Hello !
You just found the equine club that regroups all the best equine artists in deviantART. Our goal is to provide visitors with a list of artists to not miss when looking for horses on the website. We are also looking to promote something invisible but extremely powerful, and in most cases strongly bound together : the equine community of dA.
ABOUT THE CLUB





:: NEWS::
Posted on the 31st of March, 2008 by ~GalopaWXY.
As we welcome in the EEA, the club now counts fifty elite equine artists !






_{Posted on the 20th of December, 2007 by ~GalopaWXY.
The EEA has been on an extremely slow-motion for the past months due to my absence. I've lost motivation in a number of things, and the club has fallen along with about everything.
For right now, my goal is to get it back from a hald-dead state to a simple slow-motion run ; we'll see later if I can get a grab on ~Silvermare who apparently is back, and on Merel whom I also have to catch somehow. I too need to know how alive are *howlinghorse and :devlost-soulnaf: regarding the EEA. And on, and on...}



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THE EQUINE DREAM CONTEST
Hosted by , the The Second Annual Equine Dreams Contest is up and running right now. And this year, we're given a very wide range of mediums, as wide as is the subject itself. It's gotta be dream imagery, and it's gotta be beautiful. See how vast that can be ? Unleash your imagination and talent !

The prices
The rules





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:: MEMBERS :: (optimised for 1024x768)


I.Ocean - FnA - Rewston - Ailah - Equ-R -- Alex - MMand - Losmios


Draftr -- Alius - SMcnhs - Oceanz - Dems - DVskitz - S.W. - JoSav


PrarieN - Sun-au - EBoros - xkach - solyr - Wolff -- RLore -- Paula


SF88 -- MightyS - ox-ice - id-wild - pony.t - Imadia - J.N.F. - Freha


lightst - Inokie - Elvandia - DWH - Broo - lefty - tisturod - LindaC


Gwydion - C.B. - helekri - Ryerd - Velvet - Wolf - Ceinie -- Emele


--- Jay -- GoGF - A.Alice

We are currently proud to count 50 elite members !





:: AFFILIATES ::
To become affiliate with us, your club must note EEA with the reason why they would want to (avoid the "it'll make us look good"). Now same thing, your club must be active and alive. We would mostly affiliate with equine clubs, but there might be a few exceptions.

LISTED IN :

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:: THE EEA BOARD ::


Administrator :
Takes care of the club in general, chooses the staff, sends out invitations and decides if you are accepted into the EEA or not. Please understand she can't be there every single day !


Moderator :
Answers questions, makes sure the EEA rules are respected, submits pictures, flames people for faving.


Contest manager :
Organizes the EEA contests, takes care of entries and decides on prizes.


We are looking for moderators : that is, people who are able to judge art regardless of popularity ; people who have an artistically critical eye and know things such as contrast, complementary colors, main drawing lines and such and such... and of course, they need to have time for us and willing to do their best.
Please contact ~GalopaWXY for further information on that.

News articles:

Wild horse slaughter
95% of thoroughbreds linked to one superstud
Italy's deadly Palio race

Hello !
You just found the equine club that regroups all the best equine artists in deviantART. Our goal is to provide visitors with a list of artists to not miss when looking for horses on the website. We are also looking to promote something invisible but extremely powerful, and in most cases strongly bound together : the equine community of dA.
... and in a longer term, we want to have a horse in the smileys.


IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THIS WHOLE JOURNAL BEFORE SENDING ANY NOTES AT ALL TO THE CLUB OR TO THE STAFF





:: ON JOINING ::
To join, you can send me a note (avoid the [no subject]) ; I will look through your art and tell you if you’re accepted or not – you will get a reply anyway, sometimes with advice on your art. If the answer doesn't clearly say "you are taken/accepted", it means you're not (people get confused). Don't send a link to your best piece or to your gallery - we know where it is ! Also feel free to point out other people (see Rules) - that's a way as well to get moderators to look at your own art. Don't be discouraged if you are refused : we are very strict on selection. It doesn't mean you're a bad artist : it means you can do even better ! If you are not accepted, please do NOT re-apply over and over until the moderators block you, because there's nothing more annoying than that. You can however try again if you feel that you've improved.
If your note is not answered, do not send it again. Every note is examined and replied to (if needed), so if yours isn't, it means no moderator has been logging in for a while. Be patient and WAIT. We do not delete notes.



:: RULES ::
We do appreciate people suggesting artists, but remember that if you write a note to the club, you will most likely be poking on the admin's shoulder. And I really don't always have time to handpick what you send me ! You should first be writing to one of our Art Searchers.
This is IMPORTANT : we will not tolerate any picture favoriting in the EEA gallery. If you do, you willget a note asking to do it at the original artist's gallery.



:: EEA standards of quality ::
You must have a majority of equines in your gallery (that means over 50%) - and make sure your best works are standing out (not burried under WIPs and misc. photos).
We are looking for interesting artwork from you, in terms of composition, creativity, anatomy (important, unless purposefully done wrong), interesting colours (complementary etc.), movement... think ART. The style does not matter. There are mostly realistic members in the EEA gallery but that's because it's easier to reproduce what you see rather than invent it. It does not mean you won't be taken because you don't have any realistic-looking peace.
Your art may be any equine (horses, zebras, unicorns, donkeys, pegasus etc.) and done in any medium, including computer ones - only photography is not accepted... do look at ~Equine-Photography if you are more of a photographer.
If you understand all that, you can send a NOTE to this account to apply for the club.





:: SUBMITTING ART ::
Just a word on how submitting stuff works here. Before anything happens, you need to be proud of your art piece. If you feel like you could have done better, or are not so happy with it, either rework on it or do not submit it. Only the best of yourselves will be accepted - don't cheat, we have a sample of what you can do : your gallery ! We do not accept unfinished work either.
To submit an artwork : first put it into your own gallery on deviantART. Then note the EEA with the link to your piece (and eventually keywords). We will then submit it to the club's gallery with a link to your page and to your original deviation. Visitors will not be allowed to fave it in the club and encouraged to comment on your page. We do reserve ourselves the right to do a selection among the pictures you send us !
And remember : only three pics per note and day !



:: WEBSITES to look at ::
[link] - American Academy of Equine Art
Establishing a standard of excellence in the field of equine art
[link] - New Jersey Equine Artists Associations
Non-profit, tax exempt organization founded in 1999 to promote equine art, and artists' in the State Of New Jersey, USA.
[link] - The Professionnal Horse Artist
What it takes to get serious on equine art
[link] - The Painthorse Gallery
For all America lovers !
[link] - Equine Art Guild
The Gateway to Equestrian Art on the Web
[link] - Society of Equestrian Artists
Huge collection of very good equine artists





:: ARTISTS to look at ::
Franzi Pfeiffer [link]
Chris Cummings [link]
Andi VàrkonyI [link]





:: CONTESTS ::
Cancelled due to lack of submitions



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:: MEMBERS :: (optimised for 1024x768)


I.Ocean - FnA - Rewston - Ailah - Equ-R -- Alex - MMand - Losmios


Draftr -- Alius - SMcnhs - Oceanz - Dems - DVskitz - S.W. - JoSav


PrarieN - Sun-au - EBoros - xkach - solyr - Wolff -- RLore -- Paula


SF88 -- MightyS - ox-ice - id-wild - pony.t - Imadia - J.N.F. - Freha


lightst - Inokie - Elvandia - DWH - Broo - lefty - tisturod - LindaC


Gwydion - C.B. - helekri - Ryerd - Velvet - Wolf - Ceinie -- Emele


--- Jay -- GoGF

We are currently proud to count 49 elite members.





:: AFFILIATES ::
To become affiliate with us, your club must note EEA with the reason why they would want to (avoid the "it'll make us look good"). Now same thing, your club must be active and alive. We would mostly affiliate with equine clubs, but there might be a few exceptions.

LISTED IN :

=FeatureShare

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:: THE EEA BOARD ::


Administrator :
Takes care of the club in general, chooses the staff, sends out invitations and decides if you are accepted into the EEA or not. Please understand she can't be there every single day !


Moderator :
Answers questions, makes sure the EEA rules are respected, submits pictures, flames people for faving.


Contest manager :
Organizes the EEA contests, takes care of entries and decides on prizes.


We are looking for moderators : that is, people who are able to judge art regardless of popularity ; people who have an artistically critical eye and know things such as contrast, complementary colors, main drawing lines and such and such... and of course, they need to have time for us and willing to do their best.
Please contact ~GalopaWXY for further information on that.

News articles:

Wild horse slaughter
95% of thoroughbreds linked to one superstud
Italy's deadly Palio race

Hello !
You just found the equine club that regroups all the best equine artists in deviantART. Our goal is to provide visitors with a list of artists to not miss when looking for horses on the website. We are also looking to promote something invisible but extremely powerful, and in most cases strongly bound together : the equine community of dA.
ABOUT THE CLUB






Update by ~GalopaWXY on the 16th of Febuary, 2006
So what is actually going on with this contest ? As we've only had two entires since last October, can we decently call it off and judge who will be first and who will be second ? No. On forty-five members, there can still be a lot of entries, guys ! Let's give it another month, please make an effort and enter : I've added two subscription prices at the bottom.


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"Horseman by Heritage"

Many thousands of years ago, the ancient nomads of the Mongolian steppe domesticated Equus for meat, milk, and hide, but it wasn't until the first brave equestrians risked life and limb to throw a leg over a mare or stallion's back, and learned to fly across those vast Asian grasslands as one that the true bond between horse and human began. That love of horses proved universal. It crossed land barriers, water barriers, and even cultural, lingual, and religious barriers as no other domesticated animal in human history save the dog ever did. Even today, now that the favored mode of transportation is the motorized vehicle, tractors tend our farm fields where heavy horses once plodded, and urban sprawl has pushed the horse out of the daily lives of a vast majority people everywhere, there remain many cultures and sub-cultures that still highly value that age old bond between horse and human.

It is with that ancient, universal, and near sacred tie at heart that Elite Equine Artists is excited to announce its first Elite Equine Art Contest. Unlike most other art contests you may have participated in at deviantART and elsewhere, however, this is about far more than skillful illustrations, or even fine art. It is a multi-cultural, international, timeless celebration of the equestrian spirit. Wherever you live, on any continent, in any region, it is likely that equestrian culture once flourished there, and perhaps it still does to a greater or lesser degree. The challenge of this contest is to portray the unique equestrian heritage of your area, or the one that most captures your imagination, in a way that combines the skillful aesthetics of fine art with anthropological accuracy. You can choose an equinocentric culture that is currently thriving, or that once thrive but is currently endangered, or that no longer exists. There is no limit to the time period.

The Buckaroos of the Great Basin High Desert is a relatively young but unique horseman way of life that has thrived virtually unchanged for a little over one hundred and fifty years. THe nomadic Tinkers of Ireland and the UK is a horse loving culture that is in danger of disappearing. The medieval martial tradition of highly trained coursers, chargers, and warhorses died out with the advent of the portable cannon, but is revisited today in the popular and historically accurate re-enactments of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Of course, the oldest horse culture still in the world today is the original, those nomadic tribes in those high and remote Asian steppes, and we all must thank our Mongol equestrian brethren for initiating that universal bond between horse and human.



Guidelines:

Goal
Depict the equestrian culture of your area, or the one that most captures your imagination, in a manner that displays both artistic expertise and anthropological accuracy.



Prices :
First place : three months subscription
Second place : one month subscription
(Prices will go up with every contest if it works out)




Entries
[link] by *carolinebradley
[link] by *Elvandia


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:: MEMBERS :: (optimised for 1024x768)


I.Ocean - FnA - Rewston - Ailah - Equ-R -- Alex - MMand - Losmios


Draftr -- Alius - SMcnhs - Oceanz - Dems - DVskitz - S.W. - JoSav


PrarieN - Sun-au - EBoros - xkach - solyr - Wolff -- RLore -- Paula


SF88 -- MightyS - ox-ice - id-wild - pony.t - Imadia - J.N.F. - Freha


lightst - Inokie - Elvandia - DWH - Broo - lefty - tisturod - LindaC


Gwydion - C.B. - helekri - Ryerd - Velvet - Wolf - Ceinie - Jay

We are currently proud to count 46 elite members.

Due to the fact that the Admin ~GalopaWXY isn't able to come online she isn't able to review the 'join' notes.

All of you who are sending them, they will be reviewed as soon as ~GalopaWXY returns and comes back online. Please don't resend them, it won't help.

in the mean while I will keep taking care of the submit requests.
And I might send out some notes to the people who FAV work in THIS gallery instead of the one from the artists....

_02/09/06
=shadowfax88 Moderator of EEA

Hello !
You just found the equine club that regroups all the best equine artists in deviantART. Our goal is to provide visitors with a list of artists to not miss when looking for horses on the website. We are also looking to promote something invisible but extremely powerful, and in most cases strongly bound together : the equine community of dA.
ABOUT THE CLUB



________________________________________ _____________________________

"Horseman by Heritage"

Many thousands of years ago, the ancient nomads of the Mongolian steppe domesticated Equus for meat, milk, and hide, but it wasn't until the first brave equestrians risked life and limb to throw a leg over a mare or stallion's back, and learned to fly across those vast Asian grasslands as one that the true bond between horse and human began. That love of horses proved universal. It crossed land barriers, water barriers, and even cultural, lingual, and religious barriers as no other domesticated animal in human history save the dog ever did. Even today, now that the favored mode of transportation is the motorized vehicle, tractors tend our farm fields where heavy horses once plodded, and urban sprawl has pushed the horse out of the daily lives of a vast majority people everywhere, there remain many cultures and sub-cultures that still highly value that age old bond between horse and human.

It is with that ancient, universal, and near sacred tie at heart that Elite Equine Artists is excited to announce its first Elite Equine Art Contest. Unlike most other art contests you may have participated in at deviantART and elsewhere, however, this is about far more than skillful illustrations, or even fine art. It is a multi-cultural, international, timeless celebration of the equestrian spirit. Wherever you live, on any continent, in any region, it is likely that equestrian culture once flourished there, and perhaps it still does to a greater or lesser degree. The challenge of this contest is to portray the unique equestrian heritage of your area, or the one that most captures your imagination, in a way that combines the skillful aesthetics of fine art with anthropological accuracy. You can choose an equinocentric culture that is currently thriving, or that once thrive but is currently endangered, or that no longer exists. There is no limit to the time period.

The Buckaroos of the Great Basin High Desert is a relatively young but unique horseman way of life that has thrived virtually unchanged for a little over one hundred and fifty years. THe nomadic Tinkers of Ireland and the UK is a horse loving culture that is in danger of disappearing. The medieval martial tradition of highly trained coursers, chargers, and warhorses died out with the advent of the portable cannon, but is revisited today in the popular and historically accurate re-enactments of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Of course, the oldest horse culture still in the world today is the original, those nomadic tribes in those high and remote Asian steppes, and we all must thank our Mongol equestrian brethren for initiating that universal bond between horse and human.


Guidelines:

Goal
Depict the equestrian culture of your area, or the one that most captures your imagination, in a manner that displays both artistic expertise and anthropological accuracy.

NOTE: This contest has been paused. Check back for updates. If you are interested in this contest, then by all means submit an entry for it! It will continue again at a later date.


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:: MEMBERS :: (optimised for 1024x768)


In.Ocean - FnA - Rewston - Ailah -- Equ-R --- Alex -- MMand - Losmios


Draftr --- Alius -- SMcnhs - Oceanz - Dems - DVskitz - S.W. - JoSav


PrarieN - Sun-au - EBoros - xkach - solyr - Wolff --- RLore --- Paula


SF88 -- MightyS - ox-ice - id-wild - pony.t - Imadia - Gwydion - Freha


lightstep - C.B. - Elvandia - Ceinie - Broo - lefty59 - tisturod

We are currently proud to count 39 elite members.