Jan.-Feb.'s TOP SUBS of Unframed-Nature and News!

Welcome to JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2014’s Top Submissions of Unframed-Nature.


Thank you for being here whether you are a Member yet or not!
We welcome you and your support!

A GRAND Welcome to ALL of Our NEW MEMBERS!

   

And a HUGE thank you to our loyal Members who have been submitting your fantastic
Nature Work to our Group for a long time now.
Without you, we just simply wouldn’t be here.



Thank you so much to ALL the amazing MEMBERS (and Admins.) who returned to vote on our main folders (and the THEME) for these months!




Let’s continue to submit our own BEST QUALITY work, enjoy it, improve upon it, enjoy the work of others, and Nature in general. It’s what it’s all about-
combining our love of Art with our love of Nature, and coming together under that commonality!

Without further ado...


Please Enjoy The Voted Top Submissions of JANUARY & FEBRUARY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SELECTED IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014!

[ Each section/folder has a small group, at the VERY TOP, where those had received slightly more votes. These will be copied to the Featured Folder, AND eventually 'd by our account at Unframed-Nature-PTS
The others are in no particular order.]



From: Birds, Invertebrates, Aquatics, Amphibians, Reptiles


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From: Land Mammals, Wild & Dommestic





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From: Nature Much Closer


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From: All ‘Scapes



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FROM OUR FOUR SPECIAL FOLDERS...
A Few Chosen Via Founder-Choice...

These FOUR folders were added a year ago, and seek to broaden and deepen the meaning of our Group in a variety of ways, by causing us to think about Nature and its fragility and persistency and our human relationship to it.

From: Animals for Adoption & Animal Welfare



Please help us to grow this folder- if you find related work, NOTE THE GROUP, so we can request it!

From: Endangered Species & Environmental Issues
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Please help us to grow this folder- if you find related work, NOTE THE GROUP, so we can request it!


From: Humans, Architecture, & Transportation in NATURE
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From: Still Life, Concepts, Abstract, Crafts, Fantasy in NATURE

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WINNERS FROM OUR THEME FOLDER...
Thank you AGAIN TO OUR AWESOME VOTERS!!!


From: JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2014's THEME: SUNRISE/SUNSET

FIRST: with:

More from this Artist:

125

SECOND: with:

More from this Artist:

80

RUNNER-UP: with:

25

RUNNER-UP: with:

25

NINE HONOURABLE MENTIONS
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5 each.

Plus, each of the above, will be COPIED to our FEATURED Folder, and then LATER,
be 'd by our POINTS ACCOUNT at Unframed-Nature-PTS

GREAT JOB TO ALL! THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING! WHAT GORGEOUS SUNRISES & SUNSETS!!!




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RE-Featured From: “The Group’s Donors’ Folder”
from Last Month's Donors, To be Copied to the Featured Folder, and THEN... eventually 'd by:
Unframed-Nature-PTS



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Our Group’s MOST Recent Donors of POINTS












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Our Group’s MEMBERS of THE MONTH

Thank you to these fabulous Members who have been loyal to our Group in various ways, and for a while now! For example, doing things like:
Voting in THIS here- our Monthly Event, Supporting our Articles with Comments and/or Fav's, Supporting our Themes by Participating in them and Promoting them, Supporting our CONTESTS by participating and promoting and/or donating prizes/points, supporting the group through donating points, or helping out other members when they have a question and by faving each other's work, and even other ways, too!

(Not necessarily one MEMBER of the MONTH is doing ALL of these... but striving to do as much as they can... )

How kind and generous of them!
We are very grateful for all they do and for being a fantastic part of our Group here!

JANUARY:

Jewel-Firefly



FEBRUARY:

Miss-Whoa-Back-Off






Our Group’s News & UPCOMING EVENTS!


Admins. for Unframed-Nature!

Our Group’s PROMOTIONS and NEW ADMINS.!

FIRST, I'd like to welcome our NEWEST Administrator to our TEAM:

Geak-of-Nature
He's been a member of our group either as long as I've been a member, or longer!
He was our first MEMBER of the month, with two others, the first month we did it in 2010!
He is a very dedicated member, and I believe he will be a super addition to our Team, because he already has been!




AND, Recentely promoted to Moderating Team Leader:

Jewel-Firefly
Thank you for all you are doing!

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We still have a couple of OPENINGS- specifically for "SUPPORTING TEAM ADMINISTRATORS" for our
Admin. Team at Unframed-Nature
So if you would be interested in becoming a part of our Wonderful Admin. TEAM,
PLEASE NOTE ME, TeaPhotography.

You may want to LOOK at our APPLICATION, first, and answer as many questions as you can or feel like answering.

It is just SO much more INFORMAL than it looks- really!
It just gives us, the Admins., a little idea, as well as YOU, our newest Admin., a general idea of things.
 
Administrator Application for Unframed-NatureUnframed-Nature's Application for Administrative Position
Accepting Applications for Administrator Positions at Unframed-Nature is now: OPEN!
Introduction
Before you apply, please know that volunteering for a large and active group here on dA, such as Unframed-Nature is a real and true commitment, which will take up some of your time on at least a weekly basis, maybe more.
Unframed-Nature is special in many ways, but from an Administrative view point, it is very special because we have always had good luck with our current Administrators, most of which have been with the Group, as Administrators, for a very long time.
We are a very friendly Team, both with each other, and with the Members, as well. This means when we do have to decline works, we do give a reason, and we are friendly about it.  It means, that upon occasion if there is something that we disagree about within the Admin. Team, we disagree nic

And you do NOT have to be qualified in every area, AT ALL, to become a part of the team!
I'm so not!

So think about it, and if you are a Member of our group, and would like to be involved a bit more,
WE just might be the GROUP for YOU!




UPCOMING THEME- Our Group's 8th BIRTHDAY is APRIL 26th!!

APRIL 2014's THEME: BIRTHDAY FLOWERS

ONE ENTRY PER MEMBER
Opens: April 1st
Closes: April 30th whenever I close the March/April folders for that day.
Open to ALL Media which would be able to depict a lovely flower, or group of flowers, or field of flowers, to share with our GROUP, for our Group's BIRTHDAY!!!
Special Treatment for those who place in the comments of their floral artwork, a little BIRTHDAY MESSAGE for Unframed-Nature!


PRIZES
FIRST: 125
SECOND: 85
RUNNER-UP: 25
RUNNER-UP: 25

PLUS, Winners will be moved to the FEATURED folder, and then be 'd by our POINTS Account at:
Unframed-Nature-PTS

Though Members will vote on this Theme, as always, we will love ALL of our BIRTHDAY flowers!!! Thank you in advance for helping us celebrate our 8th BIRTHDAY!




The NEXT UPCOMING BIG CONTEST!!!

INFO. and DETAILS will be out in a few more days, in a News Article of its own.
It WILL start on April 1st, and last about 5-6 weeks.


POINTS for Our Group!

WE RENEWED OUR SUPERGROUP STATUS ON 12-1, FOR ONE MORE YEAR, 'TIL 12-1-2014 !!

From the bottom of our HEARTS, we thank you, as your generous acts do not go unnoticed!



We plan to continue with our two BIG Contests in 2014, and to continue with Monthly THEMES, better than ever, and we've got some organizational changes and plans coming up soon, in efforts to help make things run more efficiently to meet our groups growing needs, as well as to accommodate a variety of interests.

These are some of the things that your generous points help us to be able to accomplish. Thank you again for your fabulous help!


To help us to achieve these plans and goals, if you do have a few points to spare, feel free to donate to our group, HERE:
Unframed-Nature-PTS

Any point helps, and you will read there, how our donors are rewarded!


A Couple NEW Changes to Be Aware Of...

I am needing to try something: We are going to take the regular Nature folders and have them run BI-MONTHLY. That means voting every OTHER month, and "TOP SUBS of TWO MONTHS AT A TIME" News Articles, etc.

WHY? The main reason this is coming about is because, since last Summer, I have been forced to delete folders at our group, which has really broken my heart, since the first time and every time.
Periodically, I am NOT allowed to create NEW folders until I delete OTHER folders. It's a pain in the neck, it's awful, and it makes the job extra difficult.
Apparently there IS a limit, and we are definitely at our capacity.

By doing this, it will at least slow things down and I won't have to worry about it, quite as often.

As a side bonus, I have realized it will help with less work for me, for a couple of reasons... less time opening and closing folders, and less time working on spreadsheets and creating news articles-

In general, in life, I am burning the candle at both ends, AND the middle, so this might help a bit.

  Every OTHER month, when we are transitioning to new folders, and we are temporarily closed, instead of being closed for a few hours, I am going to have us be TEMPORARILY CLOSED for the first week- which means will will re-open on March 8th, then May 8th, then July 8th, then Sept. 8th, ...

This gives us a lot more breathing room, both for group purposes- time for work on the group itself, and for any personal breathing room, too.



Affiliate Groups’ NEWS & CONTESTS

DO YOU HAVE A CONTEST TO PROMOTE?
Simply NOTE OUR GROUP! Our Admin. in charge will Advertise it for you on our PROFILE PAGE,
in the PROMOTIONS AREA!

If you want WINNERS FEATURED, PLEASE TELL us this in the NOTE, too, so I can feature the WINNERS in these types of News Articles, thank you!




is an awesome wonderful Group!
It’s where “Wishes Can Come True!”
So if you have a dA wish, come check us out!
We also hold and participate in a variety of special and positive activities...

Here are our most recent Articles:
WishingWell WeeklyMonday Muses | Tuesday Treats | Wandering Wednesday| WishingWell Weekly

    
:iconsparklingpinkloveplz: Welcome to WishingWell Weekly :iconsparklingpinkloveplz:
Hello Dear Members, Watchers, and Visitors,
    
WELCOME TO dAWishingWell!
:iconwowplz:
What Fantastic Events Happening in Our Group!
Before anything else...
In case you haven't heard, we have a New Founder:
Stygy Stygma :iconstygma:

We want to welcome her, with open arms and BIG HEARTS,
and be supportive as much as possible... it's not easy to run a group of this type.
But Stygy knows the ins and outs and MamaLantiis couldn't have left it in more capable hands.
Meanwhile, we do wish :devt Tuesday Treats: A picture of a songMonday Muses | Wandering Wednesday| Thursday Greets | WishingWell Weekly | Selfless Saturday


Choose one of your favorite song and find a deviation fitting this song, whether it's the subject of the song or the mood. For example, if I take "I just can't wait to be king" from the Lion King, you could either choose a Lion King fanart, a picture of a crown or even just a funny picture because the song makes you happy.


And don't forget to name the song in your comment!  


Find a picture (even from your own gallery) representing one of your favorite song and link it in a comment on this blog with the name of the song. Lim Thursday GreetsMonday Muses | Tuesday Treats | Wandering Wednesday | Selfless Saturday | WishingWell Weekly


 Welcome to Thursday Greets!  
Thursday Greets is a weekly feature of a few of our newest members, in hopes to give them some exposure! Below you will find some of their artwork, their wish, and any interesting going ons that they may have.
Let's meet some of our newest members and spread the love.
:iconslayingallhumans: slayingallhumans
Artwork
  
Wish
slayingallhumans has no wish l

Help Make Wishes Come True, Here:
Wish Fondue 3:1Featuring critiques/comments, prints, badges, contests/events and miscellaneous wishes.
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Take a look a the new March wishes!
Critiques and comments
 Fukur0u wishes for more feedback on her artwork
Fukur0u has traditional and digital art and also literature for you to enjoy. Take a look and leave a comment or two.
 
 

Prints
 SilverInkblot wishes for photo prints from her wishlist.
Some of those artworks:


Fishing for Wishes 3:3Featuring DD, Seniority, Group and Exposure Wishes!
:icondawishingwell:
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BloomingRoseXeniia wishes for a DD!
:iconfrantices:
vesaspring wishes for a DD on this PSD pack

:iconaniqeanuk:
AniqeAnuk wishes for a DD!
 
 
:iconzorufu:
Zorufu wishes for a DD on this photo!

 
:iconalex-blaszczynski:
The-Average-Alex wishes for seniority!
Alex has been a deviant for 3 years! He is a digital artist who enjoys helping the DA community by offering free resources and stock images. Alex is also the current administrator of Digital-Art-Club! Go check out The-Average-Alex and you will see that he is as generous as he is talented! If you agree, you can suggest him for seniority!
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is a positive group spinning the world of dA NEWS your way!
Feel free to JOIN, to find out what’s going on in the dA world around YOU!
We, our group, of Unframed-Nature has been featured with them many times.

Our OWN bi-monthly news articles are BACK!
February Mid-Monthly Issue of devNEWS Articles
Deviousness for February is a wonderful stock provider :iconSenshiStock: AdorkaStock

Featured Groups
WeFightForDezi
   :iconyes2all-2:

Community Relations and devMEETS
 

HQ, Hot Topics and Official dA News/Contests
Site Update: Bug Fixes and Feedback by ikazon Communities rely on Pillars made of Heart by spyed Watercolor by techgnotic

Artisan Crafts and Body Art News and Groups
Jan/Feb AC Monthly Challenge [+winners] by cakecrumbs[Craft Contest] The Four Elements-Winners! by BlackBlossomJewelry :thumb432053831: :thumb432053831:

Art Features- Theme: Digital Art/Animation
Flowers Heart by KmyGraphicFlowers and Butterfly by Nina1love1HUGS FOR ALL OF YOU! by Sugaree-33
TYVM for the +fav by ReVauCommission: Sticky for Vitannyy by SarilainNuzzles and Cuddles by TheCynicalHound
yin yang the sun and moon by smault23Spiral by Luis-BelloPage Doll Commission by EmeraldAngelStudio
Short Anim Updated File by nic022:thumb2083354 A March Newsletter from devNEWS!
Deviousness for March
Lilyas:iconlilyas:
March 2014
Lilyas has dedicated herself to making our community a brighter place with her vibrant artwork and infectious enthusiasm for interacting with others in our community. It has certainly paid off, as many deviants flock to her page on a daily basis to let her know how much of an inspiration she is. We absolutely agree, and couldn't let all that hard work go without recognition, so it's with great pride that we bestow the Deviousness Award for March 2014, to Lilyas


Featured Groups
:iconthe-feature-showcase: :icondacompliments:   :iconwefightfordezi: :iconclash-of-the-titans: :iconAnimal-Stocks: :iconbuyhandmade:

Community Relations and CR Projects/Challenges and devMEETS


HQ, Hot Topics and Official dA News/Conte March 15, 2014 devNEWS Article Issue! :icondevnews:DevNews:icondevnews:

deviantART Breaking News

:iconnewsboyplz: Thanks to the efforts of our amazing community, deviantART won the People's Choice category at the 2014 SXSW Interactive Awards!

Deviousness for March
Lilyas:iconlilyas:
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Featured Groups
:iconda-junkies::iconburdenedhearts::iconfractal-love::icondeviantheart:

Community Relations and CR Projects/Challenges and devMEETS


HQ, Hot Topics and Official dA News/Contests
The Wind Rises Contest Winners by moonbeam13

Artisan Crafts and Body Art News and Groups
March AC Monthly Challenge [+ winners] by cakecrumbsArtisan Crafts Contests and Events by Brookette

Art Features ~ Theme: Photograp



promotes Positivity!
Current Contests, Projects, and Initiatives:
HUGE Congrats to:
for being our newest Featured HEARTIST
It's wonderful news!
Come check out our other Initiatives, Projects, and Features!
I Love, You Love FeatureThe feature for the last I Love, You Love, which is a bi-weekly activity that hopefully encourages you all to share work you love and discover new deviations you might fall in love with as well!
I Love... The Moon

'dark side of the moon' by len-yan

You Love...

Brookette:



cheslah:



Extrawolfe:
"The eyes hold the secrets of the soul, this piece truly represents to me "I Love the Moon". The I Love, You LoveThis bi-weekly activity aims to encourage you all to share work you love and discover new deviations you might fall in love with as well!
The concept is pretty simple. Every two weeks on a Thursday I'll share one work from my favourites that fits a certain topic. All you have to do is share a work from your favourites in the comments that falls under the same topic as the one I shared. That topic will change each week and is written behind the 'I Love...'; topics can be something like the 'Digital Art', 'Yellow', 'Flowers' etc. You and your suggestions will get featured the next week.
Some basic rules:
Please look at the 'I Love...' to see what the theme of the week is (e.g. if it says 'I Love... Flowers' link a deviation that has something to do with flowers, if it says 'I Love... Yellow' link a deviation that has to do with yellow/has yellow in it and so forth.)
Use :thumbcodes: to link your sugg




A VERY SPECIAL GROUP:


If you feel like spreading the love on dA...
it's not difficult to do at all!
Come and see for yourself, what it's all about!

DeviantART Compliments #88pulbern, the forums on dA, as well as dA in general, and my dA experience in particular, would be a lot poorer without having you as a comrade and a friend. Your positiveness is as infectious as your beautiful collages, which deserve to be seen by everyone!
Farand
cpalamara, you've 'gone through a lot', as they say, and so for you to maintain the dominant, and friendly, and inspiring, and warm presence that you do here on dA, is nothing short of remarkable. I'm proud to know you! All the best.
Farand
Rhyn-Art, what can't I say about your artworks that I've not already said? Well, let me skip to you - as an individual you're one of the most interesting people I've met - you have a fundamental sense of decency and a charitable attitude. More power to you.
Farand
scarletwave, you never fail to make me smile! I love your Muro comments so - you're my favourite Muro artiste. It's a pleasure to know you.
Farand
CharityGuildmaster, I can't compre DeviantART Compliments #87Glacilynn Happy Birthday Glace!!!!!! <333 :iconoldschoolownedplz:
I love you so much!! My very first friend on DA! c: We need to rp padlock more and when are you going to start watching Bleach?! ;o; Haha, just kidding. XD Happy Birthday again! I'll try to get your fic done soon!! (:
~Relle
acxrs I'm grateful to you five million and one times over, babe
Gingersanps You'll never find the other body I've hidden, but if you do--kudos to you! (And that body being another compliment along this journal) ;3
Slayer-1412
N-ugatory--Vibrato, ReallyRelle, RagingFlygon, PokemonChampionX, and everyone else in this little family.
...I don't know where to start really. I pretty much lost faith in all of humanity. Then one day I had one of my first long conversations... And things started to get better. I made new friends, laughed, cried, giggled and cackled like a maniac. Even when I gave up on everyone... You guys never did for me. I am grateful that I




A very friendly group about pets, animals, and nature!
We hope you'll join!
Check out the weekly activity!
Picture of the Week!Here's our new Picture of the Week!
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Others in the poll:




Doves for Maya by clippercarrillo Munching the Twig - V by JetteReitsma



To donate points to continue to help them with future contests,
and to maintain their SUPER status, go to the page of the Founder:
Our very own,



INTRODUCING A BRAND NEW GROUP!!!
This Group is Founded by our own, , called:

You really have to check this group out! It's friendly, it's stunning...
And there's even a Folder for FRACTALS IN NATURE!


Affiliate Groups’ CONTEST WINNERS!
's WINNERS of their CONTEST: "People of The Fog"

FIRST: with:


SECOND with:


THIRD with:


RUNNERS-UP!!!




Honourable Mentions



CONGRATS ALL!


Thank you for your attention to our Wonderful Affiliates.
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Thank you ALL,
Members and hard working Admins. alike!

:thumb407161925: HUGE and HEART-FELT THANKS to my fellow-Admins., who have simply jumped in with ALL of our New changes, since 2014!

I appreciate the time and effort, PLUS the confidence to just do it!

There are just no words great enough to express my utter appreciation for these fellow-Admins.

Thank you for welcoming change, and going with the FLOW...



I just love our TEAM!

An EXTRAORDINARY TEAM it IS!

Roses-and-Butterfly by KmyGraphic


We, at Unframed-Nature hope that February, and now March has been good to you so far... and we wish the rest of this month and that April will be beautiful for you... 


Tea
Your Founder, aka Senior Team Leader...