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One epic Journey needs your helpI rarely write to promote others efforts in raising money for charity. It's because there are so many out there, that to promote each time I come across one would be ongoing forevermore. However there is one particular cause that I would like to direct your attentions to today.
A friend from my college days is cycling unaided from Lands End to John o' Groats in June of this year. That's basically from the bottom of the UK, to the top. He's doing it for a very special charity based here in the UK called Naomi House. And why? Because in 2008 his newborn niece unfortunately died - but Naomi House were there to make her last few days as comfortable as possible. Naomi House provides respite to sick children with life limiting illnesses - and their families. It keeps a family together until the last possible moment.
I urge you today, not to donate. It would be nice if you can, but that's not entirely why I am writing about this. But I urge you more than anything else to spread the

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Seven Deadly Sins devMEET Tweet

The grand-winner entry in our "Seven Deadly Sins Contest" has been made into a billboard in San Francisco, CA! To celebrate, we're flying the winner, ~Anarki3000, from Romania, all the way to San Francisco to check it out - and YOU'RE invited!

Join us! Come see the billboard, take pictures, meet ~Anarki3000, and congratulate them, talk with deviantART staff members, and interact with other deviants! Remember to bring a camera or camera phone. We're excited to document this special event that brings deviantART to the physical world, and we want to see all of you having fun!

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3 Accounts Added to deviantART's Twitter NetworkIt's been about two months since we launched deviantART's Twitter Network. We've been gathering feedback about the accounts and recently made some changes based on your requests.
1. Some deviants were concerned about the frequency of tweets. After following multiple accounts, some felt that their Twitter timeline contained too many tweets from the Twitter Network. So based on your feedback, the accounts will now be tweeting slightly less frequently. All eight accounts are designed to tweet evenly throughout the day to reduce the amount of noise in your Twitter stream. I recommend choosing your favorite accounts to follow if you're still concerned with frequency.
2. We originally launched five categories to start, and we wanted to see which categories you thought should be added next. By popular request, <b>

Community Projects - UpdateHi! I'm Hunter, your "new" Community Projects volunteer! I hope our time together will be awesome and productive, and to further this goal I've prepared this... um... brief update to let you all know of some changes coming to the Community Projects gallery, and how we're going to continue in 2012! So here we go!
Changes to Community Projects

So this year we're going to do things a bit differently. My primary goal as Community Projects CV is to support you, the community. Community Projects doesn't exist solely to run our own projects, we're primarily here to help you out with yours. If you want to run a Project, read this article, as it will explain things in greater detail, and then send a note to $haldron.
If you know of an awesome project, and you think we should know about it too, link it here!
Category Changes/Additions

In the past, we added a lot of categories to Community Projects each year, which ended up cre

DeviantART is Hiring: Product Marketing AssistantWe're hiring!

Love Product? Love Marketing? Want to work at deviantART in Hollywood, CA? (Or know someone who would?)
We're hiring a Product Marketing Assistant at deviantART! This is a full time position in Hollywood, CA. You'll get to work with some awesome people (and me!) in our Product and Marketing teams.
"A Product Marketing Assistant is responsible for servicing the department as it expands to meet its goal of informing and educating the community about deviantART's ever-evolving products and features. You will handle research and organization, and will work closely with several internal departments, as well as the community, to strengthen efforts relating to the consistent updates of deviantART sitewide features."Read the full job description, requirements, and how to apply.

(We also have other job ope

Site Update: Thumbs, dA Muro, Sta.shIn our continuous effort to improve the deviantART experience, we're publishing Site Updates to keep members informed and to gather feedback. Below is a list of recent changes that have been made, including new features and bug fixes. In the "Your Feedback" section, you'll find suggestions and known issues that were brought up by members in the last Site Update.
What's New
Comment Counts Under Thumbnail Images
Two weeks ago, we released comment counts under thumbnail images to Beta Testers. Today, the feature has been rolled out to everyone. We believe that this feature adds more context to the experience of viewing artwork on deviantART. You'll now find comment counts underneath the thumbnails of deviations -- they can be seen when browsing or searching art, and also display in your Message Center. We hope this feature will help bring to light the fact

Introducing the deviantART Collection on FotoliaToday, we are announcing the launch of the deviantART Collection on Fotolia, a selection of over 3,000 images from artists on deviantART. It is a grand experiment bringing together the excellence of work on deviantART with an opportunity for artists to gain worldwide commercial exposure for their work.
What is the deviantART Collection?
A while back, we announced our partnership with Fotolia.com through the #StockProject group, where you can find hundreds of free stock images. We teamed up with Fotolia once again to create the deviantART Collection.
A team of professional photo editors started filtering through images on deviantART looking for excellent photographs that would work on commercial websites, like Fotolia, that sell images for designers and art directors to use in magazines, advertisements and product packaging. The team then offered artists on deviantART an opportunity to

Return to Comic-ConFMR REPORT TO HQ:
Voyage 2 of deviantART Starship to Comic-Con
FIRST CONTACT:
July 20, 2011
NEW MISSION LOCATION:
San Diego Convention Center
NEW MISSION DATE:
July 11-15, 2012
Assessment of First Mission Success:
The thousands of Sojourners to Comic-Con had grown jaded and complacent over the years,
content to thrash about with the same old-same old battle plan once again like the drowsy
wizards and wookies they had become. Little did they know what our deviant plans had in store
for our virgin landing and takeover of Artists Alley!
Stunned and awed were they at the might of our artist alley powered video screens, Wacom
powered Art Creation Satellites, and the beauty of our interview vixens! The gauntlet we cast
down has yet to be properly picked up by the shaken powers that be!
Our satellites sent communications that went out to all those lovers of sci-fi, fantasy arts
and sciences worldwide, to arti

Community Relations News - January + February 2012>
Table of Contents
1. Daily Deviations
2. Bi-weekly Critique Nights
3. Volunteer Openings
4. Share Your Opinions
5. Community Projects
6. Official Contests
7 Project Educate 2011/2012
8. Art History
9. News from the Galleries
1. Daily Deviations
Recently, I announced changes to Daily Deviations in this journal and I'm happy to say that the response has been favorable. To review, we have made the following changes:
a> The "3-month rule" is now the "6-month rule" meaning an artist cannot receive another DD if they have had one in the last 6 months.
b> 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.
The hard-coding of these new guidelines is now in place (special thanks to $ZombieCoder for that

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Art We Heart: FlightArt We ♥ is a hand-selected art feature, chosen by deviantART staff members, showcasing art we believe the community will enjoy.
:iconayame-kenoshi: Some thoughts from Toby ($Ayame-Kenoshi)

"If you could have any super power, what would it be?" I think it's a question we all have to answer at some point. We're innately curious about the unknown and enjoy diving into the depths of imagination. We know it's not possible, but we can't shake the question of, "What if?"
I don't think my answer has changed since I was asked as a child. I never saw much need for invisibility. I don't think I would enjoy being a mind reader. And sure, shooting laser beams out of my hands would be fun, but there's something that I've always been drawn to more.
I would like to fly.
To me, flight represents freedom. It's the ability to travel around without borders, coming and going as you please. I initially associate it with being closer to nature, as well, somethin

CEA Blog: How to communicate with the CEADuring the course of our daily activities we receive a lot of communication from members, in the interests of helping you get the right help in the quickest possible manner we have put together this guide on how to communicate efficiently with the CEA team.
Before contacting the CEA we ask that you do the following:
Check for a relevant +faq entry to make sure your question isn't already addressed there. This can save you a lot of time waiting for a response that you can easily access.
Check recent #communityops blogs to make sure that your issue hasn't been addressed there.
If reporting harassment, have you blocked the deviant and hidden their comments already?
Collect any relevant information about the issue, links to comments, journals or deviations
If the issue has upset you, take a few minutes to make sure you're calm before contacting us. This will help your tickets

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FEBRUARY ISSUE OF HOLIDAYS, AWARENESS AND EVENTS
February is the month that usually gets short-changed, since it only has 28-days. This year, however, it has a "leap" day! The added day every four-years is done in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. So, does that mean anyone born on February 29th in a leap year only ages a year for every four years he/she is alive?

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Message Center Performance Upgrades

  Message Center news to know!
Today we completed a three-month process of implementing performance upgrades to the Message Center.  With these improvements in place, we're able to increase site speed and decrease the amount of errors deviants may experience in their Message Centers.  Our Devious Technology and Tech Ops teams have been working hard to move Message Center data to its own dedicated database cluster. We made a considerable investment in servers with 96GB of memory and 12 CPU cores to handle 6 billion messages and 6500 queries per second.
What does this mean for you?

Absolutely nothing. We hope. The upgrades have already taken place and you shouldn't notice any change in your normal deviantART experience. Eventually, you should notice an increase in site speed and a decrease in Message Center errors.
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San Francisco deviantMEET Wrap-up!

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 5:08 PM

DeviantMEET in San Francisco!

On Saturday, February 18th, $Heidi, `mattdanna, `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 `mattdanna}

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 ~DuckyDeathly}

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.

_{Photo credit: `mattdanna, ~ChibiGuardianAngel, ~exklamationmark, and *calanjackal}

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.

_{Photo credit: `mattdanna, ~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.

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.

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, *WolfDeityProductions, ~Dieoxide2, ~felicity-dream, *Evelar, =florfang, ~xXoriigamiXx, ~bigred, `Crickatoo, *OakMyth, ~Pokeaday, ~starpachirisu, ~blahed, `BrokenTutorials, ~InuyashaFanLover, ~Anthony-aggro, *Cyderath, ~Rydie, *AbsoluteApril, *Beeju, ~ashti7, *aacrell, ~Clockworkquark, =awaicu, ~AndreaHarper, ~AM-Nyeht, ~Number-36, *sykosys, *hawk5, ~Jmuir, ~DuckyDeathly, ~AdeleReeves, ~AG-08, ~psuedomattmatt, `Resaturatez, ~K8extreme, *mirzers, ~Ravenskysong, ~Stella6, ~Anfiny, *cimaman, ~spike360, =LearlessFeader, ~silverava, ~life-dance, ~Lizzy-boots, *Koukouvayia, ~rpgfan34, ~SapphirexBlue, =ReiXJune, ~hellcorpceo, ~Bailiwick, ~daendusk, ~linkluibymon, ~Teddywangdoodle, ~Dark-Lord-of-Sith, ~chuyito007, *delespi, ~McSketcherson, *CuddleFish124, ~Aros2, ~xelanesque, ~ChibiGuardianAngel, ~AL3X-B, ~Netdeviant, ~panduhhbear, ~SpiritStrife, ~DigLebowski, *calanjackal, ~anguselvisbeef, ~ShiniYami1985, ~Camel51, !jinxme13, `zeruch, ~tinkerpaws, ~ZekroRaptor, ~MaxxieFoo, =theFLOWERSofLife, *CaliforniaClipper, ~Antandr, ~muse99mb, ~InuyashaFan4-ever, ~NoodleRubber, ~sakuramoon17, ~narutokunobessed, *JamesHoppy, ~Jmuir, ~stoneclaw

But don't just take our word!

Check out these journals written by attendees!

Until the next meet!

-$Ayame-Kenoshi

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~ShiniYami1985 Mar 20, 2012

I was an hour late but I'm glad I made it

I hope there'll be more devMEETs in SF

=conniekidd Mar 2, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

That looks like it was so much fun!

I hope to go to a devMEET this summer.

~Azureblaze Mar 2, 2012

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

~AngelofMoonlight Feb 27, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Wish I could have been there ...looked fun!

*sukinahito Feb 27, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Now I wish I had woken up to go that day ;(

~Cassierolee Feb 27, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Wish I could of gone since i don't live too far from San Francisco glad everyone had fun!

~love-rainbowflower Feb 26, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

so wish i'd been able to go. it sounds like so much fun!

~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?

*indiana-w Feb 26, 2012 Student Writer

I'm still kicking myself for missing it!

~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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