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PE S&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

PE S&R Gallery Guides - MiscatsMiscats
Miscats are as bad for your stock as missing keywords. They cause problems in the categories you are wrongly submitting to, make our galleries look disorganised and messy, and ultimately inhibit the exposure of your hard work to other artists.
Miscats are one of the most frequently complained about issues on DA.
Common Miscats
There are several varieties we see regularly that include

Placing 3 quarter/cropped or portrait model stock into the full body category.

Placing Interior shots into the Exterior category.

Placing 3D renders and premade stock into the stock photography interior/exterior categories rather than into their own equivalents.

Placing 3D renders into 3D models - which should be reserved for the physical model files, not renders of the model.

Placing landscapes or scenery shots into the Places category which should be reserved for images that show man made objects.

This... to That #5WELCOME TO ISSUE 5

Welcome to the fifth edition of This... To That, showcasing stock, and the artwork produced with it

Many thanks for all the stock providers and artists featured here!

If you would like to suggest artwork and stock to be featured in the next edition, please send me a NOTE with links and THIS TO THAT SUGGESTION in the subject line!

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STOCK PNG heavy vines by =MaureenOlder --> My Heart Is Refusing by *TitusBoy25
Grooming 5 by ~okbrightstar-stock --> Safe and Sound.. by *Charlie--X
place 1 by ~ladysivali-stock --> Dragonbane by ~SilenceNocturne
Stock 39 by ~Wintermoon-Stock --> Black heart by *ElenaDudina
Stone001 - cutout .png by ~akio-stock --> no one by ~igreeny
zgomot-stock-landscape-3 by ~zgomot-stock --> Briongloid by =NiAnluain

Pond by *XElectra --&

Stock and Resources UpdatesLETS TALK ABOUT STOCK "REQUESTS"
Every year we get excited, eager, passionate new stock providers entering our small but growing community, and every year these new stock models in particular get targeted by a small group of "requesters" Those of us who have been on the site for more than a few years recognise the types of "requests" I'm talking about and know to absolutely avoid them at all costs, but its something that I've seen more and more regularly over the last few months, and its definitely a concern.
There are standard "pose requests" that are NOT requested for the "artist" to work from. They are simply asking you to take photos of yourself in provocative poses so they can get off to your stock.
Firstly - please keep in mind that the images you are providing to artists are STOCK ART - they are first and foremost designed to provide artists with useable, useful references, either for traditional art, or digital art or whatever media they choose to create

R&S - Font Gallery Update!!I am very happy to make an announcement today that is something that I have been eyeing suspiciously for a while and now am very relieved to see it done:
The Resource & Stock Images > Fonts gallery has been relaunched!
Take a look at the changes here!
Now, without going into much detail, it used to be subpar. The category names were unprofessional and confusing, leading to frustrating search results and many many miscats.
Over the last month there has been a lot of work put into changing this status.
So first of all I’d like to thank ^Elandria and `Dan-Heffer who were very much in favor of the change and supported me in my endeavours to come up with a good gallery tree, despite being no experts on the topic of fonts, but giving me an outsiders input

Naturally I have to thank $Moonbeam13 as well, as she supported the idea as well and made t

PE Article: Tips and Advice 'Crediting Resources'One issue that we need to stress on deviantART is to credit your resources you use in your artwork. Crediting is a problem because a lot of people aren't doing the above.Most Stock Artists have individually tailored rules to suit their own personal level.
You must abide by these rules!
Often they include that they want full credit to be given to their use of stock. This is really simple!
All you need to do is..
Include a link/thumb of the stock used. People want to see what the stock has become!
If you don't know how to get the [link] or :thumbxxxxxx: It's simple.
Just copy and paste the URL of the Resource you used and the [link] will appear! For the thumb code, each deviation has one which is listed at the bottom right of the deviation itself or by pressing the small arrow upper right hand corner which gives you some options to share said deviation or to get the thumb code.
next..
Give the Stock Ar

Project Educate: Stock & Resources, Final WordThank You.
Thanks for being part of an amazing week everyone! We appreciate all the support and love we’ve received from our articles.
Our mission was to ‘re-educate’ on some issues and to serve a reminder to folks about guidelines that need to be followed! Hopefully you guys now have a clearer understanding of the issues mentioned.
Let’s hope so anyway!
We also hope you enjoyed our interviews with some amazing artists and stockers! we had fun doing those!
We wrote a few special articles because Project Educate allows us to get even closer with you guys and reach a wider audience. The Potential Article was to show you guys what’s so great about stock! and to help open your mind and raise awareness of what stock is really about and why stock is essential to so many artists. We also highlighted other essential topics like, atmosphere and lighting, adequately crediting your resources, keywords, categories, and miscats.

Good News Stockers!!Stock & Resources Gallery Changes!!
Yes you read that right!
Following our initial proposals which were posted here -

Dan and I can officially announce that $Moonbeam13 in her Super
Woman outfit has flown forth and waged war on our cluttered and
confused gallery!!
PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO CHECK ALL YOUR RESOURCES AND STOCK SUBMISSIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE SUB CATEGORIES! THANK YOU!

Live changes
Sub Category Name Changes
"Classical" is now "Classical & Vintage"
http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/stockart/classical/
"Female/nude/formal, classical" is now "Full Body" (to be the same as the male equiv.)
http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/stockart/model/women/femalenude/formal/
"Premade Backgrounds/places" is

Updates and stuff JuneUpdates
We are still biting our fingernails and bouncing on the edge of our seats for the changes to be made to the stock and resources galleries. Don't worry! We've not forgotten them!
We have been making a concerted effort to track down and report celebrity images, and other non-legit resources and user accounts - though you probably wouldn't notice given how many there are.
Stock things you should know and be aware of

DON'T EVER EVER take a brush set from another website and upload it here under the pretence that its yours. We, and the artists who regularly use such brushes are not stupid. You and your accounts will be reported and will be removed. No matter how many times you ban evade.

CELEBRITY PHOTOS ARE NOT STOCK. Stop it.
Stuff going on around the site
This week I have been mostly eating lettuce sammiches.
I haven't really... this week I have been mostly trying to get the constantly ig

Texture Your World WinnersTraditional Texture Winner

3 Free Big Painted Textures by =Docali
Traditional Runner Up

Colorful Life Texture Pack by =jesterry
Traditional Special Mentions

Photographic Texture Winner

Liquidity Triptych by *EveLivesey
Photographic Texture Runner Up

My Textured World by *Brin-Kennedy-Stock
Photographic Texture Special Mentions

Digital Texture Winner

1-2-3 Textures by =kuschelirmel-stock
Digital Texture Runner Up

PE S&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

PE Interview: Stocker, Lusete!:iconLusete: =lusete Lu is the lady behind the camera, the model in front of, and the mother of 2 beautiful daughters whom she has roped into modelling for her stock. We are assured there was no bribery involved, but we still aren't convinced!

As a continuation of our Project Educate Stock & Resources week we sent her our short list of questions to answer.
What were your first artistic influences, and did they have a hand in the development of your resources?
I joined DeviantArt many years ago and was immediately taken by the photomanipulations. So many amazing works. I started doing some myself and I realised how hard was to find a specific pose or even good objects etc. This is when I took the decision to take my own stock photography. I studied photography at university so grabbing a camera and starting to shoot was not hard, although I was seriously rusty and needed to polish my capturing skills. Thankfully I have 2 daughters that are more than happy to model

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We are looking for editorial content from artists of all types and of all mediums!
So, calling all photographers, illustrators, writers, everyone interested in seeing their work in print or interested in being featured in the world's largest dark style magazine, email Merry.Phillips@stylenoir.co.uk
Make sure you share this with any friends you think who would be interested, I for one would love to see as many dA artist contributing as possible!
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Winners of the Icarus Contest!

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 2:02 PM

Without any further delay! (Sorry about that!

) Here are the winners of our Project Educate Stock & Resources Icarus Contest!!!!

STOCK WINNER

By *GraphicPAStock

STOCK RUNNER UP

By =kirilee

STOCK SPECIAL MENTION

:bigthumb298703136:
By =lusete

ART WINNER

By *ReyeD33

ART RUNNER UP

ART SPECIAL MENTION

By *Anne-Wipf**

Massive congratulations to all our winners, and many many thanks to everyone who submitted work to the contest!! Prises will be winging their way to the winners ASAP!

Winners will receive:
x1 - 12 months DA subscription
x1 - 6 months DA Subscription donated by #Realm-of-Fantasy & #digital-artists combined
1000 DA points
DA goodie pack
Features from multiple groups and individual journals including ^Dan-Heffer ^Elandria #StockandResources #projecteducate #DesigningDivas #Photomanipulated #Dreamers-of-Avalon #Realm-of-Fantasy #digital-artists

Runners Up will receive:
x1 - 6 months DA subscription
x1 - 3 months DA subscription donated by #Realm-of-Fantasy & #digital-artists
500 DA points
DA goodie pack
Features from multiple groups and individual journals including ^Dan-Heffer, ^Elandria #StockandResources #projecteducate #DesigningDivas #Photomanipulated #Dreamers-of-Avalon #Realm-of-Fantasy #digital-artists

Special Mentions will receive:

x1 - 3 months DA subscription
50 DA points
Features from multiple groups and individual journals including ^Dan-Heffer, ^Elandria #StockandResources #projecteducate #DesigningDivas #Photomanipulated #Dreamers-of-Avalon #Realm-of-Fantasy #digital-artists

**changed due to an issue with the first selection, please accept our apologies about that! We are only human!

KEEP BEING RESOURCEFUL!

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=NTGreen Jun 21, 2012

Lovely submissions and congrats to the winners ... and to all who share wonderful stock a big hug!

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^Elandria Jun 22, 2012

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*ReyeD33 Jun 7, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Great works!!

And thank you very much, I'm honored

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^Elandria Jun 20, 2012

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*TehAngelsCry Jun 7, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Congratulations everyone

You all deserve the win!

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^Elandria Jun 20, 2012

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=Yobtaf Jun 7, 2012

Congrats to the winners

I think in the end you guys did a great job at judging because the winning works are awesome! Although as one person before pointed out, the art special mention was submitted before March, but other than that I think the rest really deserved their places. I would have chosen those winners too

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^Elandria Jun 10, 2012

Fixed now

Sorry about that.

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=Yobtaf Jun 10, 2012

Cool! And congrats to the new winner

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~Ibra93 Jun 7, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

congratz to all

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