10 deviants said Opening Commissions soonYep, I'll be starting up commissions. They will be posted and featured at !StormPenguinz:iconCharmandar: my new account. I'll still be using this one don't worry. I just use the other one for commissions for now.
Reason I'm starting commissions is that I need the money. All I'm doing is surviving. I don't want to survive anymore, I want to live.
Basically, I have phone bills, power bills, internet bills, license plates to pay for, vehicle maintenance and maybe a dollar for my retirement funds. Then there's the food, I can hardly afford it now, sometimes I go 2 days without eating, tho it's a good thing I have good water here and it's being paid for, so that's a blessing. I'm in need of extra funds so I can afford lunches at work (I work 10 hours a day with one half hour lunch break) and basically to start up funds for schooling. Right now I'm studying Ornithology (Bird Biology) and hope someday I'll get a better job than I have right now.
So anything would help now, I have Sai fully f Commission `WildCharmander or else! 2 deviants said PE: The Community and Critique!Last week at the beginning of project educate, I conducted a survey to see what opinions the community had on the subject of critique. Here are some of the highlights of the responses made to each of the questions.
Do you put your art work up in hope of obtaining critique?
"Not necessarily.. but feedback is always most appreciated. I've started taking the initiative to becoming my own critic while I make my work.. Judging the appearance while sketching it is a powerful tool for me and makes me respect the art of critical thinking even more. " `CreativeJenn
" Yes. I strive to become a better artist, so I hope by posting it, I can get exposure and someone who is willing to pick my story to pieces and show me the error of my ways. A reliable editor would be my dream best friend." =Cassildra
"Generally, yes. Exposure and critique. It doesn't have to be thorough, but I'd much rather have a comment that tells me what works and what doesn't, rather than just "cool", 1 deviant said Impressionism: Win 100 points!As part of deviantART's Art History Project, ^KasumiCR and myself have prepared news articles regarding Impressionism,  

What is Impressionism? 
Impressionism is a movement that originated from a small time group of artists in Paris, France in the late 1800’s. These artists in the creation of impressionistic artwork focused on minute, noticeable brush strokes. Most famously Claude Monet’s Impression, soleil levant is the known artwork where the name Impressionism originally came from.
Ingenious Painters Move Away From the Status Quo
Impressionism originally was very radical and violated rules of traditional academic painting. Instead of the nice lines and contours found in the traditional method, impressionistic artwork has a melody of free formed brush strok 1 deviant said PE: Vector Critique TipsAs part of Project Educate Critique week, the Community Volunteers would like to share more art specific elements to consider whilst giving good critique.
Today we are looking at the Vector galleries, with our Top 10 (or so) Tips provided by the wonderful assistance of `ChewedKandi & `DomiSM

Like any form of art, overall composition, balance of colours and concept are often a generic subject, however today we're giving you some more technical hints and tips when it comes to critiquing vector work. If you'd like to find out more about the medium, please check out last years Project Educate: Vector Week round up article.
1. Curve Control: The majority of work and shapes you'll encounter will be using tools such as the Pen Tool. This can be a tough tool to gain control of and can be a tough learning curve for some. When cr No deviants said PE: Literature Critique TipsAs part of Project Educate Critique week, the Community Volunteers would like to share more art specific elements to consider whilst giving good critique.
Today we are looking at the Literature gallery, with our Top Tips.

Before you start
READ the piece all the way through.
Read it again, making notes of what you would like to point out in your critique.
Stay Objective- you are critiquing the piece not the person.
The Tips!
These tips are areas which aren't just necessary in critiquing others' work, but also when self-critiquing your own writing. This is one person's suggestions and I welcome any further tips in addition.
A good opening. The opening to any form of writing doesn't necessarily need to involve a physical explosion, but it needs to have an initial hook; something to entice the reader in. It needs to be clear, something that No deviants said PE: Typography Critique TipsAs part of Project Educate Critique week, the Community Volunteers would like to share more art specific elements to consider whilst giving good critique.
Today we are looking at the Typography gallery, with our Top Tips provided by the wonderful assistance of ^pica-ae

Check out the tips!

Readability!
This is one of the first lessons you learn in Typography: "Keep the text readable!" If nobody can read, what you wrote, what's the sense in it?
Now keep in mind that this relates to Design! In Design, Typography is a tool that helps you convey a message. If Typography stands on its own, as an artform or sub-category to Art, this rule is no longer decisive.
If you look at Art, rules are meant to be broken!
There are two sides to why it may be okay for a piece to lack readability.
Too many fonts / Hard to read single words. You can find this very often with music quotes. By using different font siz No deviants said PE: Traditional Critique TipsAs part of Project Educate Critique week, the Community Volunteers would like to share more art specific elements to consider whilst giving good critique.
Today we are looking at the Traditional Art gallery, with our Top 10 (or so) Tips provided by the wonderful assistance of ^Lyricanna
I am by no means an expert but I have picked up a few tricks over the past 5 years that I hope will help others.

About anatomy. If someone's anatomy looks off, suggest that they mirror their sketches/WIPs in the future.  This is a trick first introduced to me by digital artists.  They would horizontally flip their images to check for anatomical errors.  You can do this with traditional art as well by holding the reverse side of an image up to a light or by using a lightbox.  
Lineart.  Different thicknesses of lineart can help indicate depth, light sourcing or