Halloween Wallpaper Contest!Halloween Wallpaper Contest! by $zilla774
Halloween is Coming!
So why not celebrate it in style and enter the Halloween Wallpaper Contest.
What does halloween mean to you? Does it mean witches, ghosts and pumpkins? Or something else?
Now is your chance to show us and win prizes at the same time!
You can submit anything you want as long as it follows a halloween theme. It doesn't necessarily need to be spooky horror, but could be vectors, photography or anything else!
Rules:It must conform to the Wallpaper Submission Guidelines ie it must be suitable for a desktop wallpaper and MUST follow the wallpaper dimensions.
It must be halloween themed.
Contest ends at 11:59pm PST October 30th (not the 31st...)
Entries to be submitted to the Contest Gallery
Prizes:1st Prize Daily Deviation feature on halloween
Basic Print Program - Print Submission GuidePlease note that the Basic Print Program is currently available only to deviantART subscribers while the service is being tested.Basic Print Program - Print Submission Guide by $Thunderstatement
Now let's get started. There are two ways of submitting a print: You can either submit it right along with a new deviation, or you can add an existing deviation as a print. I will explain the steps of both methods, followed by the actual product submission process.
If you would like to submit a new deviation and a print right along with it, do the following:Click 'Submit' in your deviant toolbar.
Select 'Deviation', then choose the correct deviation category and sub-category in the following steps and confirm your selections
Provide the Deviation title, a description, useful keywords, select your critique preference, optional Mature Content tag and deviantMOBILE settings
Next, you submit your deviation image and a deviation preview, if desired
In the next step, you will be asked if you would like to make t
Designers’ Block [Edition 4]Designers block is often a term given to phenomenon whereby designers/artist suffer a mental block. Weve all suffer of this at some time or the other. Its usually a result of stress, lack of creativity, unmotivated, etc. So, we would like to help those designers who need inspiration by putting together a team of five designers who will feature deviations from Designs and Interface gallery.Designers’ Block [Edition 4] by `depthskins
As much as the article is to expose artists, its primary focus is to be a retreat where one can be inspired and gather ideas. As a result, favorites, comments and views do not affect the designs being chosen, neither does having a daily deviation.
With all that said
Be inspired
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Journal CSS ResourcesCSS for subscribers is finally here!! Your local neighbourhood zilla is here to give a few pointers to the novice CSSers who want to give their journals a make over with a few pointers and a list of handy resources.Journal CSS Resources by $zilla774
As a general rule it is better to keep things simple, not just if you are a beginner. Remember the following points when you design your page:
1. Mock it up Try your design in Photoshop first (or which ever app you have) that way you can play with colours and styles without needing to refresh your journal too much.
2. Just because you can, doesn't mean that you should... try to avoid making things like the text size too small. The current journal style works well, so just start simply by changing colours.
3. Contrast is good. Making the colours of your text and links the same, or very close is bad m'kay. Make it easy for people to differentiate between things. Also, making your journal text too dark on a black background or too light on a bright backgro