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Seniority Announcements - January 2013
This article marks the latest additions to the dizzy height of Senior members in our community. With just over 1000 deviants holding the highly saught after ` -- it's clearly a moment that deserves recognition.
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So what does it take to become a Senior? That's a question many have asked and have never really been able to get a straight answer on. Some have gained Seniority as a thank you for their time spent as a Volunteer, or to recognise their contribution to a particular project or collaborative action. Some have gained Seniority because of their community spirit, providing help and assistance to many other deviants and taking time out to promote the work of others in the community. 
Some people have received Seniority because of their artistic endevours, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice that stands out above the many other
Random Emoticon FeatureThis article features a collection of emoticons that were selected by my Watchers and posted to me through various polls.  I hope you enjoy them.
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Spotlight Features - Volume 10A news series featuring art selected by me. There will be a wide range of themes and genres covered. In addition, there will be periodic interviews and artist spotlights.
:+fav: If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Daily Features
On my profile page, I feature a new deviation every day (or two or three). The piece is usually something that caught my eye. Could be an amazing digital painting, a fun stamp, a quick photograph that made me smile, perhaps a piece for a weekly theme, whatever.  However, it moved me enough to share it with my visitors. Below is a list of the artists which I featured during July 2012. I am showcasing different pieces from their gallery in the hope of showing them a bit more love. If you would like to see the original piece I featured of each of these artists, please visit
Emote Secret Santa 3.0 RoundupToday's the day everyone's been waiting for! :happybounce:
Before I do anything else, I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in #EmoteSecretSanta this year. We've had over 40 participants, and without you guys, this project wouldn't be here. So thank you all. :hug:
Now onto the presents! :la:
`BlissfullySarcastic's half of the participants will be listed at the top, and my half of the participants will be listed at the bottom so it's easier to find your gifts. Since there were two small gifts, two people will receive an additional gift, keep your eyes peeled.
We have asked each of you to upload your presents to your gallery, but until then, we will use codes instead of :thumb:s. Please note the group or comment on this journal once you have uploaded your present to your gallery, and we'll change it ASAP!
Everybody ready? :eager:
`BlissfullySarcastic's Half
To: ~NerdyGeekyDweeb
From: :devDawnDancer1
Spotlight Features - Vol. 15A news series featuring art selected by me. There will be a wide range of themes and genres covered. In addition, there will be periodic interviews and artist spotlights.
:+fav: If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Daily Features
On my profile page, I feature a new deviation every day (or two or three). The piece is usually something that caught my eye. Could be an amazing digital painting, a fun stamp, a quick photograph that made me smile, perhaps a piece for a weekly theme, whatever.  However, it moved me enough to share it with my visitors. Below is a list of the artists which I featured during October 2012. I am showcasing different pieces from their gallery in the hope of showing them a bit more love. If you would like to see the original piece I featured of each of these artists, please visit
Watcher Wednesday #5As a way to show how much I appreciate all the comments, favs and general awesomeness, I will feature 3 random watchers from my watchers list every Wednesday!
Thank you so much for everything, you are amazing! :love:
^arctoa

  
^JCROXAS

  
`Arichy

  
January 16th | January 23rd | January 30th | Feb 6th
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Interview with emoticonist :devmintyy:!Customization month on #ArtHistoryProject gave me the opportunity to interview amazing emoticonists here, on DeviantArt!
Today, I will present you `mintyy, a well known emoticonst that has offered so much to DeviantArt!
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Hey there, `mintyy! So, tell us a little about yourself. How did you find out about DeviantArt?
How I found DeviantArt? Hm. To be completely honest, it was so long ago I don't remember.

Oh, I see! So, let's talk about emotes. How did you start making these little creatures?
I started making emoticons after I found ^SparklyDest's Pumpkin contest. I entered it with a, to be honest, completely bad entry and no experience in pixel arts at all, yet it inspired me to make more pixelarts and therefore also emoticons.
As we can see on your profile, you have an amazing collection of pixel flowers with emotes. How did that idea spring in your head? 
Emoticonist Secret Santa 3.0 - Signups Open!Only 30 minutes left for you to sign up! Do it now if you haven't already. (Silly procrastinators. :heart:)
Hello and welcome to Emoticonist Secret Santa 3.0! The original had a very nice turn out, and last year had even more participants (special thanks to last year's co-host, =Kyramy), so I thought I'd start up another with my buddy and fellow emoticonist, `Synfull.
The aim of the #EmoteSecretSanta is to promote art in the community and to ensure that every emoticonist, new or seasoned in the community, has a chance to give and receive a present for the holidays this year. Yay for inclusion! :eager:
Current list of Signups: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsgBSv6f3nY8dDAyX3dzNXZFcUZna3JlTGVuVy1Tcmc#gid=0
Read below for rules
Are You Super? - Vol. 1A new series which will feature superhero related art and literature. I don't have a planned schedule for updates, but hope to publish at least once a month.
As I had intended to do an article to feature Relativity art we received from a project which we're wrapping up, I thought it would be a good way to launch this series. Note that in the future, a wide range of superhero art and literature will be showcased, not just my stuff =p.
The Relativity Profile Project
Back in June of 2012, `Ravenswd and I planned a special project for our fiction series, Relativity. Looking at our group gallery, we noticed that we did not have a lot of good, full-figured pictures of our characters. This made creating profile sheets and other promotional items difficult. So we set up a little fund in order to purchase a few commissions of the main heroes. We were on a tight budget and looked for artists that would work wit
Digitally Delicious: April 29th
still a WIP by ~Vorace-Art

No Way 2 by ~feerikart

The Lord of the Rings by ~omarito

Jellyfish Lady by ~Trangus

Hostile Hideout by ~Nele-Diel

Watching the Life of Birds by ~Nambroth

Ghost council of Orzhova by ~velinov

WITCHCRA
November EMTC Winners!:drool: So much yummy goodness....
WINNERS!
:bulletred: :spotlight-left: FIRST PLACE :spotlight-right: :bulletred:

by =Sylvaur
:bulletblue: :winner: Honorable Mention :winner: :bulletblue:

by `BlissfullySarcastic
:bulletpink: Close Contenders :bulletpink:


To see all the entries, just click here.
And just a reminder, the winner and honorable mention will be judges for next month's challenge, and unable to enter the contest.  Well, unable to win at least. :D
Prizes
Since I can never remember what I offered to what contest, I figured I would include all the amazing prizes here so those of you who offered something don't have to search and see what you may have decided to give.  Thank you to all of those who
The Emoticon Corner - Volume 1A brand new bi-monthly article featuring emoticons, emoticonists, as well as other fun stuff having to do with emotes.  This feature combines, replaces, and re-imagines the "Random Emote Awesomeness" and "Amazing Emoticonists" articles.
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Emoticonist Spotlight
:iconbash-hazard: ~Dead-Deviant

I'm a sucker for pixel vehicles and this one is awesome! Lovely shading.

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:iconPixacious: =Pixacious

Such a sweet gift for a fellow artist. Love how the OCs are done.

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:iconhappy-gurl: =happy-gurl
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Emoticonist Advent Calendar!:+fav: Be sure to fave this article to keep up to date on this event, as well as get the link to the calendar when it is posted!
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:santa: Welcome to the Emoticonist Advent Calendar.  This year the event will be co-hosted by `Krissi001 and `Mirz123
:bulletgreen: What's an advent calendar?  It's a special calendar which marks off the 24 days until Christmas and ends with the big day its on December 25th!  More info here ---> http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/xmas/adventcalendars.html
:bulletgreen: What's the Emoticonist Advent Calendar?  It's a special project where emoticonists sign up to create an emoticon picture for each of the days. Depending on how many people sign up, each emoticonist can do one or more entries. The fun of an Advent calendar is that the piece is not shown until the day arrives.  So the piece for December 15th won't be revealed until the 15th!
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Chat Event Friday Jan 4th!Please :+fav: this to spread the word!:dummy:

Hey!:la:
On Sunday, January 6th, I will be hosting a chat event!:eager: Silly me forgetting that I have nothing to do on Friday.:facepalm: New Day will be Friday, January 4th!:la:
 It will last for about 3 hours, and have tons of fun and games!:eager: I got a schedule pretty much written out, and I'm working on getting a chat room booked.;)
I'm also looking for a Co-Host too.:D You don't need to do much, mainly you will just help me with judging art and help keep the chat room active.:giggle:
I got ~iDJPanda!:dummy:
The main theme will be New Years, but that doesn't mean we won't have other themes for challenges and contests too.:meow:
Also, please vote in this poll here! http://icexdragon.deviantart.com/journal/poll/3377566/ Pick the time that would be best for you.:D Remember that all times are in PST (GMT -8).:)
I already have over 2,000 :points: wort
deviantART In Review: February 2013Each hour, thousands of works are submitted to deviantART. Here's a summary of the pieces that were submitted each day last month that gained a lot of attention.



February 1
`yuumei

February 2
=jjpeabody

February 3
~jeftoon01

February 4
=FOERVRAENGD

February 5
*gamefan84

February 6
`alicexz

February 7
=The-SixthLeafClover

February 8
`yuumei
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Awesome Sauce Emoticons Vol. 2

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:woohoo::happybounce:Awesome Sauce Emoticons:happybounce::woohoo:


This is a feature that features awesome recent emoticons submitted!:la: It will come out at completely random times, so keep an eye out.:giggle:

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Hope you enjoyed this feature!:la: Please don't forget to :+fav: this article so more people can see these awesome sauce emoticons!:eager:

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*TheIrritatingPenguin Dec 24, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Wow! This has been going on for ages!
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`IceXDragon Dec 24, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I actually only started this series earlier this month.:giggle:
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*TheIrritatingPenguin Jan 31, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Yay! Late reply!
It was sarcasm ;)
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`IceXDragon Jan 31, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Oh.>.>
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*TheIrritatingPenguin Feb 1, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Nevermind :D
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`Infinite-Heart Dec 23, 2012   General Artist
:heart: Thank you!!
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`IceXDragon Dec 23, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
No problem.;)
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`Infinite-Heart Dec 26, 2012   General Artist
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^SparklyDest Dec 23, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
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`IceXDragon Dec 23, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
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