YOUR ART HERE - 2013 Art Book // IMPORTANT UPDATE*** IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW - UPDATED JUNE 3, 2013 ***Hello there, First of all, I'd like to officially introduce myself. My name is Cameron Paris, 22 - and I am a self taught graphic designer who has created multiple working websites, logos, t-shirts, business cards, animated shorts and more. I am addicted to making art on the computer, with markers, and several other techniques. I love helping people find their inner imaginations. But this task is something I cannot do alone, nor is the one I am about to present to you.For the next couple months, I am asking you all to donate pieces of your art to the '#Marker-Madness 2013 Artbook'. The Artbook will consist of marker pieces completed by you as you will be credited in the Artbook. It doesn't matter when the piece was created, as long as it was created by you. As many as two submissions per artist, a page in the Artbook will feature your works with a space where you can write a personal bio about ho
Introducing Madefire Motion Books to deviantARTApr 2, 2013by +spyedVisit #Madefire on deviantARTI am very excited to announce a strategic partnership between deviantART and Madefire, the leading Motion Book application in Apple’s App Store. (iPhone & iPad)Together with Madefire, we are releasing the Madefire Web Reader on deviantART in a new category on our front-page called "Motion Books.” You will immediately find a dozen Madefire Motion Books there, with more books released each Wednesday.Browse Motion BooksTMTry it out!
Begemott, A Gallery of Narrative DreamsJanuary 30, 2013by $techgnoticOn Sundays by *begemottBegemott:A Gallery of Narrative DreamsA magic of effective art can be a drawing that appears to be a movie still, clipped from a film narrative, evoking a powerful sense of storytelling— and the viewer wants to know the rest of the story. This phenomenon has recently manifested itself on deviantART— and in a big way— once again.The Rock - Dwayne Johnson Paintingby *frankwyte81Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will produce a movie based on a drawing (“sweet Halloween dreams”) by deviantART digital artist *begemott. The drawing depicts a tiny teddy bear with a tiny wooden sword and shiel
Character Design: An introductionArvalis-2012 by `arvalisWhat does 'Character Design' mean?The character design is the process which comes after the characterisation and consists in defining the character through his/her physical appearance. We need to consider a character as a little fictional creature, human or not, that aims to please its creator and the public as well.While the basic characterization of this fictional creature (his tastes, his fears, his behaviors) may take a little mental effort, as it is a sort of list of emotions, facts and feelings that come and go in the life of a character, the process of visual realization of this creature may not be as simple. That's why many writers and characters creators prefer to rely on experienced hands.Also many of the mental aspects of the character are not possible to gain by using 'static' visual medium. For 'static' I mean all the illustrations and drawings unable to tell a