fabianrensch

Hello deviantart! This year I tried to approach art differently and rediscovered the fun in it. I'm working on personal projects again and can't wait to share it with you guys. But there's one thing I CAN share with you right now: my new website! I coded it from scratch and learnd tons while doing so. With the launch of my website I also introduce my new identity design which I'm talking about on my first blog post: Branding in art Right now I'm working on another blogpost which will be an animated video about overcoming artblocks starring these two: Let me know what you think of my new website! Fabian

With deviantArts long overdue new apperance update it follows the movement of clean design while still holding on to a few characteristic elements (like the pixelated Llamas) that make deviantArt the place we all know for so long. I for one welcome the update, having a light and dark theme to choose from is great and the profile pages look way better now. It still has a lot of problems here and there, e.g. displaying parts of the site in the old style or having browser-side scrollbars that kind of look out of place, but that is mainly due to it still being in beta phase. And we all know, the biggest strength of deviantArt is its community, so I want to contribute my thoughts while the theme is still in developement. In this journal, I want to specifically talk about the notification tab that is drastically better than before. It could use some polishing in my opinion though, so these are my thoughts, written directly oon the screenshot: As I said, it's a huge change into the right