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***UPDATE**** Please read the following news article by deviantart staff for more information:  news.deviantart.com/article/69…



Okay, so maybe it's not a virus, but I believe I was suckered into doing something on dA that I'd never do in an email.

Someone left a comment. Someone that I didn't recognize - on an older photo. It said

rofl this may be relevant to your interests (there was a hyperlink to an external website).

So I visited the other person's main page, they were legit. Had a subscription. Had deviations posted, etc... And I thought, okay - it's safe enough.

The page said "oh no" a few times, and please wait... loading..........

And I kept seeing deviantart URL's loading... Finally I hit stop and went back...

Now I get a comment from another user telling me that the link I left them didn't work...

So I look, and sure enough, I've spammed a zillion other random dA users - ONLY I DIDN'T.

An example is the following comment, supposedly, apparently, left by me (but I didn't visit this page till someone left a comment on my page telling me my link didn't work and I looked at my "activity" page and saw a whole list of comments that I didn't leave...

Look at the comment I supposedly posted here: [link]

I have already contacted the dA helpdesk but the damage is done....

BE VERY CAREFUL about clicking links (especially to external sites) in comments, because you might get turned into a spam generator.


***Note:  This affected multiple accounts.  I use Google Chrome over here, and Firefox over there, and when the link didn't appear to work on one, I pasted it into the other, and as a result both accounts "spammed" other users. ***
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Stock Art

2 min read
I am new to the concept of Stock Art, and may well make a few mistakes for categories.  But I have been observing the world around me and putting up photos on dA for several months now, and I am finding some things that could be used for something - but I am not sure what to do with them.

My original gallery is full of photos of various subjects: farmscapes and country life, waterscapes, sunrise and sunsets, or just trees and whatnot.  Some of those might could be used as stock art, but I am not even sure what people are looking for.

If you have any requests or suggestions, feel free to comment and leave me some feedback.  The first few posts are just some 'textures' that I've observed around me, and a trash can that I like. :)  :shrug:  But I am not sure where to go from here.

Visit my 'main' page anytime, at :iconarkansawyer:

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First two manipulations have been posted!   :iconvandalises: and I used my 'barrier' on two seperate deviations... Her use was totally different than mine, but both are interesting to me.  It's just experimentation at this point on both our parts.  Check them out!

www.deviantart.com/deviation/5… by :iconvandalises:

www.deviantart.com/deviation/5… by :iconarkytraveler:

And now, a third!!

www.deviantart.com/deviation/5… by :iconbuble:

and fourth:

www.deviantart.com/deviation/5… by :iconbuble:
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