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{{Short description|American online art community}}

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'''DeviantArt''' (formerly styled as '''deviantART''' and thus abbreviated as '''dA''') is an American [[online community]] that features [[artwork]], [[videography]], [[photography]], and [[literature]], launched on August 7, 2000, by Mathew Stephens, Scott Jarkoff and [[Angelo Sotira]], among others.

Please do not use this article to present bias regarding Scott Jarkoff or Angelo Sotira. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and enforces a Neutral Point of View policy. We should fairly represent all sides of a dispute without implying one is correct. (See talk page for full comment)

DeviantArt is headquartered in the [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] area of [[Los Angeles]], California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DeviantArt Inc - Company Profile and News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0455240D:US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818162456/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0455240D:US |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Bloomberg.com |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> DeviantArt had about 36 million visitors annually by 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://siteanalytics.compete.com/deviantart.com?metric=uv |title=DeviantArt attracts almost 40m visitors online yearly |publisher=Siteanalytics.compete.com |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110071003/http://siteanalytics.compete.com/deviantart.com/?metric=uv |archive-date=November 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, DeviantArt users were submitting about 1.4 million favorites and about 1.5 million comments daily.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O2lRAooUWk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611131226/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O2lRAooUWk| archive-date=2014-06-11 | url-status=dead|title=DeviantArt 10th Birthday Bash at House of Blues – Angelo Sotira's Closing Speech PT 2|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> In 2011, it was the thirteenth largest [[Social networking service|social network]] with about 3.8 million weekly visits.<ref>{{cite web |author=Matt Rosoff |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/these-19-social-networks-are-still-bigger-than-google-2011-7#13-deviantart-an-online-community-for-artists-to-share-and-display-their-work-384-million-7 |title=These 19 Social Networks Are Bigger Than Google+ |publisher=Businessinsider.com |date=July 27, 2011 |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022150221/https://www.businessinsider.com/these-19-social-networks-are-still-bigger-than-google-2011-7#13-deviantart-an-online-community-for-artists-to-share-and-display-their-work-384-million-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several years later, in 2017, the site had more than 25 million members and more than 250 million submissions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://deviantart.jobs/|title=DeviantArt - Career Page|website=deviantart.jobs|access-date=September 9, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026215441/https://deviantart.theresumator.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2025, it reached a new milestone with 100 million registered users.

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In February 2017, the website was acquired by Israeli software company [[Wix.com]] in a $36 million deal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/23/website-builder-wix-acquires-art-community-deviantart-for-36m/|title=Website builder Wix acquires art community DeviantArt for $36M|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|website=[[TechCrunch]]|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=February 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223150459/https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/23/website-builder-wix-acquires-art-community-deviantart-for-36m/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2020, the site has seen an exodus of much of its userbase following decisions related to site design, [[Artificial intelligence visual art|AI]], [[NFT]]s, and a large number of scam accounts populating the site.<ref name="Plunkett">{{cite web |last1=Plunkett |first1=Luke |title=DeviantArt In 2024 Sure Sounds Like A Shithole |url=https://aftermath.site/deviantart-ai-scam-bots |website=Aftermath |access-date=13 June 2025 |archive-date=May 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518170633/https://aftermath.site/deviantart-ai-scam-bots |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Pahwa">{{cite web |last1=Pahwa |first1=Nitish |title=The Tragic Downfall of the Internet’s Art Gallery |url=https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/deviantart-what-happened-ai-decline-lawsuit-stability.html |website=Slate |access-date=13 June 2025 |archive-date=June 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617182339/https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/deviantart-what-happened-ai-decline-lawsuit-stability.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==History==

'''deviantART''' is a popular [[online community|online artistic community]]. It was first launched on [[August 7]], [[2000]] by Scott Jarkoff and Matthew Stephens. Angelo Sotira is the CEO.

=== Creation ===

[[File:DeviantArt logo.png|thumb|200x200px|The classic '''deviantART''' arc logo, a combination of the letters '''dA''' (in its latest 2009 design, having been originally introduced in 2001)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Team |first=DeviantArt |date=2023-07-31 |title=Evolution of the DeviantArt Logo |url=https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Evolution-of-the-DeviantArt-Logo-971262680 |access-date=2025-04-24 |website=DeviantArt |language=en |archive-date=May 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250522233618/https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Evolution-of-the-DeviantArt-Logo-971262680 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

DeviantArt (initially written Deviant Art, and later deviantART)<ref name=":0" /> started as a site connected with people who took computer applications and modified them to their own tastes, or who posted the applications from the original designs. As the site grew, members in general became known as artists and submissions as arts.<ref>Perkel, Daniel. [http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf "Making Art, Creating Infrastructure: DeviantArt and the Production of the Web"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216005726/http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf |date=February 16, 2020 }}. Berkeley CA. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p.29</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://help.deviantart.com/15/|title=DeviantArt FAQ - What is a deviation?|access-date=April 27, 2015|archive-date=December 23, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223093050/http://help.deviantart.com/15/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Deviant Art was originally launched on August 7, 2000, by Scott Jarkoff, Matt Stephens, [[Angelo Sotira]], and others, as part of a larger network of music-related websites called the ''Dmusic Network''. The site flourished largely because of its unique offering and the contributions of its core member base and a team of volunteers after its launch,<ref name="spyed_journal">{{cite web |url=http://spyed.deviantart.com/journal/609173/ |title=spyed's DeviantArt Journal |author=Angelo Sotira |date=April 10, 2003 |access-date=December 22, 2007 |archive-date=April 11, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040411110606/http://spyed.deviantart.com/journal/609173/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but it was officially incorporated in 2001 about eight months after launch.<ref name="tc_angelo_interview">{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/22/stop-being-weak-an-interview-with-angelo-sotira-ceo-of-deviantart-com-tctv/|title=TechCrunch|author=Cyan Banister|author-link=Cyan Banister|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-date=August 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823084516/https://techcrunch.com/2010/08/22/stop-being-weak-an-interview-with-angelo-sotira-ceo-of-deviantart-com-tctv/|url-status=live}}</ref> DeviantArt introduced various logo redesigns over the years, among those the iconic "dA" (short for deviantART) arc used as backdrop for the wordmark as well as their logo.<ref name=":0" />

DeviantArt was loosely inspired by projects like [[Winamp]] facelift, customize.org, deskmod.com, screenphuck.com, and skinz.org, all application skin-based websites. Sotira entrusted all public aspects of the project to Scott Jarkoff as an engineer and visionary to launch the early program. All three co-founders shared backgrounds in the application skinning community, but it was Matt Stephens whose major contribution to DeviantArt was the suggestion to take the concept further than [[Skin (computing)|skinning]] and more toward an art community. Many of the individuals involved with the initial development and promotion of DeviantArt still hold positions with the project. Angelo Sotira was the [[chief executive officer]]<ref name="tc_angelo_interview" /><ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://about.deviantart.com/ |title=deviantArt: About DeviantArt's Team Core |access-date=December 21, 2007 |archive-date=July 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709015726/http://about.deviantart.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.deviantart.com/article/125134/ |title=News: TMD: 10 X 10 |publisher=News.deviantart.com |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928081503/http://news.deviantart.com/article/125134/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> until June 2022 and was succeeded by Moti Levy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blockchainassetreview.com/deviantart-can-now-notify-anyone-whose-arts-been-used-in-nfts-without-permission/|title=DeviantArt can now notify anyone whose art's been used in NFTs without permission|website=Block Chain Asset Review|access-date=2022-05-18|df=mdy-all|archive-date=March 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312153517/https://blockchainassetreview.com/deviantart-can-now-notify-anyone-whose-arts-been-used-in-nfts-without-permission/|url-status=live}}</ref>

deviantART aims to provide a place for any [[artist]], photographer, or writer to exhibit and discuss his or her works. It also provides a community of like-minded individuals and is visited by 1.5 million individuals per day who view 35 million pages (per day). As of December, 2006, the site consists of over 3.5 million users and over 29 million submissions, and receives around 50,000 submissions per day.<ref>{{cite web

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On November 14, 2006, DeviantArt introduced the option to submit their works under [[Creative Commons licenses]] giving the artists the right to choose how their works can be used.<ref name="newsubmission">{{cite web |url=http://news.deviantart.com/article/23753/ |title=News: New Submission Process... LIVE! |access-date=December 21, 2007 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928081657/http://news.deviantart.com/article/23753/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> A Creative Commons license is one of several public copyright licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works. On September 30, 2007, a film category was added to DeviantArt, allowing artists to upload videos. An artist and other viewers can add annotations to sections of the film, giving comments or critiques to the artist about a particular moment in the film.<ref name="film">{{cite web |url=http://news.deviantart.com/article/34930/ |title=News: Now Playing: DeviantArt Film! |access-date=December 21, 2007 |archive-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011050929/http://news.deviantart.com/article/34930/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, DeviantArt received $3.5 million in [[Series A round|Series A]] (first round) funding from undisclosed investors,<ref>{{cite news|title = Online Art Community DeviantArt Secures $3.5 Million In First Round|date = June 22, 2007|url = http://paidcontent.org/2007/06/22/419-draft-online-art-community-secures-35-in-first-round/|first = David|last = Kaplan|publisher = Paidcontent.org|access-date = January 11, 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140111211300/http://paidcontent.org/2007/06/22/419-draft-online-art-community-secures-35-in-first-round/|archive-date = January 11, 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> and in 2013, it received $10 million in [[Series B]] funding.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

deviantART now displays multiple forms of art and creative expression laid out in an extensive category structure. The artwork on display includes [[photography]], [[digital art]], [[traditional art]], [[literature]] and [[skin (computing)|skins for applications]]. The site also has extensive downloadable resources for use within artworks such as tutorials and [[stock photography]].

On December 4, 2014, the site unveiled a new logo, with sharp lines and angles<ref name=":0" /> (visually similar to the [[not-equal sign]] '''{{char|≠}}'''), and announced the release of an official [[mobile app]] on both [[iOS]] and [[Android (operating system)|Android]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3039224/deviantart-app|title=With Its New App, DeviantArt Finally Has A Mobile Place For Those 65 Million Monthly Visitors|work=Fast Company|date=December 4, 2014|access-date=December 7, 2014|archive-date=December 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205000617/http://www.fastcompany.com/3039224/deviantart-app|url-status=live}}</ref> released on December 10, 2014.<ref name="da-boldlyfacing">{{cite web|title=Boldly Facing The Future|url=http://spyed.deviantart.com/journal/Boldly-Facing-The-Future-498282387|website=spyed's journal|date=December 4, 2014|publisher=deviantArt|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204232010/http://spyed.deviantart.com/journal/Boldly-Facing-The-Future-498282387|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 23, 2017, DeviantArt was acquired by [[Wix.com|Wix.com, Inc.]] for $36 million. The site plans to integrate DeviantArt and Wix functionality, including the ability to utilize DeviantArt resources on websites built with Wix, and integrating some of Wix's design tools into the site.<ref name="tc-wixda">{{cite web|title=Website builder Wix acquires art community DeviantArt for $36M|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/23/website-builder-wix-acquires-art-community-deviantart-for-36m/|website=TechCrunch|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=February 23, 2017|archive-date=February 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223150459/https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/23/website-builder-wix-acquires-art-community-deviantart-for-36m/|url-status=live}}</ref> As of March 1, 2017, [[Ba'athist Syria|Syria]] was banned from accessing DeviantArt's services entirely, citing [[Syrian civil war#Economic sanctions|US and Israeli sanctions]] and aftermath on February 19, 2018. After Syrian user Mythiril used a VPN to access the site and disclosed the geoblocking in a journal, titled "The hypocrisy of deviantArt," DeviantArt ended the geoblocking except for commercial features.<ref name="da-hypo">{{cite web|title=The hypocrisy of deviantArt|url=https://mythiril.deviantart.com/journal/The-hypocrisy-of-deviantArt-731065159|website=DeviantArt|date=February 15, 2018|access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426171643/https://mythiril.deviantart.com/journal/The-hypocrisy-of-deviantArt-731065159|archive-date=April 26, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==deviantART==

===Origins===

The idea for a deviantART community (though inspired by other projects such as winamp facelift, customize.org, deskmod.com, screenphuck.com and skinz.org, which were all application skin based websites) was thoroughly original in nature. The developers of deviantART, mainly the founders Scott Jarkoff ([http://jark.deviantart.com jark]) and Matt Stephens ([http://matteo.deviantart.com matteo]), backed by Angelo Sotira who all shared backgrounds in the application skinning community, took the concept further to make it an art community.

In autumn of 2018, [[spambots]] began hacking into an indeterminately large number of long-inactive accounts and placing spam Weblinks in their victims' About sections (formerly known as DeviantIDs), where users of the site display their public profile information. An investigation into this matter began in January 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=URGENT: Invasion of the Old Account Hijackers|date=January 9, 2019|url=https://www.deviantart.com/colonel-knight-rider/journal/URGENT-Invasion-of-the-Old-Account-Hijackers-780368793|access-date=March 29, 2020|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114122622/https://www.deviantart.com/colonel-knight-rider/journal/URGENT-Invasion-of-the-Old-Account-Hijackers-780368793|url-status=live}}</ref> This situation ended sometime in late 2021 however other forms of spam accounts have since been a common occurrence on the site ongoing as of 2025, most notably mural bots sending users messages offering to pay them to use their work for a fake project.<ref name="Plunkett"></ref>

In order to provide an easily identifiable look to the site, "Fella", a small horned character, was chosen as the official deviantART [[mascot]], while a stylized "dA" was used as the [[logo]].

In November 2022, DeviantArt launched DreamUp, an [[artificial intelligence]] image-generation tool based on [[Stable Diffusion]]. The release of DreamUp led to DeviantArt’s inclusion in a copyright infringement lawsuit, alongside Stability AI and Midjourney.<ref>{{cite web|title=AI art tools Stable Diffusion and Midjourney targeted with copyright lawsuit|date=January 16, 2023|url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23557098/generative-ai-art-copyright-legal-lawsuit-stable-diffusion-midjourney-deviantart|access-date=January 16, 2023|archive-date=March 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309010528/https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23557098/generative-ai-art-copyright-legal-lawsuit-stable-diffusion-midjourney-deviantart|url-status=live}}</ref>

Throughout the existence of deviantART many individuals have been involved with the site in both a public and private capacity. These individuals have held and still hold numerous positions from administrators to volunteers serving as gallery directors and Message Network Administration. The management of deviantART is now fairly extensive, with Angelo Sotira ([http://spyed.deviantart.com spyed]) serving as the [[CEO]] of deviantART, Inc.

In 2024, DeviantArt reported its creators sold over $14 million, and that more than 220,000 users purchased artworks from over 26,000 sellers.<ref>{{cite web|title=2024: Celebrate a Year of Devious Sellers|date=January 13, 2025|url=https://www.deviantart.com/team/art/2024-Celebrate-a-Year-of-Devious-Sellers-1146186310|access-date=January 13, 2025|archive-date=January 14, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114022326/https://www.deviantart.com/team/art/2024-Celebrate-a-Year-of-Devious-Sellers-1146186310|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Terminology===

The site uses unorthodox capitalization in its title (deviantART) as a way of emphasizing its [[Deviant behavior|deviancy]], and other aspects of the site reflect this attitude as well. As such, the following terms are used throughout the site:

*'''dA''' — frequent abbreviation for the site's title (also less commonly known as '''devART''', and as '''dART''', pronounced as "dart").

*'''Deviant''' — a user of deviantART.

*'''Deviation''' — every submitted piece of artwork is called a "deviation", so long as it is declared by the artist ("deviant") to be fully polished and in a state for exhibition. If not, the work is a "scrap" (an unfinished work, not exhibited prominently).

*'''dAmn''' — short for deviantART Messaging Network.

In 2025, Wix announced that DeviantArt would discontinue DeviantArt Muro on July 15 and switch to DeviantArt Draw.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-deviantart-draw | title=What is DeviantArt Draw? | website=DeviantArt Support | date=July 15, 2025}}</ref>

===Features===

Besides the basic features of an online artistic community, deviantART also incorporates:

===Copyright and licensing issues===

* The '''deviantART gallery''' is a collection of [[art]] categories on the website. Each category of the deviantART [[Art gallery|gallery]] has specific submission requirements which individual deviantART users use to determine how to post their pieces of art. This should not be confused with a deviantART userpage gallery. Each category of deviantART gallery and the criteria used to define what can be submitted to it is approved by deviantART [[Employee|staff]] and additional gallery categories can be suggested.

There is no review for potential copyright and [[Creative Commons]] licensing violations when a work is submitted to DeviantArt, so potential violations can remain unnoticed until reported to administrators using the mechanism available for such issues.<ref name="help_copyvio">{{cite web | url=http://help.deviantart.com/155/ | title=FAQ #155: How do I report a submission which I think breaks the rules? on DeviantArt Help and FAQ | access-date=January 8, 2008 | archive-date=February 16, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216185234/http://help.deviantart.com/155/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Some members of the community have been the victims of copyright infringement from vendors using artwork illegally on products and prints, as reported in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/05/29/art-theft-scandals-rock-deviantart/ | title=Art Theft Scandals Rock deviantArt | date=May 29, 2016 | publisher=PlagiarismToday | access-date=May 29, 2007 | archive-date=June 1, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601174627/http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/05/29/art-theft-scandals-rock-deviantart/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Sarah |date=May 5, 2014 |title=DeviantART clarifies it doesn't sell artists' work after Hot Topic shirt debacle |url=http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/deviantart-hot-topic-shirt-art-stolen/ |work=[[The Daily Dot]] |access-date=November 8, 2016 |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211034807/https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/deviantart-hot-topic-shirt-art-stolen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The reporting system in which to counteract copyright infringement directly on the site has been subject to a plethora of criticism from members of the site, given that it may take weeks, or even a month before a filed complaint for copyright infringement is answered.

* Every deviant has his or her own '''personal page''' at the URL ''<nowiki>http://username</nowiki><!-- To Break Link --><nowiki>.deviantart.com</nowiki>'', where ''username'' is replaced by the username of the deviant in question. This page may list the deviant's interests, mood, hobbies and so forth. It also exhibits the deviant's recent works and his or her Favourites. Deviants may also select and display their most prized work as a 'Featured Deviation'.

* Each deviant can edit their own public '''journal'''. The journal is a [[blog]]-like feature: a deviant may write an entry and it will be displayed on the deviant's user page. However, no feature which restricts certain posts from being seen by the general public has been implemented.

* Any deviant may select any other deviation as one of their '''Favourites'''. This will place the deviation on that user's personal page, giving the original artist extra exposure. Deviants may choose to display only recent favourites, or randomize all favourites each time their userpage is viewed.

* Any deviant may add any other deviant to a '''watchlist''' called deviantWATCH. Doing so will cause them to be notified every time anyone on their watch list submits a new piece of art or submit a new journal entry; one can also elect to be notified of the submission of scraps. These notifications may be toggled in the 'Friends List', where deviants are also allowed to group or remove watched deviants.

* A '''private messaging''' service; private messages are called 'Notes'. Public messages can also be left on a user's home page for everyone to see.

* The ability to enter one's '''longitude and latitude''', which can be used to locate other deviants living nearby.

* A deviant may also buy themselves a '''Prints account''', whereby they may sell their [[art print|works]] for money, receiving 50% of the profits. By paying for a subscription, a deviant can also sell their work for 10% of each sale.

* There is also an '''adCast program''', for advertising art- and community-related products/pages at a discounted rate.

* Several '''[[Internet forum|forum]]s''' and a '''[[shoutbox]]'''.

* A real-time chat system called '''dAmn''' (deviantART Messaging Network).

* '''Daily Deviations''' - the featuring of selected artists' works in prominent places on the site, such as the front page.

===Contests for companies and academia===

Obtaining a subscription to the site unlocks enhancements to these features, as well as provide additional services, such as larger thumbnails for browsing.

Due to the nature of DeviantArt as an art community with a worldwide reach, companies use DeviantArt to promote themselves and create more advertising through contests. ''CoolClimate'' is a research network connected with the University of California, and they held a contest in 2012 to address the impact of climate change. Worldwide submissions were received, and the winner was featured in ''[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/christos-lamprianidis/coolclimate-art-contest-w_b_754929.html |title=Christos Lamprianidis: CoolClimate Art Contest Winner: What Motivated Me |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=October 7, 2010 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=January 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117232250/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christos-lamprianidis/coolclimate-art-contest-w_b_754929.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Various car companies have held contests. [[Dodge]] ran a contest in 2012 for art of the [[Dodge Dart]] and over 4,000 submissions were received.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dmnews.com/dodge-dart-looks-to-score-during-nfl-opener/article/257672/ |title=Dodge Dart looks to score during NFL opener – Direct Marketing News |publisher=Dmnews.com |date=September 5, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=June 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624225243/http://www.dmnews.com/dodge-dart-looks-to-score-during-nfl-opener/article/257672/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Winners received cash and item prizes, and were featured in a gallery at Dodge-Chrysler headquarters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deviantart.com/journal/Dodge-Dart-Inspired-By-You-Contest-296645585 |title=Dodge Dart Inspired By You Contest by Moonbeam13 on deviantART |publisher=DeviantArt.com |date=April 17, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407125746/https://www.deviantart.com/moonbeam13/journal/Dodge-Dart-Inspired-By-You-Contest-296645585 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lexus]] partnered with DeviantArt in 2013 to run a contest for cash and other prizes based on their [[Lexus IS]] design; the winner's design became a modified Lexus IS and was showcased at the [[SEMA (association)|SEMA]] 2013 show in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/Lexus-IS-Design-Contest-382663603 |title=Lexus IS Design Contest by Moonbeam13 on deviantART |publisher=Moonbeam13.deviantart.com |date=July 12, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327081148/http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/Lexus-IS-Design-Contest-382663603 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Growth===

The site is in a constant state of growth, and features continue to improve and increase in number. There is a forum specifically focused on suggestions, and another for repairing known problems. In the past, a monthly magazine called devMAG was produced, but this was discontinued.

DeviantArt hosts contests for upcoming movies, such as ''[[Riddick (film)|Riddick]]''. Fan art for ''Riddick'' was submitted, and director [[David Twohy]] chose the winners, who would receive cash prizes and some other DeviantArt-related prizes, as well as having their artwork made into official fan-art posters for events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/Riddick-Rule-the-Dark-Winners-395129005 |title=Riddick 'Rule the Dark' Winners by Moonbeam13 on deviantART |publisher=Moonbeam13.deviantart.com |date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109084619/http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/Riddick-Rule-the-Dark-Winners-395129005 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/The-Riddick-Rule-the-Dark-Fan-Art-Contest-385949865 |title=The Riddick 'Rule the Dark Fan Art Contest' by Moonbeam13 on deviantART |publisher=Moonbeam13.deviantart.com |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109085319/http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/The-Riddick-Rule-the-Dark-Fan-Art-Contest-385949865 |url-status=live }}</ref> A similar contest was held for [[Dark Shadows (film)|''Dark Shadows'']] where winners received cash and other prizes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/Dark-Shadows-The-Barnabas-Portrait-Project-295136507 |title=Dark Shadows: The Barnabas Portrait Project by Moonbeam13 on deviantART |publisher=Moonbeam13.deviantart.com |date=April 9, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=April 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403000706/http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/Dark-Shadows-The-Barnabas-Portrait-Project-295136507 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/The-Barnabas-Portrait-Project-Winners-Announcement-301322222 |title=The Barnabas Portrait Project Winners Announcement by Moonbeam13 on deviantART |publisher=Moonbeam13.deviantart.com |date=May 11, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=October 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031161434/http://moonbeam13.deviantart.com/journal/The-Barnabas-Portrait-Project-Winners-Announcement-301322222 |url-status=live }}</ref> Video games also conduct contests with DeviantArt, such as the 2013 ''[[Tomb Raider (2013 video game)|Tomb Raider]]'' contest. The winner had their art made into an official print sold internationally at the ''Tomb Raider'' store and received cash and other prizes. Other winners also received cash and DeviantArt-related prizes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ayame-kenoshi.deviantart.com/journal/Tomb-Raider-Reborn-Contest-351846219 |title=Tomb Raider Reborn Contest by Ayame-Kenoshi on deviantART |publisher=Ayame-kenoshi.deviantart.com |date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220221/http://ayame-kenoshi.deviantart.com/journal/Tomb-Raider-Reborn-Contest-351846219 |url-status=live }}</ref>

deviantART's latest revision (deviantART v5), was released on [[August 7]], [[2006]], (deviantART's sixth anniversary). Upgrades are planned regularly on v5 until the release of v6, projected in 2007.

===SubscriptionLitigation===

In January of 2023, three artists [[Sarah Andersen]], [[Kelly McKernan]], and Karla Ortiz filed a [[copyright infringement]] lawsuit against [[Stability AI]], [[Midjourney]], and DeviantArt, claiming that these companies have infringed the rights of millions of artists by training AI tools on five billion images scraped from the web without the consent of the original artists.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23557098/generative-ai-art-copyright-legal-lawsuit-stable-diffusion-midjourney-deviantart |title=James Vincent "AI art tools Stable Diffusion and Midjourney targeted with copyright lawsuit" The Verge, 16 January, 2023. |access-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-date=March 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309010528/https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23557098/generative-ai-art-copyright-legal-lawsuit-stable-diffusion-midjourney-deviantart |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2023, U.S. District Judge [[William Orrick III|William Orrick]] inclined to dismiss most of the lawsuit filed by Andersen, McKernan, and Ortiz but allowed them to file a new complaint.<ref name="Reuters-SDLawsuit">{{Cite news |last=Brittain |first=Blake |date=2023-07-19 |title=US judge finds flaws in artists' lawsuit against AI companies |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-judge-finds-flaws-artists-lawsuit-against-ai-companies-2023-07-19/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906193839/https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-judge-finds-flaws-artists-lawsuit-against-ai-companies-2023-07-19/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

deviantART maintains a subscription based service that offers extra features and privileges.

==Website==

Some of these subscriber-restricted features are:

The site has over 550 million images which have been uploaded by its over 75 million registered members.<ref>{{cite web|title = DeviantArt.com|url = http://www.deviantart.com/|access-date = June 29, 2023|archive-date = January 22, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200122162714/https://www.deviantart.com/cartoonlion/art/SG-Hot-Dogs-138754696|url-status = live}}</ref> By July 2011, DeviantArt was the largest online art community.<ref>Salah, Alkim; Bart Buter, Nick Dijkshoorn, Davide Modolo, Quang Nguyen, Sander van Noort, Bart van de Poel, AlbertAli Salah (July 2011). "[http://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/~salah/buter11deviantart.pdf Explorative Visualization and Analysis of a Social Network for the Arts: The Case of DeviantArt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709134756/https://www.cmpe.boun.edu.tr/~salah/buter11deviantart.pdf |date=July 9, 2020 }}." Journal of Convergence 2 (1): 1–9. Retrieved September 24, 2012. p.1</ref> Members of DeviantArt may leave comments and critiques on individual deviation pages,<ref>Mccreight, Brian M. "[https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=techmasters A Comparison of Peer Evaluation: The Evaluation App versus DeviantArt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614130538/https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=techmasters |date=June 14, 2020 }}." Purdue University. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p.32</ref><ref>Perkel, Daniel. [http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf "Making Art, Creating Infrastructure: DeviantArt and the Production of the Web"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216005726/http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf |date=February 16, 2020 }}. Berkeley CA. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p.33</ref> allowing the site to be called "a [free] peer evaluation application."<ref name="Mccreight, Brian M. 2012. p.33">Mccreight, Brian M.. "[https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=techmasters A Comparison of Peer Evaluation: The Evaluation App versus DeviantArt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614130538/https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=techmasters |date=June 14, 2020 }}." Purdue University. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p.33</ref> Along with textual critique, DeviantArt now offers the option to leave a small picture as a comment.<ref name="Wang, Jennifer 2011 p.27">Wang, Jennifer (2-24-2011). "THE DEVIANT EXPERIENCE." Entrepreneur 39 (2): 22–28. {{ISSN|0163-3341}}. Retrieved November 24, 2012. p.27</ref> This can be achieved using an option of DeviantArt Muro, which is a browser-based drawing tool that DeviantArt has developed and hosts. However, only members of DeviantArt can save their work as deviations. Another feature of Muro is what is called "Redraw"; it records the user as they draw their image, and the user can then post the entire process as a film deviation.<ref>Zukerman, Erez. "[http://www.pcworld.com/article/257562/sketch_paint_and_share_online_for_free_with_deviantart_muro.html Sketch, Paint, and Share Online for Free with DeviantArt Muro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921003544/https://www.pcworld.com/article/257562/sketch_paint_and_share_online_for_free_with_deviantart_muro.html |date=September 21, 2020 }}." PCWorld. Retrieved October 6, 2012.</ref> Some artists in late 2013 began experimenting with the use of breakfast cereal as the subject of their pieces, although this trend has only started spreading.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reinstein|first=S.T.|title=Trends in Postmoderish Art (& the Procurers thereof)|year=2013|publisher=Penguin|___location=New York|isbn=978-0385376938}}</ref>

*Advertisement-free browsing. (this feature is currently under revision)

*Greater customization of a user's personal page.

*deviantMOBILE - the feature to download any (agreed) deviation to one's mobile phone, by a supported mobile phone carrier.

*Private forums.

*Faster [[World Wide Web#Basic terms|surfing]].

*Ability to alter the size of thumbnails used when browsing deviations.

*An opportunity to become a [[Development stage|beta tester]] and try out new features.

*The ability to use [[CSS]] in one's journal.

Individual deviations are displayed on their own pages, with a list of statistical information about the image, as well as a place for comments by the artist and other members, and the option to share through other social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.).<ref>Mccreight, Brian M. "[https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=techmasters A Comparison of Peer Evaluation: The Evaluation App versus DeviantArt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614130538/https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=techmasters |date=June 14, 2020 }}." Purdue University. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p.34</ref> Prior to Version 9, Deviations were required to be organized into categories when a member uploaded an image and this allowed DeviantArt's search engine to find images concerning similar topics.<ref>Perkel, Daniel. [http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf "Making Art, Creating Infrastructure: DeviantArt and the Production of the Web"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216005726/http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf |date=February 16, 2020 }}. Berkeley CA. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p.34-37</ref>

Subscriptions can be purchased in one month, three month or one year lengths. However, some members, predominantly the staff and former staff, attain a subscription that continues "Until Hell Freezes Over", that is, never ends.

Individual members can organize their own deviations into folders on their personal pages.<ref name="Mccreight, Brian M. 2012. p.33"/> The member pages (profiles) show a member's personally uploaded deviations and journal postings.<ref>Perkel, Daniel. [http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf "Making Art, Creating Infrastructure: deviantART and the Production of the Web"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216005726/http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf |date=February 16, 2020 }}. Berkeley CA. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p.31,34</ref> Journals are like personal blogs for the member pages, and the choice of topic is up to each member; some use it to talk about their personal or art-related lives, others use it to spread awareness or marshal support for a cause.<ref name="Perkel, Daniel 2012. p.34">Perkel, Daniel. [http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf "Making Art, Creating Infrastructure: DeviantArt and the Production of the Web"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216005726/http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf |date=February 16, 2020 }}. Berkeley CA. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p.34</ref> Also displayed are a member's favorites, a collection of other users' images from DeviantArt that a member saves to its own folder.<ref>Perkel, Daniel. [http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf "Making Art, Creating Infrastructure: DeviantArt and the Production of the Web"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216005726/http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf |date=February 16, 2020 }}. Berkeley CA. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p34</ref> Another thing found on the profile page is a member's watchers; a member adds another member to their watch list in order to be notified when that member uploads something.<ref name="Perkel, Daniel 2012. p.34"/> The watcher notifications are gathered in a member's Message Center with other notices, like when other users comment on that member's deviations, or when the member's image has been put in someone's favorites.<ref name="Perkel, Daniel 2012. p.34"/>

===User symbols===

All deviants on deviantART are referred to by their given nickname, which is preceded by a user symbol. The symbols are listed below.

Members can build groups that any registered member of the site can join. These groups are usually based on an artist's chosen medium and content. Some examples of these are Literature (poetry, prose, etc.), Drawing (traditional, digital, or mixed-media), Photography (macro, nature, fashion, stills), and many others. Within these groups are where users do collaborations and have their art featured and introduced to artists of the same kind. DeviantArt does not allow [[pornography|pornographic]], sexually explicit and/or obscene material to be submitted;<ref>[https://www.deviantartsupport.com/en/article/what-is-mature-content-453216 DeviantArt FAQ: What is Mature Content?] on the DeviantArt Help Center.</ref> however, "tasteful" nudity is allowed, even as photographs.<ref>[https://www.deviantartsupport.com/en/article/what-is-deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-themes "What is DeviantArt's policy around 'sexual themes'?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820214237/https://www.deviantartsupport.com/en/article/what-is-deviantarts-policy-around-sexual-themes |date=August 20, 2021 }} on the DeviantArt Help Center.</ref> To view mature artwork and content, members must be at least 18 years of age and to enable the content, they have to make an account. In order to communicate on a more private level, Notes can be sent between individual members, like an email, or direct message, within the site.<ref name="Perkel, Daniel 2012. p.34" /> The other opportunities for communication between members are DeviantArt's forums, for more structured, long-term discussions, and chat rooms, for group instant messaging.<ref>Perkel, Daniel. [http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf "Making Art, Creating Infrastructure: DeviantArt and the Production of the Web"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216005726/http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel/diss/DanPerkel-dissertation-2011_update.pdf |date=February 16, 2020 }}. Berkeley CA. Retrieved September 28, 2012. p.35</ref>

{| class="wikitable"

===Versions===

DeviantArt has been revising the website in "versions," with each version releasing multiple new features. Coincidentally, the third, fourth and fifth versions of the site were all released on August 7, the "birthday" of the website's founding.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left;"

|-

! Version

! Symbol !! Type of User

! Release

! Changes

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|1

| align="center" | '''~''' || Member (the level a deviant achieves by registering)

| style="text-align:center;"|August 7, 2000

|Version 1 of the site goes public as part of the Dmusic Network.

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|2

|align="center" | '''*''' || Subscriber (one who pays a subscription)

| style="text-align:center;"|February 5, 2002

|In version 2, browsing was made easier.<ref name="dav2">{{cite web | url=http://news.deviantart.com/article/6581/ | title=News: OMG OMG OMG | date=February 5, 2002 | access-date=December 26, 2007 | archive-date=September 28, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928081812/http://news.deviantart.com/article/6581/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|3

|align="center" | '''=''' || Official Beta Tester (a subscriber who participates in the beta testing program)

| style="text-align:center;" |August 7, 2003

|<!--Did things change at all in this case? Pls check this!-->The "extreme speed and reliability increase" was accompanied by some bugs that had to be fixed.<ref>{{Cite web|title = DAv3 September Status Update, Bug Fixes and More|url = http://jark.deviantart.com/journal/DAv3-September-Status-Update-Bug-Fixes-and-More-214140497|website = deviantart.com|access-date = December 7, 2015|last = jark|date = August 31, 2003|archive-date = March 27, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170327080920/http://jark.deviantart.com/journal/DAv3-September-Status-Update-Bug-Fixes-and-More-214140497|url-status = live}}</ref> For the release of version 3, there were numerous free giveaways.<ref name="dav3">{{cite web |url=http://news.deviantart.com/article/10692/ |title=News: deviantArt Passes The Terrible Twos, Turns Three! |access-date=December 21, 2007 |archive-date=December 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216161039/https://www.deviantart.com/jark/journal/deviantART-Passes-The-Terrible-Twos-Turns-Three-214140712 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|4

|align="center" | '''`''' || Senior Member (a member recognized by staff as a positive contributor to the deviantART community, awarded with [some] permanent subscriber privileges. Seniorship may be revoked in special cases, reassigning the member to a normal Member or Subscriber, depending on the last paid subscription. Also, former staff typically retain senior membership, and often attain the "Until Hell Freezes Over" subscription status.)

| style="text-align:center;"|August 7, 2004

|In version 4, the [[Instant messaging client|chat client]] called dAmn was added to the site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.deviantart.com/article/15672/ |title=News: deviantART v4; Fournando be dAmned |publisher=News.deviantart.com |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928081926/http://news.deviantart.com/article/15672/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|5

| align="center" | '''°''' || Alumni Staff (Former Core Staff Member)

| style="text-align:center;"|August 7, 2006

|In version 5, each deviant has a Prints account, through which they may sell [[printmaking|prints]] of their works for money, receiving 20% of the profits.{{Clarify|reason=of the sale price perhaps?|date=October 2015}} Users can also obtain Premium Prints Account offering 50% of the profits and an immediate check of material submitted for sales. Before version 5 of DeviantArt, users did not have by default access to this service and it had to be obtained separately. By paying for a subscription, a deviant could also sell their work for 50% of each sale.<ref name="dav5">{{cite web |url=http://spyed.deviantart.com/journal/9639361/ |title=Spyed's DeviantArt Journal: deviantART v5 Release Notes |author=Angelo Sotira |date=August 8, 2006 |access-date=December 21, 2007 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928003126/http://spyed.deviantart.com/journal/9639361/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|6

|align="center" | '''#''' || Art Group Member [no longer in use] (now the "#" refers to a channel (chatroom) in the deviantART Messaging Network, dAmn.)

| style="text-align:center;"|July 10, 2008

|In version 6, the message center, front page and footer were revamped, and users could now customize the DeviantArt navigation toolbar. The design style of the site was slightly modified as well.<ref name="dav6">{{cite web | url=http://news.deviantart.com/article/52608/ | title=News: deviantArt Version 6 | access-date=July 10, 2008 | author=DeviantArt, Inc | archive-date=October 20, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020014713/http://news.deviantart.com/article/52608/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|6.1

|align="center" | '''£''' || "Minister" of deviantART (the [http://summitgroup.deviantart.com summitgroup] account is the only current Minister of deviantART). This symbol was introduced as part of the 2004 April Fool's Day joke, which claimed that British staff members took over deviantART, resulting many Non-British staff members bearing a "Banned Member" symbol next to their name, while British staff members received the £ symbol. This was merely a visual change though and was reverted on [[April 2]], [[2004]].

| style="text-align:center;"|Early 2009

|In version 6.1, there is a slight change of design and easier search options, in addition to users being given more options to customize their profiles, and stacks are added to the message center later in 2010.

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|7

|align="center" | '''@''' || dAmn/Shoutbox/Forum Volunteer

| style="text-align:center;"|May 18, 2010

|Version 7 features a new smaller header design and the removal of the search bar except on the home page. The staff later made updates to Version 7, including adding a search bar to every page.

|-

| style="text-align:center;"|8

|align="center" | ''':''' || Premium Content Staff [currently defunct]

| style="text-align:center;"|October 15, 2014<br /> (updated December 4, 2014)

|-

|Version 8 features a new logo and a re-styled header, removal of the large footer, updated browsing interface, addition of "watch feed," a [[Web feed|news feed]] containing a summary of postings by watched users, status updates, and additions to user collections.

|align="center" | '''©''' || Copyright & Etiquette Administration Staff

|-

|align="center" | '''%''' || deviantART Prints Staff

|-

|align="center" | '''+''' || General Volunteer

|-

|align="center" | '''¢''' || Creative Staff

|-

|align="center" | '''^''' || Gallery Director ( volunteer )

|-

|align="center" | '''$''' || Core Administrator

|-

|align="center" | '''!''' || Banned or Closed Account

|}

==== Eclipse (Version 9) ====

==deviantART Shop==

This service was formerly known as deviantART Prints, and before that, deviantPrints. Formerly a secondary website that acts as deviantART's store, it is now fully integrated with deviantART.com. Here, any user who has bought a Prints account ($24.99) may sell their deviations, printed onto a variety of media such as mugs or jigsaws, and earn 50% of the profits above a pre-set "base cost". The Prints account is a one time fee, will not expire, and is non-transferable.

In early November 2018, DeviantArt released a promo site showcasing a new update, titled 'Eclipse'. The site showed that the update would include a [[minimalist]] design strategy, a dark mode option, modified CSS editing, improved filtering through a 'Love Meter,' profile headers, and other cosmetic changes and improvements. The update would also include no third-party advertisements and improved features for the site's Core users.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deviantarteclipse.com/ |title=Home |website=deviantarteclipse.com |access-date=December 2, 2018 |archive-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521130634/https://www.deviantarteclipse.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Prints II, the newest remake of the system, will be launched in stages, the first having already taken place in November 2006. New features include: basic print account for all members (paying print account owners with added features), new products available such as T-Shirts, and an annual instead of lifetime fee.

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On November 14, 2018, a beta version of the Eclipse site was made available for Core Members who marked their accounts for beta testing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/danlev/journal/BETA-TEST-DeviantArt-Eclipse-772595054|title=BETA TEST: DeviantArt Eclipse by danlev on DeviantArt|website=www.deviantart.com|date=November 14, 2018|access-date=December 2, 2018|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111181823/https://www.deviantart.com/danlev/journal/BETA-TEST-DeviantArt-Eclipse-772595054|url-status=live}}</ref> As of November 21, 2018, the site reported that over 4,000 users tried Eclipse and that the site received almost 1,700 individual feedback reports; these included bug reports, feature requests, and general commentary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/heidi/journal/Thank-You-for-Your-Feedback-on-Eclipse-773552372|title=Thank You for Your Feedback on Eclipse! by Heidi on DeviantArt|website=www.deviantart.com|date=November 21, 2018|access-date=December 2, 2018|archive-date=April 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423040426/https://www.deviantart.com/heidi/journal/Thank-You-for-Your-Feedback-on-Eclipse-773552372|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 6, 2019, DeviantArt officially released Eclipse to all users, with a toggle to switch back to the old site. On May 20, 2020, the previous User Interface was discontinued from access, leaving only Eclipse available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deviantartsupport.com/en/article/new-deviantart-launch-late-may|title=New DeviantArt Launch: Late May|website=DeviantArt Help Center|access-date=2020-04-22|df=mdy-all|archive-date=August 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827213732/https://www.deviantartsupport.com/en/article/new-deviantart-launch-late-may|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==dAmn (deviantART messaging network)==

'''dAmn''' (deviantART messaging network) is the name of the real-time chat system implemented on deviantART version 4. Through dAmn, users can join one of many existing channels and also create their own. It is based on a proprietary protocol and chat server application, and is not compatible with other chat systems. The client end is either a [[Macromedia Flash|Flash]] or [[Java platform|Java]] application, or Mozilla extension for server communication, coupled with a [[JavaScript]] backend to handle the messages.

In July 2021, a feature called DeviantArt Protect was added that notifies members if their copyright has potentially been infringed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/DeviantArt-Protect-Helping-Safeguard-Your-Art-884278903|title=DeviantArt Protect: Helping Safeguard Your Art|website=DeviantArt|access-date=2021-07-01|df=mdy-all|archive-date=March 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312141401/https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/DeviantArt-Protect-Helping-Safeguard-Your-Art-884278903|url-status=live}}</ref> This feature was extended to include tracking non-fungible tokens on [[Web3]] [[marketplace]]s in May 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Robertson|first=Adi|date=May 17, 2022|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/17/23077174/deviantart-protect-nft-crypto-stolen-art-blockchain-detection|title=DeviantArt is expanding its system for flagging stolen NFT art|website=The Verge|access-date=2022-05-17|df=mdy-all|archive-date=March 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312121843/https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/17/23077174/deviantart-protect-nft-crypto-stolen-art-blockchain-detection|url-status=live}}</ref>

Only hours after the release of dAv4 (deviantART version 4) and dAmn, the protocol had been reverse engineered and publicized. The same night, a first working [[Perl]] client was made available.<ref name="damnos">[http://moeffju.net/w/dAmn/ The dAmn Interoperability Project] – a project creating Open Source and Free clients and specifications for dAmn</ref>

More selling options for members were added between 2022 and 2023. In September 2022, DeviantArt introduced a [[subscription service]], allowing members to receive funding from their fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Subscriptions-Beta-Make-Money-Connect-with-Fans-890005897|title=Subscriptions Beta: Make Money, Connect with Fans|website=DeviantArt|access-date=2021-09-01|df=mdy-all|archive-date=April 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428185932/https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Subscriptions-Beta-Make-Money-Connect-with-Fans-890005897|url-status=live}}</ref> DeviantArt charges a [[Commission (remuneration)|commission]] of 2.5 to 12 percent, as well as payment processing fees, on this funding. In March 2023, a way to sell ownership of individual artwork called Adoptables was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Adoptables-BETA-Buy-and-sell-unique-creations-950202820|title=Adoptables BETA: Buy and sell unique creations!|website=DeviantArt|access-date=2023-03-29|df=mdy-all|archive-date=March 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312123338/https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Adoptables-BETA-Buy-and-sell-unique-creations-950202820|url-status=live}}</ref> The Adoptables tool was later renamed to Exclusives in October 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Exclusives-Buy-sell-and-resell-unique-art-984715615|title=Exclusives: Buy, sell, and resell unique art!|website=DeviantArt|access-date=2023-10-11|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Today users have a choice of clients for various operating systems, written in different languages, and with more or improved features over the official client.

==Live events==

The official client, while flash/java based, has limited crossbrowser support. Very few Opera users, for example, report any success in using it. [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] is seemingly the most compatible browser for viewing the site.

===deviantART Summit===

[[File:Hollywood Palladium.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Hollywood Palladium]] while hosting the first deviantART Summit]]

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On June 17 and 18, 2005, DeviantArt held their first convention, the deviantART Summit, at the [[Hollywood Palladium|Palladium]] in the [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]] area of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]. The [[wiktionary:summit#Noun|summit]] consisted of several exhibitions by numerous artists, including [[computer art scene|artscene groups]] old and new at about 200 different booths. Giant projection screens displayed artwork as it was being submitted live to DeviantArt, which was receiving 50,000 new images daily at the time.<!-- Invalid <ref name="times_linerider" /> The summit also hosted various art-related workshops and seminars.<ref name="summit">{{cite web|url=http://news.deviantart.com/article/16992/ |title=News: The 2005 deviantART Summit |access-date=December 21, 2007}}</ref> -->

===deviantART World Tour===

[[image:Das05-palladium-1-x768.jpg|right|thumb|The Hollywood Palladium while hosting the first annual deviantART Summit.]]

[[File:DeviantART World Tour Toronto.jpg|thumb|World Tour meet in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] in 2007]]

Starting May 13, 2009, DeviantArt embarked on a world tour, visiting cities around the world, including [[Sydney]], [[Singapore]], [[Warsaw]], [[Istanbul]], [[Berlin]], [[Paris]], [[London]], [[New York City]], [[Toronto]] and [[Los Angeles]]. During the world tour, the new "Portfolio" feature of DeviantArt was previewed to attendees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.deviantart.com/article/79645/|title=deviantART World Tour 2009|author=DeviantArt|date=May 8, 2009|access-date=July 31, 2009|archive-date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928081907/http://news.deviantart.com/article/79645/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://hq.deviantart.com/ | title=#hq on deviantArt | author=DeviantArt | access-date=May 8, 2009 | archive-date=March 14, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314142157/http://hq.deviantart.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

On [[June 17]] and [[June 18]], [[2005]], deviantART held their first convention, the deviantART Summit, at the [[Hollywood Palladium|Palladium]] in [[Hollywood, California]]. The summit consisted of several exhibitions by numerous artists, including [[computer art scene|artscene groups]] old and new at approximately 200 different booths. Giant projection screens displayed artwork as it was being submitted live to deviantart.com, which receives 30,000 new images daily. The summit also hosted various art-related workshops and seminars. Leaders of deviantART hope to hold a new summit each year; however at this point, no plans have been announced for a 2006 Summit.

==="Birthday Bashes" and deviantMEET===

==Criticism==

Occasionally, DeviantArt hosts a meeting for members to come together in real life and interact, exchange, and have fun. There have been meetings for the birthday of DeviantArt, called "Birthday Bashes," as well as simple general get-togethers around the world. In 2010, European DeviantArt members held a deviantMEET to celebrate DeviantArt's birthday in August.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deviantart.com/darelated/devmeet/?order=9&q=birthday+bash |title=Browsing DeviantMEETS on deviantART |publisher=DeviantArt.com |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327170705/http://www.deviantart.com/browse/all/darelated/devmeet/?q=birthday+bash&order=9 |url-status=live }}</ref> There was also a celebration that year in the House of Blues in Hollywood, California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://heidi.deviantart.com/journal/deviantART-s-10th-BirthdAy-Bash-Party-with-us-214229857 |title=deviantART's 10th BirthdAy Bash! Party with us! by Heidi on deviantART |date=July 27, 2010 |publisher=Heidi.deviantart.com |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327080848/http://heidi.deviantart.com/journal/deviantART-s-10th-BirthdAy-Bash-Party-with-us-214229857 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===deviantART as a corporation===

deviantART was originally created as a part of a larger network of music related websites called the [[Dmusic.com|Dmusic]] Network. The site flourished largely because of a team of volunteers after its launch, but was officially incorporated in 2001 about 8 months after launch.

Over the years, the website has grown so much that several features available to non-subscribers have been removed. These removals have been explained as both an encouragement for members to subscribe (such as the ability to view artwork [[thumbnail]]s in a user's message center) and due to cutbacks that had to be made to save bandwidth during the "bandwidth-crisis" that happened in deviantART's second year where providing a free service to so many users put a huge strain on the site resources.

===Termination of Scott Jarkoff===

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Problems and uproars are linked even to this apparently simple question: Who founded deviantART? According to Scott Jarkoff, Matt Stephens and himself are the only founders. According to other sources, the idea of deviantART sprouted in mid [[1999]], originally a solution to the need for a skin section on a site called DMusic, run by Angelo Sotira. Jarkoff was the mastermind, and pitched the idea to Sotira, the idea of a website where users could submit and share their custom skins. Sotira approved of the idea, and Jarkoff began work. Soon Stephens became involved, when Jarkoff showed him his design ideas. Stephens suggested the site be open to all forms of visual artwork, instead of just skins. Together they brainstormed and coded, and the site opened on [[August 7]], [[2000]]. While Sotira was not a large part of the community until [[2002]], his initial involvement led him to claim he was also originally the third co-founder, a claim refuted by Jarkoff and Stephens. Anyway, it is important to notice that Scott Jarkoff, also known as jark, wrote in his staff bio this:

"It was myself, `matteo and $spyed that founded deviantART back in the summer of 2000. At the time $spyed and I were working together on DMusic and we were trying to come up with ideas for a skinning section for all the MP3 related software. After doing some soul searching I came up with the name deviantART and the idea of branding submissions as deviations and users as deviants. `matteo joined in the fray and we chose to make deviantART a complete art site from the onset. Of course that is an extremely concise representation of what took place in order to get deviantART launched and off the ground.",

as you can read here [http://mikeylove.deviantart.com/journal/6104784/]. If you read the comment made now by jark to his own past words, you can see that he does not say at all that that staff bio excerpt is false, but simply that he wrote it that way because he had to do so. (see here [http://comments.deviantart.com/5/6104784/157282320]).

-->On [[July 29]], [[2005]], (co-founder) Scott Jarkoff (AKA "Jark" or "Yellow Alien") was terminated from deviantART staff, causing an uproar within the community. Various statements by deviantART regarding the issue have portrayed his termination as necessary, but most of the user base rejects this assertion. With Matthew Stephens' resignation in [[2003]], supporters of Scott Jarkoff assert that now neither of the founders remain in deviantART's administration. In contrast, Sotira insists he was a founder, and also the first full time working staff member of the deviantART administration. The deviantART administration has been generally tight-lipped throughout the incident, citing legal restraints.

Various campaigns have sprung up in support of Scott Jarkoff, including the "[http://onestar.deviantart.com/journal/6061173/ Bring Back The Community]" campaign, Save The Alien, and "Yellow Day" (because Jarkoff was sometimes known as the "Yellow Alien"), which was carried out by many of Scott Jarkoff's supporters on deviantART's fifth anniversary, [[August 7]], [[2005]], and the lesser publicised "Grey Day" (in honor of Matthew Stephens).

On [[July 31]], [[2005]], Sotira posted an [http://spyed.deviantart.com/journal/6095324/ official response] to explain the situation. The [http://spyed.deviantart.com/journal/6095324/?commentslimit=100 response to this entry] was mixed.

===Copyright and Trademark issues===

Historically, there has been sporadic unease regarding deviantART's potential usage of uploaded art. Posting requires assent to dA's [http://about.deviantart.com/policy/submission/ Submission Agreement], which grants deviantART the legal permissions to re-use and even modify any artwork posted on deviantART (see in particular Section 3. License), as well as the right to sublicense any of that artwork to a third party at dA's sole discretion.

Critics have argued that those usage rights are too broad and far-reaching, that the legal language is unnecessarily complex and weighed in dA's favor, and that the difficulty of terminating the agreement means that "dA effectively owns your art." Defenders assert that deviantART needs the rights to legally offer its basic services, and to enable future services and business relationships that may become desirable. (See also the official Help Desk [http://help.deviantart.com/226/ response] to questions and criticism.)

On [[March 1]], [[2006]], deviantART's administration issued the most dramatic revision to date in response to months of community initiative. The far-reaching usage rights remain intact, but matters of termination have been clarified, improved, and made more accessible, so that artists can reclaim their usage rights simply by removing their works from dA as they please. Though some remain concerned about the basic arrangement, many now feel reassured by the new "freedom to leave."

Outside the legal issues involved in posting art, the immense popularity of the site has made it an easy target for copyright violation, as a malicious user can easily re-use artwork displayed on deviantART (usually as [[clip art]] for websites) without the creator's knowledge. Also, many users either ignorant of the site's purpose or the site's submission agreement often submit art works they did not produce. Some may display art created by themselves, but which depicts a character registered as a [[trademark]] (for example, [[Mickey Mouse]]). Others attempt to use deviantART as a basic bulk photo-hosting site for their own needs, which is also strongly discouraged.

Due to the impractical nature of researching the copyright status of any art work reused in deviations, many copyright violations remain untouched until the violation has been proven. Administrative work regarding policy violations is often viewed as one-sided and unconcerned; this is because some users are not aware of the copyright policies, and claim to be falsely or mistakenly accused. This has led to many clashes between users and staff.

Recently, deviantART has given its users the option to submit their works under a [[Creative Commons licenses|creative commons license]][http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/legalcode] giving the artists the right to choose how their works can be used.

===Concerns over free expression===

A concern for some deviantART members is the supposed increasing intolerance towards certain kinds of art, such as those depicting male nudity, as opposed to the female nude which is very popular on the site. (This however, is more likely a matter of the commonality of said types of nudity, and the site's policy holds no sexist discrimination involving the gender of the nude subject, but rather the banning of pieces is based on individual objectivity, should the piece be regarded as pornographic) The site itself is unbiased towards or against any type of art, other than images which are graphically pornographic, violate [[copyright]] laws, or promote [[racism]].

The deviantART staff are also able to delete any of the Deviations on the site, and will do so if that Deviation has broken the rules of the site. However, there have been worries that artworks or comments have been deleted when they back up positions that either contradict the site's staff's political positions or draw ire from the site's sponsors or potential sponsors.

===Daily Deviations===

Each day, some deviations are chosen by staff members to be shown on the front page. The name had been changed to Staff Picks to reflect the fact that each feature only represents the opinion of the staff member who selected it for the feature. Only some staff members have the ability to feature deviations, and site policy is that this choice is completely up to the individual. There are guidelines that staff should seek to promote lesser known members and refrain from giving a Staff Pick to a member who has had several of them before, but these are not mandatory.

Misunderstanding the above policy has led to concern from many members in the community who feel that the Daily Deviations should be used for a certain purpose. The lack of a certain type of artwork among the list of Daily Deviations is often seen as censorship. This is, however, only due to the tastes of the staff who feature deviations. The most controversial aspect of this is between male and female nude photographs, where the female nudes which have been posted as Daily Deviations vastly outnumber the male nudes.

Daily Deviations can be suggested by normal users by use of the site Notes message system. The deviantART [[FAQ]] recommends that users send their notes to the Gallery Director who oversees the gallery in which the art they want to suggest resides. While some staff members reply to every suggestion received, others only reply to suggestions they agree with. This has led many users to believe that their views are seen as unimportant by staff and led to a more fractured relationship between staff and users.

Some members see Daily Deviations as very important, others are more ambivalent. As it is, a featured deviation is only spotlighted for one day. Normally this results in between 1000 and 8000 additional views of the artwork. Other ways for deviations to be promoted by users include [[Hyperlink|linking]] to them in [[journals]], or marking them as a favourite.

Other concerns are the growing number of kitten photographies that are being showcased in the Daily Deviations, the tendency has been very common in the late months, leading to a big question on the photography community at the site on what do the administrators judge when choosing a Daily Deviation, overall use of artistic and technical skills or just "cuteness"

===Concerns over deviantMOBILE===

The deviantMOBILE service allows artworks to be downloaded to a user's phone wallpaper free of charge, whether that user is the author or not, but only if the original author has agreed. This has raised some copyright concerns, especially because the original authors of the downloaded Deviations receive none of the revenue produced.

The main concern over the service is that it is an ''opt-out'' service rather than an ''opt-in'' one, in that all artworks submitted to the site before the onset of deviantMOBILE were automatically signed up for the service. This led to many full galleries being made available without the authors' awareness, as many artists said they did not receive the emails that warned them of the introduction of deviantMOBILE.

Most objections to the service fail to take into account the stipulation in the license agreement that deviantART may distribute anything submitted to the site using any form of digital media. However, some also point out that a mobile-phone screen is hardly the place for artworks, and devalues or defaces the work of many artists unfairly. deviantMOBILE is still in service at the current date.

===Concerns over usage of deviantART===

The photographic community on deviantART has expressed their complaints about the fact that the artistic photography galleries are being used to post inappropriate photos<ref>{{cite web

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These include:

* Self portraits that show the arm extended holding the camera, often referred to as "myspace shots" because this style is often used in user profiles on [[MySpace]] and other similar websites.

* Ordinary photos of dogs, cats, or other pets in the "[[domestication|domesticated]] animals" category.

* [[Snapshot (photography)|Snapshots]] from parties or other social gatherings in the "Spontaneous portraits" category.

Note that this not simply a case of art being "in the eye of the beholder". Almost all of the problem photos are made with [[point and shoot camera]]s or even [[camera phone]]s with little or no concern for proper composition, lighting (often using built-in flash), or any artistic value to justify being in the aforementioned galleries. These photos are felt to clog the photographic galleries and discourage photographers who have carefully selected photos and put in the effort to bring them up to standard before submission.

In conjunction with these concerns is the question of when artistic nudity becomes mere pornography. The inability of the administration to issue a solution to these problems has often been criticized.

==See also==

* [[WorthConcept 1000art]]

* [[WinCustomizeDigital art]]

* [[ElfwoodFan art]]

* [[Dmusic.comTumblr]]

* [[Storm-ArtistsThreadless]]

* [[Body inflation]]

* [[Artificial intelligence visual art]]

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*[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67955,00.html "Deviants Descend on Tinseltown"] by David Cohn, ''Wired News'', June 21, 2005, retrieved June 22, 2006

:: Note: The summit was held Friday and Saturday, contrary to how the second paragraph of the Wired article reads.

* [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/995086891.html?dids=995086891:995086891&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT "Deviantart.com Cool 2 Know, DeviantArt.com"] by Deidre Stein Greben, [[Newsday]], [[March 1]] [[2006]], retrieved May 25, 2006. (Original archive of NewsDay article)

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