Suggestions for making DeviantART a more useful tool for working artists.


BrianABernhard's avatar
Howdy folks,

I believe that DeviantART would prove to be a more useful tool in the art world if they also included an EVENTS listing somewhere easily accessible on the site. Journals are all well and good, but Deviants must already be watching your gallery to notice them.

If there was an EVENTS listing, where artists could post art openings, film screenings, happenings, poetry readings, or other art related events Deviant artists are up to, I believe this would greatly improve DeviantART's usefulness to the working artist community.

I would love to find Deviant Artists in my area that are having some sort of gallery opening. If I could log into DeviantART go to the EVENTS tab during the day on Friday, Select the NYC area, or Virginia area, or California Area, or London or anywhere in the world that has a collection of Deviant Artists, select today's date and discover a listing of all the opening near by that my fellow Deviants are participating in, I could then go to their gallery here on DeviantART decide if I liked the work and if I should support it, and if I did, go to the opening, because as we all know looking at a work of art in person is 100% better than looking at pixels on a computer screen.

Thanks for reading my post, let me know if any of you Deviants think this is a good idea. Why or why not?
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TheEyeOfGS's avatar
i was thinking of a new idea..... music..... maby where you submit your art ,...it should have a description of a song you listened while drawing you art .....or to have a music player on your art..
BrianABernhard's avatar
I believe that DA does not want to get involved with music.
TheEyeOfGS's avatar
i see....i can understand.
BenCole's avatar
good luck. dA "prides themselves" with NOT being a professional community so changes in this direction usually seem to be ignored. Thats what i have seen anyway. In a suggestion thread i made a while back I made the mistake of comparing this community to another one that anyone can join, but aimed at professionals. It's a great tool for 3d artists so I thought changing a thing or two here to make things more ';professional' might help the 3d art section's poor state. boy was i wrong. Never use that word here :p
BrianABernhard's avatar
Ha ha ha, thanks for the advice I will keep that in mind.
TheEyeOfGS's avatar
it would be cool if they had an app in this web that traces your sketch and then you can edit your drawings, or just darkens the dark lines for the person.

sometimes some photos from sketches are too dark and sometimes its too different in color in one side of the sketch.

know what i mean?
BrianABernhard's avatar
That sounds more like a Photoshop filter than something that any website would offer. I dont think this site offers any kind of built in image editing tools. Although, it sounds like it might be n interesting feature.
TheEyeOfGS's avatar
RJ-Pilot's avatar
An events calendar would be useful, especially for larger deviantart groups... People would be able to get competition entries and such in without missing deadlines...
BrianABernhard's avatar
Yet, another good reason to set up a calendar. Thanks.
hairology's avatar
Event calendar is a must.... Despite 'best' efforts it is all too easy to be missed...
BrianABernhard's avatar
Here, here, Three cheers for Hairology!
FairyGost's avatar
I agree with you! DA has a lot of cool things that most of us never heard about it because it is badly organized and unnoticed!!
BrianABernhard's avatar
Thank you for your support.
eldris's avatar
There is actually an events section in the news: [link]
BrianABernhard's avatar
Interesting, I am glad that something is actually there, but I must say, it seems to be in the wrong section, "Culture?" instead of "Art News." I still think it would be more evvective if it could be organized by city and date. Thanks again.
pisceanpainter's avatar
Excellent suggestion. I think this site really needs an event calender of some sort. The news and journals are pretty ineffective to get the word out about gallery shows. I've actually all but given up on even putting notices up on here about any shows I'm involved with since the only people who read about them live too far to even think about coming.

I've been reading over this thread the last few days since you originally posted in the art scene. It's been entertaining to say the least. Not sure what some peoples problems are. Especially when this suggestion wouldn't effect him one way or the other.
BrianABernhard's avatar
Well, I am glad someone has found this to be entertaining. Ha ha ha. Thanks for the support and understanding.
MartinDelgado's avatar
I dont really know where to post it, but i think there is kind a problem when submiting a photo in the SNAPSHOTS category. I tryed to do so but i didn't notice where did my file go. Then i just thought i was having memory problems or something but i found it on the SCRAP place. I dunno if this was my mistake or something but i would like to let you know.
BrianABernhard's avatar
You should probably start a new thread with this concern, this is a specific topic in this thread, and the people that you want to read your message will most likely not find it in this thread.
enginemonkey's avatar
Not a bad suggestions. Why jump thru hoops to find what you want on here. Info tucked away in journals and news are not public enough. Events are different and more immediate and should be broadcasted.
BrianABernhard's avatar
Thank you for your support and understanding where I am coming from. Hopefully, some actual schedule will be implemented at some point someday, because to me it seems to be the next logical progression in the usefulness of DevianART.
enginemonkey's avatar
No worries, thought you might like a rest from battling with pseudo intellectuals.
BrianABernhard's avatar
Ha ha ha, you rock!!! But it still seems as this one particular fella is trying to argue some very illogical point into the ground. I have no idea where he is even going with his point, yet he seill keeps posting them. I suppose it could make for some interesting conversation.