DeviantART

Some of you may be familiar with the online artist community known as DeviantART.  This is a very popular site used by thousands of artists to post their art, get public opinions on their pieces, share works with friends, get exposure, etc.  The site boasts some wonderfully talented artists, both amateur and professional, of all sorts. From drawings to sculpture, digital works to costumes, and from painters to poets, DevianART is filled with a vast variety of artists from all over the world.  

I feel that this site pertains to our Art and Wonder class because it hits upon such a broad spectrum of wonder; it literally has almost anything you could imagine displayed in some sort of art form, whether it be in prose or painting!  You can type in some of the most random things and find hundreds of people interested in the same idea as you are.  

Granted, there are some drawbacks to having such a large art site.  You may have to sift through dozens of works that you might consider sub-par or boring before you find a piece or an artist the captures your interest.  I, personally, enjoy this process (to a point) because it allows me to see many art pieces that I might normally not have given a second glance too and through this process I find more artists that I admire.

Here is the link to the main website  

And here are some of the many artists that I have found through the site that fascinate me.

http://wynahiros.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://shizenko.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://ktshy.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://losmios.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://saimain.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://mercuralis.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://mynti.deviantart.com/gallery/

Hopefully, these galleries will give you an idea of what is on DeviantART, these range from traditional media to digital and the subjects vary among the artists.  If you're really inspired by this, I encourage you to get your own account and, if not post some of your own work, at least show support for your favorite artists by critiquing their work, or if you REALLY want to support them, some sell prints or take commissions.