[x]

Celebrating Deviousness - February 2013

Deviousness Award





Congratulations to `Krissi001



     Project get connected
Project Animal Emotes 3
Apple Alien
What is this Awesome Achievement?
The Deviousness

Announcing Rolled Fine Art Paper Prints!Prints Shop
Fine Art Prints
Wrapped Canvas
Photos Prints
Art Gifts

Starting immediately, deviantART is upgrading our rolled Fine Art Paper Prints to a more professional grade print process. The new and improved product will now ship with an additional 1.5" (3.81 cm) bright-white border ready to be hung or framed! This change will not affect the way in which we currently provide Photo Prints, Canvas, or Frame Art Prints.
Bright-white, ultrasmooth, 100% cotton rag paper
Matte finish
Acid- and lignin-free archival process
Advanced digital drying process in order to guarantee vibrance
Prints c

Celebrating Deviousness - September 2012Deviousness Award
Congratulations to `
SaTaNiA

Set Fire to the digital rain

Wallpaper Divagant

Dissipation
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.

Paris Official dM 2

Photography Weekly: Edition Thirty EightPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
- Erich Fromm
Weather Photography has always fascinated me - the weather in general does anyway, but capturing those changes, shifts in atmosphere and so on have always had me in awe. However when browsing the latest news within popular photography early this week I was stunned by an image that NASA had captured of hurricane Isaac as it lurked over the USA. I've been in a hurricane before, but it never felt as organised or precise as this image shows. This shows a smooth beautiful cloud formation. When below it's likely wreaking havoc and destroying lives. It's difficult to match the two together and contemplate them as the same thing. It's also incredible how we've advanced in terms of technology. This shot of Hurricane Isaac was captured at the end of a month in which images have been transferred from Mars. We, as a human rac

Updates to the New Submit Page, Journal ThumbnailsUpdates to the New Submit Art Page (Available to some Beta Testers)
Please note: The new Submit Art page is being A/B tested -- meaning that we're comparing the effectiveness of two different versions of the feature. If you're a Beta Tester, there's a 50% chance you'll either see the new or old version of the Submit Art page. This is expected behavior and there's no way to switch between the two groups.
Integration of Prints Submission
The Prints submission menu has been incorporated into the Submit page! This change makes for a complete integration of the submission process, allowing you to upload, submit, and sell your art, all in one process, all from one page.

Remember These Settings
A checkbox has been added to the bottom of the Submit page that, when selected, will retain the settings you use for your submission, and then apply them to the next file you sub

Seniority Announcement - June 2012

This article marks the latest announcements detailing the latest additions to the dizzy height of Senior members in our community. With just over 900 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 t

Site Update: deviantART Mobile, Prints IntegrationIn 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.
What's New
The New deviantART Mobile Site
One of the most common requests from the community has been to update deviantART's mobile site. By popular demand, we've released a brand new version of the mobile site! The site is officially supported in the default browsers for the iPhone and Android phones and tablets.
Instead of developing two separate versions of the site—a desktop version and a mobile version—we've formatted the desktop site to fit into a mobile browser. This allows the mobile site to offer many more features than th

Photography Weekly: Edition Forty TwoPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
“Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.”

― Mark Twain
The sky is so often underestimated in terms of Photography that I felt compelled to give it a bit of love and talk about it in this weeks article. I've been following UK Storm Chasers on facebook who have been documenting the arrival of the 'demon child of Nadine' as it has been deemed. Hurricane Nadine is still out there in the Atlantic Ocean spinning around and preparing to send the UK another demon child (which is really just a tropical storm to us) and with it comes a plethora of opportunities to snap some stunning skies and horizons. But do we appreciate the sky enough? I don't think we do. When was the last time you stopped shooting at eye level and looked up? Often, there's nothing there - but often too, there's something worth capturing. The general rule when capturing la

Celebrating Deviousness - OctoberDeviousness Award
Congratulations to `JCROXAS
Noah's Ark
The new deviantART HQ
The Child of Venus
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.
JCROXAS 2011
Dreaming Mug

Site Update: Prints, Group Journal Editing 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.
What's New
Prints Integration on Deviation Pages (Beta Testers Only)
Today we're bringing you an easier way to purchase art on deviantART! When viewing a deviation that is enabled as a Print, you'll be met with a sleek new menu that is designed to be simple, straightforward, and encouraging.

Read more
Gr

Celebrating Deviousness - March 2013

Deviousness Award





Congratulations to `
lintu47





Kusudama

lost child
<

MovemberAbout Movember
During November each year, Movember is responsible for the broken relationships between men and their razors. Donning their mustaches, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men's health - specifically prostate cancer.
Since its humble beginnings in Melbourne, Australia, Movember has grown to become a truly global movement inspiring more than 1.9 Million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas to participate with formal campaigns in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, the UK, South Africa, Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and the Czech Republic. In addition, Movember is aware of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas supporting the campaign and men’s health cause across the globe, from Russia to Dubai, Hong Kong to Antarctica, Rio de Janeiro to Mumbai, and everywhere in between.
No matter the country or city, Movember will continue to work to change established habits and attitudes men have about their health, to ed

Spirit Day 2012"Ultimately, I want Spirit Day to make just one person feel little bit better about his or herself, to feel safe enough in their own skin and to be proud of who they are" - Brittany McMillan
In memory of the young LGBT people who lost their lives to suicide, Brittany encouraged her friends to wear purple on a day in October -- a day that came to be known as Spirit Day. Since then, GLAAD has helped turn Spirit Day into a global event that inspires millions of individuals, celebrities, TV personalities, media outlets, companies and schools to wear purple in a stand against bullying.
While Spirit Day does focus on the LGBT community, I believe that it's anti-bullying message is relevant to every community. It only get's better, if we take the pledge to make it so.
Practice compassion and understanding, and treat others how you would like to be treated and we can make a difference.
Show your support for this anti-bullying me

Photography Weekly: Edition Forty FourPhotography Weekly Header created by ~TouchedD
"Creativity, like human life itself - begins in Darkness "
-Julia Cameron."
I read a very interesting article this week debating Photography Vs Literature and which one of the two tells us more. Of course there is always the element that a picture could be accompanied by words but neither aspect is enough to tell a whole story. But as the article says, Photography has become a universal constant in the world today and is accessible to nearly everybody. Yet many still believe that only pure narration can truly tell a story. What are your thoughts? As Photographers we can choose to limit what we tell or show with a photograph, we can even mislead. Can we convey more with words? Or more with an image? You could describe a person with words but never truly give an accurate picture of who they are visually without a photograph...

Community Relations News
It's sp

Pimps and Whoas - December 13, 2012Pimps
Official dA News

Celebrating Deviousness December 2012

Odyssey Propulsion 6

Holiday Headquarters 2012

Realm of Fantasy - The Anatomy of a Group

Be Vigilant of Phishing Scams

Gratitude

Browse More Like This

more ▶

Featured in Groups:

#devBUG
Eats Bugs For Breakfast

Details

Submitted: September 13, 2012
Submitted with: Sta.sh Writer

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 193
Favourites: 102 [who?]
Views: 10,273 (3 today)

[x]

Beta Launch: Film, deviantART muro in Sta.sh

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 5:27 PM

Hello everyone!

Today we're bringing you some major changes for Film & Animation deviations, and also some new tools for deviantART muro and Sta.sh Writer!

Film Improvements

Film submission through Sta.sh

The first major change for Film is that Sta.sh is now properly equipped to support film submissions! While it was sort of possible in the past, Sta.sh can now store and submit film files the same way other filetypes can be stored and submitted.

Keep in mind that you have to have film submission privileges in order to submit films to deviantART. For more information on this, please read this FAQ: FAQ #842: How do I become a submitting member of the film community?

Film Deviation Page Changes

The second change is regarding the layout of film deviations. The old film layout was designed with an older version of deviantART in mind, and this change places Film submissions back up to speed with the rest of the site. The Film deviation page has been updated to the same layout other deviations have, for consistency, ease of use, and better overall appearance.

While a film is playing, the artist's comments and comments left by other deviants will disappear, so that you can focus on the film without distraction or outside interference. As you reach a point in the film where other users have left annotations, these annotations will appear briefly, and then disappear again.

When the video is paused, you'll be prompted with a comment box, so that you can leave annotations at specific points within the film, just like you could before this upgrade. This allows for an up-to-date look and feel without compromising functionality. In addition, comments left as annotations will include the time the comment was left, as easy reference for any deviant reading through the comments!

Volume, resolution, and fullscreen controls are all present before the video even starts, for easy adjusting without having to search for options. In addition, when hovering over the resolution button, you'll be prompted with the various resolutions the filmmaker has offered for that particular film.

Creator Comments

The last change we have for Film is the inclusion of the Creator notification. Before, comments left by the creator of a film would be indistinguishable from other comments left on the deviation, which made it easy for the artist's thoughts and opinions to be buried among the rest of feedback left. As of today, comments left by the deviation creator can be distinguished with a lighter color, and a small box next to their username specifying that they are the creator of that film.

Try it out! To give the new Film layout a try, just head to the Film & Animation gallery and watch some films!

Reporting Problems

If you encounter issues, be sure to report them! Any bugs encountered with the Film & Animation improvements can be filed in the #devBUG Issue Tracker under the Film Improvements project.

Updates to deviantART muro

More Tools for deviantART muro

Several new tools have been added to deviantART muro!

Elliptical selection options and a magic wand tool have been added to the marquee tool! Once the marquee menu button has been selected, the new options will appear in the bottom bar.

Deviants can now create a selection based on the transparency of a layer by command/ctrl+clicking on that layer!
In addition to the options added to the marquee menu, "select by color", "expand selection", and "contract selection" tools have been added to the Edit menu!

Screen Shot 2012-09-07 at 10.28.40 AM by $wreckling

To give the new deviantART muro tools a try, go to deviantART muro!

deviantART muro Integration with Sta.sh and Sta.sh Writer

For those of you not familiar with Sta.sh, it functions as a creative space for deviants to upload and save their art. For writers, creation has also been a part of the Sta.sh environment, with the addition of Sta.sh Writer. To help further the potential of creation, we've incorporated deviantART muro within Sta.sh! When in Sta.sh, deviantART muro can now be accessed from the Sta.sh menu in the top left corner.

Screen Shot 2012-09-13 at 2.56.13 PM by $wreckling

The other new addition is the integration of deviantART muro into Sta.sh Writer! When in Sta.sh Writer, you can pull images from your Sta.sh to include in the Writer document, and those images will have a pencil menu button in the top right corner of the image. An option labeled "Edit in deviantART Muro" has been added to the pencil menu, and when selected, it will transfer you to deviantART muro to draw!

Once you click Done in deviantART muro, the file will save, and you'll be returned to the Sta.sh Writer document to continue where you left off. That's all there is to it!

To test out the integration of deviantART muro into Writer, head to Sta.sh Writer!

Reporting Problems

If you encounter issues, be sure to report them! Bugs and issues with changes to deviantART muro can be filed in the #devBUG Issue Tracker under the deviantART muro Improvements project.

#devBUG blog

193 Comments

Beta Launch: Film, deviantART muro in Sta.shby $wreckling

Journals / deviantART, Inc. / Tech & Features

Today we're bringing you some major changes for Film & Animation deviations, and also some new things for deviantART muro! Beta testers, we'd like you to give them a spin!

love 6 6

joy 5 5

wow 3 3

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

=TheRogueTech Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I will admit that im pretty impressed with, the most recent Update, Much prefer having the ability to scroll to see more deviations.

With That being said, I believe it would be more practical for the Side to follow down the page as the user scrolled, Or even letting the entire outer frame scroll, Allowing the user to access all the menus even if they have scrolled through a 1000+ deviations.