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Five amazing portraits have been chosen by guest judge and photographer, ChrisKnightPhoto! Congratulations to our first place winner, second place winner, and our third place runners up!
Thank you to everyone who participated in this challenge! We can’t wait to see the photos you capture in our next challenge!
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Stock and Resources PE: Requests vs Commissions by QueenWerandRa, journal
Stock and Resources PE: Requests vs Commissions
Hello everybody! :wave: I hope you're having a lovely day.
There are lots of new and rising stock models trying to jump start their profiles on Deviantart, and if you're one of them, this article in ProjectEducate is for YOU!
If you're one of the newer users, you might be confused about the difference between "requests" and "commissions". These terms are used throughout Deviantart, but today we'll concentrate on how the terms apply to you, as a stock model. :)
In short, a "commission" is when a stock model is paid to take a photo or series of photos directed by the commissioner, an artist who needs something specific for their art. Dep
How to Make an Easy Perspective Grid on Photoshop by iingo, journal
How to Make an Easy Perspective Grid on Photoshop
Hello. Are you struggling with perspective and/or making a perspective grid? Well today, I am going to teach you how to make an EASY perspective grid in Adobe Photoshop CS6.
:note: This can work on any Adobe Photoshop Software. And I am also not sure if this'll work with other programs just to clarify.
Open (if you have Photoshop) Photoshop
2. Make any size document you want.
3. Draw a nice straight line in the middle of the canvas or wherever you want it. That'll act as your horizon line!
Horizon Line: The Horizon Line (in Perspective) is the level at where your eyes are focusing. For example
As you can see with this photo, the middle
Painting With A Knife! (The Practical - 1) by Goodnight-Melbourne, journal
Painting With A Knife! (The Practical - 1)
Traditional Week
Difficulty Level: ★★★✩✩
In the last article, I talked about painting knives and the differences, and how to get accustomed with the technique. You may refresh the memory of the old lesson here Painting With A Knife!
Those were all the theories and tips. This time we will get to the actual thing — How to paint with a knife!
The knife can be used in various ways in a painting — to apply paints or to give fine touches, straight lines and many more. But painting an entire piece with a knife is going to be much more hard. Yes, it is true that n
PE: Comparing Copics and Watercolours by Khallandra, journal
PE: Comparing Copics and Watercolours
Traditional Art
Introduction
When starting out in traditional media it can be a little intimidating to decide upon what medium to start or try working with. After seeing what some amazing artists can do with these traditional tools, it may be difficult to choose which one to try out. This article endeavours to cover two such mediums, Copics (an alcohol based marker) and watercolours (a water based paint), starting to compare them for the newcomer.
Costs and Initial Set up
The initial cost of any traditional medium can be expensive as several things need to be purchased at the same time. There are often cheaper alternatives to the paints and
Precautions While dealing with Sketches by Tudalia-Hex, journal
Precautions While dealing with Sketches
Traditional Art
Heya! my lovely deviants and watchers! I'm back with another article to present to you! This time it is about sketches.
We all make sketches that we love of fantasies, fan art, or portraits. But, while drawing, if we reach a certain point and then make a mistake, our sketch is destroyed forever! (Unless you have a personal time machine and you go back in time to tell yourself not to make that mistake again ) So, until scientists invent the time machine, I will present and discuss three very common mistakes that we all make and how to prevent their occurrence.
This is what we will cover:
Introduction
Mistakes and Prevention
Traditional Art
Forewords
Wouldn't it be awesome to own a collection of original, handmade artworks from various artists?
Unfortunately having a large collection of big paintings or drawings is not often possible because original artworks and their shipping around the world cost money and they also need lots of space at your home to be presented in the best possible way. However, this does not mean you couldn't own a piece of art from your favorite artist: the solution is artist trading cards, also known as ATCs or ACEOs.
At the beginning of this article I introduce what these little cards are. To trading and creating ACEOs in DeviantArt u
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StealingArt theft can be stealing.TakingNot all copying is wrong.CopyrightYou’ve got the power!PermissionGet or give a license: Even “free” stock requires a license.Fan ArtFor love or for money.Moral RightsProtecting your integrity and the integrity of your art.ProtectionIt starts with what you do for yourself.Resolving DisputesBe open to hear each other out.
Update, July 2021: DeviantArt's commitment to providing an open conversation about art theft and protecting artists' rights has conti
PE: Painting With A Limited Colour Palette by Riemea, journal
PE: Painting With A Limited Colour Palette
Digital Art
Nowadays, digital art programmes give us an overwhelming amount of colours to choose from, which makes it tempting to go overboard.
Painting with a limited colour palette challenges you to think outside the box and find new, creative uses for colours. This article aims to help you with that, including tips on how to create a limited colour palette, how to approach painting with it, and an art feature.
About creating a colour palette:
In order to paint with a limited colour palette, you will first have to create said palette.
Here a few pointers for creating your own palette:
You can choose as little as two colours, but since w
PE:How To Achieve Smooth and Clean Lines by Astralseed, journal
PE:How To Achieve Smooth and Clean Lines
Digital Art
Hello everyone,
Since it's something many people struggle with while working digitally, today I will be discussing how you can achieve smooth and clean lines using digital mediums.
SAI Stabilizer Tool
Paint Tool SAI offers my favorite method of creating smooth lines with its easy to use Stabilizer tool that works with absolute ease and no need for complicated setting adjustments. It doesn't matter how shaky your hands might be, the stabilizer tool will still be capable of creating beautifully smooth lines for you.
As you can see, the stabilizer tool is easily accessed, and you can quickly and easily adjust the level of stabiliz