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Free Photomanip Critiques!!! Yes, really!Hey everyone! Guess what?
Critique Night for Photomanipulation is next WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18th at 3 PM EASTERN TIME (9 Central European, 8 PM Western European, 12 NOON Pacific Standard Time) in :#communityrelations:.
YAY!...... Um, what is Critique Night?
I'm glad you asked!
Critique Night is a time when photomanipulators from all groups and of all styles can come together to share our work and receive some constructive feedback from others in the community. It is a time to share tips and ideas and to talk about our trade.
You love feedback, right? As long as it is given in a constructive manner that will help you improve?Or, perhaps you like to GIVE feedback to others so they can learn from the way others see their work. Or, maybe you just want to spend some time hanging out with some of the coolest artists out there. Or, heck, all three!
Regardless, Critique Night is for you!
What do I have to do?
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Site Update: New Sta.sh Submit and Writer ToolbarIn our continuous effort to improve the deviantART experience, we're publishing Site Updates to keep members informed and to gather feedback. Below is a list of recent changes to the site, bug fixes, and feedback that was brought up by members in the last Site Update.
What's New
New Sta.sh Submit Interface (Beta Testers Only)
Sta.sh, deviantART's upload and publishing platform, has a redesigned submission process! This new version, which is only available to Beta Testers, includes a simplified and tidier interface that makes it easier to understand and use. In addition to the visual changes, we also added the ability to submit to multiple Gallery folders.
Read more
Pimps and Whoas - April 17, 2012Pimps
Official dA NewsSite Updates - New Sta.sh Submit and Writer Toolbar
CRITIQUE NIGHT TOMORROW!!!Hey photomanipulators!
Our first official Critique Night is upon us!
You are cordially invited to join your fellow photomanipulators in the :#communityrelations: chat room TOMORROW (Wednesday April 18th) at 3 PM Eastern Time, 12 Noon Pacific Time, 7 PM GMT.
Bring a friend or two and a piece of art you would like to have critiqued!
We look forward to seeing you.
Making your Terms of Use Clear
IreneLangholm makes an incredibly good point in her recent journal linked above, one that directly comes back to YOU the stock provider. We mentioned this during our Project Educate week, Please do everything you can to make your stock terms of use absolutely CLEAR and CONCISE.
The use of your stock, the relationship and rapport you create between you and the artists who use your stock is of great importance, and isn't something you should ignore.
Read this article for more information.
Your Personal Stock TermsThe Language You Use Is Very Important
deviantART has a large and devoted stock resource community and we really do appreciate their presence and their generosity with the community.
I do have something very important I'd like to mention for everyone who offers some sort of stock resource so hopefully those who read my journal will help to disseminate the information and spread it around to those who might not otherwise read it.
The concern that I have is Terms of Use.
Officially deviantART maintains only one "automatic" restriction and that is "No Commercial Use" and that particular restriction can easily be overridden by the actual stock provider.
As far as official policy is concerned each stock resource provider is free to attach any Terms of Use, restrictions or requirements that they see fit and I and my staff will do the best we can to help you enforce your rules when you need the assistance.
We only ask a few things from you in return.
Your terms or restrictions should b
Attention all "PREMADE" stock creators
We are once again seeing an increasing number of stock providers using stock from other commercial or free stock sites like SXC, dreamstime, Istock et al. for use in their premades.
Let me make it very clear to you -
THIS IS NOT ALLOWED.
By redistributing stock in "premades" you are directly violating the original stock sites terms of use. IE NO REDISTRIBUTION. In every single stock sites licencing information is a significant paragraph relating to the redistribution of their stock images.. for example - SXC's state...
SXC Image Licence Agreement
You may not use the Image
- For pornographic, unlawful or other immoral purposes, for spreading hate or discrimination, or to defame or
victimise other people, sociteties, cultures. - To endorse products and services if it depicts a person.
- In a way that can give a bad name to SXC or the person(s) depicted on the Image.
- As part of a trademark, service mark or logo.
- SELLING AND REDISTRIBUTION OF THE IMAGE (INDIVIDUALLY OR ALONG WITH
OTHER IMAGES) IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN! DO NOT SHARE THE IMAGE WITH
OTHERS!
Google is NOT a legitimate source of images either!
For more information please read this article by realitysquared who is DA's lead in the Copyright & Etiquette Administration Team. (CEA)
Problems with Stock ResourcesLock, Stock, and Barrel
It unfortunately appears that it is once again time to talk about proper stock resources again. I'll be addressing this in this week's CEA Update but I wanted to discuss it a bit informally here first.
I have a hope that some day the issue of stock resources will get straightened out because it really is not as complicated or as confusing as many people are currently forcing it to be, but I guess the nature of the internet pushes people to simply pull the old smash and grab.
I'm going to run down a brief listing of the various problems and pit falls currently affecting the issue of stock resources in general.
The Old Switcheroo
Now we all know there are a good number of legitimate, legal stock resource sites out there with some being free and some being pay sites. A good chunk of you all can name them off the top of your head so I won't bother to list them myself.
Now regardless of which one we might be taking about, they all share pretty much a common ru
We also wrote a lengthy article about this for Project Educate
PE S and R Sourcing Your ResourcesSourcing Your Resources
You may think that the creation and sharing of stock and resources is a no brainer. Clearly however its not, and there are a growing number of deviants who for some reason or another seem to not be able to grasp the basic principles.
As the last article we will be launching for Stock & Resources Project Educate week, we are going to attempt to lay it out for you in clear and easy to understand terms.
What YOU own
The gallery details for stock and resources read:
Gallery Info: Resources & Stock Images
Resources submitted by deviants for others to use in their own works and/or learn from.
Gallery Info: Stock Images
Stock Photography which the provider has granted a licence for incorporation into other Deviant artists work.
By submitting work into the stock and resources galleries, be they a photograph of your cat, a pack of brushes you have created, a texture you have developed, or a tutorial you've spent weeks resea
Project Educate Stock & Resources Icarus Contest
Stock providers!! WHERE ARE YOUR CONTEST ENTRIES????!!!!
We are half way through the month and so far have only had 2 stock entries to our Project Educate Stock & Resources contest!!! Thats a pretty poor turn out by anybodies books!
Please make sure you submit your entries to the contest folder in :iconstockandresouces: here --> stockandresources.deviantart.c…
For full details of the contest go here -
PE S and R Contest Icarus Updates"On Delicate Wings"
Mourning for Icarus by H.J. Draper 1898
The Theme- ART:
We want you to recreate the story of Icarus, be that modern, or ancient using stock and resources available on DeviantART.
The Theme - STOCK:
We want you to recreate the story of Icarus, in stock form! Is your Icarus male or female? Are your wings made from feathers and wax or something more magical?
The Story: Icarus
Son of Daedalus who dared to fly too near the sun on wings of feathers and wax. Daedalus had been imprisoned by King Minos of Crete within the walls of his own invention, the Labyrinth. But the great craftsman's genius would not suffer captivity. He made two pairs of wings by adhering feathers to a wooden frame with wax. Giving one pair to his son, he cautioned him that flying too near the sun would cause the wax to melt. But Icarus became ecstatic with the ability to fly and forgot hi
KEEP BEING RESOURCEFUL!
