dA love for everyone! #101

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As the title suggests, this news article’s goal is to spread the dA love into everyone’s heart! You will find here a little bit of everything, from awesome interviews with talented artists, art features, group promotion to random deviants' features. I hope you will find this informative and entertaining!


Interviewed artist: DugStanat :icondugstanat:

:bulletyellow: Tell us what defines you as a person.

I am a creator. I love translating my thoughts into physical objects using a few raw materials.

:bulletyellow: How did you find out about deviantART and why did you join the community?

I'm not sure how I first encountered deviantART... probably just while surfing the web. I joined recently because I am transitioning from a paid position to once again being an independent artist, so for the first time in twelve years I need to think about self promotion.

:bulletyellow: When and how did you discover your passion for art?

I am visually oriented, and have always enjoyed creating things and trying to make them look good. I became serious about sculpting in the early nineties, just after school. I was living very cheaply and only working as much as I needed to. I had a lot of free time, and I spent most of it introducing myself to sculpture... it was a good time!

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:bulletyellow: What inspires you the most and when do you think your creativity is at its maximum?

I am often inspired by a few words from a song or book, or a fleeting image from life or a movie, and of course from the work of other artists, be it the artists of Oaxaca and Bali, masters such as Bruegel and Bosch, or the wildly diverse talent found on deviantART.

I think my creativity is at its maximum when I am creating. It is very hard to choose a path when you are standing still. Walk, and the path you choose along the way will become your creation.

:bulletyellow: What do you think you'd be doing if you hadn't chosen this path?

Honestly, I have no idea, but I fear I wouldn't be happy.

:bulletyellow: What do you think it's your most meaningful deviation and what makes it special? Does it have a story behind it?

Always my latest creation is the most meaningful! If I like it, it is good evidence I've been spending my time the way I would like. If I don't like it, hopefully I've learned from it.

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:bulletyellow: Do you have any insecurities regarding your art?

Of course. It is easy to find enviable talent, especially now with the web. But it is not constructive to dwell on the superiority of others. Work towards the seemingly unattainable by taking reasonable steps.

:bulletyellow: Did art ever helped you to deal with your life problems?

It helps keep me satisfied with my life, so I suppose it helps keep depression at bay.

:bulletyellow: What is the one thing you always wanted to do but never got a chance to?

There are a lot of mildly dangerous things that I would do if I had more courage and less responsibility. I did stick my tongue in a sea anemone, though :).

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:bulletyellow: A few words for our fellow artists?

Thank you for the inspiration your artwork provides! Thank you for the support and encouragement your words provide! And for those who are having trouble... it is all about time well spent... make choices that allow you to spend more time doing your art and progress will follow.

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Photography Feature

Slither by Culpeo-Fox Raven Queen... by MuseMercier

Mature Content

Felicia Fritzl - Heavy Rubber III by BelindaBartzner Crystal - Inhumans - Marvel Comics by FioreSofen
:thumb434494140: River v.2 by bwaworga who has darkness in the heart hands up* by AlicjaRodzik



Traditional Feature

Liska by pamslaats Jellyfish by TooMuchColor I See Fire 2 by beathaart The Smart One by Fantaasiatoidab
:thumb434504126: NIHIL by montiljo Demo of Glowing Mandarin by turningshadow Brennis by ShirleysStudio



Digital Feature

Shaolin w by tonyhurst:thumb434486439: Be Like the Birds by Phatpuppyart-Studios
Book cover trilogy 1 by JohnSilva:thumb434273616: The Pilgrimage by TheEnderling quiet calamity by megatruh



Literature Feature
an inventory of beingI go by Sheridan And a variety of other things. Sixteen going on twenty-three, Or at least that’s what my mother says.I’m shorter than most, But that’s alright. I like being close to the earth, Makes me feel grounded.The mop on my head is blonde, And brown and purple And red. I like change, when I can control it.People call me beautiful, say I have the eyes of green moss, And the spirit of sunshine, But I don’t believe them. (Chronic self-consciousness is to blame.)I feel like I’m the worst, So I project a false confidence, And act like I’m the best.I am stuck somewhere between Who I was, who I am, And who I am meant want to ... surface tensionyou are something, something, something wandering the mind as if it’s a hotel made of finches: the architecture of mazes built to watch the world crack, crackle and burn(welcome home, darling, you’re the first guest that this labyrinth has seen in quite a while. you’ll need one stellar ball of yarn, kitten, to get yourself out of this mess) I'd march you down these weathered steps into the sea, if I thought you could swim, and I'd watch as the ocean took you away from the walls of rusting appliances papered with half burned pagesI'd pull you from this madman's palace into the closest thing to the solace of space if only you could swi... The final hours of unfinished novelssometimes it's scary to think about the way time once wrote my name on its cover and closed the unfinished novel at the tip of a train wreck suicidei wonder why i thought to sit down and wait for it to return to write words with a clarity to banish the shadows following the past's clumsy stumblesbecause it was destined to go wrong - walking across a red string like a circus freak that would only collapse when someone tore itsometimes its scary to think how we're surrounded by people who can't bare to live and settle for merely surviving like the specks of dust that are brushed away with dismissive glances and criticism so i've followed the...
-i wanted love and i didn't find it in the way your hand brushed up and down my spine or in the forceful manner of your kiss desecrating the sanctity of my innocence and leaving bruises on my skinno, i am not your canvas you cannot paint me in your lust or your weighty afflictions brewing a storm in your mindi deserved to be loved not tainted. An Unfair TradeLoving you was like stepping into another world, young and filled with the fragile hope of new life, blooming with the intensity of light, that is only born from never knowing darkness.It must have been a shock for you to slip into my world, my home, and find innocence stripped down to the bare, rough wood naivete abandoned by the curb and the dark hues of cynicism immaculately brushed onto every wall. Terrible Things I met her in annoyance, in my youth, and in fright. I'd never asked for love to find me, although I hoped it might…               "Hey, Hank." I felt something warm and terribly small touch my back. "Can I tell you something terrible?"            "First off, my name's not Hank." I said somberly, not turning. "And no, you can't. Or can you?"                         I could practically see her frowning; the thought made me want to smile. "Sheesh. You sound like Mr. Walkins. May I?" she asked, her voice flat. "And besides, what is your name anyway?"            "It's Harry," I s...


   
Group Feature
:iconliteratureroadtrip:
LiteratureRoadtrip is dedicated to inspiring more involvement throughout the literature community, whether by beginning your own version of a Literature Roadtrip, suggesting DLDs and DDs, or simply commenting on and featuring pieces of literature. It is no secret that the literature community is sometimes overlooked or neglected, but hopefully this group will encourage deviants to become more involved.



Featured artists
doodlerTM :icondoodlertm:

RussianTim :iconrussiantim:

saltwaterlungs :iconsaltwaterlungs:
To My Biology TextbookOn page 159 of my biology textbook, it reads, “...cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells” as though that could explain everything, and I thought it did for a time.But my textbook never warned me that his skin would pale to a point where I could see the blue freight trains carrying eighteen pills throughout his frail body.My textbook never warned me that his watery irises would freeze over, that he would hurl insults like knives, and that he would clench his jaw as tightly as his fist clenched his wine glass because the only person to blame is himself, and he can’t swallow that as easily as he can the olives in his martinis.And my... For Two BoysI have imagined how your hands would feel playing my piano key spine and my cello-curved hips, and how your lips would feel between the plateau of my shoulder and the slope of my neck— I hate myself for it. I can mouth all of his stories, read all of his expressions, and tell you all of his favorites, as if he is the language I have spent years studying.I don’t even know your father’s name or your favorite season, and some girl could have the lines in your hands, freckles on your face, and baritone of your voice memorized and playing on repeat in her mind.Even though our class swears that we’re madly in love, I have not once wonder... UnfathomableI have been told that my eyes are like someone bottled you up and poured your color into my irises. Sure, it’s a lovely compliment, but I am not you.You are a child playing dress-up with your sister’s coats and frocks because you want to be something bigger; and she’s sweltering with jealousy that you can wear those grays and blues better than she ever could.You are an angst-ridden teen who dyed and spiked her hair to hear her mother scream, and no matter how many times she tells you that your boyfriend is a washed up good-for-nothing, you keep coming back to kiss the shoreline because you think that his love feels right.You are a mi...



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Thank you for sharing my work! :)