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It’s Time to Share your Art at deviantArt.com

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Content

• General Overview• How to sign up• How to submit your art• How to make friends • How to collect art• How to communicate • Quiz to check your understanding• Bibliography

General overview

• What is deviantART?deviantART is a well known, popular artist's community it was created to entertain, inspire, and empower all artists. The website is designed to help anyone who enjoys art, regardless of their ability, to post up their work for

feedback and constructive comments and to take part in art related activities.

deviantART is the largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts

with over 13 million registered members, attracting 35 million unique visitors per month.

General overview

• Founders– It was first launched on August 7, 2000 by Scott Jarkoff and Matt

Stephens. The current CEO of deviantART is Angelo Sotira.– Interesting to know:

• DeviantArt’s founders are always interacted with their members:"Angelo acts like a mayor of a 20million-person city, where the same

kind of issues, factions and special interests come up"

General overview

• deviantART Terminology – The site makes a unique use of the style of its title, deviantART, by

playing on the lowercaseUPPERCASE formula.– The Website also relates all aspects of the site to deviancy. – The following terms are used widely throughout the site:

• dA : frequent abbreviation for the site's title.• dAmn : abbreviation of the deviantART Message Network.• Deviant : a user of deviantART.• Deviation : every submitted piece of artwork • Scrap : an unfinished work submitted but not displayed in the

Gallery

General overview• Features

Several Forums The ability to enter your longitude and latitude, by which to locate

deviants that live close to you Every deviant has his or her own private page at the URL

http://*username*.deviantart.com Subscription service that offers extra features such as:

• Advertisement-free browsing• Greater customization of a user's personal page• Faster surfing

“DeviantArt is a great resource, especially for keeping track of trends that are going on around the world”

How to sign upStep 1: Click on ->

Step 2: choose a username

Step 3: Type your email Address

Step 4: Retype your email Address

Step 5: write a password

Step 6: select your Date of Birth and Sex

Step7: put a check to show your agreement to the deviantART terms and Service

Step 8: click on this button

How to sign up• After you verify your Email Address you can view your Page at

deviantART

Here you can submit your art Here you can write your journal

Here you can put your ID picture and write somethingAbout yourself

Here you can view your collection of favorites

Here you can check your messages (Feedback, activities, new submisions by your friends)

How to submit your art• In a Profile

– A deviantART member can choose to submit artwork into the Gallery feature and it is an easy process of simply uploading the file, giving descriptions and keywords, and then allowing comments or not.

Step1: click on this button toSubmit your art

How to submit your art• In a Profile

Step2: write a title for your artStep3: Choose a category that Fits what you’re submitting

Step4: Upload the file that you Want to submit

Step5: write a description

How to submit your art• In a Profile

Step 6: Write any keywords that fits your submission

Step 7: Allow comments by putting a check in the box

Step 8: Click on this button to submit your art

How to submit your art• In a Group

– You need to search for groups that suits your submission (e.g. photography groups, poems groups..etc)

Step1: go to the home page of deviantART

Step2: click on groups

Step3: choose which kind of group you want to submit your art in.

Step 4: choose a group

How to submit your art• In a group

Step 5: Click on this button to contribute art

Step 6: your art will be displayed hereJust like everyone else

How to make friends • Watch list

– You can watch whoever you like to follow up with their art submissions and everything they do

If you like a member’s Page just click on the “Watch” button and they will be your friend

How to collect art• Favorite list

– Deviants can favorite any piece of work they like and it will be stored in a favorite's folder on their main page.

If you like a piece of artSubmitted by other members,Click on this button

How to collect art• Wish list

– Wishlist refers to a list of things you wish to have, but you cannot afford to buy them at the moment

Step 1: click on Prints to view other member’s pictures that are available for print

Step 2: choose any piece that you wish to have

How to collect art• Wish list

Step 3: click on this option to add this picture to your Wish List

How to Communicate• Comments

– Each deviation can receive comments from other members detailing whether they like the piece or not and what could be improved about it

Step 1: You can write your comment in this box

Step 2: click on this buttonto submit your comment on this picture

How to Communicate• Critiques

– You can give and receive constructive criticism

Step 1: Click on this button To write a critique to a member’s art

Step 2: Write your critiqueStep 3: Rate this piece of art

Step 4: Click “Send” to submit your critique to the other member

How to Communicate• Journals

– You can write anything you like in your journal. Most members use it as an answer to “What’s happening?”

Step 1: Click on this button to start writing your journal

Step 2: Write your journal, don’t forget to write your title too

Step 3: Click on this button to publish your journal

How to Communicate• Polls

– You can Participate in a vote, or put a poll for your watchers to get answers to whatever question you’re asking

You can see the results of the votes here

This is the Poll’s title

You can also add comments on the Poll

Quiz to check your understanding

1. deviantART is a:A. Public learning siteB. Art-sharing site C. Blogging site

2. dA was launched in:A. 2010B. 2005C. 2000D. 2003

Quiz to check your understanding

3. Important step you must follow when you submit a file in dA:A. Choose a titleB. Choose a CategoryC. Upload the fileD. All of the above

4. When you want to submit a photo to a group, you should search for:E. Digital-art groupF. Poems groupG. Animation groupH. Photography group

Quiz to check your understanding

5. When you want to have a member in your friends list, you should click on:A. Add to favoriteB. Send a noteC. WatchD. Add a comment

6. You can communicate with other members in dA by:E. CommentsF. CritiquesG. PollsH. All of the above

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Jefferson, G. (2011, Jun 01). DeviantArt gives artists online path to stardom. USA TODAY, pp. B.2-B.2. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/869501046?accountid=15192

Marlowe, C. (2006). Designer takes deviant path to career success. Hollywood Reporter, 395(00183660), 2-2. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/235356445?accountid=15192

Moonfire, A. (2011). Website reviews: Deviantart.com. Retrieved March 18, 2012. From Helium: http://www.helium.com/items/964624-website-reviews-deviantartcom