A small sampling of a few of the handheld submissions that caught my eye for June. Top notch.

If you haven't visited the gallery before - do yourself a favor and check it out: Get a handle on Handhelds here! Major talent and a great way to customize your daily accessories galore!

See something in July for the next feature or Daily Deviation? Drop my a note. Want to be included? Keep submitting, I'm always scrolling through the gallery.



























Exciting times coming for Handhelds.

We're working to fix the sub-categories - adding new sub-cats, consolidating others and taking some away.

What's that mean for you?

Hopefully an easier-to-navigate handhelds gallery for both searching and submitting deviations.

Keep watching! This is a community project and I'd like your input..

Have a suggestion? Please don't hesitate, drop me a note and we'll see what happens.


IMPORTANT HANDHELD NOTES:

1) Resolutions - If you're making for something specific (ie PSP wallpaper) please use the proper resolution dimensions in the submission. The preview image, if used, can be any size you'd like - but the submission must fit properly. Don't know the resolution? Here's a handy guide:

PSP Wallpapers - 480×272
iPhone/iPod Touch - 320×480
Facer/LauncherX/YiShow - 320x320
WisBar VGA - 480x640
WisBar QVGA - 240x320

B) Copyrights Violations - There seems to be some confusion on what is allowed within deviantArt in terms of copyright violations. All items submitted need to be your own creation. Pictures found on the internet cannot be used - even if they have been given the photoshop filter treatment. Fan art is great and widely accepted - but make sure it is yours.
FAQ #8: What does deviantART consider to be Art Theft?
FAQ #193: How do I prove that I had permission to use someone's work?
FAQ #257: What sort of permission do I need to use someone else's work?
FAQ #217: What are "Stock Photos" and can I use "Stock Photos" in my submissions?
About Us: Terms of Service
CEA Policy Updates

iii) MisCategorization - Fan Art is great. Fan Art is so great it has its own Main Gallery heading. The customization/Handhelds gallery is not for Fan Art. Even if your submission is for PSP - it needs to go in Fan Art.

My money's on Christian Bale: [link]

For some, yet unknown, reason I'm in a really good mood today.

Work was nothing special. Nothing new or out of the ordinary.

Lunch was just a sandwich and apple - nothing particularly noteworthy.

My commute was quick and uneventful...both ways.

However, I'm just finding myself being happy today.

An old memory slammed into me on my drive home tonight...something that I never shared with anyone. As some of you know I spent many years working for the church. I've worked hundreds of funerals, weddings and baptisms.

I participated in Last Rites once.

She was a young mother of one. Successful husband. Extremely nice house in an expensive neighborhood.

She was dying of cancer.

She was lying on the couch with their daughter who was in Kindergarten. Dying. What do you say to someone you've just met who knows you're there to 'assist' in Last Rites? 'Nice to meet you. Sucks about the whole dying thing.' I shook her hand and said, 'hello, I'm Jeff.' We chatted about books and what I did at the church while my boss, the priest, prepared.

I had met her husband a few times - a very nice, quiet man. I say 'man' because I was all of 20 at the time - he was approximately my age now. Waitresses call me 'sir' now, but I still think of myself in a much younger light. We said hello and he sat down and held her hand.

The prayer began, and before I knew it we were all done.

We all chatted for a bit longer and then we left. Done and done.

Months passed.

The next time I saw her she was cured.

...and pregnant.

The last I heard they had 7 kids.

This was 16 years ago.

I believe in miracles.

I never told anyone this story. I have no idea why. It's like I had forgotten it had even happened. Today I remembered...just...out of nowhere.

Man-o-Manischewitz, there's a boat-load of stuff...go crazy:



It's Comics Week!!!

Onomatopoeia Contest

The Forbidden Gaze contest DEADLINE extended*1July

"Helewidis Back to School" CSS Contest, End 30.Aug

One Decent comment per day project

2009 APN Calendar promotion

last week for cathARTsis II

last week for fetish firsthand

Resourcefully Yours // Show and Tell # 7

Defining Porn in Lit. CEA update

Artisan Crafts Gallery's Silent Auction & Contest to Benefit "The Weekend to End Breast Cancer"

Scriptwriting Month- One Act Play Contest

dA at Anime Expo! Poster Contest

Texas devmeet - June 28th at 3pm!

Hollywood animation helping QLD kids walk

MyToons Launches Animation Contest

The character lab part 2

Video Art comes live III: =Uomo-nella-Pioggia

Watership down 30th Anniversary

new Animation Studio

Bi-weekly Film review

Just a pleasant reminder that all of us Gallery Directors are people too. At one time we were just artists on deviantArt. Some better than others. Some more timely in their submissions than others. But all just artists.

We're volunteers here. We help out with Artist Relations. But we're still artists. We're they same person we were before the ^. I've spoken with all the Gallery Directors - we're not scary.

Personally, I watch people because I dig their art.

Personally, I add to my favorites because I happen to like what I see.

Personally, I submit items in various categories in deviantArt - not just wallpapers, or handhelds or whatever. I'm into trying new things.

I use to submit a lot when I was deviously deviant - not quite so much now, but there's still some art left in me.

Questions? Comments?

Let me know.

See something in the Handhelds Gallery that really catches your eye and is deserving of a DD? Drop me a note.

Looking for flames? Believe it or not, I'm still open to taking requests. It's been a long time since anyone's asked.

SHIRTS! Buy my shirts!

Whew, just a little typo.

Just in case you missed them in December, I still have some shirts for sale. Why? I don't know. I made the designs for myself, really. But thought, hells bells, make 'em public.

Check 'em out

Few more designs a-coming.




Artists Relations NEWS


Vexelicious: See-Feel-Taste Contest

Minimalism Contest

Contest "The Birds" - Win a subscription

Make ^helewidis a Css & Win shit!!!

Character Sheet Contest

Bi-Weekly Film Review #1

deviantART Staff Interview: $chix0r

Anthro Bi-monthly Challenge

Fetish photographer interviews: ronni

On Hard Poses

A preamble to Critique Web-Ring

Critique web-ring for artistic nudes: apply here!

Forbidden Gaze: Extended Deadline!!!

Write #1: Proof it!

Character Lab contest - Hurry, 06/19 deadline!

We need film related tutorials!

Resourcefully Yours // Artisan Crafts Tutorials

Good Causes & Right Actions

Interview with `zeruch

It's FETISH week!

We're hanging out in #thevaginamafia where are you?

Contest: Fetish Firsthand


Daily Deviations

See something extraordinary in Handhelds? Don't delay - send me a note!

No, I'm not talking about power tools. Let's talk about that PDA you have on your desk. Your PSP in the next room. The iPhone that you still can't get to fit in your pocket...(psst, get some looser pants)...

deviantArt has all kinds of deviations to make your handheld that much better. Wallpapers/Backgrounds? We have them. Buttons/Icons? You bet. Themes/Applications? Get serious. We have all that and more.

Have you done yourself a favor and looked around? No? Well, no wonder your geekiness isn't coming through the right way. Sheeoot - go check out the Handhelds Gallery.

Looking for something specific and can't find? Hells Bells, roll your own, Mr./Mrs. LazyPants!

Just remember these simple rules:

1) Resolutions - If you're making for something specific (ie PSP wallpaper) please use the proper resolution dimensions in the submission. The preview image, if used, can be any size you'd like - but the submission must fit properly. Don't know the resolution? Here's a handy guide:

PSP Wallpapers - 480×272
iPhone/iPod Touch - 320×480
Facer/LauncherX/YiShow - 320x320
WisBar VGA - 480x640
WisBar QVGA - 240x320

B) Copyrights Violations - There seems to be some confusion on what is allowed within deviantArt in terms of copyright violations. All items submitted need to be your own creation. Pictures found on the internet cannot be used - even if they have been given the photoshop filter treatment. Fan art is great and widely accepted - but make sure it is yours.
FAQ #8: What does deviantART consider to be Art Theft?
FAQ #193: How do I prove that I had permission to use someone's work?
FAQ #257: What sort of permission do I need to use someone else's work?
FAQ #217: What are "Stock Photos" and can I use "Stock Photos" in my submissions?
About Us: Terms of Service
CEA Policy Updates

iii) MisCategorization - Fan Art is great. Fan Art is so great it has its own Main Gallery heading. The customization/Handhelds gallery is not for Fan Art. Even if your submission is for PSP - it needs to go in Fan Art.

Artists Relations NEWS

Fetish photographer interviews: ronni

On Hard Poses

A preamble to Critique Web-Ring

Critique web-ring for artistic nudes: apply here!

Forbidden Gaze: Extended Deadline!!!

Write #1: Proof it!

Character Lab contest - Hurry, 06/19 deadline!

We need film related tutorials!

Resourcefully Yours // Artisan Crafts Tutorials

Good Causes & Right Actions

Interview with `zeruch

It's FETISH week!

We're hanging out in #thevaginamafia where are you?

Contest: Fetish Firsthand


Daily Deviations

See something extraordinary in Handhelds? Don't delay - send me a note!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes! Definitely a birthday to remember

As many of you know I'm a big-time F13 fan. So - a jolly Happy Friday the 13th to all of you. Go watch one...right now. Friday 6 is probably mt favorite...not sure why...does it really matter?

There is SO much stuff going on around here...and a lie.

CLICKY CLICKY CLICKY

The Great Stock Lick and Stick

Desktopography 2008 released!

Amazing Wallpaper Features! : Volume 103

Resourcefully Yours // Show and Tell # 6

The Forbidden Gaze contest DEADLINE extended - 1July

Traditional Spotlight - Mixed Media

June Grand Prize Give Away Contest - 1st Update

We want to see your Digital Art (Mixed Media, Painting/Airbrushing/Drawings)

Digital - Friday Favorites - 13th Edition

Trivia in #ArtisanCrafts 11am-1pm PST 6/12/2008

What do you like to see as contest prizes?

NEW FRACTAL CONTEST!

Fella Around the World Contest WINNERS

Go on and go CLICK CRAZY!


The lie? I lied, there was no lie...suckers...