Vector & Vexel
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Descriptions
In the past I never gave much importance to DD descriptions and therefore almost never included them in my selections. I'm also one of those who believe art can speak for itself and that I shouldn't feel the necessity to "defend" my selections, if you don't see something great in them even if you try, it's quite probable you won't do it even if I try to explain it to you, art speaks for everyone differently and somehow I feel saying why I like something is like imposing my own views.
However with time I've come to realize that maybe that's seeing things from the wrong perspective and descriptions aren't meant to impose anything, or at least, if managed correctly, they shouldn't. But rather they should be seen as an opportunity to give more focus on the traits of the piece and why it was selected. Also let's be honest, sometimes at first glance is not obvious why a deviation was selected, the description can help you see why. Besides, from experience I know the majority of the community appreciate them greatly, specially the people receiving them.
So with that in mind, since some weeks ago I've been trying to include more of them. I still might feature a few without them, but I'm trying my best to include them every time. This is not always that easy though! But guess what? You can help me!
Since I wasn't giving them importance before, I never included this in my guidelines, as other volunteers do, but I'm highly encouraging you to include a reason or a proposed description in your suggestions now. They're not mandatory of course, you can still send me your suggestions with no text at all, I don't mind, but they're highly appreciated, you can help me with that! Just please note that this doesn't mean for sure I'll include your description every time. I might or might not, don't take it personally if I don't!
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Popularity and previous DDs
Me, like many other volunteers, see DDs as an opportunity to give more exposure to relatively unknown artists, so I've always given special preference to deviants with not many views and/or favourites and with no previous DDs, with just a very few exceptions.
While this remains true, I still try to give certain preference to these unknown artists, this doesn't mean I definitely won't feature a "popular" artist or that if you already have one or two DDs there is NO way I'll feature you again. I think DDs should reflect the community and the given category as a whole and thus, include artworks from various skill levels, diverse themes, styles and mediums and even popularity levels alike. Besides, popular deviants also deserve to be given DDs! So I'm relaxing this point a bit and I might do even more exceptions from now on. So don't hesitate to send your suggestions even if you consider the deviant is already "popular" or if they already have DDs. (The only thing that remains unchanged is that I certainly can't feature a deviant in a time span of less than 6 months)
If you have any doubt or concern about this, or if you totally disagree with some of it, don't hesitate to