ĭeviantArt was loosely inspired by projects like Winamp facelift,, ,, and, all application skin-based websites. The site flourished largely because of its unique offering and the contributions of its core member base and a team of volunteers after its launch, but was officially incorporated in 2001 about eight months after launch. 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. 1.2 Contests for companies and academiaĭeviantArt 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. Fella, a small, devil-esque robotic character, was the official mascot of the website. is headquartered in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. Additional features include journals, polls, groups, and portfolios.ĭeviantArt, Inc. Artworks are organized in a category structure, including photography, digital art, traditional art, literature, Flash, filmmaking, skins for applications, operating system customization utilities and others, along with downloadable resources such as tutorials and stock photography. It was launched on Augby Angelo Sotira, Scott Jarkoff, Matthew Stephens, and others. DeviantArt (formerly stylized as deviantART) is an American online art community featuring artwork, videography and photography subsidiary of the Israeli company Wix.com.
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