w00t. a great big fat advertisement for the stock artists (obviously not all of them, sorry to everyone i missed!) on Deviant Art. Idea stolen...evolved...inspired...by "The Most Devious Kiss In The World" by SwollenWishes -->

so. this is my DAstock listing. 444 artists are shown (for now). about 150 short of what i was aiming for, but the file was getting too large i kinda just wanted to promote the stock artists on Deviant Art a little, and get some of the smaller names out there with the more popular accounts. there is some amazing stock art around, sometimes it's just hard to find.

all of the artists used are listed here: [link]

sorry to all of the great stock accounts out there that are still using the standard green DA icon. i couldn't put you guys on, because there'd be repeats of the same icon. also, for everyone featured, MOST of the animated/moving GIF/somehow-non-still icons generally are shown in their first frame. otherwise, they're print-screened at some point during their cycle. if you can't find yours, keep in mind that they aren't going to move in the deviation

i do realise that they are very badly lined up, and that there is no pattern in the colours and that the icons don't make a bigger picture and all of those other cool collaging tricks. Considering that it took me about two or three weeks to put together in Paint, I wasn't going to try any of those things.

if there's anyone on here who would rather be taken off, or anyone i've missed that would like to be added on, let me know so that i can work on that if you can't find your icon, let me know and i'll TRY to help you out, lol. my list does not in any way coincide with where the icons ended up, so you'd probably have a better idea than i would, lol.

NOTE: I have 444 artists in my list, and i only have 438 artist's icons in the deviation (18 columns, 25 rows, 12 boxes spelling out 'deviant stock'. it doesn't add up, lol). I don't know if i've written the numbers wrongly on my list, or if i've actually added six people to the list without pasting in their icon. if you really really REALLY can't find yours, then you're probably one of those six. in which case, i am REALLY sorry. note me, and i'll put you in there

i AM going to try to note everyone featured and let them know that i've used their icon in this. i'll start on that tomorrow (*groans at the thought of having to find 444 accounts all over again* lol)

thankyou to swollenwishes for the great concept, to all of the groups that made it so much easier to find artists (good stock, stock4figureartists, shadow-stock) and "A Wonderful World of Eyes" by VampyrAmoura --> for an awesome awesome list of artists