Maybe its just me, but the Daily Deviations used to seem important. They were up on the front page of DA for all to see and aspire to, representing many artists and many styles. Through DD's i discovered many many great and talented people on this site, but that seems to be less so these days.

For a start, the DD's are now tucked away at the very bottom of the page and worse still the standard of art that is selected for the honor has slipped horribly. I dont want to sound rude about anyones art, but on a site with so many millions of artworks, it seems like very little thought, effort or care is going into the selection process. A prime example would be this...

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I know that art is a matter of taste, and so I do not have the right to say that such a piece of art is undeserving of a DD, but surely there is better? Infact some of the DD's i see getting suggested have no comments on them (from the suggester), surely if something is worthy of being suggested and given a DD, the person suggesting it should have something to say about it. Increasingly I see artwork being chosen that makes no sense (the artists work i linked to has a gallery with many brilliant works, so it just strikes me as weird that the one chosen was such a boring piece).
All too often many bland boring photos that would be more at home on a site like myspace or facebook are given the award and it just baffles me. I wanna see more great art, not browse peoples family photos, and I wanna see the makers of fantastic art get the credit and attention they deserve!

sorry for the rant, but todays selection of DD's with only one exception were just too abysmal for me to let go.