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An Observation of deviantART

*ProjectComment:iconProjectComment: reports, November 29
Discussing page views, activity and popularity, ~ChaoticSkye explores the inner workings of the community on deviantART from her point of view.

Although this does not apply to everyone, we hope the article is a worthwhile read and that the majority perceive things from a different point of view from reading this.

Daily deviations explicadas por expertas!

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, November 26
Estas tres chicas son expertas en el tema de sugerir Daily Deviations, ellas 3 suman cientos de DDs aceptas y publicadas en deviantART.

Entiende de una vez por todas el tema de las Daily Deviations…

How to?

=morbidthegrim:iconmorbidthegrim: reports, November 27
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A Guide For Help To Become Good - And Respected

*llama-doll:iconllama-doll: reports, November 25
A guide for help to become good - and respected.

llama doll

Art Thieves- Learn to spot them!

~Azureluck:iconAzureluck: reports, November 25
Feeling suspicious about an art that appears to be stolen? Here are some things that make art theft easier to spot.

Establishing a Process for Better Art

`Rahll:iconRahll: reports, November 23
In this article I'll talk about establishing a process of working on art that will help you turn out much better work without as much struggling or confusion.

¿Porqué desaparece una Daily Deviation?

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, November 23
¿Porqué desaparece una Daily Deviation?

Suicide Survivors Day - 22nd November

~shadowlight-oak:iconshadowlight-oak: reports, November 21
For every person who dies from suicide 20 more attempt but survive

Project Comment: Around dA Issue 5

*ProjectComment:iconProjectComment: reports, November 22
Project Comment is all about the community, so instead of just sticking to one thing and effectively closing all our walls and doors, we’re issuing a weekly Around dA, Project Comment style.

This news article includes things you can take part of (Groups, Features, Projects and More!), FAQs and Tuts, Guides and Resources. Each category is limited to only five things so that you have time to visit each individually.

Have something to suggest? Note us! :D

Challenging Yourself to Become a Better Artist

`Rahll:iconRahll: reports, November 21
Becoming a better artist means knowing how to challenge yourself, and maintaining a positive attitude even when nothing seems to be working out the way you want it to.

This article explores how to push yourself to do things you never thought you could do.

Editorials This Week

An Observation of deviantART

*ProjectComment:iconProjectComment: reports, November 29
Discussing page views, activity and popularity, ~ChaoticSkye explores the inner workings of the community on deviantART from her point of view.

Although this does not apply to everyone, we hope the article is a worthwhile read and that the majority perceive things from a different point of view from reading this.

How to?

=morbidthegrim:iconmorbidthegrim: reports, November 27
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Daily deviations explicadas por expertas!

=noticias:iconnoticias: reports, November 26
Estas tres chicas son expertas en el tema de sugerir Daily Deviations, ellas 3 suman cientos de DDs aceptas y publicadas en deviantART.

Entiende de una vez por todas el tema de las Daily Deviations…

What not to say to artists.

~MyaChan13:iconMyaChan13: reports, November 28
Think before you comment. 4 things you should keep in mind before saying something.

PanoramaClub November 2009 Submissions

=PanoramaClub:iconPanoramaClub: reports, 1d 16h ago
Here are the deviations submitted to the =PanoramaClub during October 2009. You may visit our Collection for 2009.11 or visit the thumbs below...
No comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Guymer

Daily Deviations - The 'Do's and 'Don't's

*llama-doll:iconllama-doll: reports, 2d 16h ago
DD dos and donts llama doll

Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 24 - Drow

~ladyarah:iconladyarah: reports, 1d 5h ago
Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 24 - Drow

Correcting Peoples Attitude About Art and Artists

=Ditroi:iconDitroi: reports, November 28
As a working artist, as an art teacher and as a person who remembers her childhood really clearly... let me say this...

The Stigma of Suicide

~ShatterTheStigma:iconShatterTheStigma: reports, 1d 5h ago
stigma is our enermy

An Attitude Change About Yourself

=Ditroi:iconDitroi: reports, 4h 4m ago
For artists and non-artists that are depressed and feel down on their luck because of the economy.

Editorials


Deviation vs. Scrap

=confused-equine:iconconfused-equine: reports, November 23, 2006
I'll just state the obvious - deviantART is an art community.

So, why do so many deviants insist on submitting random pictures of two of their friends at a party with no respect to, well, anything?

Newsflash - this is not MySpace. This is not an online photo album. It's a gallery. If you want to submit random pictures of you and your friends, submit them as scraps. They are not art, and frankly, are an insult to what truly is art.

Before submitting a deviation, I suggest you question its purpose. Would you like to see this piece framed and showed in an art exhibit? If so, submit it as a deviation. We don't see sketches on notebook paper (unless it was done purposefully) framed in a gallery, do we? We don't see inartistic snapshots of ourselves and our friends, do we? No, these are the things that may be in a little frame on your desk, if they're even good enough for that - you know, pictures of your family, friends, etc. A photo album, even.

Now, I'm not claiming that every deviation should be an incredible example of art. However, I am saying that your art should exemplify your talent, the best of your work. Don't degrade yourself.

Devious Comments

:iconwarensemble:
agreed. it can be frustrating to find such things in ppls gallerys

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The pattern in the Chaos
:iconalteru:
Um.... yeah.................


Gonna have to go ahead and not agree with you.


Here's the unwritten rule:

Good art is creative, bad art is destructive.


and...

this seems kind of destructive.


If you don't think it's art, then don't look at it. It will only making yours look better by comparison anyway.

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us,
or we find it not.

EMERSON
:iconconfused-equine:
I don't quite understand.


Good art is creative, bad art is destructive.


and...

this seems kind of destructive.


My news article was not art. In fact, it was basically arguing that very point.

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But I'm getting better at fighting the future.
Someday you'll be fine.
Yes, I'll be just fine.

:iconstykera:
Sometimes it's a good thing to be destructive. The world is not a nice place, and art ought to acknowledge that on occasion.

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The Stig
Customer Service Representative
Community Operations, deviantART, Inc.
:iconalteru:
creatively.

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us,
or we find it not.

EMERSON
:iconbadfurday:
Art is not objective, it is subjective.

Only the artist can judge what is art to him and what is not. Sometimes, his art is not appreciated by the others, but still, he likes what he does, and it is art from the simple fact that (s)he created it believing it was art.

There can be art even in a webcam shot for an ID picture (even though I never saw anything that I could call art myself through a myspace-like picture...)



However, I'll have to agree with your point, sometimes it's annoying to have all these anime fanboys and myspace whores around, but just leave them alone and ignore their art rather than attack them.
The world is large enough for everyone.
Keep what you have, and don't destroy other people's belonging just because you don't like them.
:iconimroy:
I agree whole-heartedly! One of the great things about dA is the inspiration I receive from other people's works. But when I go into a section and see snapshots of peoples' parties, get-togethers, or even pets - well it makes me wonder "what's the point?"

The problem is, what do you say or do? So many times I want to scream "take it to flickr or myspace!", but that would be rude. I'd love some templates for this sort of thing, like on Wikipedia. Firing off a {{notart}} would be so much simpler...
:icongeronimo89:
Not the content is in no way important for how much "art" it is. The intention is most important for the piece. No one can decide what art is, because everybody has a different point of view.
I agree with you in the point that people really should not use it as a photoalbum. There are other services for that like flickr or picasa webs.
But you can't just say:"This is not art!". Only if the people insist it themself ;)

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greetings ~geronimo89:meditation:

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
Benjamin Franklin
:iconfrictiondesign:
I agree with you 100%. Whenever this issue is brought up anywhere, its met with a million comments like "who are you to say whats art and what isn't?" (see above).

The fact of the matter is, the people who do whats being described here aren't submitting pictures of their highschool buddies because they feel its a fantastic piece of art. They're doing it because they can and they have no regard for the purpose of DA or quality of their gallery as a whole.

If someone submits things like this because they genuinely think its artistic (even if we don't agree), more power to them. Thats not the case with most of them, though. They do it because they can, and thats it. The argument that "you can't judge what is art" just doesn't hold up when even the artist doesn't even mean for it to be art.

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friction.fotografie | da prints | etsy prints
:iconocelotrevs:
i see where you're coming from with this.
it's from people taking photos of their arse and stuff, to this.

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