Social Media [2]

Another form of social media that is affecting my life and lives around me is the art sharing site DeviantArt

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I myself joined the deviantart community since 2007, and still active until now. Deviantart in a nutshell is a place where artists, photographers, crafters, writers, animators, and other creative individuals share their work online.

It is a place where you can get constructive critisisms for your work from other members. This way, you can find out your weaknesses and strengths and improve from the comments. There are many tutorials and resources that is shared in deviantart. A specific category is dedicated to this in the browsing options. New skills can be learnt and own style can be developed as you explore deviantart.

Art theft can be prevented through the option "enable creative commons license" where no one is allowed to use your works for commercial purposes without your permission.

Do not shun away if you think you are not creative because you can also join the community just to appreciate the works by others. The option "Add a collection" /"Add as favourite" and "Watch this deviant" will allow you to collect your favourite deviations or deviants and share the collection with friends.



Deviantart also allows you to sell your artwork through prints. Various merchandise can be chosen for your work such as calender, mug, mousepad, canvas print, framed print, etc. You will gain a percentage of profit from the sales. You only have to check the option "Make it available for print" and deviantart do all the sales and production tasks.

There is also a forum inside deviantart, where you can find job enlistments and commission offers, and many other topics. Topics that are not related to art such as lifestyle, life problems etc are available for you to share personal issues.
There is also a chat section where you can join chatrooms under topics of discussion that you're interested in and have instant messenging to share your views in the site itself.

Besides, deviantart also have News section where people post news article on art community and other issues. This way, we can get to know the current hype and happenings, to see themed art features, etc