DeviantArt was originally launched on August 7, 2000, by Scott Jarkoff, Matt Stephens, Angelo Sotira and others, as part of a larger network of music-related websites called the Dmusic Network. As the site grew, members in general became known as artists and submissions as arts. History Creation ĭeviantArt started as a site connected with people who took computer applications and modified them to their own tastes, or who posted the applications from the original designs. On February 23, 2017, the company announced it was being acquired by Wix.com in a $36 million deal. Several years later, in 2017, the site had more than 25 million members and more than 250 million submissions. In 2011, it was the thirteenth largest social network with about 3.8 million weekly visits. In 2010, DeviantArt users were submitting about 1.4 million favorites and about 1.5 million comments daily.

DeviantArt had about 36 million visitors annually by 2008. is headquartered in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California.

So please, sign this petition and share it around in hopes that some change can be made before things are too late for Deviantart as a whole.DeviantArt (historically stylized as deviantART) is an American online art community that features artwork, videography and photography, launched on Augby Angelo Sotira, Scott Jarkoff, and Matthew Stephens among others.ĭeviantArt, Inc. This isn't a petition to remove eclipse, it's just a plea to keep the option of using the old site open for those who wish to do so. Communities built upon the site and the user base who had made this site what it is will shatter and splinter off due to something that is completely preventable. Many artists refuse to put up or stay on the site due to this and a site with already faltering user usage will dwindle drastically due to this change. Whilst a seldom few might prefer using it there is absolutely nothing wrong with the previous site to warrant an enforced. There are many grips that many artists using the site happen to have with it. Among other things the formatting is difficult to use especially with regards to mobile users. Eclipse happens to be a rather large site update that not many are fond of.

Deviantart has decided to enforce it's new site formatting which to be frank, not many people like.

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