Compare and Contrast Ideas: DeviantArt

Link: DeviantArt Site

My Rating: 5/5

      This is an extremely well known website for artists. It is one of the most widely used places to share your work. It is a great community for finding similar art, for getting feedback, for finding inspiration, or perhaps even for being discovered and launching a career in art. 

     The standard DeviantArt community is free to join, share, and browse. 

Here is an example of a grouping of art from different artists, all inspired by the show Parks and Rec.
The site sorts similar work into categories.

This shows how many categories there are for finding and sorting the art.

Compare and Contrast Ideas + Sharing Ideas & Opinions 

       This website is great for the instructional strategy of sharing ideas and opinions because it is a place where people can do just that. It is also great for comparing and constrasting ideas with other artists. As a teacher I could use this app for assignments. I could tell my students to find 5 images that have commonality and for them to create a piece that fits into the same category. I could also use it as a place to have them share their work with each other or create portfolios. 

        The limitations that this website might create is a lack of passion/motivation. When the students get a look at all of the talented people using DeviantArt they may get discouraged when they compare their work to others. However, I firmly believe that we should not compare our work to others in such a way that it ruins our confidence because we all truly have something unique to bring to the table. I would hope that DeviantArt would be inspiring for students if I was to use this site in my curriculum.