I'm getting annoyed with DeviantArt. The community is great, as ever, but I feel like the site itself has been going down hill the last couple years. That's why I've haven't been adding new photos very often.

All the ads, even f**king pop-ups and blinking/animated ads. I never thought DA would stoop so low! Slow load times (because of the ads, no doubt), constantly CONSTANTLY being pestered to pay for an account, the slow upload process, and not being able to search even my own photos easily. Meh. I don't need this. Not for a hobby.

I'm not leaving or anything, but my upload pace is not going to improve. I just want to let y'all know. I'm still taking stock photos all the time, but I won't be putting very many of them up here at DA.

Flickr.com on the other hand... is my new BFF. You want *all* my latest stock photos, you should visit my Flickr account. No ads, easy upload for multiple images, easy batch organize, tags and searchs. Frankly, it's just set up for stock photos much better than DevArt. And the pages load faster.

Sorry, DA. I hope we can still be friends.

Thanks for all the comments and support, everyone!


-Suzanne


---Terms of Use---
Hello there! I like sharing, don't you?

All the photos on this account, submitted under the 'resource' category, are for anyone to use, for any project, commercial or otherwise, inside or outside of deviantArt. Most are under a Creative Commons license; all I ask is that you credit me, Suzanne Phillips, if you display them. (Unless it's just as reference for a drawing, in which case no credit is needed).

A link to the finished product would be really cool. If you're not a member of deviantArt, my email is located below this journal.

I have this account because I take photos all the time for my own use: stock, art, and  snapshots. I decided to share the ones I thought might be useful.

You have to click "Download Image" to see the high resolution image.

Thanks, and enjoy!

Whew. I just tried contributing some of my stock photos to the Wikipedia Creative Commons. What a bother. I found the process clunky, unintuitive, needlessly obtuse and lacking in anything approaching a clear explanation.

It really made me appreciate dA's submission process. Hell, it even made Elfwood's submission process look smooth as a powdered baby's ass.

My main problem is with the 'tags' or keywords (they don't call them that, they're "categories"). They have some very specific rules/guidelines for placing each file within categories so they can be searched... but wikipedia is always in flux, so there's no way to tell what categories you should place a file in - and there's no guidance at all, except what not to do.

At Wikipedia, they seem really good at explaining things you shouldn't or can't do, or things that will get your file deleted, but no one seems to have bothered to explain clearly what you SHOULD be doing.

It's also difficult to edit anything once you've submitted a file. Also, once you've submitted a file, it's a "non-revocable gift". I've never considered withdrawing ANY images from my stock account here on deviantArt (except for quality reasons), but to be forced to not have the option really makes me grit my teeth.

I may try again once my frustration has faded, but I have better things to spend my time on.

Is it just me? Anyone else tried the Commons before? I never considered myself particularly dense, am I just missing something here?


---Stock Use Rules---

All the photos on this account (that are submitted under the 'resource' category) are for anyone to use, for any project, commercial or otherwise. Most are under a Creative Commons license; all I ask is that you credit me in some way if you display them. (Unless it's just as reference for a drawing or something, then no credit is needed). If it's used outside of deviantArt, please credit Suzanne Phillips.

A link to the finished product would be really cool. If you're not a member of deviantArt, my email is located below this journal.

Thanks, and enjoy! I have this account because I take A LOT stock photos all the time, for my own use. I decided to share with other people the ones I thought might be useful. You have to click "Download Image" to see the largest file size.

Here are the major categories:

Animals
Horses. A lot of horses. Human and animal bones. Dogs. Birds. Cats. Insects.

Nature
Landscapes. Waterfalls. Forests. Rocky cliffs. Seashells.

Objects
Cars. Boats. Equine tack. Armor. Randomness.

Places
Buildings. Castles. Skylines. Gardens. Indoor and outdoor.

Classical
Ancient stone murals.

Plants
Flowers. Climbing vines. Random, bizarre plants.

Textures
Man-made and natural.


---Linkages---

My art account on deviantArt is here. I hope you give it a visit, but it is filled with photos that I don't want used for photo manips, please.

A club

I'm a busy little bee. I graduated. I got a new job. I got a new apartment. I totaled my car. I bought a new car. All in the span of about three months. I'm still taking photos, it's like a nervous tick with me; I can't help it. But keeping up with things at DA is hard, even though I enjoy it very much. Thank you to everyone who's stopped by and commented/faved/arted. I appreciate all of it.

~Update~  I got a new, shiny camera! Whohoo!

Animals
Horses. A lot of horses. Human and animal bones. Dogs. Corvids. Cats. Animal skeletons. Insects.

Nature
Waterfalls. Dark forests. Rocky cliffs.

Objects
Cars. Equine tack. Armor. Randomness.

Places
Buildings. Castles. Skylines. Gardens. Indoor and outdoor.

Classical
Ancient stone murals.

Plants
Flowers. Climbing vines. Random, bizarre plants.

Textures



---Rules---

None. All the files here on this account are for anyone to use, for any project. I  grant all DeviantArtists permission to use my stock in any and all deviant Prints without restriction. No need to ask for my permission.

Just don't try to pass off my photos as your own and we'll get along just fine.

A link to the finished product would be cool, though. I love seeing what people come up with. If you're not a member of deviantArt, my email below this journal.

---Linkages---

My art account on deviantArt is here. I hope you give it a visit, but it is filled with photos that I DO NOT want used for photo manips, please.

A club

Ok, for those of you have me on your Watch List, the great influx of submissions has subsided - you now have access to almost all the stock on my harddrive that I took myself. I will continue to submit stock as I take new ones, but this business of submitting 20 photos a day has ended. Promise.

So, how 'bout some organizational, catagorical links with explantations?

Animals
Has a lot of horses. A lot. Including some tiny, fuzzy shetland ponies. Dogs. Corvids. Cats. Animal skeletons. Insects.

Nature
Waterfalls. Dark forests. Rocky cliffs.

Objects
Textures. Equine tack. Medieval armor. Ciggarette packs. Industrial scenes like tunnels and escalators.

Places
Where all my building photos are. A lot of castles and other misc. pretty stone buildings, and also some modern buildings and city skylines. Gardens.

Classical
Photos of ancient stone murals depicting chariots and severed heads and all sorts of nifty things (good background material).

Plants
Flowers. Climbing vines. Random, bizarre plants.

People
Skulls. Someone in a parachute.

---Rules---

None. All the files here on this account are for anyone to use, for any project. I  grant all DeviantArtists permission to use my stock in any and all deviant Prints without restriction. No need to ask for my permission.

Just don't try to pass off my photos as your own and we'll get along just fine.

A link to the finished product would be cool, though. I love seeing what people come up with. If you're not a member of deviantArt, my email is up there on the left.

---Linkages---

My art account on deviantArt is here. I hope you give it a visit, but it is filled with photos that I DO NOT want used for photo manips, please.

A club

Resources 4 U:

auralis-stock
Women.

AutumnsGoddess-stox
Textures.

blackdove-stock
Beautiful nature.

darkmaiden-stock
Children.

dizzz-stock
Goths in castle scenes.

dove-stock
Amazing action, amazing costumes.

dreamstock
Pretty stone buildings. Random interesting objects.

enkeli-stock
Blue-haired goth in castle scene.

erendis-stock
Woman with neat hair. Nature.

fils-stock
City and industrial scenes.

ladyvictoire
Brushes and stamps.

lamia-stock
Striking black-haired girl. Butterflies.

larafairie-stock
Brushes. Tutorials. Women.

lockstock
Lace brushes. Classically posed women.

lucias-stock
Pretty girl + great costumes.

luna-mora-stock
Abandoned hospital.

odessa11stock
Textures. Women headshots.

rachastock
Women.

skydancer-stock
Wizards! Women in nature.

spiritsighs-stock
Brushes.

welder-stock
Neat buildings. Some industrial, too.

wso-stock
Textures. Industrial.

ominous-stock
Goths with guns!

eyesofunknow-stock
Hella cool character action

---Communities---
fullbodyshots

stockcity
Huge stockers list

character-stock