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San Francisco deviantMEET Wrap-up!

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 6:08 PM


:target: DeviantMEET in San Francisco!


On Saturday, February 18th, $Heidi, $eStunt, $thesmallwonder, $draweverywhere, and I headed up north to San Francisco, California for our Seven Deadly Sins deviantMEET. We were there to celebrate *Anarki3000's winning work from the Seven Deadly Sins contest, recreated as a billboard -- and we have to say, it looked amazing!

  
Photo credit: ~killjoy72, *calanjackal, and $eStunt

Unfortunately, *Anarki3000 couldn't make it, due to difficulties receiving a passport and visa in time for the trip. As hard as we tried, the Romanian embassy couldn't process his paperwork quickly enough. Though he couldn't be there in person, we celebrated with him in spirit. By the time 2:30 came around, we already had over a hundred deviants packed into our tiny parking lot!

Each deviant in attendance received a Trollface knapsack full of deviantART swag, including a deviantWEAR t-shirt, stickers, stressball, and a complete set of bumper stickers, featuring all seven finalists of the Seven Deadly Sins contest.


Photo credit: ~starpachirisu and ~NumNumzz

After mingling around the billboard, we headed to Yerba Buena Gardens to keep the deviousness rolling. It was a gorgeous afternoon for hanging out at the park. Deviants created new works of art, collaborated with others, took photos, and shared their sketchbooks.

Drawing Circle2 by $Ayame-Kenoshi
 
After awhile, $draweverywhere commandeered the group to announce a game of exquisite corpse, which is not as morbid as you may think. The game starts by folding a piece of paper into thirds, representing three sections -- a head/top, a body/middle, and legs/bottom. Each participant was to draw one section, then pass the paper to another to continue the piece by drawing the next section, but without knowledge of what the previous person drew.

Exquisite Corpse by $Ayame-Kenoshi
Photo credit: $eStunt, ~ChibiGuardianAngel, and ~exklamationmark

The result? I think these images speak for themselves. Check out a few of our favorite creative mashups!



As the end of the day drew near, it was time to say goodbye. With over 180 deviants in attendance, our San Francisco deviantMEET was a huge success!  

We hope that everyone who attended had an excellent time meeting staff, hanging out with fellow deviants, and sharing in our common love of art.  If there are any deviantMEETs in your area, we encourage you to go to one!  It's a great time to hang out with new friends.  Not to mention, we've been known to bring swag bags for all attendees. :eyes:

And if there aren't any in your area, consider hosting! DeviantMEETs are a great way to bring the vastness of deviantART to your doorstep. If you're interested in hosting a meet in your area, feel free to contact me ($Ayame-Kenoshi). We'd be happy to hear about your meet and support it anyway we can. 

:heart: Thank you!


We sincerely thank everyone who came and showed their support. Below you'll find a list of attendees who signed our guestbook. If your name isn't listed, let us know and we'll add you!

*TagoTarTogus, ~jayji062, ~Franco-Prussian, ~dpangel1215, ~charlietheunicorn711, *gpfer, =nekonotaishou, ~chronosven, ~ryanINaTREE, ~exklamationmark, ~MaxxieFoo, `twexler, ~pinkplastik, ~animecid032, ~drackar, ~Quailheart, ~AgentSlytherin, ~gymnosophist, *comixqueen, ~Reba-chan, ~killjoy72, ~InuYashaLover14, ~WolfDemonProductions, ~Dieoxide2, ~felicity-dream, ~Evelar, ~florfang, ~xXoriigamiXx, ~bigred, `CricketWings, *OakMyth, *seisama, ~starpachirisu, ~blahed, `b0r3d13, ~InuyashaFanLover, ~Anthony-aggro, *Cyderath, ~Rydie, *AbsoluteApril, *Beeju, ~ashti7, *aacrell96, ~Clockworkquark, *awaicu, ~AndreaHarper, ~AM-Nyeht, ~Number-36, ~sykosys, *hawk5, ~Jmuir, ~NumNumzz, ~AdeleReeves, ~AG-08, ~psuedomattmatt, `lenawargo, ~K8extreme, *mirzers, ~Ravenskysong, ~Stella6, ~Anfiny, ~cimaman, ~spike360, =LearlessFeader, ~silverava, ~life-dance, ~Lizzy-boots, *Waffles-time, ~rpgfan34, ~SapphirexBlue, *ReiXJune, *hellcorpceo, *Bailiwick, ~daendusk, ~linkluibymon, ~Teddywangdoodle, ~Dark-Lord-of-Sith, *chuyito007, *MercurySkullbunny, ~McSketcherson, *AnimeGirl124, ~Aros2, =xelanesque, ~ChibiGuardianAngel, ~AL3X-B, ~Netdeviant, ~panduhhbear, ~SpiritStrife, ~DigLebowski, *calanjackal, ~anguselvisbeef, ~ShiniYami1985, ~Camel51, ~jinxme13, `zeruch, *tinkerpaws, =ZekroRaptor, ~MaxxieFoo, =theFLOWERSofLife, ~CaliforniaClipper, *Espada-2, ~muse99mb, *InuyashaFan4-ever, ~NoodleRubber, ~sakuramoon17, ~narutokunobessed, *dDaAVV, ~Jmuir, ~stoneclaw


:star: But don't just take our word!

Check out these journals written by attendees!



Until the next meet! :blowkiss:
-$Ayame-Kenoshi





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:iconshiniyami1985:
I was an hour late but I'm glad I made it :) I hope there'll be more devMEETs in SF :aww:

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=conniekidd Mar 2, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
That looks like it was so much fun! :heart: I hope to go to a devMEET this summer. :happybounce:

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:iconazureblaze:
Haha. I could have went, I so forgot about it! Awe, maybe next year!

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Mood: Sadness *AngelofMoonlight Feb 27, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wish I could have been there ...looked fun!
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*sukinahito Feb 27, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Now I wish I had woken up to go that day ;(
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:iconcassierolee:
Wish I could of gone since i don't live too far from San Francisco glad everyone had fun!

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~love-rainbowflower Feb 26, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
:( so wish i'd been able to go. it sounds like so much fun!

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~AndreaHarper Feb 26, 2012  Student General Artist
Oh, this was enormous amounts of fun. Even if the Bay Bridge was closed for something ridiculous like repaving. (Repaving is always ridiculous.)

Now, the question is: did you or did you not send the missing winner the guest book?

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~charrlie Feb 26, 2012  Student Writer
I'm still kicking myself for missing it!

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Mood: Joy ~puppetsouls Feb 25, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
It was awesome getting out and meeting some new artists :) The Bay bridge was closed that day so it was a hamper getting there on time, but I still made it!! Good times.
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