Using Emotes on dA
One of the best things about chat friendly emoticons is being able to use them within conversation. However, finding out how to use emoticons around deviantART can be a little confusing. There are actually several ways which you can use emoticons around the site and the methods are neatly summed up within one tutorial:
:bulletblue: How to use emotes on dA
Official Emoticons
The 'Official Emoticons' list is the remains of the old emoticon system used on deviantART called The Emoticon Legend. In the past, only a small number of emotes were usable in comments around the site, and these were listed on the Emoticon Legend. To