DA Unreleased is a fresh, unofficial community helping deviants of any experience level to build attention, improve comment quality and is a forum for general questions and answers. If you're new to deviantART you're very welcome! If you're an experienced, helpful member, please feel free to join the effort. Hey, you might even learn something!!


Sign Up! Easy! Add us to your watch and send a note with the subject: JOIN. Be sure to mention your artistic specialty or your favourite style in the message, and say howdy while you're at it!. We'll be in touch soon after (within 24 hours, at most) to welcome you aboard. To help spread the word, please add an icon link to the club in your journal footers or a text link in your comment signature.

Talkative? Drop by our chat room and gab it up. There's usually someone there. If not, there's always something worth typing about in the forum.

Got Opinion? Be sure and drop by the poll and make it count. We need your vote! Please also leave a short comment explaining your choice - votes are fine and dandy, but opinions and reasons matter!

Random Questions? You choose. Post questions below, drop them off in the forum, or just send us a note. We'll respond as soon as we can.

Silent Type? Fine! Slap a watch on us and come along for the ride. Go ahead. Make our day.

Thanks for stopping by! We're constantly updating and improving, so be sure to drop back early and drop back often! Why not add us to your watch? You'll be automatically notified as things change..




Headlines

New Affiliate *da-unreleased has just affiliated with the ~DronelikeNodClub, headed up by none other than our very own =nahyta. Check it out - we're sure you'll agree it's worth the look..

Member DD Our esteemed founder member =timtam has received a Daily Deviation feature for a haunting image, The Plank!! Congratulations Tim!

New club admin! Huge greets to our newest member, =lukeroberts, digital photographer extraordinaire! Luke has graciously accepted the recently vacated admin position and will be the main icon shuffler round these parts from here on in. Way to go bro!


Latest Additions

Build A Name Be Seen, Be Heard, Be Known from *Zenith-XO discusses simple strategies that you can use to build a name for yourself on deviantART, and have a lot of fun along the way. More..

deviantINTERVIEW I The first in a continuing series, dA-U's interview with the venerable ©suzi9mm (1.3M pageviews - wow!) is now ready for the reading. More..

Better Commenting Read The Art Of The Comment, once again from ~LopiX, to discover how you can use commenting to enrich you deviantART experience. More..

dA Basics Guide Useful for all deviants, ~LopiX's A Newbies Guide To dA Basics explains how to add links, use text formatting and emoticons and provides good tips for good commenting. More..


Contests

Free Subscription New member *Zenith-XO, in an extremely generous gesture has donated a 3-month subscription as the prize for our new contest. How to win? Simply submit a useful guide or feature article to the club between right now and February 28th. DA-Unreleased staff will select the best submission and the winner will walk away subscribed! Of course, if you happen to be subscribed already, other arrangements of similar value will be made. Get deviating!!

Note: Contest extended until end of February.


Featured Community

The Unknown Artist Project is an initiative headed up by ^garrit that features high quality art that has not had the exposure it rightfully deserves. This program offers such deviants and deviations a chance to heighten their popularity and demonstrate their work to a wider audience of deviants. More..


Stuff To Do

Our current poll is all about that hottest of dA topics, so-called 'useless' comments. Let's hear how you really feel! Go!

Check the forum - new topics have been aded to explain a little about how things are gonna work, and what you can do to participate and contribute. It's also a great spot to meet the rest of the crew. Go!

We have our own 'dAmn' chat channel running! It's easy - just click the link, and you're instantly teleported to the land of the chat addicted. Once there, all you need to do is type. Drop in and catch us unawares! Go

Why not stick some important dates into the club calendar, like your birthday! Not a bad idea huh? Find it just below the poll. Go!

Say hi! Be sure and check the pages of your fellow club members.. Seems we're all extremely talented and have a bunch of great artworks on show. Scope their gallery and drop a greet on their page to let 'em know you came by. Before you leave, add them to your watch so you can keep up with everyone. That's the spirit!

Before you leave, drop everyone your kooky greets in the ShoutBox. Be creative! You'll also find ShoutBoard lurking down below, where we've lovingly hung sone of your finest works. Go!