~galant14b

Hi there Brendan,

Welcome to deviantART! I would like to give you these helpful tips so that you may have direction in your visits here at deviantART.

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Scrapbook: Nice little neat feature to have your junk seperate from your masterpiece.

deviantART FAQ: The official deviantART FAQ. Its a searchable 'living' document containing helpful information/how-to's for deviantART and deviantPrints.

Links are found at the top of every page (Its the orange button labeled Help & FAQ), and at the bottom of every forum reply textbox.

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Policies

deviantART Submission Policy: This is deviantART's submission policy. A link to it is located in the deviantART FAQ and in the left sidebar of the main page. Reading this can save you time, and frustration.

deviantART Etiquette Policy: This is deviantART's etiquette policy. A link to it is located in the deviantART FAQ and in the left sidebar of the main page. Reading this can save you time, and frustration. Under all of these policies are guides and policies about specific areas of deviantART:

Official deviantART Policy on Nudity

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Helpful Tips

deviantART Statistics: Ever wonder just how large deviantART is? Here's your answer! Its located in the left sidebar on the main page.

Complete Gallery List: This is the complete gallery listing, with deviation counts included.

About deviantART: This is the place to find a listing of all of the staff broken up by roles and complete with bios, and a short description about deviantART.

This is helpful for finding online staffers in the search for assistance, or even to ask for a 'closing' of a thread. Its linked to at the bottom of every page.

Info-Desk: This is the unofficial way to obtain personalized help dealing with deviantART from fellow deviants who care. Note, this is not an alternative to the official ~helpdesk.

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Looking Like a Pro created by ` alchemism - This guide help you to promote your art work to get it out there.

So you want to buy a tablet? Description and guide [by ~ mrpumpernickel] to buy the best tablet that fits you.

Getting and Giving Help: This a small, deviant-made guide for getting and giving help for deviantART related issues, especially for the Help Forum.

How To Give Better Comment - (Edited Version) : A reference made by % leodadominico for better comment giving on deviantART. A must for those who want to experience the deviantART community at its best!

Devious Tips & Trick: A great guide by % leodadominico about tips and tricks any user can use to help them experience the deviantART community as it should be experienced. It contains tricks and tips not found in the FAQ, but nonetheless helpful.

Devious News: Often times, the news happens so fast, deviants can miss important updates. Fortunately, one can browse the news by catagory, past and present. The devious news page allows for just that. Its a clean, intuitive way for deviants to seek out past news posts they might have otherwise missed.

Services: Ever wondered how you buy a subscription, or a print account? Want one, but you don't know where to look? Well, at the top of every page is a Services button. It looks like a paint can. You can buy subscriptions, print accounts and AdCast subscriptions from here.

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A Few Guidelines for Anime Images: This is a guide by one of our gallery directors, ^mangapunksai, about what goes into the Anthro/Anime sections and why.

Character "Theft"?: A guide by $ realitysquared about the myths and truths surrounding character theft and what in that area constitues a Policy Violation and what does not.

Proper deviation reporting due to policy violation: A guide by $ realitysquared for those who may file Policy Violation reports. It outlines what should be in a report and what one should avoid when filing the report.

How to get the most from your HelpDesk experience: A guide, by +phae, for those wanting to use the ~helpdesk for technical support and site related issues. It outlines what should go into a helpdesk ticket. A must-read, simply put. At this point in time, I'll make a little note: You see I have been referencing quite a few staff journals.

It is highly recommended you watch both $dygel's and $realitysquared's journals, as they often contain useful information and changes, sometimes before they happen or even hit the news!

Submit News: Have a news-worthy post to make? Tell the news staff about it. Make a news post and submit it in that form. The link is located in the left sidebar of the main page.

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deviantART Pride

These links help deviants better express themselves and their deviantART pride!

Logo

Mascot

Emoticon Legend

Interaction

This section is for links related to devious interaction with the community.

Random Deviation: This brings you to a random deviation.

Random Deviant: This brings you to a random deviant's userpage.

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Forums

Help Forum: The official deviantART help forum, for site related help only.

Suggestions Forum: Have you a serious suggestion for the betterment of deviantART? Be heard: Say it in the Suggestions Forum. The only way you can get the community you want is to build it yourself, and speak up.

dxd's Forum Descriptions: Wonder what the forums are about, and the official descriptions are not enough for you?

deviantART Status Forum: The official deviantART Status Forum. This forum contains updates on issues/news dealing with site performance, maintained by staff. Its found at the top of the main forums at forums . deviantart . com

by Tuan

=simba May 8, 2004, 7:09:51 PM

Welcome to deviantART. If you need any help, let me know.

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.