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Saturday Spotlight for May/18/2013
Daily Literature Deviations is proud to feature this special recognition article!
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ing this News Article. We hope this gives you some insight into the person behind the art. Please comment and

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Saturday Spotlight: Volume 025An Interview with-
~steve2727

:iconsteve2727:
steve2727's Gallery
> Please introduce yourself, in your own words. What are your interests?
Hi. My name is Steve Jones, and I live on a small island off the south coast of England. I love sport, music, and sunshine. I also like the feeling you get when life throws you a sense of realisation and creative emotion. I enjoy living by the sea.
> Where did you begin with artistic endeavours? How did you come across Abstraction or Surrealism?
I stumbled upon collage art a few years ago, having previously had no practical art experience, other than the occasional bout of creative writing through pros

Deviousness Award Interview with anmariWhat 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 May 2013 goes to `anmari.

Hello! I'm Ana! I'm 23 years old and I was born in the Republic of Moldova, which, at the time, was a place in the USSR. Besides my Romanian roots, part of my great-grandparents were Polish and Ukrainian, so you could say that I'm a product of a Eastern-European melting pot!

Nowadays I live and study in France.

I joined deviantART in summer 2006. I was 16 and curious about everything, so I quickly discovered the Chats and I got addicted to dA ever since! In March 2008 I was invited to join the Official Helpers t

All Snapped Up .10 ~ Bloddroppe~ An interview of a talented artist in our General Photography Community

Tell us a bit about yourself, *Bloddroppe! How did you get into photography and why?
I've been interested in art since young age. I used to draw a lot during high school, especially realistic portraits. But after a time I felt that I wanted to experiment with other medias. I photographed a lot of nature with a point and shoot camera at first but I felt that I would like to try working with models instead. So I asked my best friend to model for me in a great field of flowers. I think it was my first shoot with a model so it was very fun and since that shoot I've wanted to continue with photography.
Why are you on deviantART?
I think I discovered deviantART through the site Gaiaonline. I used to post my photography there and was recommended to look up the site. I immediately started to upload my work and recieved gr

Interview 'Journal/Gallery CSS'As part of our 5th birthday i have interviewed three persons that are familiar with journal and gallery skins and that also offer them for free use. Please say hello to =SimplySilent, `miontre and =nikkittie!
Most important thing first: tell us a bit about yourself and what you are doing here at dA, especially for those who might not know you yet.
:iconsimplysilent:
Hi there!

I'm =SimplySilent, and I've been on dA for about a year and a half now. I do a lot of digital art, including digital painting, photomanipulation, and pixel art, but during the last few months, I've been teaching myself CSS and making journal and gallery skins for dA.
I'm also part of several groups including #Rising-Artists, #DazzlingDecorations, #feel-art, #projecteducate, and #CSS-Babes
:iconmiontre:
Hello!

I'm `miontre, and I'm mainly a hobbyist photographer but I also love web design. On deviantART, I'm most active around :devprojecteduca

Project Comment Interviews, Issue 61: astarayel#ProjectComment is a Group of many projects centred around comments, but, more importantly, constructive comments. We offer Members of deviantART a lot of opportunities to get comments, give comments, participate in comment projects, win points, get featured and much, much more!
Every two weeks, we will be interviewing commenters and volunteers at #ProjectComment, specifically revolving around their life on deviantART and, the purpose of #ProjectComment, constructive comments.
We sincerely hope you enjoy reading the sixty-first interview of this series with =astarayel!
:iconprojectcomment:
Tell us a bit about yourself.
Hello everyone!

I’m Lauren, a recent university graduate, movie aficionado, book-lover, and music addict. If you’re into Middle East relations, the Avengers, Michael Crichton, or classic rock, we’re probably going to be good friends. And if you’re not, we’re probably going to be go

Of humility and prideAround the web I've observed and even talked to some fairly big artists.
And if there's one piece of advice I can give to artists of all skill levels,
it's to-
Stay humble while being proud.
For those of you who think you have reached your best, stop right there.
Their is ALWAYS someone better in their own right.

Don't consider those who are just starting out as "the little people"
and never EVER get offended if someone who you feel is under-skilled offers you a tip.
Perhaps they know a new method or a new way to do something that you have yet to come across.
You'll never know unless you hear them out.
("But I don't have time for that!") All well and good,
if you don't have the time state so politely while still letting them know that if you had a moment,
you would converse artistically with them.

And as far as criticism goes,
I strongly suggest that you do not become so puffed up in the head as to yell at someone

Interview 'User Styles'User Styles are - even though there aren't many contributors - quite popular within dA and are mostly used to optimize a new feature to our own needs. It is pure CSS that modifies the appearance of a website just for you - no one else will see the changes you make.
To be able to use User Styles, you will need a browser extension called Stylish.
As part of our 5th birthday i have interviewed three guys that are familiar with User Styles and that also offer them for others to use. Please say hello to `electricjonny, `rotane and =trezoid!
Most important thing first: tell us a bit about yourself and what you are doing here at dA, especially for those who might not know you yet.
:iconelectricjonny:
My name is Jon Spence, and I mostly tool around with Stylish (extension to allow custom CSS on any website) various places to change how things look, or mostly just hide random crap.
:iconrotane:
Hi

MonthlyEmoticonist (May) - happy-gurl

Welcome to the second edition of MonthlyEmoticonist for #EmoteADay!

This monthly series of interview articles is meant to showcase the talents of the emote community that volunteer themselves to answer a few questions.

This month's MonthlyEmoticonist

The emoticonist that was interviewed this month is :iconhappy-gurl: =happy-gurl. She is a very talented emoticonist and pixel artist, having won the Static Emoticonist award in the 2011 EmoteAwards, and nominated for other awards in 2012, including Emoticonist of the Year. I took a few minutes to ask her a few questions.

The Interview

Q1: Hey, how's it going? Wanna introduce yourself to the readers?
Hello, I'm =happy-gurl but you can call me Roze

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Q2: Roze is a very nice name. How long've you been making emotes?
I've been making emotes since mid 2011.
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:bulletblue: Q3: Yo

CSS Interview with `CypherVisorAn interview with `CypherVisor for #eCSSited's 5th Birthday Bash.
:iconcyphervisor:
`CypherVisor

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do on deviantART?
My name is Shivadeep (better known as Sid), 5” 7, black eyes and wheatish complexion. I am an online marketing professional by my profession however I am also a graphics designer, photographer and web coder. I am a perfectionist, I like to make online friends a lot and I like helping others.
I started as a desktop wallpaper artist in deviantART and now expanded my reach to web coding/designing. Presently, I am mostly occupied on creating customization resources/tutorials for deviants and creating journal/gallery skins. I provide these resources/tutorials for free so that everyone on DA can customize their profile to their heart’s content.
How do you think the CSS and journal/gallery skin system could improve on deviantART?
This i

Important Point News & Long Beach Comic ConOur DArt group is in full swing and many additions our coming your way. Not just with the Teen Titans Project in general but as well with this group. We are going to be having so many more features for you to enjoy. Things that will help, YOU get noticed! There is a future art contest on the way, that is in the works. First though, we need to gain the right about of points for such a wondrous occasion. But trust me you will not go empty handed! Check it out!
Also above is a video of the Teen Titans Project at Long Beach Comic Con. Its sure to give you a laugh!

All that donate this to :iconTTProject: account will get a Llama! (so long as they have not already gotten one)

This is for members to request works from others who can find them here. For example say we wanted a picture of a Starfire made. We would post it here upon those who note this account. Don't be bothering the other admins about this. You need to donate

Devious Accents `09Have you ever wondered what goes on in the artistic endeavors of a Senior? What makes them tick?
"Devious Accents" is a feature/interview series of Senior Members here on deviantART that aims to surface key features of each Senior and to show them to the community as a whole, brought to you by #dAseniors--the official group for Senior Members on deviantART!
Finally, thoughts and sentiments from the Senior-side are revealed to the general community. Let's get started!

Joining us this week will be `sodalicious, a long-time deviant socialite and Deviousness Award recipient of July 2005!
`Milotic1406: Why did you decide to make the leap and become a deviant?
`sodalicious: I had browsed the site for 6 months to a year before actually joining. A lot of my online friends from another website had used it to display their artwork and I decided to sign up too. This is actually my third account. The first one I only used to browse artwork with,

Group Therapy: Community^Astralseed of #ProjectPorkchop is sitting on Fella's couch for this month's session.
For those of you not familiar with this series, each month we'll be delving into a group that is dedicated to their members and giving back to the dA Community through exposure, hosting regular events and just being an all around awesome place for deviants to settle in and feel welcome.
In a couple sentences, can you please describe what your group is about?
#ProjectPorkchop was mad as a continuation of my original project Fresh meat which aimed to promote underrated yet talented artists found on dA with weekly articles hoping to put these amazing deviants into the spotlight. I've had a passion for promoting artists who are going unseen since I remember how much work it took for myself to get out there and be seen when I first joined the site. I thought the community could benefit from something like this and over

PixelConnection Artist Interview #3PixelConnection Artist Interview #3
Chibisuke-Chan
:iconChibisuke-Chan:

PART 1 - THE ARTIST & THE ART

PC: Welcome Chibisuke-Chan and thank you for your time!
Chibisuke-Chan: I really did not expect this message in my inbox, so thank you for the opportunity!
PC: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your daily life?
Chibisuke-Chan: Well besides being called Chibi and other things online.. (which I will not mention!), my real name is Linda but the few who are close to me may also call me Aby - or any other variation of that, I've seen some creative ones. I'm 20 years old and from New Jersey and no, I'm not orange. My birthday is November 5th and everyone always sings, "Remember, remember, the fifth of November" and I'm frankly sick of it. I'm a full time college student, who at this moment, is stres

Member Interview Mondays: Ann-RussellHello, Dear Horde, and welcome to another installment of Member Interview Mondays!

Each and every Monday, we here at #Apocalypse-writing will be posting an interview with one of our members; both in the spirit of community, and the hope it will help bring our members that little bit closer together. Aaaaand maybe a little bit of shameless promotion too.

Our interviewee this week is :iconAnn-Russell:
*Ann-Russell joined our ranks just a little over a month ago and immediately set to submitting pieces for our group prompts and the first contest we’d held in a good long while (she eventually went on to win first prize

). Since then it appears she hasn’t looked back with a number of enthralling, well-written deviations, contest submissions to various lit groups throughout dA as well as being honoured with a Daily Deviation for her piece "Prey No More" (featured below).
With an intriguing gallery and seemingly "effortless" writing style, :devAnn-R

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Sun Mar 4, 2012, 3:37 AM

Project Educate: An Interview with =JupiterLily

=JupiterLily is one of those deviants who has a well-rounded gallery and a recognizable style when pixeling. Two words come to mind when looking in her gallery: deceivingly simple and sweet.

For this reason, she is one of the inspiring iconists that were interviewed for the Icons & Handhelds-week.

How long have you been active as an iconist and what was it that first drew you towards the community and art form?

I started in October 2010 so it has been more than a year now. I'd begun to really admire pixel icons and was interested in learning how. It wasn't until I came across a pixel icon contest that I finally tried my hand at it and found that I really enjoyed it. My entry actually managed to be one of the first place winners, so I became encouraged that I wasn't bad at it and thus I kept trying to improve.

What do you draw inspiration from?

It may sound silly, but I really like to make cute icons. Seeing other cute things inspires me. I also like to make icons of my favorite characters.

What are your tools when creating art?

Do you have tips to give or tricks to share for the particular programs you might use that could help beginners out?

I rely solely on Photoshop these days.

I find that often Photoshop likes to desaturate the colors of any .gif I post to the internet.

Click on view - proof setup - Monitor RGB. It will show how your .gif will currently look on the internet. You can fix the colors from there.

Who is your "idol" within the community and why?

Definitely =Berryness.

I have always loved her art, including her pixel icons. She just has a way with colors, everything she makes looks so beautiful and colorful and happy.