DeviantArt FAQs

When viewing a note you will observe a button labeled "Mark As..." in the lower right corner; pressing that button will open a sub-menu where you will have several choices and at the bottom of the list will be the option to mark the note as 'spam'. Using this button will move the note into a special administrative area where our staff will be able to review it. Or you can report spammers here by contacting the Help Desk and including the deviant's username in your report. If you have received a note which is abusive then you should consider reporting it to our customer service center. The customer service agent who assists you will also need you to use the "Mark As Spam" button on the note(s) in question so they can then directly review it, so be certain not to delete the note until they've been able to do this. Once the note has been reviewed you may receive additional instructions or advice in addition to any administrative action which may be taken.

See Also: :faq96:

DeviantArt staff will gladly assist in removing the unauthorized use of your image or likeness. In order to take action, staff will need you, as the person whose name or likeness was used without permission, to provide some specific information and statements. Please bear in mind that since this is essentially a privacy-based complaint, staff can only take action on content which you identify where you in which you personally are recognizably featured. Once staff have all of the required information and statements, the content will be removed from public view and set a thirty (30) day deadline for the member to provide a valid model release form signed by you; if such a form is not provided within the time frame allowed, the content will be deleted from the profile and then deleted entirely from our servers thirty (30) days afterward. When filing this complaint, please be certain you include the following information. Staff will not be able to assist you properly until all of the following is provided:

Please provide identification of the works in which you claim your likeness has been published or used without permission by providing the full URL of each individual work.

Please state that you have a good faith belief that the use or publication of your likeness in the manner complained of was not authorized by you, your agent, or the law.

Please provide information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, or email address.

Please provide a clear statement that the information in your complaint is accurate, and use the phrase "under penalty of perjury" in a statement which says that you are the model depicted in the content which you have identified.

Please provide a digital signature by typing out your full name.

Members are not allowed to use their DeviantArt account directly for any sort of for-profit third party advertising whatsoever. Members who attempt to install click-through links, banners, promotional materials or third party advertising of any sort in their Journal, profile page, signature, art submission or any other area of the site could have that advertising removed without notice when it is brought to the attention of the DeviantArt staff and their profile could be suspended or banned as a result. All advertising efforts which go beyond deviants promoting their own personal and private endeavors must be directed through proper channels. Advertising products offered by DeviantArt can be found at this page; http://about.deviantart.com/advertising/

Using Artwork

DeviantArt possesses no ownership claim in any submission and cannot grant you any license or permission for use, only the artist may do so. All original works found in the DeviantArt galleries are the copyrighted property of the submitting artist. If you want to use a work you will need to ask permission from the artist, who is free to set whatever terms and conditions they wish. You should always ask permission before using any work which was created by another artist. To contact a member of DeviantArt, you may use whatever contact information the artist may have provided on their profile page, or you may send a personal note to the artist if you have your own DeviantArt account. Stock submissions and certain submissions marked with a Creative Commons License already have certain terms and conditions attached and can be used without directly contacting the artist providing that you obey the rules set for each work (which may vary from work to work and from artist to artist). Unfortunately, DeviantArt cannot grant permission on behalf of any artist to use their works.

Purchasing Items

If you are interested in a print or a downloadable file of the image, please be sure to look in the right hand column of the deviation page for the "Buy This Print" and "Purchase" options which the artist may have made available. Otherwise, you should make your request directly to the artist. Frequently the artist will provide external contact information on his or her profile page. If you have the username of an artist you want to contact, you may get to their profile and prints pages by entering username.deviantart.com or username.deviantart.com/store; replacing username with the actual username of the artist. If you are a DeviantArt member, you may also try using the note system or you could place your request in a comment under the image on the deviation page. For privacy reasons we cannot provide other contact information for the artist or the artist's real name if they are not available on his or her Profile page.

Sometimes a provider blocks our emails or sends them to the spam folder. If you have not received the lost password email here is what you can do, if the email is not in your Spam or Bulk Mail folder. 1.) Please try using your email provider's search engine to search for any emails from [email protected] to make sure it's not simply misplaced. If you are unable to locate the email this way please try to the next step. 2.) If your provider has a Spam or Bulk Mail setting you can try setting this to the lowest possible setting. Once done please request a new email be sent to it. If this does not clear up the issue, you will want to try the next step. 3.) If you have tried the above steps or your provider has no Spam or Bulk Mail folder, you will want to contact the Help Desk by email via [email protected], for further assistance. You may also want to consider if the lost password email is sending to the email address you believe it should be. If you haven't updated the email address in your settings page in awhile you may want to read over the following :faq659:

Rarely the lost password process generates a batch of corrupt keys. If you suspect this is the case, please do not attempt to use the same key twice, as it will only state it is invalid a second time. Please instead wait 24 hours then request another confirmation code. If you have waited 24 hours and you still experience this issue, please contact the Help Desk by email via [email protected], for further assistance. Be sure to mention you have tried the step listed here or you will only be redirected back to this entry.

Email providers or domains can sometimes be blocked if they are found to be exploited for abusive purposes. This is often done with email providers who specialize in temporary or disposable email addresses. Often spammers or other troublesome individuals use these addresses for account creation and cause enough of a problem for the entire email provider to be blocked. If you were attempting to use a temporary or disposable address to create your account then please switch to an address from a more reputable email provider. If you have received this message and have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected].

The 'Give' button on any deviant's profile page can be used by other deviants to give the particular deviant a core membership, Points, Llama and Cake badges as gifts. A deviant's wishlist can also be accessed through it.

IMPORTANT - It has come to our attention that many users after uploading an image file are forgetting to click on OK at the bottom of the screen after they have uploaded their file or are clicking on reset after uploading a new file. Please note that 'Reset' should only be clicked on if you wish to revert your avatar to the default DeviantArt avatar. If you have clicked on reset or forgotten to click on OK at the bottom of the page the information below will not apply to you. If you did not receive an error message of any type when submitting your file, it has been uploaded successfully. To be assured your file was uploaded you may wish to try clearing your cache. You may also try the trick below; but only if your file was an Avatar. To do this simply load the following URL in your browser and follow the next steps. http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/*/**/yourusername.*** Replace the * with the first letter of your username, and the ** with the second letter of your username, and yourusername with your actual username, and depending on what format your avatar is in *** to GIF, JPEG or PNG. The cached image will load immediately. Once it's loaded press the "refresh" button in the browser and watch your new picture be displayed. If you have tried the above steps and they did not work, there is probably a server lag and your image will be updated as soon as the servers catch up. There may also be delays when resetting your image files.

We apologize but this cannot be done. Five hundred is a lot of people to not want to talk to again. If you find yourself needing more:

You should report your abusers to the Help Desk.

You should review your list and remove any already banned names from the list.

You may wish to consider removing names which were originally placed a long while ago (such as 6 months or more) or have already been banned or deactivated.

You can send a note to other deviants by the following methods: 1.) Visit the profile of the deviant you wish to note. Once on their profile you will see a button located on the upper right hand side entitled "Send a Note". Simply click on this and a small note window will automatically display. 2.) The second method is to visit the "Notes" section of your "Message Centre", by clicking on your messages link followed by the "Notes" tab. Please be advised in order to use the notes system you must own and be logged into a DeviantArt account.

Yes. Simply click the link entitled 'Who' next to the number of people who favourited the piece. Once clicked a pop-up window will appear listing the names of who favourited the piece and when.

Firstly you will want to make sure that the avatar you're going to create is 50px x 50px in width and height and saved in one of the following formats (GIF, JPEG or PNG) only, in the end or it will not work when you try and upload it. 1.) You can create an image from scratch, following the specifications for an avatar, in the Graphics Program of your choice. 2.) If you wish to use an image and resize it to the specifications for an avatar, you can do so using an image editor of your choice. Once done, you can submit your new avatar by following the steps listed in :faq147: You can also ask if someone is willing to make you an avatar in the Projects Forum. Please also see: :faq214:

DeviantArt's emoticons were created by the members of DeviantArt and are used with their permission. You must ask each of those emoticon creators individually if you may have permission to use their work at another website. Information on each of the emoticons and their individual creators may be found on the emoticons page, if you set the sort order to "Creator".

Gallery descriptions can be located in the Category menu in the deviation submission process by selecting a category and clicking the Gallery Info button.

The Collections Feature can be found on your Favourites page and allows you to organize your favourites just as you use folders within your gallery. You can access your Favourites at the top of every page, which allows you to drop and drag art right to your collections, from anywhere on DeviantArt. Simply click the 'Favourites' button located at the top-right of DeviantArt to see your collections at any time, and even create new collections right there, without ever leaving the page. We believe a collection is an art piece in itself, so we've added features to let you Comment on collections! If you're a collection owner, you can add descriptions and custom icons to the collections on your favourites page. Premium members and Senior Members have full CSS control over the whole collection.

Creating Collections:

To be able to create a Collection you will first need to add some deviations to your favourites. Once you have some favourites simply visit your Favourites page and click on the "New Collection" button near the top of the page. You can also add a Collection by clicking on the 'Favourites' button, located at the top-right of DeviantArt or by hovering over the down arrow next to the "collect" button on a deviation page then using the text field to create a new collection. You can create a maximum of 250 collection folders.

Programming Forum

Once you have created a Collection you can begin adding art to it. You can do this while on your favourites page by simply dragging and dropping art to any Collection you have created or hover over a deviation thumbnail in your favourites tab on your profile page and select the edit pencil icon. A menu will open and you can choose to 'copy to' or 'move to' then select the name of the collection you wish it to be added to. You can also add a piece to a collection while browsing DeviantArt by dragging the deviation towards the top of your screen and then drop it into the collection of your choice within the Collections Bar. You can also click on the "Add to Favourites" drop-down menu while viewing a deviation to add it a specific collections.

Removing/Renaming Collections:

You can remove or rename a collection at any time by visiting your Favourites page, hover over the collection folder, click the pencil icon, and then 'Delete this folder...' or 'Rename this folder'.

Customizing Collections:

Once you have created some collections you can add things such as a Custom Icon or description to your collection pages. You can also change the order in which your Collection folders appear on the sidebar and if you are a Core Member or Senior Member you can even have CSS control of your Collection pages. Arranging Collections: You can arrange the order of your Collections any way you like by visiting your Favourites page, once there simply drag and drop your collections in the order you wish them to be displayed. CSS Controls: This is done by utilizing the CSS feature. To use CSS you will first need to have a Core Membership to DeviantArt or be a Senior member. If you fall under one of these categories, read on. To add CSS to your Collection pages you will need to visit the collection you wish to style and click on the 'Collection Options' button and go to the CSS tab in the appearing popup modal. Next you will need to click on the link entitled 'Add CSS'. Clicking this link will drop down the field to enter your CSS code in to. After you're finished adding in your CSS code you will need to click on 'OK' to apply your changes. Please be advised since CSS is an outside coding source the Help Desk will not be offering CSS support. If you have questions regarding CSS, please feel free to ask them in the . Custom Icons: To add a custom icon you will need to visit a Collection that you have created, once inside click on the 'Collection Options' button and go to the 'Icon' tab where you can add a custom icon. Once under this section click on the 'Change Icon' button. After you have added your Icon you will need to click on 'OK' to save your changes. To edit a custom icon simply follow the steps above for uploading a new icon. To remove a custom icon you will need to visit a collection that you have created, once inside click on the 'Collection Options' button and go to the 'Icon' tab where you can remove a custom icon by clicking on the 'Reset Icon' button. After you have removed your Icon you will need to click on 'OK' to save your changes. Descriptions: To add or edit a description you will need to visit a collection that you have created, once inside click on the 'Collection Options' button where you can add a description under the section entitled 'Display'. After you have added your description you will need to click on 'OK' to save your changes.

Click here for folder options. You can adjust the description and folder name from here. You can change the folder icon here. Add CSS code here to skin your folder.

No, deviants are only notified via the message center when you add the piece to your Favourites or Collections, however never of the removal.

You may tag your submission as Mature Content at the time of submission or at a later date by using the Edit function. By doing so your deviation will be concealed behind a special warning thumbnail for anyone who has the Hide Mature Content checkbox selected in their Settings. If you choose to tag one or more of your deviations as Mature Content you will have a choice between two levels; Strict or a Moderate. Please note that choosing a mature content tag, whether Strict or Moderate, for your deviation does not enable you to submit content prohibited under the DeviantArt terms of service. The Strict setting of mature content will limit viewing to those members who are eighteen (18) years of age or older. This setting is provided only for the comfort of the submitting artist who wishes to block viewing by members under the age of eighteen (18)- it does not represent an option to submit content which is prohibited under the DeviantArt terms of service. The Moderate setting will allow viewing by members age thirteen (13) and older through use of a click-through warning screen.

Stock images or other resources are materials created and offered with the express intent that they be used by other artists in their creations. Use of these materials are subject to the artist's license, which may or may not require the payment of fees and which may possess other specific rules or restrictions. All creative works submitted to DeviantArt which uses third party resources must follow the license set by the provider so please check to ensure that you are following all of the terms of use associated with the resources used. Failure to comply with the Terms and Conditions or License requirements attached to the resources which were used may result in administrative action being taken against your account in the event that the resource provider files a complaint concerning the breach of their terms. Only the legal owner of an image or resource has the ability to offer the work for reuse and images taken from print or film, images of celebrities, models or manipulated "renders" are not considered valid stock or resources. Any website offering these materials is not regarded as a valid stock and resources site. The lack of obvious copyright information does not imply that the imagery is free for use. Images that you have found via internet search engines or in books are commonly protected under copyright. We urge all artists who rely upon stock or other resources to provide a link to the source in their description even if the owner's terms do not require it. This is in order to prevent any confusion or misunderstandings when using third party resources. When linking please be certain to link to the specific URL (web address) of the source material and not to the website in general.

To upload a Literature Author tag you will need to visit the Public > Identity section of your Edit Settings & Profile page. Once on this page the option to submit a tag will be located at the bottom of the page. Next follow the steps in the area provided for you, then finalize any changes by clicking on 'OK'. An author tag image should be a 20x125 px PNG, JPEG or GIF image that is smaller than 20 KB. Part of the image will be hidden when it appears inside a thumbnail rather than on the browse pages. To remove your tag simply visit your settings page once again and click on the link entitled 'Reset your tag', located next to the "Change Author Tag" button.

The Community footer is a collapsible footer found on the bottom of main DeviantArt pages. It contains several features including your Channels, The Journal Portal, the official dA Poll, the DeviantArt definition and social links, and Deviousness.

Channels

Your Customized Channels stream is at the very top of your Community Footer. It will change randomly from page to page to a different Channel . If you wish to view a particular Channel you can select one of your Channels in the drop down after the text "You are viewing". You can also use the up and down arrows to browse your Channels. In order to head to the main Channel page you can click "All Channels" and if you click "Browse", it will take you to that particular Channel section. If you do not wish for your Channels to appear in the Community Footer you can select the "Hide" button in the top right corner of the Community Footer. You can click on the button again and the Channels will pop back up.

The Journal Portal

Randomly displayed popular news articles from the Community Journal Portal.

Poll

This poll is the Official DeviantArt Poll. Most Polls concern you the Deviant or are about DeviantArt itself, but sometimes polls are created to be humorous and fun. The Official dA Poll works just like journal polls, you can vote, see the results, and leave comments.

DeviantArt definition and Social Media

In this section you will see a brief description about DeviantArt as well as links to where to locate us on other social media websites.

Deviousness

Deviousness is an award of recognition given out once per month to a community member who has gone above and beyond the norm. The people who receive it define the ideal of certain aspects of what we all as deviants should strive for. Be it artistic excellence, insightful critique, initiating community events or shaping the direction of the site itself. They are recognized for a multitude of things, but the main thing they are recognized for is that without them this site would be a very different place. You can view and read about the latest person to have received deviousness here. If you do not wish to view the Community Footer you can click on the down facing arrow button on the far right in the upper corner of each footer section.

The Official DeviantArt Flash preloader can be downloaded here.

Private rooms are useful for conversation between operators, for conducting private conversations with friends, or whatever other reason you'd like.

To make a room private:

Create a normal room.

Join and make yourself a founder in the chatroom settings.

Open the chatroom settings again and click "Guests".

Unclick "default".

Unclick "can join".

You can also stop your chatroom from showing up on the active chats list, to do this go to the General Tab and select "Unlisted". This will make your room private. To allow people to join, promote them to members or higher.

The Daily Deviation is a daily feature chosen from the galleries here on DeviantArt. An assortment of submissions are chosen each day by this select group of staff and volunteer members who wish to showcase artwork they have found impressive or otherwise interesting enough to deserve being brought to the attention of the community-at-large. The staff and volunteer members responsible for selecting submissions for the daily feature often are open to suggestions and individual community members may direct their attention by noting the appropriate Community Volunteer or staff member with a direct link to the deviation which you are suggesting and a brief description about why you think the work in question should be featured. For more information please refer to FAQ 18: Who selects the Daily Deviation and how is it chosen?

In order to find out if someone has a Daily Deviation already all you need to do is go to their Gallery and select "All". From there simply scroll all the way to the bottom until you see "See Also: username's daily deviations". You can also add /dds to the end of their profile URL. username.deviantart.com/dds

A Daily Deviation is intended to give an artist a chance to be seen by a large portion of the community and as not everyone has the same tastes, it is obvious that you may not appreciate every piece that is selected as a daily deviation. If you have a problem with a particular Daily Deviation feature, do NOT leave your disapproval among the other comments on the piece. It is disrespectful to the artist featured, the person who chose it and/or the person that suggested it. If you absolutely must voice your disapproval of a selected feature, feel free to note :devmoonbeam13: however, unless the image violates policy in some way, it is highly unlikely it will be removed.

Weekly site updates and new releases are generally found through the :devhq: groups blog found here. Please be sure to join or watch the group for updates. The best source for Technical Issues is the DeviantArt Status Forum. See also: :faq719:

C O M M U N I T Y

We believe that our community is our most important resource and we strive to act in ways that nurture and encourage its growth, development and ultimately its ongoing success. We err on the side of the artist.

R E S P E C T

We treat each other with respect, as we believe that every DeviantArt employee, volunteer, and member is a contributing factor to DeviantArts success. We acknowledge that even those that challenge our patience offer important lessons we can learn from and strive to do so.

E X C E L L E N C E

We share a passion for excellence, quality and creativity in everything we do and strive to instill these values in our community.

A R T I S T S

We are artists and we reserve time for creative expression. We recognize the importance of nurturing our inner artist, as not only beneficial to ourselves, but also integral to our connection with the community.

T R U S T

We build trust among ourselves and within the community by being true to our word. We speak honestly and with integrity and hold ourselves personally accountable to deliver on commitments weve made.

E M P O W E R

We believe in a commitment to continuous learning and improvement, and maintaining open, positive communication that encourages and fosters creative genius.

- Former Staff Member - Former Volunteer - Distinguished Service Award - Customer Service Expert - Commendable Leadership Award You can find more badges on people's profile pages. To find out what they are simply mouse over the badge.

If you hover over the symbol it will tell you what that particular one stands for and you can click on it to display a module that describes each of the available symbols. Please note that deactivated and banned usernames cannot be clicked and normal members do not have any special symbols.

Why They Exist First, it is important to note that there are two "types" of Official DeviantArt Contests. #1 - contests completely run by DeviantArt #2 - contests sponsored by outside companies It's important to note that the contests run completely by DeviantArt have always been inclusive of all deviants regardless of geographic location, so everything after this point is in regards to type #2 - the contests sponsored by outside companies. Throughout the year, our advertising group works very hard to try and bring a variety of creative, fun, exciting contests to DeviantArt via a number of big brand advertisers. While we try very diligently to encourage as many International contests as possible, the brand advertiser has final say and for a variety of reasons may opt for US only for reasons usually related to the advertisers budget. Even though the brand or product, such as movie, appears international because it is available internationally, the part of the organization controlling the brand that is paying for the contest may be the U.S. based division of a larger company or only have rights to market in the U.S. Some of you may say, "But we are an international community and it makes no sense to run these US-only contests!!!" and we appreciate that feeling. But, truth be told, turning down US-only contests does not help us bring more International contest opportunities to the site. Some brand advertisers consider running a smaller focused US-only contest to "test the waters", and should we perform well it may mean being able to run an international contest in the future. Also, every brand advertiser contest helps to build our portfolio which helps us prove to companies that the DeviantArt community is THE place to bring their awesome contest!!! What We're Doing So what are we doing to improve the situation? We're building an awesome portfolio of previously run contests, the team is working very hard to bring as many international contests as possible, and we've improved communication to save the international deviant from frustration! How you say? There is a "US Only" notation in the top right of the contest article (see mockup below) the Community Relations Contest page Also, the will show :flagus: beside anything that is US Only. And last, but not least, we will continue to bring an array of DeviantArt, fully fun, open to everyone contests!

RSS feeds allow you to stay up to date on things such as your friends latest journals, popular & new deviations, user galleries or favourite collections, daily deviations and more. It allows you to easily stay informed by fetching the latest updates from your favourite websites. It can save time because you do not need to visit the site over and over. With RSS the possibilities are virtually limitless! To access our RSS feeds you will need to paste the URL to the gallery, search, or browse page you want to subscribe to into your feed reader or RSS toolbar extension. If your browser supports automatic RSS loading, an RSS icon will appear in the browser URL bar. Here are some example DeviantArt feeds which you may wish to try out: Media RSS

Browse Newest Deviations (including subcategories)

Search Deviations

User Gallery

User Favorites

Daily Deviations

Regular RSS

User Journals

Browse News

Browse Forums

You may have noticed there are two types of topics in your chatroom: One light coloured, and under it a darker coloured one.

To change the top one use the /title command:

Example: /title My channel is about photography.

To change the bottom one use the /topic command:

Example: /topic Welcome to my channel.

These options will only be available to you if you are the owner of the chatroom, or in a group that has the "admin" permission (see further down for more information).

Note that Privclass Group Names are case-sensitive. "Founders" is different than "founders" for example.Privclass Group Names have a limit of 20 characters.

Renaming an Existing Group

You can change the name of the existing default Groups (Banned, Guests, Members, Operators, Moderators, Founders) by using the /admin rename command:

/admin rename privclass OldName to NewName Example: /admin rename privclass Moderators to Awesome will rename the Moderators group to Awesome.

Creating a Customized Group

If you would like to create a customized privilege group in your chatroom (instead of renaming an existing group) then you need to follow these steps:

First, in the chatroom type: /admin create privclass YourGroup - This creates a new group called "YourGroup"

Next, to customise what your new group can and cannot do, click the "Chatroom Settings" link for your room, and select the tab of the new group. From here you can set the group up as you would for any other.

Now you can set where in the chatters list your new group will appear. By default, it will appear below the "Guests" but you can move it further up or down the listing using /admin update privclass YourGroup order=# where # is the level. The default groups are set to Banned at 1, Guests at 25, Members at 50, Operators at 75 and Founders at 99. 99 is the maximum value. If you want your new group to show above the Members group, give it a value of anywhere between 51 and 74. (You can see the existing order numbers by typing /admin show privclass)

Additional Basic Commands

There are also other commands that you may use, that cannot be currently accessed via the Chatroom Settings link:

/admin remove privclass GroupName - This removes the privilege class "Group Name".

/admin move users Members to NewGroup - Use this to move all the people from one group into another group. In this example, all the current "Members" of the chatroom would be moved into "NewGroup".

/admin rename privclass OldName to NewName - This will change the name of the group OldName to NewName, and will keep all the same settings and members of that group.

/admin show privclass - This will show you all of the groups in your chatroom, and which options they have. If you want to know the options for just one group, add the group name to the end of the command.

/admin show users - This will show you the users in each group. If you want to see the users in just one group, add the name to the end

The last two commands listed can be used by anyone (without +admin privilege).

All Privileges Explained

To modify what a group can or cannot do, add one or more of following options after the group name in either the /admin create privclass GroupName command or the /admin update privclass GroupName command.

The privilege options are: order The number that appears to the left of each privclass name when you do a /admin show privclass command is known as it's "order" value. For example, the default order value of the Members privclass is 50. Privclasses with higher order values are displayed closer to the top of the chatters list. By default, the Founders privclass has the highest order number (99), so it always appears at the top of the listing. This "order" value also has significance with the "promote" and "demote" privileges.It can be set using "order=#" where # is a number between 2 and 99.Example:/admin update privclass Guests order=60Running this command would give the Guest privclass an order value of 60 which would move it between the Operator and Members privclasses in the chatters list. join This describes whether members of the privclass can join the chatroom. It can be set to "+join" for can join, and "-join" for cannot join. The "Banned" privclass by default has this set to "-join".Example:/admin update privclass Members -joinThe result of running this command would be that users in the Members privclass can no longer join the chatroom. title This describes whether members of the privclass can change the title by using the /title command. It can be set to "+title" for they can, and "-title" for they cannot.The title is the area above the chat window at the very top where you can post information about the chatroom. There is very little difference between the "title" and the "topic" (see below), but typically the title is used for information that rarely changes (links to the chatroom rules for example).Example:/admin update privclass Operators -titleThe result of running this command would be that users in the Operators privclass can no longer change the title. topic This describes whether members of the privclass can set the topic using the /topic command. It can be set to "+topic" for they can, and "-topic" for they cannot.The topic is the area of the chat screen displayed below the title.Example:/admin update privclass Guests +topicThe result of running this command would be that users in the Guests privclass can now change the topic. promote This describes which level members of the privclass can promote other users to using the /promote command. You can either use the level value or the name of the privclass to set this (eg: "promote=50" or "promote=Members")Example:/admin update privclass Operators promote=FoundersThis would allow users in the Operators privclass to promote users to the Founders privclass. demote This describes which level members of the privclass can demote other users to by using the /demote command.. As with promote, you can use either the level number or the name of the privclass to set this.Example:/admin update privclass Guests demote=1This would allow users in the Guests privclass to demote users to the Banned privclass. images This describes whether the members of the privclass may post images. "+images" means they can, and "-images" means they cannot. You can also use "images=#" with # being a value between 0 and 99 to set how many images they can post on one line.Example:/admin update privclass Guests images=1This would allow users in the Guests privclass to display only one image at a time.FYI: To display an image in chatroom, use the normal HTML <img> tag. To view the embedded image, you must hover your cursor over the link and click the Maximize icon next to the url. smilies This describes whether the members of the privclass may use smilies. "+smilies" means they can, and "-smilies" means they cannot. You can also use "smilies=#" with # as a value between 0 and 99 to set how many smilies they can post on one line.Example:/admin update privclass Members +smiliesThis would allow users in the Members privclass to display unlimited smilies on one line.FYI: Smilies are the basic emotes including :), ;), :D etc. emoticons This describes whether the members of the privclass may use emoticons. "+emoticons" means they can, and "emoticons" means they cannot. You can also use "emoticons=#" with # as a value between 0 and 99 to set how many emoticons they can post.Example:/admin update privclass Guests emoticons=1This would allow users in the Guests privclass to post only one emoticon at a time.FYI: Emoticons are all the emotes (that aren't smilies) that can be found here. thumbs This describes whether the members of the privclass may use thumbnails (with the special :thumb: code). +thumbs means they can, and -thumbs means they cannot. You can also use thumbs=# with # as a value between 0 and 99 to set how many thumbs they can post.Example:/admin update privclass Guests -thumbsThis would disallow any users in the Guests privclass from posting any thumbnails. avatars This describes whether the members of the privclass may post avatars (with the :icon: code). +avatars means they can, and -avatars means they cannot. You can also use avatars=# with #as a value between 0 and 99 to set how many avatars they can post.Example:/admin update privclass Guests +avatarsThis would allow any users in the Guests privclass to post unlimited avatars on one line.FYI: :iconusername: will display a user's avatar. websites This describes whether the members of the privclass can post websites. +websites means they can, and -websites means they cannot. You can also use websites=# with #as a value between 0 and 99 to set how many websites they can post.Example:/admin update privclass Guests -websitesThis would disallow any users in the Guests privclass from posting websites.FYI: If you wanted to post the google.com website, you'd write <iframe src="http://www.google.com" height="100" width="100"></iframe> objects This privilege is not currently implemented. kick This describes whether members of the privclass may use the /kick command. Use +kick for can, and -kick for cannot.Example:/admin update privclass Members +kickThis would allow any users in the Members privclass to kick other users from the channel. Generally speaking, you can only kick users that are lower than you in the order list. msg This describes whether members of the privclass can send messages to the chat. If you want a privclass to be silenced (much like the +m command in IRC) then you may use -msg which will mute the group. If you want members of the group to be able to chat and send messages, use +msg.Example:/admin update privclass Members -msgThis would mute any user in the Members privclass. shownotice This describes whether notices for the group are shown in the chat window. An example of notices would be the text that shows when a user joins or parts the chatroom. If you want notices for a group turned off, use -shownotice.Example:/admin update privclass Members -shownoticeThis would turn off notices for the Members group - to turn notices back on use +shownotice instead. admin This describes whether members of the privclass can manage the chatroom by updating/creating/removing privclasses and privileges. Use +admin for they can, and -admin for the cannot. The default is -admin.Example:/admin update privclass Operators +adminThis would give users of the Operators privclass the ability manage the chatroom.FYI: this privilege should only be enabled for trusted privclasses and typically is only given to the Founder privclass. (by default, the creator of the chatroom always has +admin privileges no matter what privclass they are in) You can append multiple options on the create or update commands. Example: /admin create privclass NewClass images=10 -title +topic order=98 - This will create a new group called "NewClass" that will have default options, but members will be able to show up to 10 images, not set the title, be allowed to set the topic and the group will display at order 98 (below the Founder group).

A Daily Deviation is a feature, selected by Community Volunteers or Staff Members, from the galleries here on DeviantArt. An assortment of submissions are chosen each day by this select group of staff and volunteer members who wish to showcase artwork they have found impressive or otherwise interesting enough to deserve being brought to the attention of the community-at-large. Individual staff/volunteers may show different levels of activity which may lead to certain genres or types of artwork to be chosen more often than others. If you believe that a certain type of artwork is being overlooked or under-represented please feel free to offer suggestions by noting :devmoonbeam13:. NOTE: Anyone can suggest a daily deviation and self-suggesting is not only allowed, but encouraged. :note: Guidelines :bulletred: There is a "6-month rule" which means an artist cannot receive another DD if they have had one in the last 6 months. :bulletred: Daily Deviation selectors are limited to a maximum of one selection per day. This has been put in place to focus on quality vs quantity. :bulletred: If there is no one assigned to an area you want to suggest a DD to, please note :devmoonbeam13: with your DD suggestion. :bulletred: Please only suggest to only ONE person, do not send the same suggestion to multiple people - it causes great confusion - Thank you! See Also: :faq313: All Galleries - :devmoonbeam13: Anthro - :devpixlphantasy: Anime/Manga - :devcinyu: Artisan Crafts - :devtalty: :devpinkythepink: Cosplay - :devpullingcandy: Digital Art - :devjunkbyjen: :devlovelessdevotions: :bulletgreen: Fractal Art - :devchaosfissure: :bulletgreen: Photomanipulation - :deverikshoemaker: :bulletgreen: Pixel Art - :devvalasedai: Fan Art - :devlyricanna: :devtsaoshin: Film & Animation - :devkingmancheng: :devtimberclipse: Literature - :devthemaideninblack: :devbrennenxr: :devdoughboycafe: Photography :bulletgreen: Animals, Plants and Nature - :devjenfruzz: :bulletgreen: Artistic Nude - :devnyx-valentine: :bulletgreen: Fashion Photography - :devqueen-kitty: :bulletgreen: Fetish - :devnyx-valentine: :bulletgreen: General Photography - :devrockstarvanity: :devmrs-durden: :devtiganusi: :bulletgreen: Horror/Macabre - :devpullingcandy: :bulletgreen: Macro Photography - :devjustacapharnaum: :bulletgreen: Pin-up & Glamour - :devdistortedsmile: :bulletgreen: Street Photography - :devhosagu: Resources & Stock Images - :devcassy-blue: :devmercurycode: Space & Sci-fi Art - :devcosmicbound:

Fella, the DeviantArt Mascot, and the official DeviantArt Logo can be obtained in raster and vector formats below. The DeviantArt User Symbols are available in vector format only.

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While we do not have any official buttons you are welcome to create your own for linking to DeviantArt or you can link us via a text link.

Yes. This page can be viewed here. There is also an unofficial listing which can be found here :devstafflist:

Senior Members of DeviantArt are selected by a selection committee comprised of DeviantArt Staff members. Announcements are made throughout the year and during special, celebratory events such as our birthday. 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 recognize 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 endeavour, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice that stands out above the many others who deviate to be recognised in the crowd. If you come across someone who you believe should be considered for Seniority in our community, please make your suggestion via this form

Yes. The community accounts are free, as such you will not to have to pay for them. There are Core Memberships, which will add convenience features to ones account, such as a full featured journal and message centre and more. However Core Memberships are not necessary in order to interact with artists, all the basic functionality is available for accounts without Core Memberships as well.

As of March 7, 2013, the Shoutbox feature has been retired from DeviantArt. We are focusing on simplifying and consolidating DeviantArt's interface and features, looking at new ways to empower artists and appreciators and to further enable the sharing and discovery of artistic content on the web. The Shoutbox profile widget will remain available to Core Members.

The icon denotes that the chatroom is an Official one, and is recognized as an official channel by the DeviantArt Core Staff. Official Chatrooms are moderated by the Community Volunteer Team.

Remember to read :faq287:

To create a chatroom, click " Chat ", then click the "Create a Chatroom" button.

You'll need to specify a name, and also a description for the room. When you are happy with it, you should click to confirm the name, and the room will be created.

To delete your chatroom, open up the "Chatroom Settings" and on the "General" tab you will see the delete option. Please note that deletion is permanent and once a chatroom has been deleted the name can not be used again.

To manage your chatters, click the "Manage Chatrooms" tab, and then select the type of user that you want to edit for the room you wish to manage.

For example, if you click "Operators," you'll be presented with a screen that allows you to type in the username(s) of the person(s) you wish to add as operator(s). You can also change the settings for this access level, and decide if you want them to be able to use certain features in the chat. You'll need to first unclick the default button to control the individual settings.

Don't forget, that if you want to operate in your own channel, you'll need to add your own username in the Operators Access category.

You can also remove a person from the access category by clicking "remove" by their name.

Thumbnails on the Chat Network or Forums

Thumbnails of your deviations can be posted in chatrooms where the owner of the chatroom has enabled that privilege.

To post a thumbnail, open a deviation from your gallery. On the right hand side under the deviation, you will notice sharing options (Facebook, Twitter, etc). Beside that is an arrow pointing down. Simply click that to reveal the thumbnail code. Copy the code which is in the box and paste that into the chatroom where you normally type.

You can also simply drag-and-drop a deviation into the chat window which is in your Collection(s) by using the Collection dropdown button.

To post a thumbnail of a print:

You need to use the :shop#: notation, where # is the number of the print in which you wish to display.

For instance, if you view a print you will notice a number at the end of the URL, for example http://www.deviantart.com/print/104506/. To display this print in thumb form you would simply type :shop104506:

By using the /whois command, you can find out what rooms a person is in, how long they have been connected, and how long they have been idle.

To use the command, type:

/whois username

Example: /whois darklylit

If you see the following: get error: darklylit (bad namespace) This means that the user you are searching for is not currently on the Chat Network.

There are two methods to join multiple chatrooms in one browser. Both result in one browser window with convenient chat tabs at the top:

While in a current chatroom, you can join another by typing /join channelname (without the quotes) in the text area where you normally chat.

While in a chatroom, you can click the +more button that is located at the top of the chat window by the chat tab. This will open a list of chatrooms to choose from whereby you can then simply click on the name of an additional chatroom you wish to join.

Yes. The Forums can be found by clicking on the Forum link in "More" menu from the DeviantArt header.

Forum threads can not be deleted however if you would like to close one of your own forum threads then you can do so by clicking the "Close Thread" link below the share buttons on the right hand side of your thread.

Tutorials on DeviantArt are usually submitted in .zip format. In this case you will need to click on the "Download" link next to the piece on the left hand side, and select save the file to disk. Once downloaded you will need to unzip it with a program that supports .zip files, such as WinZip. Once unzipped you will be able to view the tutorial.