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Yes, you read it. And the theme is: LOVE Since Valentine's Day is coming, why not have a Love related macro contest? For this contest, you will have to take a macro photograph or a closeup of something that you love. Anyone, or anything. In other words, you can show off your love for a dessert, your bed (like me), your significant other, water drops, insects..basically anything, as long as it is a macro photograph or a closeup. RULES (please read carefully) The photograph has to be at least 1280 pixels wide (It is the “Display options” / “Size: 1280 pixels wide” or “Size: 1600 pixels wide” widget when yo

Emergency has been resolved, but I am still taking commissions to help with food and a few other less urgent bills. I do bracelets, necklaces, chokers, etc. If you have something specific in mind, we can work out the details, if you see something in my gallery you like, let me know. We can work out a price. Please, PLEASE pass this on, I need all the help I can get right now. Here are some examples of my work.

Hello everyone, Last month we brought to you a brand new art challenge courtesy of your Community Volunteers. We presented you a unique challenge in which you were paired up with other amazing artists to create something unique, of their choosing! We hoped this would help get you out of your comfort zone and practice your creative skills, and it seems that it did! If you need a refresher on how the challenge worked, go read this journal: I challenge you - Sign Up now! 1st place: LualaDy (https://www.deviantart.com/lualady) and keykaye (https://www.deviantart.com/keykaye)! keykaye (https://www.deviantart.com/keykaye) challenged LualaDy (https://www.deviantart.com/lualady) to create "a species I have made and used for things called Draki. They appear human but with dragon-like scale

I know so many awesome people on this site. So why not? 1. I am always gonna be a dork and plug my Bestie first~ ~serenadefox (https://www.deviantart.com/serenadefox) She does some pretty amazing art and now does commissions and even sells adoptables 2. :IconNocturneFox: Basically the one who taught me what I know about sai. The stuff I didn't discover myself anyway 3: :iconSverre93: One of a handful of wonderful bronies. A sweet supportive guy who also is a specialist in killing with cuteness 4. :iconHanamiyo: If you haven't had enough ponies let me throw more at you. This Gal is very sweet and I wish she posted more often ;~; 5. :IconWitTea: Someone I met through Tumblr

Artisan Crafts Week Hello all the good people of dA, once again I have the honour to write a little article for you during the Artisan Crafts week :woohoo: Many of us crafters use gemstones. Before we can use the little pretty thing, we have to get it first. And here's where my humble article may get useful. I am a historical goldsmithing specialist with a personal focus on gemstones used throughout centuries in artisan crafts. I've seen quite a few of them and believe me - 200 years ago people were as eager to push fakes as natural gemstones as they are now ;) Hell, even ancient Greeks and Romans could say something about it! We will leave

Costumes. The ongoing love, bane, and all consuming money hole of the stock artist. They have to look nice, be functional, and you need something new for every shoot, and it's all ridiculously expensive. Don't get me wrong, being a stock provider is great fun, but it's not a cheap hobby, unless you're careful and learn to think smart. I'm not much good at either of those, and I am by no means an expert in the costume department, but I have picked up a few things since becoming a stock provider. So, without further ado, here is my brief guide to costumes on a budget!    Clean your Closet! I know, those words fill me with dread too, but yo

Thanks to your help, I am what I am on deviantART. And that's why I do this feature. To say thank you. :hug: Give love to the others! :love: Thank you, and have nice holidays! :hug:

The DeviantArt #HolidayCardProject is back for its 9th year!  With the goal of bringing a bit of holiday cheer to patients in the hospital during the holiday season, the Holiday Card Project connects artists from around the world, applying their tremendous artistic abilities to designing and creating uplifting holiday cards. In the past few years, this project has received more than 5,000 cards sent in by more than 2,000 deviants from 60 different countries/political regions. Cards are then divvied up and distributed by DeviantArt members to local Los Angeles hospitals, with additional cards given to various hospitals in the U.S. and abroad