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Another film from my uni.This one's a bit older, just finally online after doing the festival rounds. I really liked it.
http://vimeo.com/56835503

I fail at artI was going trough old binders and found some of my ancient "art". Some of it was hilariously bad so of course, being shameless as I am, now it's time to share.
This is how I was drawing when I was a teenager, something around 15-17.
Behold my weaboo phase! Yes, I was drawing animu. I never got a good grip on that style so it's all hideous.
kawaii desu ne?
That hand. That space between eyes. That fabric, hair, expression,  composition ...well everything.
The next few images I would call "look at me, imma ahrtis for realz" series.
Deep. Deep as a puddle.
Remember kids. If you fail at anatomy just add random lines. Random ass  lines make everything better. Yep.
Just look at this person's face. Don't you want to punch it? I do, so very very much.
Dear, sixteen years old akreon, you fucking suck.  Don't ever come back.

Can someone explain "renders" to me?I've been bumping into this more an more so I decided to share my RAEG.
So there is this group of people on dA who take some already existing art and cut out the backgrounds. That's all. They find some artwork, usually anime fanart, cut the background out, add their own watermark and BAM post it to their galleries as a free to use stocks without the permission of the original authors.
What's most infuriating there is almost always a disclaimer such as this one :
Oi, dumbfucks! Yes I'm talking to you. Why should anyone credit you for something that you did not create. You've contributed nothing. You've cut the background out, something that in most cases, can be done basically automatically by a computer program with a little to no human assistance.
The whole dA's category for stock renders is flooded with this shit --> http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/stockart/3drenders/
I'm sorry but I was under the impression that a render is a 2d image generated from a 3d

Enhancing the quality of your journalsHello, deviants!
In the last couple of weeks, we've been rolling out changes to the journal system, and with the introduction of the Journal Portal, your journals now have the potential to be showcased in the Footer of deviantART or in the Popular section of the Portal –- something that could draw tons more eyes to your work!
So, how do you make a journal that’s worth sharing? Even if reaching a wider audience isn't your goal, these tips will help you get better feedback and spark more conversation, which is one of the best things about our vibrant community.
`megturney's Top 7 Tips for Enhancing the Quality of Journals:
#1. Write what you’re passionate about
Love black and white photography? Let’s talk it! Do you have a deep philosophical discussion you're itching to bring out to the world? Fluffy and serious blogs alike, the most important part of any journal entry is showing your audience

Journals: The Tweaks We ALL WantWell, that didn't entirely go as planned.

There are a few issues with the Journal implementation, but there aren't any issues we can't easily fix. And we got so much great feedback, that we now clearly understand some things we didn't before. The best part is, we're going to get the best of both worlds for Journals. All of the benefits of the deviation system for Journals, with all of the resolutions that were vocalized as concerns.
Monday of next week, we're going to release the following changes so that everyone can SMILE!

When you go to publish a Journal, you'll be able to Submit your Journal to your Profile just as you did before the changes. The Journal will go out to your +Watch list, display on your Journal tab and on your Profile Page (if applicable.) There wouldn't be a +Favorite button unless you Submit to The deviantART Journal.
That's right! You'll also be able to publish to

You DO suck - The Comprehensive Bullying GuideOkay, so this blog is going to cover this whole "bullying" awareness going on the internet.
Basically, I don't give a shit about this, because I'm like a decade out of high school, and when I see people my age, or just in their twenties argue about bullying I just don't get it. But then, it's all social dynamics, and well, the "bullying", under a different name, happens to adults too, under different names, so maybe I can talk about it.
As always, I'll try to tell you people the actual truth, not the pretty bullshitting that is usually done to address this phenomena. No sugarcoating, no nothing. It's fucking time to look yourself in the eye. This blog will be long, so brace yourselves for the tl;dr.
ATTENTION HUGE POST
*** The roots
I like watching nature shows on the internet time from time. Not because I'm a huge animal lover, but because I'm a really materialistic person in daily life, and watching animals tells a great deal about people. Our behavior is reflected in the behavior of

Artisic license to killUPDATE: My deviation, the comic in question had been removed.
Now, what does this signify? That it's not what the art is about, does it follow the dA guidelines or not - you just have to rally people under the banner of a popular "deviant", and amass as many abuse reports as possible. Then any action would be applied as long as it satisfies the "customer".
This is proven by the following. I got two automatic replies from the Devart, each containing a DIFFERENT reason for the removal of the artwork.
"Your deviation Shit-dynamics And The World was reported for Problem Content. The report was reviewed by a member of the Staff and action was taken, deleting the deviation and marking the report as Resolved.
Additionally, the following comment was provided:
Deviation deleted by admin."
"Your deviation Shit-dynamics And The World was reported for Permission Issues. The report was reviewed by a member of the Staff and action was taken, deleting the deviation and marking the report as Resolved.

Top 50 Portraits Submitted to deviantART This WeekHere are my top 50 favourite portraits that were submitted to deviantART this week.

Unbelieveable!Look:

© art by Stanislaw Zoladz

And this IS watercolor painting. 100% watercolor. Kthnxbye.
I've been a lot in traditional art society, and just... I spotted this artwork. No, at the first it was a photograph for me. For really long time I wasn't interested to take a look deeper at that common photograph until I got bothered by loads of people to take a peek on it.
That really knocked me out from chair, is not the fact it's 100% painting but it's watercolor. I've seen 100% photo looking a like acrylics, oils and really mixed medium ways of paintings but... watercolor alone? And that's from simple watercolor "squares" palette.
I'm not really fan of photo-realistic paintings, I do love real life paintings with very artistic touch and with it's own original style... but for this one I have lots of "wow" for this artist to master watercolor on insane level of skill by using simple techni

Mike Malloy: Limbaugh Is Teh Ebil!When you think of someone evil, who is the first person who comes to mind? Hitler? Stalin? Bin Laden? Kim Jung Ill? Gadhafi?
Well to the unhinged hate radio host Mike Malloy, the person who best represents evil personified is…Rush Limbaugh! (Shocking, I know!)
I'm no fan of the neocon Limbaugh, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him evil, especially when there are far more evil people out there. (If you're lost on who, please refer to my list above.)
VIDEO: Epic Libtalk Anti-Limbaugh MeltdownBut this son of a bitch personifies - if ever evil could be rolled into a huge fat mass, this is it! This guy, this Limbaugh, this is one of the most vile human beings ever to live! If Limbaugh had the power, he would open gas chambers! If Limbaugh had the power, he would line up people up against the wall and execute them! If Limbaugh had the power, he would destroy childr

Pokemon Gen 6 announcedIt will be released WORLDWIDE on October 2013. A first for the game series to release without delay. It will be in full 3D and 3DS exclusive. The starters have been announced and it is rumored that the secondary types are dark,psychic and fighting respectivey for the grass,fire and water starters.
It seems to be based off of France and Europe in general.
Pokemon now have an attacking and a getting hit animation as well.

Cortex Subbed*edit*
episode 3 sub is now here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature

layer_embedded&v=oCEeX42RwFY
episode 2 is sub here the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9swqr3TGblI still trying to find episode 3

Fan Game Folder!Now, I know a lot of people have been making AoOni fan games, including myself, so I made a folder for just that! There aren't any sub folders, so I may just make separate fan game folders as it is. Just thought I'd inform all of you oni that you can now submit fan game material <3
HetaOni being included.

Code Lyoko Evolution: The actors and charactersCharacter and actor descriptions translated from France4's site. Translations of film/TV show titles are probably a little rough.
Léonie Berthonnaud is Aelita Schaeffer
Léonie, age 18, was spotted at her school in Angoulême and has already done several years of acting school.
Aelita, the only virtual humanoid creature able to resist the virus, is now a student with her friends. She knows Lyoko like the back of her hand and possesses the power to deactivate the towers that Xana activated to launch attacks on Earth.
Aelita constantly uses false last names. In the two final episodes of season 1, she enrolled at Kadic under the name Lyoko, which had been thought up by Yumi when she asked her parents if they would allow her "pen pal" to stay over. In season 2, Aelita chose the name Stones. In these two cases, Aelita was enrolled at the school as Odd's cousin. She revea

Do NOT Donate to the "Donation Hub"In light of her quitting, we've also realized that she started a separate account as a "donation hub" to "help keep the subby."
But she doesn't seem to have given anyone else the password. So please, DO NOT donate to the donation hub! As of right now, we're considering it a scam because no one else has the password and therefore cannot access it to transfer the points over to renew our premium membership. I have sent a note to the page, in hopes that she'll come back to check it, however if she doesn't not reply within a few days, we are going to report the account to the DA staff for fraud, since no one here actually authorized it, it just appeared on the front page.
To all of you who already donated points (it was up to 1200 something), we are so, so, so sorry. At this point I do not know what will happen. If she replies and turns over the password, then there will be no issue and we'll change it so that she can't access it. But if she doesn't, I don't know if you guys will get your

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EDIT: Ok... that would be funny if it wasn't just plain creepy. Where did the first 38 comments go to? [link] I know it's probably a glitch, but isn't it just creepy that people complain about the government and a few hours later their comments disappear without a trace? Bad, BAD timing. Did the censorship reach my profile too?

PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the US Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting "creativity". The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites-- they just have to convince a judge that the site is "dedicated to copyright infringement."

The US government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill.

What's worse, it won't even work! Why? To understand the process behind domain blocking, watch this video:

According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would cost us $47 million tax dollars a year — that's for a fix that won't work, disrupts the internet, stifles innovation, shuts out diverse voices, and censors the internet. This bill is bad for creativity and does not protect your rights.

What can you do about it?
Tell Congress not to censor the internet and join the protest NOW! - [link]

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*Mousenibbles Jan 31, 2013 Student Digital Artist

China much, government?

~Satchen Dec 30, 2011 Student Writer

Doesn't Congress realize that this bill goes against everything outlined in the 1st amendment? Does Congress realize they are trying to pass an unconstitutional law? No one is going to let this pass.

Besides, what about "fair use" laws?

~Kanerex Nov 26, 2011

AMURRICA FOR FREEDOM.

!ChainsawGod Nov 21, 2011

This goes with so many things people have been fussing over. Honestly, so many problems could be avoided entirely if people would just stop trying to control other people like this. There sexuality, personal choices, now the internet. Oh boy, what a world we live in.

~Patruelis Nov 20, 2011

It makes me laugh when I see politicians acting like they know what they are doing. This bill is bad, not enough specification and definitely out to get the small guy.

*Fullmoonstar Nov 20, 2011

I was not able to post something here before, but I have signed the sheet, on the link you have posted. I think that this is just crazy and absolutely needs to be stopped. This bill would be the next step to a totalitarian world, where everything can be censored, where the opinions can be manipulated, even easier than just now, and where some people can judge what is worth to be still there and what should be censored. I hope that this can be stopped...

~ArchlysWolf Nov 18, 2011

it's because they have nothing to do than to try to control EVERYTHING!!! We could be expending that money into new energy sources, education, better healthcare, but NOOOOOOO, we ave to censor the internet. so stupid

=PhantomCat Nov 18, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

The comment glitch has been happening to lots of people, actually, even on things unrelated to the bill. I think its just a glitch that DAland is dealing with, and not necessarily fixing, cause apparently, its been going on for a while now.
Has yet to happen to me, tho.

Also, the US government is full of useless idiots that dont know what they're doing. They'd rather expend time and money n stuff that doesnt even really matter than do something useful.