Hey everyone,

OMG new stuff is coming very, very soon to dA. PORTFOLIOS! Today us GMs started beta testing the new portfolio systems, now from what you guys remember there was already a portfolio system available (by going to yourname.deviantart.com/portfolio). This new portfolio is a whole new level and I can tell you it's amazing and really does enhance the deviantART experience. You can use it for whatever you want, to advertise your work for future job applications or to just show your art in a very minimalist gallery style format.

Check out mine here: [link]

Go say hello to ^SkippyJr who's joined the GM team for the film gallery.

Hey all!

Let's talk about some interesting stuff going on around the site, the main one being groups. As you all know, at the moment we have a few trial groups up and running (such as #hq) which really shows how us as a community get together to chat and share art, and attend/organise dev-meets. The groups system is one of my favourite updates to the site for a long time and once it goes live, I hope to create a CR Macro group where we can share thoughts on Macro photography and outstanding work. I was planning an official Macro contest, but I'm going to wait till the groups system is properly implemented.

I've put forward a few suggestions and my favourite one might be used in a future update to the site

Oh yeah, if you could, please pimp my news report [link] because we need to get through to as many people as possible!

There are a few more dev-meets in the UK over the summer in Brighton, Cardiff, Leeds and Newcastle; check out *britain for more details. In the autumn there is the London OpenHouse event and I will certainly be attending, maybe there will be a dev-meet for that!

Here are some features for the week:



Enjoy the rest of the week all and chat to you soon!

This is very sad news, Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50.

Hey everyone!

I'm glad all you Londoners had a fab time at the #hq London Dev-meet, as for me it ended up being very late and I was exhausted from work so I went home. I didn't want to meet up and crash on a chair in the corner, that wouldn't have been much fun

Anyways, I hope you're all having a great week. London weather was terrible last week but it seems to be getting better, it's sunny, hot and humid over here and I'm hoping the summer weather will remain for as long as possible! I've been trying to reply to messages over the past week but with my Internet being switched over it's been a hassle; luckily though, O2 are now connected and my bandwidth has jumped drastically from 200Kbps to 11.2Mbps!!!!

Here are a few features for this week:



Have a great week all and chat to you soon!

Hey all!

So unfortunately I can't go to the main part of the dev-meet tomorrow but I will try and see some of you in the evening (around 8pm-ish) if anyone is still around. I will be told where you all are in the evening so after work I should be able to come and meet you peeps for a few drinks and to say hello.

If you're planning on going to the dev-meet, here are some official details:

$spyed and $Heidi will be meeting the entire group at the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park at 2pm, the closest stations are Hyde Park Corner and High Street Kensington.

INFO: There are lots of engineering works going on during the weekend so please make sure you know how to get to Hyde Park using alternative means if the line you usually use is closed. Check out the TFL Journey Planner for guidance on how to travel to the dev-meet.


There are many staff members organising meeting points in London to help you guys out:

@leaf-lover - I will be waiting for people by the tube entrance near platforms 18 + 19 - there is a lot of work going on and a lot of large white construction boards are situated in that area, I'll be glued to one of those! I will be wearing the deviantART Carbon Hoodie wear glasses (quite large ones too ) and will mostly likely be wearing a short denim skirt and converse. I will wait from 12.00-12.45pm If you arrive after this time without letting me know, you will have to make your own way there. - [link]

@dxd - I will meet deviants both at St Pancras and South Kensington. High Street Kensington is on the District and Circle lines. I will be found near the steps down into the underground in St Pancreas international, I'm quite tall, will be stood with =xxbcxx from about 12:00pm until about 12:30. - [link]

`maxwell-heza and several other deviants are going to be there from at least 12 noon however so if you still want to come for 12 please do! - [link]

There are many other deviants offering meeting points so check out the *britain journals for more info!

Hopefully see you on Sunday!

Daniele