Do you know the new "popularity metric"? If you don't know, please read this journal: mccann.deviantart.com/journal/

Well I think is a good idea, giving more chance for other categories. And now you can see other images in the front page and not only fanarts.

But, in my opinion, the new system don't help small artists. Explaining: the new system still use Favourites to decide who is popular or not, like the old system.

I can see that this situation will never change. So, I ask you: please DON'T BE LAZY, use the Favourite Button in a work that you like! Help the artists (and yourself) to become a famous artist here.

I really don't understand why a fanart get millions of favs in hours while the other styles  wait months to get 100, 200 favs. And I don't accept the answer: "because fanart is based in a very known anime, blá blá blá".

My friends, I love fanart (good fanarts, of course), I fav fanarts! But I always search for other styles, giving favs and comments and it's simple: I love art, I love to see what a creative brain can do.

Please use your brain (believe me, it's good), look the image, think what the artist want to show and fav. if you really liked. Don't ignore this button because the same can happen with your art and you never will be famous or receive all the attentions that you deserve.

Don't fav a fanart only because it's cute or because is a famous anime. Fav because you like it and the art is really original. And try to find other styles, I'm sure you will like.

P.S.: Sorry my bad english.

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New Contest Features added, from Behana. Please, look my Contests Features Section.
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Look my Contests Features Section to see the kuschelirmel contest winners. Congratulations for everybody!
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Hey, now you can suggest images to my Weekly Deviation in the forum. Here is the link: forum.deviantart.com/subs/thum…
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Contests:

- By: BeehiveStudio
Theme/Name: “IN ARMS OF MORPHEUS CONTEST”
Link: news.deviantart.com/article/43…

- By erikakochanski
Theme/Name: A Gift Competition
Link: emeraldsugar.deviantart.com/jo…
Deadline: March, 1st.

- By jasmineshadowblade
Theme/Name: Sacred Book Contest
Link: jasmineshadowblade.deviantart.…
Deadline: March, 16.

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Hey, would you like to help me do my Weekly Deviation? Well, you know DA is a big site and for me is hard to find great artists every day, or every week. So if you want help me, it's simple, just send me a note with an image do you think is good.

But, look: search for unknown artists, it's better. Of course I add images from big artists but rarely, my idea is help excellent deviants who don't have exposure.

Please, don't think only in your own gallery, be human, help other deviants. And my idea is a single step.

P.S.: I don't feature the artist, I feature the image. So, sometimes, you will find two or three images from the same artist just because I really liked it and I think the images deserve to be featured.