1/9/16 Group Update

Hello fellow members! How are we all doing?
I'm a college student so I'm in between "okay" and "kill me now". The first two weeks of January are winter session for my school so I go back January 18th... 19th.... Either way it's the start of my slow descent to suicide! 5 engineering class and three of them are programming classes so
Just kidding, I'll survive and as for the rest of you college students out there... just hang on

Moving on! I've had some weird moments or glitches or whatever in this group where some artworks are going to the wrong gallery or some artworks are being submitted to the wrong category. It's a minor issue that can be easily fixed so I doubt this will get out of hand.

Next! Features! I've gone through the group's gallery once again and picked a few of my favorites

Artisan Crafts

Les Deux Tragiques by Undecidedness
This impressive light box is inspired by the ballet story La Sylphide, a tragedy regarding a human and a sylph. The box is well done with precision cuts and amazing details. When lit, it shows its true beauty showing the stars during the night time, the reflection, and excellent use of perception (you can see some parts of the landscape or the trees are far or just close by, this contributes to the amazing detail). I believe I covered this story during my AP Literature class in high school and had a nice group discussion about it. Check her page out for more!

Cosplay
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Kylo Ren Cosplay by couhby
couhby reminds us that cosplaying is all about the fun and sense of achievement when finishing a project as well feeling joyful dressing up as one of your favorite characters. He sews up his own costumes and takes photos alongside with other cosplayers during conventions. Check his gallery out to see some more of his cosplays as well as his photomanipulation and photography deviations!


Sailor Saturn (re.) by bdrc
bdrc is an amazing photographer. The cosplays in the gallery are stunning and some even took it beyond much like the photo above. The black background environment provides emphasis on the speck of light on the girl. What's the motif behind the picture? Hope? Not sure but this photo is amazing. bdrc's gallery is filled with beautifully shot cosplays as well as photos of nature and architecture.
Check out the FB page as well: www.facebook.com/ASDgraphy

Anime and Manga

APH: Swedish Patterns by Monokanguyen
The style is certainly amusing, it reminds me of old colored comics or cartoons when I was a kid. The patterns and the color combination go hand in hand and the use of the bright colors conveys a friendly reaction. Check out her gallery for other works like this! I am very impressed with her style; furthermore, it's a good demonstration of Romanticism in my opinion.

Photography

Watching the World Burn by jokerjester-campos
Brilliant shot. Kinda funny how a figurine reminds me of Star Craft. Anyways, check his gallery out for more of this!
Breath taking photos of figurines, what's not to love?

Traditional
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(not) beauty by Blackout98
Good ol black and white drawings. The amount of detail is enticing that it just beautiful then the additional blood makes it even more interesting. A nice portrayal of a beautiful deadly woman.

Digital
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Tales of Yore by charcoalfeather
I'm not sure what to say about this one. It looks friendly and relaxing; I like it

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Cinderella by Fuyunanzi
The soft bright colors are blended very well that perfectly displays elegance on a drawing.

That's all for now!
Forgive me if the last few didn't have much of a commentary but really, do they need to?
Check their gallery out! Add a fav, watch them, follow them and whatnot


Cheers,
--HIGHMAX45

RULES OF THE GROUP:

1. I know it sounds silly but don't be racists to others, like for example: If you’re one race & you hate another. Don't be like that or you will be taken out from the group.

2. You may continue to contribute, ANY kind of art form. I am however going to make a MATURE CONTENT folder. From now on, anything of mature content will go in that folder. Anything else can go in regular folders. Everything will be accepted, but please, put the mature stuff in that folder. Just in case we got some young people in the group.

3. You can now submit things folders. (ex: traditional art, digital art, ect) However, I would please ask that you DO NOT submit to the feature folder anymore, as I am going to save that for contest winners & such. So all is accepted, but if your work is declined, it's probably because you may have accidently submitted it to the feature folder. Just submit it again & it should be accepted. ^^

Let's continue to show the world our art & make our eastern cultures a better place! ,(A bit quoted from our co-founder ~sikandarnirmal cause I couldn't have said it better my self!)


Co-founders, Contributors, Members, feel free to contribute your art here!


Also, invite a friend!

--Sorren-Chan
--HIGHMAX45