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PA = ? :)

AtiAti Posts: 9,182
edited October 2017 in The Commons

What does "PA" officially stand for? I know some people have been calling them "Published Artists," others "Premier Artists."

Today's Daz e-mail calls them both. laugh So which one is it? laugh

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  • Zev0Zev0 Posts: 7,121

    Now I am confused as well lol.cheeky

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318

    Puzzled artists! :)

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,182

    To take it a step further: the forum calls them Published Artists (just checked Zev0's profile :)), while the current sale is called "Annual Premier Artist Sale."

  • Zev0Zev0 Posts: 7,121

    Great, now I have an identity crises:(

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,182
    Zev0 said:

    Great, now I have an identity crises:(

    Don't worry! Everything will be all right! That's why I started this thread: to clear this situation! laugh

  • Griffin AvidGriffin Avid Posts: 3,815

    No, Premier artist is just a description of their 'best talent' and not the acronym.

    Published Artist is still the official term.

     

     

     

     

     

    Boy, I sound like I know what I'm talking about, right there.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,085

    It's not "Penguin Anarchist"?...

    Huh...

    My second guess was always "Psychokinetic Aardvarks"... But I guess "published artist" makes a bit more sense.

    Well, I guess it's true what they say about the internet and learning stuff... I'm not sure what that was, because I didn't learn anything, nor do I remember what the saying was, but I did learn that just making something up is often more appealing than the facts...

    Because if you think about it, the image of a published artist toiling away at their art is a lot more sad and boring than a cute little penguin throwing molotov cocktails and shouting anti establishment propaganda... Or an adorable little aardvark with telekinetic powers running amok in the streets, mentally flinging cars to and fro...

    I'm really disappointed, but I'm better informed now.

  • Bluebird 3DBluebird 3D Posts: 995

    PA = Pregnant Artist

    ... So congratulations, Zev!!! We are so happy for you.

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    Bluebird 3D said:

    PA = Pregnant Artist

    ... So congratulations, Zev!!! We are so happy for you.

    Uh, I either don't know which gender Zev0 is or I totally messed up when I was studying anatomy.  Or Zev0 is going to be really, really rich in the next few months.  ;)

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 15,085

    Men can get pregnant, so it doesn't necessarily mean anything.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,004

    Maybe it's like "DAZ" and doesn't actually stand for anything.

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,182
    Richard Haseltine said:

    Maybe it's like "DAZ" and doesn't actually stand for anything.

    Now you're confusing me even more. laugh I thought "DAZ" meant Digital Art Zone.

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,048
    edited October 2017

    DAZ is now technically Daz,  no longer capital,  and if it once did stand for an acronym Digital Art Zone  that is no longer official.  Different owners. 

    As for PA,  they've used both  premier and published interchangeably for years now though technically premier would be a marketing thing wheras Published would be contractual.

    Post edited by FirstBastion on
  • nobody1954nobody1954 Posts: 933
    avxp said:

     

    PA? Ya found my PA?

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,182
    FirstBastion said:

    DAZ is now technically Daz,  no longer capital,  and if it once did stand for an acronym Digital Art Zone  that is no longer official.  Different owners. 

    As for PA,  they've used both  premier and published interchangeably for years now though technically premier would be a marketing thing wheras Published would be contractual.

    Thanks!

    We're almost there! :D

    I wasn't around when the owners were different. Okay, so it's Daz, not capital letters. "DAZ Studio", however, still has the full capital DAZ letters. Is there any significance to that?

    (I seem to have way too much free time... :D)

  • L'AdairL'Adair Posts: 9,479
    Ati said:
    FirstBastion said:

    DAZ is now technically Daz,  no longer capital,  and if it once did stand for an acronym Digital Art Zone  that is no longer official.  Different owners. 

    As for PA,  they've used both  premier and published interchangeably for years now though technically premier would be a marketing thing wheras Published would be contractual.

    Thanks!

    We're almost there! :D

    I wasn't around when the owners were different. Okay, so it's Daz, not capital letters. "DAZ Studio", however, still has the full capital DAZ letters. Is there any significance to that?

    (I seem to have way too much free time... :D)

    You should use some of that free time to compose a scene with a few of those new items you bought last month.
    wink

    It might be a fun challenge to put something from every product you bought during the PA sale into a single scene, but I don't think many of us, if any, have computers that could handle that much stuff in one scene. (Well, maybe for those who had trouble finding stuff they liked on sale...)

  • HavosHavos Posts: 5,577
    edited October 2017

    Companies that suddenly decide that their abbreviation does not stand for anything is not an isolated incident. IBM decided to do the same, I assume because the company now does a lot more than build International Business Machines

    Post edited by Havos on
  • AtiAti Posts: 9,182
    L'Adair said:
    Ati said:
    FirstBastion said:

    DAZ is now technically Daz,  no longer capital,  and if it once did stand for an acronym Digital Art Zone  that is no longer official.  Different owners. 

    As for PA,  they've used both  premier and published interchangeably for years now though technically premier would be a marketing thing wheras Published would be contractual.

    Thanks!

    We're almost there! :D

    I wasn't around when the owners were different. Okay, so it's Daz, not capital letters. "DAZ Studio", however, still has the full capital DAZ letters. Is there any significance to that?

    (I seem to have way too much free time... :D)

    You should use some of that free time to compose a scene with a few of those new items you bought last month.
    wink

    That's just it! :D I seem to have all this free time when I'm doing just that. :D Although not new items, but 1100+ panels for my book 3, so I'm quite happy that I'm using a lot of the stuff I buy. :) (Okay, the dinos were probably an exception. ;))

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,063
    edited October 2017

    privileged artists cheeky

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • sapatsapat Posts: 1,735
    Ati said:
    Richard Haseltine said:

    Now you're confusing me even more. laugh I thought "DAZ" meant Digital Art Zone.

    That's been the theory for the more than 10 yrs I've been coming here.

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843
    th3Digit said:

    privileged artists cheeky

    More like "Pressured" artists wink

  • fixmypcmikefixmypcmike Posts: 19,685
    McGyver said:

    IMy second guess was always "Psychokinetic Aardvarks"

    Only The AntFarm and a few others, there are surprisingly few aardvarks and their psychic powers vary considerably.

  • namffuaknamffuak Posts: 4,406
    L'Adair said:
    Ati said:
    FirstBastion said:

    DAZ is now technically Daz,  no longer capital,  and if it once did stand for an acronym Digital Art Zone  that is no longer official.  Different owners. 

    As for PA,  they've used both  premier and published interchangeably for years now though technically premier would be a marketing thing wheras Published would be contractual.

    Thanks!

    We're almost there! :D

    I wasn't around when the owners were different. Okay, so it's Daz, not capital letters. "DAZ Studio", however, still has the full capital DAZ letters. Is there any significance to that?

    (I seem to have way too much free time... :D)

    You should use some of that free time to compose a scene with a few of those new items you bought last month.
    wink

    It might be a fun challenge to put something from every product you bought during the PA sale into a single scene, but I don't think many of us, if any, have computers that could handle that much stuff in one scene. (Well, maybe for those who had trouble finding stuff they liked on sale...)

    I did that once before, and I'm thinking about doing it again. The real fun in this case is stuffing several external environments and two or three interiors into one cohesive interior scene. Terrariums, anyone?

  • RuphussRuphuss Posts: 2,631

    "Public Address" called PA stands for a musical soundsystem much longer than daz studio exists

  • cherpenbeckcherpenbeck Posts: 1,416

    Daz = dazzling nothingness  – or does it mean  Dystopian art zone? Oh no, I remember, it's a Descartes' arbitrary zerofunction ...

  • ValandarValandar Posts: 1,417

    And here, I thought it stood for "Proprietary Applications"...

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