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CEA Blog: How to communicate with the CEADuring the course of our daily activities we receive a lot of communication from members, in the interests of helping you get the right help in the quickest possible manner we have put together this guide on how to communicate efficiently with the CEA team.
Before contacting the CEA we ask that you do the following:
Check for a relevant +faq entry to make sure your question isn't already addressed there. This can save you a lot of time waiting for a response that you can easily access.
Check recent #communityops blogs to make sure that your issue hasn't been addressed there.
If reporting harassment, have you blocked the deviant and hidden their comments already?
Collect any relevant information about the issue, links to comments, journals or deviations
If the issue has upset you, take a few minutes to make sure you're calm before contacting us. This will help your tickets

Community Relations News - January + February 2012>
Table of Contents
1. Daily Deviations
2. Bi-weekly Critique Nights
3. Volunteer Openings
4. Share Your Opinions
5. Community Projects
6. Official Contests
7 Project Educate 2011/2012
8. Art History
9. News from the Galleries
1. Daily Deviations
Recently, I announced changes to Daily Deviations in this journal and I'm happy to say that the response has been favorable. To review, we have made the following changes:
a> The "3-month rule" is now the "6-month rule" meaning an artist cannot receive another DD if they have had one in the last 6 months.
b> Daily Deviation selectors are limited to a maximum of one selection per day. This has been put in place to focus on quality vs quantity.
The hard-coding of these new guidelines is now in place (special thanks to $ZombieCoder for that

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These changes are part of an ongoing initiative to better our Dai

April's Challenge: Stalk a $taffer or CV ResultsIn April, we asked group members to stalk a CV or $taff member to help dispel the myth that these people are too important for everyday deviants to get to know. In fact, many of them produce great art and have fun personalities just like you and me! Here's what we found out:
Staffers
:iconmoonbeam13: $Moonbeam13
Name: Danielle Ward (Danie)
Location: Canada
Joined DeviantART: October 19, 2003
Role: Director of Community Relations
Regular Articles: Community Relations Newsletter | Pimps and Whoas | Discovered
$Moonbeam13 is Unique Because: *MissMorticia writes: "Way back in 2005 when I first started using dA, I remember coming across :dev

The Journal Portal and Categories ExplainedA Simple Breakdown of the Journal Portal and Categories
(...but it has a tl;dr just in case.)
This tutorial was written as a resource for everyone to use, feel free to save it somewhere, bookmark, pass on the word etc. I aim to educate

My Journal or the Journal Portal?
When submitting the journal, the options look like this:

My Journal: determines whether it's shown on the featured section of your journal page (and the Journal widget on your profile) or not. If you untick this, it'll only show up on the browse page - just like in the Featured and Browse section of your Gallery.The Journal Portal: tick this if you want your journal to be found in the Journal Portal, which can be found by clicking "journals" to t

CEA Blog: Mature ContentHey guys, today I want to talk about Mature Content on deviantART and hopefully clear up some misconceptions that exist around it. For those of you eager to look at some boobs and hot male torsos, I'm afraid I won't be including any here

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How the mature content filter works
All members over the age of 18 can choose to enable or disable the mature content filter to suit their needs. All members with a registered date of birth under the age of 18 have the mature content filter locked on and can not disable it. All logged out visitors have the mature content filter enabled and can not disable it.
The mature content filter is split in to two types, strict and warning. The strict filter is completely voluntary and prevents any deviant with the mature content filter on from accessing the work. The general or warning filter is the standard mature content tag and will remove the image from immediate view when browsing and place an warning page on the devi

Self Harm Awareness day 1st March 2012

Today marks an awareness day over a subject that can mean many things to many people. Self Harm (or Self Injury) is the act of physical damage to oneself, usually as a coping strategy for expressing deep distress or coping in difficult situations. Self harm commonly is associated with cutting, but can also refer to any physical damage to the self including burning, hitting, taking overdoses, swallowing chemicals, bleaching, hair pulling ( trichotilliomania), scratching and so forth.
You may know what it is, but it is often the reasons why that people are not familiar with. There is still this belief and stereotype surrounding the type of person likely to harming them-self, but the truth is, it could be anyone no matter what gender, culture or age. The reasons behind self harm can be such a huge variety- different people cope in different ways with different distresses. Such issues that may trigger self harm might be bullying, t

Spirit Day 2012"Ultimately, I want Spirit Day to make just one person feel little bit better about his or herself, to feel safe enough in their own skin and to be proud of who they are" - Brittany McMillan
In memory of the young LGBT people who lost their lives to suicide, Brittany encouraged her friends to wear purple on a day in October -- a day that came to be known as Spirit Day. Since then, GLAAD has helped turn Spirit Day into a global event that inspires millions of individuals, celebrities, TV personalities, media outlets, companies and schools to wear purple in a stand against bullying.
While Spirit Day does focus on the LGBT community, I believe that it's anti-bullying message is relevant to every community. It only get's better, if we take the pledge to make it so.
Practice compassion and understanding, and treat others how you would like to be treated and we can make a difference.
Show your support for this anti-bullying me

CR Newsletter - November + December 2011
Table of Contents
1. Reflections
2. Volunteer Openings
3. Share Your Opinions
4. Community Projects
5. Official Contests
6 Project Educate 2011/2012
7. News from the Chats and Forums
8. News from the Galleries
1. Reflections
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly a year can fly by. I've made it a practice over the years to sit back and reflect on the year, what went well, what didn't and where I'd like to see the new year go. A year can bring a lot of lessons and without reflection it's hard to ensure that you've taken away everything important from it. I apply this personally and to deviantART and it's that time again

A couple of fun highlights:

I got to sit next to Felicia Day and help conduct our interview with her at SXSW. I'm a pretty big fan so this was very cool. Our presence at SXSW was also a v

February 2012 Daily Deviation Roundups SummaryHere is a summary blog containing links to Community Volunteers Daily Deviation Round Up blogs from February 2012. Enjoy!
Architecture, Urban and Rural
Animals, Plants and Nature
General Photography from Kaz-D
General Photography from ScENeYmE
Conceptual
Fashion
Street

Celebrating Deviousness - February 2012 Deviousness Award
Deviousness Award

Congratulations to `MelGama

Redhead Angel

Don't Give Up II

The Prayer

What is this Awesome Achievement?

The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

A new month, a new Deviousness Award! Join us in congratulating `MelGama as the recipient for February 2012. Mel's dedication to the community is outstanding. We're inspired by her selfless efforts at bringing positivity and raising awareness of other artists.

Moremio.

When we are dreaming

A star for you

Who is `MelGama?

Me

Celebrating Deviousness - April 2012 Deviousness Award
Deviousness Award

Congratulations to ^shuttermonkey

All for the love of you

Pretty in White II

The Colors of Potter's Cay

What is this Awesome Achievement?

The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

It's no April Fools prank, today we are delighted to announce
^shuttermonkey as the Deviousness Award recipient for April 2012.

Funny Face ID.

Landing Lake 2

Playful Reminder II

Who is ^shuttermonkey?

Cory's dedication to the community is astounding. Not only is he what we would call

Seniority Announcement - December 2011This article marks the latest announcements detailing the latest additions to the dizzy height of Senior members in our community. With just over 800 deviants holding the highly saught after ` -- it's clearly a moment that deserves recognition.
:faq29:
So what does it take to become a Senior? That's a question many have asked and have never really been able to get a straight answer on. Some have gained Seniority as a thank you for their time spent as a Volunteer, or to recognise their contribution to a particular project or collaborative action. Some have gained Seniority because of their community spirit, providing help and assistance to many other deviants and taking time out to promote the work of others in the community.
Some people have received Seniority because of their artistic endevours, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice that stands out above the many others who deviate to be recognised

So you want to be a CV...Sometimes I like to wander through the #communityrelations group, and I always come across comments from people so willing to become volunteers, (and a lot of comments from `phoenixleo ._.) specifically in the The Community Relations Team journal, where the opening positions are listed.
To those people: take this journal just as a personal opinion coming from a former volunteer, who currently is just a regular deviant (as in: non-admin of any sort) like you, from someone who, like you, love the community and is willing to contribute and give back the way he can:
I think is great that people is so enthusiastic and passionate about volunteering, it's something that shows. People constantly say "I so would love to help!", "I can't wait to be 18 to apply!", "I so want to be on the team!", there are some who list the complete CR roster in their personal profiles, who openly s

deviantART Related - is it ART?
This is a common question from the Community, sometimes phrased as that question, sometimes phrased as a blunt opinion! This article, written for Project Educate - dA Related, aims to shed a light on this topic.

And it's not gonna be brief
Because, no one can simply answer this for other people. This journal will not attempt to do that. Instead I have tried to gather a variety of opinions on this subject, so you can read several views and decide for yourself!

Some of the views below were shared with me through note, others in comments to the poll here. Feel free to chip in there too!

there's also more responses left to be enjoyed there - I only selected some from the comments there to pick as many

Community Projects - UpdateHi! I'm Hunter, your "new" Community Projects volunteer! I hope our time together will be awesome and productive, and to further this goal I've prepared this... um... brief update to let you all know of some changes coming to the Community Projects gallery, and how we're going to continue in 2012! So here we go!
Changes to Community Projects

So this year we're going to do things a bit differently. My primary goal as Community Projects CV is to support you, the community. Community Projects doesn't exist solely to run our own projects, we're primarily here to help you out with yours. If you want to run a Project, read this article, as it will explain things in greater detail, and then send a note to $haldron.
If you know of an awesome project, and you think we should know about it too, link it here!
Category Changes/Additions

In the past, we added a lot of categories to Community Projects each year, which ended up cre

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Journal Entry: Thu May 3, 2012, 10:13 AM

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I rarely write to promote others efforts in raising money for charity. It's because there are so many out there, that to promote each time I come across one would be ongoing forevermore. However there is one particular cause that I would like to direct your attentions to today.

A friend from my college days is cycling unaided from Lands End to John o' Groats in June of this year. That's basically from the bottom of the UK, to the top. He's doing it for a very special charity based here in the UK called Naomi House. And why? Because in 2008 his newborn niece unfortunately died - but Naomi House were there to make her last few days as comfortable as possible. Naomi House provides respite to sick children with life limiting illnesses - and their families. It keeps a family together until the last possible moment.

I urge you today, not to donate. It would be nice if you can, but that's not entirely why I am writing about this. But I urge you more than anything else to spread the word. Mark is undertaking the route alone, and so many of my watchers are in the UK up and down the country, he could do with support in June just as much as he could do with raising funds for Naomi House.

Right now there are 1,830 of you watching me on deviantART - Imagine the audience we could reach with this epic journey if even half of you shared the video.

If you do want to donate money - and are able to - it will be gratefully received I'm sure! Here is the Link

Thank You

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`Arichy May 3, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

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^Kaz-D May 3, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

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~edtrololololol May 3, 2012 Student General Artist

you have all my support

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^Kaz-D May 3, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you!

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~edtrololololol May 3, 2012 Student General Artist

no problem

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`JamminJo May 3, 2012 Photographer

I am in the process of sending a journal out, and sending your journal to several of my groups to help get the word out

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^Kaz-D May 3, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you m'dear

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`JamminJo May 13, 2012 Photographer

Anytime my friend

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~Tsurei-Sumifu May 3, 2012 Student General Artist

Shared through Twitter.

Hope your friends finds plenty of people willing to help, I would if i lived anywhere near there.

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^Kaz-D May 3, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you

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