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Getting the Most out of dA: CommentingUsually, when you read something involving 'Commenting', you think of deviations and the commenting platform that allows other members of the community to voice their thoughts and opinions on the art shown. However, what is pretty evident, and something that most of us may forget, is that deviantART runs on the ability to give and get comments, be it on pieces of artwork, our profile pages, +forums, and everywhere else in between.
In a sense, without the ability to give and get comments, deviantART wouldn't be much of a website, much less #1 of online art communities around. Comments are not solely the cause of what makes deviantART what it is, but it has a huge impact on a lot of things. By giving and getting comments, not only do we interact with other members to really make this a community, we also have the ability to get our voices heard.
It's quite an odd concept with us all facing screens, typing out our thoughts and opinions, but one thing we shouldn't forget is that commen
`Ticked OffOh my gosh!
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Today, I have been honored to receive my ` mark with a bunch of other amazing deviants.
First off, thank you to $fourteenthstar and anyone who suggested me.

You are all amazing!
Whoa, a lot of familiar names on the list! :la:
I hope to get to know some of you more. :heart:
`daekazu



`mirz-alt



`Ravenswd



`SavageFrog
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`thetaoofchaos



`vespera

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RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE VOL 8Hello, everyone! :wave:
RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE is a weekly feature usually published by the wonderful `JamminJo. She writes it to recognize one artist that stands out within our deviantART community. The deviant she selects must be outstanding and caring about others in the community, and the community itself!
Jo believes it's important to recognize outstanding deviants for their time and dedication. We also believe it's important and we think `JamminJo meets the description. Therefore we are posting a special holiday edition of RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE in order to recognize Jo herself!
RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE VOL 8
Dedicated to `JamminJo
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`JamminJo was so kind when I first met her on DeviantArt. Not only is she a helpful, generous, warm-hearted deviant, but she has a lovely gallery! She has only been on DeviantArt for a year and a half and has such an impact on other devian
Seniority Announcement - June 2012
This article marks the latest announcements detailing the latest additions to the dizzy height of Senior members in our community. With just over 900 deviants holding the highly saught after ` -- it's clearly a moment that deserves recognition.
:faq29:
So what does it take to become a Senior? That's a question many have asked and have never really been able to get a straight answer on. Some have gained Seniority as a thank you for their time spent as a Volunteer, or to recognise their contribution to a particular project or collaborative action. Some have gained Seniority because of their community spirit, providing help and assistance to many other deviants and taking time out to promote the work of others in the community. 
Some people have received Seniority because of their artistic endevours, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice t
PE: Daily Deviations - The Myth and the LegendDaily Deviations, or DDs . . . for some deviants, receiving one is the epitome of awesomesauce in the deviantART world. For others, they are a nice way to show off the work of lesser-known artists. Still others treat them as a special way to bring attention to great art that exemplifies works being done by a particular gallery or community.
Perhaps because there are so many different ways of conceptualizing DDs, there are also many myths and misconceptions. I would like to address some of those myths by responding to the ones most frequently heard. Please note that these opinions are mine and reflect my experiences with the photomanipulation community, but perhaps they will be informative nevertheless.
Myth 1: DDs should always be perfect.
To many of us, the ideal Daily Deviation goes to an artist with amazing talent whose work draws you in and makes you think, "Wow, everyone needs to see this!" A DD should move you, inspire you, and provoke you to think, b
Asking for PointsEvery now and then, someone I don't know posts a comment on my profile page asking me to give them Points. Very occasionally, the request is of an I'm collecting for a Premium Membership/print/whatever and was wondering if you wouldn't mind donating a few Points to help me reach my goal nature but more often than not, it's just Will you give me Points? or something to that effect. I've actually had one comment saying simply POINTS PLEASE.
To be honest, when it's the first type of request and it isn't just a copy-pasta to a hundred people, I'll consider it. I like to help people have a better dA experience and not everyone can afford to buy a Premium Membership, so if someone asks really nicely for a bit of assistance, I'm usually happy to help if I can. But when it's the second kind of request, it's just rude. Asking strangers to give you things isn't polite, and it's even worse when you can't be bothered to explain why you're asking someone to give you something t
PE Daily Deviations: What if...? 
Hello everyone! :wave:
After news articles explaining 'The Myth and the Legend' of the Daily Deviations, how to suggest them, tolerance towards Daily Deviations, the negativity, the focus on the notes and what it actually is, this article tackle the 'What if...?' scenarios t
How to be a devious deviant:UpdatesEdit: Fixed embedding of `phoenixleo's deviation, kind of. I also added llamas by popular demand + added more information about various things.
Your feedback will be added in the next article! :la: (see end of article) Community version for the win! :eager:

Some people only seem to care about numbers. Watchers/llamas/views/ the like. Those are important and lovely, but not just by them self.
:dummy: Here are a few simple ways to get more involved with the community. :dalove:
Go join a group! Explore +Groups So many to chose from!
Consider volunteering for that group, helping moderate it, welcoming new people. :la: If you are looking for a particular group, I have written a small guide
Groups: Tutorial + Resources
Groups: DeviantART Relate
Welcome to the 2012 dASAW! [Updated]Welcome to the 2012 deviantART Staff Appreciation Week!
 
Hello everyone, and welcome to our second annual deviantART Staff Appreciation Week! We hope that you're as excited as we are to kick off a 7-day-long celebration of deviantART and the people who make it run smoothly for us! 
For this week of contests, projects, love, points, prizes, more love, and devious shenanigans, our team of volunteers has worked very hard to organize many ways of telling the staff of deviantART, rather simply, "THANK YOU!"
So, without further ado, let's take a look at our schedule of events! If you are interested in seeing what's happening during the dASAW, you can refer to this journal! We will link to all of our pertinent news articles and post the dates of our contests and projects here!
Don't forget to wish the deviantART staff a happy dASAW! :iconeeeeeplz:
:bulletgreen: - Project
:bulletred: - Contest
:bulletwhite: - Chat Events
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PE Interview with DD Suggester Minato-KushinaAs part of Daily Deviations PE week we have interviewed the lovely `Minato-Kushina who has been suggesting DDs since November 2010.  She has since then had over 500 suggestions accepted and as a result of her regular suggestions, made her name known on the DD page.
What first got you interested in wanting to suggest DDs?
I don't really remember the exact point when I started paying attention to DDs. I guess, I saw these beautiful pictures at the bottom of my page. Gradually, I understood that they were a kind of "award" for outstanding pieces. I was also wondering how some people could suggest DDs! By searching here and there, I found the way.
I eventually decided to send my first suggestion to ^rydi1689, the then Fan Art Gallery Moderator. She is so kind, she accepted it immediately! This encouraged me to suggest more and eventually to love this task. I am generally shy with others. So this gesture, although it may seemed normal to her, it was
CR Newsletter January/February 2013 Director of Community Relations :iconmoonbeam13: :
Table of Contents
1. New Submission Process and Thumbnail Examples
2. New Galleries and Gallery Additions or Change Requests
3. Why Wasn't I Chosen?
4. Volunteer Openings in Community Relations
5. Community Projects
6. Official Contests
7. Project Educate 2013
8. Art History Project
9. News from the Chats and Forums
10. News from the Galleries
11. Vacation Notice
1. New Submission Process and Thumbnail Examples
In my opinion, one of the greatest advantages to the New Submission Process, are the thumbnail examples and descriptions that appear when you're selecting a category.  It's no secret that we have misplaced deviations throughout the galleries and it's probably the most complained about topic I deal with on a daily basis. My team and I have been working hard to improve the descriptions and thumbnail examples for all of the galleries, and I'm happy
Celebrating Deviousness - OctoberDeviousness Award
Congratulations to `JCROXAS
Noah's Ark
The new deviantART HQ
The Child of Venus
What is this Awesome Achievement?
The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.
JCROXAS 2011
Dreaming Mug
PE Art Features and Daily DeviationsDaily Deviations:
As per :faq61:, The Daily Deviation is a daily feature chosen from galleries here on deviantART.
A small assortment of submissions are chosen each day by a select group of staff/volunteer members who wish to showcase an image which they found impressive or otherwise interesting enough to deserve being brought to the attention of the community-at-large.
Benefits of suggesting Daily Deviations:
helping artists gain more exposure
deviantART is such a large website with many members, often great art can fall through the cracks and go unnoticed as a result. Daily Deviations are usually a wonderful way to put a bit of a spotlight on a particular piece or artist. Often people like to focus on the lesser known artists, though it may be worth noting that even deviations uploaded by popular artists can at times use more exposure as well
'Why is this a DD?' Why are you asking the artist?The cool thing about art is that, unlike pretty much everything else out there, it's meant to elicit an emotional reaction.
Sometimes this reaction is rage. Or something close to it.
Sometimes when you see a DD you don't like or get or something, it's doing exactly what the artist intended. But other times, it has nothing to do with the art itself. Because, you know what, we all see DDs we don't "get" every now and then. I'll say it now: I don't like every single DD that has been posted.
More relevant to this conversation, I don't get why some of the DDs that have been posted were considered featurable (which, as we're trying to get across, really means: I don't personally think that some pieces merit 24-hour massive exposure).
And I have the right to think these things.
You do, too.
What's the appropriate place to find out why something was given a DD?
Protip: it's not the art.
It might be a self-suggestion or not, the fact o
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Unbelievable Hyperrealistic Pencil Drawings

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 7:34 PM


Hyperrealism is a genre of visual arts that resembles a high-resolution photograph. Here are some jaw-droppingly talented hyperrealistic pencil artists on deviantART.

Wet 3 by ~V-4-VENGEANCE

Wet 3 by Sean Barman (V-4-VENGEANCE)

Food by *imaginee

Food by imaginee

Sensazioni by ~DiegoKoi

Sensazioni by DiegoKoi

Old man pencil by *francoclun

Old man pencil by francoclun

Guiding Star by ~Scott56

Guiding Star by Scott56

An elderly man by ~FairyARTos

An elderly man by FairyARTos

Girl by ~FairyARTos

Girl by FairyARTos

Ian Somerhalder by ~FairyARTos

Ian Somerhalder by FairyARTos

Angelina Jolie by ~Rajacenna

Angelina Jolie by Rajacenna


Amaranthine - Pencil Illustration by ~LopezLorenzana

Pencil Illustration by LopezLorenzana


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Skin by Dan Leveille
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Hyperrealism is a genre of visual arts that resembles a high-resolution photograph. Here are some jaw-droppingly talented hyperrealistic pencil artists on deviantART.
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*aprilmge Apr 18, 2013
Thank you so much for putting this collection together! :)
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*Yenni-Vu Mar 28, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
how is that possible?!
these drawings look like photos!
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~the-luciferus Mar 13, 2013
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
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Mood: Awestruck ~Nancyxxx Mar 9, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
Speechless... No words... except 10000 x AMAZING!
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Mood: Wow! ~LordDarco Mar 3, 2013  Student General Artist
WOW.
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Mood: Stunned ~onionscratch-paper Feb 28, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Wow! These are all incredible...:jawdrop:
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~sie7e Feb 28, 2013
OMFG!
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`raine-angel Feb 28, 2013
:iconsheloize: has done some really inane ones of me! Like: [link] and [link]
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Mood: Wow! ~salerj1219 Feb 28, 2013  Student General Artist
Someday I want to be able to draw as good as that! :O
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Mood: Wow! ~AnyaStone Feb 28, 2013   Artisan Crafter
WOW, the one 3rd down looks like a photograph. It's hard to believe it is pencil!
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