Deviantart
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DeviantART (commonly abbreviated dA), a website launched on August 7, 2000 mainly by Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens and Angelo Sotira, is an artist community in which anyone can create a profile and exhibit or discuss artwork. It has gained much popularity through its eight years of existence, and as of August 2008 it consists of over 8 million members.
Its interface allows users to submit their artwork (as long as it fits the site's rules and its various categories, destined for different types of art), comment on other people's works, and interact socially on forums, chatrooms and userpages. It is a very important means of showcasing artwork for many animators, and most - if not all - of the animators with a certain degree of popularity seek to keep their fans up to date through Journals on their deviantART pages.
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[edit] News Section
The news section of the site consists of user-submitted articles and can range from site updates to contests. Sometimes, interesting articles are made regarding important matters such as the usage of copyright material.
[edit] Daily Deviations
Every day, a group of a few select users called the Category Directors - each responsible for a different category, such as Flash animation, tradicional painting, or photography - feature a few deviations (user-submitted art) that showcase a great amount of talent, beauty, or excellence. Most of the time, this is a result of an indication sent to a category's director by a normal DeviantART user. As can be expected, choosing the best pieces of art can cause many fights, as in the end it all amounts to personal opinion. The users usually complain about all the Daily Deviations they don't agree with openly, especially in the Anthro category.
[edit] Subscriptions
Subscriptions are paid accounts that allow the user to receive some benefits, mostly when browsing dA. Some of them include being able to choose from plenty of browsing options, such as viewing more deviations per page, or browse older pieces, all the way back to the year 2000. It also allows a few features when making Journals, such as adding polls and a shoutbox. Since subscriptions are heavily advertised through the website, one of their advantages is that those ads are removed when you get one.
