Random50000

Hello there!!! My name is Joana and I'm a fellow deviant. ^^
I wanted to welcome you to dA!
This is a big place and it can be quite overwhelming, so if you have any question our doubt feel free to ask. I'll try my best to help 
Also, I hope you have lots of fun. This place not only allows you to share your works, but also to discover new art, inspiration and friends.

Anyway, just to clear up some basic things:

  Watchers  are people who follow you (like followers on tumblr or subscribers on youtube).

 You can watch other deviants as well, and when you watch someone you recieve notifications about new work, journals, critiques they make etc etc (you can edit this so you can recieve notifications about new works only, for example ^^)

 You can collect art by favouriting it 

 You can also join Groups  in dA. They are meant to bond users by a common interest and to give more exposure to deviant's works. You have many groups that are dedicated to everything art related, but some are only for a particular type of art, like traditional, or digital, or even writing. Just do a little search for what you want here. They can be quite helpful to new members since they allow bigger exposure to people's artworks. Members of a group will recieve notifications with the group's new art. Some groups also do some awesome activities with prizes for winner, like art challenges for example. ^^

 Llamas are... well... they really don't have a purpose here xD they are just fun and many deviants like to collect them since they evolve with the amount you have (people are like "gotta catch em all" ! They are also a way for showing appreciation for someone's work. You can give out as many llamas as you wish, but only one per deviant, and don't worry, you don't lose any of your llamas when giving one to another person.

 Daily Deviantions are daily features chosen each day by a select group of volunteer members. Usually daily deviations are particularly impressive or otherwise interesting enough artworks that volunteers consider that deserve being brought to the attention of the community . You can check DDs here.

 Points  are dA's money. You can "pay" some things with points, but many people use real money to buy prints, commissions or other kind of stuff here on dA.

 Core members are deviants who paid (in points or money) for a "special" membership. By becoming "core" you can access to some things that aren't available for non core members. You can check those advantages here.


Okay I hope this can help clearing up some questions.
Hope you have lots of fun here! And it's a pleasure to meet you <3

Hey there! I wish you a warm welcome on DA

Finally you joined.

Jeez.

 (waited for this moment like 4 eva)

Welcome to dA!

Welcome to DeviantArt! Hope you have a awesome time here!!