Being a DeviantARTist isn't very easy these days. Since practically every idea out there is already taken, there's no point in being creative. However, you can still be an artist without originality and succeed nonetheless! Some people might call you a copycat, but they just don't understand. The true term is "artistic improvement"!

Here are a few pointers on being a successful photographic artist:

-Anything pretty + the word "love" = artistic.
-If you use the word "hate" you get extra points for being edgy.
-Shoot water drops covered in glitter and you will gain respect.
-Sepia photographs of dandelions will earn you attention and praise for your great artistic insight.
-If your photograph doesn't look good in color, make it black and white.
-If it still doesn't look good, plaster it with textures.
-If you have an object, and you don't know what to do with it, put it on the beach at sunset and shoot photographs of it.
-Taking two pictures of somewhat related things and slapping them next to each other in the same deviation is innovative and conceptual.
-Macro photographs of twigs and leaves show that you think outside of the box when you shoot nature!
-If the sunset you're shooting is kind of dull, saturate the hell out of it!
-If you shoot portraits, make sure the subject covers half of his or her face with some representational object. This makes the shot more enigmatic and tricks the viewer into thinking that the shot is very deep and philosophical.
-If you don't have any good subjects around, draw faces on them with a Sharpee, and now you have good subjects around.
- You can still use blurry photographs! Just make sure you overexpose them and make the colors funky.
-If your composition isn't very good, just crop the photo to 1:1 format.
-Outlines of hearts are very emotional. Try putting a filter inside a photography book to make the shadow of a heart to illustrate how you love photography. This is a very unique and creative way to show your love for the medium.
-If you don't know how to get your message across, draw it on a pretty girl's arm, and then shoot!
-Shoot photographs of flowers.
-State the obvious in each of your shots.
-Take pictures of benches.
-Macros of clocks show your maturity and understanding of time.
-If your subject is simple and provocative, make sure there's tons of bright bokeh in the background to make it seem interesting.
-HDR.
-If your shot is kind of boring, tint it with warmer/colder colors to add nostalgia or emotion.
-Any picture involving glass + rain is highly artistic, especially if it's in the city.
-You can make any photograph a good one by making it a silhouette.
-If it still doesn't look good, turn it upside-down.
-Make everything rainbow colored.
-Take everyday items like gummy bears or colored pencils and arrange them in unusual patterns.
-Any long exposure makes you creative, and a technical expert.
-People hate waves. Make sure your water is silky.
-If you have a pretty face, make sure to take tons of artistic photographs of them. It's never redundant.
-Your pieces don't need to mean anything, as long as you have some deep, intellectual word as the title. If you can't think of anything, go to thesaurus.com and type in the word you're trying to convey, if any.