The Poverty Draft, Politics, Symbols, and the inconvenience of being human.
Even in times of war, the Soldier as an individual is of no consequence. The Soldier is a symbol, a simple pawn in a culture war. The Soldier is either a villain, or a Hero. The Soldier always serves for the honor of his country, not his paycheck. The Soldier is faithful, as there are 'no atheists in the trenches'. The Soldier is Combat Arms. The Soldier is male, he married a young white girl, and he has a baby on the way, whom he has never met.
The Soldier is a romantic ideal.
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deviantARTtimes July 5th, 2009
=deviantARTtimes
reports, July 5
reports, July 5Providing you with Community News, Deviant News and more: read about what's going on on deviantART, find links to important contests and happenings, or simply be entertained. We are the deviantARTtimes - dA's leading news source.
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To cheeseburger or not to cheeseburger
*Halohid
reports, July 3
reports, July 3Body types in the world of internet modeling and how to respond with respect and compassion.
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A Feminist Perspective on Questionable Images
~sick-snowangel
reports, July 1
reports, July 1Sex and sexuality in art are some of my favorite things, and certainly sometimes arousal is part of this, but more importantly, it is FAR MORE than about simple arousal, as porn is. One of my deviantart friends, 
, said that art of a sexual nature can “ provoke thoughts about our dreams, fears, desires, and place in the world"...yes! Well done art that deals with sex exposes the soul of the subject or act in question, not just the naughty bits. I feel that any kind of work on this site that looks at sexuality in a thoughtful or artistic or critical or celebratory, etc. way is certainly appropriate content for an art site, because, of course, this work is actually ART.
, said that art of a sexual nature can “ provoke thoughts about our dreams, fears, desires, and place in the world"...yes! Well done art that deals with sex exposes the soul of the subject or act in question, not just the naughty bits. I feel that any kind of work on this site that looks at sexuality in a thoughtful or artistic or critical or celebratory, etc. way is certainly appropriate content for an art site, because, of course, this work is actually ART.35
So You Want (to) Critique.
=KneelingGlory
reports, July 2
reports, July 2Here is a two-fold guide for deviants wishing to receive critique as well as deviants who want to give constructive critiques.
685
Hate Mary Sues? Don't we all! (Part Two)
=dantesgirl
reports, June 29
reports, June 29A continuation of my unexpectedly-popular guide on Mary Sue prevention. In this Part, I will be critiquing a notoriously bad fanfiction - My Immortal. Thank you all for your current support!
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deviantARTtimes June 28th, 2009
=deviantARTtimes reports, June 28
reports, June 28Providing you with Community News, Deviant News and more: read about what's going on on deviantART, find links to important contests and happenings, or simply be entertained. We are the deviantARTtimes - dA's leading news source.
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30+ Coolest Business Cards to Inspire You
=M-PlayC3ll
reports, June 26
reports, June 26Always when you introduce your company it is fact the use of your business card. You want the primary feeling that is left with your client to convey the image and personality of your business to be a positive one. Here is the list of collection 30+ coolest business cards to inspire you.
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Misunderstood: The True Story of "Scary" Animals
=Flame-of-the-Phoenix
reports, June 26
reports, June 26** Part of my ongoing series of the Misunderstood. **
This article features: Scary Animals
Here you will find:
- features of numerous talented artists, from many forms of art
- fast, fun facts
- hopefully a new take on some animals society condemns and fears
This article features: Scary Animals
Here you will find:
- features of numerous talented artists, from many forms of art
- fast, fun facts
- hopefully a new take on some animals society condemns and fears
Editorials This Week
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deviantARTtimes July 5th, 2009
=deviantARTtimes reports, July 5
reports, July 5Providing you with Community News, Deviant News and more: read about what's going on on deviantART, find links to important contests and happenings, or simply be entertained. We are the deviantARTtimes - dA's leading news source.
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DENYING THE POVERTY DRAFT-THE SOLDIER AS A SYMBOL
=whitetrashpalace
reports, 1d 1h ago
reports, 1d 1h agoThe Poverty Draft, Politics, Symbols, and the inconvenience of being human.
Even in times of war, the Soldier as an individual is of no consequence. The Soldier is a symbol, a simple pawn in a culture war. The Soldier is either a villain, or a Hero. The Soldier always serves for the honor of his country, not his paycheck. The Soldier is faithful, as there are 'no atheists in the trenches'. The Soldier is Combat Arms. The Soldier is male, he married a young white girl, and he has a baby on the way, whom he has never met.
The Soldier is a romantic ideal.
Even in times of war, the Soldier as an individual is of no consequence. The Soldier is a symbol, a simple pawn in a culture war. The Soldier is either a villain, or a Hero. The Soldier always serves for the honor of his country, not his paycheck. The Soldier is faithful, as there are 'no atheists in the trenches'. The Soldier is Combat Arms. The Soldier is male, he married a young white girl, and he has a baby on the way, whom he has never met.
The Soldier is a romantic ideal.
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What Is An "Original Post" (OP)?</
*DAPoliticalForum
reports, July 5
reports, July 5
In the simplest terms, an OP, or Topic Thread, is a report of someone's actions, an issue, or of an event, which has not been previously reported, and which interests or affects significant segments of the Forum audience.8
Grammar: I can haz?
~Selenedragon
reports, 1d 18m ago
reports, 1d 18m agoWe all have grammar troubles sometime. Want some hints? Want to avoid some certain mistakes? Come and join! Class is about to start.
8
Scientology ads on DA
=realta-eireann
reports, 1d 14h ago
reports, 1d 14h agoDeviantART is displaying Ads for Scientology - it needs to stop!
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"Thanx Mr. Rorschach"
=dwk61
reports, 6h 44m ago
reports, 6h 44m agoMusic by the legendary Rex Illusivii (Suba) set to an extraordinary collection of suggestive artwork.
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Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 10 - Orcs
*ladyarah
reports, July 7
reports, July 7Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 10 - Orcs
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Du als führendes Licht und leuchtendes Beispiel?!
=Shadowelve
reports, 12h 25m ago
reports, 12h 25m agoMan muss kein Gallery Moderator sein oder ein extravagantes Zeichen neben seinem Usernamen haben, um andere Artists in der Lieblingsgallerie zu fördern! Lies weiter und finde heraus, wie du deine Ecke von dA besser machen kannst...
Originalartikel von ^RockstarVanity
Originalartikel von ^RockstarVanity
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Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?
~jjankk
reports, July 7
reports, July 7This is an extremely old article from 2005 but I found it interesting.
It explains how some graffiti artists began to sell their art for money. There are people in the world who think that graffiti is art and not vandalism and other who feel the opposite way. I feel like graffiti is a work of art and should not be banned or should not be against the law. Even though I consider graffiti art I don't think it should be sold to galleries and to people. I think graffiti was meant for the streets and that's where it should stay. What's your opinion on this topic?
It explains how some graffiti artists began to sell their art for money. There are people in the world who think that graffiti is art and not vandalism and other who feel the opposite way. I feel like graffiti is a work of art and should not be banned or should not be against the law. Even though I consider graffiti art I don't think it should be sold to galleries and to people. I think graffiti was meant for the streets and that's where it should stay. What's your opinion on this topic?
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DeviantArt: It's not all fanart and porn.
=HinoNeko
reports, November 20, 2007
reports, November 20, 2007Upon logging onto DA, one is bound to be confronted with fanart. Fanart, fanart, fanart, FANART. (This is assuming that your front page settings include the Popular section and/or, of course, the Fan Art section.)
Digging further into said Popular section, one can find countless photos and drawing of girls wearing the most fashionable varieties of nothing. It's enough to make one think that DA is overrun by fanart, girls in skimpy outfits, and fanart of girls in skimpy outfits - and many, apparently, do.
But is that assumption accurate?
I decided to test it out with one of DA's most overlooked tools: The Random Deviation button. (If you don't know what that is, scroll to the bottom of any DA page and click it. You'll get the idea pretty fast.)
But I didn't just click it once, oh no. Neko clicked it many, many times. The results, including some categories I tacked on, are as follows:
1. [link] - original drawing
2 . [link] - fanart (fan character)
3. [link] - photograph (object)
4. [link] - photograph (objects)
5. [link] - desktop screenshot
6. [link] - original drawing
7. [link] - original drawing
8. [link] - original drawing
9. [link] - original drawing
10. [link] - photograph (scenery)
11. [link] - photograph (eye)
12 . [link] - original drawing
13. [link] - fanart (Gundam Wing)
14. [link] - wallpaper
15. [link] - photograph (vehicle)
16. [link] - fanart (MegaTokyo)
17. [link] - fanart (Pokemon)
18. [link] - original comic (strip)
19. [link] - photograph (building/scenery)
20. [link] - original drawing
21. [link] - photograph (girl)
22 . [link] - sculpture
23. [link] - photograph (group)
24. [link] - original drawing
25. [link] - photograph (girl)
26. [link] - photograph (guy/scenery)
27. [link] - photograph (girl)
28. [link] - photograph (scenery)
29. [link] - photograph (animal)
30. [link] - photograph (duo)
31. [link] - photograph (animal)
32 . [link] - literature (poem)
33. [link] - original drawing
34. [link] - fanart (Invader Zim/Looney Tunes)
35. [link] - literature (poem)
36. [link] - original drawing
37. [link] - tattoo design
38. [link] - photograph (duo)
39. [link] - photograph (animal)
40. [link] - fanart (X-Men)
41. [link] - fanart (Naruto)
42 . [link] - fanart (Loveless)
43. [link] - pageview shot
44. [link] - photograph (building)
45. [link] - photograph (plant)
46. [link] - fanart (Batgirl)
47. [link] - fanart (Lion King)
48. [link] - resource (textures)
49. [link] - stamp
50. [link] - original comic (page)
51. [link] - photograph (guy)
52 . [link] - desktop screenshot
53. [link] - photomanipulation
54. [link] - original drawing
55. [link] - photograph (scenery)
56. [link] - photograph/literature (girl/poem)
57. [link] - photograph (costume)
58. [link] - 3D
59. [link] - desktop screenshot
60. [link] - original drawing
61. [link] - fanart (original character)
62 . [link] - fanart (South Park, + artist insert)
63. [link] - fanart (band, AFI)
64. [link] - photograph (object)
65. [link] - original drawing
66. [link] - original drawing
67. [link] - dyed fabric
68. [link] - photograph (scenery)
69. [link] - fanart (Gaia avatar)
70. [link] - photograph (scenery)
71. [link] - original drawing
72 . [link] - photograph (scenery)
73. [link] - literature (poem)
74. [link] - photograph (scenery)
75. [link] - original drawing
76. [link] - photograph (building)
77. [link] - original drawing
78. [link] - photograph (girl/object)
79. [link] - anthro/furry/fursona
80. [link] - photograph (animal)
81. [link] - photograph (duo)
82 . [link] - original drawing
83. [link] - photomanipulation
84. [link] - fractal
85. [link] - photograph (guy)
86. [link] - photograph (object)
87. [link] - photomanipulation
88. [link] - photograph (animal)
89. [link] - original drawing
90. [link] - vector
91. [link] - DA ID
92 . [link] - photograph (plant)
93. [link] - photograph (animal)
94. [link] - photograph (girl)
95. [link] - photograph (plant)
96. [link] - wallpaper
97. [link] - literature (poem)
98. [link] - DA ID
99. [link] - photograph (room)
100. [link] - photograph (clothing/girl)
Photographs - 40
Original drawings - 19
Fanart - 14
Literature - 4
Other - 23
Let's take a look at that second list. Let it sink in. Photographs outnumber every other category, not just slightly, but overwhelmingly. Fanart, meanwhile, sits in at a cozy little 14/100 - not even a fifth of the entire list.
Another interesting note is that most of the fanart isn't Naruto/Bleach/Kingdom Hearts, the examples that most point to when complaining about the "flood" of fanart on DA. (In fact, Naruto is the only such fandom represented.) Anime-related fanart only counts for 5 of the 14 fanarts, and two of those are arguable - one is of a fan-character, and another is of Pokemon, a franchise that could count as either anime or game.
One other striking result is that of literature. For one, it makes up a very small percent of the total results - not itself surprising, as DA does in general lean towards visual arts such as paintings and photography. Also, all the literature results here are poetry, and relatively short. Whether that's pure coincidence or a measure of DA as a whole is up to interpretation. ;]
I will admit, there were a few results that did pop up that I did not include in the final toll. However, these results were not excluded due to their content, but rather due to factors such as category confusion, (Where I was unable to think of one or even a combo of categories that applied.) failure to load properly, or due to a lack of "artsiness", as in one case where a "literature" Deviation was little more than one line of gobbledygook. You'll have to do better than that, dude.
One thing I did not leave out was art hidden behind a Mature Content filter, or artwork that was clearly erotic/fetishistic. Yet said images do not appear in the results. That's right: out of 100+ random Deviations, not-a-one was raunchy enough to find itself banned from, say, network television. (There are a handful of results that I myself believe are meant to look "sexy", though that could always just be a disagreement between artist intent and my own sensibilities.)
So, there you go. The moral/point of this article? Essentially, that things one finds in the Popular section are not necessarily a reflection on DA as a whole, and that fanart and porny pictures aren't as big of a "problem" as some think they are. :]
NOTE: This is my very first news submission, so if I've grossly miscategorized this, let me know. Editorials seems like a fitting place for this, but the articles currently in the section are pretty varied, making it hard to tell what the standard is.
Digging further into said Popular section, one can find countless photos and drawing of girls wearing the most fashionable varieties of nothing. It's enough to make one think that DA is overrun by fanart, girls in skimpy outfits, and fanart of girls in skimpy outfits - and many, apparently, do.
But is that assumption accurate?
I decided to test it out with one of DA's most overlooked tools: The Random Deviation button. (If you don't know what that is, scroll to the bottom of any DA page and click it. You'll get the idea pretty fast.)
But I didn't just click it once, oh no. Neko clicked it many, many times. The results, including some categories I tacked on, are as follows:
1. [link] - original drawing
2 . [link] - fanart (fan character)
3. [link] - photograph (object)
4. [link] - photograph (objects)
5. [link] - desktop screenshot
6. [link] - original drawing
7. [link] - original drawing
8. [link] - original drawing
9. [link] - original drawing
10. [link] - photograph (scenery)
11. [link] - photograph (eye)
12 . [link] - original drawing
13. [link] - fanart (Gundam Wing)
14. [link] - wallpaper
15. [link] - photograph (vehicle)
16. [link] - fanart (MegaTokyo)
17. [link] - fanart (Pokemon)
18. [link] - original comic (strip)
19. [link] - photograph (building/scenery)
20. [link] - original drawing
21. [link] - photograph (girl)
22 . [link] - sculpture
23. [link] - photograph (group)
24. [link] - original drawing
25. [link] - photograph (girl)
26. [link] - photograph (guy/scenery)
27. [link] - photograph (girl)
28. [link] - photograph (scenery)
29. [link] - photograph (animal)
30. [link] - photograph (duo)
31. [link] - photograph (animal)
32 . [link] - literature (poem)
33. [link] - original drawing
34. [link] - fanart (Invader Zim/Looney Tunes)
35. [link] - literature (poem)
36. [link] - original drawing
37. [link] - tattoo design
38. [link] - photograph (duo)
39. [link] - photograph (animal)
40. [link] - fanart (X-Men)
41. [link] - fanart (Naruto)
42 . [link] - fanart (Loveless)
43. [link] - pageview shot
44. [link] - photograph (building)
45. [link] - photograph (plant)
46. [link] - fanart (Batgirl)
47. [link] - fanart (Lion King)
48. [link] - resource (textures)
49. [link] - stamp
50. [link] - original comic (page)
51. [link] - photograph (guy)
52 . [link] - desktop screenshot
53. [link] - photomanipulation
54. [link] - original drawing
55. [link] - photograph (scenery)
56. [link] - photograph/literature (girl/poem)
57. [link] - photograph (costume)
58. [link] - 3D
59. [link] - desktop screenshot
60. [link] - original drawing
61. [link] - fanart (original character)
62 . [link] - fanart (South Park, + artist insert)
63. [link] - fanart (band, AFI)
64. [link] - photograph (object)
65. [link] - original drawing
66. [link] - original drawing
67. [link] - dyed fabric
68. [link] - photograph (scenery)
69. [link] - fanart (Gaia avatar)
70. [link] - photograph (scenery)
71. [link] - original drawing
72 . [link] - photograph (scenery)
73. [link] - literature (poem)
74. [link] - photograph (scenery)
75. [link] - original drawing
76. [link] - photograph (building)
77. [link] - original drawing
78. [link] - photograph (girl/object)
79. [link] - anthro/furry/fursona
80. [link] - photograph (animal)
81. [link] - photograph (duo)
82 . [link] - original drawing
83. [link] - photomanipulation
84. [link] - fractal
85. [link] - photograph (guy)
86. [link] - photograph (object)
87. [link] - photomanipulation
88. [link] - photograph (animal)
89. [link] - original drawing
90. [link] - vector
91. [link] - DA ID
92 . [link] - photograph (plant)
93. [link] - photograph (animal)
94. [link] - photograph (girl)
95. [link] - photograph (plant)
96. [link] - wallpaper
97. [link] - literature (poem)
98. [link] - DA ID
99. [link] - photograph (room)
100. [link] - photograph (clothing/girl)
Photographs - 40
Original drawings - 19
Fanart - 14
Literature - 4
Other - 23
Let's take a look at that second list. Let it sink in. Photographs outnumber every other category, not just slightly, but overwhelmingly. Fanart, meanwhile, sits in at a cozy little 14/100 - not even a fifth of the entire list.
Another interesting note is that most of the fanart isn't Naruto/Bleach/Kingdom Hearts, the examples that most point to when complaining about the "flood" of fanart on DA. (In fact, Naruto is the only such fandom represented.) Anime-related fanart only counts for 5 of the 14 fanarts, and two of those are arguable - one is of a fan-character, and another is of Pokemon, a franchise that could count as either anime or game.
One other striking result is that of literature. For one, it makes up a very small percent of the total results - not itself surprising, as DA does in general lean towards visual arts such as paintings and photography. Also, all the literature results here are poetry, and relatively short. Whether that's pure coincidence or a measure of DA as a whole is up to interpretation. ;]
I will admit, there were a few results that did pop up that I did not include in the final toll. However, these results were not excluded due to their content, but rather due to factors such as category confusion, (Where I was unable to think of one or even a combo of categories that applied.) failure to load properly, or due to a lack of "artsiness", as in one case where a "literature" Deviation was little more than one line of gobbledygook. You'll have to do better than that, dude.
One thing I did not leave out was art hidden behind a Mature Content filter, or artwork that was clearly erotic/fetishistic. Yet said images do not appear in the results. That's right: out of 100+ random Deviations, not-a-one was raunchy enough to find itself banned from, say, network television. (There are a handful of results that I myself believe are meant to look "sexy", though that could always just be a disagreement between artist intent and my own sensibilities.)
So, there you go. The moral/point of this article? Essentially, that things one finds in the Popular section are not necessarily a reflection on DA as a whole, and that fanart and porny pictures aren't as big of a "problem" as some think they are. :]
NOTE: This is my very first news submission, so if I've grossly miscategorized this, let me know. Editorials seems like a fitting place for this, but the articles currently in the section are pretty varied, making it hard to tell what the standard is.
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What's a Lezithian you ask? Well...I'm still trying to figure that one out!
Though yes, I do agree, it's good to spread one's artistic wings! Cross genres, mediums, styles, everything! x3
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That's one of the reasons I included the categories next to the links, so people wouldn't have to plow through everything to get my point. :]
Anywho, this isn't meant to discourage you. It's just something to keep in mind for next time.
wow clicking through 100 deviations must have taken a while..O_o good on ya for doing it!!
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I enjoy fanart as the next person but to much of it is just.... to much. This is a great editorial article & I agree. Truthfully, I've kept my eyes on the DD's lately.
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