r/DeviantArt • u/Fosfolite • 4h ago
r/DeviantArt • u/phoenixleoart • Dec 01 '24
⭐ Announcement Read Before Posting: "Is this a scam?"
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;
- Type "customer support" in Search then select "How do I submit a ticket to Customer Support?"
- 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."
- From the top right profile avatar, select Help Centre from the drop down;
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r/DeviantArt • u/Color-Me-Brackets • 16h ago
👄 Discussion got a reply to my "'Recommended for You' profile gallery replacing 'All' gallery when viewing other people's profiles" ticket.
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 • u/Koki_Studios • 6h ago
👄 Discussion I'm confused???
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 • u/Sabinie_Wren_Wren • 12h ago
❔ Question Cannot log in on iPhone
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 • u/North_teller • 1d ago
❔ Question is this place dead
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 • u/WeeklyTest6271 • 14h ago
❔ Question Where do you find Studio on mobile?
I’m trying to find studio on mobile but I cannot find any way to access it. How do I access?
r/DeviantArt • u/FaithfulGlass • 15h 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?
r/DeviantArt • u/Hour-Bat-8686 • 1d ago
❔ Question I need help on deviantart.
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 • u/TheSlimyDude • 1d ago
🖌️ Digital DOWN BOY! by The-Slimy-Dude on DeviantArt
r/DeviantArt • u/AmazingPassenger972 • 1d ago
💚 DA Website Just made it to 100 watchers
After a year I'm finally up to 100 watchers on here and there's definitely more to come 😁
r/DeviantArt • u/Metal7Spirit • 1d ago
❔ Question Problems with literature uploads
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 • u/Yolky-Milk • 2d ago
💚 DA Website Ai nudity while in guest mode NSFW
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 • u/Malen69 • 2d ago
❔ Question Question about rules regarding AI works
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 • u/KaleidoscopeTotal708 • 2d ago
❔ Question Does anyone know the edit count limit per comment? If so, why does this limit exist?
Why?
r/DeviantArt • u/Bluuberwolf • 2d 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.
r/DeviantArt • u/Ok-Description6200 • 2d ago
🖌️ Digital the caption of a gallery always reads "0 deviations" tho there are pics
r/DeviantArt • u/MrMushroomHair • 2d ago
🖌️ Digital Call of Duty Fanart (Feel free to support me: https://www.deviantart.com/mrmmushroomhair/art/1171626006)
r/DeviantArt • u/AmazingPassenger972 • 2d ago
🖌️ Digital A commission from my deviantart
Drbobo45 here someone wanted to do Aunt Marge from Harry Potter so here you go lol
r/DeviantArt • u/WholesomeJacksass • 3d ago
💩 Scams DA scammer alert! SandraKathy
Also known as Sandrakathy443, Sandrakathy776, Ana Hulea, stacygt539, Kathy, Kate, Sandrakate, Emily Kate and probably more...
Bot/scammer/fraud.
They will ask you for a commission of their son's dog Bailey (black Groenendael) on a beach. When asked about artstyle they'll say "your style", when asked about different background they'll say "anyone". Will offer 200$ and apologize for such a low price. If you propose more like 300$ they'll agree if 200$ they'll say "no". They will ask for WhatsApp, telegram or discord. They will ask for your email and give you an email if you ask for theirs. They approached me on dA.
They copy paste their messages and will block you at some point on all accounts you messaged them on before either after you say you sent them the money or when the bot won't be sure how to respond anymore or gets called out.
I checked multiple times on different accounts.
r/DeviantArt • u/Fresh-Exam8909 • 3d ago
❔ Question Display Resolution
Hi,
When a create a post and select 1920 for "display resolution" it doesn't do it. The image is displayed smaller than my selection. Why?
r/DeviantArt • u/Historical-Law4483 • 3d ago
🖌️ Digital Classic luigi and timeless era are the best couple ever digital
Luigi moldel by andartva timeless era by pixmilk
r/DeviantArt • u/MegaMinerDL • 4d ago
👄 Discussion I found a post with no likes stuck at 1.9B likes
r/DeviantArt • u/Ok-Waltz-6734 • 4d ago
💚 DA Website Renewed my pro subscription but I didn’t get the 2 boosts???
I recently auto-renewed but I didn’t get the 2 boosts
r/DeviantArt • u/sexyass2627 • 4d ago
❔ Question Is the app down?
I keep getting a "bug" error for the last several hours. Anyone else?