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/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/7-deadly-sins-contest- Mon, 25 Jan 2010 2:04:32 MST busy busy, usually, I would like to hope, I upload art like everyday to this site, but recently I haven't done latently, and thats only because I'm drawing lust, of the deadly sins, on a large piece of paper, that is roughly 2  1/2 by 1 1/22 feet in width and height, but I don't know, probably bigger than that. so I've created this challenge thing on Facebo...]]> 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/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/New-BlastingArt- Tue, 12 Jan 2010 7:43:14 MST Hey guys

Like you see here is the new design for BA with lots of new features!

If you're wondering: WTF, where are the"lots" of new features?

Well don't worry, the BA team is working hard on everything, still there is a lot to add, a lot of stuff for the design, a lot of ideas in our "ideas" copybook.

Just keep uploading your art, be more active, invite your f...]]> 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/Pixlr-crowned-king-of-online-Photoshops- Sat, 09 Jan 2010 2:11:54 MST            BREAKING NEWS

Pixlr (the program Blasting Art lets you use to draw and edit) has been crowned king of the online Photoshop alternatives by me!

Why has it been crowned that? Well, because it's AWESOME!!!! And it surely has Sumo P...]]> 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/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/RL-commission Thu, 05 Nov 2009 3:07:46 MST RL commission

HI! welcome to my RL commission. This is my first time to take some RL commission and i’m ready (although not fully ready.=D). If you are interested just read the information below and then send me an email or leave some note.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE COMMISSION RULES:

1. I have the rights to display al...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Creating-Posting-anime-banners-and-Wallpapers Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:52:19 MST I will also be Creating & Posting anime banners and Wallpapers that I create in photoshop ect. If any of u would like me to create just let me know.

]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Burning-The-Midnight-Oil Tue, 27 Oct 2009 1:19:01 MDT Working long hours has it's merits, but too much of a good thing turns into more work and it becomes a vicious circle.

Our staff handles a monthly ezine featuring artists and their work that's a monthly. A daily has just been launched and it seems to be a whole lot easier to handle, maybe it's that we are getting in a groove and things just seem to flow better now.

<...]]> 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/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/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/Reasons-for-My-Absence-and-Inactivity Fri, 24 Jul 2009 5:06:53 MDT Hey guys!

      

     I know I haven't been active lately and for that I apologize. It's stupid really, I'm ashamed of myself because I'm one of the admins and I should be here like, every single day and instead I'm lucky if I manage to login once a week.

     The reason f...]]> 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/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/Inactive Fri, 03 Jul 2009 3:36:45 MDT WEll guys, i want to announce that for a while i'll be inactive, we'll i'll not spend so much time at the PC.

       Why?

       Because i have college entrence exams!

       The Painting and Drawing exams are on 8 July and the Composition Exams on 9 July.

       Wish me Good luck xD

       Anyways i'll keep posting drawings ;)

       ~Amdin NesttySantta (Andrew Sitari)

       ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Voting-Starts-Blasting-Art-Contest Mon, 29 Jun 2009 3:01:00 MDT Ok guys Voting Starts for the blasting art contest. Please see this link 

        

       Other Important Stuff you should Know:

       • Contribute in Blasting Art http://www.blastingart.com/article/Bleach-character-contest-1 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 6:02:14 MDT  I am having a bleach character contest. The rules are on my vid on my page but if you cant record it just post it on here or send me a link so that way I can judge it from there. If you have anyquestions plz let me know
         ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Online-Drawing-Fixed-and-Updated Sun, 21 Jun 2009 4:17:56 MDT Online Drawing Fixed and Updated

         Good News Guyz!! Online drawing tool fixed and upgraded. Now its in FULLSCREEN, SAVE ON COMPUTER. Filters Improved e...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/SMS-Notification-System Wed, 17 Jun 2009 3:34:59 MDT Great News Blasters!!!

         Now SMS Notification system, Get notification of friend requests, comments, hotlisting etc. in your mobile phones via sms. You can define how many msgs u want to get per day. All you have to do is to login, go to your account page and below the menu will find MY SMS SERVICE. put in your number, select your network. and on which stuff u want to be notified about...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Why-Blasting-Art- Sun, 14 Jun 2009 8:17:28 MDT Why you ask?? Why this when there's tons more sites such as Deviant Art or Elfwood? Because of all it's unique features and the amazing community.
         
         When I first got here people instantly greeted me. I have lots of friends here and it's really been a blast. The community here is awesome, the site helps you with problems instantly! The people here are very courteous and helpful too. ...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Mature-Content-Filter Sun, 07 Jun 2009 5:13:22 MDT Hey all,

         As to protect users from viewing Mature content posted on teh site i have prepared a mature content filter for the site, which will prevent u from viewing mature or inappropriate content. 

         All u have to do is to login, and from your account page hit settings. (just below the main menu.) from your settings u will see a small area for content filter with two optio...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Video-Art- Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:58:49 MDT Hey guys I will be posting my video art on BA of me drawing on the computer. I hope that you all will follow me on this journey on achieving my goals and imroving me skills. I have also post to videos so far on my profile so please go n check them out on my BA page.

          

          

         Thx

         Britt

         ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Blasting-Art-Contest Mon, 01 Jun 2009 4:47:40 MDT Blasting Art's Contest Announced

         Blasting Art have announced a contest for all the Blasters to participate. Please see this link. if You wish to participate in the contest click join on the contest page.

         Regards

         ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Thank-You-For-Supporting-Me Sun, 31 May 2009 4:54:23 MDT I just wanted to stay Thank You all for supporting me and my artwork such as commenting,favoritng, and just viewing my artwork. It really means a lot to me that someone actually like what I do
         ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Profile-Templates-Open-for-All Sat, 30 May 2009 3:18:48 MDT Profile Templates Open for All

         Great News For All users. Now every one can use the profile templates and Design their profiles. You can Alter your css if u understand css and can make Your profile look like u want :). All u have to is tologin go to your account page and hit customize profile.

         Note: Advance Css generator is only for Paid Members, while everyone can use ...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Major-Upgrades-in-Blasting-Art Thu, 28 May 2009 3:14:24 MDT Major Upgrades in Blasting Art

         As u see we have been upgrading the site from the past few makes and make tons of changes. here im gona mention all the upgrades done till yet. click to read,,

         • Online Photoshop/Drawing System
         • D...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Design-Your-Profile-like-you-want Thu, 28 May 2009 12:55:27 MDT Now Design Your Profile!!!

           Profile templates, FUll control over ur profile, show the world what u feel like, add background images, colors, transparency what ever u want. all yours!!

           Go to your Account Page and hit customize Profile from actions block!!

           This offer is for Paid Members only !!

           Regards

           Blasting Art

           ]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Drag-and-Drop-compose-your-profile-account-page Mon, 25 May 2009 3:58:13 MDT Great news everyone now drag and drop compse your account page.

           Means??

           Means that now you can make your profile and account page adjust and look the way u want!!! you can easily

           • drag blocks
           • change their locations
           • add custom blocks (put whtever u want to put)
           • remove blocks (Why keep  what u dont want to see)
           • mak...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/Two-Major-Upgrades Thu, 21 May 2009 3:48:19 MDT Two Major Upgrades

             1. Free Online Photoshop!! Drawing tool is on Please see this link to read more!!

             2. Now your Bl...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/The-Big-Thing-is-Here Mon, 11 May 2009 2:56:07 MDT The Big thing is here!!!

             As i have been saying "Something Big is Coming!!" Here it is...
             
             Now u not just upload ur artwork, but also DRAW ONLINE!!!
             MEANS???
             It means that just login, go to your account page hit drawonline!!! your good to go. an online drawing application pretty much similar to your adobe photoshop.
             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/My-website-kingreddragon- Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:04:47 MDT Hello guys,

             ife made a site i made it yesterday.

             http://www.kingreddragon.webs.com

             Im happy if you join my site.

             it have dragontube (like youtube)

             dragonart(upload pictures like blastingart)

             DS(I) downloads!

             PSP downloads!

             PC donloads

             blogs

             store(no products ad...]]> http://www.blastingart.com/article/New-Magazine-System Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:54:19 MDT Hey all, i have introduced this new system to the site. its called magazine system but soon it will be called blastzine. What does it do ? You like writing right?? thts ur chance lol write whtever u like its just like DA Journals. users will be able to comment, rate etc it. i have added some default categories in it. if ur artcile doesnt meets the right category please comment a category in ...]]>