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FotoFriday: Maastunnel Syndrome

Journal Entry: Tue May 21, 2013, 9:38 PM

Welcome to our fourth FotoFriday session at #CRLiterature!

Update!

Remember, you have until Thursday night this week to comment on this journal with a link to the deviation inspired by the image below! We can't wait to see what you produce.

Two months ago, we relaunched FotoFriday at #CRLiterature, and here's the next installment. Last week, *ShadowedAcolyte gave us this image as a prompt:

And here are the pieces inspired by that image:

Snow-globeShe had a little snow-globe in her room, and in that perfect moment of twilight it would send incandescent flittering light all across the ceiling. It seemed that it was trying to break the glass of which it was made, trying to set free the beauty it confined. She would pick it up and shake it, but it was not snow that would flurry and fuss in the confinement, but little specks of jewels. When it sat quietly on her bedside table, it was peaceful and white, with some of her bedroom-wall blue forced into its hues. In it lived two beings, so restrained and yet so free. The first, a woman, grounded to the floor and touching the glass with her bar Flight The look of triumph slips off his face as he hovers six feet above the sand. He waves his arms, straining to sink back to earth. He doesn't move any lower. He can't.

She tries not to laugh, but it feels so good to see him with out his cloak of arrogance.

“But how am I supposed to land?”

“Didn't you finish the chapter?” she asks.

“I never read that far. There's never anything important.”

“Right,” she says. And this time her laughter won't be contained. It's spilling out around the edges of her self control so hard she's shaking.

“Stop it. It's not funny. Get me down.”

I Jump StartJump Start

we camped in the desert almost every weekend
doctors said relaxation would help, getting away would help
isolation did drive us to shelter in each other
a haven with all the frailty of a tent flap
on days like that day: sky a faded, salt-flat grey,
clouds carrying someone else’s rain
pushed by grit-laden wind that stripped
saliva from spent lips and sweat from two scratched backs

until she came sprinting over the privy dune, waving a stick
then the thunder broke in me, an adrenal flash flood
that swept my sense away, chest seized, near drowning
and I leaped, as if by terrified joy I could become a bird
limbs hooking the win

Please be kind enough to share your thoughts and comments (maybe even favorite if you like their work). They've posted their work for the world to see, and we thank them for getting involved!

How does FotoFriday Work?

Every other Friday we will post a photograph from a deviant's gallery that we find intriguing and interesting. Using this photograph as a prompt, you are encouraged to write something—anything—based on it. It doesn't matter what form of writing, how much you write or even whether you end up with a complete piece—this is all about the prompt and what it inspires!

Are there any rules?

There is only one rule—RESPECT THE PHOTOGRAPHER! At the end of the day, we are using their image and therefore should be offering full credit to them in our artists' comments. We also ask that no one uses the image as a preview image.

_{Please note: the #CRLiterature team has asked photographers via #CRPhotography if we can use their work in this way. If you are a photographer who is interested in you work possibly being used, please sign up via #CRPhotography!}

This Week's Photograph...

Maastunnel Syndroom by *insolitus85

Don't forget that when you have completed your piece of writing to upload it as a deviation and link it as comment in this journal! Next fortnight, we will feature all the completed entries!

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A Collobrative Project - I Love You More Than

Journal Entry: Tue May 21, 2013, 6:24 PM

Friends - Behance.Network - Twitter - Donate me.

I’ve seen these “I love you more than…” lists on tumblr before, then a little while ago another member of deviantART asked me to write on a piece of cardboard “I love you the most” and take a picture so she could compile a bunch of them and give it to her boyfriend.

What I would like to do is collect a bunch of pictures that express this “I love you more than…” idea. So say you wanted to contribute and you really love Harry Potter, you could write on a piece of paper, or get more creative and make a digital/traditional art piece that says “I love you more than Harry Potter”, and then you could draw a snitch or a lightning bolt or whatever… you get where I’m going with this right? It’s like the deviantART secret’s thing except your expressing what you love.

Pleaseeither upload it to dA and send me the link, your .stash if you don't want to share it and send me the link so I can download it or message me and I'll send you my email address.

I would be eternally grateful if you could help me out. Let's get to spreading the love.

Thanks folks.

^{CSS Journal Coded by ~FleX177}

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SOULSSHINE-ONLINE MECHAS

Journal Entry: Tue May 21, 2013, 5:45 PM

THE FAORON WARS AT ERANUS by ~SOULSSHINE

Here is ...

ONE OF THE MANY MEAN ORGANIC MUTANT MECHA DESIGNS

FOR THE ProductioN Series ...

Look here for the Full promo thing : SoulsShine.deviantart.com/art/THE-FAORON-WARS-AT-ERANUS-372666562

SOULSSHINE-ONLINE MECHAS 001 by =SOULSSHADE

Studio Work Hours For the Overall Mechas Development In the first Series so far ...

2013-05-15_17.00-18.00 - 01H 00M
2013-05-17_18.00-18.30 - 00H 30M
2013-05-17_18.30-19.30 - 01H 00M
2013-05-17_19.30-20.00 - 00H 30M
2013-05-18_11.30-14.30 - 03H 00M
2013-05-18_14.30-02.30 - 12H 00M
2013-05-19_18.30-04.30 - 10H 00M
2013-05-21_18.00-21.00 - 03H 00M

...

More to COme ...

THANKS FOR PASSING & ALL FAVS & SUPPORT TO OUR PRODUCTION.

JOIN US AT OUR #SOULSSHINE-3DDEV PRODUCTION GROUP.

THE SOULS SHINE ONLINE COMMUNITARY INTERACTIVE ROLE PLAY GAME MOTION BOOKS PRODUCTION

SOULSSHINE-ONLINE MECHAS 002 by =SOULSSHADE

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My stance as of now

by ~DDH1223, 11 hours, 4 minutes ago
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Credit to

for these status stamps!

I'll gladly do any Rainmeter requests you may have!

Sure, I enjoy wallpapers :3

I prefer to work alone most of the time!

I'll do requests. But commisions are better!

A request is all the same to me

Meh Meh

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It's question and answer time again!

Journal Entry: Tue May 21, 2013, 1:27 PM

And this time I will answer both kinds of questions:

Questions about me AND questions about photography!

Whatever may interest you can be posted here.

Hugs to you all!

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Futuro para el fanfic (Jeff the killer), etc XD

by ~YohansDark, 15 hours, 23 minutes ago
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Bueno gente, tengo programado un pequeño proyecto... Si me decido por ello...
Pensé en que sería bueno ilustrar el fanfic por entero, es decir ¿por que no? un comic de Jeff the killer - Blood and Darkness.

Para empezar con esto antes quisiera saber que opináis ya que avanza despacio y quiero saber si os va gustando mi sádica historia claro.

Además añado que voy a buscar a alguien para que traduzca el fanfic a ingles así más gente lo leera... Justo los que no entiendan bien esta anotación que estoy haciendo ahora mismo en el Journal XD

Para aquellos que me sigan desde hace poco y les interese leer el fanfic, dejo aquí el link: [link]

Y AHORA!! quiero agradeceros que me sigáis y que apreciéis mi arte, en verdad me siento bastante alagada y quiero hacer algo para agradecéroslo, podéis pedirme cualquier cosa que queráis que dibuje, al llegar a los 300 pageviews, subiré lo más botado con los nombres de mis seguidores o Watchers en tal caso.

GRACIAS A TODOOOOS!!!!

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Mood: Adoration

'100 Faces of Anthro' Project

by *Tharesan, 20 hours, 45 minutes ago
Journals / Culture / Projects

Heya guys. I'm making a little project called '100 Faces of Anthro' that I'll be doing for ideally the next 50 days. Basically, it will be 100 avatars/portraits of fursonas and anthro characters all put together into a collage. I'll be drawing 2 a day, so it will take 50 days, and I'm just beginning day 4 now.

Now comes the part you might be more interested in. I want each avatar to be of a community member. That way we can all look at the final product and know how we contributed. We'll see all the supporters and lovers of Anthro art in this picture. We could have a collage of about 90ish community members, all represented as a part of this work of art. I don't know about you, but I think that would be pretty cool to see.

This is the full journal [link] If you are interested then read it and see how to contribute to '100 Faces of Anthro'. You can pay to be in it, or join for free, just read the two options.

Journal Link: [link]

Here's some examples of faces from community members that have already joined.

Hope you guys decide to join and be a part of this work of art.

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'100 Faces of Anthro' Project

by *Tharesan, 20 hours, 57 minutes ago
Journals / Culture / Projects

Heya guys. I'm making a little project called '100 Faces of Anthro' that I'll be doing for ideally the next 50 days. Basically, it will be 100 avatars/portraits of fursonas and anthro characters all put together into a collage. I'll be drawing 2 a day, so it will take 50 days, and I'm just beginning day 4 now.

Now comes the part you might be more interested in. I want each avatar to be of a community member. That way we can all look at the final product and know how we contributed. We'll see all the supporters and lovers of Anthro art in this picture. We could have a collage of about 90ish community members, all represented as a part of this work of art. I don't know about you, but I think that would be pretty cool to see.

This is the full journal [link] If you are interested then read it and see how to contribute to '100 Faces of Anthro'. You can pay to be in it, or join for free, just read the two options.

Journal Link: [link]

Here's some examples of faces from community members that have already joined.

Hope you guys decide to join and be a part of this work of art.

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Xeno 15 Remake is out.

by ~RoadZero, 21 hours, 19 minutes ago
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[link] - for bigger size of pages (~160 MB)
[link] - for smaller size (still all details visible) (~33 MB)
PDF

Added (at least those I remember):
T0bi (scene with Ramsus and Citan),
FaithInEmerz (Miang, Sophia, Elly),
Samsara (Urobolus Miang) - samsarapavillion@tumblr
Also some more of my works and some corrections on existing ones. There's a translation of Nisan language piece now, so check it out.

Not much, you might think? Well, let's just do it again later. Much, much later...
Also, both pdf versions aren't adapted to printing, I think...

is the one who did most of the work on the original version, and also the one who created the project!
She is going to do Chrono Trigger and Harvest Moon after some time, and now there's also an Adventure Time project.

And Soraya Saga was the one to design 'em all! She IS here on dA.

Go watch her. Now.
That's what she drew as a 10th anniversary gift:

I won't be uploading any of my artwork or doujins from this book. Go download it if interested. There's a lot of real quality fan-art.

I'm glad that even a few Russian and Ukrainian artists participated ^^

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Mood: Uneasy
Listening to: cars in the street

To Praise Life: 5

Tue May 21, 2013, 5:53 AM

Welcome to To Praise Life! This article series will be a newsletter/feature for those who have participated in my project, as well as a place to find some inspiration.

It would be much appreciated if you help spread the word! ( & Comment!)

Contribute to the Project or Donate

I am hoping to reach at least 300 inspiring messages from the community if I can.

At the end of this year, 2013, 10 calenders and 16 three month PMs will be given away to inspired deviants.(that means random/anyone.

)

The calenders to remind you of how special every day is, and PMs because sadly the notebooks are no longer available.
However, the points cost of this project's completion is around: 30,176 points.

Current Balance: 2,014 Points

Inspiring words from contributors

~Cirprius "I agree. Life is amazing, and an adventure through its ups and downs. Being born, is the best thing that ever happened to me"

*kinzerkinz " Heart

here! Here! Heart

~Quezecotyl "Yes! Even though I can be seen as overly optimistic, there are those days when I can't even smile. But I agree, we just have to remember in those moments that without moments of despair there, moments of happiness and joy wouldn't really exist. And that those rainy days won't be forever. Live to make more and more great and nostalgic memories. Besides, laughing is so much fun! I love life and I hope for many years ahead. Boogie!

"

=Rawliett "I absolutely love this! dA and the world could use more positiveness to fight against the negative. I personally love and cherish ever second of life I have because I never know when it's going to end. Life if beautiful, even the hardships we face day to day.

The fleeting time is cruel; it is so easy to get left behind in the dark. Yet, it is such a wonderful thing because when you cannot find the light…it continues on to give you time and opportunities to find it. Though most people don't realize this or aren't sure of how to catch up. Not to mention (in the theme of keeping up with things), we must learn to pace ourselves in the present for it has not yet finished teaching us what we will need to know for the obstacles that lie in the path ahead. Those obstacles try to break us down but we can overcome them and become even stronger. Life is all about faith and courage. Humans need to know how to believe in something they cannot see to give them something to live for and these things we find faith in are often times very positive things.

Also, so many people think that you need to be strong to be "one of the best" and always happy. However, it is not brute strength that gets anybody anywhere. It's the courage in our hearts that gives us an unstoppable force that allows us to be everything we hold inside.

Life passes by in the blink of an eye. Every now and again it seems to move in slow motion, though in reality it's moving at the speed of light. Take hold of what you have today and enjoy everything about it, for you never can be certain what tomorrow will greet you with. It can either be positive or negative, for each day is what YOU decide.

AND NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY OR DO, ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU NEEDN'T BE AFRAID TO LOOK UP!!!"
Thank you Heart

Sadly, all their deviations are in storage. :c

*twicehalf "Simone de Beauvoir: 'In fact, even when he claims that it is not so, no man wishes himself other than he is, since for all living persons being means making oneself be.'

And again: 'The secret of happiness is to live like everyone else while being like no other.'"

deviantANXIETY, A Case StudyYou've joined to become a great artist, or to show the world that you're a great artist. You've joined to ogle all things kawaii. You've joined to troll the forums, or the chatrooms, or both. But above all, you've joined to become a llama baron: you've got your heart set on obtaining a golden llama badge, and nothing's gonna stand in your way.

You've added a couple of people to your deviantWATCH whose art you're somewhat interested in. Or perhaps you added them because you thought that they were cute, or because you liked their avatars, or because they offered you some advice, or because they helped to allay the awkwardness you felt on joini

=Riemea "Live is a valuable thing. Not everyone is allowed to live their life the way they want, spending it with doing things they love. Not everyone has the opportunity, not everyone can afford it. We should keep that in mind, and cherish every day, because no matter how you live your life, it will end one day for sure. Whether that's tomorrow or in 50 years is not something we can foresee. But we can try to just live to the best of our ability so that when the time comes, we can proudly say: "I regret nothing."

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Thank you so much! Love

1 deviation featured for every 10 points!

Do you like that system?

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~Child-of-Minerva

If I missed you, you can remind me with a note!

I'd also like to shout out to #CRCommunityProjects for accepting my project into their gallery!

Amoris

A collection of inspiring artwork.

Theme: Food.

Food should not be taken for granted.

Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies by ^maytel

Lemon Roll Cake w/ Berries and Whipped Cream by *asainemuri

Cuori con panna al cacao by ~GabriellaScioni

Day 7 The wonderful things of berrys by *Silvermoonswan

Tartelette creme Patissiere et Framboise by ~ClaraLG

Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake by ~asthetiq

Wise Words:

Quotable quotes that you might want to apply to your life.

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

George Eliot

Think about that for a second! That's very inspiring and carries a wonderful message.

Do not give up, and try your best always! You can achieve your dreams if you start right now!

I'll tell you a little story. My father wanted to play guitar when he was younger but never got the chance. He bought one two years ago, and he's come so far! Even though he started late, he's really good and it's something he loves.

Contribute:

Provide a theme! What makes you praise life?
Contribute and get featured by writing inspiring words for the community here.

Have a wonderful May! Love

`Infinite-Heart

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FotoFriday: Maastunnel Syndrome

Welcome to our fourth FotoFriday session at #CRLiterature!

How does FotoFriday Work?

Are there any rules?

This Week's Photograph...

Maastunnel Syndroom by *insolitus85

A Collobrative Project - I Love You More Than

SOULSSHINE-ONLINE MECHAS

My stance as of now

It's question and answer time again!

Futuro para el fanfic (Jeff the killer), etc XD

'100 Faces of Anthro' Project

'100 Faces of Anthro' Project

Xeno 15 Remake is out.

To Praise Life: 5

It would be much appreciated if you help spread the word! ( & Comment!)

Contribute to the Project or Donate

Inspiring words from contributors

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Amoris

Wise Words:

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

Contribute:

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What is your preferred drawing software?

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