Project Educate: Techniques of AnimationI wanted to compile a short but sweet list of different styles of animation that can help show you definitions and hopefully you will enjoy trying at home! Typically called a style, but more correctly a technique, animation has been applied in any sense possible over an entire century of experimentation.
1) 2D 'Traditional Animation'
This can come in a variety of different forms. Mostly they start with a 'pencil test' which is paper, pencils and pegbars. These are then studied and scrutinised and thrown away until correct.
In olden times these were then sent to the Ink and Paint department (usually full of women) who systematically inked and painted the cels by hand.
This method was widely used up until the 1990s!
After the 1990s many studios started to use computers to do all the colouring work! Disney developed its CAPS system and used it from The Rescuers Down Under (1990) till The Little Matchgirl (2006) when they stopped using it. Since then

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Imagination, Inspiration, and CurationAs deviants, we are serious about our craft, hobbyist or professional. We study hard to become better at what we do. There are many great tutorials here and elsewhere on these kinds of craft based skills and techniques. However, sometimes all that serious study and hard work gets in the way of our imagination. Therefore, it is important to remember to establish a wonder filled mindset, actively seek out inspiration, and curate a library of inspiring content to reference in the future. This article explores some ways to do these three things, and I encourage you to comment and share even more tips on this for other deviants!
Inviting the Mind of a Child
“The point is to develop the childlike inclination for play.”-Albert Einstein
The biggest part of imagination is playing the part of Peter Pan. You might be 99 or you might be 12, but it is often important to imagination to be in the head space of a 5-7 year old. I

PE: Step into realismRealism
What is realism?
Realistic art is art that captures so much detail, it looks almost real/photographic. Fantasy art can also be realism if it the level of shading/tones/ details create a photographic appearance. Realistic art is quite mind blowing. In realism, there are is no lineart. Usually, there is a giant range of tones and colors that breathe together. If it is monochrome, the tones are equally as varied, but greyscale instead.
Take a look at some breath taking pieces of art:

Project Educate: AnimationHello everyone! This next week will be all about the approach to animation and the story behind it all. At the end there will be a very big resource dump for everyone to take full advantage of!
So here is an introduction with some of deviantART's stellar animations and concept work which should whet your appetite for what will come the following days.
Get your pegbars and pencils ready!

Getting the Most out of dA: GroupsGroups are a platform on deviantART which allow you to share your art - what it is primarily used for. Immediately, once your art is accepted into the Gallery, your art is sent to the message centres of many members of that particular group, gaining you instant and wider exposure. However, to really enhance your deviantART experience, and to get the most out of deviantART, +Groups shouldn't, and aren't, simply used for that.
There are many roles you can play within a group. By taking up a role, you immediately get more out of deviantART than if you had not done so.
Let's start with being a...
Member
Not only do you get the chance to submit your art to the group, as a Member, you also

the many happenings within the group too. This means you can read about the immediate happenings as soon as they are launched through the group, such as contests, projects and more in between. As a member, seizing the

PE: Guidelines to Starting your Own Craft BusinessGuidelines to Starting your Own Crafting Business
So you make cute crafts, and probably someone offered you money for them. Maybe you need the money, and if you're like me, you need it to buy more crafting supplies. Whatever the reason, starting your own crafty business is a decisions that you should take seriously... it's not as easy as opening an Etsy account and setting some random prices for your work. There is a lot of things to consider to keep the business going, your money safe, your name clean, and your costumers happy.
By no means this is an absolute guide, merely a few guidelines of things I've found important or questions I get asked often by people interested in opening their own business. Most of this tips are intended for online selling, but they should apply for other ways of selling too. I will probably do more detailed guides in the future, as I learn more myself.
To begin with, don't forget to research as much as you can! If you're rea

PE - Artisan Crafts ABC III I - MThe quest to make the ultimate artisan crafts encyclopedia continues this year with the contribution of the community! If you want to add something to the rest of the articles please let us know, we're still trying to fit some letters! Specially those pesky Q, X, Y, W and Zs. Every submission will be credited you can suggest your own thumbs as example too!
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Project Educate: Haiku, Senryu, Tanka, and RengaAs part of Poetry Forms week at #projecteducate, we wanted to go into a bit of detail regarding some of the more well-known Eastern forms of writing. The same way there are many forms of Western poetry, there are many forms of Eastern poetry, and ultimately this article will barely begin to scrape the surface of even the forms that it actually touches on, but within this article, there are links to resources that delve further into the subject matter, and all are worth reading if the subject interests you.
Haiku & Senryu

Haiku, in the classical Japanese sense, is a small poem comprised of 17 characters known as on (sometimes onji). These characters each represent one unit of sound, and each unit of sound has its own meaning which then contributes to the overall haiku. The 17 on are split into phrases of 5, 7, and 5, which is where the most commonly know

Project Educate: User Friendly Journal SkinningThis article is written for fellow CSS coders who already have basic+ knowledge of deviantART journal codes. This is not a beginner's tutorial.

User Friendly Journal Skin Coding
I've been making journal skins on DeviantART since 2010, I'd dabbled in CSS before, but never for other people. I know what my codes are and how to use them to their full potential and often, just code on the fly when I want something to do something. But making free and commission skins here showed me that I needed to make them as easy to use as they are pretty. And really, who wants to type in a lot of extra HTML when they go to write a journal? It is easy enough to access the artist's comments.

But even then, copy & paste, memorize that.... It can be a lot to deal with if you do not know CSS and HTML. Which is the reason most people get someone else's skin design in the firs

Community Voices: What is a Daily Deviation?DDs: The deviantART definition
So, as the title says, What in the world IS a Daily Deviation (DD), anyway?
You know what deviantART says about it, right? Under :faq61: it says:
A small assortment of submissions are chosen each day by a select group of staff/volunteer members who wish to showcase an image which they found impressive or otherwise interesting enough to deserve being brought to the attention of the community-at-large.
That says nothing about a DD being a perfect specimen of art-- in fact, it doesn't even use the word "art" at all.

Basically, as CVs, when we are giving a DD, we are doing so because we think the image is interesting and well-done and deserves your attention. It may be technically exquisite. It may be technically quite good but exceptionally thought-provoking. It may be exceedingly creative. It may be all of these things! Above all else, it should stand out in some way from others in that medium or gallery.

SonnetsSonnets
This article aims to give you an outline of sonnets, including what they are, their history and some examples of the different kinds of sonnet. Hopefully along the way you'll pick up some tips to help you write sonnets (or write better sonnets!).
What is a sonnet?
Sonnets feature:
Fourteen linesFixed metreFixed rhyme schemeA shift in mood or perspective during the poem
Sonnets are short poems which traditionally have 14 lines, a fixed metre and a fixed rhyme scheme. Despite, or perhaps because of, the formal constraints of sonnets, they often deal with themes of emotions, love, and freedom. The name ‘sonnet’ comes from the Italian meaning ‘little sound’ or ‘little song’

Sonnets usually have two sections; a proposition or argument followed by an answer, solution, or a different way of looking at the original issue. In this, sonnets a

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PE: The Impact of Color1. - WHAT IS COLOR?
Color is the aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of light being reflected or emitted by them, as received by the human eye and processed by the human brain. It is a function of light and biology, not an exact science, no two people can see it exactly the same.
The human eye and brain together translate light into color. Light receptors within the eye transmit messages to the brain, which produces the familiar sensations of color. Newton observed that color is not inherent in objects. Rather, the surface of an object reflects some colors and absorbs all the others. We perceive only the reflected colors. Thus, red is not "in" an apple. The surface of the apple is reflecting the wavelengths we see as red and absorbing all the rest. An object appears white when it reflects all wavelengths and black when it absorbs them all.
"Colors are the deeds of light, its deeds and sufferings."
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

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Animation

Hello everyone!

I've decided to keep a few of the journals I have written for this week and I'll be posting them as news instead, as they are more opinion centric by studying the methods of story telling.

However for my last journal I want to share with you some delicious resources, beware this journal should get pretty huge!!

I have split them into two...deviantART and Outside Links. As you know I cannot control what is on third party websites so enjoy at your own risk, but you can trust that I wouldn't post anything untoward.
That said, please enjoy and use these resources to your heart's content!

deviantART Resources

My own collection of artistic nudes for reference.

Anatomy Reference LinksHey guys! :iconthepurplecat: here!~ I notice a lot when I draw or paint, I kind of just 'wing it' when it comes to figuring out the correct anatomy. I never take the time to study refs or anatomy like I probably should. I thought it would help me out if I make a list of links of references for different parts of the body. Most of the links are from deviant art, so you know they’re safe!! I thought it could be useful to others, so I’ll share the links with you
edit/ Although there are some male references in here- it's more geared toward female anatomy!
Complete Artist Anatomy Reference Links
This first link is great for anything! Poses, hairstyles, and even clothing folds!::
http://www.characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepagehotosets
^ One of the best reference sites I know to study lighting and anatomy/etc
Human Body:
• Eyes
o http://skirtct.deviantart.com/art/My-Eyes-80787436?q=boost%3Apopular%20in%3Aphotography%2Fpeople%20eyes&qo=8
o http:/

External Resources

You should gesture draw every day if you want to be a sucessful animator. Studying the movements of life is an invaluable tool. If you cant get to life drawing classes and you got thrown out of Starbucks for staring at people and drawing them then you can do some at work too with these three great links:
Posemaniacs

Quick Poses

The drawing script

Character Designs (lots of photo refs)

Pixar Animator Victor Navone's tutorials

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Photo Library

Acting Refs on Vimeo

Reference Reference (free video refs for animators)

Mega Speed (slow motion video refs)

The Slow Mo Guys (youtube)

High speed Imagine Links

AniRef

Pirate High Speed Video & Film stock footage

Photron High Speed Cameras

Disney Model Sheets

101 Dalmatians Walk Cycles

Sherm Cohen's Storyboard Secrets

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The next set of links are courtesy of Flooby Nooby. Some of the links on his Goodies page are broken, but feel free to go through this amazing super dump of resources. If you don't wanna play hit and miss, then here are my personal recommendations!
Thanks to him for all of these things, they're literally amazing and such a great source of inspiration and help.

Avatar: The Last Airbender Layout

Ren and Stimpy Storyboards

Perspective Drawing Handbook

Walt Stanchfield's Gesture Drawing For Animation

Bambi Sketchbook

Eadward Muybridge's The Human Figure In Motion

Ron's Photoshop Brushes for Storyboards [download link]

Basic to Advanced Color Theory and Illustration Techniques for Photoshop

Pintrest board of HUNDREDS of nude refs

Sample portfolio from Walt Disney Feature Animation

Ratatouille Concept Art

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Save Loomis - a ton of Andrew Loomis books all for free on PDF. Seriously download all of these now.

Principles of Animation

Autodesk Software FREE for students

Plastic Animation Paper 4.0 - Free 2D animation software

Tom Bancroft's Character Mentor website

Phew! That's as much as I can squeeze into one journal - I hope you all find something new and inspiring here!

Please please let me know if any links are broken!

I know my week hasn't been filled with lots of tutorials but as animation is such a broad subject I hope this can inspire you in any small or big way. Get those hands animating, and submit to the great Film and Animation gallery here on deviantART - we love your work!

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This took so long to finish! I hope you all glean something from these amazing resources. Credit where credit is due, I did not make any of these references. There are some amazingly talented pros out there who took a lot of time and effort to show us their work and I am very thankful!

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~BloodMoonEquinox Feb 25, 2013 Student General Artist

Oh my goodness, PERFECT timing!

I need to learn more animation for a school project and these links are hugely helpful! Thanks so much for sharing them!

~MelloW77 Feb 25, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you so much, Amelia!

~glumpot Feb 24, 2013 Student General Artist

Thank you for sharing! I can't wait to check these out.

*FreakieGeekie Feb 24, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Such a wonderful variety of resources!

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~kurooooo Feb 24, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you so much!! I knew about some of these already but any and all resources are great!!
They definitely will be useful in the future!

=ToxiicClaws Feb 24, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Amazing resources here - fav and keeping for use in the future
Thank you for making this! extremely helpful ;v; <3

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