Tamar Tibilashvili, my grandmother's sister, a simple village woman who made me fall in love with drawing when I was a kid and guided my first steps into the world of art. Without her I probably wouldn't be who I am today. Many children have a talent for drawing and painting, but it's like a spark which goes out soon if not sustained. Tamro ignited this spark so strongly that in the end art and eventually graphic design became my life's work.

Today this extraordinary woman is no more, but I haven't lost her, she will always be with me, because she has a special place in my heart and memory. Farewell, Tamro!

Happy Easter, my Catholic and Orthodox friends! This year we celebrate it together, as it always should be, not just by some random calendar coincidence. Don't be religious types, be true believers, kind, loving, and tolerant. The same goes for my atheist friends – let it be the day of YOUR tolerance towards your friends, brothers and sisters, who happen to be in the other camp. There are no enemies here, the only battle we should wage is against intolerance, darkness and hate, not against each other.

Hi folks, long time, no see. I've been thinking about my "soft return" to deviantART. Just on a community level, for now. Sadly, I'm still not ready to produce any new art at the moment, but I'm looking forward to it this summer. Meanwhile, I could use some dA love and encouragement. Let me feel it!

Truly yours.

In my understanding, art is not always about flowers and bunnies. Sometimes it may deal with provocative, even unpleasant subjects. Oh, and mature content, too. One may think deviantART is exactly the place for such things, but we are constantly reminded that it's actually not. I got another such reminder a couple of weeks ago, when I received the following note:

_{"Your deviation Homosexual Cock was reported for Explicit Pornography. The report was reviewed by a member of the Staff and action was taken, deleting the deviation and marking the report as Resolved."}

I don't think it's a matter of ignorance. I'm pretty sure the staff members have seen actual pornography and can tell the difference. I think it's a matter of fear. Better safe than sorry, that seems to be their motivation here.

Still, I may be wrong. Maybe I just refuse to see the horrible truth about the piece of art in question. What if it's really stepped out of the boundaries of art and slipped somewhere else, not acceptable for a civilized community to see? Please follow the link to the image and let me know your opinions. I'm always open to discussion.

Homosexual Cock

Thanks,
Rezo

In case you didn't know, I've been working as a freelance designer since 2003. As of today, this is officially over -- I've got a permanent job at Stamperija, a Vilnius-based company specialized in designing and producing postage stamps. My tools of trade will be Photoshop and a graphics tablet (Wacom Intuos4 L, to be precise). Wish me luck! Something tells me I'm gonna need it...

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 15
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 14
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 13
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 12
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 11
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 10
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 9
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 8
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 7
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I've decided to take down the design-related deviations (store them, to be more precise). There are several reasons for that, but mostly because:

1) I no longer have time for uploading and maintaining my design-related deviations. Also, much of them has been accumulated lately and deciding what's worth to be uploaded here and what's not gives me a headache.

2) My designer's job is eating away my art enough in real life, so I've decided to free my dA life from it, at least. Keeping them away from dA hopefully will help me focus on art more.

For those who are going to miss them, the best and the latest will be still available at my blog: Art & Design. Also, there's my website, although it hasn't been updated for a while (but it will get updated, eventually).

I know some of you have been watching me specifically for design updates, and I'm sorry for this takedown.  I hope for your understanding.

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 14
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 13
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 12
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 11
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 10
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 9
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 8
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 7
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 13
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 12
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 11
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 10
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 9
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 8
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 7
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 12
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 11
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 10
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 9
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 8
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 7
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 11
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 10
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 9
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 8
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 7
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 10
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 9
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 8
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 7
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 9
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 8
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 7
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 8
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 7
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 7
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 6
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 5
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1

I'm an Orthodox Christian myself, but my wife is a Catholic. For the second year in a row the Western and Eastern Easters coincide (which happens not too often), so today we all celebrate one big holiday.

Happy Easter everyone!

I don't have many watchers, but I'm really proud of them, because they are a bunch of amazingly talented people. While among them you may see some established deviants (to my greatest joy and pride), most of them are unfairly underexposed, so this is my (very) humble attempt to help a little in that regard.

However, I'm not going to exclude anyone just because they have enough exposure already, because there is no such thing as enough exposure. So in the upcoming features you will meet everyone -- from not-so-very-popular deviants to real dA stars. I'm proceeding chronologically, from my oldest watchers, and there are 10 artists featured in each volume, with 3 works from each of them.

The main purpose of this feature is for my watchers to meet and discover each other. If everyone, who has at least 100 watchers, starts doing similar features, there will be a chain reaction of additional exposure for everyone.

So here goes another feature. It's just a tiny part of what's coming, so stay tuned for more!



Previous features:

Meet My Watchers, Vol. 4
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 3
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 2
Meet My Watchers, Vol. 1