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SNEAK PEEK: deviantART's NEW Today Page!As I noted in my last journal, there are some big -- and exciting!! -- changes on the way for deviantART. Er, DeviantArt. The team here at DeviantArt continues to listen to your feedback plus we met with a crew of super-deviants in NYC last month (check out a pic below and got a full, insightful download. Then, we thought long and hard on how to pave a kindred and inspiring direction. As always, you are the center of it all -- and how to connect you with your community. Ok, getting into it, I want to share a sneak peek on work-in-progress (as in not final!) designs for the new Today page and to hear what everybody thinks.Fella Version Llama Version
Boldly Facing The FutureArtist Credit DanielaUhligWelcome.Many of you have been in this community for a long time, but whether you’ve just joined or you’ve been a member since day one, this is your first impression of the new DeviantArt.Change is not something that we take lightly, because it affects our collective identity. It was important for us to define who we are and what we’re made of at our core before we changed anything. We all have our own understanding of what that means, but the process of getting that core story down on paper took almost a year.The result is “Bleed and Breed Art.” This is our center of gravity and our reason for getting out of bed in the morning.It is the guide and the justification for everything, including our business partnerships, the development of the new app and the design of our new ide
Introducing Sta.sh and Sta.sh Writer! Tweet What is Sta.sh? Sta.sh Features Sta.sh Writer Sta.sh Muro Upgrade Sta.shWhat is Sta.sh? Sta.sh is deviantART's new upload and submitting platform, home to all of your images, writings, Flash/animations, and everything in-between. It provides you with an area to place, organize, and perfect your artistic workings to submit to deviantART and beyond. A suite of features all in one, Sta.sh is here to make your online life a whole lot easier. Drag & Drop, & StoreDrag and drop multiple files at one time quickly and easily. Submit immediately to deviantART, or take time to customize or enha
All Roads Lead to DeviationIn a week it will be April 15th, 2015. Which in my memory is the day fifteen (15) years ago that we embarked on a new project we'd come to call DeviantArt. jark and I agreed for him to wind down projects on the DMusic Network and instead focus his energy on a similar platform for an emerging group of digital artists we were watching closely as fans. Soon after, he found matteo who was working on an education resource for digital artists known as WastedYouth.org and asked him for some perspective on the project. As a high functioning digital artist and photoshop master (I believe he had co-authored a book on photoshop by this time at age 18!) matteo (Matthew Stephens) made many contributions to what became DeviantArt at this critical moment, not the least of which was the NAME 'DeviantArt'! But perhaps more importantly the idea to include all artists on the platform, not just wallpapers and art made for customizing your computer. jark created the ability for us to easily create new
Communities rely on Pillars made of HeartCommunities of all kinds are held up by pillars made of heart. Typically embodied by people who let the weight of their community rest on their shoulders, willing to let life be life. Sometimes it hurts, and sometimes it's comfortable. Regardless, the result is a halo that surrounds all participants in a community. The healing light of being mothered, fathered or cared for.These are very special people who take this role in your community. Maybe this person is you. In which case, please be you today, and every day. Because you are very important.For the rest of us, we all know who the pillars are that hold up the communities that we care about. We all know the value of what they do, especially when we stop to think about it.There is nothing in life that I have ever found a deeper admiration for than people who take on this role. Pillars of Community. When a human being digs their heels in, claims territory and begins to show Love towards a group of people, they begin to embody
DeviantArt and Madefire SHAKE San Diego Comic-ConLet's bring it back to the old school my peoples. The days when we'd write real Journals, and link to all kinds of stuff on the Internet like as if we were Google. Get your scroll wheel ready, web-style.DeviantArt is on a M)&H3R 4/_|<126! RAMPAGE! A NEW Beginning. If you knew what I know, you'd already be screaming. The reavening is upon us and there is no where to hide. Thanks for your feedback on the SNEAK PEEK of the new Today page, btw. We've reviewed all comments, made changes, and will be ready to share more soon, so keep an eye out! Another comp set from The NEW DeviantArt is on its way to you soon. Comic-Con 2014, July 24-27thLet's talk <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/">
The real story behind devART :t::h::e: :f::a::i::r::y: :t::a::l::e:The story of deviantART, as most know it, goes like this. Once upon a time the yellow alien :jark: and a pug were sitting around thinking, hey it would be great to create a massive online art community wouldn't it? And then the yellow alien went off and wrote thousands of lines of alien code, and the pug ran around telling all his friends about this great new art site they had to check out. And when the alien was done coding, he told all his alien friends to come too! Once they'd all arrived, this heavenly new community came about and we all lived happily ever after. Until people started "first posting" and what not. But that's another story.The end.But not quite.Actually, there was a lot more to it that couldn't be discussed until now. Like the fact that there were always three deviantART co-founders, not two. That deviantART was wholly owned by DMusic Network, LLC, and then Lynx Technology Group,
BOSS Week.I love weeks like this. The team is incredibly hard at work launching deviantART's Premium Content Platform, and simultaneously managing our huge sponsorship of Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego.^That's me in the middle there, writing this Journal.^ Check out the intensity of endosage, danlev, hellokirti, Heidi,and Ayame-Kenoshi. Diligent, even intense. That's because they're hours away from a massive release that will reach millions of deviants worldwide. They are right to be this tense. You would be, too.In everything we do, we aim to change the world for the better. And we aim high. This Premium Content Platform you can read about here has no limits as to what it could achieve for the arts, from my perspectiv
The Shape of Things to ComeYou want change on DeviantArt. Everyone here has something they would change. We do listen and, yes, we can’t get everything done. Still, as a community, with any change we change together because we are all here together. We found major talent to join the DeviantArt team this year to help us assume responsibility for major change and deliver on it. In return, we will be calling on the whole community to exercise its responsibility of continuing to shape DeviantArt into the place where the global undercurrent of creativity feeds the future of popular culture.DeviantArt is as binary as it is digital in its platform. We serve equally those who produce art as those who need to see art and engage with it. Creating the undercurrent is a function of tools as much as it is a function of community activity. Getting these two to work in unison has always been the secret sauce of DeviantArt – and every recipe for the sauce begins
Discussion about DA writers and why they leave DAAnd ways we can fix this. Really. There has to be a way we can fix this, as fellow writers and readers. What's up with this, Smexy? What's happening? I feel like I haven't spoken about this very often, but there are a lot of DA SNK writers who have deactivated their accounts on Deviantart.Wait. Why do you care? And why should I care?I care because DA is a community that has accepted me fully. Even though there are times I feel isolated due to stress from medical school, I know that I have friends here who I can rely on. If the Levi x reader fandom didn't exist, I doubt I would have met you all. So that's why I care when we lose a member of the fandom. Whether or not I know that person, they contribute to the overall DA Levi x reader community, the community that I love and honestly really cherish (strangely enough. I won't deny that forming bonds with people online is somewhat strange, but it happened and you know what? I love it). I've al
Getting Recognized Here on DAOk...I've been meaning to make this journal for awhile, but I think I'm ready to type this bitch out.So a lot of people have the whole "I'm not a popular writer," struggles, and rather than a giant "WAAAAH" fest-I WILL BE GIVING YOU HELPFUL HINTS IN HOW TO GET NOTICED FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.1: Put Yourself Out There I can't stress this enough. Want more people to read your stories? This is gonna cause you to step a bit out of your comfort zone and put forth some effort. All of us when we first started out, has ZERO watchers, just like everyone else. You gotta submit to groups, about 5 or so is a good place to start. Groups are great because not only do you get to post your own stories for others to see, you get to read and be inspired by other writers. ALSO- TALK TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OTHER WRITERS. You cannot be shy!! This is kind of a social media site in a way, social interaction on here will make you or break you. Don't be rude o
Attention all writers and readers:~///~ Okay so this is a very important journal ( i understand that it's long) and i would like all of you to share/read/etc. because i feel like this problem has gotten out of hand. The Problem:I'm sure recently you guys have heard of this actually. Fellow writers/readers, have been finding stolen work from DA on other writing sites. Many of us DA writers have had our work stolen; not only that, the work is claimed to be their own, and there are many comments afterwards such as "oh i cried while writing this" or "this is a request from a reader" when they put no effort whatsoever. A few days ago, a person had basically mass stolen works from about 10 authors--it wasn't just one from each author either, it was about 3 or 4. Good friends of mine had their work plagiarized word for word. And the worst part is that we have no knowledge this is happeni
What A Wonderful... Orb !Reflecting Upon Dreamsby - Jordan-Robertsjumpby - arslanalpBurning Candleby - ChristophMaierOn the rooftops of Italy by - INVIV0Rebirthby - JoelBelessaInspiredby - BakistoSunset Painterby - Miguel-SantosPenance to have a glimpse...by - itsmejegan
WHILE WE WATCH 2014 - 14 Animated Gif by azieser Wherever by anaPhenixsilent dialogues by Greyguardian Meeting with the Stars by djailledie deviantID by LissomerLove Heart by ABSTRACTSbySabina Zephyr by FalseMaria blue Kiss by Pierre-Lagarde Flaming Purple by Photominimalist No Habra Nadie En El Mundo by LUCILALEYLA
conscience collective Lamentation by Fassod 09 JUIN 2014 - WHO'S BEHIND THE DOOR? by JFBAYLEShe (was) by mehrmeerthe light of May by partiallyHereThe Drowning by anotheramelythe abstract tenderness by PsycheAnamnesisWeathered Heart by maxlake2the kiss by poivreHouse by JillAuville
Harassment: A Survival GuideIt's no secret that the members of deviantART are an opinionated bunch! For good or ill, there is always plenty to say about art that speaks to them. This is great, yet amidst those opinions you're bound to get reactions that are nothing more than word pollution or troll bait. How many of you have logged into deviantART and been faced with this problem?We've all seen it, been a victim of it, or at least heard about it: Folk out in the digital world living for nothing more than the joy of ruffling peoples' feathers. Well not to worry dear reader, because I've compiled a survivor's guide on how to slay the beast of text pollution: le trolls! Identify The Problem!Being the level-headed fantastical artist that you are, when it comes to outrageous claims and aggravating comments regarding your work it seems like common sense for you to set the record straight and reply to these virtual text hoodlums. I
ALL ABOUT MOONBEAM13All AboutMoonbeam13:iconMoonbeam13:We all see them around DeviantArt … they do WONDERFUL things for this community in one way or another … we admire them; we love them; we would LOVE to get to know them a little more :iconloveloveplz: … Well now is your chance to see how they are, how they think, how ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL they are!!! :iconflyingheartsplz::iconlainloveplz::iconflyingheartsplz:Today we will get the chance to look into Moonbeam13 ’s heart … She’s one of the staff members of DeviantArt, more precisely she’s the Director of Community Relations :iconloveloveplz: … Do you want to peek into her heart??? :iconloveloveplz: Well, COME ON!!! :iconyaayplz: Let’s go meet the “human” behind the username!!! TheGalleryOfEveWho is Moonbeam13 , how would you describe yourself?Moonbeam13 I find this question to be s
Popular results for Browse Something for EveryoneThe deviantART community is incredibly deep and diverse. Every day, amazing art is produced that appeals to all tastes. Our goal in sharing and exposing the deviations in deviantART's Popular section is to showcase this depth and diversity as convincingly and fairly as we can. Fair ExposureDeviantART's algorithm for Popular browse results is known as Fair Exposure. The goal is to maximize the display of the most popular deviations in a variety of topics (styles/genres/art forms). Fair Exposure increases the probability that someone will see something that they personally like in Popular results. In short, with Fair Exposure, the community is exposed to a varied cross-section of deviantART. It uses an algorithm that is "fair" in nature -- meaning not biased toward any topic, yet still based on popularity. Why is Fair Exposure n
New Badge - I've Seen ItNew badge looks like this: http://parallellogic.deviantart.com/badges/7953466/To get the badge, click this link and use the right/left arrow keys to navigate the fella character to the bottom of the screen:http://www.deviantart.com/rabbithole/Note that this is a limited edition badgehttp://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?https://plus.google.com/108424020240415471405/posts/icDJmNeRnMsWhat does "I've Seen It" supposed to mean?dA has released a statement about the new logo and branding here:http://www.deviantart.com/ourstory/The new mobile app will be available December 10th.:iconspyed: says: Down the rabbit hole.Update 1: This badge is no more available. Looks like devart gave the last badge to SayuriIto on Dec 10, 2014 at 4:46pm and her badge is #160777. After that the Rabbithole game link redirected deviantART users to the deviantART Mobile website: http://www.deviantart.com/mobile/ .Upda
Happy Holidays from DeviantArt!‘Twas the night before Christmas on DeviantArt,Not a paintbrush was stirring, and creators took heart.The artists scrolled through Daily Deviations with careKnowing kindred warm-fuzzies soon would be there.Deviants were all swiping, all snug on their phonesWhile visions of inspiration across all time zonesWere zapped to their smart device, quick as can be,At the tap of a button in a +Fav’ing spree!When across the Interwebs there arose such a clatter,I sprang to the Comments to see what was the matter,“I’m bored,” the Journal wrote, “I’m on a long trip, too.I don’t have my laptop, and there’s nothing to do.”I cracked all my knuckles, settled down in my chair,Then descended upon the keyboard and wrote with a flair:“Dear Friend, did you not get DA’s early present?We now have an app, and it won’t cost you one cent!“On, Watch Feed! On, Browse! On, Explore! On, Today!Tap-and-hold to fave, sha
Site Update: Sending ValentinesIn our continuous effort to improve the DeviantArt experience, we're publishing weekly Site Updates to keep members informed and to gather feedback. Below is a list of recent changes to the site, bug fixes, and feedback that was brought up by members in the last Site Update.What's NewValentine's Day Art Exchange 2015Now's the time to share the love, because the Valentine's Day Art Exchange is in full swing! The "Send a Valentine" button is live, so you can send the digital valentines that deviants have created to your friends and loved ones. The World Map has also been updated to show Valentines being sent in live time!Check out the
Tag Pages: What You Need To KnowThe following journal applies to deviants who have access to our new tags feature that was launched to a small test audience last week. If you received the following Hot Topic in your Message Center, you likely have access to tags. If you didn’t receive the following Hot Topic, you likely don’t have access at this time. Sit tight, as we’ll be rolling out the release to a wider audience soon!Tags are our new way to label and create conversations around a topic. Tags can be used everywhere — in Status Updates, Collections, comments, deviation descriptions, or Journals. When clicked, you’ll discover a tag page full of content and activity around the topic.As someone in the test audience for tags, you’re among the first to see the beginnings of our tag system and we’d appreciate your feedback -- both in terms of what you think so far, and where’d you’d like to see things go in the future.Anatomy of a Tag Pag
Celebrating Deviousness - May 2013Deviousness AwardCongratulations to `anmariWindow into childish dreamsOlympiastadionHelvetica IIXWhat is this Awesome Achievement?The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.I heart deviantART
Community Operations Newsletter - July 2014Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Operations Newsletter. Following on from June's Newsletter, I'm going to provide you with further insight in to the Community Operations Department ., and the people who work there.Some StatisticsYou asked for more statistics! As you can see, at times there may be more tickets solved than were reported, and vice versa. This can be due to a high number of tickets concerning a high priority, which may have resulted in a small backlog developing in a lesser priority area. I think it's also fair to mention that during this reporting period a number of Comm Ops staff have been out on vacation, and we have also assisted the Retail Department in day to day tasks.In the Past Month we have received ;928 Bug Report Tickets2,065 General Help Tickets4,394 CEA Tickets
Celebrating Deviousness February 2014Deviousness Award Congratulations to SenshiStockSailor Angel 1Sailor Reading 2Collab Stock Girls DivineWhat is this Awesome Achievement?The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.
Artistic Journey Challenge WinnersOur Film. Our Journey.Paving a Path Through a Creative LifeVideo by Keith Fenter, kfenterIn the "What Does Your Artistic Journey Look Like?" Challenge, we asked the DeviantArt community
Goblins vs. Gnomes Challenge Winners In the Goblins vs. Gnomes Challenge, we asked you to create your own version of an inventive Gnome or fearless Goblin from Hearthstone. We sent 25 of your Goblin and Gnomish engineers, tinkerers, and mechanics to the Creative team at Blizzard, who took the time to carefully sift thro
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and got a full, insightful download. Then, we thought long and hard on how to pave a kindred and inspiring direction. As always, you are the center of it all -- and how to connect you with your community. 
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were sitting around thinking, hey it would be great to create a massive online art community wouldn't it? And then the yellow alien went off and wrote thousands of lines of alien code, and the pug ran around telling all his friends about this great new art site they had to check out. And when the alien was done coding, he told all his alien friends to come too! Once they'd all arrived, this heavenly new community came about and we all lived happily ever after. Until people started "first posting" and what not. But that's another story.
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Okay so this is a very important journal ( i understand that it's long) and i would like all of you to share/read/etc. because i feel like this problem has gotten out of hand. 
The Problem:
Identify The Problem!
… they do WONDERFUL things for this community in one way or another 
… we admire them; we love them; we would LOVE to get to know them a little more :iconloveloveplz: … Well now is your chance to see how they are, how they think, how ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL they are!!! :iconflyingheartsplz::iconlainloveplz::iconflyingheartsplz:
Something for Everyone
