•   ◊ Community Ops Meet & Greet
•   ◊ Gallery Directors in #AR
•   ◊ Devious Technology in #IT
•   ◊ Creative Team in #CreativeStaff
•   ◊ Retail Staff in #Shop
•   ◊ Various Events in #devart

The idea for deviant’s Appreciation Day came originally from $Tachy-on, who started a forum thread back in April 2007, raising a very valid point – without you, without your art, your community spirit, your journal postings, forum threads, opinions and news articles – deviantART would not be deviantART.

With over 9 million users, our community is home to thousands of art collaborations as well as community groups which regularly interact in order to develop high quality art packs and deviations. Many of you have attended devmeets in your local area, continuosly forging international friendships and creative partnerships which will be lifelong.

So our 2nd deviant Appreciation Day is just around the corner. What’s it all about? It’s a day where everyone in this art community does something to show how much we appreciate everyone else for being here. This year’s deviant’s Appreciation Day officially kicks off at 10am PST, Wednesday, September 17th 2008. You can find your own local time here.

Various contests and events will take place throughout the day, providing opportunity for you to take part in art challenges, contests and other associated madness. Make sure you drop by the Forums and dAmn, as you’ll find plenty of fun going on in there too in the many meet and greet sessions in various chatrooms throughout the day.

We’ve got prizes galore, including devwear, prints, subscriptions, and much more. Watch out for various journal announcements from deviantART Staff and Volunteers throughout the day to let you know what’s going on, and where.

And if that’s not enough, there’s 10% discount on anything purchased in our store!

We hope you have an amazing day!


^{P.S. - Special thanks to the following deviants for their excellent stock imagery: Llama by ~kitsune-oni-stock, Ninja by *mjranum-stock, Mr. Gweepee by lolly, and Mudkip by ^Chimpantalones!}