KillerKidder In reply to root432 [2011-04-16 14:56:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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KillerKidder In reply to BalCtricJunior [2011-02-07 14:47:20 +0000 UTC]

Ahoy, there. Sorry for the late reply. To get to the point, you asked for my help. So here's my brief guid to using DevART.

Navigating the Site.
Jumping from profile to profile's easy enough, like you suggested. Alternatively, though, if you look to the top left hand corner of your screen at any point, you'll see a search box. Just type in the kind of thing you're looking for and hit the enter button. DevART should come up with a list of things that might interest you, then it's just a matter of clicking on an image that catches your eye to view it, or clicking on the artist's name to jump to their profile.

Submitting Your Own Work.
Sooner or later, you're going to want to throw something of your own into the public eye. First of all, you'll need a copy of it saved somewhere on your computer- I'd recommend in JPEG format. Now, on your homepage, near the top, there should be a 'SUBMIT' button. It's kind of small, so you may have to take a look around for it. Clicking on it brings up a sub-menu. From this, select 'SUBMIT ART', and this will take you to a page for doing just that.

You'll need to type a title for your art into the first box on this page. Then you need to decidce what category the art you intend to submit falls into. You don't type this in manually: instead, clicking the little box for it brings up a menu, which allows you to select a broad category, and then submenus that let you deal with the specifics. When you're done there, there's a button that says 'finished' or 'done' or something like that. Click it, and the menu will close. Now we come to the main bit: art submission. Clicking the 'SUBMIT ART' button below this box will bring up a winbdow in which to browse all the files on your computer- one of which should be the art-piece you want to submit. Click it to highlight it, then click 'open' or press 'enter', or just double-click it to begin with- depending on personal preferences and your computer. Then there's a box to type artist's comments- you can probably do this in the time it takes for the computer to upload your art anway. After that, you can choose to warn people of mature content or not, and, if you do so, select what type of mature content from a submenu. The rest is optional, so you can just click the final 'SUBMIT' button. You'll then be taken to a page offering to do prints of your artwork. You can either skip it or try ticking various little boxes to see what size print DevART will let you do. Again, there's a button to 'SUBMIT PRINT' when you're done- bearing in mind you'll be told to start over if the 'prints' are an odd size.

OTHER STUFF
You can add a piece of work that you like to your 'Favourites' collection (accessible via your home page) by clicking-and-holding the small image of it that appears when you're browsing the artworks and dragging it into a box that appears at the top of the screen.

There are also various groups to join that'll help promote your artwork. If you stumble across a Deviant who's a member of a group you might be interested in joing, leave them a note on their home-page and they'll probably be happy to talk you through the entry process.

Sorry if all that was a little too detailed or only dealt with the really basic stuff- I'm not sure what level of help you needed, but hopefully the introduction I've provided will be of some use. Good luck.

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