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1. How long have you been on DeviantArt?
12 years……woah. It was 10 last time I looked.
2. What does your username mean?
“JollyJack” is the handle I used when I played my first multiplayer FPS game, Quake 3 Arena. I chose it partly because my name is “Jackson” and partly because I was really in to Victoriana at the time, and nothing said “Late 19th Century” like Jack the Ripper, who was oft referred to as “Jolly Jack”.
3. Describe yourself in three words.
Really quite busy.
4. Are you left or right handed?
Which is which, again?
5. What was your first deviation?
Mature Content
6. What is your favourite type of art to create?
I like to tell stories with my art, so, anything that can effectively relay a narrative.
7. If you could instantly master a different art style, what would it be?
Digital painting. I’m quite happy with my linework, but I really wish I could apply colour in the way far better artists do.
8. What was your first favourite?
……huh. I was expecting something a little more salacious.
9. What type of art do you tend to favourite the most?
I love slick, dynamic linework and colouring.….. which is a classier thing to say than “BOOBIES!!”
10. Who is your all-time favourite deviant artist?
There are 36 million artists on DA, and you want me to pick ONE?
11. If you could meet anyone on DeviantArt in person, who would it be?
It’d have to be . I must shake that chap’s hand.
12. How has a fellow deviant impacted your life?
I first encountered ’s work in 1999, and both his art and style of writing/world building have been the benchmark I aim for ever since.
13. What are your preferred tools to create art?
Just give me a pen and paper and I’m a happy bunny, but for polished projects I love my Cintiq. Best bit of kit I ever bought.
14. What is the most inspirational place for you to create art?
The bathroom. Don’t ask me why, but when I seal myself up in there, I write really good stuff.
I’m not on the throne taking a dump or anything. I sit on the floor, listen to the whir of the extractor fan or I have the shower running and just seem able to focus more on what I’m doing. I can spend an age in there.
15. What is your favourite DeviantArt memory?
Reading that people have found advice which I gave them useful.
Thank you, anonymous benefactor.
Some kind (unnamed) soul gave me a month's core membership. Thank you, sir/madam :)
DevArt goes full evil.
I’m not going to rail about how material on the site is being scraped for use in AI Composites, or about how DevArt’s “protection” against it is a new check-box that you will have to manually tick for each and every image you’ve uploaded. No. Misuse of your work and DevArt incompetence are expected at this point. Once something is put online, that’s it; it’s no longer under your control. That’s the nature of the beast. You don’t like it; don’t upload content. What I am furious about is the deluge of AI composites flooding my feed, here. I see more of that crap than genuine new content, now. And to make it worse, DevArt has its own AI tool (https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Create-AI-Generated-Art-Fairly-with-DreamUp-933537821) which, while they absolutely-pinky-promise it will not cannibalise user content, is only going to exacerbate the problem. I’m now completely convinced that DevArt is no longer a site that serves artists in any capacity. Not only that; it no longer has any
Werewolf Wednesday Artbook
I've returned to Lulu as their print quality has dramatically improved. The first thing I'm peddling through their service is a collection of my Werewolf Wednesday pinups. (I was legitimately blown away by the quality of the proof copy I ordered!) It's now available here.
Password Retrieval emails.
Is anyone else getting a "Password Retrieval" email from DeviantArt over and over again? I was concerned that there was a security issue at play but I see that there's an option in settings to STOP such emails for 60 days, which itself is weird. Why would THAT be needed? What the hell is going on with the platform NOW?
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Bathroom inspiration? That's interesting. Then again, I could relate to getting philosophical under the shower. xD
By the way, this questionaire was originally made so you can get a nice 15-birthday badge when you post a link to it in the dA news here:
By the way, this questionaire was originally made so you can get a nice 15-birthday badge when you post a link to it in the dA news here:
Celebrate DeviantArt's 15th Birthday!As DeviantArt enters its 15th year on the Internet, we want to take a moment before blowing out our candles to thank the community for allowing us the honor of hosting the site that you call your home for art. After all, it's the community's 15th birthday, too, and in the past few months, we've been making it our top priority to share with you our plans for the future, celebrate the successes of our past, and look to you for guidance on how best we can serve each of you while entering this new phase of DeviantArt's existence.Just thought maybe you missed it since you have no badge after this?
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