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

Site Update: Unread Message Counts, Sta.sh UpdatesIn 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
Unread Counts in Message Center Sidebar
The sidebar in the Message Center now displays an unread count next to each type of message to allow you to easily identify and sort your messages.

File and Edit Menus in Sta.sh
A couple weeks ago, we launched the File and Edit menus in Sta.sh to Beta Testers, making it easier to manage your Sta.sh. Today, we're rolling out the feature to everyone. These menus make it easier to organize your files, and adds the ability to

Site Update: December 10, 2011A little while ago, we released the first Sta.sh Updates article. The response was amazing.
We've fixed some of the issues you brought up last time, but there's still plenty to do. We've also been working on a lot of details that didn't come up in the feedback. It's a big list, so get ready!

Change Log

Sta.sh now supports keyboard shortcuts! Hit up, down, left, right, and hit the Delete/Backspace key to remove any selected items. Hold the Shift key as you move around with the arrow-keys to select a bunch of files at once! - Added by $kouiskas

We've brought back the full word "Comments" instead of using the small speech bubble icon on the Journals in deviantART's footer, and the journals in the Journal Portal, making it a little easier on our newer community members - Added by $kemayo
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New Ways to Receive Prints Profits!At deviantART, we're all about supporting artists any way we can. We do this is by giving our members a platform for displaying their art, tools to exchange comments and critiques, and avenues for finding new friends and mentors all over the world.
We also want to help artists by providing a place to sell their art, which we've done for years through our Prints program. Because the process of receiving payments from your art sales has been less than ideal, we've worked hard on a new earnings system. We've heard your feedback and suggestions, and want to give you a preview of three ways you will be able to receive profits from the Prints that you've sold. Check out these changes coming soon!
Points, PayPal, and Checks
With our new program, we're adding ways to instantly receive payments, all of which will be found in the new and improved My Earnings page.
Points
The simplest way to receive your Prints profits will be throu

The Film Poster as Imagination's PortalFor many of us, the first “art gallery” to command our attention (and constant, even daily, monitoring) in our lives existed within the pages of the local newspaper. It was called “the movie section” and its ever-changing movie advertisements were like little frames that rarely contained less than pure magic for young imaginations.
The Film Poster as Imagination's Portal
:icontechgnotic:by $techgnotic
Thu Mar 29, 2012, 7:00 PM
For many of us, the first “art gallery” to command our attention (and constant, even daily, monitoring) in our
lives existed within the pages of the local newspaper. It was called “the movie section” and its ever-changing movie
advertisements were like little frames that rarely contained less than pure magic for young imaginations.
The Film Poster has existed since the

Celebrating Deviousness - November 2011 Deviousness Award
Deviousness Award

Congratulations to `blepharopsis

Cirque du Soil IV

Colours of Rage

Goth Moth revised

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.

`blepharopsis has developed a truly iconic gallery within our

community. Whilst at first you may be somewhat creeped out by the extreme shots of creepy

crawlies, you can't help but be captivated by the detail and quality of the artwork that has

become Igor's trademark style. Unlike any other insect photographer, Igor manages to

Site Update: New Thumbs, Comment Business CardsIn 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
A Preview of deviantART's New Thumbnails
The current deviantART thumbnails (the smaller versions of deviations) have served the community well for years; however, there's always room for improvement. We've created a new style of thumbnail, which hopes to solve the problems with the current thumbnails.
Read more about the new thumbnails and find out how you can preview them.

Comment Business Cards
On

Site Update: January 20, 2012Last week, we posted the first site update of 2012, which brought in over 2,500 comments. In this update, you'll find all the feedback from those comments gathered into the Your Feedback section below, just after the Change Log, which will tell you about some brand new updates we just launched, as well as all the bugs fixed since the last update.
Last week's most popular update: You can now put exclamation marks in deviation titles! - Added by $allixsenos
Change Log
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What's New

"My Tagline" is no longer a required item when filling out your profile. - Added by $Nodren
Implemented support for "Free Premium Memberships Day." - Added by

Celebrating Deviousness - April 2012 Deviousness Award
Deviousness Award

Congratulations to ^shuttermonkey

All for the love of you

Pretty in White II

The Colors of Potter's Cay

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.

It's no April Fools prank, today we are delighted to announce
^shuttermonkey as the Deviousness Award recipient for April 2012.

Funny Face ID.

Landing Lake 2

Playful Reminder II

Who is ^shuttermonkey?

Cory's dedication to the community is astounding. Not only is he what we would call

Announcing the deviantART Creative GrantsAnnouncing the deviantART Creative Grants
At deviantART, we have spent the past 11 years building a place where artists can share and discuss their work and get inspired by the work of their contemporaries. A noble cause, for certain, but we would like to be so much more to our beloved community of brilliant creatives. Starting today, deviantART will also be a means of inspiration in an entirely new way with financial support for art.
On 3 month cycles, deviantART will accept applications from artists seeking to fund art-related projects. A panel called the Creative Grants Board will pick those projects that they believe will benefit particularly from a Grant and give those artists the support they need to make it happen. The lucky few who are chosen to receive Grants will also be given a beautiful accolade on their deviantART Profile Page to celebrate their succes

Site Update: February 9, 2012In 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.
Change Log
General
Bug Fixes
Fixed a problem where some would be redirected to their Sta.sh when editing an old Journal. - Fixed by $kemayo
When viewing Journals on member profiles and Group profiles, the "More Entries" button sends you to the next entries rather than the ones you just saw. - Fixed by $Nodren
On the Groups Portal

Site Update: January 27, 2012In this update, you'll find all the feedback from our last site update gathered into the Your Feedback section below, just after the Change Log, which will tell you about some brand new updates we just launched, as well as all the bugs fixed since the last update.
Change Log
General
What's New
You can now share journals in chat by using :thumb: codes. - Added by $knightar
Some changes were made to deviantART's algorithm for Popular browse results (known as "Fair Exposure"). Details about Fair Exposure have been explained in this #hq blog post.
Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug in chat that caused horizontal scrollbars. - Fixed by $

The Dead Places: The Visual Delicacy of DecayIt’s easy to think of art in terms of what is instantly pleasing to the eye, of that which evokes a feeling of joy and hopefulness and blissful peacefulness or ecstatic exultation. This is the consideration of art as something that helps propel us forward through life – to out future great deeds, our career victories, or dreams of coming big events. But there is a peak to every life. At some point all people, and all places, and even all ideas have to begin the inevitable decline that is the other balancing half of a lifetime.

Pontiac by ~PionierUK
The Dead Places
The Visual Delicacy of Decay
:icontechgnotic:
by $techgnotic
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 7:00 PM

Brian Taylor: Outlaw of Independent CinemaMovies featuring the latest in high tech digital effects, eye-popping CGI environments and ear-splitting surround sound, are often described as “pushing the envelope.” But they’re mega-million-dollar productions that are delivered back to the studios by the filmmakers precisely as pre-ordered. Rarely is there danger of disaster, so what envelope has been pushed?
Brian Taylor
Outlaw at the Bleeding Edge
of Independent Cinema
:icontechgnotic:by $techgnotic
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 07:00 PM
Movies featuring the latest in high tech digital effects, eye-popping CGI environments and ear-splitting surround sound, are often described as “pushing the envelope.” But they’re mega-million-dollar productions that are delivered back to the studios by the filmmakers precisely as pre-ordered. Rarely is there

deviantART is applying to manage .art
deviantaRT is applying to manage a new Top Level Domain called .art

Top Level Domain (TLD) is the technical name for ".com," ".net," ".org," or ".fr". These TLDs are controlled and issued by a worldwide organization called ICANN, short for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. When ICANN announced that it would accept applications for new TLDs, deviantART quickly realized that someone would try to nab ".art."
DeviantART is committed to have the .art TLD in the hands of representatives of the arts; people who know something about the Internet and the way art is presented and enabled by the Internet. Nobody has more experience with this than the deviantART community that we are all building, participating in, and sharing with each other every day.
In order to secure .art into the right hands, deviantA

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Redraw is the latest feature enhancement to deviantART muro, our free HTML5 drawing application.

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!fadeintoblackx Dec 31, 2012

When the page shows up the whole canvas is divided. If you know what I mean.
And I have installed the plugin and it still doesn't work.
It's getting on my nerves... I can show with a screencapture.
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Do you know what the problem is? If so, please help!
Very appreciated, Vincent Lawliet~

~Warriorsonic Dec 3, 2012

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~funnycraze117 Dec 3, 2012

The same outline-disappearing thing happened to me. Please fix it!

*SJArt117 Nov 22, 2012 Student Digital Artist

The drawings i usually do, suddenly turn to an all black screen, and nothing can be done about it. It destroys your work.

Please fix if possible!

~SayakaSakura Nov 21, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I was drawing with Muro a minute ago and my whole outline disappeared. I wasn't using the erase tool nor did I delete the layer. The layer still 'existed' but the actual outline itself was missing. Not only that, when I finally decided to recolor the belt, Muro kept going out of internet explorer (it didn't close the browser if you couldn't figure it out), then, when I would get back onto the page whenever I clicked on the layer, it said that it was 'invisible' - it wasn't. When I didn't click on the page, since the last thing I was the erase tool (which was size 6 so there was no way it could erase a whole layer), it erased everything I scrolled over in the layer (the belt layer). If you could, please remove the glitch because I sincerely don't want any other artists to have to scrap their hard work because of it. It was so painful to delete it because the outline no longer existed and there was no way I could have remade it... So please, please fix this before it happens to anyone else.
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~Sagistar Oct 26, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Uh somebody help me here, how do you submit a muro in your gallery? Is it only for premium members? Thanks

*Perfling Jan 1, 2013 Student General Artist

When you are finished with your drawing, under file, select "Save and exit to Sta.sh." From there, you can "Submit to DeviantArt."

~Sagistar Jan 3, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

Oh ok thanks

~TanithLipsky Sep 4, 2012

I hate how it does not allow any muro drawing to be an ID.

*Perfling Jan 1, 2013 Student General Artist

Take a screenshot/save it to your computer as an image and use that.

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