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Giving to those who are truly in need

=ImaRawkStar:iconImaRawkStar: reports, December 23
This is the time of year of which we all get tangled up in our own troubles and do not focus on some of the real issues of the world. Well, heifer.org can help us with this, by giving animals to families who are truly in need of food, shelter and security.

By donating a small sum of money, such as ten to twenty dollars, you could provide a family with an animal such as a cow, which could produce milk for the family, for food and cooking. With the extra milk it produces, the family can go to the local market and sell the milk to gain more money, which could go towards food and shelter. Over time, the family will start to gain an income and will be able to earn an education.

With the education, they can receive a steady job and produce a stable income for the family to survive. Just by donating a small sum of money, you could not change one life, but many around them. But this is not just it, the family MUST produce offspring to give to another family, which will do the same thing as the family before. Over time, the community will grow and sooner or later, the impoverished areas will start to gain strength.


Even if you can not donate any money, please donate a few seconds or minutes by adding a favorite to this article and sending it on to other deviants around deviantart. It would be really awesome if we could get some support on this, and maybe as an art community we can pull together to help others in need! I know it can be done!

When did we start hating everything?

`Rahll:iconRahll: reports, December 23
When did it suddenly become cool to hate everything? It's a growing problem, especially in the entertainment world, and no one benefits from an increasingly hard to please, pessimistic audience.
370 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Tjers

Art Theft; Harassment is not the answer

*RSR-Productions:iconRSR-Productions: reports, December 21
We are not e-thugs, we're just artists who want to take care of our community.
10 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Tjers

Why the @#$% should I care about Art Theft?!

*KikaiSaigono:iconKikaiSaigono: reports, December 21
Why the @#$% should YOU care about art theft? The answer may surprise you. A few tips for art thieves, those who report them, and dA staff on how to better prevent art theft, and make dA a real art site once more.
42 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Tjers

A NEW PLACE TO PLAY

*dA-Morgue:icondA-Morgue: reports, December 20
Warning:
This article may contain disturbing or offensive images. Please proceed with that in mind

We could have done it on Halloween, but no. I have to wait till Christmas to announce a new "Dark Club"
On December 13th :iconda-morgue: *dA-Morgue opened its doors.

Differences -- America & England -- A must read!!!

*llama-doll:iconllama-doll: reports, December 12
Differences between systems in america and england, a must read, school systems, currency, slang, law

Loss of faith...

~DouglassDumas:iconDouglassDumas: reports, December 8
DA policies and double standards.

Horror News.

=mzscarecrow1313:iconmzscarecrow1313: reports, December 8
Horror News straight from the Harleyquinn and her Babies

Photo-manipulation: A Beginner's Hand Guide

=Emerald-Depths:iconEmerald-Depths: reports, December 7
Don't know what photo-manipulation is, or do you want to try it but don't know where to begin?

This article contains frequently asked questions (with answers) involving the process.

Project Comment: Around dA Issue 6

#ProjectComment:iconProjectComment: reports, December 6
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

Editorials This Week

When did we start hating everything?

`Rahll:iconRahll: reports, December 23
When did it suddenly become cool to hate everything? It's a growing problem, especially in the entertainment world, and no one benefits from an increasingly hard to please, pessimistic audience.
370 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Tjers

Why the @#$% should I care about Art Theft?!

*KikaiSaigono:iconKikaiSaigono: reports, December 21
Why the @#$% should YOU care about art theft? The answer may surprise you. A few tips for art thieves, those who report them, and dA staff on how to better prevent art theft, and make dA a real art site once more.
42 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Tjers

Art Theft; Harassment is not the answer

*RSR-Productions:iconRSR-Productions: reports, December 21
We are not e-thugs, we're just artists who want to take care of our community.
10 comments   Editorials  Last +fav: =Tjers

Giving to those who are truly in need

=ImaRawkStar:iconImaRawkStar: reports, December 23
This is the time of year of which we all get tangled up in our own troubles and do not focus on some of the real issues of the world. Well, heifer.org can help us with this, by giving animals to families who are truly in need of food, shelter and security.

By donating a small sum of money, such as ten to twenty dollars, you could provide a family with an animal such as a cow, which could produce milk for the family, for food and cooking. With the extra milk it produces, the family can go to the local market and sell the milk to gain more money, which could go towards food and shelter. Over time, the family will start to gain an income and will be able to earn an education.

With the education, they can receive a steady job and produce a stable income for the family to survive. Just by donating a small sum of money, you could not change one life, but many around them. But this is not just it, the family MUST produce offspring to give to another family, which will do the same thing as the family before. Over time, the community will grow and sooner or later, the impoverished areas will start to gain strength.


Even if you can not donate any money, please donate a few seconds or minutes by adding a favorite to this article and sending it on to other deviants around deviantart. It would be really awesome if we could get some support on this, and maybe as an art community we can pull together to help others in need! I know it can be done!

Welcome to socialist america.

~Hell-butterfly45:iconHell-butterfly45: reports, December 22
What's happening to America. (All complaints will be ignored)

SAAM Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April

=crystalofchaos:iconcrystalofchaos: reports, 1d 3h ago
Rape is not just a crime, it is a heinous and personal invasion on the most intimate of levels. Rape destroys lives and belittles its victims. End the silence, conquer fear, and speak up. We need to raise awareness and help prevent this inhumane crime.

Is Facebook ruining your social circle?

~TocTicTocTic:iconTocTicTocTic: reports, 3h 32m ago
Is Facebook ruining your social circle?

According to HealingMercy, a six year member of dA, a number of friends and family members in her Facebook account have been spreading rumors of her activities offline, as well as their own...with her.

Happy Christmas!

~Hell-butterfly45:iconHell-butterfly45: reports, December 24
Let's just enjoy ourselves for one day.
No comments   Editorials  Last +fav: Nobody

Editorials


Common Sense: Supporters, please stand up.

!Ryusei-Forever:iconRyusei-Forever: reports, May 3, 2008
Alright, so I'm looking on Deviantart and checking out some new deviations that have just popped up. I click one that I see I might like and I skim the description and title. So I like the work. I then go down, make a comment and--if I like it enough--place in a favorite.

Sure, that's a everyday thing for the users on Deviantart.com but on this everyday road through the site, I've finally decided to comment on something that ruins the notion of common sense and sends tempers through the roof: people who flame art. This is not a rant. This is rather...a suggestion for people who lack the common sense to just leave. Now, where I come from is America. As much as it seems a dictatorship in some areas, people would argue, America is not a tyrant country. We the People of the United States have the power to come and go, doing things as we please. So why is it that so many people are compelled to rant and rave on a deviation that they personally think is distasteful?

Let's pick a typical theme I see out there: yaoi. It's the romantic inclination for boy on boy contact. There is no reason for a person who does not like yaoi to click on a fanfiction that says 'John Doe x Josh Doe', click on the mature content blocker, read the description at the bottom AND in the deviation itself that says 'this contains yaoi/shounen-ai/boy love/homosexuality', and then continue to proceed to comment with 'that was horrible and disgusting. How could you write that? You're going to hell.'

There is such a thing as the 'back' button. There is such a thing as the skill called 'reading'. There is such a thing called the 'x' button in the upper righthand corner. There is such a thing called common sense, which people seem to throw out the window whenever something they don't like comes there way. If you always get hit with a rock whenever you drive on a country road, then you stop taking on that road. You don't keep driving on it!

We're not going to hate you if you dislike a certain type of art, but there's no reason for you to go out of your own way just to type some kind of hurtful comment that that deviant didn't even deserve. Just go back to your safe little corner and leave the big bad mature content stuff alone. All you're doing is giving that genre a bad name, and that's not what art is about. Art is about sharing the emotional and physical gratification of beauty and thought with others and giving the feedback it needs. Flaming and positive criticism are two totally different things. Please take that to heart, okay? :)

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:iconshadowjirachi:
I totally agree with you. I hate seeing people who flame others just for apparent reason. It ticks me off! They should be able to tolerate it and if not, just click back. "If you can't think of anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"

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:iconshadowjirachi:
no apparent reason*
Sorry ^^;

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"Shin no tatakai wa... korekara da!"- "From now on... This is the battle OR the true battle... starts here!" - Roy SSBM

Is the owner of the ~LunethxArc-Fans and ~KentxSain-Fanclub (If you want to join send me a note :3)
:iconninjaheart:
*claps* I agree completely.

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Member of KeybladeGang, the-twili-tribe, and the BleachPokemonFanClub
I am a Saiyan Ninja from the Village Hidden By The Apes
:iconchibiwolf1005:
-nods- I take action on that. If I see someone who's flamed a piece of art, I yell at them and tell them why they're wrong.

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Proud founder/member of ~ManekiNekoCosplay

You just lost The Game!

"Nothing brings us down."~Gray

I love anime so much Naruto can't even believe it.
:iconmiyukitty:
Erm... Doesn't that make you just as bad...? ^^;

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:iconmiyukitty:
Well-written and true! :hug: I've never understood why some people are so inclined to comment negatively, when they could just as easily walk away and ignore it... If people flame on my deviations, I just hide their comments so they can't offend anyone else. :aww:

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Commissions closed for the holidays. Merry Christmas!
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:iconuchihalynn:
Ryusei, you are a genius. :clap:

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You can pick your nose... :picknose:


But you can't pick your friend's nose... :paranoid:
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~Dimentio
His similes are EPIC.
:iconchibiwolf1005:
No, because I have my reason to yell at them and tell them that the artist doesn't deserve that.

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Proud founder/member of ~ManekiNekoCosplay

You just lost The Game!

"Nothing brings us down."~Gray

I love anime so much Naruto can't even believe it.
:iconkatlachan:
Hell yeah! People need to quit flaming others for no reason. People are just self concious about their own art and decide to flame others to make themselves feel better. Use your common sense people! Thanks Ryusei for pointing it out.

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I may not be liked by everyone, but atleast I am true to myself. ^__^
 

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