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I've tended to keep my art lives separate - I write, I draw, I photograph, but I really only post my digital drawings on dA nowadays. I was going through my favorite photos from 2015 earlier today, and I wondered if I should break my own rule-of-thumb and share my photography.

Here are a few:

Soft glow by ninebark

Nightside rainbows by ninebark

Flyover by ninebark

Koala closeup by ninebark



Would you like to see more? That's a loaded question. Of course you won't say no. How about this one.

How do you feel about dA accounts that mix different media? Do you enjoy that, or do you prefer more unity in the accounts you follow?

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Five minutes into the movie, I realized I had made a terrible mistake.

I was watching The Last Witch Hunter. In theater. Because trailer.

Because the trailer was fun and full of amazing CGI and a flaming sword and back-bend-sword-dodges and a girl with glowy silver eyes. 

 Fire  Fire Fire

The thing about action movies like these, though, is that they're high risk. And you can't always tell by the rating. This movie just tanked to a 6.4 on IMDB, but Brick Mansions (which is amazing B movie) currently hovers at a 5.7.  With this kind of movie, it could be so gooood...but it's just as likely that all the cool scenes were put in the trailer, and all the stuff you don't see in the trailer didn't make it because it's boring.

Still, I was pretty optimistic as I sat down in the theater.

Just a few minutes into The Last Witch Hunter, as the voice-over narration began, I knew that I was in for a long hour and a half. 

"Man, I'm so sorry," I whispered to the friend I'd convinced to come with me.

She just gave me a look.


Coping games:
  • Betting on plot. One junior mint that the hobbit betrays Vin Diesel. (well, of course.) Two junior mints that there'll be a hookup. (nope, thank god.) Half a junior mints that the evil creature wasn't destroyed the way everyone thought. (Duh.) Three junior mints that main council is evil and corrupt. (lost that one.)
  • Women studies rating. Female characters, check. She does stuff and has a personality? Check. Bechdel test? Lol no. Character development? Yeah, surprisingly. Creepy jokes? At least one. Ratio of guys to girls? Eh. Overall? Not bad for its genre. 
  • Announcing Romantic Subplots. Announcing "romantic subplot" in a loud whisper in the most inopportune moments. Diesel with his sword? Staring intently at the evil insect he just caught? Glaring at his new handler? Diesel with his car?  
  • Counting shots. Not the alcoholic sort. How many seconds are they using between shots? How many cameras are they using?
  • Make up or make believe? Guessing what's make-up and what's pure computer.
  • Physics doesn't work like that. Too easy. I only use this one for the movies that look like they're trying to stick to real life rules.
  • Bleeding doesn't work like that. No, really. Claw marks don't leave elegant red lines on the cheek. Blood doesn't flow in shimmering puddles over a shirt. Why is this happening.

The entire thing was a mess. I was so bored. It was a B-movie, but it wasn't funny enough to keep me entertained (like, say, Hellboy or Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters), it wasn't action-y enough to keep my attention from wandering (Mad Max, Sorcerer's Apprentice), it wasn't bad enough or self aware enough to be hilarious (Ghost Rider, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, or Sharknado), it didn't have at least one character so amazing you'd watch anything (Constantine) and it wasn't pretty enough to make up for the slow exposition and weak attempts to build character (Jupiter Ascending).

I say, if you're thinking of going, just rewatch the trailer a couple more times, fill in the plot with your imagination, and you're set until it appears on cable or Netflix. 


I usually list the things I liked in the more terrible movies I watch once I'm done with them. 

"I liked the popcorn," I finally said. "And the spunky girl with the accent from Game of Thrones. She was good."
"Uh-huh." My friend gave me a pitying look. "Next time I pick the movie."
I thought about it for a few more minutes. "You know what this movie needed?"
"What?"
"Nicholas Cage."

Fire

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Damn, guys. You blew me away with the results to September's Inspiration Switchup Challenge. You had one month, an assigned artist, and the freedom to be inspired by anything in your artist's gallery. More than a hundred artists participated, and though the results are still coming in, we've already had more than 80 submissions.


ninebarks Picks


Some of my personal favorites.

Vaigh


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...inspired by
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Roew




...inspired by

Junsopheii


Light My World by Junsopheii

...inspired by 


DelightInArt


No Creativity Beyond This Point by DelightInArt

...inspired by
  Creativity by black-rose-phantom



THE RESULTS



<da:thumb id="563402081"/>  Ombre by enjuvarue  Setti by Starwarrior4ever  Sep2 by falcoDArgento  Sep1 by falcoDArgento <da:thumb id="562610258"/>  The girl that held the universe by DamaiMikaz  Gabriel by kurokuni  Red Strings by NeilOliver  Sept. Switchup Challenge by Silver-Solace  Negative space by DamaiMikaz  September Switchup -- Irene by cosmogyral-delirium  September Switchup Challenge - Solar-Symphony by TheWingedFireWolf  September Challenge by Pummi-Gummi  Wings of Time (Switchup Challenge) by AzizlaSwiftwind <da:thumb id="563542788"/> lily (challenge) by JacoTomo   Switchup Challenge by Izumi-sen  Night by sanakito  Mizukitt by sanakito  Switchup Challenge- Daughter of The Moon by Unistonen  I Can Give You the Moon and Stars by Drayah  Sea of Icy Solace by lndubitably  September Switchup: Sleepless Nights by CreatureWorld   yellow hell Copy by slimereader  24 - Bloody Princess by laurenhiya21  Starting to Rain by broqentoys  Aoi kitsune by black-rose-phantom  Switchup Challenge by xxice-maidenxx  Evil Prist by Legonie <da:thumb id="562555272"/> <da:thumb id="559793060"/>  Vicky Wormsting by MaggiefromSpace  September Switchup Challenge by SecondQuill <da:thumb id="562563155"/> <da:thumb id="559917338"/> 


Hummingbird by Martanuki  Switchup Challenge by skipwr3ck  september challenge by Ale-Panda  The girl with the flower by Ly-s <da:thumb id="562562845"/>   Switchup Challenge - Taekwoon by OkuniS by OkuniSensei  switchup challenge by Zedna7  Marilyn Quinn by MissMuffinKitty  September Switchup Challenge by Leixa  Batman star wars mix up by grumpygrunt17 

Mature Content

Fight me by tea-brain
Switchup by Bitilein  Alice by DarkMatterNat  Summer Sketch (Challenge version) by Guido9  Hatsune Miku Leixa Style by Mizukitt Break Free! by x-HOLLOW-x  Diseased Doll by Erimill   Beauty and the Beast [September Challenge] by Utrof <da:thumb id="563024779"/> time flies by enjuvarue  <da:thumb id="563403040"/>  Kiba by jooweeuh  <da:thumb id="563259879"/>  <da:thumb id="563463209"/>  Desperate Times, Desperate Measures by NemiCrow  Holding On by Scilla72   GiftArt Sept2015 fordevArt by JetMalek <da:thumb id="563503143"/>  MarshMallow Fluff by iamkathybrown  September Switchup - Fishy Business by JB-SuperPants  Disappearing Act by Hachi-Fusami  September Switchup - For Deviant SecondQuill by Rease-Hunter  Go for a run by Siara-chan  My Demons by ccofkonaha  Jack Expressions by TheBlackBullets <da:thumb id="562565934"/> 



Check out these great inspiration pieces. And join us for next months challenge...




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In December, we organized a Secret Santa event in which our artists signed up to create a secret gift for someone (and secretly assigned to get a gift from someone!). 

Today, everyone is receiving their Secret Santa gift! You will see some great pieces appear in your devWatch center today that were made in the spirit of generous giving. You can see them all in this gallery here, but here are a few so far - and they're still coming in!


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And more are coming in, even as I write this message!

Thanks to everyone who participated this year!



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Happy New Year everyone! This club has seen more than five years of corrections, so here's to making 2015 another great year for art and artistic growth.
 :heart:


...December's Improvement-Club rockstar correctors!


Swingin' On a Star _revamp_ 

This month's raffle is for 40 points and the winner is chosen with a random number generator (you get one entry for every correction you do).

 

Congratulations, Phoenix-FireMage, you are the winner for this month! partay - NaNoEmo - day 3 


 
Join in and correct during the month of January - the more people correct, the bigger the pot of points! 



Featured Corrections:


 
Correction 9 by Luscielle

 Redline For Jackofalltrades by Phoenix-FireMage  Improvement Club Correction 28 by SkyFlu

Redline for TheNocturneFox by Phoenix-FireMage



Even if you don't think you're a pro in art, click anyway. Some of my best learning experiences were when I gave feedback to others. So weigh in. Oh, and you don't have to be an official "Corrector" of the group to submit redlines or corrections. The more the merrier. Get your helpfulness seen by our 5,000 watchers! Friends 



Some Very Cool Before and Afters


Draw this again Seth by TheStupidFox Draw This Again Meme! by ArcherKasai      Draw it Again Sakura by deadinsideweewoo


 



Happy 2015 Everyone!



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