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What is #projecteducate and Community Week?What is #projecteducate and Community Week?
An introduction to #projecteducate and Community Week, and information on how you can get involved with the project.
What is #projecteducate?
#projecteducate is an education project here on deviantART, conceived back in mid-late 2007 by `MistressWit. She made the first plans towards the beginning of the group. However, life got very busy for her - so she couldn't visit deviantART very often. Six months later, `shell4art followed her plans and officially launched #projecteducate! [1] Today, #projecteducate is one of deviantART's official projects. It is currently being overseen by the wonderful ^Kaz-D.

#projecteducate works by assigning a week to a particular gallery - such as Photography, Anthro, Vector, and so forth. Some or all of the Community Volunteers responsi

Best of the Week XVA collection of the best photos submitted to #Breathtaking-photos this week!
I wasn't able to make the feature last week, so this one counts for two weeks. Enjoy.

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Give It The Green LightAlmost daily in my job, myself and my colleagues come up against people who have a limited understanding of the world of learning disabilities. These aren't just any people though, they're potential employers, colleagues and bosses in vocations that people with learning disabilities would like to enter. But they're restricted. Not because of their own abilities as someone with learning difficulties, not because they can't do the job as well as someone who doesn't have learning disabilities - they are restricted by perception, by stereotyping and by ignorance to what they really are capable of. Give it the Green Light is a 15 minute film showing how easy it is to employ somebody who has a learning difficulty, Aspergers, Downs Syndrome and so on. Have a watch, you might have your perceptions changed. And when you've done that, pass it on.
My job involves coaching these people through applications, interviews and their first few weeks at work. I don't pretend that they can do all of that

Project Educate: Artistic Nude + Fetish RecapThis journal contains mature content. For ease of access we've started to put all of the previous Project Educate articles into the relevant folders within our gallery. This means that if you want to read up on a certain topic that has been covered during Project Educate, you can head over and find it really quickly. Within People & Portraits there are several sub-categories that are managed by specific Community Volunteers, one of these is Artistic Nude. You should direct all of your Artistic Nude Photography suggestions towards ^Nyx-Valentine rather than a general photography CV such as myself or ^3wyl Additionally, ^Nyx-Valentine covers the Fetish Photography Galleries, so again, direct your suggestions to her.
Artistic Nude Recap

The Polaroids of DeviantART
Polaroids--The way to get beauty out of old vintagey mysterious goodness.
Specifically, these are 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 polaroids.
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Devious Love Edition XThis is the tenth edition of devious love. It aims to show case underappreciated groups, deviants, and art, and also providing places to extend your community impact.

An interview with `miontre
`miontre's gallery

Tell us a bit about yourself.
I am terrible at these things

How did you find deviantART?
Someone from my school told me to join. I was kinda reluctant to join, I wasn't really interested in the site at all.. I'm glad I joined

What did you love about the site/what stood out?
At first, I really just enjoyed it primarily as a photography sharing platform. I enjoyed people looking at my work, and I enjoyed looking at other people's work for inspiration. Then I started to get a bit more involved with the community

What do you aim to do in the deviantART community?
I really like

Happy Birth dA! **Winner!Can you believe it's been 12 years since the launch of deviantART? That's like... a century in social media years. This will make the third year I've been privileged to be on the staff side of things for the birthday celebrations, and I couldn't be more proud. You guys really know how to throw an epic party!
If you haven't already, go forth and install this free journals skin! It's available to everyone since as a thank you, deviantART has given premium membership access to everyone on site for today only! So, yeah, install the skin and write a journal. Spread the word and wish fella and the rest of dA a happy birthday. I bet he'd appreciate it. :B
We have a slew of events and puzzles and games planned, together with the #communityrelations team you're sure to be busy all day! Please check out the Launch Article for the major details. If you're hos

Urbex #1Urban Exploration is the exploration of man-made structures. Usually these are abandoned ruins, or components that used to be part of everyday life but are no longer seen on a regular basis by the human eye. This series of articles aims to highlight exactly what Urban Exploration is, how it's achieved and the some of the best Urbex Photographers here on deviantART.
This Weeks Features

Featured Photographer
*MildlyReactive takes Urban Exploration to daring heights with their collection of bold, beautiful and often never seen before images. Wander over to their gallery, have a browse through their vantage points and join me in admiring this true Urban Explorer and their work.

Photography Troubleshooting: Winter WildlifeFor many parts of the world, Winter provides a beautiful backdrop for some of the best landscape and water scape Photography out there. Snowy hills, Frosty trees and more help to convert a world of vibrant Summer or Autumn into subdued yet awe-inspiring Winter. But what about the wildlife? Extreme weather conditions can make it more challenging to get out and about with the camera, but can also give you more opportunity to capture those elusive animals.

When I first started investigating Winter Wildlife Photography I thought that I would have to aim for things like Foxes, Deer and other wild and sometimes elusive animals. But actually, wildlife Photography and in particular in the Winter - can start right in the back garden.
Birds in particular get hungrier and needier during Winter months in England. I'm sure this is true for many parts of the world too. Depending on the kinds that frequent your garden, you could encourage them to linger pretty quickly or it might

PapercuttingsPapercutting is an art form that has been seen all over the world, adapted to regional styles based on cultures. It should come as no surprise that the Chinese have the earliest forms of papercutting currently known to us as the 'ancestor to paper' has been found in China. This was dated as far back as 2nd century B.C. and is considered as important as their discovery of printmaking, gunpowder and the compass.

~Thessatoria's It's Your Life
Naturally as paper spread throughout the world this art form evolved, spreading all over the Far East through to the Middle East. For example Japanese Kirigami where origami folds are cut and Indian Sanjhi.
This art form is popular to this very day, take renowned British artist Rob Ryan, which I am sure many of you here would have at least seen his work before! His work has been seen printed over everything you can think of, kitchenware, clothes, books and probably more!
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Jerry Uelsman and Why Surrealism is ArtJerry Uelsman established his unique and famous Photography style in the 1940s by using multiple photos to create a surrealistic and impressionist composite image. He's what we'd call 'old school' and is a modern day photographer with old style equipment. Even though he lives in an era when digital Photography is widely available, he chooses simply to stick with his film cameras and is famously quoted as saying...
"I am sympathetic to the current digital revolution and excited by the visual options created by the computer. However I feel my creative process remains intrinsically linked to the alchemy of the darkroom."
Uelsman exhibits up to this present day with his work being showcased across much of the USA. His exhibition is famously titled, Faking it: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop and serves as a poke that perhaps we can learn a thing or two from this great man.
Source: Uelsma

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

Photography Fortnightly: Edition Forty Nine
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"Skill in photography is acquired by practice and not by purchase"
- Percy W. Harris
The other week, a piece of my writing was selected for a Daily Literature Deviation. If you're curious you can see the article here. I was humbled by that, but my reason for mentioning it in Photography Bi-weekly is that *0hgravity then highlighted a website to me that I found absolutely fascinating. It's soul purpose is to highlight Endangered Languages through Photography. 3170 lens are capturing the people who hold the key to the worlds most secret languages. Once again something like this highlights the complete and utter importance of Photography and reminds us of how far we've come, and how much we can do from mobile ph

November Daily Deviation RoundupsOnce again we've compiled a blog of all of our Daily Deviation Roundups so that you can browse the articles much easier! Enjoy

General Photography from 3wyl

General Photography from Kaz-D

Conceptual Photography

Cosplay

Darkroom Photography

Horror & Macabre Photography
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Photography Fortnightly: Edition Forty EightPhotography Bi-Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Which of my photographs is my favorite?
The one I'm going to take tomorrow." ~ Imogen Cunningham
I'm loving jars this month. I'm not sure why, other than the fact that I saw some set up at a craft fair that I had a table at, and I just fell in love with them. A couple of large jars with some fairy lights nestled in them - the effect was immense. It was so simple too! Sadly the people weren't actually selling the lights, but once I'd made a little profit on my sales, I went over clutching my ten pound note and picked out a few. So I was delighted to see that on Flipboard today, there was an article exploring 19 great photos of jars. If you're stuck for inspiration, grab a jam jar (take the jam out first maybe) and start shooting. Shoot things through them, around them, in them - get creative! Jars are awesome.

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Update: accumulated points now equal 430. Someone should be able to receive something soon. If you know of an awesome deviant that deserves a surprise, feel free to drop a comment.

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I've been feeling inspired to do a "giving" project lately (especially after `JoseFelipeM's success), but it was taking a while to think of one. Then it hit today. Plenty of deviants have awesome items on their wishlists (devWear, prints, etc.). Why not help a bunch of people check one item off their lists?

There is no set goal for the amount of points desired to do this (since every item costs a different amount). Even if only a few people are helped, that's something.

But if we can help 30+, that would be even better. The donation pool is set to 50k, but that's a very tentative amount. We could easily go past it.

So, if you would like to help, spreading the word at this point would be best, just to get off the ground a bit.

There is no time limit for this project; there's no deadline for the point accumulation. Deviants will be helped along the way. A list of who received what will be compiled here.

Suggestions for the recipients will be considered in the near future.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Thank you for reading.

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=Riemea Feb 3, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

A great project idea! I featured it here

~Flipster7728 Feb 1, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

sorry I would love to help but I have no points but I think

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deserve something

`Emerald-Depths Feb 1, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you for the recommendations.

~Flipster7728 Feb 2, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

no prob

*11MokachiiMeme Jan 25, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Good luck with the project! I donated 5 points, I hope it helps.

`Emerald-Depths Jan 25, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Every little bit counts. Thank you!

*11MokachiiMeme Jan 25, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Hope it goes to a good cause!
Which reminds me, there are two prints that I wish for, "Blowing Bubbles and "Long message servie" by `AquaSixio.

Though I don't expect to get them very soon. . .

`Emerald-Depths Jan 26, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

You never know.

*11MokachiiMeme Jan 26, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I hope I can donate more soon ;3;

*Dygyt Jan 24, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

You are the best I came here to find out what you wanted and was going to get you something for your birthday. Only to find you are just as generous as I am.

Glad to know there is more than one of us that likes to surprise people. You really are the best.

Dygyt Alice

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