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I just logged onto DA for the first time in several months and won't be able to reply to all of the favs and nice comments, so thank you very much for them.  Also, thank you in advance because it'll probably be a few more months before I log back in. Earlier this year, I hit DA burnout and a deep dissatisfaction with my Poser "creations".  I put creations in quotes because I haven't really created anything; rather, I've just posed content which I've purchased from somebody else.  Poser gives one the ability to create sets, camera angles, lighting, and tweaking textures, which was fun for a while, but I upgraded to 2014 Pro and can now no lon

I know this post will receive replies of, "Duh...", but I must ask.  When did Deviant"Art" become nothing but a glorified Pinterest?  Was I wrong to assume the intent of this site was to provide a forum for people to post their work?  If that's the case, is there no sort of quality control to prevent people from just posting stuff they downloaded from somewhere else?  If not, then what's the point of this site? It was bad enough when there was a flood pics of guys posting blurry camera phone shots of their junk in pantyhose, but at least it was original. Rant done.

Dear Disney, When I first heard that Lucasfilm had been sold to Disney, I wasn't really surprised.  Honestly, I had hoped this would have happened a long time ago, and the fact that Lucas has hawked over Star Wars like an overprotective pageant mom is what's most upsetting to me.  The fact is, there were 16 years between Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace where Lucas did nothing with the franchise except release mediocre video games and a Wookie holiday special.  That's 16 years in which Star Wars could have really evolved and grown, but was held back by a jealous parent. It's going to be a difficult road ahead because hardcore Star Wars