"deviantART: where ART meets application!"

While surfing the net for this blog post, I found an interesting site called deviantART. At www.deviantart.com, members can publish their individual artwork and get feedback and constructive criticism from other members. The comments one can post about certain contributions can be considered evaluations and critiques of said contributions. As in most cases, the critiques are not always objective, and are sometimes fallacious. However, this site is good because it makes art more accessible to the public and allows for freedom of expression in its contributors. On the main page there is a running counter of all the contributions to deviantART. The site receives about 60 per minute and, as I write, is in the 40 millions. The website itself tries, as best as it can, not to over-censor the content its users publish so as not to hinder artistic expression. The things one can post on the site run from illustrations and paintings to graphic art and photography. Membership is free and does not require that you contribute anything, but does come with posting and publishing privileges. One can, however, simply browse the site and the artwork on it without being asked to join. This is a site worth your while, whether you are killing time surfing the internet or have an interest in keeping up with artistic technique and progression.


http://www.deviantart.com/