DeviantArt is a website for artists to share their creations, including photography, videos, and other media. Founded in 2000, it now has over 50 million users who upload around 80,000 new works daily across thousands of categories. Artists can display their work, collaborate with others, and potentially sell their art. While the site allows for an engaging community and exposure for artists, some criticize its interface as cluttered.

2. WHAT Is ? ? deviantART- a aesthetic site that plays host to millions and millions of user-created art of all different niches. Photography, Graffiti, Video Compilations, and Images are just a small few of the many different topics of art involved in deviantART. Started in 2000, deviantART currently has over 54 million users actively posting new art works on the site. Artists can post any artwork of their own work for it to be displayed on the website for all other users to admire, comment, and even purchase a piece, if they so choose. Not only is this site like an online art portfolio but it also acts as like an art-Facebook if you will…making the site another way for people to expand socially with those who share a common love for art.

4. Coined the name deviantART from the quote “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”

5. Zappa founded the site deviantART in 2000.

7. Create your own personal gallery to either keep private or share with the millions of other online artists.

8. Social Networking site so artists can interact with friends from their hometowns to friends made from foreign countries.

9. Learn from artists from over 190 different countries

10. i.e. http://calizaa.deviantart.com/gallery/375855#/d174tti

12. Incorporates images, audio, video, and many other creative tools that are easy to use on the site. Also seconds as an online gallery and portfolio for artists to keep their work safe and to display it for others, even to sell their works for profit Seconds as a social networking site for friends to hang out and get involved and share in similar interests. How isTHISsite a web 2.0 tool?

13. SIMILAR SITES….. http://conceptart.org/ Conceptart.org also like deviantART features similar themes and site perks but in comparison, many producers, filmakers, artists, and literary buffs choose deviantART.com over its competitors. http://www.artofalti.blogspot.com/ Another type of website…the artofalti is a blog designated to the art of a particular artist who like in deviantART, shares his works and leaves them open for critiques and admiration.

14. FeEdback on deviantART What are Researchers saying about deviantART? Feedback given from art enthusiast Kevin Palmer “Deviant Art blew me away with the amount of features that it presented to the community. My one complaint is that I found their layout and navigation really clunky and cluttered. While you are able to configure your toolbar (which serves as the main community navigation option) I just found it to be a little clunky. That complaint though doesn’t really degrade the user experience and I found the features and the vibrant community to be engaging. If you are into a wide range of art being as an artist and/or as a fan this is a great place to be. I can see why they are dominating this niche right now.”

16. easy access and sharing

17. social network, connect with friends around the globe

18. have the chance to sell items online clunky and somewhat confusing navigation panel artists’ video pieces seem to load much slower than the norm due to the overload of artwork. PROs & COns CONS Pros

19. Citations http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-9914483-29.html http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html http://www.deviantart.com/ http://conceptart.org/ http://artofalti.blogspot.com/ http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&biw=1676&bih=841&q=deviantart.com&aq=f&aqi=n1g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=81a0dc482818bb46 http://socialmediaanswers.com/deviantart-site-review/