DeviantArt Design Battle 2009 Winners… Is That All?
There was a time back in the 1990′s, and hell, even the early 2000′s, when DeviantArt was the bee’s knees for artists — visual and literary — and was a significant platform for serious artists to perform their work. Since then, DA has lost a lot of its luster; while a few legitimate artists still reside on its webpages, the majority are amateurs who hash out standard anime character flair and mediocre photography.
DeviantArt’s Design Battle 2009 called for DA artists to create t-shirt designs; here are a couple of the Grand Prize-winning pieces. They are decent, but certainly no longer convey what a huge visual powerhouse DA once was.
