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deviantART Staff Appreciation Week Interviews$Moonbeam13
:iconsparklesplz: :iconmoonbeam13: :iconsparklesplz:
First, thank you for agreeing to be interviewed! I truly appreciate it. If you don't mind, could you tell us briefly how it was that you came to be an official staff member, and about how long ago that was?
I joined deviantART as  a member in 2003 and in 2004 I started volunteering as a Photography Gallery Director.  After volunteering in that area for a little over a year I was offered a job as the Director of Artist Relations (Now Community Relations) in June of 2005 :)

Very interesting! At the time, and even now, what part of this job do you enjoy the most, and could you give a brief overview of what you get to do?
The unique community at deviantART is what encouraged me to join and take part as a member in the first place, and I consider blessed that I get to work directly with the community on a daily basis as par
[#dAr] August 2011 Newsletter:icondeviantart-related: | Your Monthly dAr Newsletter
Covering August 2011 - Volume 6
Each month #deviantART-Related will roll out a monthly summary with features, interviews, contest details and updates concerning the deviantART related category here on dA. We run independently of any official dA representative and serve only to expand knowledge and open up the deviantART Related category. You may feel free to suggest something related to that category for feature, or an artist you feel represents something in that category well. All suggestions can be noted to ^ladygagz or #deviantART-Related.
#deviantART-Related News
:pointr: The winner of the deviantART Poll BirthdAy Game (which was co-hosted by us!) was announced earlier this month.
:pointr: We have slightly changed our
The ABCs of Deviants: Derzorvadur

This issue's letter is:
D
The deviant being interviewed today is:
:iconDerzorvadur:
`d3rzi
First off, could you give us a brief introduction of yourself?
- I am a graduated graphic designer, if you ask me, I don't like design too much, it is something I study for several reasons, 1. To not disappoint my mother [lame isn't it], 2. Because I was too young and I thought Graphic Design = ART [Even more lame], 3. It was the only career I felt attracted to [plus it didn't have to deal with mathematics].
:target: I AM MORE ABOUT ART :target:
And everything that involves creating images out of pure ideas and creativity, I won't give you my real name but you can call me by my artistic name which is Rëmi Angel although I can also go by my deviant's name Ðerzorvadur wh
Community Projects Around deviantART! Volume 1 :star: Community Projects Around deviantART :star:
Wait a second... what is a community project?:shifty:
A community project is when a group of people or an individual creates, develops, or does something for the benefit of another person or group of people.
Why is it so important anyways? :stinkeye:
Community projects try to resolve an issue, promote positive ideals, and/or is a good way to mix and mingle!
Contemporary:
:bulletgreen:`manic-cure's  has a Paper Faces Project, a collective of pictures of deviants holding a piece of paper showing partially our heads and a creative face drawn on the paper!
:bulletblue:`ScENeYmE & ^DistortedSmile have a Art History Project for all deviants to learn from! They are looking for people to help contribute to the enrichment of art throughout history!
August 2011 Daily Deviation Roundup! Abstract, Surreal and Conceptual Daily Deviations for August, 2011

Eiffel Tower by ~megrandyphotos
A beautifully elegant abstract! Eiffel Tower by ~megrandyphotos
(Featured by ^Kaz-D, suggested by =xthumbtakx)

Alternate Reality by ~DinnerSpoiler
Suggester Says: I think the perspective is fantastic in this piece. What makes it even more surreal and conceptual overall is how this feels like a reflection and yet we can't see the person taking the shot in the first place... therefore cementing the belief that this really is an alternate reality for me. Alternate Reality
APN Contest: Natural Colours!
:iconcheerplz: Natural Colours Contest :iconcheerplz:

:la: What the contest is about
This contest is all about Natural Colours in Animals, Plants & Nature (APN) photography. For example; butterflies with vibrant colours, rainbows, gorgeous flowers with vibrant pink and yellow, the most colourful birds, sunsets, etc. As long as it's colourful and qualifies for Animals, Plants & Nature photography!

:la: Rules
:bulletgreen: Animals, Plants & Nature Photography only
:bulletgreen: Photographs taken with a film or a digital camera featuring a minimal amount of colour and exposure adjustment
:bulletgreen: Deviations do have to be new, added after this contest is announced
:bulletgreen: One (1) entry per person
:bulletred: No photomanipulations
:bulletred: No black and white pictures or selective desaturation

:la: Dates
The contest starts Tuesday August 16th 2011 and ends Friday November 4th 2011!

:la:
Photography Discovered #2Welcome to the first edition of Photographers Discovered! This series was inspired by $Moonbeam13's Discovered journal series. The following deviants were found using nothing but the Discovery Tool.
*Mashuto


*beyondimpression


=charliesmyangel


*LyraWhite


~7Redhotz


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A Week in dA Related - #018:happybounce: Overview :happybounce:
A Week in dA Related is a weekly news article series that aims to bring you the most important and fun deviantART and dA Related news from the previous week. It also includes a small feature from each sub-gallery.
If you have any deviantART Related news you'd like to share, shoot a note to ^ladygagz.
This issue covers August 14th to August 20th, 2011.
:devart: deviantART News :devart:
Head back to school with deviantART
dA is celebrating the back-to-school season by launching a new deviantART backpack, supporting arts education, and helping you prepare for a future in the arts. To top things off, they've brought back their famous puzzle game -- offering puzzle solvers the chance to unlock a special code!
We're headed to Dragon*C
Devious Minds: FallenUmbraDiscovering what makes us devious.
=FallenUmbrella :happybounce: :iconFallenUmbra:
:note: =FallenUmbrella has requested that random works from her favorites be featured instead of her works.
How did you first discover deviantART?
:happybounce: I never knew about the internet until I was about 7 or 8 years old, where I would just play games on there once in a while. When I was about 11, I browsed around the internet a little more often, and ended up reading fanfiction of some movies and TV shows :shrug:. I looked at some of the profiles of authors, and some linked their dA accounts. I browsed around that deviantART for a short time and dismissed it as nothing.
Shortly after turning 13, my English teacher made my class participate in the National Novel Writing Month where I typed my fingers off over 21,000 words and became an active member in the forums. After almost one year, someone posted a thread about deviantART. I visited this wonderful community again, an
dA Staff Appreciation Week Interview: liquisoft`TheRyanFord
:iconsparklesplz: :iconliquisoft: :iconsparklesplz:

First of all, thank you so much for allowing us to interview you! If you don't mind, could you tell us briefly how it was that you came to be an official staff member, and about how long ago that was?
I'm happy to participate! Right to it, then. I believe I was first made a staff member back in the early 2000's...somewhere around 2002, perhaps. Back then the site was tiny, and so all of us members knew each other. My obsession with the site, at the time, was probably stronger than most and so I was given some minor staff duties like helping to organize content and dole out policy violations. The site has grown incredibly since those days, and our staff is far more specialized now, but back then everybody sort of did everything.
Wow! Since you have been a member for such an extensive time, in what area have you seen the website grow the
dA Staff Appreciation Week Interviews: damphyr$damphyr
:spotlight-left::icondamphyr::spotlight-right:
As part of deviantART Staff Appreciation Week, #StaffAppreciation has organized interviews with our staff members so that we can get to know them a little bit better!
This interview was conducted by the ever-awesome ^ladygagz! Thank you to him, and a big thanks to $damphyr for taking the time to participate! :hooray:
:damphyr: How are you?
Good as one can be :D
:damphyr: Could you give us a brief description of what you do, in terms of working for deviantART?
I'm the senior member of the CEA. My duties include the moderation desk handling reports from the community, Help Desk tickets sent in, educating the community and just general search-and-destroy for porn, trolls, etc.
:damphyr: Was joining the dA team a passion or dream, or was it something you happened to get into just as a job?
I was a volunteer for deviantART for several years before I was asked
Daily Deviations DescriptionsGreetings!
My name is Danielle or $Moonbeam13, and I'm the Director of Community Relations here at deviantART. During the course of my day part of what I do involves shaking things up and testing new ideas to keep things fresh in the community.  Most of these ideas stem from community feedback - things the community has related back to my team of volunteers or to me directly.
Such is the case with Daily Deviation descriptions.  First, let's clarify what was tested and what the end result is because there is some confusion.
Originally, I had requested that the volunteers not reuse descriptions sent to them by suggesters.  I know it seems nutty but there was a period of time where I was receiving an unrelenting amount of complaints about us just 'pasting what the suggester said' and so I decided that for a short period I'd let the community see what it looks like when we don't do that. As suspected the amount of complaints about 'no descriptions' was alm
Play the Adri Game We all get down and feel at some point in the year, month, week, and day.
How can it get better?
Play My Game
Get a few friends together and make a promise that somehow every single day you will tell each friend one thing that makes them awesome and unique individuals unlike no other. You're their friend for a reason, and their your friends for their reasons. You just have to let them know and hear them out.
I'm your friend for a reason, I don't want you to constantly feel bad. So let my words influence you positively when you feel down; I want you to know as a friend how awesome you are. I want you to feel that awesomeness for yourself, so I'll remind you every day of it.
So I'll play my game, and make it happen. You should do it too.
You can do it on twitter, Facebook, sticky notes on their desk, skype Im/calls. Let them know how much they mean to you and learn intimate details why you have these friends. Even if
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deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown! - Day 18

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Today's Feature was selected by the following deviants:

`petrova, and `TimberClipse


What can I get you?She put her brave face on, as I stepped into her room. There was that fleeting pause between time alone and time with company. I had encroached on her time alone, and she wanted to look brave in front of me. I both admired and resented her for her casual slip into a false emotion. She was dying.

I wanted to ask,  What can I get you?  but my mouth couldn't find the words. My tongue dried up and my lips broke when I attempted an empathetic smile. I had more control than had previously been in my grasp before stepping into her room. She relied on me for all things vital in life. She  needed me.

Could I bring her the world? In just a few short LightningLightning

As a boy he stared at thunderclouds
And walked out in the storm
He watched the arcing flashes
while the rest were inside warm

The dark skies stired and thundered
and he heard the thunder crash
He heard the heavens speaking
and he saw God's eyes flash

"Come in you fool!" they said to him
"Seek shelter from the rain!
For if the lightning touches you
you'll never wake again."

"You're wants are not like mine, my friends.
A home, a job, a wife...
To touch that spark of light divine
is all i want of life."

So every time a storm would brew
the man went out to stand.
He waited in the pouring rain
for the touch of Zeus's




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~MrChopiChong Jul 21, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Awesome features so far! :la:
Can't wait to see the last day! :eager:
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~Super-Chi Jul 20, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for the feature! :) These are beautiful pieces.
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`petrova Jul 20, 2011  Hobbyist
Yay! :hooray:
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