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Performance Arts - Nail Art ContestUpdate: We're getting the first entries and they're fantastic! There's still time to enter the contest, don't miss your chance

Yes, a contest! Remember I wrote yesterday about how amazing and fun nail art is? It's your time to try it, and to encourage you we're putting together a contest! Complete with pretty prizes and everything. Tell your friends!
Get your polish ready and try it! And guys, we're not forgetting about you

I think there's nothing wrong with a guy painting his nails, but if you're not comfortable with the idea ask your girlfriend to let you do her manicure and she'll be thrilled! (I speak from experience). Or well, there's always falsies

Rules

Entries must be made, photographed and submitted between May 3rd and 31st.The nail art can be performed on your own nails, someone else's nails or false nails, but it must be made by the submitting artist.There's no restriction on theme, materials or technique, asPerformance Arts - Nail Art Contest by ^Talty

Deviant ID feature 3You choose your ID picture to display on your front page right next to your nickname, interests, your bio and all the info that is all about you. It's quite obvious then that the ID itself is - in most cases - all about you as well. Let's take a peek at some really neat ones; and since an ID picture is an essence of one's style and personality, perhaps you'll find new galleries to watch? Here is the last feature from this mini serie - but who knows, perhaps I'll make some more later.

Deviant ID feature 3 by ^SylwiaTelari

AH: Deviant Stamps Feature!In honor of #ArtHistoryProject's deviantART Related Month I will be doing a series of features from the deviantART Related gallery. First up is...
Deviant Stamps!

That is all for now!
Next up from me will be a deviantMEETS feature on the 11th of April, be on the look out!

We are still in need to fill up the days of deviantART Related Art History MAH: Deviant Stamps Feature! by `Endorell-Taelos

Interview with emoticonist :devSynfull:!:iconArtHistoryProject:
March is dedicated to the Customization Gallery here in #ArtHistoryProject! I had the chance to meet and interview great emoticonists of our community!
Today, we will be interviewing `Synfull, a well known artist! (This was supposed to be posted on Saturday, but I had connection problems, sorry for the incovenience. Also, I am sorry but my Membership ended and I can't use the group's skin).
Hello and welcome to this interview `Synfull! Introduce us yourself.
Hey everyone. My name is Karen though I'm also known as 'Syn' around the community. I've been a member of deviantART for 7 years now and have been an emoticonist for around 4-5 years. In the offline world I'm currently taking a gap year out before starting work and in my free time love watching films, helping at Scouts and solving Rubik's cubes.

You are a successful emoticoInterview with emoticonist :devSynfull:! by ~Eightence

Outsider Looking In: Emoticons#ArtHistoryProject: Customization March
Customization is a diverse category, that because of its diversity shares many rumors, myths and general questions about parts of the gallery and their uses. I do not claim to be knowledgeable of this gallery, in fact, when writing this article, I decided to approach this through my own perspective as someone who has no experience with the gallery and has never submitted to it before. I set out to answer my own questions that I've wondered about and was greeted with a tremendous amount of help from the community as well as a variety of answers for me to chew on.
This Wednesday, I will present to you three of the amazing people who answered my questions about Emoticons and their responses. For those who are seasoned emoticonists, feel free to answer the questions in greater detail in the comments. Here are some questions for everybody to participate iOutsider Looking In: Emoticons by ^NicSwaner

A Digital Dolls FeatureIn honour of customization month, I am featuring from the digital dolls sub category to highlight the types of work that can be found. The works are varied in size, style and technique and I hope that you enjoy them =3
Digital Dolls - Pixel Shaded
Bases - Free hand and Traced

Dolls - Made Without a Base or on Adopted Bases

Digital Dolls > Tool Shaded
Bases - Free hand and Traced

Dolls - Made Without a Base or on Adopted Bases

Digital Dolls > Other Shading Styles
Bases - Free hand and Traced

Dolls - Made Without a Base or on an Adopted Base
:thumb1541552A Digital Dolls Feature by ^Lyricanna

A (modern) history of dA emoticonsIntro
As you wander around deviantART pages, there is noticeably one art medium that invades almost every element of the site. Whether it is the deviantART galleries, journals, news section, comments, forums, chatrooms, avatars or even dA profiles, it is hard to find a spot that hasn't been infiltrated by a familiar set of small, coloured, pixel circles. The art form I am talking about is of course the emoticon and throughout the past 10 or so years they have been happily adopted by deviantART and its community.
Although emoticons can often be spotted on a wide range of other instant messengers (IMs) and social media sites, deviantART has come to house a unique branch of these miniature art pieces. Whilst the majority of these alternative sites opt for simple, predominately yellow emotes with a range of basic expressions, the art community here at dA have stretched the art form far beyond its natural boundaries and developed entirely new styles of emoticonsA (modern) history of dA emoticons by `Synfull

Hanna-BarberaOk now, be honest, how many of you had a little happy tear when you read the title of this article?

Hanna-Barbera Productions is an American animation studios which has produced timeless classics more timeless classics than I can name. Tom & Jerry, Johnny Quest, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Scooby Doo, The Addams Family and many more!
The studio was formed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, formerly directors from the MGM Studio. They were born during the golden age of American animation as MGM shut down their animation studio, Hanna-Barbera rose from it's ashes.
The production company became super popular with it's Saturday morning cartoons. Their cartoon shorts and series filled this time slot on all major American TV channels at the time. However over time their profits started to fall as they lost this morning slot. The Turner Broadcasting System ended up buying them and so some of us growing up will remember seeing much of their toons in the channel you know as CHanna-Barbera by ^kingmancheng

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!
:iconmintyy:
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? Interview with emoticonist :devmintyy:! by ~Eightence

Featuring flash artist: ~SivcovaOn my hunt for flash artists the other day I came across a real beauty that I
wanted to share with all of you for the #ArtHistoryProject. I find her
drawing style really sweet and inspiring and she has used her style to create
warm, story book styled animations that tug at my heart strings.
~Sivcova

If you would like me to feature a flash artist that you have spotted on
deviantART feel free to send me a note!

Featuring flash artist: ~Sivcova by ^SqueakyToybox

Film Legends: Akira Kurosawa

Born in Tokyo, Japan on the 23rd of March 1910, Akira Kurosawa is considered one of the biggest figures in the film industry and a notable influence to western filmmakers such as George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg.

His career started in 1936 as an assistant director. Kurosawa was taken under the wing of director Kajiro Yamamoto, who promoted him to chief assistant director within a year. His first film as a director was Drunken Angel in 1948 and was the first of many collaborations with actor Toshiro Mifune. His international breakthrough came with Rashomon in 1950, a movie that won him the top prize at the Venice Film Festival and opened the gates of the Western to Japanese films.

The following years he worked on Ikiru(1952); Seven Samurai (1954), his first "proper samurai film" regarded by some as the greatest Japanese film ever made; and Throne of Blood (1957), an adaptation of Shakespeare's MacbFilm Legends: Akira Kurosawa by ^KasumiCR

Nick ParkWell I am sure this is a name a lot of you are familiar with! But for those of you who need an introduction to him, Nick Park is stop motion animator who works for Aardman Animations in Bristol. So to name a few works that you may be familiar with are Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Creature Comforts.
His works have been nominated for and also won quite a few BAFTA awards and Oscars.
He continues to work with traditional stop motion animation and plasticine, so the old 'move it a bit and take a photo' technique. His first feature piece for Aardman, A Grand Day Out, was a student project at the time. This was funded by the studio which allowed him to continue to work on it part time whilst continuing his studies. This became a huge hit and was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Unfortunately he lost this award to another short, Creature Comforts, which was also his work anyway!
His animations have graced British TV for many years and it has gained a lot of aNick Park by ^kingmancheng

AH: Film and Animation FeatureThe Traveller by ~Elena-Ciolacu
Yo(r)u and I by ~1-k-0
ANIMA by ~MichalTokarczuk
GIRL AND IT - Trailer by *mohdfikree
The Dark Forest by ~penguina-mica
5 second day 2013 by *Guts-N-EffortAH: Film and Animation Feature by `dekorAdum

La LineaThis is one of the most influential and iconic animated series ever made in my opinion. La Linea (The Line) is a classic Italian animated series by Osvaldo Cavandoli. The animation follows the character, Mr. Linea, who is drawn by a single line. Even if you don't know La Linea, some of you may recognise the voice actor as the original voice of Pingu the penguin. The language he speaks is based on Italian (Milanese dialect) but spoken in a way that essentially is gibberish!
Due to it's 'lack of language' this became an international hit, which I think is one of the best essences of film making. Having the power to cross borders without a language barrier is a fantastic skill to have!
But why do I think this is one series we should all know about?
Mr. Linea is always presented with obstacles, drawn in by the animator. Sometimes he'll succeed, sometimes he'll fail. So for example perhaps he's trying to reach something high up, so he complains to the animator. The animator draws a flight oLa Linea by ^kingmancheng

Ray HarryhausenRay Harryhausen, a name you may not know or remember, but his works, you should most certainly seen at some point in your life! He is a stop motion animator, who animated for some classic movies between the 50s and 70s. To name just a few, think Clash of the Titans, Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts!
At a young age, Harryhausen actually was not into fantasy or creatures that much. But over time as he watched films, read novels, seen paintings, visited museums and marionette shows, his interest for that area developed. Having tried model making in school, he developed his skills and at the age of 18, he won himself an award at a local competition.
Having seen and thoroughly enjoyed The Lost World and King Kong, this all naturally clicked into place as a revelation to him. He loved fantasy and creatures!
His earliest professional works were of dinosaurs and his is work was very well received. By the time that unfortunate chapter in history took place thatRay Harryhausen by ^kingmancheng

FlipbooksFlipbooks seems like a really natural topic to choose with regards to animation and film. Really it's motion graphics in one of it's most primitive forms! The history of it may extend further back than we know but certainly the earliest one that we know of was by John Barnes Linnet back in 1868. At the time he named the flipbook a kineograph, and so this makes Linnet one of the founding fathers of animation!
In 1882 Henry Van Hoevenbergh patented a flipbook design, having taken advantage of the works of another artist we have looked at recently, Eadweard Muybridge. What he essentially tried to make the flipbook is turn it into an 'optical toy'. In a later patent the flipbook has been updated so when flipped, it would show the next part or a completely different story.
Over time people began to realise this can potentially become a tool for more than just entertainment. In Germany, Maximilian Skladanowsky took stills from his film in order to make flipbooFlipbooks by ^kingmancheng

Interview with flash game artist *steffneFor flash/film/animation month over at #ArtHistoryProject I was given the
honour of chatting with one of my favourite flash game artists here on DeviantART, *steffne. I asked her a couple of questions and here is how the interview went.
:iconsteffne:
Hello Stephanie! Could you tell us a bit about yourself?
Hihi there ^__^ I'm a 21 year old Games development student living in London! I have an undenying love for pancakes and vintage toys.

Do you remember how you found DeviantART?
My friend ~Melissary was using it back when we were about 16 and kept pestering
me that I should join too.
I made an account but never started using it for a few years, when in College two friend's also started prodding me to use my account XD I guess I really owe it to
having such pushy friends for being here at all LOL. Interview with flash game artist *steffne by ^SqueakyToybox

A Glimpse into Fauvism Art

Introduction
The first of the major avant-garde movements in European 20th century art, Fauvism was characterised by paintings that used intensely vivid, non-naturalistic and exuberant colours. The style was essentially expressionist, and generally featured landscapes in which forms were sometimes distorted.

Self-portrait in studio by André Derain.
The Fauves first exhibited together in 1905 in Paris. They found their name when a critic pointed to a renaissance-like sculpture in the middle A Glimpse into Fauvism Art by ^SRudy

Studio GhibliA Tokyo based animation studio that needs no introduction! Studio Ghibli is best known for their traditionally animated anime films. It was originally founded by the legendary pair, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, back in 1985. Ghibli is named after an Italian war plane that was used for scouting, this reflected Miyazaki's love for not only airplanes but also Italy. The name itself means "hot wind blowing through the Sahara Desert".
Takahata and Miyazaki
It was formed after the great success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, which both Takahata and Miyazaki worked on. Their first feature film hit was Laputa, or some of you may know it as Castle in the Sky. Most of the films that Studio Ghibli produces is by Miyazaki, followed by Takahata, although they have worked with other film producers and directors as well.
Family favourite, My Neighbour Totoro
Walt Disney later acquiStudio Ghibli by ^kingmancheng

Kyle Cooper - Revolutionizing title sequencesTitle sequences are to movies what appetizers are to food. Often underrated, they are not unimportant. A good title sequence leaves a good first impression of the film, and makes the watcher want to see more. Good title sequences can be found throughout history of film, and some have even left a profound impression on their franchise. One example of this is the James Bond series, where in the first film, "Dr. No" (1962) many of the iconic aspects of the James Bond movies were established in the first few minutes; the gun barrel sequence and the music in particular.
There is one man in particular who took the art of title sequences to a whole new, insane level. That man is Kyle Cooper.
Se7en
In the movie "Se7en", we are confronted with a serial killer who murders his victims in a way that reflects the sins they have committed in their lives. What seperates Se7en from many other horror movies is the source of these murders: normally we see one disturbed indKyle Cooper - Revolutionizing title sequences by #ArtHistoryProject

Brief History of ClaymationClaymation is a method of animation where clay figures are filmed using stop-motion photography.
Claymation (clay animation) dates way back to 1897, when the material plasticine was introduced to the artistic world. In this article, we will briefly explore the history of Claymation!

(scene from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)
So.. where have you seen this method used before? Films such as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Chicken Run were all made using Claymation. TV shows such as Wallace and Gromit, Gumby, and Bob the Builder also use this method.
Sammy Squid: Turns The Other Tentacle by SuperDaddytv
In terms of notable clay animators, Jan Švankmajer is someone worth talking about. Švankmajer created his first film in 1964 and has impacted the film and animation worldBrief History of Claymation by ^ladygagz

Famous Photographers: What we can learnThere are things that we can learn from everybody, whether it's as they say - sitting at the feet of an elderly person - or indeed reading from a book, looking at history in photos and so on. But what, if anything, can we learn from the Famous Photographers of the past? Well, plenty.
Julie Margaret Cameron
She was a shrewd business woman, and her fame came from having the only photographs of some very famous iconic people in History. And how did she manage this? By meticulously keeping details and registering her copyright with every single Photograph she took. We can learn a lot from her actions, particularly in an age where anything can be replicated, if you have the right tools. Equally, we can also learn the value of the equipment we have around us, and how easy it is now to capture a photograph and share it with the world. Julie's time in Sri Lanka served as a testimony that without pure water and chemicals, she couldn't continue with her craft and aFamous Photographers: What we can learn by ^Kaz-D

William KentridgeWilliam Kentridge is a South African born filmmaker, sculptor and artist. His works are full of narrative that is influenced by politics and his studies in theatre. He generally works in traditional media such as charcoal and pastels. Some of his most memorable works were between the years of 1989 and 1996, which were a series of animations as viewed through the eyes of three different running characters.
During this period of time his works talked about the politics, social issues such as race and class, and injustice in South Africa at the time. Whilst his works are often about his views about what is going on, sometimes there are autobiographical elements in it as he has included his own image in his work.
The way he treats his materials also adds to the messages he is trying to get across. Rubbing out charcoal lines, drawing over it, but of course charcoal never cleans off completely so you can get a sense of the passing of time, decay and memory in his film.
"In the same wWilliam Kentridge by ^kingmancheng

Film Legends: Stanley KubrickStanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) is one of the most influental directors of the last century. If there is one thing most obvious that his works have in common, it is a strong inclination to the unsettling, sometimes disturbing and most likely controversial.

"2001: A Space Odyssey" via imdb.com
From ancient history over horror to science-fiction and erotica, there seems to be no topic he did not create a master piece in. He always avoided to repeat himself, yet you just know when you watch a movie of his.

"Full Metal Jacket"
He was a perfectionist who often drove his actors to the extreme. Repeating seemingly simple scenes 5o times or actually endangering their health for a certain shot.
Obsessed with every detail of the movie, from camera to costume, he was also immaculatFilm Legends: Stanley Kubrick by ^pica-ae

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