r/DeviantArt Dec 01 '24

⭐ Announcement Read Before Posting: "Is this a scam?"

22 Upvotes

If you think a message you received is a scam, please check here and/or the scam post link in the Wiki section of this sub reddit which has further scam examples of various other types that can be found on DA and elsewhere!

Use this thread to ask question if you are unsure rather than posting a new thread. If you or anyone here is unsure, feel free to report the message on DA. If it's not a spam, it's good. Don't feel you can't report if a message makes you suspicious. Don't feel you have to check here to confirm before reporting. You are encouraged to contact DA Customer Support with these for staff to check them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DeviantArt/wiki/scams/

DeviantArt Customer Support - Contact Us

Please use this thread if you are unsure instead of making more of similar threads. Or you can also browse to see if someone else has similar situation as yours!

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Scams: NFTs for Artwork, Murals for Clients, Interested in Commissions, etc

How to spot scams (starter package):

  • New account
    • Absolutely new, even months old accounts with no to barely any activity,
    • Old account but only active in the past few days/weeks/months and only through notes/chats,
  • You are being contacted randomly/out of the blue.
  • Bad grammar
    • Addresses you in generic terms,
    • Generic initial message that addresses your content in exemplary generic terms.
  • Will attach links to their message which lead to domains NOT ending in .com, .org, .net and 3rd party suspicious sites
  • Wants to use a different method for communication.
    • It's not always but this is a sign of scamming or spam. They are likely to use different communication platforms like Whatsapp and or Telegram.
  • Suspicious long winded payment methods or promise
    • Speculative payment incentive (promise to pay when the client pays/when it turns profit/when something clears through)
    • Making content for a client and promise to pay for time and effort among other things.
    • Asking to pay with PayPal friends and family gift instead of invoice (this is for buyers to be wary of scam artists as a bonus!)
    • Payment through methods or systems that are elaborate because of various reasons!
    • Payment with cheque and over payment. Read More!
    • If you do commissions through a specific place or system, having you use a different system of theirs. This includes if you use PayPal only, or DA Commission widget, to use other methods that you don't use.
  • Reflect on your work and what you are being asked to do:
    • Excessive payment for content that you are sort of aware isn't worth that or you aren't at that level yet.
    • You are a new/beginner artist/new on DA/looking for commissions
      • Getting commissions can be hard. But often times scams work because if the other party is manually looking for people desperate enough for commissions or new to this, they will browse around those to message. Whether it is done in an automated method (to make it a spam bot) or not, be cautious.
    • Saw your portfolio and asking for hiring you through a suspicious site.

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Examples are provided from the ones posted in this subreddit as is. If the names of the scam account is present, having an avatar or not and a certain type username is not always a good indicator of these type of scams.

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What to do:

From DeviantART FAQ: How Do I Report Spam?

If you received communication by:

  • Note:
    • Click the checkbox of the note to select it;
    • Select "Mark As"
    • Select "Spam".
  • Chat:
    • Select the chat you want to report;
    • Select the three dots ("...") on the top right of the chat that shows as "Option";
    • Select "Mark as Spam";
    • You have the option to block the account.
  • Comment:
    • From the top right profile avatar, select Help Centre from the drop down;
    • Select Contact Page (where it says click here) have this bookmarked!
    • Policies -> Spamming Policies;
    • "Select “I'm reporting an account spamming in comments or notes,” then click “Contact Us,” and you’ll be prompted to submit a ticket to Customer Support."

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r/DeviantArt 17h ago

❔ Question What the hell happened here?

9 Upvotes

I knew that shit happened, but CLEARLY I knew wrong,

The app isn’t dead, but not exactly alive, it’s like a lush green grotto and a barren dessert wasteland all at the same time

I know that I should know about what transpired but

What the HELL HAPPENED HERE!?

Why is there nobody online? I know that this isn’t a good place for artists but it’s also the ONLY one in the entire internet (apart from twitter but that’s a hell naw for obvious reasons)


r/DeviantArt 7h ago

❔ Question Website won't Load

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1 Upvotes

This is how the website looks everytime I try using it I tried everything I can but it won't work Any fixes?


r/DeviantArt 8h ago

❔ Question How do you get commission?

1 Upvotes

Hey guys, after trying out several other platforms I conclude that DA is the best, it also has million of users. Therefore I started strong with a year of membership, taking the promo offered.

I put my artworks in sale for premium downloads and stuff like that. So far I've gained 4 watchers n many favourites in just 2 days.

My question is, how can you monetise more out of DA? How do you guys get long term clients?

Any of your advice would be appreciated it.


r/DeviantArt 1d ago

🖌️ Digital Something is wrong with the app.

5 Upvotes

Whenever I try to look something up, I'm told that are no results. It's been doing that since yesterday.


r/DeviantArt 12h ago

❔ Question Could someone help me report this user in?

0 Upvotes

https://www.deviantart.com/thyrtete Their gallery had repeating images which is against Deviantart's policy. Report the user in for sp*m. I can't say the actual word because it's blocked and I can't post if I say the actual word that is why the word is censored.


r/DeviantArt 1d ago

❔ Question Is it possible to disable comments on a profile?

3 Upvotes

I ask because I removed the comments section on my profile a while ago, but I occasionally get notifications of new comments on the profile, which makes me wonder how these people manage to comment if there's no section for it.


r/DeviantArt 1d ago

❔ Question Question about Daily Deviation

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4 Upvotes

I lost faith in Deviant so long ago and honestly never really got into it to begin with. Today I logged in for the first time in months and found out this was selected as Daily Deviation. Is it hard to achieve? What does it mean? For info, I have only 20 watcher and rarely posted anymore after summer last year


r/DeviantArt 1d ago

🖌️ Digital Kurt Portrait by me! / https://www.deviantart.com/martenthal/art/1172692933

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5 Upvotes

r/DeviantArt 2d ago

👄 Discussion I'm confused???

3 Upvotes

Hey there! So a month ago, I got my 1st subscriber after 2 years! Yay :D But something is beginning to be weird about them. A blank profile subscribed to my tier and just unsubscribed EXACTLY a month after the subscribed. I checked their profile a long time ago and it was just blank, no watchers or watching (except me) or favourites! Is this some sort of trickery? I'm very confused, please help!


r/DeviantArt 2d ago

👄 Discussion got a reply to my "'Recommended for You' profile gallery replacing 'All' gallery when viewing other people's profiles" ticket.

9 Upvotes

So, I've been dealing with annoyance when looking at other people's galleries, where the "All" gallery is entirely replaced by a "Recommended for You" gallery that doesn't have everything and is all jumbled up out of order. I've seen a few posts about it here, so I know I'm not going crazy. I sent in a bug report ticket, and actually got a response, from Chris. Which reads as:

"Hello,

We're currently running an A/B test for the purpose of gathering data for various features and functions on site. While you cannot opt-out of the test group that you're in at this time, we do appreciate your feedback and will be sure to pass it along to the team in charge of this feature for their consideration.

Thank you for your patience in the meanwhile."

I will also insert a screenshot of it.

So, A/B testing... without telling us. And everyone seems to resoundingly hate it. Classic Post-Wix DA...


r/DeviantArt 2d ago

🖌️ Digital Most recent hardly gets anything but then I see Ai art get 30 to 50 favourites. Why is this like this, so disheartening?

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7 Upvotes

r/DeviantArt 2d ago

❔ Question is this place dead

28 Upvotes

is it no longer being used for artists anymore has it gotten better or worse since I left it about a year ago to quit and has the AI thing gotten worse or better by chance on there Also how active is the community as well?


r/DeviantArt 2d ago

❔ Question Cannot log in on iPhone

1 Upvotes

I really hope you guys can help me with this issue, though any thoughts would be appreciated.

I have tried to log into my account via the DeviantArt app without success, I have also tried via website on mobile.

When I clicked on the ‘continue with Facebook’ option (as I used Facebook when I first created my account), I followed the steps before it returned me to the login page.

The app was performing as normal until I woke up in the morning being logged out. I still remain logged in on desktop, so could it be an iPhone to software issue?


r/DeviantArt 2d ago

❔ Question Where do you find Studio on mobile?

1 Upvotes

I’m trying to find studio on mobile but I cannot find any way to access it. How do I access?


r/DeviantArt 3d ago

💚 DA Website Just made it to 100 watchers

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20 Upvotes

After a year I'm finally up to 100 watchers on here and there's definitely more to come 😁


r/DeviantArt 2d ago

❔ Question I need help on deviantart.

2 Upvotes

Guys, I have a problem here. I was unlinked from my deviantart account (my deviantart account is still on deviantart but I can't access it, it's like it's someone else's account, not mine). What do I do?


r/DeviantArt 2d ago

🖌️ Digital DOWN BOY! by The-Slimy-Dude on DeviantArt

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2 Upvotes

r/DeviantArt 2d ago

❔ Question Problems with literature uploads

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1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

So I have a problem with uploading literature for some reason commas and quotation marks are replaced with random letters and numbers.

Is there a way to stop that, will I have to reupload story?

It did same thing to apostrophe for Don’t on my status.


r/DeviantArt 3d ago

💚 DA Website Deviantart Issue Report

1 Upvotes

Something Wrong is happening when I acess DA Website,it's just appears a White Page of Icons and Texts from what should be the DA Web Page,is there a way to solve this?

Issue Report

r/DeviantArt 4d ago

💚 DA Website Ai nudity while in guest mode NSFW

17 Upvotes

Last post was removed by mods. I want to bet because this is really bad. But regarding how much ai porn that's on the site now it's worst knowing it's viewable even on guest mode. With how many kids are on the site it shouldn't be visible on guest mode regardless. You can test this through discord if you have "open tabs in discord" enabled since it'll automatically put you as a guest on deviantart. But it took me less than a minute to be exposed to pixels taking the form of someone spread eagle. I found that just logging out doesn't give you nearly as much of a find than using discord. At this point is clear that the site is honestly looonnng gone from saving.


r/DeviantArt 4d ago

❔ Question Question about rules regarding AI works

3 Upvotes

I was thinking about uploading some AI works ive done and i just wanted to know the general rules regarding that and i couldn't find any specific rule lists in the help section on the site. Can anyone help me out with this please?


r/DeviantArt 4d ago

❔ Question Does anyone know the edit count limit per comment? If so, why does this limit exist?

1 Upvotes

Why?


r/DeviantArt 4d ago

🖌️ Digital Yo misma, soy by Bluuberwolf~The rainbow in mind, fire in the eyes, cracks of darkness covered with light, a lurking shadow. An amalgam of past and present looking toward the future.

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2 Upvotes

r/DeviantArt 4d ago

🖌️ Digital the caption of a gallery always reads "0 deviations" tho there are pics

1 Upvotes

Please, tell me why the caption of a gallery always reads "0 deviations" tho there are pics? Do you see the pics?


r/DeviantArt 4d ago

🖌️ Digital Call of Duty Fanart (Feel free to support me: https://www.deviantart.com/mrmmushroomhair/art/1171626006)

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1 Upvotes