that is the other balancing half of a lifetime.

Pontiac by ~PionierUK
The Dead Places
The Visual Delicacy of Decay
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Awesome Artisan Crafts XIXHello!

Hello and welcome to Awesome Artisan Crafts!
I will be regularly featuring the awesome creations I find in the Artisan Crafts Gallery.
Bits and Pieces
^Talty has written an article about Tolerance Towards Daily Deviations.
^Talty's Artisan Craft Features #5 is out to read.
`FrockTarts's monthly themed challenge is Maps and Lost Places.
#projecteducate Artisan Craft Contest "Try Something Different" results can be found here.
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Show Me #1: BridgesI decided to start a feature series in the Deviation ThumbShare Forum based on themes and featuring the collected deviations on Sundays.
The first theme was Bridges!
Here comes the amazing deviations

Not So Traditional Tuesdays #4My plan is to keep the features fresh for me(and you) and maybe open a few eyes to all the different kinds of artwork that is available while browsing the deviantArt galleries. The things that make one piece of art great applies, for the most part, to other genres. A painter can learn how light and shadow fall from photography, photo-manipulators can learn about composition from a great Manga drawing, and literature can give you the inspiration to try something new or take your work to the next step. You may never try all art forms you see! You can however take what you learn from them and incorporate that into your own work. It could be the difference between stagnating and that breakthrough every artist wants to find!
**WARNING:Viewing these works of art may cause giddiness, elevated heart rates, and happiness in the pants(which could lead to blindness)! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!**

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Traditional Tuesdays #41Hi, and welcome to the 41st edition of Traditional Tuesdays. This week, like all of the other weeks, I'll be featuring fifteen works of art from the Traditional Gallery. Any more than that might and you might loss interest or it could cause your monitor to fail in an explosion of awesomeness. I would feel guilty if that were to happen, so I'm keeping it at fifteen! The Traditional gallery is a vast storeroom of work that covers many mediums and genres. I've tried to show a diverse array of artwork, but I don't have room for them all. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
**WARNING:Viewing these works of art may cause giddiness, elevated heart rates, and
happiness in the pants(which could lead to blindness)! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!**

Art Featuring More Like ThisWhat happens when a beautiful piece like The girl who played with the foxes II by *kittycrime meets a powerful beta feature called More Like This?

Result: Work from 12 different incredible artists

Darkroom DDs: August 2012These beautiful darkroom photographs were featured as Daily Deviations in August 2012.

Under the Skin - piratephotographyUnder the Skin - Highlighting talent in our Pinup & Glamour Community
Due to the nature of the Galleries this article may contain mature content – NSFW
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Today's Featured Pinup & Glamour Artist is

piratephotography

piratephotography is one of my all time fave Photographers. Her work is often dark and raw, but always eye-catching and thought-provoking. Plus she is just a friendly and adorable person!

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June Pinup & Glam DDsPinup & Glamour Daily Deviations from June 2012
Contains some Mature Content

DD Suggestions
You can suggest anything to me, as long as:

The deviation is Photography > in Glamour or Pinup

The artist hasn't received one in the last 6 months

You may suggest yourself.

Fashion Friday #31

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My goal is to feature amazingly talented Fashion Photographers & Models every Friday!
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Traditional Tuesdays #39Howdy peeps? Welcome to edition 39 of Traditional Tuesdays (yep, on a Wednesday again, oops). This week, like all of the other weeks, I'll be featuring fifteen works of art from the Traditional Gallery. Any more than that might and you might loss interest or it could cause your monitor to fail in an explosion of awesomeness. I would feel guilty if that were to happen, so I'm keeping it at fifteen! The Traditional gallery is a vast storeroom of work that covers many mediums and genres. I've tried to show a good mix of artwork, but I don't have room for them all. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
**WARNING:Viewing these works of art may cause giddiness, elevated heart rates, and
happiness in the pants(which could lead to blindness)! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!**

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Resource Roundup #8

Wed May 23, 2012, 12:00 PM by `mattdanna

The Resource Roundup is a regular feature showcasing some of the best resources deviantART members share with the world!

Whether you're a beginning artist or seasoned pro, deviantART's Resources Gallery is an inspirational and beneficial asset for art creation. Take a look at a few of the incredible submissions below – they might help enhance your next artistic creation!

This month's theme is "do it yourself" (commonly known as 'DIY'). We hope you enjoy these tutorials! What would you like to see in next month's edition of Resource Roundup?

Origami

Cooking

Cosplay

Sewing

Jewelry

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Using Resources

Whether it's stock photography or watercolor painting tutorials, resources can be a tremendously helpful asset while creating your next work of art. When using resources, please be sure to check licensing agreements and keep in mind that it's proper etiquette to thank the artist if you use their work. We hope these resources have sparked your creativity and will help you polish off your creative endeavors!

Show & Tell!

Used one of these featured resources? Show us! Just link us in a comment. I'm sure we'd all like to take a look! Would you like your resource featured? Many of the above works were suggested by you guys! Just send a note to #hq with the subject of "Resource Roundup." Thanks and keep 'em coming!

Previous Roundups:

Issue 1, October 23, 2011
Issue 2, November 21, 2011
Issue 3, December 22, 2011
Issue 4, January 25, 2012
Issue 5, February 9, 2012
Issue 6, March 6, 2012
Issue 7, April 20, 2012

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`JamminJo Jun 14, 2012 Photographer

Added to #DevNews posting on June 15, 2012.

~Superficial-Flummox May 29, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Oh hey! Thanks for the feature! I was not aware of it.

~bluesapphire92 May 28, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Love this issue! I really, really like seeing artisan craft resources as well as the more typical art resources. Keep it coming!

=heartMelinda May 26, 2012 Traditional Artist

Thank you

for the feature!!!
I got a bunch of faves on my DIY Earring Frame Holder [link] and I couldnt figure out why

You Rock!

~EagleTsubasa May 25, 2012

I have a nifty little recipe for making sweets that look like Solosis from Pokemon. All you need is a cup, marzipan or icing (also red and black coloured icing. Can also be done with food colourig) and green (apple) jelly. Make the Solosis' body out of the icing/marzipan and make the eyes and mouth out of the colourd icing. Melt the jelly into the cup and put Solosis into it. When it hardens, trim the jelly to make it round. Melt the unused jelly that you trimmed off to use for another one. Hooray!

~icu109 May 25, 2012

stock resources are definitely the greatest source of inspiration and don't forget to ck out what others do with a piece of stock under the comments, lots of things I've seen that I never would have thought of trying myself, so you do learn a lot.

=Thomayne May 24, 2012

Fabulous! We will be spending some time going through these

!Up-With-The-Birds May 24, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

the thumbnails need to be improved a lot. i can't even tell what i'm clicking on. maybe add a title or *something*. otherwise, excellent.

*meihua May 24, 2012

Nice feature, but since the thumbs are not very informative, it would have been nice to see the titles of the tutorials too

!Up-With-The-Birds May 24, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

hear hear!

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