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:new: Note that the first of two discussion journals is now up! To help get you in the mood (hint: the mood is "insane") for Halloween at month's end, this month CRLiterature (https://www.deviantart.com/crliterature)'s Book Club will be reading a deranged selection of short stories and a novella by Western horror's creepy grandfather, H.P. Lovecraft. This excellent abominable anthology contains all the pieces we're going to use, as well as many other enjoyable disturbing tales. The Antediluvian Details The atrocious works we'll be reading are: "Pickman's Model", "The Music of Eric Zann", "The Thing on the Doorstep", and "At the Mountains of Madness". The mid-month discussion

EDIT: ADDED another new oc to draw :D and EXTENDED the deadline yay a contest and a pretty journal skin so it looks fancy :) so anyway im holding an ART CONTEST obviously :3 What i'm looking for is art of THESE OCS: http://sta.sh/25mgklvzel3 anything relating to their personalities (found in the ref description) would be awesome :"D i accept any form of art whether it be drawings, sculptures, animation, pixels, plushies, whatever you can think of! sculptures, plushies and animation are my weakness so if you do those it will give you a better chance of winning x) you can enter as many times as you'd like! now for DA RULEZ: -comment sa

MODEL NATURE ARCHITECTURE ANIMALS OBJECTS TEXTURES My own latest stocks My contest :heart:

Model Nature Architecture Animals Objects Textures My own latest stocks And here is my first contest for digital and traditional artists :heart:

Lit Basics Week This will be a straightforward article that lists some basic literary terms (in alphabetical order) that can be found in, well, literary works. You could use some of these terms to write a spectacular poem or prose piece about cake. Before we get started, head on over to this other PE article that lists a BUNCH of Poetry Terms and Techniques. Cake: An item of soft, sweet food made from a mixture of flour, shortening, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and often decorated. Also known as the first half of my otp. Allegory: A narrative that has multiple layers of meanings. Allegories are written in the form of fables, p

I've noticed lately, that there's this emotion that leaves people overwhelmed with the massive amount of good art in the community, thinking that they can never become as good or popular as those others. So sad, because skill or popularity in itself shouldn't be the major goal of an art community. I think many people who start out here get so overwhelmed that they forget what it's actually about. About popularityMany people out here, sign up to DeviantArt (or any internet art community) in order to publish their work on the internet. They've probably looked around for a while already. They saw those amazing artists that had millions of pagev

The term Manga (漫画) is a japanese word referring to comics and catrooning. Mangas used to be created in Japan or by Japanese creators in the Japanese language. But today they are created by Mangakas for other countries in many languages. In this article I will give you a short explaination about the different Manga genres. I'm aware of 32 genres that are used in the Manga publishing industry. Each one of them have different targets to please our interests. Manga genres Action: It shows fighting, violence or any other form of aggressive behavior. Adult: This manga often contains intense violence or erotic scenes. Adventure: Mos