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Latest Update (12NOV22):

Well, here's the latest word that I've seen mentioned about this whole debacle and how it played out (I reblogged it from someone onto my own Tumblr page) . https://rbl-m1a2tanker.tumblr.com/post/700754114803597312


Basically, the Opt-Out was something that was apparently always going to be a thing, but the devs needed time to polish it further. However, the dART Twitter people are terrible communicators (ironic considering that's like...their whole job) and even though the devs told them Don't Say It This Way, they did it anyway, and everything blew up.


Now, I freely admit, I do not know how accurate that blog post is, as I'm not part of the DeviantART Discord that they say these conversations took place. Maybe it's false, maybe it's true. However, having been working in IT for 15+ years myself, I can totally see it playing out exactly the way they said it did. And now the dART management have to deal with the fallout from it, as a lot of folks are booking it out the door. I've seen lots of images removed from the :iconSWFC: because people either are archiving everything, or they've deactivated their accounts. Lots of status messages and journals stating that they're going to leave because they don't trust that dART has artist's best interests at heart.


And I don't blame them in the least. I'm highly tempted to not resub my CORE membership when it expires, because I don't feel the value being provided is enough for the amount that's been spent. Especially with how badly features have been rolled out and explained. Little to no transparency, confusing explanations if any are given, a lot of knee-jerk reactions when things get screwed up and generally poor engagement with the very people they need to keep the site going: artists.


I understand it's our society's nature now to fly off the handle about nearly anything and kick up a lot of drama. However, dART keeps inflicting wounds upon itself. They really have themselves to blame, not the users.


Especially in this instance.


Edit (11NOV22): they've set the flag to 'noai' as a default now, and I have confirmed within my own gallery that this is indeed the case. The only question now, is whether this default is in place when you submit NEW works too. If it isn't, I feel that more pushback is needed.


So lots of folks are, deservedly, up in arms over dART's recent AI shenanigans. All of your deviations are currently by default set as approved for use in AI datasets (which gets used in AI generated artwork), and you have to manually Opt-Out of it for each image.


That said, there is away to opt-out for all of your gallery in one shot. Follow these steps:


Go to Account Settings - General - Scroll down to this box:

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Click on the box, click Save, and that should be it. You might have to do it a couple times (new feature, probably a little twitchy at the moment).


I will say that it might take it a little while to apply, especially if you have a lot of deviations. So I'm taking the approach of waiting like... a day or two to see if it's applied to my gallery of 927. I'm also considering just cleaning house anyway, but figure I'll make that change after this one. One major change at a time, gallery wise.




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Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, grease-covered, dirty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do in an day.


Current News

Well, we're about to take the deep dive from the old dART site to the new Eclipse version.  Which I will admit I still feel there are issues with it, but I'm not going to run off because of it.  At this point, I'm curious to see what will come of it over the next many weeks as they do some serious tweaks.  That's what happens with roll outs (be it software or websites) though, there will be hiccups and hangups, and quick adjustments as more users are making use of the product in question.  Am going to miss the customization that we have currently, but they clearly have a vision and a goal for what they want the site to act, feel and be, so it's going to be an interesting time, to say the least.

That said, I've seen a few folks posting their old version of the stats, and as I've been here 15 years...let's take a look at what my old states have been for that decade and a half, shall we?

I have 304,210 pageviews in total; my 96 journals and the 922 deviations in my gallery were viewed 709,475 times. I watch 3,721 deviants, while 1,253 deviants watch me in return (and I thank all of you for doing so)

Overall, my deviations received 5,814 comments and were added to deviants' favourites 13,635 times, while I made 52,899 comments, about 9.19 comments per day since joining DeviantArt. This means that I gave 91 comments for every 10 received (it's not a contest though ;p)

The deviation with the most comments is Adult Jessie Complete with 129 comments, while the most favourited one is Bowsette by Mrlacseul-Colored, with 282 favourites. The most viewed deviation is Gammus Chronicles 1: The Sensational Hermione with 16,795 views.

23 favourites were given for every 10 comments.

Every 6.2 days I upload a new deviation, and it's usually on a Sunday, when 314 (34%) of deviations were submitted. (Fair)

The busiest month was January 2015 when 115 (12%) deviations were submitted.

The majority of deviations are submitted to the manga gallery (386), while the favourite category was digital > drawings with 240 deviations.

Comments per deviation: 6
Favourites per deviation: 14
Views per deviation: 769
Comments per day: 1.01
Favourites per day: 2.37
Deviation views per day: 123
Pageviews per day: 52


Well, we'll see what the new version brings.  I do hope that they will at least find a way to tell us of upcoming birthdays.  There are a lot of folks I watch that really enjoy my yearly birthday wishes to them, and I'd like to continue that, if at all possible. 

If you are going to shove off into the great Internets, drop a line.  I'd like to continue to follow folks.

Until next time, stay safe! 

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Some of the past episodes can be found here: www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-N9…

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Commission Status

Commissions Open by RBL-M1A2Tanker DA Stamp - Commissions Open by phantompanther

I am still open for commissions, but to provide clarification: I can apply colors to linearts that other people have done, work on comic pages, or write up scripts or stories.  That's all I can do, and I want to make sure everyone knows it.  Don't want anyone to feel they were tricked by my low rates and think I also draw.  Nope, sorry, I don't do that.  Certainly not well enough to justify people paying for it.  So now ya know.

Check my recent gallery submissions for examples of how I color.

For $5 I'll apply flat colors only on any single character lineart.  Comic pages, or multiple characters are a little bit more for flats.


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Just send me a note and we'll make something happen.  I use Paypal, so no issues on that front.
No Point Commissions by RBL-M1A2Tanker


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Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, grease-covered, dirty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do in an day.


Current News


As is well known, I am a strong supporter of artists, regardless of their location.  I mean, the amount of commissions I've picked up over the past decade+ is...well, let's not talk about how much I've acquired (and I'm happy with every one of them, mind you).  But I am especially supportive of those with a great need.  The COVID-19 outbreak has put a hardship on many people around the globe, and for some, it's taken an already hard situation and ramped it up to 11. 

This is one of those artists who has a great need. Andres Cuervo He is a man with a fantastic talent, and a terrific story that he's been slowly developing.  You can see some examples of what  :iconaesdev3: has here. 
<da:thumb id="835300835"/> Josie Casual by Aesdev3

However, his country has enacted a 19 day quarantine, and as an unemployed artist who lives in a country with an over 12% unemployment rate overall (and a much higher one in areas of high poverty) he is under some significantly dire straits.  He's working up a Patreon, but time is of the essence.  He's a good guy, in a bad situation.  I think we can help him weather this, with your assistance.

So, if you have anything you could provide, please, go to his Ko-Fi page, ko-fi.com/artcuervo, and provide anything you possibly can.  If you cannot provide any monetary assistance, then please spread the word.


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Social Media Outlets to find me at:

Some of the past episodes can be found here: www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-N9…

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:teleport: Beware the Ninja
That is all


Commission Status

Commissions Open by RBL-M1A2Tanker DA Stamp - Commissions Open by phantompanther

I am still open for commissions, but to provide clarification: I can apply colors to linearts that other people have done, work on comic pages, or write up scripts or stories.  That's all I can do, and I want to make sure everyone knows it.  Don't want anyone to feel they were tricked by my low rates and think I also draw.  Nope, sorry, I don't do that.  Certainly not well enough to justify people paying for it.  So now ya know.

Check my recent gallery submissions for examples of how I color.

For $5 I'll apply flat colors only on any single character lineart.  Comic pages, or multiple characters are a little bit more for flats.


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Just send me a note and we'll make something happen.  I use Paypal, so no issues on that front.
No Point Commissions by RBL-M1A2Tanker


:teleport: Video Stream is here: www.livestream.com/RBL_M1A2Tan…
Oooga booga


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Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, grease-covered, dirty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do in an day.


Current News

So there's been a scam that's been reported by a few artists of late where a note is sent by someone stating "Thank YOU Here's a gift :) " in the subject line, and then the body providing a link for you to get your 'gift.'  Having seen a few others mention it, I made sure to have it in the back of my mind, but figured it wouldn't be something I'd see, since it was hitting all of the popular folks I follow.

Well, lo and behold, I sure thought wrong.  Cause I got one of those notes too, from a :iconecstaticoatmeal4:.  Apparently all of them are bots (cause there's many of them) that are coming from Russia.

Like anything else online, be wary and protect yourself.  Don't open suspicious links, and especially not from someone you've never communicated with before.  Mark the note as Spam, block the account, and if you can report the account as well, do so.  

So yea, don't think you're going to be overlook.  You may be surprised.

Here's some other examples:
<da:thumb id="825780069"/><da:thumb id="825929929"/> Beware of Scam Users!Reposted from joaoppereiraus
Some users are giving random links saying that you won a DeviantArt giveaway for a prize using our posts.
In my case, these users :icongleefulsalt9: :iconaffectedhare9: are using my GIF of Kanna To do this.
They're also doing with another posts from another artists.
They say something like this.
"Hi "name of the user"! This may be a bit random but you won a DA giveaway (randomly selected from post GIF - Grumpy Kanna by joaoppereiraus). Check it out here (link to that site)
P.S: You NEED to be on a mobile device to use it. Enjoy :-) (Smile)"

DON'T CLICK ON THE LINK, IT'S A SCAM!!!!
DA is being quite broken about spammers and scammers lately, and this is awfu
Scam beware!Just a little heads up here: recently I've received a random note from an account called "unhappyCow8" (the account has already been yeeted btw) who said that "I won a DeviantArt giveaway randomly picked from <insert random deviation I've faved>", and for gaining the prize I had to check a link specifically from a mobile device.
As the classic "too much curious dude" that I am, I already smelled some bullcrap here and did some checks using a couple of emulators: even if the link seems pretty legit, please DON'T OPEN IT. As far as I understood, the website makes you insert the DeviantArt username, and while it shows you randomic stuff on the screen it will download some hidden crap in background which *could* result in your account loss, or even worse, your phone getting completely fucked up.
So, if you received a note with the domain "rewardworld.co", DO NOT OPEN IT IN ANY WAY!
Stay safe guys~
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Edit: the one who targeted me has already been removed, but I'm keeping this up for the time being.

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Social Media Outlets to find me at:

Some of the past episodes can be found here: www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-N9…

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:teleport: Beware the Ninja
That is all


Commission Status

Commissions Open by RBL-M1A2Tanker DA Stamp - Commissions Open by phantompanther

I am still open for commissions, but to provide clarification: I can apply colors to linearts that other people have done, work on comic pages, or write up scripts or stories.  That's all I can do, and I want to make sure everyone knows it.  Don't want anyone to feel they were tricked by my low rates and think I also draw.  Nope, sorry, I don't do that.  Certainly not well enough to justify people paying for it.  So now ya know.

Check my recent gallery submissions for examples of how I color.

For $5 I'll apply flat colors only on any single character lineart.  Comic pages, or multiple characters are a little bit more for flats.


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Just send me a note and we'll make something happen.  I use Paypal, so no issues on that front.
No Point Commissions by RBL-M1A2Tanker


:teleport: Video Stream is here: www.livestream.com/RBL_M1A2Tan…
Oooga booga


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Tanker (tangk'er)n. 1. A dusty, grease-covered, dirty, bright eyed, fuzzy faced, beer-drinking, underrated, over-worked, oversexed, little s%#* who can take a Tank and do more battlefield damage in ten minutes than a grunt squad can do in an day.


Current News

Here-yee here-yee....or 'howdy,' depending on your region of the world. :P

It's that time of the year again.  I know I wasn't really reday for it, but here we are.  Hope everyone is doin alright.  I'm still hanging in there.  And speaking of the holidays, we're coming up on the annual Dye-cember challenge. 

As a reminder, Dye-cember is a follow up to the Inktober challenge, taking place in December.  There's no theme or prompts for Dye-cember, because it presumes that you already have at least sketches or linearts prepared and ready for base colors to be applied. So far I've done it for two years, and I've just completed getting my list ready for next month. Going to be a few good, challenging images in this bunch, I'd say!

Anyway, just dropping the quick line for everyone to know what's going on.  Also considering setting up a discord server so that if folks want to chat me up, they'd be welcome to do so, as well as tie it into Twitch in some manner.

Otherwise, may your holidays be happy and blessed!

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As a reminder, :iconmrlacseul: is still taking commissions.  He's quite the talented individual, so if you're looking to get a character made, hit him up!

I still do coloring commissions as well, but if you need something drawn up, check him out.  :D



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Social Media Outlets to find me at:

Some of the past episodes can be found here: www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-N9…

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Ongoing Femme Fatale's Project details.

m1a2tanker.deviantart.com/jour…
m1a2tanker.deviantart.com/jour…
m1a2tanker.deviantart.com/jour…





:teleport: Beware the Ninja
That is all


Commission Status

Commissions Open by RBL-M1A2Tanker DA Stamp - Commissions Open by phantompanther

I am still open for commissions, but to provide clarification: I can apply colors to linearts that other people have done, work on comic pages, or write up scripts or stories.  That's all I can do, and I want to make sure everyone knows it.  Don't want anyone to feel they were tricked by my low rates and think I also draw.  Nope, sorry, I don't do that.  Certainly not well enough to justify people paying for it.  So now ya know.

Check my recent gallery submissions for examples of how I color.

For $5 I'll apply flat colors only on any single character lineart.  Comic pages, or multiple characters are a little bit more for flats.


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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Just send me a note and we'll make something happen.  I use Paypal, so no issues on that front.
No Point Commissions by RBL-M1A2Tanker


:teleport: Video Stream is here: www.livestream.com/RBL_M1A2Tan…
Oooga booga


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