Mowito

Hello fellow deviants!

Yesterday on my facebook timeline there was something very interesting! Adobe Photoshop was sharing the link of a website which is looking for volunteers to restore photos and to help in other ways. A lot of people have lost everything because of storms, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc... and their family pictures are often very damaged. So if you feel like giving some of your time for others, consider this website. It will make a lot of people very happy to see their memories being restored. No insurance can do it.

Here is the link : www.operationphotorescue.org/

If you want to cheer people who are going to be at hospital for the holidays, then you're on the right place! The Holiday Card Project is back.
Use your creativity, your imagination and your kindness to make a card for someone you don't know, be cheerful and send your card to deviantArt!

deviantART, Inc.
Holiday Card Project
7095 Hollywood Blvd., #788
Hollywood, CA 90028
U.S.A.

Each deviant who will send a card will get one month premium membership.
Here is the original article, please read it carefully to know what you can/can not do with the card.

Holiday Card Project 2012
It's back!  With the goal of bringing a little cheer to patients in the hospital during the holiday season, the deviantART Holiday Card Project connects deviants from around the world and applies their tremendous artistic abilities in designing and creating uplifting holiday cards.
In past years, the Project has received more than 5,000 cards sent in by more than 1,000 deviants from 50 different countries/political regions. Cards were then divvied up and distributed in-person by deviantART members to local Los Angeles, CA hospitals, with additional cards given to various hospitals in the U.S. and abroad for hospital staff members to hand out to patients.
The idea behind the Holiday Card Project is simple: do something nice for others. However, if you're looking for even more incentive, every deviant who submits a card will be given a free one-month Premium Membership to deviant

And don't forget to spread the word by reposting the article or sharing this stamp with a link back.



Give some love and hope to the ones in need!

Hi guys!

Few days ago I found out a nice group. It's called dAWishingWell.  

Their goal is to grant wishes. When you join the group you can make a wish, it can be a daily deviation, more watchers, a print, or whatever you would like. Then, regularly, they pick random wishes and grant them.

I find the concept very lovely, and wanted to share it with you. Don't hesitate to join and make your wish, and most important don't hesitate to help granting wishes if you can. Sometimes it's only feedbacks or +watch, it's easy, and can bring a smile on people faces.

Hi everyone!

I'm one day late for this week feature (yeah yeah second time that I'm late I know ). So here are 20 new pieces that deserve a lot more exposure than they have had. I'm featuring digital pieces since I'm myself a digital artist but in the coming weeks I will do traditional art features and also artisan craft features.
Again, if you know artists who are talented and don't get the exposure they need, don't hesitate to note me or comment here with a link to a piece of them you would like me to feature.
Enjoy!

Hey guys !

I wanted to talk to you about self confidence as an artist. It's been almost 3 years now that I began to draw (started in december 2009) and I have to say that I really improved a lot since then. I've always like drawing, when I was a child I already liked it, but I never really put myself in it because everyone was like "eww it's crap" and my parents didn't care. I'm the sort of people who lacks self confidence in everuthing I do. When the time of choosing university came I still thought it wasn't worth to try an art school, or that kind of stuff, because I considered myself really bad and thought I had no chances to succeed. I think it's the biggest mistake of my life. I've always regretted that choice. Few years have passed before I start ed to believe in myself. In september 2009 I decided to take online webmastering and webdesigning classes. And it was the best decision of my life. I loved it and you know what? I saw it was REALLY EASY for me! I saw that I wasn't as bad as I thought. So in december I told myself "Why not have a try in drawing?" and I had a try...and loved it. Of course at first it was not good but I kept working hard, I bought my first tablet and the things became easier and easier. I didn't take any classes, I learn by watching other people arts, by watching the world around me with new eyes, by the youtube videos of speedpainting, tutorials, etc...
I participated to few contests, and never won anything, until recently. I've been choosen in the 50 semis finalists for the "Draw this again" contest on deviantArt, proof that I really improved. I won the "Upgrade your space" contest (it's not really an art contest but it really feels good to win). So now I'm beginning to be more self confident about my art.

So if you're new at drawing, or stuck, or if you think about giving up...please don't. Believe in yourselves, you're all worth it. And even for another subject. If it's what you love, then just do it, work hard for what you want and one day you'll succeed, no matter what people are saying.

Cheers everyone! And now go drawing! FAST