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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.

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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.
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¿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.

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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.

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.

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Think before you comment. 4 things you should keep in mind before saying something.

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

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PanoramaClub November 2009 Submissions

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Here are the deviations submitted to the =PanoramaClub during October 2009. You may visit our Collection for 2009.11 or visit the thumbs below...
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Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 24 - Drow

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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

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An Attitude Change About Yourself

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For artists and non-artists that are depressed and feel down on their luck because of the economy.

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What really happens when you take your pet to the

~kakiii:iconkakiii: reports, April 13, 2007
I am posting this (and it is long) because I think our society needs a huge wake-up call. As a shelter manager, I am going to share a little insight with you all - a view from the inside, if you will.

Maybe if you saw the life drain from a few sad, lost, confused eyes, you would change your mind about breeding and selling to people you don’t even know - that puppy you just sold will most likely end up in my shelter when it’s not a cute little puppy anymore. How would you feel if you knew that there’s about a 90% chance that dog will never walk out of the shelter it is going to be dumped at - purebred or not!

About 50% of all of the dogs that are “owner surrenders” or “strays” that come into my shelter are purebred dogs. The most common excuses I hear are:

We are moving and we can’t take our dog (or cat). Really? Where are you moving to that doesn’t allow pets? . The dog got bigger than we thought it would. How big did you think a German Shepherd would get? . We don’t have time for her. Really? I work a 10-12 hour day and still have time for my 6 dogs! . She’s tearing up our yard. How about bringing her inside, making her a part of your family?

They always tell me, “We just don’t want to have to stress about finding a place for her. We know she’ll get adopted - she’s a good dog”. Odds are your pet won’t get adopted, and how stressful do you think being in a shelter is?

Your pet has 72 hours to find a new family from the moment you drop it off, sometimes a little longer if the shelter isn’t full and your dog manages to stay completely healthy. If it sniffles, it dies. Your pet will be confined to a small run / kennel in a room with about 25 other barking or crying animals. It will have to relieve itself where it eats and sleeps. It will be depressed and it will cry constantly for the family that abandoned it. If your pet is lucky, I will have enough volunteers that day to take him / her for a walk. If I don’t, your pet won’t get any attention besides having a bowl of food slid under the kennel door and the waste sprayed out of its pen with a high-powered hose.

If your dog is big, black or any of the “bully” breeds (pit bull, rottweiler, mastiff, etc) it was pretty much dead when you walked it through the front door. Those dogs just don’t get adopted. If your dog doesn’t get adopted within its 72 hours and the shelter is full, it will be destroyed.

If the shelter isn’t full and your dog is good enough, and of a desirable enough breed, it may get a stay of execution, though not for long.

Most pets get very kennel protective after about a week and are destroyed for showing aggression. Even the sweetest dogs will turn in this environment. If your pet makes it over all of those hurdles, chances are it will get kennel cough or an upper respiratory infection and will be destroyed because shelters just don’t have the funds to pay for even a $100 treatment.

Here’s a little euthanasia 101 for those of you that have never witnessed a perfectly healthy, scared animal being “put-down”. First, your pet will be taken from its kennel on a leash. They always look like they think they are going for a walk - happy, wagging their tails. That is, until they get to “The Room”, when every one of them freaks out and puts on the breaks when we get to the door. It must smell like death, or they can feel the sad souls that are left in there. It’s strange, but it happens with every one of them.

Your dog or cat will be restrained, held down by 1 or 2 vet techs (depending on their size and how freaked out they are). A euthanasia tech or a vet will start the process. They find a vein in the front leg and inject a lethal dose of the “pink stuff”.

Hopefully your pet doesn’t panic from being restrained and jerk it's leg. I’ve seen the needles tear out of a leg and been covered with the resulting blood, and been deafened by the yelps and screams. They all don’t just “go to sleep” - sometimes they spasm for a while, gasp for air and defecate on themselves.

When it all ends, your pet's corpse will be stacked like firewood in a large freezer in the back, with all of the other animals that were killed, waiting to be picked up like garbage. What happens next? Cremated? Taken to the dump? Rendered into pet food? You’ll never know, and it probably won’t even cross your mind. It was just an animal, and you can always buy another one, right?

I hope that those of you that have read this are bawling your eyes out and can’t get the pictures out of your head. I do everyday on the way home from work. I hate my job, I hate that it exists and I hate that it will always be there unless people make some changes and realize that the lives you are affecting go much farther than the pets you dump at a shelter.

Between 9 and 11 MILLION animals die every year in shelters and only you can stop it. I do my best to save every life I can but rescues are always full, and there are more animals coming in everyday than there are homes.

My point to all of this is DON’T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER PETS DIE! Hate me if you want to - the truth hurts and reality is what it is. I just hope I maybe changed one person's mind about breeding their dog, taking their loving pet to a shelter, or buying a dog. I hope that someone will walk into my shelter and say “I saw this thing on deviantART and it made me want to adopt”. That would make it all worth it.

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:icondemonicintuition:
God that makes me feel so sad :sniff: I've never had a pet myself, but it really does make me spare a thought for all the lost, strays and left-behinds that go your way :tears:

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:icondevils-horizon:
That is truely sickening; but so the truth! I am speehless to tell you the truth, I honestly don't know what to say. ;___;

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:iconcompugeek722:
I'm not a breeder but it sure makes me want to get a pet from a shelter no matter what the circumstances... and to think if this was humans what an uproar we'd have.... We were thinking about it just recently as a matter of fact.... my husband had said something about getting a pet from the shelter and I told him most of the shelters around here give them for free except for shots and what not because its either that or the animals die and he couldn't believe that they just kill them like that... this is sad but like you I hope this changes the minds of people who may not know the truth... horrifying but good article...

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:iconchakrabird:
:-(

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:iconemopizza:
You made me cry.
This is why I can't get pets in the first place. It makes me too sad when they die.

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:iconthe-raven-hunter:
Graphic... but it needs to be. I hope this changes the minds of many people.
:iconpurplerose:
I'm glad someone took the time to wirte this out, because not many people actually know the truth about shelters.

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:tears:

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:iconkuschelirmel:
if you can't care for a pet, then don't get one.
even if the truth about shelters were not so ugly, the fact is that if you put it on yourself to care for something alive (be it a pet or a child) you're in it come hell or high water. There is no excuse for running away from responsibility like that.
Sadly, you hear it over and over again.

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:iconcalypso-ash:
:clap: Very well put!

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