I want to make an announcement that me and my team are going to work on upgrading entire Blasting Art, removing and adding alot of stuff, so you might see some glitches , error bugs etc. so stick with us till we are done.

The new upgrade will have brand new design of Blasting Art, Better portfolio options, better systems, much faster site loading and much much...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/I-am-Back Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:07:52 MST Hey everyone, im back from my vacations. Trust me it was one heck of a trip. the first three days were great ! but the last two were the worst days of my life.

i with my family got stuck in a snow storm and stayed in storm for two days O_O . anyways dont want to recall it much lol. just am glad to be back :D.  so did i missed anything?

Blasting Art is back online !!

Again sorry for the downtime but as  i mentioned earlier big upgrades are in process as u can see daily something is changed on Site!. so for now things will be stable hopefully. Next week will have just one last downtime i assure you that. and it will be only for few hours. Site will be on but in View Only Mode.

After that...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Blasting-Art-Read-Only-Mode Wed, 03 Feb 2010 5:48:53 MST Blasting Art Read Only Mode

A little Announcement for all members of Blasting Art. As you all know we have been going through beta upgrade versions. and have realeased upto 2 beta versions. now we are working on Beta 3!! after that final release.

For this purpose alot of working is going on site. SO to minimize errors for you guys i have pulled blastingart in to view ...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/1000-Artist-Signups-Contest-Results Wed, 27 Jan 2010 6:26:36 MST All right first of all sorry for the delay in the contest results. As you all know we have been working on upgrading the site and thats one heck of a job trust me.

Anyways. Here is a link to the Contest if any of you is not familiar with it: Celebration 1000 Artists Contest

Blasting Art is thaknful to...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Blasting-Art-Beta-2 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 6:31:08 MST Blasting Art Beta 2 Released

As you all know that last week Blasting Art launched Beta Release 1 which showed tons of changes like

• New Layout/Site Design
• Improved Navigation (menu)
• easy member top bar to access online friends, notifications etc.
• Art Trade System
• Resources and Stock Cateogry
• Improved Categories
<...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/1000-Artist-Singup-Contest-Voting-Starts Wed, 20 Jan 2010 2:48:37 MST Votings Start on the contest!! follow this link if u wish to vote . Click here
]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/My-head-busted-open-O_O Sun, 17 Jan 2010 6:36:45 MST Yup like the title says my head busted open . duh!!!

lol. well it was sort of fun , trust me i mean it . hahaha first experience like that.

wht happen was i was playing with my lil bro Arham. and he had a toy gun he was shooting me so i pretended as i got hit and fell by turning backwards unfortunately my foot slipped and i fell for reall O_O on a stair step. and its edge bus...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Last-Day-to-Submit-Contest-Entry Sat, 16 Jan 2010 7:20:28 MST Hey all,

Just letting you know that today is last day to submit your contest entries of 1000 Artists Celebration contest if you haven't yet.

If you have already submited please do send me a letter with the link to your entry/entries. Tomrow we will start listing them up and start the user votings.

Regards

Ayaz

]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Blasting-Art-Beta-1 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:04:10 MST Hiz All,

Sorry for the little late notification of this upgrade. ok i will make it short and tell you some new stuff and what you are about to see and experience.

 

First of all this is Blasting Art's Upgrade release 1. which i have named Blasting Art Beta 1. There would be a total of three beta releases before the final release. The next two releaes will ha...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/BA-Official-Announcement Sat, 09 Jan 2010 7:52:40 MST Hello everyone!!

Here is something you guys should now, a little recap for the new members :

On site's 1000 Artist's celebration day we announced that very soon on Blasting Art's 1st Birthday we will show you a new face of Blasting Art. A fully upgraded site with tons of new features. new design, user friendlyness etc.

So its almost the time to get things rolling now....]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/New-Year-Giveaway Wed, 30 Dec 2009 7:20:42 MST
This is the first New Year that Blasting Art will be celebrating with you all, and to show our appreciation for you being a part of our community, we decided to give away the paid membership level "Master Blaster" for one month.  No contest where only one person wins, no questions to answer, and no hassles.  Just leave a comment on this post and your account will be upgraded ...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Real-Quick-Contest Tue, 08 Dec 2009 4:57:15 MST Ok guyz just see this image and read its description then answer in the comment. u can win one month paid subscription from me of blasting art.

See thsi link : Quick Contest

]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Gifs-Animation-in-Thumbnails-and-Avatars Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:29:52 MST Hey all,

here is a little update for all of you. now u can upload animated gifs in your profile pictures or your art galleries they will animate in display page, thumbnails and your avatar/profile phots :)

Have Fun :)

Ayaz

]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/hunni-im-home-XD Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:30:19 MST heheheh . im back everyone!! well wasnt much of a vacation but i really had fun these two days. 24 hour sleeping XD one full day talking to my lvoely friend and had some outing as well. expeceted it will take a few days but i can't stay away from blastingart at all hehehe XD .

well nice to be back. and got some news for you alll. i will be posting it in articles today :D

cya

]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Will-be-back-soon- Wed, 18 Nov 2009 9:11:56 MST hey all,

i guess i need a lil time out lol XD damn im tired of workin :D i will be back soon. miss ya all

 

]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Report-Problems-Regarding-Site Sun, 18 Oct 2009 6:03:05 MDT hiiz everyone.

Please report problems if u get any regarding site, uplaoding artworks, online photoshop etc. we have been working alot lately on the functionalities of site so if anyone gets any errors let us know in comments.

 

Regard

]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Happy-Belated-Birthday-to-me-XD-n-im-back Tue, 29 Sep 2009 4:24:57 MDT Hey all,

i am back . well some of u did noticed im not here and i got your msgs and comments. wow thx eheh. well i was awya for Eid Holidays and also afterwards i had my birthday on 25th sept XD thx guys who wishes me and remeberd it.

So in simple words im bak hehehehehe XD.

]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Happy-Eid-To-Everyone Sun, 20 Sep 2009 8:48:50 MDT I want to wish every one a very very Happy Eid. lol for those who understand what it is.

Have lots of fun and see you all after a few days :)

Admin

Ayaz Malik

]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/New-Membership-Icons-and-Levels-Site-Update- Sat, 12 Sep 2009 3:30:35 MDT Hey all,

Ok i have performed a little upgrade to site to make things even better :).

Now there are three type of Membership Levels in Blasting Art, and all three have icons which will show up with your user name in most of the places on site like comments, artist page, profile page, artwork pages etc. Membership Levels are:

1. Standard   BA-ShowCase . Now what t...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/No-more-downtimes-Blasting-Art Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:53:12 MDT hey everyone.

   Our server and upgrades have been successfully done. u might have noticed an increased speed in site's working and functionality.

   There would be no downtimes Hopefully.

   Very soon u will be watching great new features and upgrades to site.

   im Sure u will like it . Keep following my articles :)

   Regards

   Ayaz

   ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Site-Down-Times- Thu, 27 Aug 2009 9:57:03 MDT ok guys this is a little official notification for All Blasters .

   I apologize for site downtimes. but please understand we are having big upgrades to the site and our hosting services as well. so u might find some downtimes. Please stay calm we will get through it very soon and bring good updates and features to entertain you all :)

   i hope u can understand

   Regard

   ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Happy-Birthday-to-NesttySantta Fri, 21 Aug 2009 6:36:00 MDT Happy Brithday Brother. May you get every happiness you want in this world :)

    

   Everyone do wish him on his profile here is the link for those of you who dont know  nesttysantta

   ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/20-Free-Photoshop-smoke-effects-brushes Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:45:19 MDT ok guys here is something i gathered and posted on my other seo site.

   20 Free Photoshop smoke effects brushes

   ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Some-Usability-and-Design-Changes Mon, 10 Aug 2009 5:45:22 MDT Hello Everyone :)

   I made some changes in the usability and design of the site. they are very minor changes and some more are yet to come so if u find some error or bug , im sorry for inconvinience in advance because i would be working the whole week on some stuff.

   Ok so these are some changes i made in Design:

   • Moved the Search Box on top of Account Bloc...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Subscribing-to-site-s-notifications-by-email-2009-08-07 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 4:31:13 MDT Hello everyone :) 

     ok i have figured out a way for u all to stay in touch with site's updates and admin's (me) blog posts notifications through email. 

     One email if something is posted in the writer's corner announcement category or admin's blog . So u dont have to worry that you will be spammed with alot of emails. All u have to do is to use use the links below or ...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Featured-Artwork-on-homepage-New-Feature Mon, 03 Aug 2009 3:55:00 MDT Featured Artwork on homepage

     Here is a new edition to the site, We always selected featured artists for one week to be displayed on homepage but now we will also be choosing featured artworks for one week on homepage too. 4 featured artworks on site everyweek. if you guys will have suggestions for featured artworks do send me the links in letter. your suggestions might be sele...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Humaira-Sarwar-my-Big-Sis-Design-Exib-News-o-BBC Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:15:30 MDT

     Hey all Blasters,

     I am damn happy my Big sis in UK and her designs are featured by BBC XD and also displayed. Here is teh link and rest of the info do check it out Blasters XD.

     http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/lancashire/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_8161...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Blasting-Art-Team- Thu, 16 Jul 2009 5:36:13 MDT Ok everyone its a good thing that blasting art is growing day by day so we need to make this site and even better place for users who come and visit thsi site for the first time. For that me and Nesty Santa have thought up of gathering a team of some talented artsits like your selves.

     What do we need?

     • Character Artist , who can make their own characters
       
     http://www.blastingart.com/article/We-Reached-to-500-Artists Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:01:14 MDT guyz we did it XD

     500 people have joined this site. Blasting Art is six months old hmm. so in next 6 months we will reach about 3000 artist. woo hoo its goign to be big XD.

     Ok so for our 500th artists i say we should award something like subscription or feature them or something. ideas please !!!

      

     ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Members-Privacy-Control Sun, 12 Jul 2009 9:08:35 MDT Ok since i felt that users need a little privacy for their emails, city, country etc. so i made some changes in the profiles. Now every users email, city and country are placed in a new block called contact details. It wil be now availble for u in blocks area ( in profile below menu is edit pofile blocks click it > Add/remvoe standard blocks click it) it will take u to the blocks u have r...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Enhanced-Comments-System Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:18:06 MDT New Comment system

     Hey all,

     New Comment system as i talked about earlier. ok this is the end of the road for making features better in Blasting Art for now, but new features will be added on user requests and those features which can help us out good :).

     I am sure u guyz have noticied the red 0 in your account block on top. yup this page will show

     • http://www.blastingart.com/article/Blasting-Art-Contest-Results Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:24:11 MDT Blasting Art Contest June 2009 Final Results

       We have multiple winners :)

       Please see teh links to read more

       Congratulations All !!

       ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Where-are-we-Now- Wed, 01 Jul 2009 9:37:37 MDT Ok guys. i have been doing some thinking and listing our success. Lets make it easier through listing lol :D

       At Start:

       1. The site was a part of Goku Fan Club
       2. Shifted and made it Fan Art Freaks 6 Months ago, art network for fan artists.
       ...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/New-coming-stuff-to-Blasting-Art Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:21:46 MDT Wow i cant wait new awesome stuff coming o Blasting Art :D.

       An awesome Notification system , so your friends wont miss any of your notifications like blog posts, groups, polls posts etc.

       and improved comment system so u can interact with commentrs in forms of discussions :D

       90% Done !!

        

       ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/How-it-All-begin-My-Journey Wed, 20 May 2009 10:24:46 MDT So how does it all begin??

       What Begin? :D just gona share my whole story with u guyz!! ok from the begining. when i did my matriculation 5 years ago. i was mad for learning how to make cartoons. well i wasnt able to find a good academy/school for teaching me cartoon making (since my country is always behi...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Site-Upgraded Sun, 03 May 2009 6:37:50 MDT Ok all great news.

       Blasting Art have been upgraded to a bigger and better server.

       why?

       videos uploading will work,

       no photo size restriction upon upload.

       online drawing system etc.

       will see ya all soon.

       ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Working-Out-Good Sun, 12 Apr 2009 2:57:23 MDT Hey all,

       so we are finally working out stuff good now :) now i have a place where my lovely users can write whtever they want :D lol im loving it . what about  u guyz?

       ]]>