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Official dA News

  Voila! Paris deviantMEET Wrap Up
Join us for a deviantMEET in London, England
deviantART is applying to manage .art
Site Update Staff Retreat, .art, deviantMEETs
Infinity Seven Takes on the Coming Zerg Invation
Cyberbullying and Your Deviations
We're Sponsoring Artists Alley at Comic-Con
Site Update: Back from the Staff Retreat
Join Us For a Gallery Show in London
A Final Communique from the Front Lines
CR Newsletter: May & June 2012

Official Contests

All "official" contests will begin at midnight PST on the start date and end at 11:59 PST on the end date. This applies to all Community Relation run contests and all deviantART sponsored contests.
denotes US only contest

Musically Inspired Design Challenge - Deadline July 5, 2012 (Voting begins July 6 and ends July 12, 2012)
Feedback Frenzy Comment Contest - Deadline July 8, 2012
When Darkness Falls Photomanipulation Contest - Deadline August 3, 2012

Informative News & Events

Necessary Steps
2012 deviantART Staff Appreciation Week team of volunteers announcement
Architecture Photography: Need for Changes?
^anmari is  looking for feedback for the :devprojecteducate: week that will focus on Architecture Photography in July 9-15. She posted a forum thread and a poll. Please take time to respond
5 Reasons Why Comments Are Really Awesome
thehazel is looking for your help!
PE: Photomanip That's a Wrap
Photography: Troubleshooting Filters
PE Artisan Crafts ABC
Welcome to Arts and Health
Absolutely Critical: Re-Darkness Contest
The Mind's Eye Book Review
Revamp Your Vector Contest Winners
Cutting Edge Week #24
Did You Know Returns

Features & Interviews

Underwater Secrets
Fashion Friday
Obscured Photos Under Appreciated Feature
Acts of Random Kindness Project
A Week in Pixel - Issue 2
The inside Scoop on J1Star
WNC Monthly Feature No. 19
Darkroom Exposed - jonniedee
#fella exhibition #02 - More to Discover in Ontario
A Crafty Chat with demoncherry
Powder
30 Writers You Should Discover Volume X
A Week in dA Related
Another dAmn Interview: nikkidoodlesx3
Cities of the World: Taipei
Feature: The Legend of Korra
Flash Fiction Month 2012
Inspirational Artisan Crafts #22
ProjectPorkchop Vol134
So I Heard You Like Emotes Vol 127
The Ladies of Lit Volume XXII
The LOL Corner 124
Under the Skin - KodoqKatie
Weekly Feature June W3

Groups

#Cinemagrapher a group that has been made for all the cinema lovers that bring their stories into photography, cinemagraphs, film and animation, digital and traditional.
#StaffAppreciation is the home to the planning committee for the 2012 deviantART Staff Appreciation Week. #StaffAppreciation is currently in the planning stages for 2012 and will be announced over the next few weeks.
#ManipulateThis is only for photomanipulators who love to create deviations through participating in challenges. Being one of the first groups with challenges, #ManipulateThis is different because we believe that all members should learn as well as have fun creating the deviations. Group membership is open, but each potential member must already know the basics to photomanipulation.  We accept novice, beginners, intermediate and advance photomanipulators.  Hope to see you there.
#AbstractArchitecture is a fresh group founded by =Xcalibur86 that gathers the best of abstract photography depicting architectural details. We launched a Design a Group Icon contest that is open to absolutely everyone (group member or not) and is a great chance for people to win Premium Memberships!
#Critiqual-mass are are passionate about providing critique and detailed feedback. We focus on helping people improve their skills in their medium of choice, and we give advice to those seeking to become effective critique givers. We have a give-and-get system, so in order to have a submission accepted you must leave critiques on artworks in the gallery and link it to us as proof.  So there's always a good chance of comments being left and it's fair for everybody involved. We are desperately looking for staff to help with the submission management too, and for helpers - people who are proficient in a genre or medium and are willing to help give members advice and mentor them.
#Blood-and-Sinew are a macabre and horror anthro, creature and monster club. It's a niche genre that I feel needs to be exposed to the world more more. I know many artists of this genre who feel unseen and unwelcome in the general anthro/creature community.  If you're onf of them this is the place for you!
#Gamers-NESt is a group focusing on the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) and it just reached 100 members so I wanted to hold a contest with some special prizes to celebrate and any way it could get some more attention would be highly appreciated.
#Pixels-Unlimited aims to collect quality pixel art but welcomes and supports beginners as well. Every two weeks a feature article is published and that pus an additional spotlight on exceptional works from the group gallery.

Commissions

wolfelandfallen's Commission info
perfectly-pink's Commission Info
agistar's Commission Info
ostrichlover's Commission Info
triskata's Commission Info
tonee89's Commission Info
rainbowshotgun's Commission Info
drmoore's Commission Info
repay's Commission Info
corviday's Commission Info
Lyricanna's Commission Info

Whoas - Theme: Clocks

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To contribute to the next installment of "Pimps & Whoas" please include it in the comments below with the appropriate links and information.  If promoting groups, please include a description so people know why they should check it out! Also use devtags not icontags eg:#communityrelations not

What I'm looking for from you guys:
News, Features or Interviews you want to promote
Groups you want me to feature or highlight
deviations that follow the theme for that issue
DevMEETs or events going on around you or being hosted by you.
Commission information for those looking for Commissions
Anything else you feel you want the deviantART community to know about!


Next installment to be posted July 18th and the theme for the "Whoas" is Comics.  

Wanna suggest a theme? Note $Moonbeam13 with your ideas!