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Deviants of Art
- Created/recommended by: King Ghost
- A comic depicting various mediums and concepts, most of which internet-based. currently early in the story, the comic tells the story of EB-the-Gamer, who along with other deviant artists get brought into the internet's strange world by a mysterious force. Planned to feature other internet personalities, artists and their characters, and so on; the comic is admittedly a tad crude in art style and dialog. now has its own page
- Recommended by: Korodzik
- Description: Cast of The Simpsons reinterpreted in an Animesque style.
- Comments: This is one of the most popular works on DeviantART, and it shows why. An interesting alternate look at the characters. — Korodzik
- Recommended by: sevgili
- Description: A child dancing
- Recommended by: Nothingtoseehere, fawn
- Description: A view into a garden.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Peacocks in a marsh.
- Comments: This might just be one of the most intricately detailed things I've ever seen. It's hard to image how long it took him to make it. It is one of my all time favorite images. (I'd say most favorite, but that is grammatically incorrect.)
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Epic image of a bald eagle tearing through fabric.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: A giant, two headed dragon. The eagle is a nice touch that adds a sense of scale.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Dragons battle to the death in the midst of a storm. What's not to like about that?
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Big Badass battle scarred wolf and a raven framed by a full moon.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Intricately detailed phoenix.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: If you thought Mario couldn't be epic, you were wrong.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Description: Barney meets Silent Hill.
- Recommended by: Megadriver
- Description: A series of seven books (work in progress) that the Author himself describes as a cross between Angel and The Dresden Files, but it is not fan fiction!
- Comments: I've read what the Author has put up on the site and managed to contact him directly. He let me see a few previews of his next books and while the series is still in its infancy on the site, I can say that he really has a good arc that spans the entire series and has even hinted a spin off series that might be even larger than the original.
- Recommended by: Utahann
- Description: An inspiring work to remind those who may be thinking of suicide that they are not alone
- As someone who oftentimes suffers from depression I find this beautiful as well as it falling under Heartwarming Moment. Even if you just had a bad day, please give it a look.
- Tags: Heartwarming Moments, You Are Not Alone
Simon and Marcy Apocalypse Edition
- Recommended by : nanayoung
- Description: Simon and Marcy, if things were awesome.
- Recommended by: Decaf Grub 47393
- Description: The most adorable Phinabella kiss I've seen on Deviantart.
Artists
Phobs
- Recommended by: overcast, Preda, seymour, everyone who knows her
- Description: Basically... Phobs is a legend. One of the most celebrated, inspiring and imitated artists on the site, though not always the most visible, by virtue of her being The Quiet One. Known for having a varied range of subject matters in illustration: High-ranking members of the Nazi party (and other WW2 historical figures), Marvel Comics superheroes, W.I.T.C.H. characters, 13th-century Mongol leader Batu Khan, Dark Lords Melkor and Mairon and a plethora of others. Draws heavy inspiration from history and Eastern artwork, fashion and architecture. Has an infrequently-updated webcomic about the childhood of Temujin, who you might know better as Genghis Khan. Currently works as an illustrator for Bubble, an emerging Russian comic book publishing house; you can see her artwork in their Майор Гром / Major Thunder comicbook series.
- Recommended by beeruckzII
- She has some of thee most amazing LinkxTetra and OC family pics out there!
- Recommended by fathertyme
- Relatively new, but with awesome, realistic oil paintings galore.
- Recommended by beeruckz
- Some awesome Midna, MidnaxZant and even a few IliaxLink and Ilia pics, which are incredibly detailed and colorful!
- Recommended by: Korodzik
- An author of pop-art pictures in the style of comic panels, with obvious Roy Liechtenstein influence.
- Comments: The form of his art may be simple, but striking. — Korodzik
- Recommended by fawn
- Notable works and galleries: Suicune, Palkia, Rapidash
- Comments: Has a lot of Pokémon fanart but draws other things too. I've admired his art for a while.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: Has done a lot of Pokemon fanart but has a few other things. Soup And Butter offers a very different, sometimes creepy, always strange take on Pokemon. His art has a realistic, yet still alien feel to it.
- Notable works and galleries: Metapod, Patrick Star, Mr. Mime, Bulbasaur.
- Recommended by: Korodzik
- An author of the webcomic Persona Animus, on DeviantArt he shows off expertly painted and drawn art—most of it of anthropomorphic characters.
- Comments: An excellent artist able to wield a variety of styles. A lot of his work reminds of old Disney animated films. — Korodzik
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: Has mostly horses. Excellent coloring.
- Notable works:
- Recommended by: DorisWildthyme
- Notable works: Some great Doctor Who themed art. Wrote an excellent tribute comic to the character of the Brigadier following the death of Nicholas Courtney.
- Recommended by: Nate Spidgewood
- The Alley Rats (an Affectionate Parody of The Beatles, with Funny Animals), 502 Zoo, Circuit Circus, a lot of The Beatles fanart
- Comments: An awesome female cartoonist. She draws very well in an impressive Invader Zim-like art style, and most of her Funny Animal characters look extremely cute. — Nate Spidgewood
- Recommended by: Nate Spidgewood, Mrrf, Sabros413
- Notable works: Zoophobia, a humor/fantasy webcomic, and its gallery page.
- Comments: An excellent cartoonist and animator whose art has a smooth, fluid feel. Her unique OCs, style, expressions and concepts in general are defining features of her work. Also her animals. Wow, her animals◊.
- Notable Works: Join me in death - A 101 DS story
- Recommended by: Beescy TVT
- Comments: Mainly does really great 101 Dalmatian Street vector fanart that matches up well with the show itself. There's a variety of works that he made, from Dolly and Dylan hanging out together, to pictures of the characters engaging in random shenanigans, some of them quite funny, to vector images of the characters with a transparent background, to one of the best 101DS fanfics: "Join me in death", a Dark Fic that revolves around Dylan being the only one to survive Cruella De Vil's evil plan to kill all the puppies and turn them into fur coats. When Dylan is crying while sitting near the coast one night, Dolly appears to him as a ghost, and gives him a boost in confidence. He then goes to make the most out of his life, while also finding a way to avenge his siblings. The fanfic has many scenes of Heartwarming Moments mixed in with Tear Jerker, as well as a bit of Nightmare Fuel as well. It is one of the few fanfics that avoids Sturgeon's Law, and has a really good reception.
- Recommended by beeruckz
- Very good! Cool OC's, great art styles and awesome fanfics!
- Recommended by: Kdanger, Not-So-Badass Longcoat, Yeah 121, Agogobell, jsmrtz
- Notable works: Knite, 1000 Words, Project WE: Canon in D Major.
- Comments: An exceptionally talented painter, both digital and traditional, does all sorts of different genres as well as highly popular flash comics. Is currently (as of November 2012) working on another project called Fisheye Placebo. Known for her incredibly effective cyber-activism on current issues such as global warming, animal cruelty, pollution, censorship and family drama. But it's not all serious! Highly, highly recommended.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: Forest Hymn stands out for being a talented Christian artist in a place with few Christian artists, and the majority of those few demonstrating Sturgeon's Law. Somewhat of a warning: She preaches though her art and in the comments, this does not bother me but I can see how it could some people.
- Notable works and galleries: The Keeper-Speedpaint, My Hiding PlaceOT Prophecy - 3 Behold - I Come Quickly
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: I like their unique, blocky style and their animations. They have a lot of Zelda fan art.
- Recommended by: fawn
- Comments: akreon has drawn a wide variety of subjects in different media. A talented, versatile artist with a little something for everyone. She along with tanathe have a comic called Off-White.
- Notable works and galleries: Nazgul, chapter V, The last summer butterfly, off-white wallpaper III
- Recommended by: NoriMori
- Notable works: Creator of the webcomic Romantically Apocalyptic, he also does stunning digital art and photography. He has also written journal entries for his RA characters on his account. The first chapter of his unreleased, illustrated science fiction novel, Chronoscape, is available there.
- Comments: His digital art and photography is surreal, grim but with an ethereal, breathtaking beauty. The art of Romantically Apocalyptic is a seamless blend of photographs and drawings, making for an absurdly real-looking and beautiful webcomic.
- Recommended by: Hotel California
- Notable works: The Dark Traveler II, Underneath the Veil, Suspended in Light, Under the Red.
- Comments: Her photography is absolutely stunning and beautiful, bordering on Scenery Porn. Most of it are on Greece's landscapes.
- Recommended by: Hotel California, Agogobell
- Notable works: sky bridge, wreath girl, time.
- Comments: Her unique art style needs to be seen. Her emphasis on bold lines and diversity of color gives off a dreamy and optimistic feeling to the viewer. Has a pseudo-Miyazaki touch to it.
- Recommended by: Mewseeker
- Notable works: Reshiram, The LightBringer, Rapidash Painting.
- Comments: She's drawing pretty realistic-style Pokémon as well as dragons and dinosaurs.
- Recommended by: sevgili
- Comments: The artist of the parodic Pokemon comic Mokepon, Eavesdropping, and an original take on Rumplestiltskin.
- Recommended by: Not-So-Badass Longcoat
- Mike Mayhew is a professional comic artist. Examples of his work are the covers for Mystique miniseries. For example: Issue 13 and Issue 18.
- Recommended by: Not-So-Badass Longcoat
- Notable Works: the cover of Polish edition of Kalayna Price's "Grave Witch" and some pretty good fanart of Prince Nuada from Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
- Recommended by: Not-So-Badass Longcoat
- Keith Thompson is an illustrator and concept artist, his deviantART page contains some interesting fantasy horror and Schizo Tech images, like a steampunk Spider Tank, The Steam Walker, or the Edo-era Ridiculously Human Robot, Karakuri.
- Recommended by: Not-So-Badass Longcoat
- Notable Works: character art for indie adventure game "Cinders", "Bite Me"
- Recommended by: Not-So-Badass Longcoat
- Illustrator who worked on the Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game. Aside from the L5R CCG gallery, his page features both personal and commissioned pieces.
- Recommended by: Not-So-Badass Longcoat
- Notable Works: Arrogant Knight, Sword of the Wind
- Recommended by: Not-So-Badass Longcoat
- Arnold Tsang, aside from working for UDON (the guys responsible, among others, for Street Fighter comics), was responsible for the early character designs for All Points Bulletin, for example - Aces (unused design) and Charlotte Bloodrose.
- Recommended by: Not-So-Badass Longcoat
- Creator of the Nerf NOW!! webcomic, his page features lots of fanart for different games, like Team Fortress and Warhammer 40000.
- Recommended by: Not-So-Badass Longcoat
- Notable Works: GTA IV: Man On A Mission, GTA: Legends III
- Recommended by: totlmstr
- Creator of the Animator vs Animation trilogy, one of the most viewed deviations of all time. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
- Recommended by: Scottish Lover Kid 12
- A very distinctive, beautiful, unique, and albeit a bit cartoony style of drawing, with some fan art, but with some breathtaking original works.
- Recommended by:Tablesex
- An interesting and unique style. Capable of going from macabre, to bizarre and even to adorable. Notable works include Followfollowfollow and Panic bells its red alert. This troper's personal favourites are Fancy Pigeon and Puppy Kisses.
ClearFognote
- Recommended by: Mega (dA username RedStateBlueState)
- A master pixel artist with various styles. Has great level maps such as Wip graphics... and Custom mario Kart Track WIP
- Recommended by: cookiesandcreme
- Notable works: AGENCY, along with several pieces from series such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Nintendo.
- Recommended by: cookiesandcreme
- Notable works: Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi, Grim Tales from Down Below, Sugar Bits, and various cartoons re-done in a unique animesque style.
- Recommended by: cookiesandcreme
- Notable works: Has works that range from One Piece (including a related fancomic) to Batman: The Animated Series to Teen Titans and some original content.
- Recommended by: cookiesandcreme
- Notable works: Water Tribe, Alternate History, and several comics/artwork from Avatar: The Last Airbender and Rise of the Guardians (both of which she worked on).
- Recommended by: Trope Eater
- Description: Animesque, slightly Super-Deformed art style. A fanboy of Mega Man.
- Comments: Rarely does anything that would get labeled "mature", at least these days, although there are a lot of cases in which he errs on the side of caution in terms of that. Does a lot of original stuff. Occasionally does furry art, mostly on the near side of Funny Animal on the Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism.
Ninja-8004 (AKA Michael Gonzales)
- Recomended by: Soran The Man
- The following user can best be described as a man whos art is very versatile and varied compared to many other members of the site. His style is based on anime and he tends to post everything from colorless scetches to fully colored images. Even though his main body of work tends to revolve around Ninjas, My Little Pony and sexy women, he still manages to find a little something for everyone to enjoy: Comedy, Action, Romance, Heartwarming, Fanservice (for both genders) and even some horror. He can even throw in a chibi or two. But the best part about him is probably the fact that he is a perfect example to how time can really improve an artist and his work. In other words: compare his earlier works too his later works.
- Recommended by: mela
- Description: Anne Marie Bone is a professional artist who works in traditional media. In addition to her deviantART gallery, she has a personal gallery where she sells her works. [1]
- Comments: Her art is truly a thing of beauty. Most of her works are nature and landscape paintings and her use of color is mesmerizing. She also delves into other subjects, including the odd abstract piece and occasional photography.
- Recommended by beeruckzII
- Description: He enjoys drawing classic monsters like Dracula and the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
- Comments: I think it is absolutely absurd that he only has 34 watchers! His art is amazing! He Needs More Love!
- Recommended by: justaquickie
- Description: She does some amazing Pokémon fanart, including the brilliant FAITH doujinshi. She has also done a couple of original series, plus a Yu-Gi-Oh! doujinshi.
- Comments: Her art work varies from digital to coloured pencil, and every single piece is just amazing! And the incredible thing is, if you let her know how wonderful her art is, she's totally humble, and even embarrassed.
- Recommended by: beeruckzII
- Description: He mostly does Naru Hina stuff but his other art is good too.
- Comments: Check out his NaruHina art and his NaruHina Chronicles comic.
- Recommended by: Stream of Consciousness
- Notable Works: Golden Gate Bridge, Drops Of Orange, South Beach Harbor, Akaka Falls, Algae On A Gray Sand Beach, and View From Kohala Highlands.
- Comments: He does a lot of nature and travel photography, mostly in the form of landscape and macro shots. As of this writing, his gallery contains photos from places such as San Francisco, Hawaii, Thailand, Aruba, Spain, Morocco, and Gibraltar. His composition - and camera tech - has improved over time, though his shots with a point-and-shoot camera are impressive.
- Recommended by: Hollownerox
- Description: Specializes in Sci-Fi artwork but he has also done several fantasy art pieces as well. Notable in that he has been officially commissioned to draw art for Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar; so you can see his art on official Codex books and Black Library novel covers.
- Comments: Really all you need to look at is his rendition of a Black Legion Chaos Space Marine to understand what Gamesworkshop saw in him. His digital art is simply stunning in the amount of detail and lore consistency.
- Recommended by: beeruckzII
- Description: Mainly does Master/Missy and Doctor/Master related pieces.
- Comments: As you can tell from her username, she's a big fan of Doctor Who, the Master/Missy and the Doctor/Master pairing. Her style is so beautiful and fresh, and the coloring is very vibrant. Her other works, including Zelda, are really nice too. Though some of her works are NSFW.
- Recommended by: beeruckzII
- Description: Her gallery consists of only Rose/Doctor pictures.
- Comments: It's obvious from just looking at her gallery that she's a HUGE fan of Rose and the Doctor together. She's even added some Classic Who Doctor's with her! And each and every piece - despite there only being 26 works as of February 11th, 2016 - are so beautiful, cute and lovely! The only warning I can give is to not check her out if you're not a fan of the Rose/Doctor pairing.
- Recommended by: Grandphoenix
- Descriptions: Specializes in cute animals, often combined with some type of pun. Has made at least one painting every day for over 3 years.
- Recommended by: Someone Who Does Stuff
- An awesome artist and the creator of "Cloud".
Nintendomaximus aka Froggo Fan 64
- Recommended by: Decaf Grub 47393
- If you like shipping photos, this artist will have lots for you. I especially enjoy the Phinabella content he has.
Sketch-Lampoon (Matthew S. Robson)
- Recommended by: Rise from Your Grave
- Comments: British Lilo & Stitch and Pokémon fan artist who has been working on drawing every single genetic experiment from the Lilo & Stitch franchise for years, making truly unique and original designs for every experiment that officially remains unseen to this day. He's managed to get better at drawing over the years, actually becoming rather talented since he started this "draw every experiment" project with his old "experiments" account, reaching near-Disney levels of design and technical quality. If you want to see fan-made experiments that don't look like romanticized derivatives of Stitchnote and look like they would actually fit in with the franchise's universe (should Disney have continued to focus on introducing new experiments), then this is the guy to watch.
RBF-productions-NL (RBF-productions)
- Recommended by: Lurker2
- Comments: On his deviantart he posts mostly finished cosplays and awesome drawings.
RBF-productions-NL is a company dedicated to delivering high quality, custom made props and costumes. All costumes and props are made by Rick Boer: 27 years of age, married, father of 2 daughters and biology teacher next to being a costume and prop builder. Rick followed art lessons for 10 years at atelier Noor Bos and there he learned the traditional arts of drawing and painting.
Having a keen eye for detail, Rick was an autodidact when it comes to the sewing machine. After a lot of trial and error his works are now noticed and services requested by huge international companies (Ubisoft Entertainment) and people around the world.
Galleries
sequentialscott's journals
- Recommended by: Korodzik
- Description: Contains detailed, expert analyses of wonderful pieces of art of all kinds—from famous paintings through book illustrations to film posters and comicbook covers. A boon and a fascinating read to any artist.
