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Join us for a deviantMEET in Paris, France!Come meet and mingle with deviantART admins and fellow deviants on Saturday, June 9th at 2:00 PM at Mecano Bar in Paris, France. We'll be hanging out for most of the day, so stop by at anytime!

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Join us in Paris, France!

Parisian deviants! We're headed for the beautiful City of Light, and we want to see you!
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Join Us!

We're back in Paris!
It's been 3 years since we've visited "La Ville-Lumière," and we're excited to make our triumphant return. On Saturday, June 9th, dev

Site Update: Staff Retreat, .Art, deviantMEETsIn this week's Site Update, we don't have any publicly visible changes, as our Devious Technology (dT), Product, and Product Marketing teams are all still at a staff retreat!
At the beginning of the week, the dT team worked on improving our internal development tools to increase efficiency. Then, on Wednesday, we let any staff members at the retreat pitch fun and exciting ideas for deviantART features that could be built in two days. After each feature idea was pitched, everyone from dT chose which projects they'd like to work on. Throughout the year, engineers primarily work on projects that are assigned to them, so sometimes it's important to turn the tables and let them choose projects in which they're most passionate and excited about.
The purpose of these two-day "hackathons" is to build and demonstrate a proofs of con

Dodge Dart Contest WinnersThe designers at Chrysler had some tough decisions to make. The semi-finalists in both of the Digital and Traditional categories presented a wide variety of approaches and techniques all inspired by the new Dodge Dart. The three winners for Digital and Traditional were selected after much deliberation and consideration. They will soon be on display in the lobby of the Dodge-Chrysler headquarters.

by ~iron-maiden-art
When you first look at this mural you're amazed by the artistic use of color to create the scenic picture of the Dart and everywhere the Dart can take you. Then – to surprise you even more, when you look closer you realize that this ar

Announcing Rolled Fine Art Paper Prints!Prints Shop
Fine Art Prints
Wrapped Canvas
Photos Prints
Art Gifts

Starting immediately, deviantART is upgrading our rolled Fine Art Paper Prints to a more professional grade print process. The new and improved product will now ship with an additional 1.5" (3.81 cm) bright-white border ready to be hung or framed! This change will not affect the way in which we currently provide Photo Prints, Canvas, or Frame Art Prints.
Bright-white, ultrasmooth, 100% cotton rag paper
Matte finish
Acid- and lignin-free archival process
Advanced digital drying process in order to guarantee vibrance
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Join us for a deviantMEET in Paris France

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Official devMEET in ParisI attended the official devMEET in Paris at the Mecano bar. Had a really great time meeting my long-time friends `Anoya, `fritsvandersloot and ^namenotrequired. I met a bunch of other people I knew more or less, including staff and other attendees. It's also kind of unique that I actually got photographed with a lot of them — thing I never really do.
Here follows some photo-documentation on who was there and doing what!

the cute and cuddly $wreckling

`Drunken-Splice

$DEVlANT

$wreckling being amazing

Couple of the day: `fritsvandersloot and $haldron

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Architecture Photography: June 2012 Summary" Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light "
- Le Corbusier

What's going on?
A huge hello from Lugano, Switzerland!

Despite this delightful holiday, here's the June summary for Architecture Photography!
June was pretty busy! Here are the posts that you should check out and get involved with:
New group: #AbstractArchitectureWin Premium Memberships with the #AbstractArchitecture's Design Our Group Icon contest!Input appreciated for the #projecteducate week focusing on Architecture Photography. Get involved in this forum thread!Discuss the addition of a new Arhcitecture sub-category in Architecture Photography: Need for cha

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1. Gallery Clean Up Project
2. Feedback
3. Volunteer Openings
4. Share Your Opinions
5. Community Projects
6. Official Contests
7 Project Educate 2011/2012
8. Art History Project
9. Gallery Description Project
10. News from the Chats and Forums
11. News from the Galleries
1. Gallery Clean-up Project
The Gallery Clean-up Project will focus on literally cleaning up the category tree in several ways. This first part of this project, is all behind the scenes. Over the years there have been categories that have been "removed", merged, or changed and there are back-end changes that need to be done to fully remove them from the tree. This part will not affect you, and if everything goes properly, you won't even notice it

The second part of this will be ensuring that the categories are all accepting the correct file-types. If there is a file-type that isn't being allowed in a particular category or

Celebrating Deviousness - September 2012Deviousness Award
Congratulations to `
SaTaNiA

Set Fire to the digital rain

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Dissipation
What is this Awesome Achievement?
The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

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Amsterdam deviantMEET recap!Note: all photos used in this blog are taken by `fritsvandersloot (with the exception of the first group photo and the second-to-last photo) and are available for download on their respective deviation pages. To go to a photo's deviation page, simply click on it.
You can submit your Amsterdam deviantMEET photos to our 12th birthdAy bash folder. This folder will remain open until August 31, 2012. You have to be a member of #europeans to be able to submit to this folder.
Go to the deviantMEET photo gallery →
Hello Europe!

On Tuesday, August 7, #Nederlanders and #europeans hosted a deviantMEET in honor of deviantART's twelth birthday. Despite the meet being rather short notice, twenty-three people showed up for a devious picnic at Vondelpark, a massive park in the

Seniority Announcement - June 2012

This article marks the latest announcements detailing the latest additions to the dizzy height of Senior members in our community. With just over 900 deviants holding the highly saught after ` -- it's clearly a moment that deserves recognition.
:faq29:
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 recognise 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 endevours, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice t

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Sometimes it's impossible to keep up with all the Daily Deviation roundups at the end of each month. Hopefully this blog will give you a chance to browse the roundups a bit more freely and not miss anything out!

Manga/Anime DD Roundup

Artisan Craft Daily Deviations

Game Development Daily Deviations

Icons and Handhelds Summary

Emoticon Daily Deviation Roundup

Site Update: Premium Content PlatformIn our continuous effort to improve the deviantART experience, we're publishing weekly Site Updates to keep members informed and to gather feedback. Below is a list of recent changes to the site, bug fixes, and feedback that was brought up by members in the last Site Update.
What's New

DeviantART is proud to announce our Premium Content Platform — providing the ability for content creators to become sellers and generate real earnings by making digital files of their high-quality work available for download. Sellers are able to set their own prices while retaining 80% of all revenue earned, and buyers are able to quickly get the things they want with the satisfaction of supporting the artists they love.

Site Update: New Sta.sh Writer ToolbarIn 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 to the site, bug fixes, and feedback that was brought up by members in the last Site Update.
What's New
New Sta.sh Writer Toolbar
Formatting in Sta.sh Writer just got easier! Check out the brand new Writer toolbar, which includes new functionality such as adding lists, links, and text alignment! Though these formatting styles worked in the previous version of Writer, they could only be used if you manually typed in the HTML or copy and pasted from another application.

Oh, and we have an exciting new feature coming next week!

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Voilà! Paris deviantMEET Wrap-Up!

Mon Jun 11, 2012, 7:45 AM

Bonjour deviants!

This past weekend, deviantART teamed up with #DeviantMEET-Paris to host a deviantMEET that ultimately yielded over 250 deviant attendees! As you may have read in the latest Site Update, our Devious Technology, Product, and Product Marketing teams are currently in France -- participating in a staff retreat, that has everyone working hard to improve and optimize many key areas of deviantART. On Saturday, June 9th, we took a small break from our discussions and traveled to the City of Light to meet and mingle with Parisian deviants. Here's a quick recap of the day's events!

We met at Mécano Bar, where we were welcomed by early arriving attendees and current/former Community Volunteers -- including `anmari, and `Anoya, ^namenotrequired and `fritsvandersloot, who traveled all the way from The Netherlands!

We also met with ^SaTaNiA and =ZeldaDreams, who are key organizers of #DeviantMEET-Paris, and were instrumental in making this meet a success. Thanks to their amazing planning and French-to-English translation skills, we were able to host a truly devious party.

After setting out sketchbooks and markers, deviants quickly began filling the pages with deviously colorful drawings.

Paris Official devMEET 2012-42 by *Yousry-Aref-Photos

_{Photo credit: ~atsumimag, ~SerenePoet, and *Yousry-Aref-Photos}

Sketching activities became so intense that a drawing battle broke out between ~Na-ushica, ~Spacesam, *JR-T, and *choptider. It was a tough fight, but the result is nothing less than amazing!

Drawing Battle Devmeet paris(9Juin2012)HD 300 dpi by *choptider

_{Photo credit: *choptider}

As the day rolled on, the Mécano Bar became packed to the brim with deviants! Photos were taken, sketchbooks were proudly exhibited, usernames exchanged, and new friends acquired. Not to mention, all deviants in attendance received a deviantART lanyard and a handful of stickers! Extra lucky deviants even went home with a Fella or Llama plushie!

Paris Official devMEET 2012-2 by *Yousry-Aref-Photos

Paris Official dM 2 - 10 by =ZeldaDreams

_{Photo credit: ~atsumimag, *Yousry-Aref-Photos, and =ZeldaDreams}

While talking with attendees about all things deviantART, we received a lot of great feedback about what you like and what can be improved on deviantART. Many of our developers were able to hear comments and suggestions firsthand about the features they helped build. We even showed off some brand new features!

Despite photobombing bus drivers and only having a small alley in which to take a group photo, *Yousry-Aref-Photos captured this incredible shot of just some of our attendees! Many of the photos from the deviantMEET came from *Yousry-Aref-Photos, so many thanks to him for being an excellent photographer.

Paris Official devMEET 2012 by *Yousry-Aref-Photos

Longing for more deviantMEETS?

If you live in the Paris area and want to participate in more deviantMEETS, be sure to check out and join the #DeviantMEET-Paris group! ^SaTaNiA and =ZeldaDreams are wonderful hosts who hold Paris deviantMEETS monthly. You won't be disappointed!

Your Journals

Having a hard time believing that so much fun was had? Don't take our word for it. Check out these journals by attendees to see what they had to say about the event! (If you have written a journal about the meet or plan to in the near future, please let us know by commenting in this journal and we'll make sure you get added to the list.)

DevMeet of Saturday June 9th 2012 by *Merlyn-Wood
Official devMEET in Paris by `anmari
DevMeet in Paris by *Cyrkael
devMeet Paris Photos by `Drunken-Splice
Devmeet Paris 2012 by ~mossthewolf
devMEET in Paris: how it went by ~Meteorskies
2nd official devMEET report ! :la: by ~BaKaShou
DeviantMEET Paris! by *Meishali
DeviantMeet Paris by !Unrated-Hearts
The deviantMEET in Paris was... by ~Quinn-G
The deviant meet in Paris... by ~legarsraide
DeviantMEET = awesomeness by *pwassonne
Paris devMEET Weekend! by $wreckling
Paris was EPIC by `Anoya
Quite a (dA)y! by ~Mathemagic
Official devMeet 2.0 by ~Taitai03
On Amsterdamn, Paris, and more! and `fritsvandersloot

If you have any deviations from the event that you would like to share, please add them to this Favorites folder in the #DeviantMEET-Paris group!

Until next time!

Merci beaucoup to everyone who attended! We had a fantastic time and can't wait for our next European meet. In fact, there may be one in the near future.