Step 1: Go to sxc.hu

Step 2: Type in "kitten" as a keyword, then do a search

Step 3: Pick the cutest, most cuddly, most high-res photo of a kitten that you can find

Step 4: Download picture

Step 5: Open up PhotoShop

Step 6: Bring cutest, most cuddly, most high-res kitten photo into PhotoShop

Step 7: Slightly edit the contrast of photo. Slightly edit the colors. (note: spend no more than five minutes on this)

Step 8: Add bokeh texture if you feel it is necessary

Step 9: Go to deviantArt, click on "submit deviation"

Step 10: Upload the picture. Place it into the "Photomanipulation" category, even though it does not belong there, if you go by dA's definition of "photomanipulation"

Step 11: In the artist's comment section, type something along the lines of: "Aren't kittens adorable?!?" and then add below it, "stock: sxc.hu" in the absolute smallest font size you can that is still visible to the human eye

Step 12: Submit the picture

Step 13: Sit back and watch as thousands of people favorite the picture

Step 14: When people, who neglected to read the fine print in the artist's comment, compliment you on what a great job you did with the lighting and getting the kitten to pose the way it did for long enough to snap the picture, simply say, "Thank you!!! Kittens are soooo cute, amiright?!?!" If anyone asks what kind of camera you used, ignore them completely

Step 15: Repeat steps 1-14 until you have used every cute, cuddly, high-res photo sxc.hu has to offer

Step 16: Enjoy your new dA popularity that you failed to earn in any respectable way

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