Howdy partners! DeviantART is packing up part of HQ and hittin' the road for South by Southwest (aka SXSW), taking place March 11th-15th in Austin, Texas. We're bringing $admins, deviantWEAR, The deviantART Sandbox for SXSW attendees, a Texas-sized deviantMEET for all deviants, and maybe even a surprise or two. Have we got your attention yet? Holla!

What's the Sandbox?

Great question! The deviantART Sandbox is the name of our lounge at SXSW. Unlike other "lounges," which are designed to encourage plugging-in, networking and go-go-going, we want people to unplug, sit-down and stop-stop-stop. We think every attendee of SXSW could use a huge shot of inspiration and a comfortable place where they can give their inner-creative some TLC. Who better to provide this than deviantART?

The deviantART Sandbox was designed to showcase some of the amazing-ness deviantART has to offer, including real-world and digital art galleries, a deviantART muro classroom, laptops to browse the site and participate in a community-wide SXSW chat, art tables and even a reading corner featuring books from deviantART members. If you plan on attending SXSW (register at SXSW.com/attend) take some time to visit The deviantART Sandbox, and tell your friends!

Have a book you want added to our library? Send a note to $nicolejordan for details.

What's the big deal about SXSW?

Year after year SXSW brings together a whole new crop of people eager to connect, share and create. The audience tends to be rule-breakers, boundary-pushers and the type of people that inspire others. Remind you of our community? Yeah, us too. We thought deviantART could remind this business community a thing or two about the importance of creativity and art in building personal sandboxes and keeping the soul happy.

Want to know which $admins are making an appearance? Drum roll please...

We've got: $spyed, $Heidi, $Moonbeam13, $mudimba... and many more!

See Who Else is Coming

Watch Live on uStream!

Just because you can't be there in person doesn't mean you can't, well, be there! We had so much fun live-streaming the 10th BirthdAy Bash that we're dusting off the web-cam and setting it up in The deviantART Sandbox so you can see all the action. We'll also have a SXSW chat to interact with each other, $admins and visitors to the Sandbox.

It's all kicking off March 11th at 1:00 PM CST.

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We've got a lot of goodies in store for our excursion to Texas. Visit our #SXSW group to RSVP and stay up-to-date on:

News and updates
Interviews
Contests
General shenanigans

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Austin, TX deviantMEET

What better way to get warmed-up for our SXSW activities than to spend some time with our local deviantART members? We're holding a free deviantMEET that is open to everyone, and separate from The deviantART Sandbox at SXSW. Here's the skinny:

Where	The Ballroom @ Spider House 2908 Fruth St. Austin, TX 78705
When	March 9th, 2011 @ 4:00-9:00 PM
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Holiday Card Project 2012
It's back! With the goal of bringing a little cheer to patients in the hospital during the holiday season, the deviantART Holiday Card Project connects deviants from around the world and applies their tremendous artistic abilities in designing and creating uplifting holiday cards.
In past years, the Project has received more than 5,000 cards sent in by more than 1,000 deviants from 50 different countries/political regions. Cards were then divvied up and distributed in-person by deviantART members to local Los Angeles, CA hospitals, with additional cards given to various hospitals in the U.S. and abroad for hospital staff members to hand out to patients.
The idea behind the Holiday Card Project is simple: do something nice for others. However, if you're looking for even more incentive, every deviant who submits a card will be given a free one-month Premium Membership to deviantA

The new deviantART muro featuring Redraw!

Draw with Muro Now!
Sharpen your skills and showcase your unique technique in a whole new way.

Alien Practice

by $draweverywhere

The Making of Pepper

by `Artgerm

Holdy-paws

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Comic-Con: Day 4On Sunday, the 4th and final day of San Diego Comic-Con, we were able to keep the love flowing to show the artists and art enthusiasts who came by our booth just how much they meant to us.
The last day of Comic-Con is always bittersweet. The air buzzes with positivity, inspiration, and camaraderie, but in the back of your mind, you know it may be another year before you see some of these friends, old and new. Sure, we always have the Internet, but there's something special about meeting in real life that can’t compare to flipping through a portfolio of sketches, laughing out loud with your peers, and supporting artists’ hard work right then and there.
There was rarely a moment when one of our seven kiosks wasn’t occupied by an artist. Young or old, newbie or professional, digital or traditional, the chance to sit down and create art was difficult to pass up with inspiration coming from every direction.

A view from the deviantART

Comic-Con: Day 3Saturday kicked off Day 3 of Comic-Con, and the crowds poured onto the convention floor to start the weekend in Geek Style.
At noon, deviantART hosted our final panel: How to Supercharge Your deviantART Profile Like the Masters. Moderated by none other than our fearless ninja, Angelo (aka +spyed), we were honored to have the following superstars share their deviantART experiences with the crowd:
- Adam Warren (*AdamWarren -- “The Dirty Pair,” “Empowered”)
- Mark Brooks (`diablo2003, from Marvel Comics)
- Jim Zubkavich (~Zubby -- Project Manager of Creative Services, Udon Entertainment)
- Dave Elliott (=DeevElliott -- “Heavy Metal Magazine”)
- Wenqing Yan (`yuumei, creator of “Knite,” “1000 W0RDS”)
- Kevin Eastman (=Kevineastman -- co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Chris Sanders (`alohalilo creator of “Lilo & Stitch”)
It was truly a remark

Comic-Con: Day 2Comic-Con Day 2 was all about cosplay, fandom, and art, art, art!
Before we get into the thick of things, we didn’t have a photo of our huge plasma screens hanging from the convention ceiling to share in our Day 1 recap, so we vowed to get that to you today! The 11 foot wide screens stream amazing works of art from Artists' Alley participants to the whole convention floor!
In Comic-Cons past, the foot traffic In Artists’ Alley got busier and busier as the week progressed, and this year is no exception. There’s something magical about speaking one-on-one with a deviant, learning their experiences, hearing how they started as an artist, and how far they’ve come. It’s an emotional connection to make with someone who was practically a stranger a few moments ago -- and then you realize you’re not really strangers when you

Happy holidays from deviantART!
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through dA,
Not a troll was stirring, nor Grinch in his sleigh.
Deviations were hung in digital Galleries with care,
In hopes that +Favourites soon would be there.
The n00bs were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of Daily Deviations danced in their heads.
And Fella in his 'kerchief, and +spyed with his night-light,
Had just settled down to log-off for the night,
When over in the Forums there arose such a clatter,
Fella sprang back online to see what was the matter.
To the browser window he flew like a flash,
Tore open the tabs and refreshed the cache.
When what to his art-loving eyes should appear,
But an animated sleigh and eight commissioned reindeer,
With a little old driver, so creative and slick,
Fella knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than broadband, his reindeer were famed,
After all his favorite art

Comic-Con: Day 1San Diego Comic-Con Day 1 is winding down to such wee hours, some sticklers might call it “Technically A Few Moments Into Day 2.” But we live by the belief that new days don’t technically start until after you’ve fallen asleep, and all of the deviantART staff in attendance are still buzzing with energy after such an amazing first day on the convention floor.
For those of you unable to make it to San Diego, allow us to paint a picture for you.
Try not to get hypnotized as our deviantART signage spins from the convention ceiling!
The first thing you see as you walk in the door (provided you walk in at door G) is the radiant deviantART band of hope hanging from the ceiling like a beacon for artists and art lovers to join their devious brethren at the mecca of creativity: Artists’ Alley.
Like last year, deviantART is sponsoring the alley, offering comic artists comfy seats, slick carpeting, deviantART swag, and the contentment that comes from knowing how

Premium Content PlatformDeviantART is proud to announce our Premium Content Platform — providing the ability for content creators to become sellers and generate earnings by making digital files of their high-quality work available for download. The Premium Content Platform allows deviants to buy and sell digital goods for immediate download and use. Sellers are able to charge a little and sell a lot, and take advantage of the easy-to-use Points currency for digital downloads. Buyers get the things they want with the satisfaction of supporting the artists they love.
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What is the Premium Content Platform?
The Premium Content Platform is a way for deviants to easily sell and buy digital content. The Platform is based on digital downloads, which removes all of the issues brought about by phy

Introducing the Premium Content Platform

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.
What is Premium Content?
The Premium Content Platform was built to represent high-quality content — the premier pieces in an artist's repertoire of work. We encourage the sale of everything from comics or stories for download, to high-res files like .PSDs, textures, tutorials, brush packs, and more!

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CHRISTMAS CONTEST FINISHED!ITS OVER! NO MORE SUBMISSIONS PLEASE! You all got an extra day because I didn't log on yesterday... Thanks for entering! Results will be announced soon!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
:iconmistletoeplz: We are having a Christmas themed contest this time! Yay! :iconmistletoeplz:
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~musicofyass Mar 14, 2011 Student Photographer

I... don't think I can make it because I live in Holland D:..

~adamu-chan Mar 8, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!~ SONOFAFUCKING FUCK! *sighs* T____T i work that fucking day *sighs* Oohhh my omeee...shit

~SuperSEGAFan Mar 6, 2011 Student General Artist

seriously, though. there had better be churros. You wouldn't want me to go on a baby-punching tangent, now would you?

I'd hate to have to kill anybody. I just got rid of the evidence from last time...

oh wait, you weren't supposed to know that...

~SuperSEGAFan Mar 6, 2011 Student General Artist

Dude, this is the biggest bonus of being in Cedar Park. I'm only half an hour away from the Spider House!!!

I am almost guaranteed to go; I just need to talk it over one more time with me mum. But I warn you: if there be churros, I shall claw my way through the crowd. Nobody denies me churros.

Thou shalt include churros in thy cuisine, lest thee suffer mine wrath!!!!

HAIL TO THE ALMIGHTY CHURRO!!!!!

~Eat-me-death Mar 2, 2011

I might go there, I've already told my teacher that I might be there.

~karin-Hikari Feb 26, 2011

... I wish you guys came here too ... I lives in California (southern) but either way I won't be in the country by then if you do D8

~TehgrateJT Feb 25, 2011 Student Artist

Oh, lovely. The first deal near my residence, and it's ON A F*CKING WEDNESDAY.

~sunraidercyclone Feb 25, 2011

Ahh, attending the meet, but not going to SXSW; it's waaaaaaay too expensive. Maybe in ten years when I win the lottery. ;-;

`catluvr2 Feb 24, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

WOULD YOU BELIEVE...

...SXSW was mentioned in mental_floss (a magazine I get), and I didn't notice it UNTIL YOU GUYS HAD THIS ANNOUNCEMENT?

SEE WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE dA HAS ON ME?

~purpleninja4211 Feb 23, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

dA needs to go to chicago! I so wish I could go

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