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A web-based community for artists and their art. Said art takes the form of drawings, paintings, CGA, photgraphy, prose, poetry, woodworking, sculpture, film and more. Though DeviantArt is home to a wealth of talented artists, it has seemingly become an online gathering place for Emos, Fangirls and Moe-whores. Furthermore, a, now considerable, proportion of the art is comprised of fanart (and fanfiction to a lesser extent) and poorly drawn nude art that, serving no purpose as actual art, is better defined as cheap, low quality pornography.

Guy 1: Hey, did you see that oil painting of New York that I posted on DeviantArt the other day? I think I really captured the vibrancy of Central Park, although- Guy 2: Hey, DeviantArt, I saw a really awesome picture of *Insert female Naruto character here* on there yesterday! OMG, so moe! Guy 1: *begins tying noose to tree*

By Shadowy

The artist's LiveJournal.

Writer is to LiveJournal as artist is to DeviantArt.

By myrmidon101

Officially the NUMBER 1 place to go to for: - Anime style pictures which have had their contrast levels raped to the extreme on photoshop. - Pictures of brightly coloured cartoon dogs with what appears to be emo fringes and bling. - Bad black and white photos of nude females. - And of course an endless torrent of Sonic, The Lion King and Final Fantasy fanart. The Last place to go for: -Artwork

16 year old girl: wow im so lyk gonna upload my new wolf character on DeviantArt!!!!1 How original!1!1

By PsychoFox

deviantArt is a website where users submit art, photography, poetry, and prose. Upsides: Being able to search virtually anything and getting a result Submitting art There are many, many tutorials if you are having trouble drawing ANYTHING Getting comments Administrators are easily approachable Getting criticism so you can improve Getting watches The satisfaction of improving like crazy and getting inspired by art every few days Getting favorites Buying a subscription; it's almost worth it Hanging out with your friends You can sometimes get a laugh from a picture you see Looking at other pictures you like Buying prints Favoriting and commenting on other pictures you like Getting pageviews Downsides: Not getting comments, watches, or favorites Bad pictures People flaming you for giving some helpful criticism People posting emo sh.. in their journal Art thieves Art/Writer's block (that's not dA's fault though) Because of the deviation overflow, new deviations submitted appear on the front page for only a few seconds; it only catches a deviant's eye if it's particularly cute or particularly good It is really, really hard to get publicity I have an account on deviantart, and it's practically my life. The good things outweigh the bad, especially if you take criticisms and appreciate and look at art all the time.. If you don't, your art will probably never get any better. Deviantart really gives me a sense of self-satisfaction. x3

Friend: I've improved on anatomy and pretty much everything since i've joined deviantart <3333 I love it. It's my antidrug.

By Cookiers

A place where some naked chick qualifies as art.

Have you been to Deviantart? No. At least half the stuff there shouldn't qualify as art.

By FlareKitsune