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FourTonMantis
September 28th, 2007, 05:43 PM
...destroy a DeviantArt account? Or have I left a permanent mar upon the internetz?

I made one in my prehistoric art days and I wish for it to be dead. Is this plausible?
sweetoblivion314
September 28th, 2007, 05:46 PM
you used to be able to. But cant anymore.
archipelago
September 28th, 2007, 05:51 PM
deviant art has gone down hill since jark got kicked from staff :(
alesoun
September 28th, 2007, 05:55 PM
You were young, you were silly.......

You weren't Chase, were you?
FourTonMantis
September 28th, 2007, 06:29 PM
You were young, you were silly.......

You weren't Chase, were you?

noooo sir. He's that "super popular" Deviant right?

Well I deleted all my "Deviations" (why can't the just call 'em sketches, or drawings? Or paintings if it applies). But the account is still there. So funny, I remember thinking "Man finally a way to get my art "out there" Yes!". How foolish.
alesoun
September 28th, 2007, 08:05 PM
Ah, you're in safe harbour now, chill......

Nice to see you here, now!
Snarfevs
September 28th, 2007, 09:52 PM
Indeed, you can no longer close an account. DA does however have instructions for removing practically everything - here (http://help.deviantart.com/113/).

You can probably also get yourself banned (thus closing the account) by acting like a complete dick, though by the look at it you will have to work hard at it, given how many complete dicks are still active on DA.

Also, DA seems to randomly unperson people without reason or notice, so if you wait long enough it should happen through blind chance.
megas_imperius
September 30th, 2007, 03:34 PM
I was going to suggest that you keep it up.
That way you can go back there when you feel inferior, so that you can see how far you've come.
Or you could go back when your ego gets too big, so you can remember that you were once that bad.
FourTonMantis
October 2nd, 2007, 07:45 PM
I was going to suggest that you keep it up.
That way you can go back there when you feel inferior, so that you can see how far you've come.
Or you could go back when your ego gets too big, so you can remember that you were once that bad.

That's why I kept almost all of my old drawings. :)
SentWest
October 2nd, 2007, 09:55 PM
Well I deleted all my "Deviations" (why can't the just call 'em sketches, or drawings? Or paintings if it applies). But the account is still there. So funny, I remember thinking "Man finally a way to get my art "out there" Yes!". How foolish.

I don't think it was so foolish, if you didn't have any other information at the time. Mine is still going to sit there, if only because my mother still can't figure out email attachments and its an easy way for her to see my stuff. (Threaded sites like CA would be miles over her head, trust me, "right-click" is a challenge.)

I have to admit though, I continued with DA after I was introduced to ConceptArt due to the extremely high intimidation factor engendered by, well hell, the front page... but got over it because when everything is "Awesome, Kawaii!" nothing is.