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Update 16/08/2004
3 min read
Decided that I actually wanted to be able to see my Journal on my Page, all my others are still available though:
Useful Links
New Member Help
Searching DeviantART Using Google.com
Mood
- Tired
Listening To DJ JS One and DJ Spinbad - Coldcutz Remixes (Mixtape)
Reading JRR Tolkien - Unfinished Tales
Playing Unreal Tournament, Quake III and Counter Strike: Condition Zero
Watching Olympics
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31/08
Just come back from Leeds Festival and it was totally, amazingly cool, I spent most of yesterday, when I got back, sleeping and recovering. I was drunk most of the weekend and I saw loads of cool bands and generally enjoyed myself. The best band there was Jurassic 5 in my opinion, they totally rocked and everyone thought they were amazing, then I reckon that Nu-Mark was the second best and then I dunno, but everything I went to see was good, the only disappointment was The Roots, they weren't as good as I thought they would be, anyway it was an amazing extended weekend.
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16/08
Just to say that for a while I won't be commenting very much, I am busy and don't have too much time to go on DA at the moment, I will also be submitting less, but this will be as much due to the fact that I will be spending more time on my work
STOP PRESS!!
If you have Terragen/Are a user of Terragen, you should check out this chatroom TerraChat
My Clubs:
My Friends:
Useful Links
New Member Help
Searching DeviantART Using Google.com
Mood
- Tired Listening To DJ JS One and DJ Spinbad - Coldcutz Remixes (Mixtape)
Reading JRR Tolkien - Unfinished Tales
Playing Unreal Tournament, Quake III and Counter Strike: Condition Zero
Watching Olympics
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31/08
Just come back from Leeds Festival and it was totally, amazingly cool, I spent most of yesterday, when I got back, sleeping and recovering. I was drunk most of the weekend and I saw loads of cool bands and generally enjoyed myself. The best band there was Jurassic 5 in my opinion, they totally rocked and everyone thought they were amazing, then I reckon that Nu-Mark was the second best and then I dunno, but everything I went to see was good, the only disappointment was The Roots, they weren't as good as I thought they would be, anyway it was an amazing extended weekend.
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16/08
Just to say that for a while I won't be commenting very much, I am busy and don't have too much time to go on DA at the moment, I will also be submitting less, but this will be as much due to the fact that I will be spending more time on my work
STOP PRESS!!
If you have Terragen/Are a user of Terragen, you should check out this chatroom TerraChat
My Clubs:
My Friends:
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Searching DeviantART Using Google.com
3 min read
Searching DeviantART With Google</b>
This is a quick guide on how to search through DeviantART's pages using the search engine google.com. The main reason why you would want to do this is if you are not a subscriber and so you cannot use DeviantART's in-built search function, but even if you are a subscriber there are certainly benefits for using the worlds most powerful search engine to search the worlds best art site
. This tutorial is just a simple step by step guide for you to follow.
Step One - Opening Google's Advanced Search
Open up google.com and then click on the advanced search link
Alternatively Just Click Here
Step Two - Configuring Google to only Search DeviantART
In the domain textbox, enter
Step Three - Configuring your Search
Now the last part is just you configuring your search to your own standards. Depending on the nature of your search, you will be using one (or more) of the four main search operators:
with all of the words
with the exact phrase
with at least one of the words
without the words
Which one or combination of these operators you use is completely upto you and will depend on the nature of the search. You can also decide whether to enable safesearch. The other option that you might be changing will be the "Occurrences" option. This option enables you to choose where in the page you are performing your search. Searching in different places of the page will help you to find different things:
Anywhere in the Page This is just to be used if you are generally searching DeviantART
In the title of the Page This is to be used if you want to track down either the name of a Deviation or the Name of a Deviant, as these are the two main things that appear in the title
In the text of the Page This is to be searched if you are searching for text in comments, Journal entry's, Deviation descriptions, Devious Information etc. Basically another way to search DeviantART generally, but without google looking in the URL or the Title of the page.
In the URL of the Page The practical information for this is really only to search for a Deviants name, as this is about the only thing that goes in a DeviantART URL in text form.
In links to the Page This is pretty well redundant as far as I can tell.
There we go that's all you need to do to be able to search through DeviantART pages with Google.com. Please tell me what you thought of this quick tutorial by posting a comment on this Journal
Thanx
This is a quick guide on how to search through DeviantART's pages using the search engine google.com. The main reason why you would want to do this is if you are not a subscriber and so you cannot use DeviantART's in-built search function, but even if you are a subscriber there are certainly benefits for using the worlds most powerful search engine to search the worlds best art site
. This tutorial is just a simple step by step guide for you to follow.Step One - Opening Google's Advanced Search
Open up google.com and then click on the advanced search link
Alternatively Just Click Here
Step Two - Configuring Google to only Search DeviantART
In the domain textbox, enter
deviantart.com, and make sure that in the corresponding drop-down box "only" is selected.Step Three - Configuring your Search
Now the last part is just you configuring your search to your own standards. Depending on the nature of your search, you will be using one (or more) of the four main search operators:
with all of the words
with the exact phrase
with at least one of the words
without the words
Which one or combination of these operators you use is completely upto you and will depend on the nature of the search. You can also decide whether to enable safesearch. The other option that you might be changing will be the "Occurrences" option. This option enables you to choose where in the page you are performing your search. Searching in different places of the page will help you to find different things:
Anywhere in the Page This is just to be used if you are generally searching DeviantART
In the title of the Page This is to be used if you want to track down either the name of a Deviation or the Name of a Deviant, as these are the two main things that appear in the title
In the text of the Page This is to be searched if you are searching for text in comments, Journal entry's, Deviation descriptions, Devious Information etc. Basically another way to search DeviantART generally, but without google looking in the URL or the Title of the page.
In the URL of the Page The practical information for this is really only to search for a Deviants name, as this is about the only thing that goes in a DeviantART URL in text form.
In links to the Page This is pretty well redundant as far as I can tell.
There we go that's all you need to do to be able to search through DeviantART pages with Google.com. Please tell me what you thought of this quick tutorial by posting a comment on this Journal
Thanx
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Useful Links
12 min read
Here is a selection of links for useful websites, listed by category.
If you have some links that you would like me to add, comment on this journal or Note Me
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Generally Useful Links:
Upload Images For images that aren't art (so you can't use DeviantART) but you want on the web www.uploadimages.net/index.php
YouSendIt Send Files of Upto 1GB! to your friends and best of all it doesn't fill up their inbox and its free s2.yousendit.com/
Tutorized Loads of Tutorials for every piece of software imaginable www.tutorialized.com/
Broadband Speed Test Test the speed of your broadband connection www.broadbandreports.com/stest or www.dslreports.com/stest
MetaGrid Index of Online Magazines and Newspapers www.metagrid.com/
BabelFish Translator Used to translate websites to almost any language babelfish.altavista.com/
Webopedia A dictionary of computer related definitions www.webopedia.com/
DeviantART related Links:
DeviantART Submission Policy Very important to read, explains all the DeviantART rules and policy about Submissions about.deviantart.com/policy/su…
DeviantART Etiqutte This explains all the general rules, another neccesity to read about.deviantart.com/policy/et…
ShoutBox Rules Explains all the rules about ShoutBox use in detail shout.deviantart.com/rules.php
dxd's Forum Descriptions Describes the use of each different board within the DeviantART forum, if you plan on using the forums then check this out www.ece.nu/daforums.html
Today Updates about the world of DeviantART today, with stats such as newest Deviant, popular mood etc today.deviantart.com
DeviantART Help and FAQ If you have a problem this is the first place to go, extensive help section for all your questions. FAQ: faq.deviantart.com Help: help.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Forum Chat about a huge range of things in the forum, just make sure you do so in the right place forum.deviantart.com
DeviantART Status Check on the latest updates and the general status of DeviantART forum.deviantart.com/devart/st…
DeviantART Site Statistics Statistics on things such as the total number of Deviations, Number of Deviants etc about.deviantart.com/stats/
About DeviantART Brief explanation about DeviantART and its purpose and also explanations of who all the staff are and their roles about.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Emoticon Legend All the emoticons that you can use on DeviantART comments.deviantart.com/emotic…
DeviantART Subscription Page Here you can subscribe, or just look at all the benefits you can get from subscribing www.deviantart.com/store/subsc…
Complete Gallery List Lists all the galleries and sub-galleries, with links to browse those galleries about.deviantart.com/galleries…
DeviantART News Archive Complete listing of all the DeviantART news articles ever, grouped by category news.deviantart.com/browse/
Searching DeviantART Using Google Journal Entry by HipHopPromotor (me
), explains the details of using Google to search through DeviantART's Jam Packed Pages hiphoppromotor.deviantart.com/…
New Member Welcome Journal Entry by HipHopPromotor (me), it details all kinds of information that will be useful to new deviants hiphoppromotor.deviantart.com/…
Tips and Tricks Journal Entry by ZirTuan useful information for newbies to deviantART and veterans alike leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
How To Give Better Comments Journal Entry by ZirTuan telling you just that! leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
Devious Behaviours Journal Entry by ZirTuan a guide to giving something back to the DeviantART community leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
The Comment Revolution Journal Entry by splat Promotes the giving of constructive criticisms to help Deviants to improve their art splat.deviantart.com/journal/2…
The Comment Revolution 2 An expansion the original Comment Revolution which helps to clarify and update on progress splat.deviantart.com/journal/2…
Looking Like A Pro A guide to help you look more professional on DeviantART, ultimately increasing your art sales news.deviantart.com/article/99…
Getting and Giving Help Journal Entry by sapphiretiger A very useful guide to help you get useful help and explaining how to give it as well sapphiretiger.deviantart.com/j…
Clubs-Club Huge Listing of over 400 DeviantART Clubs clubs-club.deviantart.com/
Communities This clubs listing is probably the most used on all of DeviantART communities.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Groups Another Huge DeviantART Clubs listing dagroups.deviantart.com/
DeviantGroups Over 180 groups listed here, and categorized to make finding clubs easier deviantgroups.deviantart.com/
Gallery Stats II If you want to know your DeviantART stats then check this out www.ingenial.com/applied/Galle…
Random Deviation Chooses a Deviation randomly, lets you view new styles of art and new artists www.deviantart.com/random/devi…
Random Deviant Chooses a Deviant randomly allowing you to meet new artists and see new work www.deviantart.com/random/devi…
Computing Links:
Wincustomize Loads of skins and themes for a huge ranges of skinning applications www.wincustomize.com/
Mess.be Loads of custom content for Messenger mess.be/
Start Up Entries Find if all those programs that will run on start-up should be there or not www.2-spyware.com/entries.php
Windows XP Services Lists all the common services that start-up on WindowsXP, so that you kind find out what they are for www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servi…
Symantec Security Check A Free online security check from the guys who make Norton Systemworks. Not a Replacement for a decent virus scanner, firewall etc [link]
Linux vs. Windows A truthful and unbiased analysis comparing the two OS's www.michaelhorowitz.com/Linux.…
BraveNet Lots of tools and scripts for website developers www.bravenet.com/webtools/
DeviantART Skins and Themes This is the DeviantART Gallery for all your skins and themes for a huge range of applications browse.deviantart.com/skins/
LinuxISO The place to get ISO versions of almost every Linux Distro out there www.linuxiso.org/
Freeware/Shareware Links:
ShareWare Site with links to a huge number of shareware applications www.shareware.com/
GIMP - For Windows Free GFX Package, a windows version of the very well known Linux software www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/s…
Dr Ping If you are curious to find out your Ping/Latency, which is useful to know, especially for online gaming www.broadbandreports.com/beta/…
Download.com Has almost every Freeware/Shareware Program imaginable www.download.com
TextPad A text editor like Notepad, only with lots more features, its very useful for programming www.textpad.com/download/
ProtoWall A small app that barely takes up any system resources that blocks packets going to various banned sites. Program, follow the link, then follow the ProtoWall link in the sidebar: www.bluetack.co.uk/index1.php Help File: www.bluetack.co.uk/pwhelp/
The Blocklist Manager Use this to get updates and customise your ProtoWall, follow the link, the follow the link in the sidebar. www.bluetack.co.uk/index1.php
RealOne Player Media Players, useful for playing streaming video and audio uk.real.com/player/?&src=ZG.uk…
Mozilla FireFox Ultra fast browse, with no added features you don't want. Best reason to get rid of Internet Explorer out there www.mozilla.org/products/firef…
Mozilla Thunderbird The Mozilla email client, works with Mozilla, FireFox and other Mozilla based browsers www.mozilla.org/products/thund…
Opera Another great replacement for Internet Explorer, ad supported www.opera.com/download/
WinAMP Arguably the best media player out there, plays almost any audio files, and now video files as well. Also very skinable www.winamp.com/player/
QuickTime Player Apples media player, and the only way to play QuickTime Media www.apple.com/quicktime/downlo…
Stardock Loads of applications for skinning windows and improving the GUI www.stardock.com/
Desktop Sidebar This application adds a fully skinable sidebar to your desktop that can display RSS Feeds, Messenger Contacts, Outlook Appointments and lots more www.desktopsidebar.com/downloa…
Style XP One of the most well known skinning applications for Windows available www.tgtsoft.com/download.php
Trillian A Instant Messaging Application that lets you chat to AIM, YIM, ICQ and MSN Contacts at the same time www.trillian.cc/downloads/
Logon Studio Allows you to customise your windows logon screen to fit whatever needs you want www.stardock.com/products/logo…
BootSkin Allows you to customise your windows loading screen with images and different loading bars www.stardock.com/products/boot…
MSN Messenger Microsoft's Instant Messaging Application, and one of the most widely used out there messenger.msn.com/
Messenger Plus! An add-on for MSN Messenger that adds features such as being able to ad sounds and get rid of the ads www.msgplus.net/
Yahoo Messenger Instant Messaging application from Yahoo, for chatting to your friends with a yahoo email and yahoo messenger messenger.yahoo.com/
AOL Instant Messenger The first Instant Messenger to be released was AIM and its still one of the most widely used www.aim.com/download.adp?aolp= Direct Link for Latest Windows Version: www.aim.com/get_aim/congratsd2…
ICQ Another very early IM programs, however now it can seem dated, especially with Unique number system, still widely used though www.icq.com/download/
mIRC One of the best programs out there for connecting to different IRC channels and chatting www.mirc.com/get.html
SmartFTP Great program for uploading to and downloading from various FTP's www.smartftp.com/download/
WinRAR The BEST archiver out there, for extracting and creating a huge variety of archives www.rarlab.com/download.htm
LiteStep A extremely powerful application for skinning and completely overhauling the look of Windows [link]
FeedDemon A program for receiving and reading RSS Feeds and getting updates www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/ind…
All Seeing Eye Very useful program for those Online gamers, it detects which games you are running and adds then to its lists, then it will update the game servers for that game, you can also add favourites and apply filters to all of the servers. What GameSpy Arcade should have been www.udpsoft.com/eye2/index.htm…
Funny Links:
BullSh*t Generator Use this to generate all those long "buzz-words" that make you sound clever dack.com/web/bullshit.html
Real Hussein Spoof of Enimem's Real Slim Shady, only with Saddam Hussein, even if, like me you don't like Enimem, you will still find this flash video funny atomfilms.shockwave.com/landin…
Weird Al Yankovic Videos These are all the launch videos available for Weird Al, some of them are very funny, my personally favourite is Amish Paradise launch.yahoo.com/artist/videos…
DribbleGlass A huge range of funnies, from The wit of Homer Simpson to funny, non-existent bill boards www.dribbleglass.com/
Euphemism Generator Very funny, generates Euphemisms for masturbating from a huge database of words www.worldwidewank.com/generato…
Mother of All Excuses Page A site which has 1000's of excuses for every occasion, an amusing and maybe even useful read members.tripod.com/Madtbone/
Complaint Letter Generator Generates amusing complaint letters about People or Organisations of your choice www.pakin.org/complaint/
Cannot Find Porn Similar to the WMD one above but with porn being the subject my.core.com/~oldgrendel/cannot…
Weapons of Mass Destruction I am sure that most people have seen this already, but for those that haven't check it out www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk…
Gaming Links:
SteamPowered If you play Half Life and Half Life Mods then you will use this regularly, great app, just a shame there is not support for more Mods www.steampowered.com/
GamesRadar Site which has the latest new, preview and reviews on all the latest games and games platforms gamesradar.msn.co.uk/
GameSpy Games News as well as links to the latest patches, demos etc on FilePlanet www.gamespy.com/
3D Action Planet Site with links for other sites about a huge variety of games, the sites linked are very useful and have loads of information and files for the games in question www.3dactionplanet.com/
FileFront Get the latest patches, demos, updates and files for you PC and PC Games www.filefront.com
Games/Fun Links:
Create your own South Park Character Great for quick ID's southparkstudios.com/games/cre…
Create Your Own South Park Cartoon The easiest way to create a South Park Animation [link]
FlashPlayer Loads of the best flash games on the official site flashplayer.com/games/
Spele The Site isn't in English (Dutch?) But you can still read the names of games like Lemmings
www.spele.nl
Coffee Break Arcade Loads of games, just right for that break you owe yourself www.coffeebreakarcade.com/inde…
Mad Shark Play JAWS in this game where you are the shark www.shockwave.com/sw/content/m…
Not Just Cricket Run around with a cricket bat trying to subdue rampaging badgers www.channel4.com/entertainment…
Bubbles Collect falling bubble while dodging bombs, but be careful you get bigger and bigger www.freepgs.com/mindistortion/…
Bowman Great game which you must fire arrows at your opponent, they say the best games are also the simplest ones and in this case this is true www.xeron.org/cosas/bowman/bow…
RSS Feeds
What is an RSS Feed? A quick explanation about RSS Feeds www.webreference.com/authoring…
Steam Feed The RSS Feed, for Steam, the Half Life Multiplayer Application, with news about updates and new games www.steampowered.com/rss.xml
BBC News The BBC News RSS Feed, the latest world news. Goto the bottom right for the link to the RSS Feed news.bbc.co.uk/
Boing Boing Funny and unusual news from all around the world boingboing.net/rss.xml
Blues News Games news and Gaming RSS Feed bluesnews.com/news/news_1_0.rd…
NewsIsFree A huge list of different RSS Feeds available, listed by category www.newsisfree.com/sources/byc…
All of these links are to free resources/sites, though some may also have premium resources as well. The link will always refer to the free ones.
If you have some links that you would like me to add, comment on this journal or Note Me
NB: I cannot remember who told me all these links, some I have found some I have been using for a while. None of these are my sites, they are just sites that I find useful
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For my Personal Journal, please follow this link
If you have some links that you would like me to add, comment on this journal or Note Me
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Generally Useful Links:
Upload Images For images that aren't art (so you can't use DeviantART) but you want on the web www.uploadimages.net/index.php
YouSendIt Send Files of Upto 1GB! to your friends and best of all it doesn't fill up their inbox and its free s2.yousendit.com/
Tutorized Loads of Tutorials for every piece of software imaginable www.tutorialized.com/
Broadband Speed Test Test the speed of your broadband connection www.broadbandreports.com/stest or www.dslreports.com/stest
MetaGrid Index of Online Magazines and Newspapers www.metagrid.com/
BabelFish Translator Used to translate websites to almost any language babelfish.altavista.com/
Webopedia A dictionary of computer related definitions www.webopedia.com/
DeviantART related Links:
DeviantART Submission Policy Very important to read, explains all the DeviantART rules and policy about Submissions about.deviantart.com/policy/su…
DeviantART Etiqutte This explains all the general rules, another neccesity to read about.deviantart.com/policy/et…
ShoutBox Rules Explains all the rules about ShoutBox use in detail shout.deviantart.com/rules.php
dxd's Forum Descriptions Describes the use of each different board within the DeviantART forum, if you plan on using the forums then check this out www.ece.nu/daforums.html
Today Updates about the world of DeviantART today, with stats such as newest Deviant, popular mood etc today.deviantart.com
DeviantART Help and FAQ If you have a problem this is the first place to go, extensive help section for all your questions. FAQ: faq.deviantart.com Help: help.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Forum Chat about a huge range of things in the forum, just make sure you do so in the right place forum.deviantart.com
DeviantART Status Check on the latest updates and the general status of DeviantART forum.deviantart.com/devart/st…
DeviantART Site Statistics Statistics on things such as the total number of Deviations, Number of Deviants etc about.deviantart.com/stats/
About DeviantART Brief explanation about DeviantART and its purpose and also explanations of who all the staff are and their roles about.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Emoticon Legend All the emoticons that you can use on DeviantART comments.deviantart.com/emotic…
DeviantART Subscription Page Here you can subscribe, or just look at all the benefits you can get from subscribing www.deviantart.com/store/subsc…
Complete Gallery List Lists all the galleries and sub-galleries, with links to browse those galleries about.deviantart.com/galleries…
DeviantART News Archive Complete listing of all the DeviantART news articles ever, grouped by category news.deviantart.com/browse/
Searching DeviantART Using Google Journal Entry by HipHopPromotor (me
), explains the details of using Google to search through DeviantART's Jam Packed Pages hiphoppromotor.deviantart.com/…New Member Welcome Journal Entry by HipHopPromotor (me
), it details all kinds of information that will be useful to new deviants hiphoppromotor.deviantart.com/…Tips and Tricks Journal Entry by ZirTuan useful information for newbies to deviantART and veterans alike leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
How To Give Better Comments Journal Entry by ZirTuan telling you just that! leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
Devious Behaviours Journal Entry by ZirTuan a guide to giving something back to the DeviantART community leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
The Comment Revolution Journal Entry by splat Promotes the giving of constructive criticisms to help Deviants to improve their art splat.deviantart.com/journal/2…
The Comment Revolution 2 An expansion the original Comment Revolution which helps to clarify and update on progress splat.deviantart.com/journal/2…
Looking Like A Pro A guide to help you look more professional on DeviantART, ultimately increasing your art sales news.deviantart.com/article/99…
Getting and Giving Help Journal Entry by sapphiretiger A very useful guide to help you get useful help and explaining how to give it as well sapphiretiger.deviantart.com/j…
Clubs-Club Huge Listing of over 400 DeviantART Clubs clubs-club.deviantart.com/
Communities This clubs listing is probably the most used on all of DeviantART communities.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Groups Another Huge DeviantART Clubs listing dagroups.deviantart.com/
DeviantGroups Over 180 groups listed here, and categorized to make finding clubs easier deviantgroups.deviantart.com/
Gallery Stats II If you want to know your DeviantART stats then check this out www.ingenial.com/applied/Galle…
Random Deviation Chooses a Deviation randomly, lets you view new styles of art and new artists www.deviantart.com/random/devi…
Random Deviant Chooses a Deviant randomly allowing you to meet new artists and see new work www.deviantart.com/random/devi…
Computing Links:
Wincustomize Loads of skins and themes for a huge ranges of skinning applications www.wincustomize.com/
Mess.be Loads of custom content for Messenger mess.be/
Start Up Entries Find if all those programs that will run on start-up should be there or not www.2-spyware.com/entries.php
Windows XP Services Lists all the common services that start-up on WindowsXP, so that you kind find out what they are for www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servi…
Symantec Security Check A Free online security check from the guys who make Norton Systemworks. Not a Replacement for a decent virus scanner, firewall etc [link]
Linux vs. Windows A truthful and unbiased analysis comparing the two OS's www.michaelhorowitz.com/Linux.…
BraveNet Lots of tools and scripts for website developers www.bravenet.com/webtools/
DeviantART Skins and Themes This is the DeviantART Gallery for all your skins and themes for a huge range of applications browse.deviantart.com/skins/
LinuxISO The place to get ISO versions of almost every Linux Distro out there www.linuxiso.org/
Freeware/Shareware Links:
ShareWare Site with links to a huge number of shareware applications www.shareware.com/
GIMP - For Windows Free GFX Package, a windows version of the very well known Linux software www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/s…
Dr Ping If you are curious to find out your Ping/Latency, which is useful to know, especially for online gaming www.broadbandreports.com/beta/…
Download.com Has almost every Freeware/Shareware Program imaginable www.download.com
TextPad A text editor like Notepad, only with lots more features, its very useful for programming www.textpad.com/download/
ProtoWall A small app that barely takes up any system resources that blocks packets going to various banned sites. Program, follow the link, then follow the ProtoWall link in the sidebar: www.bluetack.co.uk/index1.php Help File: www.bluetack.co.uk/pwhelp/
The Blocklist Manager Use this to get updates and customise your ProtoWall, follow the link, the follow the link in the sidebar. www.bluetack.co.uk/index1.php
RealOne Player Media Players, useful for playing streaming video and audio uk.real.com/player/?&src=ZG.uk…
Mozilla FireFox Ultra fast browse, with no added features you don't want. Best reason to get rid of Internet Explorer out there www.mozilla.org/products/firef…
Mozilla Thunderbird The Mozilla email client, works with Mozilla, FireFox and other Mozilla based browsers www.mozilla.org/products/thund…
Opera Another great replacement for Internet Explorer, ad supported www.opera.com/download/
WinAMP Arguably the best media player out there, plays almost any audio files, and now video files as well. Also very skinable www.winamp.com/player/
QuickTime Player Apples media player, and the only way to play QuickTime Media www.apple.com/quicktime/downlo…
Stardock Loads of applications for skinning windows and improving the GUI www.stardock.com/
Desktop Sidebar This application adds a fully skinable sidebar to your desktop that can display RSS Feeds, Messenger Contacts, Outlook Appointments and lots more www.desktopsidebar.com/downloa…
Style XP One of the most well known skinning applications for Windows available www.tgtsoft.com/download.php
Trillian A Instant Messaging Application that lets you chat to AIM, YIM, ICQ and MSN Contacts at the same time www.trillian.cc/downloads/
Logon Studio Allows you to customise your windows logon screen to fit whatever needs you want www.stardock.com/products/logo…
BootSkin Allows you to customise your windows loading screen with images and different loading bars www.stardock.com/products/boot…
MSN Messenger Microsoft's Instant Messaging Application, and one of the most widely used out there messenger.msn.com/
Messenger Plus! An add-on for MSN Messenger that adds features such as being able to ad sounds and get rid of the ads www.msgplus.net/
Yahoo Messenger Instant Messaging application from Yahoo, for chatting to your friends with a yahoo email and yahoo messenger messenger.yahoo.com/
AOL Instant Messenger The first Instant Messenger to be released was AIM and its still one of the most widely used www.aim.com/download.adp?aolp= Direct Link for Latest Windows Version: www.aim.com/get_aim/congratsd2…
ICQ Another very early IM programs, however now it can seem dated, especially with Unique number system, still widely used though www.icq.com/download/
mIRC One of the best programs out there for connecting to different IRC channels and chatting www.mirc.com/get.html
SmartFTP Great program for uploading to and downloading from various FTP's www.smartftp.com/download/
WinRAR The BEST archiver out there, for extracting and creating a huge variety of archives www.rarlab.com/download.htm
LiteStep A extremely powerful application for skinning and completely overhauling the look of Windows [link]
FeedDemon A program for receiving and reading RSS Feeds and getting updates www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon/ind…
All Seeing Eye Very useful program for those Online gamers, it detects which games you are running and adds then to its lists, then it will update the game servers for that game, you can also add favourites and apply filters to all of the servers. What GameSpy Arcade should have been www.udpsoft.com/eye2/index.htm…
Funny Links:
BullSh*t Generator Use this to generate all those long "buzz-words" that make you sound clever dack.com/web/bullshit.html
Real Hussein Spoof of Enimem's Real Slim Shady, only with Saddam Hussein, even if, like me you don't like Enimem, you will still find this flash video funny atomfilms.shockwave.com/landin…
Weird Al Yankovic Videos These are all the launch videos available for Weird Al, some of them are very funny, my personally favourite is Amish Paradise launch.yahoo.com/artist/videos…
DribbleGlass A huge range of funnies, from The wit of Homer Simpson to funny, non-existent bill boards www.dribbleglass.com/
Euphemism Generator Very funny, generates Euphemisms for masturbating from a huge database of words www.worldwidewank.com/generato…
Mother of All Excuses Page A site which has 1000's of excuses for every occasion, an amusing and maybe even useful read members.tripod.com/Madtbone/
Complaint Letter Generator Generates amusing complaint letters about People or Organisations of your choice www.pakin.org/complaint/
Cannot Find Porn Similar to the WMD one above but with porn being the subject my.core.com/~oldgrendel/cannot…
Weapons of Mass Destruction I am sure that most people have seen this already, but for those that haven't check it out www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk…
Gaming Links:
SteamPowered If you play Half Life and Half Life Mods then you will use this regularly, great app, just a shame there is not support for more Mods www.steampowered.com/
GamesRadar Site which has the latest new, preview and reviews on all the latest games and games platforms gamesradar.msn.co.uk/
GameSpy Games News as well as links to the latest patches, demos etc on FilePlanet www.gamespy.com/
3D Action Planet Site with links for other sites about a huge variety of games, the sites linked are very useful and have loads of information and files for the games in question www.3dactionplanet.com/
FileFront Get the latest patches, demos, updates and files for you PC and PC Games www.filefront.com
Games/Fun Links:
Create your own South Park Character Great for quick ID's southparkstudios.com/games/cre…
Create Your Own South Park Cartoon The easiest way to create a South Park Animation [link]
FlashPlayer Loads of the best flash games on the official site flashplayer.com/games/
Spele The Site isn't in English (Dutch?) But you can still read the names of games like Lemmings
www.spele.nlCoffee Break Arcade Loads of games, just right for that break you owe yourself www.coffeebreakarcade.com/inde…
Mad Shark Play JAWS in this game where you are the shark www.shockwave.com/sw/content/m…
Not Just Cricket Run around with a cricket bat trying to subdue rampaging badgers www.channel4.com/entertainment…
Bubbles Collect falling bubble while dodging bombs, but be careful you get bigger and bigger www.freepgs.com/mindistortion/…
Bowman Great game which you must fire arrows at your opponent, they say the best games are also the simplest ones and in this case this is true www.xeron.org/cosas/bowman/bow…
RSS Feeds
What is an RSS Feed? A quick explanation about RSS Feeds www.webreference.com/authoring…
Steam Feed The RSS Feed, for Steam, the Half Life Multiplayer Application, with news about updates and new games www.steampowered.com/rss.xml
BBC News The BBC News RSS Feed, the latest world news. Goto the bottom right for the link to the RSS Feed news.bbc.co.uk/
Boing Boing Funny and unusual news from all around the world boingboing.net/rss.xml
Blues News Games news and Gaming RSS Feed bluesnews.com/news/news_1_0.rd…
NewsIsFree A huge list of different RSS Feeds available, listed by category www.newsisfree.com/sources/byc…
All of these links are to free resources/sites, though some may also have premium resources as well. The link will always refer to the free ones.
If you have some links that you would like me to add, comment on this journal or Note Me
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Hello and Welcome to the DeviantART art community.
If you are reading this then I assume that you are a new member to DeviantART. The aim of this Journal is to introduce you to DeviantART, explain how it works, teach you good habits, give you some tips so that your stay at DeviantART will be fun and exciting, also hopefully you will also learn new skills and artistic techniques. I am first going to explain a little about what DeviantART is, and also what it isn't, as this is useful information for everyone, not just New Members to bare in mind.
DeviantART Is:
A place for you to share your art and get or give feedback on yours and other peoples art.
A community, where you can share art or just view other peoples art.
A great place to make friends and meet fellow artists.
Full of some of the greatest Artists in the whole art community.
A place to improve your skill and technique in your chosen art.
A place where you can expand your artistic skills into other areas.
A place where great artists can get exposure and publicity that they need
A fun community to be a member of!
DeviantART Isn't:
A image hosting site for your benefit.
To be used if you don't take pride in your work, and you are not willing to learn.
A place to flame other members or make enemies.
A place where you can flame other users if they are worse at art than you.
The official line from the FAQ is as follows:
"deviantART is an online art community for artists and art lovers to interact in a variety of ways, ranging from the submission of art to conversations on a number of topics. In its purest form, deviantART is a means for expressing ones-self in a variety of ways."
First Steps....
Now that you know a little more and you know that DeviantART is the right site for you lets get started with your DeviantART account. Here is a list of things that it helps to do first, before anything else with your DeviantART account (the order should be kept pretty well the same, but there is some room for changing the order):
Read the DeviantART Rules
First things first, you are going to have to thoroughly read the rules at one time or another and when you have just joined is as good-a time as any. Follow this link and make sure you know the specific does and don'ts of DeviantART, once you are completely sure that you know the rules, you can move on to the next steps.
DeviantART Submission Policy
DeviantART Etiquette
ShoutBox Rules
dxd's Forum Descriptions
Upload an Avater
An avatar is a small 50*50 image that is one of the main ways that people use to identify you. It works in much the same way as an avatar in many forums. The image can be of anything as long as the content is allowed on DeviantART, but it helps to remember that everyone will see your avatar and that for most people it is their main way of identifying you. An avatar is not essential but if you want to use DeviantART seriously it is advised that you get one, because some people will see the default avatar and use this to make a judgement about you that you are new, and this may cause them to treat you differently.
To give yourself an avatar, got Settings and then got the bottom right hand corner and you will see a heading labelled avatar, click browse to upload a file from your computer, but first make sure that it is a 50*50 image and that the file size is less than 15Kb. You can have animated avatars, provided then are the right pixel and file size.
Enter your Userpage Info
Your Userpage is your personal page within the DeviantART page and if people would like to look at your art or just see what you are like then your Userpage is the first place that they will go. A Deviants Userpage can be accessed by clicking on a link in their name, e.g. HipHopPromotor or by typing in the correct URL, always of the format:
#.deviantart.com where # is the deviants username
Your Userpage will show almost everything about you, it will show your latest Deviation, have links to your most recent Deviations, it will show your Favourites and your recent Favourites will be linked, it will show your statistics, it will show your Devious Desktop (if you have one), it will show your DevID (if you have one), it will show your latest Userpage comments, from you and other Deviants, it will show your latest Journals entry and it will also show you Devious Information
Your Devious Information is basically information about yourself that is displayed on your Userpage. It is recommended that you fill in your Devious Information so that people visiting your Userpage will be able to read information about you. The Devious Information categories are pre-defined and you just fill in the relevant information about yourself for each category. To add your Devious Information, go to Settings > then Userpage. Then on the right you will see various questions or statements with blank textboxes next to them. Fill in your answers in the textboxes. The categories vary from Age: and Location: to Favourite Quote: and Favourite Artist. Fill in as many of the categories as you feel you want to. You do not have to fill in an answer for every category, and many people only fill in a few of the answers. Now that you have filled in the information, scroll down to the bottom and click Submit and your Devious Information will be updated. Now you can got your Userpage and check that it has worked correctly. Note there is a restriction to the number of characters you can post in each of the categories, so you may need to go back and edit your answers if you wrote too much.
Sort out your account settings
Your account settings are very important, because they define what things like your password is and also what your email address is. To change your account settings you need to click the link to settings at the top of the page, then on the page that loads you will be able to change your account settings. Check that all the information is correct and also if you need to change your password you can do that from this page. You may already have seen this page and changed some information, but it is useful to review it all and check it thoroughly.
Write a Journal Entry
Your Journal is the place that you can write anything, this guide is a Journal entry, however most Journal Entries are simply a dairy that other Deviants can read to get to know the Deviant who wrote the comment. Basically anything as long as it is within the broader site rules can go in your Journal, for most people it is just the place where they write the latest news.
As a new Deviant I recommend that your first Journal entry can be used to introduce yourself to DeviantART to any Deviants that happen by your Userpage, some things that you might want to add to your first Journal are:
Some more information about yourself, other than that on your Devious Information.
Write a bit about art, what art your like, what art you plan on submitting to DeviantART.
Explain your reasons for joining DeviantART.
To add a new Journal or edit or delete a previous one, all you need to do it click on the Journal link at the top of the page (by Settings and Notes) and you can do it all from that page.
Upload a DevID
A DeviantID (DevID) is a large image that goes on your Userpage, above your Devious Information. DeviousID's can contain anything, as long as the content sticks to the basic rules and policies of DeviantART. The typical size for a DeviantID is a portrait image, about 650*400 pixels, it can be bigger, but if it is too wide the a lot of it will be missed off your Userpage. To get an idea for what DevID's look like you can go on other Deviants page and see what theirs are like, or you can got the DevID section of browse.
Get yourself a signature
A signature is a bit of text that appears below every comment that you make on DeviantART, it is only small and you can put anything you want into it, try to limit yourself to about 4 lines, 5 lines maximum. What you put in it is COMPLETELY up to you. Have a look around DeviantART generally to see what other people have put, and if you still cannot think of something to put in it then you just put a humble link to your gallery, copying and pasting the URL from your browse and into signature. The maximum number of characters in your signature is 255 characters, this includes hidden code. Then later you can add something original to it
To edit your signature, got Settings > then Browsing and Comments and in the signature section type what you want your signature to say, or paste some links into it. It helps if you set your signature to sticky so that it shows up all the time, then click submit and make a test post on your Userpage to check it has worked.
Enter your geographic coordinates
Also on your accounts setting page is a section where you can add your geographical coordinates in the world, if you follow the instructions in that section then you will be able to add your geographical coordinates. How you can click on the "Neighbours" link from your Userpage and a list of nearby Deviants will be listed, in order of their proximity to you. Also people will now be able to see you on their Neighbours list if they are close enough to you. The Neighbours link is very useful because you can find out about Deviants who live near to you, and it is a great opportunity to get to know them.
Add your Devious Desktop
This is not essential, but some Deviants might want to see a picture of your desktop. To get a picture of your Desktop, close or drop all the applications that you are running and then press the Print Scrn (Print Screen) button. Now open up an image editing program, any will do and paste the image. Now that it is pasted save it with an appropriate name and then upload it to DeviantART, the correct category to upload it too is the " DeviantART Related > Deviant Desktop " section. Then got your Settings > Userpage section and there is an option to choose a Devious Desktop to be displayed on your Userpage, using the drop down menu select the image that you just uploaded.
Start Submitting your art
You have now done all the basic things and sorted out your Userpage and all the settings of your account. You can how submit art to DeviantART, nothing more needs to be said about this other than you will need to make sure that the art you submit is in the correct category, when you are submitting read the category and sub-category descriptions carefully and you should be ok.
Enjoy Submitting your art and good luck to you
The Next Step
Now you have completed the first step and got all the basics nailed down, its time to move on to the next step, these steps are none art related guidance, so bare in mind that from now on you should be working on submitting your art for others to see, this guide doesn't cover art as I assume it is a skill that you already know and also it would be very difficult to write about every single type of art or style of art in this Journal.
Take a Detailed Read through the FAQ
The FAQ is one of the most useful resources/help files on all of DeviantART, browsing through can teach you lots about DeviantART and how it works, it can also teach you advanced things such as posting thumbnails to your art. It is advised that you take time to read through the FAQ so that you don't have to ask other Deviants stupid questions (which may annoy them) and also so that you can use some of the a-for mentioned advanced features, which will show other members that you know your stuff.
Make a forum thread in the welcome centre
Now that you have started your account, sorted out your Userpage and done all that stuff, maybe even submitted some art as well, its probably about time you formally introduced yourself to the DeviantART community. The best way to do this is to make a thread in the Welcome Centre board of the DeviantART Forums, so head over to the forums and open up the Welcome Centre board and scroll down to the bottom to start a new topic welcoming yourself. In your topic you can say whatever you like, as long as it doesn't break the DeviantART rules, but remember that people will be reading it and this topic will most likely be the first impression that people get of you so try to think about what you are going to say, some things that you might like to say are:
Say a little bit about yourself as a person
Say a bit about why you joined DeviantART
Say a bit about what art you plan on submitting
Say a little bit about your hobbies outside DeviantART
Perhaps you could discuss art, why you enjoy it and how long you have been a fan of art
Start Getting Used to the Emoticons
Even though they are not essential, and some people would go so far as to say they are a gimmick, they are useful for conveying your mood and also make your posts more interesting. Also if you are proficient it the use of the emoticons then other members will get the feeling that you know what you are doing and that you know your stuff. When you are posting try to use a variety of emoticons and try to make them appropriate. See the emoticon legend when posting, which can be found just to the bottom left of the comment box, or here:
Emoticon Legend.
Start using some of DeviantART's more advanced features
DeviantART has lots of advanced features such as direct linking to other users Userpage, posting their avatar as a link to their page, posting image thumbnails. These don't just look professional, but they are also very functional. The best ways to learn them is to read the applicable FAQ topics. Here are some that you may find very useful, have a look around the FAQ yourself though, and I am sure you will find more:
FAQ #81: How can I create links to other deviants, deviations, or websites?
FAQ #14: How do I create a link to a specific comment?
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FAQ #32: Fair Use and Your Submission
Now you are pretty well ready to start commenting, submitting and generally enjoying DeviantART, however there are some other useful articles that you should read, most of them on commenting well, in a way that helps other Deviants to improve, but also will not offend them.
How to give better Comments
Splat's Comment Revolution Part 1
Splat's Comment Revolution Part 2
Getting and Giving Help
The Art of Commenting
Guide to Commenting
If you plan on becoming and professional artist with a DeviantART Prints account then this News article is very useful as well.
Looking More Professional
There are no articles on improving your art and that is because this a skill that you must learn yourself, by commenting and listening to others comments, and also it is too board-a subject to explain/instruct in a Journal entry. The tutorials on DeviantART can be useful though:
DeviantART Tutorials
Important Section: Ways to avoid annoying other Deviants
It is important to try to get along with your fellow Deviants, you don't need me to tell you that, but this section will tell you ways to avoid annoying other members, bare in mind there may be nothing wrong with you, but one action that the other Deviant is getting very tired and annoyed with, from you can annoy that Deviant a lot. Here are the best ways to keep active on DeviantART, but not annoy other Deviants:
Be Humble
When you post your art do not post stuff like "this is the best piece of art you will ever see" etc, because that is just asking for trouble. If it is good then let other members tell you that. Also bear in mind that DeviantART has some of the best artists in their fields so the chances are there is always someone better than you, its just the truth, however hard it is too take.
Stick to the rules
Make sure that you don't break the rules, it may seem simple, but make sure that you are familiar with the rules. Especially in the forum where there are only certain places where you can post certain topics. These links will help you stick to the rules:
DeviantART Submission Policy
DeviantART Etiquette
ShoutBox Rules
dxd's Forum Descriptions
Make sure that you have put effort into your art
A lot of people find it very annoying if you submit art that has obviously had no-effort put into to it, no artist is so good that they don't need to try, so if you put effort into your art it will come out better and other Deviants are less likely to be annoyed buy it and call you a Spammer or a n00b, so put in the effort to avoid this. Its also common-sense as well.
Don't ask other members stupid questions
Try to avoid asking Questions such as "Will you watch me" or "Will you be my friend"... etc, because some members will read these and think that you are stupid, or the only reason that you joined DeviantART was to see how many pageviews you can get, a lot of members will very badly of you if they get the impression that you have this attitude, remember DeviantART is primarily an art site.
Also stupid Questions about the working of DeviantART are annoying to a lot of Deviants because they just waste time, and to them it is obvious that you have never read the FAQ and don't plan, if you have a question to ask then check the FAQ first and fore-most.
Don't Flame
Okay perhaps a little obvious, but if their is a Deviant that you feel you do not get along with or annoys you, try not to flame them, because it doesn't really achieve anything and they are likely to flame you back, which will mean that the whole thing will escalate downwards. If you have a grievance with another Deviant then in some case you can report them to the admins or you can just ignore them and don't bother viewing their art or their Userpage, that way flaming will be unnecessary.
Take into account what other members have to say
Ok this is a pretty simple one, and fairly self explanatory, it can apply to wide variety of situations, for example someone's opinion in the forums, but it can equally apply to advise that people give you on your art, if they suggest a way that you could improve your art then if you can it would be nice to act upon it, especially if more than one person suggest the same thing.
Ways to get recognised
So you have started submitting your art to DeviantART and your Userpage is fine, you now want to start meeting and chatting to other Deviants; basically you want to start getting recognised. I will now explain some different ways to do this, these are not guaranteed but they will certainly help, most of these methods can be easily employed to benefit yourself and be recognised by other artists.
Show your Art off in the Thumbnail Forums
The Thumbshare Forums is a special forum where you can post thumbnails of your Deviations for other Deviants to see. To see how to post your forums then read the FAQ linked below. The advantages of the Thumbshare forum are that you can post thumbnails of your best pieces for other Deviants to see and if they like the look of the thumbnail then they will click on it and view the full deviation, this is great because it can be used to show off your art to a wide audience. However the usefulness of the forum is reduced because a lot of the topics are topics such as "lets trade comments" or "I will comment on your work if you comment on mine" etc. These are not really useful because the person in question will *usually* comment on anything you want, even if they do not know very much about the art form in question. Just something to bear in mind
Go on the ShoutBox
The ShoutBox is a great place to get to know lots of other Deviants, you can chat to lots of people at the same time, about anything and it is great for making friends. However the ShoutBox has its own additional rules and beware that there will be a moderator of some sort watching what you say most of the time. Here is the link to the ShoutBox and also to its rules:
Pop-Up ShoutBox
ShoutBox Rules
Go on the DeviantART IRC Channel
This is basically a chatroom for DeviantART and like a Deluxe chatroom with the same benefits as the ShoutBox. Check out this FAQ entry for more information:
FAQ #161: I've submitted over X amount of deviations to a single category, but I am not presented with the option to submit to a frequently used category. Why is this?
Regularly Check the Forums
There is always lots happening on the forums so and its a great place to chat about almost anything. Depending on what you enjoy other than art there are loads of other forums within the main DeviantART Forum, from Music, Games to Software and WindowsXP forums. Chatting about your hobbies with other Deviants is another ways to be recognised and to get to know new Deviants. You can also help people on the forums by answering their questions which as well as giving back to the community will also help to get you recognised. Here is the link to the DeviantART forums, as well as dxd's forum descriptions, which you should read so that you know what you can post in each of the different forums:
DeviantART Forum
dxd's Forum Descriptions
Comment on other Deviants work
When commenting on other Deviants work it is important that your comments are useful and thoughtful, otherwise they are no use to anyone, I have already posted links to several Journals which go into to detail about giving good, useful comments so I will not repeat them, but if you are not posting useful comments then to be brutally honest there is not much point in commenting at all, but its ok because with all the Journals you have read your comments will be good. Posting useful comments is going to get you recognised because the Deviant whose art you comment on is likely to be glad of useful comments and consistently posting useful comments will be noticed and so you will get recognition. Some Deviants will also return to favour if you comment on their work by comment on some of yours.
Try to give something back to the community
Giving something back to the community is not only rewarding and a great way to "thank" DeviantART, but it will also help get you respect from other Deviants, especially those who have been around for a long time. There are many ways that you can give something back to DeviantART, writing long articles like this to help other Deviants is one way, as is posting News and helping people in the Forum, for a really good run down of different ways to give to the community, read this full run down of the different roles you could take, there is bound to be something there that you would like to do:
Devious Behaviours
Join Clubs
Joining clubs is a great way to meet like-minded Deviants, and a common hobby/love/location etc is a great way to get to know other Deviants, once you know them they are going to start giving you recognition. If you cannot find any clubs then check out these "indexes" of most of the clubs on DeviantART:
Clubs-Club
Communities
DeviantART Groups
DeviantGroups
Glossary.. of sorts
This section explains lots of key words and terms that you may come across but wonder what they mean, and it helps to fill in any gaps of knowledge that you might have.
Clubs
Clubs are ways that Deviants with a common interest can get together and either post art to do with that interest or just be a member and chat about their interest. Clubs are usually just a DeviantART account with a suitable name a suitable settings, started by a few Deviants. The Journal entry of the club will usually explain about it, what you need to do to join and much more.
Notes System
The notes system is DeviantART's very own private messaging system that can be used between any two Deviants. Simply click on notes on the top of your page and then choose a Deviant to send the note to, a subject and then write then note, it will immediately appear in the recipients Inbox section in their Notes and they will be able to read it and reply.
News
The news pages are filled with the latest news submitting by various Deviants, anyone can submit a news item, here are the links to the different aspects of the DeviantART News Section, the latest news is part of the DeviantART main page:
Submit News
Latest News
All News
Featured Deviation
Your featured Deviation is a Deviation that you wish to draw your Userpage page viewers' attention to, the Deviation will always show as an image on your Userpage under the Featured Deviation section. To assign your Featured Deviation all you need to do is to got your Settings > Userpage and then on that page their is the option to choose your Featured Deviation.
Daily Deviation
The Daily Deviation is a Deviation that is worthy of such merit that it is assigned Daily Deviation status, this basically means that it is the best Deviation in its category of the day. Daily Deviations are chosen by administrators and moderators and it is entirely their decision which Deviation is assigned Daily Deviation status. If you know who the appropriate moderator is then you can note him and give a recommendation, but the decision is in their hands.
Admins
The Admins are the people who do all the running of DeviantART behind the scenes, they keep the site running smoothly, so respect them
They also have the power to do lots of things, such as ban Deviants and more.
Reply, Parent and Top
Clicking the reply button below a persons comment will allow you to reply directly to them, your comment will be slightly indented and the person will get a message telling them that you have replied. If you are having a conversation by clicking on the reply button, then two other buttons my appear; Parent and Top. Clicking Parent will allow you to see the comment before that comment, and you will be able to see what the person was replying to. Clicking Top will allow you to go to the very start of the discussion thread or comment listing, and see all the comments.
FAQ #41: What do the "Parent", "Top" and "Reply" links under comments mean?
Prints
DeviantART prints, is a services that lets artists set-up and then manage their own prints account. This account allows them to sell some of their Deviations as arts prints, this will help artists to gain recognition for their art and also make some money as well. The price of the prints is set by the artist and their are a large variety of print sizes and specifications available. To set up a DeviantART prints account you need to buy one.
FAQ #179: What is DeviantArt Prints?
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Messages
The Messages system on DeviantART is a way of notifying you when something occurs, for example if one of your Friends submits a new Deviation, you will get a message tell you think and with a link to it, you also get messages about Forum Replies, Notes Received, Friends Journals, Friends Journal Polls, Comments, Friends Deviation, When Someone watches you and when someone adds on of your pieces to their favourites.
Your Messages
Favourites
The favourites system is a way of showing your ultimate appreciation for a piece of art. You can add a piece to your favourites when viewing it and it will appear under the favourites section of your Userpage.
Deviant Watch
DeviantWatch is basically adding someone to your friends, when they post a new Deviation or add a new Journal entry you will get a message in your message centre telling you. You can change what you are actually watching them for, e.g. Journals, Deviations, Scraps by going to your Friends List.
Subscriptions
Subscribing to DeviantART is a way to help fund DeviantART and keep it going. Being a subscriber can bring you many benefits and also extra subscriber only features. For full information about Subscribing and Subscriptions, check out these links:
Benefits
Browse
This allows you to look through all of the Deviations from DeviantART's members. The deviations can be viewed by category and then also by sub-category, and can be ordered by Newest First, Oldest First, Number of Downloads (most first) and Number of Favourites (most first). You do not need to do anything other than submit your deviation for people to be able to view your art.
Browse DeviantART
Forums
The DeviantART forums are similar to most other forums on the internet, there are various boards that can be browsed, you can reply to open topics or start you own topic of discussion. When creating topics it is important to make sure that you start your topic in the correct board.
DeviantART Forum
dxd's Forum Descriptions
ShoutBox
The Shoutbox is a page that lets you chat in real time to other Deviants about anything within the ShoutBox rules, its a great place to chat to other Deviants and meet new Deviants as well. The rules for the ShoutBox can be found here.
Useful Links
This is the final section and also the shortest, it is just a selection of links to different DeviantART pages that you may find useful:
DeviantART Submission Policy Very important to read, explains all the DeviantART rules and policy about Submissions about.deviantart.com/policy/su…
DeviantART Etiquette This explains all the general rules, another necessity to read about.deviantart.com/policy/et…
ShoutBox Rules Explains all the rules about ShoutBox use in detail shout.deviantart.com/rules.php
dxd's Forum Descriptions Describes the use of each different board within the DeviantART forum, if you plan on using the forums then check this out www.ece.nu/daforums.html
Today Updates about the world of DeviantART today, with stats such as newest Deviant, popular mood etc today.deviantart.com
DeviantART Help and FAQ If you have a problem this is the first place to go, extensive help section for all your questions. FAQ: faq.deviantart.com Help: help.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Forum Chat about a huge range of things in the forum, just make sure you do so in the right place forum.deviantart.com
DeviantART Status Check on the latest updates and the general status of DeviantART forum.deviantart.com/devart/st…
DeviantART Site Statistics Statistics on things such as the total number of Deviations, Number of Deviants etc about.deviantart.com/stats/
About DeviantART Brief explanation about DeviantART and its purpose and also explanations of who all the staff are and their roles about.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Emoticon Legend All the emoticons that you can use on DeviantART comments.deviantart.com/emotic…
DeviantART Subscription Page Here you can subscribe, or just look at all the benefits you can get from subscribing www.deviantart.com/store/subsc…
Complete Gallery List Lists all the galleries and sub-galleries, with links to browse those galleries about.deviantart.com/galleries…
DeviantART News Archive Complete listing of all the DeviantART news articles ever, grouped by category news.deviantart.com/browse/
Searching DeviantART Using Google Journal Entry by HipHopPromotor (me), explains the details of using Google to search through DeviantART's Jam Packed Pages hiphoppromotor.deviantart.com/…
Tips and Tricks Journal Entry by ZirTuan useful information for newbie's to deviantART and veterans alike leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
Devious Behaviours Journal Entry by ZirTuan a guide to giving something back to the DeviantART community leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
Clubs-Club Huge Listing of over 400 DeviantART Clubs clubs-club.deviantart.com/
Communities This clubs listing is probably the most used on all of DeviantART communities.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Groups Another Huge DeviantART Clubs listing dagroups.deviantart.com/
DeviantGroups Over 180 groups listed here, and categorized to make finding clubs easier deviantgroups.deviantart.com/
Gallery Stats II If you want to know your DeviantART stats then check this out www.ingenial.com/applied/Galle…
Random Deviation Chooses a Deviation randomly, lets you view new styles of art and new artists www.deviantart.com/random/devi…
Random Deviant Chooses a Deviant randomly allowing you to meet new artists and see new work www.deviantart.com/random/devi…
All these links where taken from another Journal Entry of mine, my Useful Links Journal
The End!!
Thank you for taking the time to read this, just one last optional thing to do, and that is could you please tell me what you thought of this Journal, tell me whether you thought it was useful, or if there is anymore information you would like to see added to it, generally are there any improvements that you could think of I would like to know. Please be honest as well in telling me what you think.
Thanx
PS If you would like to link to this Tutorial/Resource then please feel free to, however do not copy any of the content and claim that it is yours. If you find some new Deviants who you think would find this Tutorial/Resource useful then please don't hesitate to give them the link, just to save you some time, here is the link:
To use this link just take all the spaces, the two in the "
New Member Welcome Information
If you are reading this then I assume that you are a new member to DeviantART. The aim of this Journal is to introduce you to DeviantART, explain how it works, teach you good habits, give you some tips so that your stay at DeviantART will be fun and exciting, also hopefully you will also learn new skills and artistic techniques. I am first going to explain a little about what DeviantART is, and also what it isn't, as this is useful information for everyone, not just New Members to bare in mind.
DeviantART Is:
A place for you to share your art and get or give feedback on yours and other peoples art.
A community, where you can share art or just view other peoples art.
A great place to make friends and meet fellow artists.
Full of some of the greatest Artists in the whole art community.
A place to improve your skill and technique in your chosen art.
A place where you can expand your artistic skills into other areas.
A place where great artists can get exposure and publicity that they need
A fun community to be a member of!
DeviantART Isn't:
A image hosting site for your benefit.
To be used if you don't take pride in your work, and you are not willing to learn.
A place to flame other members or make enemies.
A place where you can flame other users if they are worse at art than you.
The official line from the FAQ is as follows:
"deviantART is an online art community for artists and art lovers to interact in a variety of ways, ranging from the submission of art to conversations on a number of topics. In its purest form, deviantART is a means for expressing ones-self in a variety of ways."
First Steps....
Now that you know a little more and you know that DeviantART is the right site for you lets get started with your DeviantART account. Here is a list of things that it helps to do first, before anything else with your DeviantART account (the order should be kept pretty well the same, but there is some room for changing the order):
Read the DeviantART Rules
First things first, you are going to have to thoroughly read the rules at one time or another and when you have just joined is as good-a time as any. Follow this link and make sure you know the specific does and don'ts of DeviantART, once you are completely sure that you know the rules, you can move on to the next steps.
DeviantART Submission Policy
DeviantART Etiquette
ShoutBox Rules
dxd's Forum Descriptions
Upload an Avater
An avatar is a small 50*50 image that is one of the main ways that people use to identify you. It works in much the same way as an avatar in many forums. The image can be of anything as long as the content is allowed on DeviantART, but it helps to remember that everyone will see your avatar and that for most people it is their main way of identifying you. An avatar is not essential but if you want to use DeviantART seriously it is advised that you get one, because some people will see the default avatar and use this to make a judgement about you that you are new, and this may cause them to treat you differently.
To give yourself an avatar, got Settings and then got the bottom right hand corner and you will see a heading labelled avatar, click browse to upload a file from your computer, but first make sure that it is a 50*50 image and that the file size is less than 15Kb. You can have animated avatars, provided then are the right pixel and file size.
Enter your Userpage Info
Your Userpage is your personal page within the DeviantART page and if people would like to look at your art or just see what you are like then your Userpage is the first place that they will go. A Deviants Userpage can be accessed by clicking on a link in their name, e.g. HipHopPromotor or by typing in the correct URL, always of the format:
#.deviantart.com where # is the deviants username
Your Userpage will show almost everything about you, it will show your latest Deviation, have links to your most recent Deviations, it will show your Favourites and your recent Favourites will be linked, it will show your statistics, it will show your Devious Desktop (if you have one), it will show your DevID (if you have one), it will show your latest Userpage comments, from you and other Deviants, it will show your latest Journals entry and it will also show you Devious Information
Your Devious Information is basically information about yourself that is displayed on your Userpage. It is recommended that you fill in your Devious Information so that people visiting your Userpage will be able to read information about you. The Devious Information categories are pre-defined and you just fill in the relevant information about yourself for each category. To add your Devious Information, go to Settings > then Userpage. Then on the right you will see various questions or statements with blank textboxes next to them. Fill in your answers in the textboxes. The categories vary from Age: and Location: to Favourite Quote: and Favourite Artist. Fill in as many of the categories as you feel you want to. You do not have to fill in an answer for every category, and many people only fill in a few of the answers. Now that you have filled in the information, scroll down to the bottom and click Submit and your Devious Information will be updated. Now you can got your Userpage and check that it has worked correctly. Note there is a restriction to the number of characters you can post in each of the categories, so you may need to go back and edit your answers if you wrote too much.
Sort out your account settings
Your account settings are very important, because they define what things like your password is and also what your email address is. To change your account settings you need to click the link to settings at the top of the page, then on the page that loads you will be able to change your account settings. Check that all the information is correct and also if you need to change your password you can do that from this page. You may already have seen this page and changed some information, but it is useful to review it all and check it thoroughly.
Write a Journal Entry
Your Journal is the place that you can write anything, this guide is a Journal entry, however most Journal Entries are simply a dairy that other Deviants can read to get to know the Deviant who wrote the comment. Basically anything as long as it is within the broader site rules can go in your Journal, for most people it is just the place where they write the latest news.
As a new Deviant I recommend that your first Journal entry can be used to introduce yourself to DeviantART to any Deviants that happen by your Userpage, some things that you might want to add to your first Journal are:
Some more information about yourself, other than that on your Devious Information.
Write a bit about art, what art your like, what art you plan on submitting to DeviantART.
Explain your reasons for joining DeviantART.
To add a new Journal or edit or delete a previous one, all you need to do it click on the Journal link at the top of the page (by Settings and Notes) and you can do it all from that page.
Upload a DevID
A DeviantID (DevID) is a large image that goes on your Userpage, above your Devious Information. DeviousID's can contain anything, as long as the content sticks to the basic rules and policies of DeviantART. The typical size for a DeviantID is a portrait image, about 650*400 pixels, it can be bigger, but if it is too wide the a lot of it will be missed off your Userpage. To get an idea for what DevID's look like you can go on other Deviants page and see what theirs are like, or you can got the DevID section of browse.
Get yourself a signature
A signature is a bit of text that appears below every comment that you make on DeviantART, it is only small and you can put anything you want into it, try to limit yourself to about 4 lines, 5 lines maximum. What you put in it is COMPLETELY up to you. Have a look around DeviantART generally to see what other people have put, and if you still cannot think of something to put in it then you just put a humble link to your gallery, copying and pasting the URL from your browse and into signature. The maximum number of characters in your signature is 255 characters, this includes hidden code. Then later you can add something original to it
To edit your signature, got Settings > then Browsing and Comments and in the signature section type what you want your signature to say, or paste some links into it. It helps if you set your signature to sticky so that it shows up all the time, then click submit and make a test post on your Userpage to check it has worked.
Enter your geographic coordinates
Also on your accounts setting page is a section where you can add your geographical coordinates in the world, if you follow the instructions in that section then you will be able to add your geographical coordinates. How you can click on the "Neighbours" link from your Userpage and a list of nearby Deviants will be listed, in order of their proximity to you. Also people will now be able to see you on their Neighbours list if they are close enough to you. The Neighbours link is very useful because you can find out about Deviants who live near to you, and it is a great opportunity to get to know them.
Add your Devious Desktop
This is not essential, but some Deviants might want to see a picture of your desktop. To get a picture of your Desktop, close or drop all the applications that you are running and then press the Print Scrn (Print Screen) button. Now open up an image editing program, any will do and paste the image. Now that it is pasted save it with an appropriate name and then upload it to DeviantART, the correct category to upload it too is the " DeviantART Related > Deviant Desktop " section. Then got your Settings > Userpage section and there is an option to choose a Devious Desktop to be displayed on your Userpage, using the drop down menu select the image that you just uploaded.
Start Submitting your art
You have now done all the basic things and sorted out your Userpage and all the settings of your account. You can how submit art to DeviantART, nothing more needs to be said about this other than you will need to make sure that the art you submit is in the correct category, when you are submitting read the category and sub-category descriptions carefully and you should be ok.
Enjoy Submitting your art and good luck to you
The Next Step
Now you have completed the first step and got all the basics nailed down, its time to move on to the next step, these steps are none art related guidance, so bare in mind that from now on you should be working on submitting your art for others to see, this guide doesn't cover art as I assume it is a skill that you already know and also it would be very difficult to write about every single type of art or style of art in this Journal.
Take a Detailed Read through the FAQ
The FAQ is one of the most useful resources/help files on all of DeviantART, browsing through can teach you lots about DeviantART and how it works, it can also teach you advanced things such as posting thumbnails to your art. It is advised that you take time to read through the FAQ so that you don't have to ask other Deviants stupid questions (which may annoy them) and also so that you can use some of the a-for mentioned advanced features, which will show other members that you know your stuff.
Make a forum thread in the welcome centre
Now that you have started your account, sorted out your Userpage and done all that stuff, maybe even submitted some art as well, its probably about time you formally introduced yourself to the DeviantART community. The best way to do this is to make a thread in the Welcome Centre board of the DeviantART Forums, so head over to the forums and open up the Welcome Centre board and scroll down to the bottom to start a new topic welcoming yourself. In your topic you can say whatever you like, as long as it doesn't break the DeviantART rules, but remember that people will be reading it and this topic will most likely be the first impression that people get of you so try to think about what you are going to say, some things that you might like to say are:
Say a little bit about yourself as a person
Say a bit about why you joined DeviantART
Say a bit about what art you plan on submitting
Say a little bit about your hobbies outside DeviantART
Perhaps you could discuss art, why you enjoy it and how long you have been a fan of art
Start Getting Used to the Emoticons
Even though they are not essential, and some people would go so far as to say they are a gimmick, they are useful for conveying your mood and also make your posts more interesting. Also if you are proficient it the use of the emoticons then other members will get the feeling that you know what you are doing and that you know your stuff. When you are posting try to use a variety of emoticons and try to make them appropriate. See the emoticon legend when posting, which can be found just to the bottom left of the comment box, or here:
Emoticon Legend.
Start using some of DeviantART's more advanced features
DeviantART has lots of advanced features such as direct linking to other users Userpage, posting their avatar as a link to their page, posting image thumbnails. These don't just look professional, but they are also very functional. The best ways to learn them is to read the applicable FAQ topics. Here are some that you may find very useful, have a look around the FAQ yourself though, and I am sure you will find more:
FAQ #81: How can I create links to other deviants, deviations, or websites?
FAQ #14: How do I create a link to a specific comment?
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FAQ #32: Fair Use and Your Submission
Now you are pretty well ready to start commenting, submitting and generally enjoying DeviantART, however there are some other useful articles that you should read, most of them on commenting well, in a way that helps other Deviants to improve, but also will not offend them.
How to give better Comments
Splat's Comment Revolution Part 1
Splat's Comment Revolution Part 2
Getting and Giving Help
The Art of Commenting
Guide to Commenting
If you plan on becoming and professional artist with a DeviantART Prints account then this News article is very useful as well.
Looking More Professional
There are no articles on improving your art and that is because this a skill that you must learn yourself, by commenting and listening to others comments, and also it is too board-a subject to explain/instruct in a Journal entry. The tutorials on DeviantART can be useful though:
DeviantART Tutorials
Important Section: Ways to avoid annoying other Deviants
It is important to try to get along with your fellow Deviants, you don't need me to tell you that, but this section will tell you ways to avoid annoying other members, bare in mind there may be nothing wrong with you, but one action that the other Deviant is getting very tired and annoyed with, from you can annoy that Deviant a lot. Here are the best ways to keep active on DeviantART, but not annoy other Deviants:
Be Humble
When you post your art do not post stuff like "this is the best piece of art you will ever see" etc, because that is just asking for trouble. If it is good then let other members tell you that
. Also bear in mind that DeviantART has some of the best artists in their fields so the chances are there is always someone better than you, its just the truth, however hard it is too take.Stick to the rules
Make sure that you don't break the rules, it may seem simple, but make sure that you are familiar with the rules. Especially in the forum where there are only certain places where you can post certain topics. These links will help you stick to the rules:
DeviantART Submission Policy
DeviantART Etiquette
ShoutBox Rules
dxd's Forum Descriptions
Make sure that you have put effort into your art
A lot of people find it very annoying if you submit art that has obviously had no-effort put into to it, no artist is so good that they don't need to try, so if you put effort into your art it will come out better and other Deviants are less likely to be annoyed buy it and call you a Spammer or a n00b, so put in the effort to avoid this. Its also common-sense as well.
Don't ask other members stupid questions
Try to avoid asking Questions such as "Will you watch me" or "Will you be my friend"... etc, because some members will read these and think that you are stupid, or the only reason that you joined DeviantART was to see how many pageviews you can get, a lot of members will very badly of you if they get the impression that you have this attitude, remember DeviantART is primarily an art site.
Also stupid Questions about the working of DeviantART are annoying to a lot of Deviants because they just waste time, and to them it is obvious that you have never read the FAQ and don't plan, if you have a question to ask then check the FAQ first and fore-most.
Don't Flame
Okay perhaps a little obvious, but if their is a Deviant that you feel you do not get along with or annoys you, try not to flame them, because it doesn't really achieve anything and they are likely to flame you back, which will mean that the whole thing will escalate downwards. If you have a grievance with another Deviant then in some case you can report them to the admins or you can just ignore them and don't bother viewing their art or their Userpage, that way flaming will be unnecessary.
Take into account what other members have to say
Ok this is a pretty simple one, and fairly self explanatory, it can apply to wide variety of situations, for example someone's opinion in the forums, but it can equally apply to advise that people give you on your art, if they suggest a way that you could improve your art then if you can it would be nice to act upon it, especially if more than one person suggest the same thing.
Ways to get recognised
So you have started submitting your art to DeviantART and your Userpage is fine, you now want to start meeting and chatting to other Deviants; basically you want to start getting recognised. I will now explain some different ways to do this, these are not guaranteed but they will certainly help, most of these methods can be easily employed to benefit yourself and be recognised by other artists.
Show your Art off in the Thumbnail Forums
The Thumbshare Forums is a special forum where you can post thumbnails of your Deviations for other Deviants to see. To see how to post your forums then read the FAQ linked below. The advantages of the Thumbshare forum are that you can post thumbnails of your best pieces for other Deviants to see and if they like the look of the thumbnail then they will click on it and view the full deviation, this is great because it can be used to show off your art to a wide audience. However the usefulness of the forum is reduced because a lot of the topics are topics such as "lets trade comments" or "I will comment on your work if you comment on mine" etc. These are not really useful because the person in question will *usually* comment on anything you want, even if they do not know very much about the art form in question. Just something to bear in mind
Go on the ShoutBox
The ShoutBox is a great place to get to know lots of other Deviants, you can chat to lots of people at the same time, about anything and it is great for making friends. However the ShoutBox has its own additional rules and beware that there will be a moderator of some sort watching what you say most of the time. Here is the link to the ShoutBox and also to its rules:
Pop-Up ShoutBox
ShoutBox Rules
Go on the DeviantART IRC Channel
This is basically a chatroom for DeviantART and like a Deluxe chatroom with the same benefits as the ShoutBox. Check out this FAQ entry for more information:
FAQ #161: I've submitted over X amount of deviations to a single category, but I am not presented with the option to submit to a frequently used category. Why is this?
Regularly Check the Forums
There is always lots happening on the forums so and its a great place to chat about almost anything. Depending on what you enjoy other than art there are loads of other forums within the main DeviantART Forum, from Music, Games to Software and WindowsXP forums. Chatting about your hobbies with other Deviants is another ways to be recognised and to get to know new Deviants. You can also help people on the forums by answering their questions which as well as giving back to the community will also help to get you recognised. Here is the link to the DeviantART forums, as well as dxd's forum descriptions, which you should read so that you know what you can post in each of the different forums:
DeviantART Forum
dxd's Forum Descriptions
Comment on other Deviants work
When commenting on other Deviants work it is important that your comments are useful and thoughtful, otherwise they are no use to anyone, I have already posted links to several Journals which go into to detail about giving good, useful comments so I will not repeat them, but if you are not posting useful comments then to be brutally honest there is not much point in commenting at all, but its ok because with all the Journals you have read your comments will be good
. Posting useful comments is going to get you recognised because the Deviant whose art you comment on is likely to be glad of useful comments and consistently posting useful comments will be noticed and so you will get recognition. Some Deviants will also return to favour if you comment on their work by comment on some of yours.Try to give something back to the community
Giving something back to the community is not only rewarding and a great way to "thank" DeviantART, but it will also help get you respect from other Deviants, especially those who have been around for a long time. There are many ways that you can give something back to DeviantART, writing long articles like this to help other Deviants is one way, as is posting News and helping people in the Forum, for a really good run down of different ways to give to the community, read this full run down of the different roles you could take, there is bound to be something there that you would like to do:
Devious Behaviours
Join Clubs
Joining clubs is a great way to meet like-minded Deviants, and a common hobby/love/location etc is a great way to get to know other Deviants, once you know them they are going to start giving you recognition. If you cannot find any clubs then check out these "indexes" of most of the clubs on DeviantART:
Clubs-Club
Communities
DeviantART Groups
DeviantGroups
Glossary.. of sorts
This section explains lots of key words and terms that you may come across but wonder what they mean, and it helps to fill in any gaps of knowledge that you might have.
Clubs
Clubs are ways that Deviants with a common interest can get together and either post art to do with that interest or just be a member and chat about their interest. Clubs are usually just a DeviantART account with a suitable name a suitable settings, started by a few Deviants. The Journal entry of the club will usually explain about it, what you need to do to join and much more.
Notes System
The notes system is DeviantART's very own private messaging system that can be used between any two Deviants. Simply click on notes on the top of your page and then choose a Deviant to send the note to, a subject and then write then note, it will immediately appear in the recipients Inbox section in their Notes and they will be able to read it and reply.
News
The news pages are filled with the latest news submitting by various Deviants, anyone can submit a news item, here are the links to the different aspects of the DeviantART News Section, the latest news is part of the DeviantART main page:
Submit News
Latest News
All News
Featured Deviation
Your featured Deviation is a Deviation that you wish to draw your Userpage page viewers' attention to, the Deviation will always show as an image on your Userpage under the Featured Deviation section. To assign your Featured Deviation all you need to do is to got your Settings > Userpage and then on that page their is the option to choose your Featured Deviation.
Daily Deviation
The Daily Deviation is a Deviation that is worthy of such merit that it is assigned Daily Deviation status, this basically means that it is the best Deviation in its category of the day. Daily Deviations are chosen by administrators and moderators and it is entirely their decision which Deviation is assigned Daily Deviation status. If you know who the appropriate moderator is then you can note him and give a recommendation, but the decision is in their hands.
Admins
The Admins are the people who do all the running of DeviantART behind the scenes, they keep the site running smoothly, so respect them
They also have the power to do lots of things, such as ban Deviants and more.
Reply, Parent and Top
Clicking the reply button below a persons comment will allow you to reply directly to them, your comment will be slightly indented and the person will get a message telling them that you have replied. If you are having a conversation by clicking on the reply button, then two other buttons my appear; Parent and Top. Clicking Parent will allow you to see the comment before that comment, and you will be able to see what the person was replying to. Clicking Top will allow you to go to the very start of the discussion thread or comment listing, and see all the comments.
FAQ #41: What do the "Parent", "Top" and "Reply" links under comments mean?
Prints
DeviantART prints, is a services that lets artists set-up and then manage their own prints account. This account allows them to sell some of their Deviations as arts prints, this will help artists to gain recognition for their art and also make some money as well. The price of the prints is set by the artist and their are a large variety of print sizes and specifications available. To set up a DeviantART prints account you need to buy one.
FAQ #179: What is DeviantArt Prints?
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Messages
The Messages system on DeviantART is a way of notifying you when something occurs, for example if one of your Friends submits a new Deviation, you will get a message tell you think and with a link to it, you also get messages about Forum Replies, Notes Received, Friends Journals, Friends Journal Polls, Comments, Friends Deviation, When Someone watches you and when someone adds on of your pieces to their favourites.
Your Messages
Favourites
The favourites system is a way of showing your ultimate appreciation for a piece of art. You can add a piece to your favourites when viewing it and it will appear under the favourites section of your Userpage.
Deviant Watch
DeviantWatch is basically adding someone to your friends, when they post a new Deviation or add a new Journal entry you will get a message in your message centre telling you. You can change what you are actually watching them for, e.g. Journals, Deviations, Scraps by going to your Friends List.
Subscriptions
Subscribing to DeviantART is a way to help fund DeviantART and keep it going. Being a subscriber can bring you many benefits and also extra subscriber only features. For full information about Subscribing and Subscriptions, check out these links:
Benefits
Browse
This allows you to look through all of the Deviations from DeviantART's members. The deviations can be viewed by category and then also by sub-category, and can be ordered by Newest First, Oldest First, Number of Downloads (most first) and Number of Favourites (most first). You do not need to do anything other than submit your deviation for people to be able to view your art.
Browse DeviantART
Forums
The DeviantART forums are similar to most other forums on the internet, there are various boards that can be browsed, you can reply to open topics or start you own topic of discussion. When creating topics it is important to make sure that you start your topic in the correct board.
DeviantART Forum
dxd's Forum Descriptions
ShoutBox
The Shoutbox is a page that lets you chat in real time to other Deviants about anything within the ShoutBox rules, its a great place to chat to other Deviants and meet new Deviants as well. The rules for the ShoutBox can be found here.
Useful Links
This is the final section and also the shortest, it is just a selection of links to different DeviantART pages that you may find useful:
DeviantART Submission Policy Very important to read, explains all the DeviantART rules and policy about Submissions about.deviantart.com/policy/su…
DeviantART Etiquette This explains all the general rules, another necessity to read about.deviantart.com/policy/et…
ShoutBox Rules Explains all the rules about ShoutBox use in detail shout.deviantart.com/rules.php
dxd's Forum Descriptions Describes the use of each different board within the DeviantART forum, if you plan on using the forums then check this out www.ece.nu/daforums.html
Today Updates about the world of DeviantART today, with stats such as newest Deviant, popular mood etc today.deviantart.com
DeviantART Help and FAQ If you have a problem this is the first place to go, extensive help section for all your questions. FAQ: faq.deviantart.com Help: help.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Forum Chat about a huge range of things in the forum, just make sure you do so in the right place forum.deviantart.com
DeviantART Status Check on the latest updates and the general status of DeviantART forum.deviantart.com/devart/st…
DeviantART Site Statistics Statistics on things such as the total number of Deviations, Number of Deviants etc about.deviantart.com/stats/
About DeviantART Brief explanation about DeviantART and its purpose and also explanations of who all the staff are and their roles about.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Emoticon Legend All the emoticons that you can use on DeviantART comments.deviantart.com/emotic…
DeviantART Subscription Page Here you can subscribe, or just look at all the benefits you can get from subscribing www.deviantart.com/store/subsc…
Complete Gallery List Lists all the galleries and sub-galleries, with links to browse those galleries about.deviantart.com/galleries…
DeviantART News Archive Complete listing of all the DeviantART news articles ever, grouped by category news.deviantart.com/browse/
Searching DeviantART Using Google Journal Entry by HipHopPromotor (me
), explains the details of using Google to search through DeviantART's Jam Packed Pages hiphoppromotor.deviantart.com/…Tips and Tricks Journal Entry by ZirTuan useful information for newbie's to deviantART and veterans alike leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
Devious Behaviours Journal Entry by ZirTuan a guide to giving something back to the DeviantART community leodadominico.deviantart.com/j…
Clubs-Club Huge Listing of over 400 DeviantART Clubs clubs-club.deviantart.com/
Communities This clubs listing is probably the most used on all of DeviantART communities.deviantart.com/
DeviantART Groups Another Huge DeviantART Clubs listing dagroups.deviantart.com/
DeviantGroups Over 180 groups listed here, and categorized to make finding clubs easier deviantgroups.deviantart.com/
Gallery Stats II If you want to know your DeviantART stats then check this out www.ingenial.com/applied/Galle…
Random Deviation Chooses a Deviation randomly, lets you view new styles of art and new artists www.deviantart.com/random/devi…
Random Deviant Chooses a Deviant randomly allowing you to meet new artists and see new work www.deviantart.com/random/devi…
All these links where taken from another Journal Entry of mine, my Useful Links Journal
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Thank you for taking the time to read this, just one last optional thing to do, and that is could you please tell me what you thought of this Journal, tell me whether you thought it was useful, or if there is anymore information you would like to see added to it, generally are there any improvements that you could think of I would like to know. Please be honest as well in telling me what you think.
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< a href="hiphoppromotor.deviantart.c om/journa l/2910667/">New Member Welcome Information< /a> To use this link just take all the spaces, the two in the "
< a> and < /a>" tags, the one in ".c om " and the one in "Journa l".New Member Welcome Information
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