Celebrate DeviantArt's 15th Birthday! by Heidi, journal
Celebrate DeviantArt's 15th Birthday!
As DeviantArt enters its 15th year on the Internet, we want to take a moment before blowing out our candles to thank the community for allowing us the honor of hosting the site that you call your home for art. After all, it's the community's 15th birthday, too, and in the past few months, we've been making it our top priority to share with you our plans for the future, celebrate the successes of our past, and look to you for guidance on how best we can serve each of you while entering this new phase of DeviantArt's existence.
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As DeviantArt enters its 15th year on the Internet, we want to take a moment bef
A simple guide on: Commissioning an Artist. by Suzanne-Helmigh, journal
A simple guide on: Commissioning an Artist.
It's often not as simple as one wants it to be when both artist and client want it to be: Cost efficient, time efficient and quality efficient.
I've often spend my time discussing the best way to handle commissions with clients and artist friends that I came to the conclusion that clarity and understanding is key.
I will divide the guidelines I work with based on 3 commission types.
:bulletblue: Character commissions.
:bulletblue: Book covers ( or illustrations)
:bulletblue: Concept art.
Reading all 3 parts will give you the full scope as a lot of it applies to one another as well.
:bulletgreen: Character commissions.
:bulletblue: 1.
hey fellow deviants just thought I would write a post on how to grow a page.
I kind of have an obsessive personality so often I devote more time than needed.
here are some tips and tricks I've picked up over the last year.
I can get about 50 new views a day if I do a little work.
feel free to chime in with your own Ideas I would love a little discussion
#1 good art work is the best for growing a page practice, practice, practice and more practice
you never know when you could get a DD it pays
#2 get out there comment, post, fav, watch, all will give you traffic, places where there is a lot of traffic
are the Daily deviants and peo
Adoptables, Auctions by Karijn-s-Basement, journal
Adoptables, Auctions
What is an Adoptable Auction?
An Adoptable Auction it's like a normal auction, with an adoptable on the plate and the highest point/money offer wins. These are not 'first come, first serve' adoptables.
Is it the same thing as a Name-Your-Price Adoptable?
Both can cause a bidding war, but no, they're not the same thing. Auctions are more organized and have more terms to them that the NYP Adopts. NYP Adopts usually have a price range and not a starting bid, they don't have an autobuy, nor a minimum bid raise and end when the Adoptable Creator feels like it.
Terminology
Bid = Money/Point Offer
Starting Bid/Base Bid (SB) = The first and low