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The Artists Toolbox: Photography StudiosHearing the word studio makes me think of expensive rooms with top of the range equipment, fantastic lighting and only professional awesome photographers inside of it. In reality however, you can create a Photography studio for just about any type of Photography and it doesn't have to cost very much.
The Macro Studio
Macro Photography can be undertaken pretty much anywhere, but sometimes you just want to shoot something in a neutral environment with a plain, unobtrusive backdrop. Many photographers shy away from doing this because they think it's too complicated - actually you would be doing yourself a favour if you did try it, it can really help improve your work.
For starters, you don't even have to have expensive flash. You could use any lamp that you can easily move around, to give a bit of light into your mini studio. You also need a couple of sheets of card or paper, and a cardboard box. The sizing is completely up to you and up to the size of the oThe Artists Toolbox: Photography Studios by ^Kaz-D

New Pope: Gay Marriage is the Work of the Devil

Here's a 2010 #equalitopia article by `r0b where the newly elected Pope Francis (Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio) describes gay marriage as being the work of the devil:
Argentina’s highest-ranking Catholic prelate has warned that the country’s gay marriage bill is a “machination” of the devil, reports Pink News.
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio has called on priests in Buenos Aires, where he is archbishop, to protest against the bill, which is progressing through Argentina’s parliament.
In a letter to the monasteries of Buenos Aires, he wrote: “Let’s not be naive, we’re not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God .. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.New Pope: Gay Marriage is the Work of the Devil by $danlev

Valentine's Day Feature
Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
I hope you all have a lovely day today!

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.

A hundred hearts would be too few, to carry all my love for you.

True Love never dies.

"At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. " ~Plato

My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me?
Valentine's Day Feature by *ManiacalFreak

Spirit Day stamp by ~glitterkunt

Pinterest week #9Weekly showcase of Pins from my Pinterest Boards

Making of

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Drawing Tutorials

Source:Pinterest week #9 by =CarinaReis

Movie Contest - ENTRIES CLOSEDTHE WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED HERE: http://fav.me/d5gvtnw
SUBMISSIONS
The time is over! Thank you so much for all the wonderful entries, we're going to take a couple of days to check all the entries and discuss the winners, we will make the announcement soon

look up for the poll to decide the third place!
ALL ENTRIES CAN BE FOUND IN THE MOVIE CONTEST FOLDER
THE CONTEST
Today we welcome the newest member of our team, *GrandmaThunderpants! We're happy to have her join the #semi-sweeties staff and we want you to share the happiness with us, and for that we're organizing a new contest! Since summer is the time for incredible movies, this time we want you to make food inspired by movies

+ GIVEAWAY
To make this time even more joyful, we're also going to throw a giveaway! To enter the giveaway all you have to do is fave this blog entry and you're automatically in! One week from now on AuMovie Contest - ENTRIES CLOSED by #semi-sweeties

Small, Smaller, Tiny, Miniature, MICROWelcome to the world of miniatures small things.. and the absolutely how the crap can you make that MICO stuff.
Enjoy

Small, Smaller, Tiny, Miniature, MICRO by *Roses-to-Ashes

Polymer Clay Feature!Recently, I have discovered something pretty cool: making mini food from clay.

Other objects can be made too, of course, but it's the food I particularly love. It's amazing how realistic people can make them!
It seems lots of people on deviantART already know about it, but I've only just cottoned on

So anyway, my point is that I like the look of it so much I thought I'd give it a try! I've ordered a small starter pack from amazon and am eagerly waiting for it to arrive... and whilst I'm waiting, thought I'd do a quick feature of some of my favourite pictures of these crafts.

Polymer Clay Feature! by ~Jane-Rt

Handmade Feature - Cupcakes

Handmade Feature - Cupcakes by ~YoyoTheMadScientist

PE: Polymer Clay Food Tutorials CollectionWelcome to a new polymer clay love article, specially written for #projecteducate, find the program for the third Community Week here. If you missed the previous articles, please check out Introduction to Polymer Clay and Polymer Clay Secrets Revealed. This time I'm going to guide you through some of the best polymer clay food tutorials currently available in deviantART, enjoy and don't hesitate to leave a message if you have any question or suggestion for future articles.
Food. Polymer clay food. There's a strange fascination between polymer clay crafters to make food, if you ask many of us won't even be able to explain what's so addictive about making fake food. Some of it is crafted for doll houses and doll props, some people make beautiful jewelry with food, but some just make it because it's so incredibly fun.

:PE: Polymer Clay Food Tutorials Collection by ^Talty

PE: The Miniatures GalleryMiniatures is one of the newest subcategories in the Artisan Crafts gallery, it was introduced less than 3 months ago. It's still rather small and many people don't know about it yet, so this feature will explore it a bit

Miniatures
Miniatures are copies or models of things, made on a small scale.
Animals, Nature and Scenery
Miniatures of animals, plants, birds, trees, planets etc.

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Dollhouses and Rooms
Furnishings made specifically for Doll houses and full rooms.

:thumbPE: The Miniatures Gallery by ^Talty

Homophobic #ToMyUnbornChild tweets turned into PSACharlotte Moore (*Cavatica) from Raleigh, North Carolina has created a PSA against homophobia after the Twitter hashtag #ToMyUnbornChild attracted homophobes to publicly announce that they would murder their child if he or she was gay.
#ToMyUnbornChild became a trending topic on Twitter a few weeks ago, and while most people used it to write loving tweets to their future children, some homophobes decided to do just the opposite.
@Homophobes, a Twitter account that retweets homophobes to expose their ignorance, published an article of 100 extremely homophobic tweets, which gained quite a bit of attention around the web.
Charlotte Moore was inspired, and decided to write and direct a PSA using the tweets. The video was produced by Brian Lee and Nick Heim.
From the video’s dHomophobic #ToMyUnbornChild tweets turned into PSA by $danlev

A Message From Your Feline OverlordsA Message From Your Feline Overlords by $Ayame-Kenoshi

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Polymer Clay Secrets Revealed!This article is part of #projecteducate's second Community Week, please don't forget to check the rest of the articles and the contest happening this week! If you have any questions about polymer clay or this article please don't hesitate to ask.
From time to time polymer clay neophytes ask me what tips I can give them to help them improve their craft. In my previous article I already wrote about what kind of clays, tools and techniques can be used, but materials can only take you so far. Although they are helpful, I've seen people creating masterpieces with nothing but homemade clay and practically no tools. After all, clay, tools and resources don't create a masterpiece, you do.
I realized eventually that there's three invaluable and essential things you'll need if you want to succeed as a polymer clay artist. In fact, I think they're needed for all forms of aPolymer Clay Secrets Revealed! by #projecteducate

Size DOES matter! Artisan Craft News!Artisan Crafters! We have heard your suggestions and read all the input you have been giving us and I am pleased to announce a NEW subcategory in Artisan Crafts...
Miniatures!
and it comes with it's own subcategories!

Animals, Nature and Scenery

Dollhouses and rooms

:star: Household items :star:
:star: Jewelry :star:
:star: Miscellaneous :star:
:star: People :star:
Let us take a look at some of the awesome tiny things on dA!

:thumSize DOES matter! Artisan Craft News! by #communityrelations

2011 As Seen Through Art2011 was full of emotional events the world around, and our community responded at unprecedented levels. From natural disasters to historical celebrations, entertainment milestones to tearful goodbyes, our community spoke out like no other community can — artistically, creatively, and emotionally. In many ways, last year marked the final chapter of a few eras, opening the door to new beginnings for 2012. Let's take a look...2011 As Seen Through Art by `mattdanna

New York by ~MeiChild

Polymer Clay Ramen Bowls by ^Talty

Miniaturists, unite!I haven't met a single miniaturist in deviantART that hasn't made the same question at least once: Where do I submit my work?.
Whether you make dolls, furniture, clothes, props, food, scenery, buildings, trains, wargaming miniatures, models, dollhouses or many other miniatures I'm surely forgetting, at some point or another there's no appropiate gallery to submit our work. Artisan Crafts / Ceramics, Pottery & Clay / Miniatures is only appropriate if you use clay, and the next best option, Traditional Art / Sculpture doesn't make the cut most times.
As renowned artist ~Snowfern so eloquently stated: "as I'm moving on to different mediums, I really do wish dA had some scale dollhouse miniature section right now, I can only post my mini clay work under clay -> miniatures, so everything else is quite random, like my 1:12 books are under....bookmaking??".
I'm sure we've all felt like this at some point, and ouMiniaturists, unite! by ^Talty

Pink french macarons by ~kupenska

Owl Necklace by *kry1

Parisian confectionery by ~allim-lip

Cupcake chapter by *Theminibookmaker

.Elegant Daisy Necklace. by ~Lii-chan

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~ladymadge Jan 16, 2011

Thanks for add my pic ^^ ! See my gallery ^^

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