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Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (also known as Moebius) was a French comics artist, working in the French tradition of bandes dessinées (bandes dessinées is derived from the original description of the comics art form as "drawn strips").

Many artists from around the world have cited Giraud as an influence on their work. Giraud was longtime friends with manga author and anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. Giraud even named his daughter Nausicaä after the character in Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Asked by Giraud in an interview how he first discovered his work, Miyazaki replied:
"Through Arzach, which dates from 1975, I believe. I only read it in 1980, and it was a big shock. Not only for me. All manga authors were shaken by this work. Unfortunately, when I discovered it, I already had a consolidated style so I couldn't use its inf

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

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

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

Stories of Improvement IThrough the month you have seen some historic moments regarding Digital Art, some topics of discussion, interviews with talented digital artists and features with incredible art.
Today we'll take a look at the personal stories some deviants have to tell about how much they've improved over the years. So here is the first part of two! Each story is accompanied by a couple of thumbs, one old and one old so you can see how much the deviant has improved.
:iconmilotic1406: `Milotic1406
I started creating digital art just a few

Digital Art - Why it's such a popular mediumThe World of Digital Art
Stepping out of the real world and into your imagination is an experience that is both shared and held close to all of us. Most of us here express it in our own way in respects to art and the art form. As time moves forward technology progresses on, that type of expression is finding new means and mediums to be painted upon.
Digital art has exploded with the modern age and with it brilliant and fantastic artists have emerged from its rupture. So why is Digital Art so popular.

Cordyceps by *jeffsimpsonkh
What makes Digital Art so appealing that most would give up traditional art to move onto something more accessible. Is it money? Is it the potential to further your own artistic ventures? Some say all and others none of the above. It's all personal preference but I am sure we can all observe how popular Digital Art has become. Not just for the artists down the street but as

Art History - Interview with SylwiaTelari: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

Today it's the lovely ^SylwiaTelari, your Community Volunteer for Traditional Art

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Hi ^SylwiaTelari, tell us a little about yourself and your style of Art.
I'm a creation addict... and my name is Sylwia (: My personality and interests are clearly visible in what and how I do; a bit twisted, with a creepy shell, sometimes rigid, but I tend to hide a smile in details that require your search.
I'm crazy about trying new things and techniques and what you can see in my dA gallery is just a tip of an iceberg.
What is it that attracts you to Traditional Art?
It's traditional (: Anything I do has a connection to the past and it gives me a chill when I think that some of the techni

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

WHAT WE WILL BE SHOWCASING
Articles and Features that cover a period

Up and Coming IIThere is an abundance of talent here on deviantART, and I love browsing our fashion photography galleries for emerging artists, at the forefront of the next wave of new talent.
There are always people who catch my eye, and I collect their names and keep an eye on them, because watching people make the most of their talent and fulfill their potential is a wonderful experience. I'm going to share some of the fresh talent I'm currently admiring and amazed by, so that when they're out shooting big campaigns and stories across the world, we can say I told you they were special!"
So have a look at these wonderful artists, this feature is the first in the series, check out the previous one here.
~GARETHHH
Gareth is part of a fresh wave of talent hailing from Wales but working a lot in London. Unafraid to experiment with colour, Gareth's conceptual-meets-fashion photography really makes an impact on the viewer. Back To The Stre

There's something new in town...For a long while now, I've been itching to create a group that encompasses the whole of the People & Portraits Photography Gallery. After chatting it through with ^3wyl today, we decided to launch one - and so ~PeopleAndPortraits was born! It's for every single sub-gallery of People and Portraits Photography. Every single one. You'll find a folder for every one of them and you'll find that you can submit not one but TWO works a week to each one. What else are we giving you...well...

The chance to show case your work by having it submitted to the group

A 'photographer' of the week each week

People and Portraits Exposed - a weekly series of articles

Articles from other community volunteers who handle People and Portrait Galleries

Feedback - we would LOVE to give you feedback!

A contest ---- our contest is launching next week and we're ready for you! Standby to see what it's all about.
So head

People + Portraits Exposed #18 Christmas Special Emotive...

By ~MotyPest
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By ~Basistka
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By ~madie1202
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By ~cow-Cow
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By *hayzy
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By ~FurtiveLungs

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Interview with *yangtianli
Yangtian Li was born in China 23 years ago, but moved to Australia to follow her dream of becoming a professional illustrator and animator for games, magazines and books. She agreed to answer a few questions, so let's sit back and take a few minutes to see what she has to say.

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What drawn you towards digital art, paintings in particular? How was your first experience with this kind of art and how long ago was it?
Like many artists, I have always been interested in drawing since a very young age, it was really just a natural thing. I love animation and I've always been watching lots of animations since i was a child. As I grew, I also found huge interest in comics (manga particularly) and games, and these have always been my inspiration. So my goal was always to become a professional artist i

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Art History - Interview with SamuelRaffa

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:27 AM

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

Today it's the surreal `SRaffa, your Community Volunteer for Traditional Art

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

I grew up loving comic books and album covers, and that's the art that's had the biggest influence on me. I went to art school, and pursued work as an illustrator as soon as I graduated; I didn't start doing personal work for myself until eight years after I graduated, and I'm still doing that. My style of art is largely about trying to visualize psychological and spiritual states in a way that makes them emotionally compelling.

What is it that attracts you to Traditional Art?

I work digitally in my job as a graphic designer-- it's not a full time job anymore, but I still freelance. At the end of a day of digital art, traditional art means even more to me than it did when I was a child-- it's just the physical connection to both the tools of the trade and the physical connection to the finished piece that really sets it apart from digital stuff, for me-- there's something very satisfying and personal about the tactile nature and physicality of traditional art.

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

Well, I think it would be hard to escape the impact that Da Vinci's and Michelangelo's imagery have had on any sighted human being's visual sense-- their vision really has permeated the human experience ever since they walked the earth. Likewise Van Gogh, Goya, Salvador Dali.

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

Bound to be the Mona Lisa. For my generation though, it might be Barry Godber's cover art for King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King" album. [link]

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

I used to be in several of those groups, but the sheer amount of art that I ended up looking at by the end of the day was just paralyzing-- I'm currently watching too many artists as it is; Groups just aint a practical way for me to go about the deviantART experience, if I'm going to have anything else I'm involved with in this life.

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

I've been painting and drawing since I was a kid; I went to the Art Institute of Colorado, and just loved that experience. Mostly for the chance to meet other artists-- people who are as enthusiastic about this stuff as I am.

Which is your favourite Traditional Art piece on dA?

God, hundreds of pieces! But I am full-time obsessed with *Sleetwealth's Leacothea sculpture and have been since the first moment I saw it.

Who are your favourite Traditional Artists of all time?

Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Abdul Mati Klarwein, Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Moebius, Neal Adams, John Byrne, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Remedios Varo, George Tooker, and Michael Parkes

Which Artist(s) have inspired your Art?

All of the ones I just mentioned, and, doubtless, many more.

Thank you `SRaffa!

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 creative ^SamuelRaffa - our Community Volunteer for Traditional Art