Group Info
A whole six weeks since the last entry. We've seriously been lacking. If anyone's interested in helping out, send the group a note and we'll talk about adding you to our team! On the note of the
contest we ran to get a new journal skin. We only ended up with two entries and neither met our needs quite the way we were hoping for. We will be commisioning a new journal skin (and icon) in the next few weeks. Those points you donated ages ago to get us a new supergroup membership will be used to pay for the commission.
If you're interested, there were over 950 messages accumulated to be gone through, 160 messages that will be links below, and over 20 new CVs and Staff members to be watched. It took an hour and a half to sort through the messages and three hours to create this post. We have added a new section called "From the CVs" for newsletters for specific galleries posted by the Community Volunteers. £
deviantWEAR has been changed to £
deviantARTGear, so we changed the section titled "devWEAR" to "devGEAR." The section titled "Art Features" has been updated to be called "Art Tips" to better reflect the type of articles that are included in that section. The sections titled "Site Changes" and "Gallery Changes" have been updated to include "<> and Information" to reflect more of what's placed there.
Concerns
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Aeirmid offers some insight into why to
Credit and Notify deviantART was honoured by the
Online Trust Alliance deviantART is applying to
manage .art $
realitysquared offers some insight into
Cyberbullying and Your Deviations and dA's response to it
Beta Testing
All Beta Testing bugs should be reported to #devBUG through their "Report a Beta Bug" tab. If a feature has gone site-wide and you find a bug, submit the bug report to the +help desk. Groups are not a Beta feature.
No features were released to Beta Testing in the last 6 weeksSite Changes and Information
Check out the Site Updates for
May 31,
June 7,
June 14,
June 21,
June 28,
July 5 The
Premium Content Platform was launched yesterday. Anyone can buy off the platform, selling will roll out slowly to everyone over the course of the next few weeks. "Premium" means "Paid" as in "Paid Content" or "Paid Membership." (Just some answers to commonly asked questions.) ^
Elandria has written an article about using
PCP for Stock providors.
Gallery Changes and Information
Some information on the
Darkroom Gallery `
anmari asks if the
Architecture Photography Gallery needs some changes
Check out the updates to the
Font Gallery in Stock and Resources
There has been an update done to the
Macro GalleryFrom the CVs
There have been a few new additions to the
Community Relations Team. Check out the announcements:
June 11,
June 12,
June 13,
June 20 DD Roundups for
May,
June From the photography gallery, Photography Weekly:
Edition 24,
Edition 25,
Edition 26,
Edition 27,
Edition 28,
Edition 29, and
Edition 30 From the Stock and Resources Gallery:
Updates for Stock for June,
dA News From the Traditional Art Gallery: Traditional Tuesdays:
#28,
#29,
#30,
#31,
#32,
#33 From the Architecture Photography Gallery:
May 2012 Summary,
June 2012 Summary From the Fan Art Gallery:
May/June Newsletter From the dA Related Gallery: A week in dA Related:
#48,
#50,
June Update From the Literature Gallery:
June/July News From the Digital Dolls Gallery:
June Newsletter From the Pixel Art Gallery:
May/June News From the Text and Typography Gallery:
June Update From the Photomanipulation Gallery:
June 30 News,
July 8 News,
News and FeatureSite Features
Check out $
Moonbeam13's Pimps & Whoas for
June 6,
June 27 Did You Know is back, check out
June 29 and
July 7 Check out the
Community Relations Newsletter for May & June
Check out the
Seniority Announcement for June
devGEAR
The
8 Bit Hoodie Contest winning designs are now available for purchase
Art Tips
Troubleshooting Photography:
Lighting,
Backgrounds,
Noise,
What Digital Camera,
Filters,
Snap to Pro $
techgnotic has posted some interesting articles.
The Fairy Tale,
Infinity Seven,
Authentic Citizenship,
Authentic Citizenship P.2,
Comics are ArtProject Educate
The #communityrelations project to educate users about different galleries, what goes in them and how to better create for them. Learn more at #projecteducate.
Vector Week:
Intro,
Getting Started,
To Mix or Not,
Careers,
Categories,
Wrap Up Photomanipulation Week:
Welcome,
Fantasy,
Dark,
Ask Anything,
More on Dark,
With a Concept,
Surreal,
Macabre,
Light,
Wrap Up Digital Dolls Week
Welcome,
101,
History,
Pageants,
Resources,
Groups,
Beef with Bases,
All One Base,
Wrap Up Animation Week:
Intro and Basics,
Sketching,
Pipeline Stage 1,
Preproduction Overview Artisan Crafts Week:
Welcome,
Critique,
ABCs A-D,
Anthro, Architectural Models, and Weaving,
ABCs E-H,
Ceramics, Costumery, and Culinary Arts,
Handmade,
Dolls, Papercraft, and Glass,
ABCs I-M,
Jewlery, Leatherwork, and Metals,
ABCs N-R,
Miniatures, Needlework, Textiles, and Woodwork,
ABCs S-V,
Wrap Up Feedback Week:
Welcome,
Groups,
Giving Critique,
Don't Know What to Say,
Receiving Critique,
Best Feedback,
With Resources,
Why Some Don't Want Critique,
Why Critique?,
Comment Chain,
Those dAmn Critiques,
Wrap Up Architecture Photography Week:
Introduction,
Subject,
Low Tech,
Composition (1/2)Events
Some members of #
hq were in Paris for a devMEET, check out the
wrap up There was a #
hq devMEET in
LondonLondon, check out the
wrap up deviantART had their first ever
Gallery Show in London, check out the
wrap up deviantART is sponsoring
Artist's Alley at #
Comic-Con deviantART is sponsoring
5 Panels at #
Comic-Con Check out the
Bi-Weekly Critique EventsContests
Contests are only listed in the week they open, they do not carry over to following entries. This is the list of Official dA Contests
Check out the
Flash Fiction Month Challenge. This Challenge started July 1 and runs to July 31. This Challenge is open to everyone.
Check out the
Arts and Health Community Project.
Check out the
Bring Your Type to Life Contest. This contest is open to everyone. This contest closes August 26.
Check out the
Before and After Competition. This competition is open to anyone. This competition closes August 31.
Check out the
Mythical Creatures Design Challenge. This challenge is open to everyone. This challenge closes July 24.
#dA-Dictionary
`anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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...which I kept and refused to spend because i
Writing this journal, I feel I prematurely posted it. The goal was to get others talking about the writing process and how they approach it, but the emphasis became my work, which is a no-no! So with that in mind, here are some questions to take into consideration (and a silly one, because why not).
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Next week is fine!