| Critique This Please! You could be the one to help me get this image to look better, please see what you can do! |
| Check out what's just recently been submitted to the gallery. |

Dollmaker Dolls Do NOT Belong On DeviantArtIt has come to my attention that the Dolling category in DeviantArt is under attack. Not viciously by spammers and such but by another type of attack, ignorance. Lately there have been a large number of submissions to the category that most certainly do not belong there, mainly dolls that were made by the use of drag-and-drop dollmakers. So, my question is, why are we letting them slip by the cracks and not doing something about it? Reporting a deviation of mis-categorizing is obviously not enough if the deviant does not know why it was removed in the first place. They should be well informed of FAQ #502 and understand their error so it would

Change a Life - Help A Deviant!A fellow deviant needs your help, everyone reading these words. Please take a moment to read this story below and do what you can.
After you read, consider this: Can you donate a few dollars to make a difference in Sara's life? What little bit can you give that would mean the absolute world to this friend? If every deviant that reads this can give just a few dollars, we can help Sara reconnect with the world!
Donations can be sent to PayPal donate@sarascourage.org
Or mailed to:
Sara Baker Trust Fund
#10350222753
Exchange Bank
8220 Old Redwood Highway
Cotati, CA 94931
_________
The Story
One year ago, our fellow deviant Sara Bake

How to NOT get more Popularity and PageviewsAccording to the following story ( http://news.deviantart.com/article/60947/?offset=700#comments )that is how you get more popular. I am here to tell you all the evils of how to NOT have the pageviews or the allmighty popularity.
-ehem-
--Do Original Artwork--
Heaven forbid you make something that's not a fanart. Not drawing fanart will clearly result in millons of faves, and I mean... who would ever want such a thing? So... draw your own characters, create your own style, put time and effort into your work and you're golden! Such things will never result in any kind of attention, so you're good.
--Be Nice--
If you're nice to people, you

Pageviews and Popularity - The real deal.Be an artist, not a number.
Many members of the artistic community here on DeviantART were shocked by a recent popular news article about how to become popular. I won't link to it because that would be foolish - but the mentality behind it was pageview orientated and made a 'mockery of all that deviantART stands for'.
So - to spell it out for everyone on DeviantART whos ever wanted more pageviews, I went to my nearest and dearest ' popular' artists and asked them what they thought about popularity and statistics.
The answer? They don't give a damn...
Your page views won't help you progress as an artist, and that is what you should be on t
things that i'm doing that are not on dA include being a development staff member on Mysidia Adoptables working primarily with theme design and tutorials.
For all of my websites and projects you can visit burakki.com.
I'm also spending quite a bit of time working on Crystal Hollow a virtual adoption site, and Starlight Chains a pet novel project that I started back in the fall of 2003. Check each out if you are interested.
I'm also helping out with #MysAdopts!
Please don't thank me for 's, or I add things and users I like, and llamas are just for fun! I ~llamatrade! I'm member of: #GetWatchers help artists to share their creativity, increase their audience and get more feedback by getting more exposure and pageviews. If you want more exposure of your arts, constructive critics, watchers and/or if you would like to discover new talented artists, come join us |