What Is deviantART

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What Is deviantART???

• Valuable by Matthew A. Wells C.2005
• A tiny introduction done in PowerPoint

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• deviantART is an online art gallery with
  thousands of artists.
• The artwork is available for everyone to see, but
  one must create a free membership account to add
  comments
• A person can join simply to admire art, or to
  post as many images of their own artwork as they
  please.

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History of deviantART

• The story of deviantART, as most know it,
  goes like this
• Once upon a time the yellow alien and a pug
  were sitting around thinking, hey it would be
  great to create a massive online art community
  wouldn't it? And then the yellow alien went off
  and wrote thousands of lines of alien code, and
  the pug ran around telling all his friends about
  this great new art site they had to check out.
  And when the alien was done coding, he told all
  his alien friends to come too! Once they'd all
  arrived, this heavenly new community came about
  and we all lived happily ever after. Until people
  started "first posting" and what not. But that's
  another story.The end.But not quite.

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• Actually, there was a lot more to it that
  couldn't be discussed until now. Like the fact
  that there were always three deviantART
  co-founders, not two. That deviantART was wholly
  owned by DMusic Network, LLC, and then Lynx
  Technology Group, LLC which, to begin with, owned
  DMusic Network, LLC. A gentleman by the name of
  Michael Ovitz (former President of the Walt
  Disney Company. Founder of the Creative Artists
  Agency and a Hollywood legend to boot.) was the
  owner of all three of these companies. And also
  the little known fact that deviantART was nearly
  shut down before it reached its first birthday,
  and was saved by this mysterious third co-founder
  by the skin of his teeth.
• The above quote was taken directly from
  Angelo Sotiras journal http//spyed.deviantart.
  com/journal/609173/

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Fun Facts

• deviantART members are also known as "deviants".
• It is really easy to track your page views, and
  number of comments received and given.
• There are many forums to explore, as well as many
  FAQS available about the site and art in general.
• The deviantART community is quite large, so you
  will make a lot of friends!
• You can sell your art prints with just a scanner
  and an internet connection.
• If you become a full-member you can keep track of
  all the other deviants who visit your page.

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Get Started Here

• http//www.deviantart.com/join/
• By clicking on the above link you will be
  transported directly to the sign up page, where
  you can obtain a free account to use as you
  please!

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Buy Art Here

• http//shop.deviantart.com/
• Click on the above link to be taken directly to
  deviantARTs print selections