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New deviantART ID

Published on 28/12/2009 in Art. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

I’ve been a part of the deviantART community for a lot longer than I have had a blog or website. I used to be very active but then drifted slightly away ’cause of the whole blogging thing though recently found myself at one of the devMeets. It’s a great way to meet other amateur, hobbyist and even professional artists, photographers and creative types. In an attempt to get back into the swing of things I created myself a new ID image:

Find me on dA: hellocatfood.deviantart.com

You probably will recognise some of the styles used in there from previous tutorials that I’ve written. Well, they’ve finally been of use to me! Expect more stuff like this from me in the future.

If you’re on deviantART too why not stop by my page

Halftone Portrait

Published on 28/11/2008 in Art. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Here’s the last in my daily pictures for this week. I’ve a busy weekend of parties and more parties, so I’ll do a whole week of drawing another week.

I’ve spent most of my day feeling a little bit ill and learning how to use Blender, so this is more of an experiment than anything. I used a tutorial by istarlome to create this. I found that if you check the Colour option under the Trace tab it will attempt to colour the image as well. Using Inkscape to create halftones could well be a powerful way to do it and gives you many options for editing and customisation.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this week of pictures!

A Few Art Sites Are Going Mainstream… Finally.

Published on 13/11/2008 in Blog. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

I’ve just read an article in emptyeasle that is somewhat critical of website such as deviantART.com

Yet deviantART continues to nab the attention of the press. Could it be that the media focuses too much on traffic and membership numbers instead of investigating how legitimate an art site is in the art world—like the connections it has or the opportunities it offers artists?

Sadly, I think that is the case.

In some ways I agree with what they’re saying. I doubt deviantART will ever be featured in a prestigious magazine and I doubt you’d find many of the best fine artists using it. However, there’s one thing which deviantART and similar ‘amateur’ services do provide and that’s a sense of community. I consider the fine art world, both in real life and online, to be a scary, big and sometimes hostile world. To have a place where you can show new work in a friendly environment is something that is needed.