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I joined this platform in 2010 wanting to share my drawings, learn and bask at the wonderful art that was on this site. The community was so nice, the comments were light hearted and encouraging, very talented artists shared their resources and tutorials for free, took requests and participated in art trades, thus creating a wonderfully positive and productive environment for emerging artists. Without the community here, I would have maybe not continued drawing, I might have not made so many artist friends , learned so many exciting things or gotten a job in the industry. So upon reading the "Unlock More Benefits with Core Membership" my feeling was that deviantart is extremely disconnected from its userbase. I felt outraged even though these changes do not affect me personally, especially since I do not take point commissions from this site or need a core membership. I felt outraged because of how tone deaf this implementation is, and how negatively it impacts artists that take

Hello Everyone! Long time no journal entry! Sadly the first one of 2019 is to complain about art theft :< ~HinataFox790 (https://www.deviantart.com/hinatafox790) sent me a note informing me one of my artworks was being sold on ebay and aliexpress: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Anime-Black-Butler-Sebastian-Michaelis-Double-bed-Bedding-Cover-Bed-Sheets/371908334241?hash=item569776d2a1:g:lGQAAOSwTM5Y306F https://picclick.com/Anime-Black-Butler-Sebastian%C2%B7Michaelis-Double-bed-Bedding-Cover-371908334241.html https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/150x200-cm-Anime-Black-Butler-Kuroshitsuji-caract-res-Sebastian-Michaelis-lait-drap-de-lit-de-fibers/32916929805.html?spm=a2g0w.10010108.1000014

    So last week I received my first Daily Deviation!     It was a long dream of mine that I honestly forgot about. Funny how things you wish for take their sweet time happening lol. The rush I felt once reading comments in my feed congratulating me on the DD is hard to put into words, so I really felt the need to share this with you guys. This piece was done on a whim actually, because I was working on changing my style and workflow. It was also made on my first stream on twitch lol. So as you canimagine this piece has a lot of firsts for me. First time drawing in this style, first time streaming, and first time receiving a DD!!! So to