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Rebranding

Sat May 19, 2012, 9:31 PM
Since the announcement that we can now change our usernames, I have seen a lot of people change theirs. I have seen just about the same amount of people post polls and journals asking if they should change their username and if so, what to.

I will not change my username, not now, not ever. My username is my brand, both here and on the rest of the internet. (It just happens to be a typo to a cutesy name and gets taken on a lot of sites before I can get there.)

The key in my statement is that it is my brand. Your username is your brand on deviantART, alongside your icon. It's what people see to represent you.

I can understand that a certain aspect of deviantART is to allow artists to grow and develop  and mature and find their own brand. I can also understand that when you're a 20-something adult trying to apply for creative design pictures and your dA username is something like "xXnarutoxhinataKAWAIIXx" it can be really embarrassing and there is probably something better out there to represent your brand and you.

I'm not pro username changes, but I'm also not con username changes. I understand that there are certain circumstances that make username changes appropriate and sometimes needed. I also realize that once you have an established brand and repoitior with a certain username/brandname, changing it can put off your followers and make you harder to find.

In short, I just want to make sure that you seriously consider the pros and cons of changing your username before you make the change. There's no going back to the original and changing from "xXnarutoxhinataKAWAIIXx" to "narutoxhinata" is pretty much the same as not changing your username at all, in terms of maturity.

Be smart, don't rebrand without examining the consequences.

A Beach Party

Journal Entry: Thu May 3, 2012, 12:02 PM
On May 29th, just a few weeks away, I'll be turning 22. This isn't any particular milestone in and of itself, but it is a birthday. I've decided this year that my birthday party will be a beach party.

I am sending the call out! Join me on Parksville Beach on my birthday for fun, swimming and (if I can convince someone to buy it) ice cream cake!

Date: May 29
Time: 3pm
(2012-05-29  18:22 PDT   2.23 meters  Low Tide)
Place: Parksville Beach
Bring:
Whatever art supplies and cameras you want, something to eat and maybe share for dinner, your swimsuit, and your sense of fun. If you want to bring a couple bucks towards a cake too, that would be awesome!

This call is going out to all my watchers, everyone at #van-isle, everyone in my family, and all my local friends. It should be pretty awesome.

I'll let you know how to find me on the beach when it's closer to the date. If it rains... P: it doesn't happen... Let's all hope it doesn't rain.

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Nathan Veenhof
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Hey everyone, my name's Nathan and I am addicted to ... I live on ... I really enjoy deviantART. I've been a member of this page since February 2007.

I do my art as a hobby and enjoy just about every style I try. My personal favourites for what I do are photography (point and click), Anthro photomanipulation, and fiction prose.

I can often be found in #IamAnthro. I shamelessly promote the #six-words writing project which I lead and #dA-Dictionary, the deviantART one stop for all the info you need to know about dA.

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what kind of artist are you? 

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15 deviants said I don't have a focus, I do a bit of everything that comes my way
17%
7 deviants said I focus on one type of visual art, but dabble in other arts (visual and literary)
12%
5 deviants said I focus on literary arts, but dabble in some visual
10%
4 deviants said I focus on one type of visual art, but dabble in other visual arts
10%
4 deviants said I focus on several forms of art
5%
2 deviants said I'm not an artist, literally, I don't do any art
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2 deviants said I'm a writer, nothing visual
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1 deviant said I'm a photographer, can't do anything else
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1 deviant said I do mainly one type of visual art

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*helikelong 5 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
Hey friend! :wave:
Thank you very much for the llama!
Llama back!

May God bless you in each step!
Hugs,
~HLK

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Don't be different, make the difference! #Different-commons

"Who loves not know him, because God is love" (I John 4:8)
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~TheEmberRaven May 17, 2012  New member Student General Artist
Thank you for charging me with a very special llama. I'll protect her. :D
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=duperhero May 15, 2012  Student Photographer
:iconthanksllamaplz:

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I adopted the famous KiGo from #AdoptAYuriPairing
I claimed Hatsune Miku on #Claim-A-Character
Thomas Bangalter is my wife thanks to #Adopt-A-Musician

I wish, I'd have a longer signature!
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*saitenyo May 3, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Thank you for the llama! :)
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~Spaceyacht May 3, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks! :)

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