Not all artists have the money to make their own art gallery. Not all artists can display and sell their masterpieces to everyone. Internet allows people meet and interact on one cyberspace and DeviantArt.com takes advantage on it. DeviantArt or dA aims to provide artist their own exhibits through their own webpage to show their craft for free. A wide variety and forms of art are displayed in thumbnail images of photography, traditional art, graphic arts, sculpture and even literature. Topics are also subcategorized to organize their archives. Moreover, users’ works can also advertise and sell their work, instead of looking for an art gallery and pay for space.
The DeviantArt Community is free to give comments to anyone’s work. Some give tips, lessons and some give destructive comments. Sometimes these comments are very helpful in enhancing the work of other artist.
DeviantArt used a simple web layout without flash or animated computer software for web design. It is probably the least negative thing about the website. Earthly and basic colors are used to make the images of user’s works pop out making the page user centered. On the DeviantArt homepage, different artworks are displayed with the title and the category it is under. This gallery is categorized by the newest or the most popular. It also can be filtered by the most popular of all time, in one week, one month, etc.
All artworks have different categories so they can also be filtered. If a viewer is looking for photography only, a click on the left side menu bar will filter only the photography section. Under the the photography section, it is divided into nature, animals, surreal, etc. DeviantArt makes it easier for viewers to search quickly.
Besides a user homepage, several features are also offered by DeviantArt. Users can also shop, chat with the DeviantArt Community etc. These icons can be found on top of the webpage. Quick navigation is easy through features. Navigating on artworks is difficult. There are so many categories to choose from so viewers do not know where to start.
Homepage loading is fast as well as the entire site, loading the full resolution of images sometimes takes time.
DeviantArt makes artist more confident with their craft and passion. Chances are given to those who aspire.
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