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The Death of DeviantArt and the art-site shaped hole haunting the Internet -- Multi-hyphenate
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this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2026
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I learned web design on deviant art
Sad to see it go this way
I had no idea, and this hurts. I have a few, but fond, memories about DeviantArt when I had a short phase on highschool where I was drawing for a bit (which was more than 10 years ago). It didn't last long, but DeviantArt was a large part of it.
Hearing they are commiting to AI art - THE platform for actual artists (at least it was, 10 years ago), who AI hurts the most, is insane. That's pure betrayal. I hate this.
It doesn't generate art, it generates content.
It degenerates art
my first pc was a vista laptop, i downloaded some awesome windows themes and cursors from deviantart. once i tried to replace the start menu orb, but the image file i replaced must've been the vista logo that comes up at boot. it didn't boot anymore.