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This is a guide for anyone who:
- Doesn't care about llamas
- Doesn't understand why they exist
- Doesn't know what they can gain
DISCLAIMER: If you hate llamas or see them as pointless, then that is perfectly fine. Just don't complain about it.
You can even disable badge notifications in your settings.
+ How? Click the "General" tab, scroll to the very bottom of the page, tick the 3rd box, and click save. No more llamas will bother you.
But if you are still curious, then read on.
Why should I care about llamas?
- They can gain you views, points, and friends.
+ There's still a lot of people who don't use browser extensions to give llamas. That means when they give you a llama, they see your profile.
+ You can use the llamatrade to get points by giving llamas. You can also sell llamas in your donation pool.
+ After tons of llama giving, I have made friends thanks to people starting a conversation with me about them.
+ Medusa-the-Eternal has guides on how to get pageviews and watches/favorites with llamas.
Why should I give llamas?
- It can be a simple way to tell someone you like their art.
- It can make someone's day. A lot of people like receiving them.
- You can help someone reach their goal of getting to a certain badge rank.
- It can get a lot more people looking at your profile.
Why do llamas exist?
- spyed (the founder of dA) said that llamas were made to introduce people to the point system.
- On April 1st, 2010 deviantART announced llama badges to the public as their annual practical joke. Their popularity made them stick.
Other questions you may have
- What is a llama badge? Read the Llama FAQ
- How can I give and receive more llamas? Read Resources To Help You GIVE And GET More Llamas
Still don't like llamas?
- Then that's perfectly fine. It's your choice.
- Llama badges are not necessary to enjoy this website.
- But if you want to be jerk about it then that is your problem.
- The only smart choice you can make is to ignore them.
Want to learn more?
- Visit my side account
to learn more about llama badges.- Stamp base used: Stamp Templates Pack 2 by TheLoveTrain
- Here is the code for the animated version of this stamp: [link]
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+ They can gain you views, points, and friends.
So can actively participating in the art community by commenting on, critiquing, and faving other artists' work, and you know, actually starting a conversation with other artists regarding their work. Points aren't exactly worth much, it takes loads to get almost any use out of them and a lot of artists have sold their work short due to the fact that points are deceptively cheap. All can be done without handing out a single llama, and usually work much better since you're providing useful critique or active engagement with an artist's work. A llama doesn't tell an artist anything about their work, just that you looked at their profile once.
+ There's still a lot of people who don't use browser extensions to give llamas. That means when they give you a llama, they see your profile.
This... actually implies that there are people who do use browser extensions to give llamas without looking at your profile, which ultimately undermines your point - there are people who just throw a llama at you for empty praise. Not to mention, you can look at someone's page and not hand them a llama. Hand them art faves, hand them comments, hand them critiques, hand them commissions. You know, things that actually help their art journey.
+ You can use the llamatrade to get points by giving llamas. You can also sell llamas in your donation pool.
As previously said, points are deceptive. About 400 points, which is incredibly hard to get while trading llamas (since they go for 1-2 points when you're using llamatrade, usually). Most artists who use points treat points like cash, and think 10 points is a good price to charge for their work, not realising they're only selling their artwork for about 10 cents. I saw someone charge 2 points for full body chibi commissions. Two cents for a full body picture. Points are ultimately worthless unless you accumulate a ton, and most of us do have lives outside of DeviantART and can't keep checking the pool for the next 1 point llama trade. As for selling them in the donation pool, you can also give them away for free, which undermines the whole process.
+ After tons of llama giving, I have made friends thanks to people starting a conversation with me about them.
I've been on dA for the best part of a decade now, having moved account several times. I've gained friends, lost friends, remade several times when I wasn't satisfied with the audience I attracted. But over the 7-8 years I've been on dA, not one of my friends has ever been made from giving out a llama badge to someone. Most people aren't such fanatics of this aged bloated website that they are just actively talking about its oldest features that don't actually add anything but quirky-ness to the website, not actually aiding its goal as an art platform for artists.
I'm not absolutely outraged when someone gives out a llama, but they're not God's gift to man like everyone seems to believe here for some weird reason.
So can actively participating in the art community by commenting on, critiquing, and faving other artists' work, and you know, actually starting a conversation with other artists regarding their work. Points aren't exactly worth much, it takes loads to get almost any use out of them and a lot of artists have sold their work short due to the fact that points are deceptively cheap. All can be done without handing out a single llama, and usually work much better since you're providing useful critique or active engagement with an artist's work. A llama doesn't tell an artist anything about their work, just that you looked at their profile once.
+ There's still a lot of people who don't use browser extensions to give llamas. That means when they give you a llama, they see your profile.
This... actually implies that there are people who do use browser extensions to give llamas without looking at your profile, which ultimately undermines your point - there are people who just throw a llama at you for empty praise. Not to mention, you can look at someone's page and not hand them a llama. Hand them art faves, hand them comments, hand them critiques, hand them commissions. You know, things that actually help their art journey.
+ You can use the llamatrade to get points by giving llamas. You can also sell llamas in your donation pool.
As previously said, points are deceptive. About 400 points, which is incredibly hard to get while trading llamas (since they go for 1-2 points when you're using llamatrade, usually). Most artists who use points treat points like cash, and think 10 points is a good price to charge for their work, not realising they're only selling their artwork for about 10 cents. I saw someone charge 2 points for full body chibi commissions. Two cents for a full body picture. Points are ultimately worthless unless you accumulate a ton, and most of us do have lives outside of DeviantART and can't keep checking the pool for the next 1 point llama trade. As for selling them in the donation pool, you can also give them away for free, which undermines the whole process.
+ After tons of llama giving, I have made friends thanks to people starting a conversation with me about them.
I've been on dA for the best part of a decade now, having moved account several times. I've gained friends, lost friends, remade several times when I wasn't satisfied with the audience I attracted. But over the 7-8 years I've been on dA, not one of my friends has ever been made from giving out a llama badge to someone. Most people aren't such fanatics of this aged bloated website that they are just actively talking about its oldest features that don't actually add anything but quirky-ness to the website, not actually aiding its goal as an art platform for artists.
I'm not absolutely outraged when someone gives out a llama, but they're not God's gift to man like everyone seems to believe here for some weird reason.