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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 - 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
:bulletpurple:
Pimps and Whoas - March 12, 2013Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple: The Enduring Enigma of Collage
:bulletpurple: Site Update: Survey
:bulletpurple: Join us for a deviantMEET in Seattle WA 
:bulletpurple: Site Update: Bug Fixes and Discussion
:bulletpurple: Site Update March 7
:bulletpurple: Selling on the Premium Con
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
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
dA Related CR Update: December 2012Welcome to the last deviantART Related CR Update of the year! :)
News
News posted between the last CR Update and now:
Winners of the devID Spooky Make-up ContestCSS Did You Know? - November 20, 2012, November 28th, 2012, and December 4th, 2012Did You Know? - Username Changing, Llama Locking and
Celebrating Diversity #7Writing this article will prompt me to go on a journey into the deviantART galleries I have rarely explored. I've chosen to feature some deviations from the Film & Animation, Traditional Art and People and Portraits Photography galleries!
Film & Animation


Traditional Art


People & Portraits Photography


Previous Articles
Here are previous Celebrating Diversity articles for your viewing pleasure: 
#1
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
:bulletpurple:
Pimps and Whoas - February 8, 2013Pimps
Official dA News
:bulletpurple: Site Update: The New Submission Process
:bulletpurple: MAMA Scared Stiff Contest Winners
:bulletpurple: Beautiful
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:
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
Celebrating Diversity #13In this issue of Celebrating Diversity, I would like to remind you of an amazing feeling...when you see a piece of art created in a medium or genre that you have little or no experience of working in, and it feels like you're witnessing something magical, something beyond your comprehension.
It's wonderful to revel in the joy of How do they do that? and find inspiration in the creations of other artists. So I challenge you to take a step outside of the galleries that you regularly browse and immerse yourself in the experience of indulging in something new.









How do you celebrate diversity?
:bulletpink: Do you regularly browse, comment on and collect art that's wildly different from what you create?
:bulletpink: Do you watch artists who use mediums that you don't use in your own
Celebrating Diversity #11Digital Art

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Traditional Art


Photography

Artisan Crafts


Literature


Film & Animation


Designs & Interfaces


Cartoons & Comics


Resources & Stock


Anthro

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
dA Related Jan/Feb 2013 CR Update!Welcome to dA Related's first #communityrelations update of 2013!
A few things you can look forward to in 2013:
Gallery restructure - more details on that soon.Two weeks of Project Educate!A whole month of dA Related history with #ArtHistoryProject.Contests!More of me! ;p
Project Educate - only 4 weeks away!
#projecteducate is in four weeks, and I've booked two weeks up to be able fit everything in. If you would like to educate the community by writing an article for the dA Related Project Educate, please note me with the topic you would like to write about. :#1:
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March 18th to 31st, 2013
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It will be a busy six weeks; Art History takes place as soon as Project Educate finishes - so that will be in April. :)
I will need some help with this because I can't post and write 30 articles for the whole month by myself. If you would like to fea
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dA Related CR Update: November 2012

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 8:18 AM
Welcome to this month's Community Relations Update for the deviantART Related gallery! :)

Recent News




devID Spooky Make-up Contest!


If you aren't already aware, I held a deviantID Halloween Contest last month. Winners will be announced over the weekend! :eager:

Until then, you can view every entry submitted here.

CSS Community - Where are you?


Over the past few months, myself and a few others have noticed a sharp decline in the amount of proper journal and gallery skins being submitted.

It's so difficult to find a skin to feature when there's nothing new and refreshing being submitted. It is that time of year where everyone gets busy, but the state of the CSS community is quite concerning at the moment.

I've spoken to some deviants and they've said that they don't have any ideas, or they're struggling to find motivation to be creative.

Let's hope this situation improves soon! :hug:

Restructure Update


Way back in August, I first announced that the deviantART Related would be undergoing a restructure. I have not forgotten about it! :giggle:

I've changed the proposed structure a handful of times and I've finally come up with one. So let me know what you think! Should anything be changed, edited or renamed? :D

Proposed structure*:
  • Deviant Stamps
  • DeviantMEETS
  • Devious Fun
    • Adoptables
    • Art Memes
      • Blank Templates
      • Filled In Templates
    • My Video Stills
    • LOLFella
    • It's Coming
    • Other
  • T-Shirts, Gear & Prints
    • Community Product Shots
      • Product Shots
      • deviantART Gear
    • Featured Action Shots
    • For Sale
    • Reprinting
    • Sold Out
  • Zines
  • deviantART Birthday
    • 12th Birthday
    • Previous Birthdays
  • deviantART Skins
    • Journal Skins
      • Complete CSS
      • Installable Journal Skins
      • Journal Designs
    • Gallery Skins
      • Complete CSS
      • Gallery Designs
    • Journal & Gallery Packs
    • Journal & Gallery Graphics
  • deviantART Customization
    • User Page Resources
    • Browser Scripts & Extensions
    • User Styles
  • deviantART Visual Suggestions
  • deviantID

I will also be proposing a "deviantART Related" category in the Flash gallery.

*This will not be the final structure, as it has to be run by and approved by $Moonbeam13, and she always knows best. ;)

Special Mention


Congrats to former deviantART Related Community Volunteer $namenotrequired for being offered an internship with deviantART's Marketing Department. Drop by his page and congratulate him! :)


Thanks for reading,

^ladygagz
Community Volunteer - dA Related
thelasth0pe@volunteers.deviantart.com

Got a dA Related DD Suggestion or need a forum locked? :lock: - I can help.

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This month's Community Relations Update for the deviantART Related gallery. Includes general news as well as an update with the planned gallery restructure!
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`GillianIvy Apr 19, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Nice structuring. I approve! ;D
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^neurotype Mar 23, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
GAGAAA. Just noticed that the Memes category doesn't allow text submissions, why not :O
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^ladygagz Mar 24, 2013
I think it might be because the category is mainly for art memes. :o What text submission did you want to submit there?
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^neurotype Mar 24, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I don't, but someone brought up that they make meme templates and have no place to put them :o Also there are some writing character memes floating around, it'd be nice to put them somewhere appropriate!
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^ladygagz Mar 25, 2013
Good point. :o I'll bring that up with Danie when she returns.
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^neurotype Mar 25, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
:la: If I think of anything else I'll let you know!
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`GillianIvy Nov 24, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Since my son has started school, instead of having more time to myself as I'd expected I've actually had to have more attention on his school activities and find myself very busy. I am planning another skin, and hope to find time to do more. It has been along time since I made a free skin. Also, there will be the CSS calendar, so some more activity is in the works ;D
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^ladygagz Nov 24, 2012
Yeah, that's fair enough. :hug:

I'm so excited about the CSS calendar! :eager:
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`GillianIvy Nov 24, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Me, too. If you saw my Facebook post then you know what I have planned. I still need to finish that painting for you, too. I'm a terrible procrastinator. But I am of the theory that if I finish something later on I will do it better than I originally would have because my skills would be better :nod: So it shall be more awesome than I original would have made it.
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^ladygagz Nov 24, 2012
Ooh, I can't wait to see what you're going to come up with! :excited: That theory makes a lot of sense. :nod:
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