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Wonderful World Fire and Ice Contest Winners!

=Wonderful-World:iconWonderful-World: reports, December 17
Winners and those that entered in the Wonderful World's Fire and Ice Contest!
9 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~Liebe-Siegt-Alles
22

The Color-Me-Club introduces_New Submission System

#color-me-club:iconcolor-me-club: reports, December 8
The new method the Color-Me-Club will be displaying artwork to its members. The steps to submitting line art, however, remains completely unchanged, so worry not line artists!
34 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: *daze-into-verity
14

Live-Love-Write Updates, Dec. 5, 2009

#Live-Love-Write:iconLive-Love-Write: reports, December 5
Updates from *Live-Love-Write as of December 5, 2009
5 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: `ATrue
13

Feelings Of Autumn Contest Winners

#Live-Love-Write:iconLive-Love-Write: reports, December 4
Feelings of Autumn Contest Winners from *Live-Love-Write
7 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~Void-Hamlet-Herself
33

Gaia Online is Hiring!

*Derlaine8:iconDerlaine8: reports, December 3
Gaia Online is Hiring!
116 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~narutard94
17

Open Admin Positions!

#Live-Love-Write:iconLive-Love-Write: reports, December 2
Admin Positions Open for *Live-Love-Write
7 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: !SnowleafLotus
18

Feelings of Autumn Finalists

#Live-Love-Write:iconLive-Love-Write: reports, December 1
Feelings of Autumn Contest Finalist

*Live-Love-Write
11 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~Void-Hamlet-Herself
55

The Wonderful World's Fire and Ice Contest

=Wonderful-World:iconWonderful-World: reports, November 30
The Wonderful-World Club :iconwonderful-world: would like to annouce the launch of the "Fire and Ice" Contest for its members.
No comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~archia01
13

Agregada categorķa "Members" a los Grupos en dA.

#noticias:iconnoticias: reports, November 24
De acuerdo con el blog del Staff de deviantART, una nueva categoría de miembros ha sido agregada a los futuros Grupos. La misma, denominada Members (miembros), tendrá la habilidad de contribuir a los grupos pero no poderes de moderación. Para más información (en inglés), haz click en el título de esta noticia.


Noticia preparada para =noticias por `kasumichan2003.
6 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ^znow-white
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Wonderful World Fire and Ice Contest Winners!

=Wonderful-World:iconWonderful-World: reports, December 17
Winners and those that entered in the Wonderful World's Fire and Ice Contest!
9 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~Liebe-Siegt-Alles
9

Christmas time

~snowflake-123:iconsnowflake-123: reports, 2d 16h ago
Here's some peoples' work that I really liked, and I think that they are all great concepts of Christmas and winter. =]
12 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: =alejka
5

Presenting... #commissions-and-more!

=squidlarkin:iconsquidlarkin: reports, 13h 18m ago
#commissions-and-more is a group all about commissions, art trades, requests, and collabs.

Read on to learn all about the group, and it's current members! :D
No comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~mechacharibdys
4

An Influential year

=samjo27:iconsamjo27: reports, 1d 6h ago
the worlds changed in the past year. earlier today Rage Against the Machine was confirmed as british xmas number one. but what other major changes have we seen this year? An analisis of (in my oppinion) the most noticable parts of the year worldwide
5 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: *frando
4

Looking for Critique, help, or support?

*bobman323:iconbobman323: reports, December 16
There's a new group in town, and we're here to draw with you in private sessions, critiques, and events that you can really draw upon!
2 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: *Leah-the-Red
4

Don't Be This! A Guide to the Imfamous

~kitsumekat:iconkitsumekat: reports, 1d 5h ago
If you get one of these labels what you should is try to get rid of that label. That includes, laying low and trying to hard to not doing anything to provoke it. And, grow a thicker skin, even if it gets tough.
2 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: =jugsyjinx
3

COPENHAGEN PETITION!!!

~hellknite:iconhellknite: reports, December 17
The climate is changing forever and we have to act in every way we can, aparently the petition is failing in copenhagen so it could be good just to take 2 minutes of your time to sign something that might potentialy mean the climate will be a bit safer and our world will not crumble before our eyes and all those countries and places that have death looming over there heads each day...i guess that means everyone...can maybe...maybe be a little safer... this is just my opinion...you all are entitled to yours as always, but still 2 minutes to sign a petition isnt a lot.
4 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: *Pentacle5
3

Rage Against Cowell's Machine

*frando:iconfrando: reports, December 16
People of the UK need to shake off Cowell's cowl! Help get Rage Against the Machine the Christmas Number One
5 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: =samjo27
3

Heavy & Light '10

=GlitterNarcotic:iconGlitterNarcotic: reports, 1d 8h ago
about To Write Love On Her Arm's Heavy & Light event in early 2010. messed up on the other one, sorry.
No comments   Happenings  Last +fav: ~Kairas-Blood
2

Now looking for members: #Ingenious Deviants

=Theangryuser:iconTheangryuser: reports, December 17
The group Ingenious Deviants is now looking for members. Entries are limited! Join now!
5 comments   Happenings  Last +fav: *sidneyj06
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Art Theft: Learn how to detect it

~blasianonna:iconblasianonna: reports, August 17, 2008
"Current deviantART policy defines 'Art Theft' to be any situation where a user takes the original art, photography, or writing of another person (a 'third party' ) and then either misrepresents the original, unaltered work as one of their own creations or includes the work (either altered or unaltered) in a new image"
--deviantART FAQ #8


I've been coming across a lot of art theft here on deviantART recently, and I was surprised by how many people :+fav:ed the stolen artwork! So this article is to help the average deviant detect art theft!


Tips on detecting art theft
  1. Image size: If the fullview size of the image is very small (like thumbnail size) and it doesn't seem as though it should be that small, check out the rest of this deviant's gallery and see if it seems like his/her work.

  2. Watermarks and Signatures: If you see a watermark or signature and can read it, look to see if the watermark contains a different username or name than the person who uploaded it. Check to see if that username you saw in the watermark is a deviantART account, and if it is, search that peron's gallery to find the same deviation.

  3. Artists Comments: If the artist's comments on the deviation seem to be as though it is a comment from someone other than the original artist, do a little research to see if the uploader really created the deviation. Example: "I think its cute :3," "Found this somewhere," or "This guy looks cool"

  4. Have you seen it before?: If you've seen the art somewhere else before, try and remember where you saw it and check to see if the uploader really created the deviation.




Don't report something if it's not art theft!
Make sure you read the artist's comments and see if the deviation is a "collaboration," "art trade," or if something like "lineart by" or "colors by" is mentioned in the comments. These are not considered art theft because the deviation is the result of two people working together, thus both artists should be credited (which they usually are).


How to find the original artwork
  1. Read the watermark/signature!: If you see a watermark or signature and it seems to have a username in it, type in that username . deviantart .com (without all the spaces and replace "that username" with the username you saw in the watermark/signature) into your address bar. If that user exists, check his/her gallery to see if you can find the same deviation. If you do, you can copy the URL of the original deviation and include it in your report when you report the stolen art.

  2. Recognize the deviation?: Then see if you have the original saved in your favourites. If you can't find it there, do a quick deviantART search and see if you can find it.




Remember, art theft is very serious. Please report any art theft you see!

Thanks for reading! Comments are always appreciated, and I hope this article helped!
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*Robato Aug 17, 2008, 7:47:45 PM
Yeah, art theft is bad. I wonder why people would do it...

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~dogsluver4ever Aug 18, 2008, 6:22:34 PM
yea when my pic was used it had been faved before added to the persons gallery

great article!! very good pointers
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~Swordian Aug 20, 2008, 1:57:44 AM
Thanks for the tips, they are very helpful!
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Mood: Disbelief ~twilightalliance Aug 20, 2008, 12:58:46 PM
Art theft is serious! It MUST be stopped!

I actually had doubts before joining DA, since I know of art thefts going on. They should know that the original artists worked hard on their deviation(s) and deserves the credit!
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Mood: Repulsed ~MintytheHedgehog Aug 21, 2008, 9:58:54 AM
I agree with you, there were a couple of deviants who stole demon sonic pictures when i was surfing through

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=violet-the-haunted Aug 24, 2008, 7:31:43 AM
yeah i mean there is no right or wrong way to draw

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=Ultra-Violet-X Aug 25, 2008, 12:06:33 PM
BOOOO. Art theft.

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~Thetrainingartist Aug 27, 2008, 3:46:21 PM
Those are some great tips to help find out art theft. Thanks, i'll keep them in mind.

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!Neomorphasis Sep 23, 2008, 8:58:33 PM
:stab: Kill those damn thieves! :D

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