So... When I first log in to DA every day, I check out the Channels page, see what been uploaded in the time since I last log in.. I've got all the categories that I like streaming there...
And as of late, I've been really frustrated as to how many miscasts there are in all the galleys I watch. Now I know, I can spend whole evening reporting them... But geeze, like I have that time right now! (And... Maybe it's just me, but I feel like a real bully if I see the person is new to DA... Talk about a welcome, getting told you submit it to a wrong category... I now I felt like an ass the first time I got one, and I hadn't been here long)

So... I decided to write a little tutorial on how to check if your item your submitting is in the right category.

Not generally good at writing these, here's hoping I make sense.
This is mainly going to deal with the Artisan Craft or Fashion galleries, but I think this can apply to any category, really.

So... here you are, you going to Submit something you just fished, let us say a hat... A hat you sewed, no less. You know, like one of theses > (Hat by the lovely `taeliac, I'm just using it as a example.. .And it is in the right gallery, just couldn't resist using her stuff!) Great, it's done! Now let’s get it up for the whole world to see! Now, it going up in Clothes gallery, cause you sewed the thing, and it's fabric, right? Right?

Well, no, it wouldn't. It would go in to Accessories.. But how can you tell that?
Right. Well, when you go to submit a Deviation, there's a little handy button on the lower left hand corner, like I've highlighted here .

It only pops up once you select a final category, but when you do, hit the Gallery Info button, and a screen like this pops up .


Once there, if you were submitting a hat to Clothes, you's see that the Clothes gallery is reserved for
" General everyday garments including skirts, shirts, pants, dresses, jackets, and underwear, made mostly of a textile medium."

Right, now what? Well, you hit the Back button, because you're not in the right gallery.. (however, if you are in the right gallery, you click OK, and then forget about it)

Now, let say you get lucky, and hit Accessories
next, and repeat the above.. Well, you'll see this gallery is reserved for

"Clothing items that are not garments, such as handbags, ties, wigs, socks, wraps, and leg warmers, made of a textile based medium."


Bingo! Now your hat has a home, and you're happy.. (And so is everyone browsing DA)


This tutorial was brought to you from my own stupid mistakes; so don't feel like I'm trying to put ya down... Been there, done that, got the note from the mod.


Just for fun, a few more descriptions on some of the galleries I watch.

Gallery Info: Costumes

Garments made for not-so-everyday use to portray a character, animal, or object, and are mostly of a textile medium.



Gallery Info: Fiber Art

General artwork created with textiles through the application of paints, dyes, stitching, and/or other fabric manipulations.


Gallery Info: Fashion Design

Fashion designs (finished clothing) and collections shown in drawings, sketches and digital paintings.

Gallery Info: Fashion Portraits

Photographs where the focus of the image is on the clothing style rather than on the model.






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