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Celebrating Deviousness - November 2011 Deviousness Award
Deviousness Award

Congratulations to `blepharopsis

Cirque du Soil IV

Colours of Rage

Goth Moth revised

What is this Awesome Achievement?

The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally

handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

`blepharopsis has developed a truly iconic gallery within our

community. Whilst at first you may be somewhat creeped out by the extreme shots of creepy

crawlies, you can't help but be captivated by the detail and quality of the artwork that has

become Igor's trademark style. Unlike any other insect photographer, Igor manages to

Harassment: A Survival GuideIt's no secret that the members of deviantART are an opinionated bunch! For good or ill, there is always plenty to say about art that speaks to them. This is great, yet amidst those opinions you're bound to get reactions that are nothing more than word pollution or troll bait. How many of you have logged into deviantART and been faced with this problem?

We've all seen it, been a victim of it, or at least heard about it: Folk out in the digital world living for nothing more than the joy of ruffling peoples' feathers. Well not to worry dear reader, because I've compiled a survivor's guide on how to slay the beast of text pollution: le trolls!

Identify The Problem!
Being the level-headed fantastical artist that you are, when it comes to outrageous claims and aggravating comments regarding your work it seems like common sense for you to set the record straight and reply to these virtual text hoodlums. I

CEA Blog: How (And Where) to Report DeviationsThe Galleries here at deviantART.com receive, on average, around a hundred thousand submissions every day- any way you look at it that is a lot of creative works coming in every minute of every day. Among this outpouring of creativity which we call Deviations there are, inevitably, works which could be potential problems and when members of the community find deviations which could be troublesome for one reason or another it is only natural to want to bring them to the attention of the staff here at deviantART.
Because of the various ways that a deviation might be a problem we'll focus on only one specific issue in this blog, that issue being the subject of copyright infringement.
Now we've already tried to explain the ins and outs of copyright in our copyright policy so if you haven't read that particular page yet I'd encourage you to do so now (you agree to obey the rules and restrictions laid out there every time you submit

Celebrating Deviousness - December 2011 Deviousness Award
Deviousness Award

Congratulations to `Pixel-Spotlight

Spirit Hood

Hollywood Magic

Forest Fae II

What is this Awesome Achievement?

The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally

handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

`Pixel-Spotlight's dedication to constantly improving is evident in her

gallery which contains stunning photography, behind the scenes details, and snapshots of

works in progress to help other deviants develop their own artistic skills.

Merry

WIP

Lottie

Plumb

Who is `Pixel-Spotlight?

`Pixel-Spotlight is a risin

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Seniority Announcement - December 2011This article marks the latest announcements detailing the latest additions to the dizzy height of Senior members in our community. With just over 800 deviants holding the highly saught after ` -- it's clearly a moment that deserves recognition.
:faq29:
So what does it take to become a Senior? That's a question many have asked and have never really been able to get a straight answer on. Some have gained Seniority as a thank you for their time spent as a Volunteer, or to recognise their contribution to a particular project or collaborative action. Some have gained Seniority because of their community spirit, providing help and assistance to many other deviants and taking time out to promote the work of others in the community.
Some people have received Seniority because of their artistic endevours, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice that stands out above the many others who deviate to be recognised

PE: Why I would/wouldn't DD an artist that has....Full title: Why I would/wouldn't give a 5th DD or a DD to a piece with 1200 faves.
Disclaimer: This is a compilation article written by ^RockstarVanity, ^pullingcandy and ^Lyricanna. While we do not speak for the whole team, some of the points do generalize. I want to state now that these are preferences, not hard fast rules and every CV has their own. The only hard fast rules are that resources must be credited and no one can receive more than one DD within 6 months.
Have you ever wondered why some CVs include fave or DD limits in their DD suggestion guidelines? Why some of us will give a 6th DD or DD a piece with 10 000 faves and others will not? Here are some reasons why.
Why won't you DD an artist that already has 5 DDs?
:iconlyricanna: The reason for this at it's simplest is to involve as much of the community as possible in DDs. The more detailed version has 3 factors

Why you feature stolen work?!?!Lately there seem to have been a few myths flying around in particular with regards to how we as Community Volunteers, give Daily Deviations. Many people seem to think that we sit at our desks in dark little rooms and let out evil laughter whilst we purposefully feature stolen work. The dark rooms and laughter - well I can't say yes or no on that one! But I can promise you it's not our intent to give exposure to people who have stolen work. I recently featured a piece of work that turned out to be stolen. However I went into extensive conversations with the artist before I featured it, and with added metadata and dates, it's difficult to know where to draw the line. I've given people the benefit of the doubt before - and it's worked out nicely as their work has been legitimate. Below are some comments I have seen being thrown around the past few days - and hopefully an attempt to bust the myth.
"I thought at least that you people would check to make sure the work was the

REMINDER Gallery Makeover Project JournalsGreetings Deviants!
As I have no doubt most of you have heard from $Moonbeam13's journal, a lot of the galleries here on DeviantART are having a makeover. This largely consists of merging and getting rid of categories, but please take a read of the original journal for more details.

I am sure a lot of you have seen these gallery makeover journals floating around already, but here is a definitive list of all the journals so far. Please note that not all galleries are on this list, more may be added later. Also some of these links may be updated in future, and we'll be sure to update the link here as neccessary.

Please comment on the appropriate journals for each area if you have an opinion as to how each gallery can be updated. Remember the more opinions the better so share this journal, and lets get as much of the community involved as we can!

Trad. Typography

Celebrating Deviousness - August 2011 Deviousness Award
Deviousness Award

Congratulations to `DanHeffer-Stock

glow

LadyBird.

Vintage Style Frame

What is this Awesome Achievement?

The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

As we launch our week long celebrations for our 11th Birthday, what better way to do so than by announcing
`DanHeffer-Stock as the recipient for August 2011. Dan's dedication to the Stock & Resource community
is legendary, as can be seen in his eclectic gallery that showcases not just his stock photography and
modelling, but his

Updates!Team Updates
Things are super busy at the moment. As you know, we've been recruiting for 2 new positions into the CEA Team for a while. After weeks of interviews, tasks and presentations, we've sent out offers to 2 deviants who will soon be joining the team. I have to say that this round of recruitment attracted the most amazingly high standard of applicants, and it was not an easy task to make our final decisions! Over 200 people applied for the positions and it was really inspiring to speak with so many people who have such evident ambition and talent within our community.
During the recruitment process, we gave the final round of applicants a task to make a presentation to us about what they felt was an appropriate piece of community outreach that the CEA should undertake. I was really impressed by all the ideas and I'm really looking forward to expanding upon some of the ideas to make them part of our regular CEA projects.
In addit

Celebrating Deviousness December 2012

Deviousness Award





Congratulations to `UnicornReality



   Mokosh II
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CEA Blog: How to Report an Underage DeviantHiya deviants!
It's always pretty unfortunate when we find a talented young artist here on dA when they are just too young to hold an account with us. Today I would like to talk about what to do when you stumble across a deviant that is under the age of 13 years old.
So what do we consider to be "underage" and what does dA do about it?
dA complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, meaning we prohibit any child under the age of 13 from opening and using a dA account. Even with parental permissions this restriction must stay in place.
When an underage kiddo is brought to our attention their account will be closed automatically. COPPA closed accounts are kept as they are until their owner reaches our minimum required age. Upon verification of their age their account can be restored to active status and all its contents will still be there.
For more information on what COPPA is please go here: COPPA.org.
So what do I do

Traditional and Digital Mixed MediaFix That Miscat! is a series of articles aiming to help you distinguish between galleries that are commonly confused or abused in the category system here on deviantART. In this occasion we'll talk about Mixed Media, both Traditional and Digital.
Mixed Media
Mixed Media within deviantArt refers to artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. For example, a drawing that combines color pencils, watercolors and inks in the same canvas.

To be considered as Mixed Media, an artwork needs to combine 2 or more traditional or digital mediums. However a big misconception is that Mixed Media refers only to artworks combining digital AND traditional and this is not entirely true. The combination can also be between traditional mediums only or digital mediums only and in fact, when you intend to submit to this category, you'll

CEA Blog: Mature ContentHey guys, today I want to talk about Mature Content on deviantART and hopefully clear up some misconceptions that exist around it. For those of you eager to look at some boobs and hot male torsos, I'm afraid I won't be including any here

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How the mature content filter works
All members over the age of 18 can choose to enable or disable the mature content filter to suit their needs. All members with a registered date of birth under the age of 18 have the mature content filter locked on and can not disable it. All logged out visitors have the mature content filter enabled and can not disable it.
The mature content filter is split in to two types, strict and warning. The strict filter is completely voluntary and prevents any deviant with the mature content filter on from accessing the work. The general or warning filter is the standard mature content tag and will remove the image from immediate view when browsing and place an warning page on the devi

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Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:10 AM by $y2jenn

Hi deviants!
In my past blogs we've gone over How to submit Abuse Reports and How to Report an Underage Deviant. In this blog I'm going to give a breakdown of each category in the Copyright & Etiquette portion of our Support Center Contact page.

So why is filing reports or inquiries in the right category important?
Picking the right category ensures the right staff members are reviewing your ticket as soon as possible. Filing a ticket in the incorrect category requires that we escalate it to the correct team for review and this can potentially add time to the wait for a response. Take a quick look through the categories and pick the best one for your ticket. If you're still unsure, fear not! We'll go over the categories together.

Alrighty then! So what are these categories?

Policy Inquiry
This category is best used when you have questions regarding deviantART's official rules. It's also the best category to place any questions or concerns about any administrative actions taken on your deviations.

Examples:
- "Hi deviantART staff! Does deviantART own the work I submit to my gallery?"
- "Hello, can you tell me why my deviation titled 'KagomexInuyasha' was removed?"

Abuse Report
We've covered what an Abuse Report is here. A quick recap would be that this category is for reporting unacceptable behavior you might believe to be in violation of our policies concerning etiquette. We understand deviations may be construed as 'abusive' from time to time but please do not report a deviation under this category. Deviations should always be reported using the "report deviation" button to ensure it's being sent to the correct staffers for review.

Example:
- "Hi. I blocked xxso-n-soxx and they created a new account to contact me again. Here's where they contacted me the first time and then with the new account. [link]"

DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice
Copyright owners or their legal representatives should use this category to contact us for official claims of copyright infringement. Please keep in mind that this category is ONLY for the copyright owners or their reps. We cannot assist uninvolved 3rd party reports in this category.

Example:
- "This deviant [link] is posting my work without my permission. What information do you need to have it removed?"

Account Ban Appeal
Ban Appeals are for BANNED deviants to contact us with questions about their bans or to ask to have their accounts restored to active status. This option will only be visible to deviants that are logged into a banned account. Please also keep in mind that we can't discuss the details of a banned deviant's case with anyone else outside the banned deviant themselves due to our privacy policy.

Example:
- "My account xxso-n-soxx was banned. Can you tell me why and if I can have my account back?"

Spammer Reports
This category is just for reports about spamming behavior you might see or experience here on dA! If you're not sure what we define as "spamming" please see our FAQ on it here.

Example:
- "This person 'xxso-n-soxx' was spamming the same link to offsite pornography over and over again on today's DDs. Here's a few links..."

COPPA Report
We covered how to report underage members in a previous HQ blog here. This category is JUST for reporting the underagers (under our required minimum age of 13 years old) you might find in our community. Keep in mind that we must have solid evidence of a deviant's age to take action against an underage deviant. We can't accept screenshots, chat logs, off-site profile pages and similar pieces of information. The best kind of evidence is covered in the blog link above!

Example:
- "This deviant is just 10 years old. They said so in a comment. [link]"

Can't I just contact you directly or file a ticket in every category?
Our jobs here at dA are to help you out to the best of our abilities, of course! However, we have procedures that make our jobs here a little easier and ensure that all the information for each case is properly documented. Notes sent to our personal accounts don't have the ability to log information like the Support Center does.

Please don't flood the Support Center with a ton of copy and pasted reports either! This is completely unnecessary and creates more work for the staff and could add more time to your wait.

This is understandably a LOT of information to process! Don't be flustered by the oodles of categories to choose from. If you're still unsure as to which category would best suit your needs please don't hesitate to ask in a comment here! We'll do our best to point you in the right direction!

$y2jenn

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~Skia713 Feb 3, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

This is a great little blog entry and informative, but it does not address one major issue about report categories. I have run into this several times now. There are some issues that simply do not have a report category listed on your deviation reporting page! In fact, there are several issues that fall into gray areas--if you stick to ONLY the report categories listed--but are clearly addressed in the Policy pages under the Help Desk. HOW are we supposed to report things like that?!

I am tired of getting chewed out by someone for putting a report in the wrong category when there IS NO category listed that makes any sense to me! In fact, I have received conflicting instructions on how to deal with at least one issue that has come up repeatedly. If I try to put a report in the category that looks right (or closest to right) to me, I get chewed out if I am wrong, but I get chewed out if I send it to the Help Desk directly, too! Talk about a catch-22! Please either expand your report categories to cover more situations, to include a category that works for anything not covered by the other categories or make the descriptions, and choices, clearer and more flexible on the categories that exist.

~Sumitsjc Jan 31, 2013 Student Artist

Can someone report my deviations under Copyright policy with the help from friend who is in Deviant Staff member.

~Sumitsjc Jan 31, 2013 Student Artist

What If someone is just trying to use copyright issue on my deviations with the help from deviant staff friends
and yet he has nothing to do with it my arts. and his not owner or reps.he just taking out for fun.what should I do

~hans-sachs Feb 3, 2013

you are trying to construct a conspiracy theory, when in reality you infringed someone else's copyright.

~TristenCoy Jan 28, 2013 Student General Artist

Someone has a picture of me up that I wish he would take off but I he does not respond to me and I no longer have the deviation on my page for a proper report.. What do I do?? I would really love for it to be deleted.

~silvermoon66 Dec 29, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

What should I do if someone just recently joined DA only to paste hateful messages on a person's piece of work? Should I report him or should I just ban him from viewing my page?

*Jake-Walker Dec 19, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

What happens when people threaten to steal OC fan characters?
Can they be reported for taking those characters or are they allowed to use them freely?
I have one person that is threatening to do so simply because he is using an official character
And I drew that official character defeated and he responds with hate. I would prefer that
I keep my OC fan character within my hands and not used for humiliating images due to
A butthurt 12 yr old that thinks he owns the official character.

=eveningstars242 Aug 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

What do we do about facebook accounts that horde images taken from DA? It's obvious these people don't make upwards of 5,000 images with someone else's water marks on them. Other than reporting the images to the rightful owners is there anything else we can do as a community??

~mackybean Aug 12, 2012 Student General Artist

Is it normal that a deviant who has been banned from dA permanently is still able to access the chatrooms on the banned account?

~theterrible1 Aug 5, 2012 Student

There is a Daviant (I'm not sure if I should say it's name here in the open so people will just flood it's account with comments and such) and I saw that almost it's whole gallery Is stolen images from various sites (it's very obvious) and it claims that it's its own. Wich category would I put this deviant?

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