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Pimps and Whoas - February 8, 2013Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple: Site Update: The New Submission Process
:bulletpurple: MAMA Scared Stiff Contest Winners
:bulletpurple: Beautiful
CR Newsletter - November/December 2012 Director of Community Relations :iconmoonbeam13: :
Table of Contents
1. Happy Holidays and Merry New Year
2. Volunteer Openings in Community Relations
3. Community Projects
4. Official Contests
5  Project Educate 2011/2012
6. Art History Project
7. News from the Chats and Forums
8. News from the Galleries
1. Happy Holidays and Merry New Year
As the old year begins to fade into the sunset, it is customary to reflect on the passing year and make plans for the upcoming one.  Some do this in the form of resolutions, some people make action plans, some people just swing into the new year the same way they swung out of the old one :) Whatever way you intend to welcome in 2013, I hope you're surrounded by love and that you do it safely!
I've been reflecting on the year and like many, with some focus on the unimaginable events of the last few weeks. Specifically, the shooting in Newtown.  I know that it's "human nature" to want to find
Pimps and Whoas - April 17, 2013Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple: Drones
:bulletpurple: Site Update: The New Journal Writer (Beta Testers)
:bulletpurple: The Stock Market No.3
Official Contests
All "official" contests will begin at midnight PST on the start date and end at 11:59 PST on the end date. This applies to all Community Relation run contests and all deviantART s
Pimps and Whoas - April 5, 2013Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple: Introducing Motion Books to deviantART
:bulletpurple: How to Subscribe to the deviantART Status Forum
:bulletpurple: Celebrating Deviousness - April 2013
:bulletpurple: Give a Warm Welcome to the New Alpha Testers
:bulletpurple: Legacy of the Lens
:bulletpurple:
CR Newsletter January/February 2013 Director of Community Relations :iconmoonbeam13: :
Table of Contents
1. New Submission Process and Thumbnail Examples
2. New Galleries and Gallery Additions or Change Requests
3. Why Wasn't I Chosen?
4. Volunteer Openings in Community Relations
5. Community Projects
6. Official Contests
7. Project Educate 2013
8. Art History Project
9. News from the Chats and Forums
10. News from the Galleries
11. Vacation Notice
1. New Submission Process and Thumbnail Examples
In my opinion, one of the greatest advantages to the New Submission Process, are the thumbnail examples and descriptions that appear when you're selecting a category.  It's no secret that we have misplaced deviations throughout the galleries and it's probably the most complained about topic I deal with on a daily basis. My team and I have been working hard to improve the descriptions and thumbnail examples for all of the galleries, and I'm happy
Pimps and Whoas - January 17, 2013Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple:  Holiday Card Project 2012 Wrap Up
:bulletpurple: Introducing Commissions on deviantART
:bulletpurple: Seniority Announcements January 2013
:bulletpurple: Site Update Commissions, deviantART Muro brushes
:bulletpurple: Apparel Collection Monster Talk
Official Contests
All "official" contests will begi
Pimps and Whoas - January 3, 2013Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple: Site Update: Literature Thumbs. Sta.sh Submit
:bulletpurple: Happy Holidays from deviantART
:bulletpurple: Odyssey Propulsion 6
:bulletpurple: Commissions on deviantART
:bulletpurple: Celebratring Deviousness January 2013
:bulletpurple: Dedication to a New Year
Pimps and Whoas - September 27, 2012Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple:  Supercharge Your Profile Like the Masters
:bulletpurple: Have You Met Zee Captain
:bulletpurple: Site Update: Film, Sta.sh Writer Improvements
:bulletpurple: Hot Off the Press: Mythical Creatures Finalists
:bulletpurple: We have our own dA Project Folder
:bulletpurple:
Pimps and Whoas - December 13, 2012Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple: Celebrating Deviousness December 2012
:bulletpurple: Odyssey Propulsion 6
:bulletpurple: Holiday Headquarters 2012
:bulletpurple: Realm of Fantasy - The Anatomy of a Group
:bulletpurple: Be Vigilant of Phishing Scams
:bulletpurple: Gratitude
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CR Newsletter - July/AugustTable of Contents
1. Thank You!
2. Daily Deviations and Groups
3. Volunteer Openings
4. Share Your Opinions
5. Community Projects
6. Official Contests
7  Project Educate 2011/2012
8. Art History Project
9. News from the Chats and Forums
10. News from the Galleries
1. Thank You!
I'd like to take a moment to issue a very important "THANK YOU" to YOU! The deviantART Community.  On the heels of our 12th Birthday, I've looked back at the projects that my team have undertaken and realized that in the last year, especially, the deviantART community has stepped up and helped to make projects like #projecteducate and #ArtHistoryProject successful.  Without your contributions, interest, faves, feedback and participation, projects like these would go no where.  I'm looking forward to more community interaction and participation projects and am always open to your feedback regarding projects or endeavors you'd li
Gallery Makeover ProjectHello everyone :)
Recently my team and I worked tirelessly on a project to help improve the gallery descriptions and thumbnail examples.  While that project was indeed tedious with almost 4,000 categories in our system, it was also educational.  What I learned from sorting through thousands and thousands of categories was that we have a lot of redundancy and a lot of categories that seem to have been created on a whim that are now simply homes for junk.
Over the years, the desire to appease niche communities and people who just wanted a specific area has led to some categories that go up to 4 levels deep, and it's really no wonder it's so confusing for people to figure out where to submit their artwork.
The conclusion I've come to is simplicity.  While I'm not about to rip apart everything and make 6 stand alone categories, I do believe that there is a lot we can do to simplify the category tree.  That includes some of the following:
1. Merging categories that ma
Pimps and Whoas - October 26, 2012Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple: Odyssey Update 1
:bulletpurple: Dante's Inferno - What's the Worst that Can Happen?
:bulletpurple: Witch, Sorceress, Enchantress
:bulletpurple: Site Update - Literature Apperance, Sta.sh Writer
:bulletpurple: Site Update: More Like This Updates
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Pimps and Whoas - August 15, 2012Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple:  Announcing our Creative Grants recipients
:bulletpurple: Keep Calm and Comic-Con
:bulletpurple: Summer Feature
:bulletpurple: Site Update Sta.sh Visual Refresh
:bulletpurple: "FAQ Revamp Underway
:bulletpurple: FAQ Revamp Project Update pt2
:bulletpurple:
Pimps and Whoas - September 14, 2012Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple: Fan Art Law
:bulletpurple: Site Update: New Mobile Site for Beta Testers
:bulletpurple: How we Debug in DT
:bulletpurple: 4 Artists and Their Journeys
:bulletpurple: Stories
:bulletpurple: Remembering 9/11
:bulletpurple: S
CR Newsletter: September/October 2012 Director of Community Relations :iconmoonbeam13: :
Table of Contents
1. Miscellaneous vs Other
2. Attacking the Artist
3. Volunteer Openings in Community Relations
4. Community Projects
5. Official Contests
6  Project Educate 2011/2012
7. Art History Project
8. News from the Chats and Forums
9. News from the Galleries
1. Miscellaneous vs Other
Over the past few months, we've been diligently working on cleaning up the category tree of old and unused categories.  While most of this will go unnoticed by the community, what you will notice is the change from "Miscellaneous" galleries to "Other".  The reason for this change is simple.  The concept of Miscellaneous leads one to believe that it's a junk drawer category for everything under the sun when the intention was to be an "Other" category for deviations that don't fit well in other sub-categories of the tree.  We're also working on u
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`TimberClipse Apr 3, 2013  Professional Filmographer
Donations for a film directed by myself and another deviant, Meredith Basler: [link]

If a link to deviantART is preferred: [link]
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=bmxking1000 Mar 28, 2013  Professional Photographer
i forgot to thank you last month for featuring my Group 101 journal :)
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~tatasz Mar 26, 2013
[link] :la:
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=thefantasim Mar 18, 2013   Digital Artist
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`miontre Mar 15, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Thanks Danie! :la: Great collection, as usual. :)
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=SingingFlames Mar 12, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Excellent collection of news! Thanks for sharing! :la:
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=AzzurraAnthrax Mar 12, 2013  Student General Artist
This may very well be my favorite theme ever ^-^
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~NoctiLuna Mar 12, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Ooh thanks so much for adding my painting! :)
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`dekorAdum Mar 12, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
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`TimberClipse Mar 12, 2013  Professional Filmographer
The Visual Narrative Project: [link]

Thanks Danielle :heart:
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