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And more inside this weeks informer!
Blank Canvas page 3
Challenge Art of the Week page
Artifex Challenges
Featured User
Book Week Review page 4
Competitions page 6
A Little Competition Winners
Your Wonderland Challenge Winners
Writers Corner page 7
Written Piece of the Week
Calender of Themes page 8
Forum Projects page 9
Tutorial of the Week page 10
Truths of the Signature/Art World page 12
Classifieds page 14
Artist Pablo Picasso surprised a burglar at work in his new chateau. The intruder got away, but Picasso
told the police he could do a rough sketch of what he looked like. On the basis of his drawing, the police
arrested a mother superior, the minister of finance, a washing machine, and the Eiffel tower.
Studio
Pop Out
Text from Images
Vertical Signatures
Shape
Colour
Unrendered
Random! (DA/Sig/SA)
Render Only
Colours
Layer Collage
Colour Splash
Oh No they Didn’t!
Creative Writing
Shakespeare
Self Portrait (DA/SA)
Vintage twist
Dress Me Up
St Valentine’s Signature
Valentine’s Day Large Art
Alice Random Signature
Vil-Posts: 1
Join date: 2010-11-09
Age: 20
Location: NJ USA
Yesterday drew to a close artifex.justgoo’s Book Week celebrations. On behalf of the Modi Council I
would like to thank everyone who supported the events and challenges throughout the week. If you
were unfortunate to miss this weeks events we are extended challenges and events indefinitely , so
attempt and enjoy challenges based on classic and well known books!
Challenges
Villains—The Antagonist inside
Alice Random Signature
An unanswered riddle
Potterise You part 1 & 2
10 Little Artists
Dear Diary
Cherish
Pride & Prejudice
Lost your way in a Story?
Small Fun
Harry Potter Goodness
We hope everyone enjoyed book week 2012
We are pleased to announce the Winners of A little Competition January/February 2012 to
be:
prince1999
Harajuku
Mathy
Runners up
Pharwynd
Spirit9123
prince1999, Harajuku and Mathy are all invited to judge my next challenge on AGE forums,
design a look for Artifex (please check the calendar and choose a NON-THEME week, and let
me know when you would like to run your look), you will also find the special badge now dis-
Congratulations are also in order to Snowydew
and prince1999 who won the Artifex.justgoo Feb-
ruary challenge on AGE Shaiya Forums. There piec-
es were very smexy and would recommend every-
one checking them out!
If there was anything that Amaya Kuro hated more than trains in this world she had yet to meet it. They were stuffy,
dirty, and noisy and locked you inside them for what could be hours. The butterflies tying knots in her stomach gave her
no ease as she stood on the platform facing the old steam engine. She did not want to be here, not at this station, not at
Hogwarts, not in London and definitely not in England. A wet miserable place that always smelt of smog, she missed the
clear blue sky and the smell of clean fresh rain from her home now so far away.
With a look of composure like a character out of a Jane Austin movie, she boarded the old engine and progressed down
one of the bustling aisle trying to find an empty spot. The noise of the holiday catch up was deafening, she hastened her
steps aiming for the compartment down the end, praying that at least this one would be free.
Sighing as she eased her way into the seat closet to the window of the empty compartment. Her back against the wall
allowing her gaze to reach the entire compartment, she did not want any surprises. Relaxing her grip on the leather
bound book she had in her hand, she opened it to a page, removing the long silver bookmark and moving into her read-
ers slouch.
"What beauty do we have here?" slithered a voice, Kuro raised her eyes above the rim of her book revealing a crop of
platinum hair upon a cold face. She could not tell how long he had been there, so engaged by what Baggins would do
next that she had lost track of time. Disinterested in the blonde youth she returned her gaze again to her book.
The youth obviously agitated by the dismissal called out to his larger companions bringing the two lumbering into the
room.
" My name is Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, you probably heard of me or at least my family and these two here are Crabbe and
Goyle." he proclaimed showing no subtly in his words or even his gaze. After a moment he continued. "Well this is very
rude, did you mother ever teach you manners?"
Kuro paused for a moment, returned her bookmark to her novel and placed it on the seat beside her before looking di-
rectly across the compartment to Malfoy.
"Kuro, Amaya Kuro, 12 years old, born in Kent, orphaned at age 1, adopted and raised in Tokyo Japan, and spent last 5
years studying magic at DropBear Academy in Australia. Yes they start young there. Anything else you would like to
know Mr Malfoy or may I return to reading my book?" cited Kuro, she hated being abrupt but there was something off-
putting about him. The youth stood calmly and walked over to Kuro bending down so his face was in line with hers.
"No" he said before walking out the door, novel in hand. Crabbe and Goyle held Kuro back as Malfoy made his way
down the hall, calling for them to lock the compartment. Kuro screamed, hitting the door and walls with all her might
trying to budge the lock but to no avail. Defeated she allowed herself to slide to the floor bringing her knees to her face
and cradling them.
The Rain outside only mimicking the tears rolling down her face.
By Pharwynd for Potterise You part 1
Written Piece of the Week
If you would like to have a piece displayed in Writers Corner PM Pharwynd
on Artifex
Large Art of the Month, Writing of the Month and Photography of the Month—in the works
Revise of Ranking System—Soon to begin
Chat Tutorials
Profile Updates
If you are feeling creative and wish to help PM Pharwynd or Lanaee
about becoming involved in a project or even applying for Modi.
Our resident Theme Creator Themester is looking for volunteers to assist in the creation and
running of future Theme Weeks. Interested members would be involved in the creation of:
Banners
Backgrounds
Music
Challenges
Events
Fun Threads
And lots more
We need at least 3 members per Theme Week, in the next two months we need members for:
Kiss this its Irish Week (St Patricks Day) - LAST CHANCE!
Harmony Week ( Harmony Week/Day)
Fools of us All Week (April Fools Day)
Bunny This Week (Easter)
Step 2: Fill the transparent layer with any col-
or you want. (I choose black.)
Step 3: Use the rectangle select
tool and position it where you
want.
Depending on how thick you
want the size of the border to
be.
Step 4: Erase everything into the rectangle. It should be something
like this.
Step 5: You can erase some of the black
parts.
If you did everything right it should turn
out like this.
Also you can add in anything else you
want.
By Harajuku
Tutorial of the week
A whole month has gone by since we started tweeting the Truth about the signature world! From 3rd of Feb– 4th of Mar
tweets are all here for you to enjoy!
3rd Feb: Signatures are often 10% Technique, 10 % Creativity and 80% a really lucky mistake
4th Feb: Take Criticism into your thinking but never your heart it does not have a place there.
5th Feb: Often your best work ... you forgot to save the editing file (psp, xcf etc)
6th Feb: Just cause one person didn’t like it does not mean your signature was bad
7th Feb: The Simplest Signature can be better then a complex one
8th Feb: Most artists dislike their own work
9th Feb: Smudging and brushes are not always a good thing
10th Feb: Programs do not immediately make the quality of the signature, the Artists ability to use
that program does.
11th Feb: Save, Save and Saving your work can save headaches
12th Feb: People who are picky can usually make one themselves
13th Feb: Artists never stop learning
14th Feb: Different is good, they will remember your piece better that way
15th Feb: If you always copy other peoples work, then you work will always be a copy
16th Feb: When there is nothing left to learn, the world will become a lot duller.
17th Feb: Art is a meld of the mind, body & soul. Ur mind remembers how 2 do, Ur body knows how
2 do & your soul creates from the 2.
18th Feb: Sometimes the messier something is to work with the more fun you have.
19th Feb: Just because you cannot explain how it is art does not make it any less someone else's art
20th Feb: "Inspiration can come from anywhere, my glue stick was once an inspiration" - Artifex artist
21st Feb: You will always be amazed when one of your most basic fonts (not downloaded) is not
found on someone else's computer.
Continued….
22nd Feb: A piece of art can be one very happy mistake
23rd Feb: "I work with 2 screens I will always b amazed @ how different 1 image can look btwn 1
screen & the next." - artifex.justgoo artist
24th Feb: As in everything there will be those who have after thoughts... Oh that's really cool but did-
n't I tell you I don't like cats?
25th Feb: Your best ideas come when there is no paper or computer around (but its amazing how
handy napkins are)
26th Feb: Old habits are hard to break but not unbreakable
27th Feb: "I never liked it when some1 says "Why is my work not like theirs?" Why should their work
be like someone else's & not there own?
28th Feb: "After drawing a tutorial i look back & forth from my art 2 their finished 1 & go where on
earth did i go wrong?" - artifex artist
29th Feb: The last day of the month lets you think back and acknowledge all you have done, and real-
ise how much you have yet to do.
1st Mar: Art is from the Heart
2nd Mar: Signatures use a design process like any Graphic, we use a brief, research
content, test ideas, & then present 4 critique until they like it
3rd Mar: You know you spend too much time online when someone asks you to take a picture and
you ask ingame or real life?
TRUTHS OF THE SIGNATURE/ART WORLD! We are collecting everyone’s amazing
knowledge of the Signature/Art World, and now once a day one Truth will be posted up on Artifex’s
daughter twitter page: Signature Art Truths (@ArtTruths). If you have a Truth you wish to share then post
it in The Lounge > Truths of the Signature/Art World, and help us spread the knowledge ^_^
Positions Vacant!
Challenge Creators and
Completers
Seeking enthusiastic individuals
with a passion for creativity and
art. Experience not necessary but
must have computer access.
Visit: http://artifex.justgoo.com/t34
-the-artifex-challenge-s
Guest
Tutorialists
Want to share tips, hints and se-
crets? Like to chat and meet new
people? This is Casual position is
perfect for you!
PM Pharwynd for details
Critics and Art Presenters
Are needed for newly created pro-
gram designed to teach artists
and critics alike. Must be able to
give both compliments and cri-
tique’s, guts and determination to
improve oneself is a must.
Backgrounds used, fonts and photog-
raphy were not created by Artifex and all
credit should be given to their creators.
Writers Wanted!
Experienced writer? Dabbler? Weekend Poet?
Written a short story or two, and want to share it
with the world? We are wanting to include a Writ-
ers Corner; where any member of Artifex will be
most welcome to submit written works to appear
within its section.
Send all Submissions to Pharwynd via PM on Arti-
fex or AGE
BIRTHDAY BOX!
March Babies!
12th - Spirit
22nd - Lumiere
April Babies!
8th - Harajuku
14th - Snowydew
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