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The Stars of dAr - `Mirz123The Stars of dAr is a series where I interview one member of the deviantART Related (dAr) community each time, about personal and dA related matters. For today we have `Mirz123! She creates fantasic stamps, sometimes fun and silly, but also often with an important and profound message, and always in her recognisable style. She's also an enthusiastic community member in many aspects, and can be found in many corners of the community. But enough about her from me - I'll hand the floor to Mirz herself

Hi `Mirz123, thanks for agreeing to be interviewed
- Please tell us something about yourself!
By day I'm a mom who works as a secretary. By night, I don a cape and create emoticons, stamps, and write Lit. Though, looking at my gallery stats, I'm most-known for my stamps.

- Some people may be reading this article

Art Feature - DD suggesters!
As the dA Related Community Volunteer, I am blessed to receive some wonderful DD suggestions sent to me by note!

in the previous issues, I featured some deviations that were suggested to me that I chose not to feature. In this issue, I will feature some work by people who made me several suggestions, as a Thank You to them

Would you like to suggest too? Everyone can do so! See My DD Suggestions Guidelines

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The Stars of dAr: =NAkosThe Stars of dAr is a new series where I interview one member of the deviantART Related (dAr) community each time, about personal and dA related matters. For today we have =NAkos! He's an enthusiastic community member well versed in many different kinds of dA related art - from journal skins to IDs, and from scripts to suggestions, many of which have been implemented. But allow him to introduce himself!

Hi =NAkos, thanks for agreeing to be interviewed
- Please tell us something about yourself!
Hi readers, I am Ákos from Hungary. Basically I am a hobby artist. That means I like to try anything that gets my attention but mostly I am a photographer. On the professional side I am a web developer.

- Some people may be reading this article and going " hey, I recognise them! But what from?". Can you refresh their mind - how have they

And it's not gonna be brief
Because, no one can simply answer this for other people. This journal will not attempt to do that. Instead I have tried to gather a variety of opinions on this subject, so you can read several views and decide for yourself!

Some of the views below were shared with me through note, others in comments to the poll here. Feel free to chip in there too!

there's also more responses left to be enjoyed there - I only selected some from the comments there to pick as many

The Journal Portal and Categories ExplainedA Simple Breakdown of the Journal Portal and Categories
(...but it has a tl;dr just in case.)
This tutorial was written as a resource for everyone to use, feel free to save it somewhere, bookmark, pass on the word etc. I aim to educate

My Journal or the Journal Portal?
When submitting the journal, the options look like this:

My Journal: determines whether it's shown on the featured section of your journal page (and the Journal widget on your profile) or not. If you untick this, it'll only show up on the browse page - just like in the Featured and Browse section of your Gallery.The Journal Portal: tick this if you want your journal to be found in the Journal Portal, which can be found by clicking "journals" to t

Senior Member ~ Ticked Off FeatureHello Everyone

Recently, I was honored by our deviantART Community and became a Senior Member along with several deviants that I have come to know as friends, and several that I do not know as of yet, and truly hope to get to know each and everyone on the list

Information :faq29:
I want to thank whomever nominated me to $fourteenthstar to become a Senior Member and thank you to $fourteenthstar and the deviantART Staff for accepting me as a Senior Member.
I have added "The Senior Member List" from $fourteenthstar's June 29th announcement http://fav.me/d55f1zz along with works of art from each new Senior Members Gallery. I hope you enjoy

`Kneeling-Glory

^neurotype

`SparklyDest

`pinkhavok

`Wolfie-chama
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Seniority Announcement - December 2011This article marks the latest announcements detailing the latest additions to the dizzy height of Senior members in our community. With just over 800 deviants holding the highly saught after ` -- it's clearly a moment that deserves recognition.
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So what does it take to become a Senior? That's a question many have asked and have never really been able to get a straight answer on. Some have gained Seniority as a thank you for their time spent as a Volunteer, or to recognise their contribution to a particular project or collaborative action. Some have gained Seniority because of their community spirit, providing help and assistance to many other deviants and taking time out to promote the work of others in the community.
Some people have received Seniority because of their artistic endevours, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice that stands out above the many others who deviate to be recognised

April 2012dA Related Daily Deviations
This is a monthly article to show all the deviations from the dA related gallery that were featured as Daily Deviations during the month!

There weren't all that many DDs this month since I was away for 3 weeks - but luckily I did manage to have some for you to enjoy

Also see:

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`ginkgografix' Overview of dA related and Guide to the dA related galleries

My DD suggesting guidelines
The features!
deviantART Skins & Scripts
(What are Skins and Scripts?)

deviantART Suggestions
(<a href="http://ginkgografix.deviantart.com/journal/dA-related-presents-Suggestions-214229516">

If you have any deviantART Related news you'd like to share, shoot a note to ^ladygagz.
This issue covers April 2nd to April 8th, 2012
Official deviantART News
Site Update: New Thumbs, Comment Business Cards
deviantART's weekly site update. This update has a list of bug fixes, new features and feedback from the community.
Cutting Edge Prints, Week 14/12
The fourteenth issue of Cutting Edge Prints for 2012. Check out the prints showcased in this article!

...and the contest is closed! Thanks everyone for the entries, judging will commence now.

Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the #communityrelations sponsored deviantART Related Collaborations Contest

Where you have six weeks to work together on any work in the dA related category. A quick overview;
This contest will be open to all mediums in the deviantART Related main category, as well as dA tutorials and dA avatars.It will run from today (3rd April) to May 15 2012. Your entry must be submitted between (or on) those dates!You can participate in three ways (see the bottom of this article for examples);Work on your own based on an existing dA related deviation (with their permission if needed; e.g. find a visual suggestion and make a browser script to make it work).Collaborate with another artist on a piece in one medium (e.g. make a stamp or devID together.)Work together to create two related deviations (e.g. a

The Art of Code
As written by `ginkgografix in the Guide to the deviantART Related Gallery, The browser scripts and extensions category is for scripts that add new functions to (or modify current functions of) deviantART.com. Commonly these scripts are installed through Greasemonkey, but some are designed to install through web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox. Keep in mind that this category is for functioning scripts, not just ideas for scripts.
This is perhaps one of the most resourceful types of dA Related deviations

But, how do you create these? In order to find out, I interviewed a couple of creators of scripts, user styles and apps.

Please tell me briefly about yourself and

Also see:

:faq61:

`ginkgografix’ Overview of dA related & Guide to the dA related galleries

My DD suggesting guidelines
The features!
deviantART Skins & Scripts (What are skins? What are scripts?)

deviantART Suggestions(what is this?)

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CR Newsletter - November + December 2011
Table of Contents
1. Reflections
2. Volunteer Openings
3. Share Your Opinions
4. Community Projects
5. Official Contests
6 Project Educate 2011/2012
7. News from the Chats and Forums
8. News from the Galleries
1. Reflections
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly a year can fly by. I've made it a practice over the years to sit back and reflect on the year, what went well, what didn't and where I'd like to see the new year go. A year can bring a lot of lessons and without reflection it's hard to ensure that you've taken away everything important from it. I apply this personally and to deviantART and it's that time again

A couple of fun highlights:

I got to sit next to Felicia Day and help conduct our interview with her at SXSW. I'm a pretty big fan so this was very cool. Our presence at SXSW was also a v

If you have any deviantART Related news you'd like to share, shoot a note to ^ladygagz.
This issue covers April 9th to April 15th, 2012
Official deviantART News
Site Update: New Sta.sh Submit and Writer Toolbar
deviantART's weekly site update. This update has a list of bug fixes, new features and feedback from the community.
Cutting Edge Prints, Week 15/12
The fifteenth issue of Cutting Edge Prints for 2012. Check out the prints showcased in this article!

If you have any deviantART Related news you'd like to share, shoot a note to ^ladygagz.
This issue covers March 19th to March 25th, 2012

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As the dA Related Community Volunteer, I am blessed to receive some wonderful DD suggestions sent to me by note! Of course I cannot feature them all as Daily Deviations, but I still like many of these that I don't feature. So here's a feature with some of "the best of the rest" - I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do

Of course, the fact that I chose not to feature them yet as DDs doesn't exclude them from still being featured as such in the future

You're always free to suggest them again

A huge thank you to those who suggested these; =Shadowelve, =Mikklings, `JoseFelipeM, `PainInTheAssimilated, ~MayaVogrin, ~spongeenthusiast, =aLzRitH, =NAkos, `Minato-Kushina, ~chris-laitz (3x

), =Ecathe, ~aydean, ^JCROXAS (2x

), ~artist-bent, =little-billie, *erisama, =GraphiteColours, ~dylanPH, ^ClefairyKid, `im-not-sana, !Bekey, =Laurelin-CosPlay (2x

), ~LabLayers, =Moondance-Wolf

I'm very grateful.

Skins & Scripts

deviantIDs

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Deviant Stamps

deviantART Suggestions

Outgoing links in new tabMake outgoing links open in new tab/window.

Why?
I don't like to leave articles and comments at the middle because there is a link in the middle of it. (I know middle click opens in new tab and right click context menu can do that too but that isn't user friendly on dA side)

How?

A)
User clicks on [link]
Outgoing Link warning page opens _self.
When user clicks on the real outgoing link it opens in new tab/window and the original page goes back where it come.

B)
User clicks on [link]
GUI blocker pops up (like at llama giving, group list on profile page etc.)
After user clicks on outgoing link it opens in new wi

Suggestion: Welcome to DeviantARTIntroduction: Something that I feel has been lacking on dA is an official welcome message for new deviants. There are several visual suggestions for helping new deviants find their way around, but sometimes just a few links in an email will do the trick. Below is one proposed version for how this email could be worded. I suggest it be sent to every new account, regardless of whether the user's email is already in use on another account.
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Welcome to DeviantART!
We are a community of millions of artists and writers from all over the globe. To help you find your way around, we've created a video introduction which gives you an idea of what you can do and see on dA.
Please also note our Help and FAQ section. Here are a few FAQs to get you started:
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To help you network, we suggest you check out our groups pa

Devious Fun

Other dA Related

Community Corner

dA related has a nice community full of fun people and helpful deviations! Here's my personal choice of some nice places and people to check out for everyone who's interested in it

| Join #deviantART-Related | Chat in #dARelated | Browse ~darelated |

#deviantART-Related - an unofficial group that is about the entire dA related gallery. Updates, news, and of course submissions of all types dA related

#dARelated is the official chatroom for the gallery. Here, official and unofficial chat events and games take place, and outside of those you can often find people in there too for a general chat.

If you want to learn CSS to create journal skins, ~eCSSercise is a great space to learn!

Some great deviants of the dA related community you may want to check out include `ginkgografix, ^ladygagz, =NAkos, =trezoid, `SanguineEpitaph and `GillianIvy.