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Art History - Interview with Salvador-rudy:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations: 
As part of Traditional Art History Month I will be interviewing some of the Traditional Art Community, including your lovely TradART Community Volunteers :aww:
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Today it's the delightful ^SRudy
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Hi ^SRudy, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.
Hi, I´m a surreal artist, I love drawing / painting surreal-themed artworks. Since I really like both surreal art and the classical renaissance realism, I try my best to mix them most of the time.
What is it that attracts you to Traditional Art?

What I love about traditional art is its originality, and how almost everything can be done using traditional tools...
How much do you think that the roots and origins of Art affect what we create today?
Although  that art is creating and improving, I believe that we're
Printing: From the Far East to the Printing PressIllustrations have been hand drawn for many centuries. But as the demand for the distribution of illustration and text increased, people developed printing techniques, and over time this would turn into what we now know as the printing press, the mass production of illustration and text.
Let us take a look at the Far East first, in particular China and Japan where print has been traditionally used as early as the 7th century. The Chinese have been using woodblock printing since the Tang Dynasty (7th Century). This method of printing quickly spread to other East Asian countries, including Japan. The earliest complete survival of a dated printed book is the Diamond Sutra (Buddhist text). This of course ties into one of the most famous Chinese inventions, paper!

"It was the Chinese who really discovered the means of communication that was to dominate until our age."


A. Hyatt Mayor

Wood block printing was used in the production of books such as
Art History - Interview with pica-ae:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations: 
As part of Traditional Art History Month I will be interviewing some of  the Traditional Art Community, including your lovely TradART Community Volunteers :aww:
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Today it's the adorable ^pica-ae, your Community Volunteer for Text & Typography
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Hi ^pica-ae, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.
- Hi! I am a web designer form Hamburg, Germany. In my spare time I have always enjoyed doing any kind of art. When I was smaller I started with Watercolors and moved on to Oil, before I went to design school and focused mostly on digital art.
My style… I am not sure I found it yet. Well, I am always looking for it, tho! I see finding one's style as a constant struggle. In my works you can find lots of bright colors, very often things are kept simple, minimal maybe in content or simple in composition. Mostly I try to keep away from
CR Newsletter - July/AugustTable of Contents
1. Thank You!
2. Daily Deviations and Groups
3. Volunteer Openings
4. Share Your Opinions
5. Community Projects
6. Official Contests
7  Project Educate 2011/2012
8. Art History Project
9. News from the Chats and Forums
10. News from the Galleries
1. Thank You!
I'd like to take a moment to issue a very important "THANK YOU" to YOU! The deviantART Community.  On the heels of our 12th Birthday, I've looked back at the projects that my team have undertaken and realized that in the last year, especially, the deviantART community has stepped up and helped to make projects like #projecteducate and #ArtHistoryProject successful.  Without your contributions, interest, faves, feedback and participation, projects like these would go no where.  I'm looking forward to more community interaction and participation projects and am always open to your feedback regarding projects or endeavors you'd li
PE - Furcadia Ports and Stamps: CategorizationSometimes the category system here on dA can get a little confusing.  For example; you created a piece using pixeling techniques but you intend to use it as an icon.  Where do you categorize it?  A lot of people just are not sure.  So this article should help to clear it up.
When it comes to categorization, intended use can be a huge factor.  In this case, Furcadia portraits would belong in the Icons and Handhelds gallery instead of Pixel Art or Anthro, because while it may have been created pixel by pixel and the subject is anthro, it was created for use as a portrait (often shortened to port), with specific size parameters and place of display kept in mind.  By putting them in Icons, ports are easy to find and media doesn't separate them; some ports are not done in a pixel by pixel manner but as they are similar in theme and intended use, they should be seen in the same area.  As this is not the first time this has been discussed, I feel the need to
Graphics Month - August:iconcommunityrelations: :iconarthistoryproject:






From Traditional to Graphic

So July was the month of Traditional Art. We saw work on Illustration, Dali and Surrealism, John Blake, Giger and much more.
For the full Archive  please check out our Traditional Gallery here.
August is now our Graphics Month. This is a culmination of mediums, including - Comics & Cartoons, Anthro, Fan Art and Anime/Manga
Without much ado, here are your Community Volunteers for these Galleries...
 
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Anime & Manga


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Fan Art
 

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Art History - Interview with deshrubber:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations: 
As part of Traditional Art History Month I will be interviewing some of  the Traditional Art Community, including your lovely TradART Community  Volunteers :aww:
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Today it's the talented ^deshrubber, your Community Volunteer for Traditional Art

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Hi ^deshrubber, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.
Hi, I'm Tim! I've been drawing for most of my life and took up painting around the age eighteen. Abstract is the general style most of my works fit into, mainly because I like to watch people try to figure out what they mean.
What is it that attracts you to Traditional Art?
I love the smell and feel of the paint. The way bristles of a paint brush move under different pressures, tablet pens don't have that feeling. I like the way textures are real and cast shadows(if heavily textured) , which you don't get with di
Art History - Interview with jonniedee:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations: 
As
part of Traditional Art History Month I will be interviewing some of
the Traditional Art Community, including your lovely TradART Community
Volunteers :aww:
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Today it's the talented *jonniedee
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Hi *jonniedee, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.
The artwork that I produce has a few different styles. I play with more
than one look in order to keep myself from feeling stale. The styles are
black and white photojournalism/street photography, vintage aesthetic,
surreal and abstract.
What is it that attracts you to Traditional Art?
What attracts me to traditional art is the intimacy involved. When art
is hand made, patience is demanded. An person can't just pick up a
camera or paint brush for the first time and start making masterpiece
photographs or paintings . Time is needed for practice and the
accumulation of the sk
People + Portraits Photography: Body Art RecapWithin the People and Portraits Photography Gallery there are various galleries that have their own Community Volunteer and go to person for Daily Deviation suggestions and so on. Body Art has its own niche within the People & Portraits Gallery and this has been the case since 2010. `Exillior explains the changes more fully in this journal.
The Photography Body Art Gallery is for Photographers who would like to showcase the Body Art that has been executed by somebody else. If you've created the Body Art or you have the permission to post the creation of somebody else's Body Art then you need to submit it to Traditional Art -> Body Art. Check out `JZino's latest Daily Deviations Roundup for more information on her Daily Deviation suggestion guidelines. Below is a recap of useful Body Art Blogs and Features
Photography Weekly: Edition Thirty FourPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"One Signature is worth a thousand implied tones..."
-Charles Swan -
Copyright Expert
In the news this week there has been a spotlight on Karren Brady, a photographer who has won a copyright ruling. The news article itself is interesting but the cautions that it turfs up for the future and current generations of photographers are slightly more concerning. The general feeling that has started to develop is that if you have assistance with setting up a shot, making a scene, posing a model and making up a person for example, those people may well have rights to your work. This is also being debated with regards to post-production and if you get somebody else to edit your work. What are your thoughts on this? And when attributing this to the deviantART community, what
Famous Photographs: The Afghan GirlIf you run a google search on what are the top famous Photographs of all time, The Afghan Girl is sure to appear. She is truly a face from History and one that many across the globe have tried to capture within others time and time again. But what exactly has made this image and its photographer so captivating?
Source: Daily Mail/National Geographic/Steve McCurry
Eyes, they say, are the window to the soul. And capturing such a piercing and expressive look in a photograph is a highly sought after skill. The Afghan Girl exhibits suspense, suspicion and a sense of distrust at the person behind the lens, she gives off an air of maturity, a foreboding feeling - a vulnerability behind years of strength. That, is what makes her so captivating.
Sharbat Gula is her name, although few even know this rather important detail. Sh
The Beginning of MangaNarrative in art has been seen for centuries in a wide range of different forms. Now I should start off by saying the 'true origins' of manga is disputed. World War II accelerated the world of comics and manga. However we'll take a look at what has been going on before global conflict changed everything. We'll start with the actual name itself, manga, meaning 'whimsical pictures'. So this is the nature of it, satire, doodles, sketches, exaggeration and humour. The first time this term was used to describe a piece of artwork in Japan was given to Hokusai Manga (first published in 1814). So there is the term itself, but going a bit further back is where it's real history becomes debatable.
 
Theory 1
Manga started around 12-13th century, the Japanese Fujiwara Period. Animal caricatures known seen on picture scrolls are an early form of narrative. They show mischief and fun doodles, and they are actually an early example of Japanese art that is breaking away from their Chinese
Art History Interview with kiwi-pdd:iconarthistoryproject: :iconcommunityrelations: 
As part of Traditional Art History Month I will be interviewing some of the Traditional Art Community, including your lovely TradART Community Volunteers :aww:
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Today it's the talented ^kiwi-pdd, Community volunteer for Street Art

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Hi ^kiwi-pdd, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.
The name I go under is Kiwi. The style of art I produce is usually
labeled as street art. I produce canvases using spraypaint and stencils
cut out of card/paper, also hand drawn stickers for trade/placement on
the street.
What is it that attracts you to Traditional Art?

My answer is twofold to that one. Firstly the joy of creating something physical and real that can be held and admired from multiple angles. Secondly my complete ineptitude when it comes to image manipulation software :D

:t
Art History - Trad Art Month:iconcommunityrelations: :iconarthistoryproject:
 

The #communityrelations Team bring you ART HISTORY -
A series of articles about the entire History of Art.

 
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WHAT IS IT?
Your #communityrelations Volunteers look after your Galleries and the Messaging&Chat Network. For more information about the CR Team have a look here ---> http://communityrelations.deviantart.com/blog/27409506/#B 
Our amazing team of CV’s have shown you through #projecteducate what happens in the various genres, now #ArtHistoryProject will show you where this Art came from.
Every month we will focus on an area of Art and bring it to YOU.
Kicking off in July with Traditional Art!
 

 
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WHAT WE WILL BE SHOWCASING
Articles and Features that cover a period
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby was born Jacob Kurtzberg on August 28th, 1917 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He was a comic book artist, writer, and editor; one of the most innovative and influential creators in the history of comics.
Growing up poor in New York City, Jacob Kurtzberg entered the newly emerging comics industry in the 1930s. He drew various comics features under different pen names, finally settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby, often collaborating with Simon, created numerous characters for that company and also for the company that would become DC Comics.

Kirby eventually found himself at Timely's 1950s incarnation, Atlas Comics, later to be known as Marvel Comics. There, in the 1960s, he and writer-editor Stan Lee co-created many o
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Art History - Interview with Mollinda

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 3:54 AM


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As part of Traditional Art History Month I will be interviewing some of  the Traditional Art Community, including your lovely TradART Community Volunteers :aww:

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Today it's the totally awesome `Mollinda, former Traditional Art Community Volunteer, now full time mother, artist and all-round darling.

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Hi `Mollinda, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.


Herro, I'm Molly. I paint, I draw, I photograph... I just love art.
I draw and paint from photographs and from life as I love to make mundane, every day objects and situations into something beautiful (hopefully!) but I also cartoon and doodle monsters and all sorts of ridiculous things.


What is it that attracts you to Traditional Art?



I love that it is tangible, that I can move materials around with my fingers and that there's no ctrl+z.
If you make a mistake, you make  the best of it.
When I paint on canvas it's a physical workout - using big brushes, mixing paint in bowls, throwing buckets of water at the canvas...
You just don't get wet feet painting digitally.


How much do you think that the roots and origins of Art affect what we create today?


Hugely, of course they do! If you took the foundations from a house, it would fall over.
The same is true of art - cave paintings, ancient Greek pottery, Chinese sculptures... they form the foundations of art and everything else is laid on top.


What do you think is the most iconic painting of all time?



The Mona Lisa, sadly. It is the most famous painting... and utterly, utterly dull.


Are you a member of any dA Traditional Art Groups? If so, which?


Er, I don't think I am... I am rubbish at groups :o


Did you study Art at School / College / Uni? Or in your own time?


I studied fine art to degree level and now teach painting, drawing and photography at college (generally age 16-19) level :) I don't think I've ever been taught how to use any specific medium though, the only thing I can recall being actively taught is measured drawing...


Which is your favourite Traditional Art piece on dA?


I don't think I could pick one - having been Traditional CV for nearly two years my favourites folder is HUGE!


Who are your favourite Traditional Artists of all time?

Lucian Freud, Tracey Emin, John Singer Sargent


Which Artist(s) have inspired your Art?

The above, plus also illustrators like Edward Monkton, Richard Scarry and Quentin Blake.


:clap: Thank you `Mollinda!




Check  out   the #ArtHistoryProject for more about Traditional Art this month and be ready for the other galleries over the next year!

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July is Traditional Month in the #ArtHistoryProject
We will be bringing you features and interviews from the community, today is the awesomesauce `Mollinda - our former Community Volunteer for Traditional Art :love:
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Mood: Love `WDWParksGal Jul 30, 2012
:aww: I understand about being "rubbish" at groups. I admin loads but am not very good at submitting to most of them!! :giggle:

I really like an interview that is short and to the point ;) ~ added to the #DevNews journal that will be going out soon!
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`Mollinda Aug 17, 2012   Traditional Artist
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