Hey all,

This marks the third month of my running the club. We have been through some changes. Some you know about, others you don't.

As you know, we have totally changed how submissions are handled in terms of actually submitting them to the club. This takes a lot longer, but I think it gives you all so much more exposure.
In the three months I have had the club, the 225 deviations were viewed 5,699 times. We have had many new watchers, and new people start sending in submissions every week. It's great!

In the background, I have been working out where the rules need to be more flexiable. helped me a lot with this, by asking some very interesting questions backed up with some beautiful phototgraphy. His work is well worth a visit!

As I hope you know, I had some major PC problems. I still have not got that fixed. With that expense looming, I will not be buying a new sub until the new year. Sorry, but that's how it's got to be.

In this last three months I have also brought on extra help. Gareth and Lydia are the ones carrying this club along at the moment, and they deserve so much thanks. They are doing an amazing job, and I am eternally thankful for their help! .

In other news, I applied for the club to be turned into a group today. Hopefully we will get it... but submissions are still closed. The club will be closed until we get a response.

Let me repeat, because some people didn't seem to notice last time. Submnissions are closed. Do NOT send any submissions to the club.
This won't last long, just until the admins get back to us... and the backlog is almost cleared! Please be patient.

It does sadden me a little how many watchers seem totally inactive...

Speak soon!
Mike

Submission Rules. To be read by all new members, and old ones too!

Hey all!

There has been a bit of a problem in the recent week. My poor PC has died, and I cannot afford to get it fixed at the moment.

Because of this, I am currently suspending submissions.
We cannot accept any new submissions until further notice.

We have a backlog of almost seventy notes, and it's only Gareth ~GaEv working through them. This is a slow process, because Gareth has a life outside of dA!

I am appealing for extra assistance with the running of the club. I need someone to step forward in helping with working through the submissions waiting to be done. It is not a huge amount of work that I want someone to take on... but a couple of hours a week would be a huge amount of help.

Please note me if you are interested.

If we don't get any offers for help things will take a while. Again,
submissions are CLOSED






EDIT:
The lovely has leapt in with a kind offer to help out Do go and bully her, and leave lots of disgraceful comments all over her page. The person who leaves the comment that makes me laugh the most will be very highly regarded!

Thanks all, speak soon!
Mike

Submission Rules. To be read by all new members, and old ones too!

How many of you try new things within your art? Do you stick to what you are comfortable with, or do you try new things?

There is some stunning work here on dA, it's easy to forget it sometimes...


I adore the concept of this piece. I feel it wonderfully done, and very respectful...

I love the lighting of this shot... and she has beautiful curves!


And now some from our own members!


I adore the power of this shot...



This week has been a busy week for me... I have been dealing with the fallout from a girl being attacked on my campus. The beautiful art on dA never fails to cheer me up. Never stop looking through!

Mike


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Submission Rules. To be read by all new members, and old ones too!

Hello All,

Those of you who have actually wandered onto my personal page will have realised that I have been quite unwell recently.

This coupled with my uni work has lead to a backlog of submissions and general admin stuff with the club. This isn't so good, so I am now getting some help. My good friend ~GaEv is going to be stepping in to give me a hand. You won't see much of him, but he's going to be working away in the background on submissions. (The important side of things!)

Do go say hey to him, he's a git... but he's a lovable git. Some of his writing and general comments make me laugh so much!


As for me, I am still working on getting better. I'm almost over the infection, but it messed up my immune system, and I just want to spend a lot of my time in bed... But that's not something I can do!

Thankyou for your continuing support!

Also, those of you who have never said 'hey', what's going on there? Be a bit more social!

Thanks,
Mike

Submission Rules. To be read by all new members, and old ones too!

Firstly, let me thank Johannes (=HunterDest) for making the current avatar. Johannes has some pretty awesome photography, go take a look at these:



In other news, I am sorry I have been a little inactive and then uploading in batches. I know this can be annoying for you to go through... but it's the only way at the moment. This last week I have had lectures every day, and then meetings every evening. What with work and sleep, I've struggled to fit in play! The club wasn't at the top of the list

I hope you can forgive me

We have had some beautiful submissions, these are my favourites at the moment:


Produces some the most stunning work. Do take a few minutes to really go look. It's more than worth it

And that's not all! Over this weekend you will be seeing new, beautiful submissions from , and many others!

Do keep an eye on the submissions, and promote the club! Please do add the club to your signature

See you all around,
Mike