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Decade.May 13th, 2003.More Like This
The day I joined deviantART.
That was ten years ago. A decade.
In that time I've been married, divorced, married again, welcomed my two children into the world, been held in rapture at new friendships and grieved over friends passing, attended devmeets with over 400+ people and made more art than I ever ever thought I would. I've been a member, premium member, a volunteer Gallery Moderator, and now a Core Staff member, running a department within deviantART.
Had anyone told me that my life would unfold in that way ten years ago I simply wouldn't have believed them. The impact that this single website has had on the direction my life has travelled is profound. It has shaped me as a person, as an artist and as a professional. It has enriched my life and those of my family and friends.
So at this time, ten years passing, how can I possibly sum up my experience in a drawing, or a photograph or a cake or anything else? I thought long and hard
Feeling stressed? You need a Therapy LlamaMore Like ThisPhoto by Jen Osbourne.
Every few months, Marisco and N.H Flight of the Eagle – showered, dressed up and accompanied by Niki Kuklenski – are welcome guests as they take a tour of the nursing home, stopping at each bed to kiss the patients or have a hug. Marisco and N.H are trained therapists, and they are llamas.
“It’s a treat, watching the llamas walk down the hallway,” says Jack Houston, one of the residents. “It’s amazing that there’s another life out there.” For some, it’s the most cuddling they receive in their time at the center; for others, it’s a welcome novelty, relieving the boredom of life in an institution. The llamas leave a profound impression. “I had never met one before,” remembers Holly Barto. “It was heaven. Just emotionally – to be
Zagreb, Day 23: HikingToday I went hiking with $allixsenos, $duke, and ~krvavameri at Medvednica. I ♥ hiking. It's one of my favorite things in the world to do. And it was nice and warm out today so it was perfect weather for it. The only downside was having to wake up at 9AM for it (again, I go to sleep between 3 and 4AM).More Like This
There was a restaurant at the base of the mountain that we met up at. Croatian restaurant culture amuses me because often, there is no menu. You just have to kind of know what there is and order it. I guess it's just assumed that most places have standards like coffee, juice, etc. This isn't really too crazy considering the same mentality applies to US restaurants to some extent. I had no idea what I wanted. $duke kindly stepped in and ordered for me and I ended up with an espresso of some sort.
It was nice out. Still morning. The sun was shining. There was a nice view down of town below.&
Zagreb, Day 17: Lost in a Mathematical ConstructToday, I got lost. Mind you, not in the city. Not in Zagreb. In Importanne Center, which is an underground mall in the city center. I have a natural affinity for getting lost in any sort of building that has negative floors. I would probably daftly lose myself in other mathematical constructs as well if they were provided to me, like maybe in a conic section or something? I don't know.More Like This
Economics and Franchise and Competitive Business
Importanne Center is a strange mall. Arena Centar and Avenue Mall are great malls. Importanne Center has mostly very local businesses, mostly stores that (currently) sell prom dresses or very cheaply made clothing. It made me start to think about business here. I'm probably going to piss off Zagrebian people talking about this, but fuck it--it's my impression. I could go into this huge wash of jargon about America's mixed/market economy, capitalism, and Croatia's tertiary sector-driven economy... it all has a heavy influence on what I see,
Zagreb, Day 16: SamoborYesterday, the U.S. embassy in Zagreb issued a warning to U.S. citizens staying here to avoid the city center on Sunday due to some xenophobic war veterans who would be protesting the introduction of Cyrillic script and Serbian language into local schools. I'm like a kid though. You tell me not to do something, I'm going to do it just to be rebellious.More Like This
But I didn't because I ended up going with a couple of friends to the neighboring town of Samobor today, which translates to "only pine" but it also translates to "only boron" which makes the nerd in me happier (even though I was told that it wasn't boron, like the element).
The green flag is the flag of Samobor and the red, white, and blue flag is the Croatian flag. My hoodie is doing some weird unnatural tenting effect that makes me look like I'm like 4 months pregnant or something.
Before I came to Croatia, I tried to get AT&T to unlock my iPhone 5 so I could use a local SIM card. Despite the f
april fools and stufffirst of all, April Fools'More Like This
wow.
$shahyarg thought it'd be "funny" if the deviantHEART matchup super-secret-sauce first sent a tiny chunk of traffic my way (or $haldron's) before doing its magic
result? hundreds of notes and comments, and 3500 pageviews, about 3450 more than my daily average. I replied to a good chunk of notes and comments, but I still have some 120 to get through. I've attempted to reply to anyone who put more effort in than just sending the default message, even though I replied to a bunch of those as well. If I never get to yours, sorry, it really was an overwhelming amount of traffic.
I do think this years prank was one of the best I've ever experienced on dA (as staff, and before that, as a regular deviant), it is definitely my favorite (not just because I got buried in notes and comments) and I think it did the best job of getting the community to interact with eachother directly instead of collecting everyone in one place.
if you felt "everyone" got s
Zagreb, Day 13: Penis PlazaMore Like This
Today I went to Maksimir Park with a friend. I've been wanting to get out to the part of the city, but it's quite a bit of a way out for me, even if I take the tram, so I'd been putting it off. The weather was gorgeous and sunny (to start, anyway!) though, so I decided to walk it.
I started off at Pimpek Plac, which translates to uh... Dick (like, penis) Plaza. I didn't know why it was called that. Then I got there.
Well, there you go. Penis Plaza. Someone has even spraypainted the statue's genitals green in case you still had a shadow of a doubt about why it was called that.
I ate lunch at a restaurant that is informally called "kod srbina," which translates to "A Serb." I can't remember the actual name of the place but the signage had a tennis ball on it. I noticed that there are a few different bars or restaurants in Zagreb that have tennis-themed signage. I'm not sure why.
Zagreb, Day 14: I've been in Pripyat All Along!I don't have any way to make today's entry look glamorous. I had a good day but every photo I have taken of Zagreb today looks horrifying, or as $godofodd remarked, "Jesus. It looks like Pripyat. Did you have to carry a Geiger counter?"More Like This
Aimee's Little Corner of Whining about Weather and Admitting That She Only Loves Places Where It's Sunny and Above 25°C.
I'm not a fan of the weather in Zagreb since I got here. Even when the locals say "tomorrow is going to be sunny
Zagreb, Day 12: voll in den ArschTACOS, Parte DosMore Like This
Today, in a moment of awkwardness, I decided to immediately conclude my experiment with Zagreb's "California Burrito" by doing a follow-up trip to "Mex Cantina." As I remarked in my last entry that sometimes a country has its own unique take on another culture's food... well, Mex Cantina certainly did.
Mex Cantina was a totally different experience from California Burrito. It was a more formal establishment, for one, a sit-down restaurant. If you are American, imagine if there were a Mexican version of Ruby Tuesday or Applebee's. That's about as close as I can get without betraying reality. The people working there were also very... interesting. The mannerisms of the man waiting me had a very strong American vibe to him, straight down to his flirtatious attitude/tone with me when I asked, "Do you speak English?" and he responded, "Welllll, that depends heh heh...."
I don't think I've made note of this, but a lot of Croatian businesses, restaurants, and
Zagreb, Day 11: Mary Poppins Has Nothing On MeTake It ... or GTFO.More Like This
So, as much as I don't like writing this, I realized what was making me feel so sad.
Last summer, a friend that I met in Paris commented to me that your impressions of a city are not made by the city itself but by the people you meet. He was saying it as a compliment to me even though I didn't live there, because I am a generally positive person and I look for beauty in things more than I do negativity. I am always on the hunt for an adventure and I am fueled by a diet of laughter and fun. Coming here, I like what I see of the city and its unique history and presentation, but so many people tell me I shouldn't! There are people who live here who are so down on the city and the country. And that's fine, but when people pass that attitude on to me... even unintentionally... I don't know what to make of it. I'm already here, so... why sour my experience? The countries I have visited that I love the most are the ones where people
Fan Art LawMore Like This
Fan Art Law
Mon Sep 10, 2012 by $techgnotic
I
t seems there’s nothing quite as dear to the hearts of many of our deviants as their production of fan art, and at the same time, there is nothing so knotted with legal and ethical headaches. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but in the form of fan art it has also become one of the most frustratingly complicated. At some point, the sheer volume of fan art around a single property may become so large that the issue rises to another level of scrutiny by the creators of the original work.
With this dynamic in mind, we thought the following panel that Josh Wattles, our Advisor In Chief here at deviantART, and a mystery guest named Harold Smith, gave at Comic Con this year might be of immense help in understanding the ever evolving elements of fan art
Voilà! Paris deviantMEET Wrap-Up!More Like ThisBonjour deviants!
This past weekend, deviantART teamed up with #DeviantMEET-Paris to host a deviantMEET that ultimately yielded over 250 deviant attendees! As you may have read in the latest Site Update, our Devious Technology, Product, and Product Marketing teams are currently in France -- participating in a staff retreat, that has everyone working hard to improve and optimize many key areas of deviantART. On Saturday, June 9th, we took a small break from our discussions and traveled to the City of Light to meet and mingle with Parisian deviants. Here's a quick recap of the day's events!
We met at Mécano Bar, where we were welcomed by early arriving attendees and current/former Community Volunteers -- including ^anmari, and `Anoya, $namenotrequired and `fritsvandersloot, who traveled all the way from Th
New! 8-Bit deviantWEAR Design Challenge!More Like This
8-Bit graphics are like the classic cars of the computer graphics world. Sure, they don’t have Bluetooth, power seats, or fancy extras, but they’re old and they sure look cool! That’s why for our newest Design Challenge, the 8-Bit Hoodie Design Challenge, we’re asking you to design a hoodie in an 8-Bit graphic style. Submit a design that would drop the jaw of any 1980s programmer, get your friends to vote, and you could win 10 of your hoodies and $1,500 CASH! A pixilated world awaits; get your squares together and submit your design by April 6, 2012!
Participation is easy!
You come up with potential designs for our deviantWEAR hoodies.
Deviants vote on their favorite designs.
Judges choose 2 winning designs from
Steve Jobs - Community Contest & Tribute:icontechgnotic:More Like This
:iconspyed:
Foreword
by $spyed
A number of media outlets are closely monitoring the artistic response by our community to the death of Steve Jobs.
For me, Steve Jobs is an icon. The John Lennon of our time. And while his wife and children, as well as Apple and Pixar, are the landmarks of his life, Steve Jobs encapsulates the core values that have inspired a generation, separate from the images put forth by his companies.
It is his iconography that we as a community should come together and try our hands at capturing. No small feat, but it is precisely what I'd like to see us do. The iconography of Steve Jobs himself. Apple and Pixar and those types of images aside, Steve Jobs transcends these accomplishments through the meaning of his life's work, his vision, and the inspiration that he will continue to be to us all.
Iconography is the branch of art history which studies the identification, description, and the int
The Savage Beauty of Gears of War:icontechgnotic:More Like This
WARNING: Interviews subject to "interruptions" due to "disturbances"
beyond the dA video crew’s control.
Ever wonder what it’s like to be an artist working on one of the world’s hottest shooter games inside the HQ of one of the world’s most respected videogame development companies? Ever dream of imagining and creating the alien landscapes and the superheroes and monstrous creatures who inhabit them?
These exclusive interviews only from deviantART at Epic Games HQ with Gears producers Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson and Gears artists Chris Perna, Wyeth Johnson, Shane Caudle and the rest of the Gears artists gang reveal what it takes to make a team of sorcerers to conjure, capture and render pure mayhem for our videogame rapture. They deliver insight into what their journey was like from when they first realized that art was their only life path and travel
Be Emotionally AdventurousLast weekend, my friend Diana and I were paddling a kayak up the Colorado River towards Lady Bird Lake in Austin. Diana emigrated from China in her late teens, is a world traveler, and has gone through the difficult and challenging process of learning English. In the past year, I have met many people who have given up everything in their lives for just a tiny taste of freedom, on the off chance that following that chaotic and elusive dream forges an unforgettable and lifelong journey towards something sublime.More Like This
I do a lot of crazy things. I like olympic weightlifting. My decision to live in Paris for a while was mostly guided by me figuratively throwing a dart into a world map. I've studied Spanish for no other reason than the fact that I love words and I love language. Sometimes when I am frustrated, I go outside and I walk or ride my bike, like Forrest Gump, until my legs just can't go any more... because I need to be in constant movement. Diana asked me about this, asked me what my m
Earth Day: The Inspiration of the Natural WorldSince human beings harnessed the secret of fire the natural world has been seen by many only in terms of how best it can be exploited of its abundant riches. It’s amazing now to look upon the desert sands of the Arab lands and know that this place, the cradle of earliest civilization, was once known as “The Fertile Crescent.” All Europe was once one great forest – until all those trees were needed to create the naval armadas of dueling empires. Only the Earth’s natural forces, like earthquakes, have been more destructive and wasteful than humanity.More Like This
Earth Day
The Challenge, the Romance and the Inspiration of the Natural World
April 22, 2012 by $techgnotic
Since human beings harnessed the secret
Media queries and youFirst, a quick primer, which probably consists of information that most of you already know.More Like This
So, you want to write an article with cool CSS, and you want to make it work nicely when it's displayed on the tiny screen on your smartphone. Tricky! However, with media queries it becomes pretty easy. By writing
.text { color: blue; }
@media only screen and (max-width:480px) {
.text { color: red; }
}
...suddenly you have blue text at normal resolutions, and red text on a smartphone. Or on a browser which has been resized down to be really narrow.
In fact, try it out on this article! If you resize your window right now to make it narrower, it should magically invert its colors. Madness!
As an example of where this might be particularly useful, let's consider the #hq site update articles with that big ol' sidebar.
It looks like:
Goodnight, My Frontal LobeEven when my brain cellsMore Like This
feel like dull stars floating
between so much dark matter
entrenched in sleepy night smoke,
some firework lights the sky
from my wistful electrical synapse,
knowing soon it'll be dreaming of you.
FreeMore Like This
Yesterday, I went hiking with some friends up to the end of Emma Long in Texas. We found a cave over top a waterfall with a narrow 2 foot tall passage that we spelunked through, crawling on our bellies with only the aid of a small lamp... it opened into a windowed room overlooking the waterfall. Quite a reward for such a strenuous crawl. Afterwards, we hiked up the remaining bit of the mountain, off the trail, to an overlook facing the sunset. As my friends stopped at one point, I turned back and asked, "Why are you stopping here? The mountain goes higher up!" They all turned to one another and said, "I dunno, we always have just stopped here." I ran up the remainder of the mountain... only to find, the best thing ever. A full-sized trampoline. From the top of the mountain, I called back down, "Guys, get
Belgrade, Day 20: Language!Later today, I am going out of town for the weekend, so I am writing this early!More Like This
Last night I hung out with someone who reads my journal. As in, that was our only existing established connection (for reference, this is the person who wrote to me and called me furzprincino--how could I not meet someone who calls me my own username in Esperanto?). It was kind of unusual, or as he remarked, "It feels like I'm spending time with Oprah." It was nice, in general, to hang out with someone who is also a world traveler and language-lover and get a more in-depth, albeit still somewhat broad (but suitable for me), explanation of the intricacies of Serbo-Croatian and how each language here differs from the other.
I know little differences as I come across them, but not usually the meaning behind those differences. For example, I know in Croatian, you always say "što" ("what") and the same word in Serbian, though it changes if you are using it in interroga
Oi people - think before you click!Yesterday I got spammed to hell with messages linking to different variants of this image:More Like This
They can have slightly different graphics or contain different links but the message is always basically the same - go to this page and you'll receive 20 000.
I have to ask the question - how dim do you have to be to fall for it?
Ok let's see - we have an image hosted on a profile that is 1 day old and asks you to visit a website with a strange url with a promise of a financial reward on an another website. How do you even imagine that would work? And now, of course, people start crying that their computers got infected with malware. Which is great - every genius who fell for this obvious phishing scam deserved it. I hope your shitty computer burns and you along with it.
I know this is a no-duh for 90% of people reading it but for the sake of the rest lets revise what we all should know about online phishig. And before you go all:
No, no you can't.
Copypasta from
Site Update: Multi- and Scheduled Submit to BetaIn our continuous effort to improve the deviantART experience, we're publishing weekly Site Updates to keep members informed and to gather feedback. Below is a list of recent changes to the site, bug fixes, and feedback that was brought up by members in the last Site Update.More Like This
What's New
Multi-Submit and Scheduled Submit (Beta Testers)
We've launched two heavily requested tools to Beta Testers that make submitting art to deviantART even easier than before!
Multi-Submit is a tabbed interface built into the Submit page which allows you to upload and submit multiple deviations at once, and Scheduled Submit lets you set a future time and date for uploaded files to be publicly posted to deviantART.
For deviants with a busy schedule, or who like to upload and submit multiple deviations at once, this gives you the opportunity to p
The Price Cap For Commissions Has Been Raised!One of the most common requests we received upon launching Commissions was to raise the price cap to make it higher than 4,000 Points. As of today, the price limit when setting up Commissions has been raised from 4,000 Points to 8,000 Points.More Like This
We're excited to see the increased usage of the Commissions platform and the wide variety of work that artists have been offering. With this increased limit, we're hoping to give artists more flexibility with the types of Commissions they offer, and more importantly, allow artists to earn more for their high-quality creations!
Monster High Create-A-Monster ContestMonster HighMore Like This
Join the ghoulish gang of Monster High™ by creating a new monster for the class of 2013! To celebrate the new Create-A-Monster™ product line, we want you to use your spooky skills and creepy creativity to unleash your own fang-tastic monster and win some incredible prizes!
There are tonnes of gore-geous options for creating your own monster, and you're only limited by your imagination! Get involved and start thinking about who and what your monster will be. You can get inspired by checking out the Create-A-Monster™ start up packs and add ons!
Don't forget to name your creation. If you get stuck for names, try naming your creation after famous monsters like the rest of the Monster High™ ghouls are, like Draculaura™ and Frankie Stein™
Be yourself. Be unique. Be a MONSTER!™
Want to know all about the haunting happenings at Monster High™? Go to
The Make Ugly ContestMore Like This
How To EnterSubmit EntryRulesView Entries13+ US Only
Make Ugly. Get recognition.
What's the ugliest truth about Big Tobacco? truth® wants to find out and you can help. DeviantART is calling for submissions of your ugliest monster, giant, mutant or undead art. Download the facts for inspiration and get in on the ugly action. Winners get cash prizes and will be included as a part of the truth® Artist Collective.
The Facts
Monster
To draw public attention from the dangers of secondhand smoke in 1987, Big Tobacco thought they might try to "create a bigger monster (AIDs)."
Undead
1 in 3 teens who begin smoking eventually
Decade.May 13th, 2003.More Like This
The day I joined deviantART.
That was ten years ago. A decade.
In that time I've been married, divorced, married again, welcomed my two children into the world, been held in rapture at new friendships and grieved over friends passing, attended devmeets with over 400+ people and made more art than I ever ever thought I would. I've been a member, premium member, a volunteer Gallery Moderator, and now a Core Staff member, running a department within deviantART.
Had anyone told me that my life would unfold in that way ten years ago I simply wouldn't have believed them. The impact that this single website has had on the direction my life has travelled is profound. It has shaped me as a person, as an artist and as a professional. It has enriched my life and those of my family and friends.
So at this time, ten years passing, how can I possibly sum up my experience in a drawing, or a photograph or a cake or anything else? I thought long and hard
Site Update: deviantWATCH LimitationIn our continuous effort to improve the deviantART experience, we're publishing weekly Site Updates to keep members informed and to gather feedback. Below is a list of recent changes to the site, bug fixes, and feedback that was brought up by members in the last Site Update.More Like This
What's New
Limitation Added to deviantWATCH
Due to constraints within the +Watch system, we have added a 5,000 deviant limit to the amount of deviants you can +Watch. This change only affects a very small amount of deviants, all of whom have been contacted privately regarding the matter. In the future, you will receive a notification if you attempt to watch more than 5,000 deviants.
Please note also that this only affects how many deviants you can +Watch, not how many deviants can +Watch you.
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Join us for a Los Angeles deviantMEET!We'll be hosting a deviantART Print Gallery featuring work by deviants from all over the United Kingdom. Come support your peers!More Like This
Posted on May 9, 2013 at 2:11 PM
Join us for a Los Angeles deviantMEET!
Los Angeles deviants, check out a screening of *louieschwartzberg's Wings of Life and hang out with deviantART staff and fellow members!
Directors Guild of America
Join Us!
See a movie screening at this special deviantMEET!
You are invited to join deviantART in watching Disney Nature's Wings
Store Closing SoondeviantART GearMore Like This
T-Shirts Hoodies & Jackets dA PRO Series & Bags Clearance
Store Closing Soon!
We wanted to take some time to update you on deviantART T-Shirts & Gear as we quickly approach the official closing of the store. First, we want to thank you for the kind gestures and outpouring of support we have received since we announced the store close. It’s been very uplifting, and we are going to miss designing for
Celebrating Deviousness - May 2013Deviousness AwardMore Like This
Congratulations to `
anmari
Window into childish dreams
Olympiastadion
Helvetica IIX
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.
I heart deviantART
Loosing my family house, dogs and moreLoosing my Family house & AnimalsMore Like This
Today has been nothing but bad news. That is how the wind sails in my life. It can be calm and beautiful but that usually lasts as long as a day then nothing but storm after storm batters the haul.
I found out that my family is loosing the house to foreclosure. My family house. My childhood. My entire childhood. On top of that.... where my parents are going they can only take 2 cats. We have 4 cats and 2 dogs. No one will take the dogs because they're too big. Spirit is a wolf hybrid and Koda is a husky/wolf hybrid mix. They are our babies. They are my life. They are our family. I am crushed and destroyed. Nothing can prepare you for the worst. I could sense it on the horizon but I turned a blind eye in hopes that some mercy could be given and that everything would be ok. But alas, it is not. Another hard page to turn in the book of life and one I'm not sure I can turn now. My dad says we should put Koda up for adoption and if w
Life goes onI think i should face the truth that life keeps going on, no matter how sad you are!More Like This
It's been 2 weeks that my dad staying in hospital, half conscious. He had done 3times hemodialysis, where his blood is filtered through machine as his kidney is broken. It's really heart-breaking to know that he also got problem with his heart and that his intestine isn't working. My mom always stays in hospital to accompany him, and i also stay there and sometimes back home after 3 nights to take clean clothes and back staying in hospital again, i even skip my work for the last 4days so far as the holiday has finished started this week. My mom and I sleep on the floor in hospital, along with other people who's got their relative taken care in emergency room like me.
I'm still shock that this happened too fast, and i didn't see it coming. I still have something to be fixed with my father, but even if the worst should come... i know i should willing to let it happen. A deeply regre
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