http://europeans.deviantart.com/blog/ deviantART RSS for by:europeans en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Tue, 21 May 2013 07:10:14 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Literature-contest-Results-367401795 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Literature-contest-Results-367401795 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:35:18 PDT Literature contest: Results... nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans
Our literature contest has ended... And though only 3 people competed, we were able to have a winner...

Remember: a good definition has to contain every sound of the word defined, must make sense according to said word, and should be poetic...

And the winner is ?...

Drumroll...

Drumroll +...

Drumroll ++...

Drumroll +++...

Ok, I tell you... The winner is:

"Hunger:Hunters urge"

by

:devLady-Rosaline::iconlady-rosaline:
:eager::la::eager::la::eager::la::eager::la::eager::la:

:devLady-Rosaline: won 200 points! :D Congratulations! :party:

Complete results were:

17 voices for "Hunter";
15 voices for "Cola";
14 vo ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Looking-for-Operators-366247813 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Looking-for-Operators-366247813 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:27:55 PDT Looking for Operators! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans This update is all about volunteers! :heart:

Looking for operators!
Ever wanted to help out with running :deveuropeans:, launch your own ideas you have and wanted to have a direct say in the group? Now you can, because we are looking for Operators from all art disciplines! Operators generally help voting on incoming art submissions and will also be able to help compose art feature blogs.

At the moment our most widely used galleries are, in no particular order, photography, digital art, traditional art, literature, customization and fan art. However, we would like to invite potentional Operators from all art disciplines ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Artist-of-the-Week-7-364555608 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Artist-of-the-Week-7-364555608 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:41:27 PDT Artist of the Week #7 nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans Great news as we reveal our Seventh?!
Yes, Seventh Artist of the Week! :D

Artist of the Week
We're happy to announce that :devAldemButcher: is selected as our seventh artist of the week! :party:
It has been a close call, because he won with only 27% of all votes in our recent poll!

Two of our Operators :devplectra: and :devanmari: sat once again with him for an interview. You can read the entire interview by clicking here. Once again, a big round of applause for :devAldemButcher:!

Here's some amazing art by our artist of the week!

Artist of the week :devAldemButcher:

:thumb358682218:   :thumb358279416:  :thumb331200446: ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-5th-and-6th-Artist-of-the-Week-363075139 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-5th-and-6th-Artist-of-the-Week-363075139 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:28:18 PDT Contest! + 5th and 6th Artist of the Week! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans Great news as we reveal our fifth AND sixth Artist of the Week and remind you of our contest!

Artist of the Week
We're happy to announce that :devwannywanwan: is selected as our sixth artist of the week! :party:
It has been clear who you wanted because she received a whopping 64% of all votes in our recent poll!

One of our Operators :devplectra: sat once again with her for an interview. You can read the entire interview by clicking here. Once again, a big round of applause for :devwannywanwan:!

Here's some amazing art by our artist of the week!

Artist of the week :devwannywanwan:

:thumb353281588:   :thumb290308277:  :thum ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Devmeet-and-Contests-361043245 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Devmeet-and-Contests-361043245 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:58:54 PDT Devmeet and Contests! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans Great and sad news as we reveal our second contest this year and blow-off the devMEET.....

DevMEET in Lille (France)
Unfortunately we have to blow off the MEET.
It makes me sad because one of our operators put huge efforts in it, but can't host it because he is still ill.
A round of applause for :devtriska: please, thank you for your continuous efforts and please get better soon!
Stay devious as we soon will start with planning our usual MEET somewhere in august! :dummy:

Contest winner!
As you all know we launched our new Forum http://www.europartists.eu/forum/ .
To celebrate we had a contest, naming the blogranks!
We're gla ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Artist-of-the-Week-4-358939627 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Artist-of-the-Week-4-358939627 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:25:25 PDT Artist of the Week #4 nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans Great news as we reveal our fourth Artist of the Week and remind you to our activities!

Artist of the Week
We're happy to announce that :devBlackButterfly007: is selected as our fourth artist of the week! :party:
It has been clear who you wanted because she received a whopping 37% of all votes in our recent poll!

One of our Operators :devplectra: sat once again with her for an interview. You can read the entire interview by clicking here. Once again, a big round of applause for :devBlackButterfly007:!

Here's some amazing art by our artist of the week!

Artist of the week :devBlackButterfly007:

:thumb357474814:   :thumb3058 ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/CONTEST-TIME-357861846 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/CONTEST-TIME-357861846 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:45:41 PST CONTEST TIME! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans Exciting news as we reveal our third Artist of the Week, a reminder to our DevMEET in Lille (France) and CONTEST TIME! :dummy:

Artist of the Week
We're happy to announce that :devZawart: is selected as our third artist of the week! :party:
It has been quite a battle but in the end he received a whopping 36% of all votes in our recent poll!

One of our Operators :devplectra: sat with him for an interview. You can read the entire interview by clicking here. Once again, a big round of applause for :devZawart:!

Here's some amazing art by our artist of the week!

Artist of the week :devZawart:

:thumb328558258:   :thumb320476036: ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Our-Artist-of-the-Week-project-continues-356407087 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Our-Artist-of-the-Week-project-continues-356407087 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:52:29 PST Our Artist of the Week project continues! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans Exciting news as we reveal our second Artist of the Week, a reminder to our DevMEET in Lille (France) and some other things concerning :deveuropeans:!

Artist of the Week
We're happy to announce that :devandrzejsiejenski: is selected as our second artist of the week! :party:
It has been quite a battle but in the end he received 28% of all votes in our recent poll!

One of our new Operators :devplectra: sat with him for an interview. You can read the entire interview by clicking here. Once again, a big round of applause for :devandrzejsiejenski:!

Here's some amazing art by our artist of the week!

Artist of the week :devandrze ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Forum-has-opened-Win-3-x-100-points-355119178 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Forum-has-opened-Win-3-x-100-points-355119178 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:08:31 PST Forum has opened! Win 3 x 100 points! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans
We recently announced the opening of our forum. In order to celebrate, we're giving away 100 points to 3 lucky deviants! :party:

Participating is easy. All you have to do is be active on the forums! We will select three people at random who have at least 10 forum posts. The posts will have to be legitimate posts, obviously. We will not consider spammers.

You have until Sunday, February 24 6:00PM CET to participate. We will announce the winners on Sunday night!

Click here to go to the forums

Good luck! :heart: ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Interview-with-artist-of-the-week-devproxi-mity-354602233 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Interview-with-artist-of-the-week-devproxi-mity-354602233 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 05:35:07 PST Interview with artist of the week :devproxi-mity:! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans
We're happy to announce that :devproxi-mity: is selected as our first ever artist of the week! :party:
She won by a landslide, receiving 51% of all votes in our recent poll!

Our Director :devsoulxcreeper: sat with her for an interview. You can read the entire interview by clicking here. Once again congratulations :devproxi-mity:!

Here's some lovely art by our first artist of the week!

Artist of the week :devproxi-mity:

:thumb263743709:   :thumb306696654:   :thumb263746071:   :thumb263727064:

Be sure to check out all of her amazing art by visiting her gallery on deviantART! :clap:

Premium features
We would also lik ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Europartists-forum-has-launched-354236547 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Europartists-forum-has-launched-354236547 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:15:42 PST Europartists forum has launched! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans
Exciting news in this update as we proudly announce our new forum, an update on our Artist of the Week project and news from one of our affiliates: :devbritain:!

Forum
In a recent poll, we asked you if you'd like to have a forum for :deveuropeans:. About half of those who voted said "Yes", so we decided to create the forum right away! :la:

Click here to go to the europartists forum!

Artist of the week
We have launched a poll containing five members! You can vote on your favorite artist here. Be quick, voting closes on February 15 at 5:00PM UTC!

The deviant with the most votes will be picked as artist of the week and ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/New-Operators-and-Artist-of-the-Week-353753876 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/New-Operators-and-Artist-of-the-Week-353753876 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:13:26 PST New Operators and Artist of the Week! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans A little while ago we asked if there were deviants interested in becoming a :deveuropeans: Operator, and we bring you great news!
:devJsvn:, :devBlodariel:, :devwoodiland: and :devplectra: :party:
Joined our team on a quest to deliver you the best artwork, and feedback out there.
Let's give them a round of applause!

Don't forget to vote on our Latest Polls, which can be found here: http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/poll/ and http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/poll/3488470/
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Artist of the week:
I can proudly announce our new project: ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/10-years-of-Europeans-deviantMEET-in-Lille-352814512 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/10-years-of-Europeans-deviantMEET-in-Lille-352814512 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:53:36 PST 10 years of Europeans deviantMEET in Lille! nonadult journals/culture/deviantmeets europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans
As we announced in our last blog, we will be hosting a deviantMEET in Lille, France on March 31!

The Amsterdam deviantMEET group occupied the i amsterdam sign at Museum Square. Credit: 2011 Devmeet Amsterdam by :devvolturnus:.

The reason for this deviantMEET is that we are celebrating ten years of :deveuropeans: on April 5! We thought it would be a great idea to host a meeting to celebrate this astonishing feat.

We will meet at the Citadel of Lille. It's a central location with two tube stations nearby.

The Berlin deviantMEET group in front of the Brandenburger Tor. Credit: 10th birthdAy bash group photo by :devfvdsl ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Looking-for-Operators-352822614 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Looking-for-Operators-352822614 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:42:47 PST Looking for Operators! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2013 #europeans
It's been a while since our last update and we have a lot of news for you!

Operations
To allow the group to run smoothly as it steadily grows in size, :devSoulxCreeper: will be working alongside :devfritsvandersloot: in making executive decisions for the deviantART chapter of europartists starting today! Falko has been an extremely motivated driving force within :deveuropeans: since 2012.

In sadder news, :devdiado:, :devnirelleth: and :devmendekua: have left our team. We would like to thank them for all their hard work and efforts. :heart:

Looking for operators!
Ever wanted to help out with running :deveuropeans:, lau ]]> http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-holidays-344390652 http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-holidays-344390652 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:14:20 PST Happy holidays! nonadult journals/culture/editorials fritsvandersloot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/r/fritsvandersloot.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 `fritsvandersloot @fvdsloot
While the holiday season tends to slow things down a little, we have not been sitting still! We have been working on a rules revamp for our chat room :#Europe: over the past couple weeks in an effort to enhance the chatting experience. The old rules page was not only incomprehensible, it also had some redundant rules listed, and most rules were already covered by the deviantART :faq287:.

The updated rules can be found here. If there are any questions, remarks or concerns, feel free to leave a comment ]]> http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Three-years-of-europeans-324916591 http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Three-years-of-europeans-324916591 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:49:07 PDT Three years of #europeans! nonadult journals/culture/editorials fritsvandersloot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/r/fritsvandersloot.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 `fritsvandersloot @fvdsloot europeans! ]]>
Three years have passed since we started alpha testing the deviantART groups platform. Quite the event back then, :deveuropeans:' founder :devfvdsloot: recapped this day in a 2010 blog posted to this group.

Three years later, it's safe to say we have made an impact. From successfully hosting deviantMEETs to celebrate deviantART's tenth, eleventh and twelfth birthday across Europe, to organizing contests, hosting featured chats and interviews with prominent deviants, and connecting deviants via our chat room :#Europe:.

The 2012 Amsterdam deviantMEET group raided the i amsterdam sign at Museumplein.

A staggering 11,793 ]]> europeans! ]]> http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/An-interview-with-VianaArts-323143212 http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/An-interview-with-VianaArts-323143212 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:28:20 PDT An interview with VianaArts! nonadult journals/culture/interviews fritsvandersloot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/r/fritsvandersloot.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 `fritsvandersloot @fvdsloot europeans member interviews! To kick off this project, we talked with ballpoint drawer Samuel Silva, better known as =VianaArts on deviantART, currently taking the internet by storm with his artwork. ]]>
We are pleased to announce the start of an all-new :deveuropeans: project - member interviews! In this interview series, we will interview prominent members of our group. To kick this project off, we met up with Samuel Silva, better known on deviantART as :devVianaArts:, for an in-depth interview. To those unfamiliar with Sam's art - he's currently taking the Internet by storm with his drawing Redhead Girl, which alone has received over 1 million views over the past couple weeks.

Europeans: Hi there Sam! Thanks for taking time out of your day to do an interview with us today.

Your recent drawing Redhead Girl has become ]]> europeans member interviews! To kick off this project, we talked with ballpoint drawer Samuel Silva, better known as =VianaArts on deviantART, currently taking the internet by storm with his artwork. ]]> http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Europeans-turns-3-premium-membership-giveaway-322721451 http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Europeans-turns-3-premium-membership-giveaway-322721451 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:27:05 PDT Europeans turns 3 - premium membership giveaway! nonadult journals/culture/contests fritsvandersloot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/r/fritsvandersloot.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 `fritsvandersloot @fvdsloot europeans is turning three, and to celebrate this, we are giving away three 3 month premium memberships to deviantART or the equivalent in points! ]]>
Hello Europe! :wave:
On September 2, :deveuropeans: is celebrating its third year as a group! :party:

To celebrate this feat, we are going to give away three 3 month deviantART premium memberships, or the equivalent in points (636 :points:) among all of our members who add this blog to their :+fav: favorites by September 2!

Here's how it works:You add the blog to your favorites.On September 2, we will insert all the names of deviants who favorited this blog into a randomizer and update this blog to st ]]> europeans is turning three, and to celebrate this, we are giving away three 3 month premium memberships to deviantART or the equivalent in points! ]]> http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Looking-for-operators-322370638 http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Looking-for-operators-322370638 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:21:31 PDT Looking for operators! nonadult journals/personal fritsvandersloot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/r/fritsvandersloot.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 `fritsvandersloot @fvdsloot europeans is looking for operators to help with running the group! ]]>
As :deveuropeans: continues to grow, so does our need for more administrative members. Therefor, we are looking for operators again!

We are looking for deviants who are interested in helping with operating :deveuropeans:. Typical tasks our operators help out with include, but are not limited to:Voting on incoming deviations and ensuring they are in the right category;Voting on incoming member requests;Moderating our chat, :#Europe:;Writing blogs for :deveuropeans:.If any of these tasks sound like they would be something you are interested in helping out with, please send us a note entitled "Operator application". In the ]]> europeans is looking for operators to help with running the group! ]]> http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Announcing-the-Europartists-platform-321749795 http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Announcing-the-Europartists-platform-321749795 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 02:25:04 PDT Announcing the Europartists platform nonadult journals/culture/blogs fritsvandersloot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/r/fritsvandersloot.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 `fritsvandersloot @fvdsloot europeans is proud to announce its expansion to Facebook and Twitter! ]]>
With each passing day, :deveuropeans: continues to grow. Since starting alpha testing the groups platform three years ago, we have grown our watcher base by over 500%, from just over 2000 watchers in August 2009 to 12819 watchers right now. 11576 or 90.3% of those watchers are members of :deveuropeans: and joined the group on or after our launch on September 2, 2009. An average of over 10 deviants a day have joined our group over a three year period, and we currently grow at a steady rate of around 50 deviants a week.

Looking for ways to extend our reach beyond deviantART, and to connect European artists outside of this ]]> europeans is proud to announce its expansion to Facebook and Twitter! ]]> http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-deviantMEET-recap-319944295 http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-deviantMEET-recap-319944295 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:51:22 PDT Amsterdam deviantMEET recap! nonadult journals/culture/deviantmeets fritsvandersloot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/r/fritsvandersloot.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 `fritsvandersloot @fvdsloot Nederlanders and #europeans hosted to celebrate deviantART's twelfth birthdAy! ]]> Go to the deviantMEET photo gallery →

Hello Europe! :wave:

On Tuesday, August 7, :devnederlanders: and :deveuropeans: hosted a deviantMEET in honor of deviantART's twel ]]> Nederlanders and #europeans hosted to celebrate deviantART's twelfth birthdAy! ]]> http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-deviantMEET-update-319322552 http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-deviantMEET-update-319322552 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 02:49:07 PDT Amsterdam deviantMEET update nonadult journals/culture/deviantmeets fritsvandersloot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/r/fritsvandersloot.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 `fritsvandersloot @fvdsloot
We will be meeting at Museum Square in Amsterdam, the Netherlands tomorrow afternoon for a deviantMEET. This deviantMEET is hosted in order to celebrate deviantART's twelfth birthday! Read the full announcement →

The 2011 Amsterdam deviantMEET group is pictured occupying the i amsterdam sign at Museum Square. Credit: 2011 Devmeet Amsterdam by :devvolturnus:.

We will be meeting at Museum Square between 12:30 and 1PM, after which we will take a group photo and head to Vondelpark. Should you be arriving later or have any other questions, please text :devfvdsloot: at +31654284630 or send him a tweet / direct message ]]> http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Join-us-for-a-deviantMEET-in-Amsterdam-313835410 http://fritsvandersloot.deviantart.com/journal/Join-us-for-a-deviantMEET-in-Amsterdam-313835410 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:14:22 PDT Join us for a deviantMEET in Amsterdam! nonadult journals/culture/deviantmeets fritsvandersloot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/f/r/fritsvandersloot.gif?2 Copyright 2012-2013 `fritsvandersloot @fvdsloot europeans and #Nederlanders in celebrating deviantART's twelfth birthday in Amsterdam, the Netherlands! ]]>
On August 7, 2010, :deveuropeans: hosted its first ever deviantMEET in the capital of Germany — Berlin. Around 60 deviants joined us as we celebrated deviantART's tenth birthday in style! Read more about the 2010 Berlin deviantMEET →

The Berlin deviantMEET group in front of the Brandenburger Tor. Credit: 10th birthdAy bash group photo by :devfvdsloot:.

On August 7, 2011, :deveuropeans: descended upon the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, for a day of ]]> europeans and #Nederlanders in celebrating deviantART's twelfth birthday in Amsterdam, the Netherlands! ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/DeviantMEET-News-310424171 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/DeviantMEET-News-310424171 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:45:30 PDT DeviantMEET News! nonadult journals/culture/deviantmeets europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2012-2013 #europeans
:deveuropeans: is proud to announce its European deviantMEET plan! Since starting alpha-testing :devgroups:, :deveuropeans:' mission has been to connect Europeans on deviantART. We try and accomplish this mission by running a channel on dAmn, called :#Europe:, where deviants from all over the world can go to and chat w ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Art-features-May-2012-306091066 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Art-features-May-2012-306091066 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:10:18 PDT Art features May 2012 nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2012-2013 #europeans
Traditional art
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Digital art
:thumb305337795: :thumb304883483: :thumb305118583: :thumb304504060: :thumb ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/DeviantMEET-in-Paris-France-305114547 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/DeviantMEET-in-Paris-France-305114547 Tue, 29 May 2012 11:22:36 PDT DeviantMEET in Paris, France! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2012-2013 #europeans
In a little under two weeks from now, on Saturday June 9, deviantART :devhq: will be hosting an official deviantMEET in Paris, France! A deviantMEET is a gathering of deviants at a specific real-life location. They are lots of fun!

The City of Lights in all its glory. Credit: Paris from the Eiffel Tower by :devBenHeine:.

You will get a rare chance to meet about two dozen of the staff members that are responsible for creating and operating the website we all love in person! And it gets better! Rumor has it those attending will be receiving deviantART goodies, too! ;)

The me ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Art-features-April-2012-299511719 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Art-features-April-2012-299511719 Tue, 01 May 2012 13:58:11 PDT Art features April 2012 nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2012-2013 #europeans
Traditional art
:thumb297220663: :thumb297606476: :thumb297964231: :thumb295848786: :thumb296027922: :thumb293750629: :thumb295837356: :thumb279010226: :thumb294422869: :thumb282210214: :thumb294693575: :thumb293868483: :thumb293171581:

Digital art
:thumb298661440: :thumb298673976: :thumb298577555: :thumb296177234: :thumb297782593: :thumb296583953: :thumb296451158: :thumb277942777: :thumb295839774: :thumb293365203: :thumb295619079: :thumb294664776: :thumb280329362: :thumb28 ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Art-features-February-and-March-2012-295428837 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Art-features-February-and-March-2012-295428837 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:53:15 PDT Art features February and March 2012 nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2012-2013 #europeans
This is the staff selection of the art submitted to :deveuropeans: during February and March 2012.

Literature

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Traditional art

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Digital art

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This is the selection of the art submitted to :deveuropeans: during January 2012.

Photography

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Digital art

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:thumb276605487::thumb275271297::thumb27530 ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/April-devMEET-news-contest-reminder-281989844 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/April-devMEET-news-contest-reminder-281989844 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:18:21 PST April devMEET news, contest reminder! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2012-2013 #europeans
We would like to remind you all of our contest! You will read more about this in the bottom part of this entry. :)

The prize pool tallies over 7,500 points :points: worth of prizes! :eager:

We will organize a devMEET on Sunday April 8, 2011 (Easter)! This meeting will take place somewhere in zone 3.

Image source; modified for personal use. All rights reserved.

The zones system has been put in place to ensure the ability of attending a :deveuropeans: devMEET for as many people as possible. Once a meeting has been held in a zone, it will become ineligible for another devMEET until there has been an official devMEET in ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-time-280355451 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-time-280355451 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:15:30 PST Contest time nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2012-2013 #europeans
The theme of this contest is of course related to Europe. Everyone gets to pick an European country (not your own) and make an art work about what you love or like about this country preferably with an explanation. You can also make an art work about what you love or like about Europe itself.

On the side of the main contest we have a chat event planned for all the art appreciators in our group. The chat event will be held in :#europe: on Wednesday, February 22 at 07:00 pm UTC

Contest specifications
This contest is open to all and only membe ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/10-000-Members-279397414 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/10-000-Members-279397414 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:23:39 PST 10,000 Members nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2012-2013 #europeans
Our 10,000 Members mark was reached and exceeded just a short while ago, with :devblackcatme: from Romania being our special 10,000th member.

In honour of reaching this milestone of EPIC proportions the :deveuropeans: staff will be holding a contest, of which more details come this week.

I must say this milestone has come around extremely fast, and its so fantastic to see so many people come together from so many different countries... HERE'S TO THE NEXT 10,000! :#1:

On behalf of the :deveuropeans: staff,
Lathroniel x ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/New-staff-members-and-more-275448442 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/New-staff-members-and-more-275448442 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:32:15 PST New staff members and more! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
:deveuropeans: has two photography folders now, one named photography closed and one named photography. The folder  Photography closed  is full and therefore closed for submission. All photography submissions need to go to Photography.

Also don't forget to vote on our latest poll.

When :deveuropeans: has 10.000 members we plan on having a big contest in ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/A-new-Executive-and-accepting-Contributors-271738578 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/A-new-Executive-and-accepting-Contributors-271738578 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:01:41 PST A new Executive and accepting Contributors! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
I simply do not have the time left to spend I feel a group of this magnitude needs and deserves from its executive, so I have decided to step down. I will remain involved with the ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/An-update-265707016 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/An-update-265707016 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:45:48 PDT An update! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-devmeet-recap-254990494 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-devmeet-recap-254990494 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:35:00 PDT Amsterdam devmeet recap! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
The :deveuropeans: operators assembled on Museum square an hour before the devMEET officially started, at noon, to run over some last details. To our surprise, there were already quite a number of people present at the location! Everybody started to mingle and socialize with other deviants while waiting for some last arrivals. At around 1:15 PM, :devMC-Frizzle: held a short speech, and we all posed for several group ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Thank-you-Mathness-254785773 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Thank-you-Mathness-254785773 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:42:29 PDT Thank you Mathness! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
:whisper: Speaking of art features, the :deveuropeans: staff will be doing them on a more frequent basis soon! Stay tuned for more details.

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I would also like to take this opportunity to apologize to everybody, and to :devhq: in particular, for taking so long to publish our Amsterdam devMEET write-up. There have been some issues a ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-send-us-your-photos-amp-an-update-251574599 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-send-us-your-photos-amp-an-update-251574599 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:07:02 PDT Amsterdam - send us your photos & an update nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
Already, we have opened a gallery for you to submit your photographs (and other birthday-related content!) to. If you have taken devMEET photographs, we encourage you to share them with us. Simply submit your photographs to the "11th birthday bash" folder. If you have other media you would like to share, like scans of drawings for instance, you are of ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-devMEET-details-249444761 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-devMEET-details-249444761 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:37:29 PDT Amsterdam devMEET details! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
We haven't posted any details other than the date, time and location yet. We deliberately chose for this: not to keep you in everlasting excitement, but to be able to present a complete and comprehensive schedule, and ensure we have a solid schedule for the day. :)

We will gather at the Museumplein / Museum Square, in front of the i amsterdam sign between 12:30 and 13:00 (1PM) local time.

Once we have met up with everybody, we are going to make a group photo in front of the i amsterdam sign, and we wi ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Submission-policy-223521971 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Submission-policy-223521971 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:54:09 PDT Submission policy nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
2. Deviation submission is limited to one deviation per week. We make an exception for devMEET photography.

3. Submit your deviation to the right category. For instance, if your art is in the Traditional Art category on deviantART, it should go to the Traditional Art folder in :deveuropeans: as well. Miscategorized submissions will be declined!

4. We do not accept works in progress (WIPs).

5. Do not resubmit a previously declined deviation.

6. When using stock in your deviations, ensure you properly credit the original work in ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Announcing-some-changes-218546231 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Announcing-some-changes-218546231 Wed, 25 May 2011 03:49:31 PDT Announcing some changes nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
It has several positive effects on the group and the art submission process in general. Because we have eight extra sets of hands on board, it means your art will be reviewed much faster ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-here-we-come-218940467 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Amsterdam-here-we-come-218940467 Mon, 23 May 2011 06:19:23 PDT Amsterdam, here we come! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
Click here to RSVP for the devMEET!

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(Original May 8 blog entry starts here)
It's Sunday and the poll has just been closed. The 'race to the finish line' was a close call, with Vienna taking an early lead due to a very active group, :devAustrianDeviants:. However, as the week progressed, votes for Amsterdam kept on pouring in, with help from the :devbelgium: and :devNederlanders: communities.

Like the title already gives away, our August 7 devmeet will be held in Amsterdam! We hope to see you there! Stay tuned to our journal ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Help-us-pick-the-host-city-for-our-devMEET-219078177 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Help-us-pick-the-host-city-for-our-devMEET-219078177 Tue, 03 May 2011 14:21:40 PDT Help us pick the host city for our devMEET! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
As an extra measure, we have hidden the poll results. I'm very sorry it had to come this far but there just does not seem to be any other way to have this poll in a responsible manner. There were too many fraudulent votes to ke ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Re-art-submissions-219802059 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Re-art-submissions-219802059 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:15:17 PDT Re: art submissions nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
Curators would be group members with special privileges: they would receive voting permissions on all incoming gallery submissions to the group, as well as the ability to post related art features via our blog.

Initial community response was positive. All feedback received was in favor of this change, and some proposes have been made to improve it. One important proposal was to add more detail to our front-end guidelines, make them more visible and creating some in-depth content on the rules, in an effort to make ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Asking-for-input-art-submissions-219951853 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Asking-for-input-art-submissions-219951853 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:16:05 PDT Asking for input: art submissions nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
We first check if the submitted deviation meets our submission guidelines. It is safe to say at least half of the deviations gets declined because it does not qualify to be in our gallery per our submission guidelines. The most common mistake is that members submit their deviation in a wrong category. That's why I would like to ask you to pl ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Winter-contest-results-220870968 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Winter-contest-results-220870968 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:14:34 PST Winter contest results! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
Hey everybody! It took us a little while to judge the winter contest, but we have finally been able to agree. We had a lot of fun judging the contest and received many awesome entries! It is a shame we could not have more winners, because all entries were awesome!

We only received one entry in traditional art, and none in other media, so we decided to award a one month subscription to the sole entry in traditional art and migrate the prizes from the other media category over to photography, as almost 90% of all entries were photographs. ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-closed-221345899 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-closed-221345899 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:16:06 PST Contest closed! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-reminder-221404846 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Contest-reminder-221404846 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:11:41 PST Contest reminder! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2011-2013 #europeans
Click here for more information

  ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-holidays-222228901 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-holidays-222228901 Sat, 25 Dec 2010 04:22:49 PST Happy holidays! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
Feeling festive? Join in on our contest! The prize pool totals 32 months of premium membership subscriptions, or 7,556 points :points:. :eager: ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Winter-contest-announcement-222491798 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Winter-contest-announcement-222491798 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:03:42 PST Winter contest announcement! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
As winter is about to descend upon Europe, we, the operators of :deveuropeans:, decided it was about time for another contest!

The question we are asking you in this contest is: "What does winter look like in your country?". This is open to your perception: it can be a holiday, the reflection of winter in the landscape, specific traditions in your country... anything you desire that is winter-related!

Contest specifications
This contest is open to all members of :deveuropeans:. Membership to :deveuropeans: is absolutely free. You can join us by clicking on the "Join our Group" button in the left column o ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Do-you-have-what-it-takes-222598340 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Do-you-have-what-it-takes-222598340 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:31:47 PST Do you have what it takes? nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
Being an operator of :deveuropeans: is entirely voluntarily. There are a number of tasks the operators of :deveuropeans: perform. The following list is a summary of the most important tasks:- Voting on incoming art submissions;
- Moderating our chat room, :#Europe:;
- Voting on incoming join requests;
- Organizing contests and deviant meets.
We are looking for deviants wh ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Gallery-closed-223612469 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Gallery-closed-223612469 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 02:41:47 PDT Gallery closed! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
Thank you for understanding. ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Featured-chat-on-groups-223645972 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Featured-chat-on-groups-223645972 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:00:47 PDT Featured chat on groups! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
For the first hour or so, the public will be interviewing/questioning successful Group Founders and other Guest Speakers, and then we will move onto general discussion on the highlights, lowlights, what's good, what's bad, on Groups, but most specifically, Exposure in Groups.

Our executive, :devMC-Frizzle:, will be one of the featured guests during the evening. If it sounds appealing t ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/One-year-of-groups-224430811 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/One-year-of-groups-224430811 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:34:49 PDT One year of groups! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
I crammed as many birthday visits by relatives in the morning as I could, so I would have the rest of the day to spend on creating internal stru ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/10th-birthdAy-bash-summary-224792757 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/10th-birthdAy-bash-summary-224792757 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:11:34 PDT 10th birthdAy bash summary nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
The 10th birthdAy bash in Berlin started earlier than August 7 for a lot of the attending deviants - the birthdAy bash proved to be a perfect occasion for a little holiday, and for our operators, this was no exception. Many attendees arrived as early as three days before the meeting, and did some sightseeing, or just enjoyed the city to its fullest. On August 6, :devmintyy: organised a dinner at an Italian restaurant for about twenty deviants t ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/10th-birthdAy-bash-one-day-later-224953891 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/10th-birthdAy-bash-one-day-later-224953891 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:42:05 PDT 10th birthdAy bash - one day later nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans A little over 24 hours after the ending of :deveuropeans:' 10th BirthdAy Bash, a lot of the attendees are heading back home, already are home or are still partying in Berlin. A full blown journal describing the entire devMEET (and with the official photos!) will be up as soon as possible. In the mean time, if you made photos during the day, please submit them! We made a gallery folder called 10th birthdAy bash, to which you can submit all your photos. You should be able to select it in the dropdown menu that appears after you clicked "Submit to :deveuropeans:" in the deviation ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/europeans-10th-BirthdAy-Bash-details-225069936 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/europeans-10th-BirthdAy-Bash-details-225069936 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:14:30 PDT #europeans' 10th BirthdAy Bash details! nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
We haven't posted any details other than the date, time and location yet. We deliberately chose for this: not to keep you in everlasting excitement, but to be able to present you a complete schedule, and ensure we have a solid schedule for the day. We are not going to spoil the surprise just yet - but we do want you to globally know what you can expect on August 7.

The plan is to meet up at Brandenburger Tor on August 7, between 12:30 and 13:30 local time. You can d ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Organizing-a-devMEET-225352776 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Organizing-a-devMEET-225352776 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:10:54 PDT Organizing a devMEET? nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
We hope to be able to link our members to devMEETs all around the continent, especially with deviantART's tenth birthday coming up.

We will be holding our own meet in Berlin to celebrate deviantART's birthday. Click here for more information on that. :) ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/quot-Super-Group-Until-Sep-2-2011-quot-225448932 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/quot-Super-Group-Until-Sep-2-2011-quot-225448932 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:01:15 PDT "Super Group Until Sep 2, 2011" nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
A big thank you goes out to these deviants, in alphabetical order:

:love: :devanoya:, :devarcencielz:, :devbackfirejr:, :devchihyro:, :devchix0r:, :devcoccis:, :devcookiemagik:, :devconsenescence:, :devconstatinoplean:, :devcroaky:, :devctrl-ur-bleed:, :devdanferno: :devdeviantmary:, :devdiamond281:, :devenchanted-april:, :deveveblackwood:, :devfarbod21889:, :devfernandes:, :devfractal-cookie:, :d ]]> http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Europe-featured-in-news-article-donation-update-225508053 http://europeans.deviantart.com/journal/Europe-featured-in-news-article-donation-update-225508053 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:28:46 PDT #Europe featured in news article, donation update nonadult journals/personal europeans http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/e/u/europeans.png?9 Copyright 2010-2013 #europeans
On the donation drive: good news! We're over 3,000 points! Thank you all so much for donating thus far, we're close to our goal, but not quite there yet! We need 1,734 more points to remain a Super Group for another year! That's less than 1 point on every 2 members! So please, if you have any extra spare points left, donate them.

Click here for more information on how to donate. ]]>