diff --git a/app/logical/d_text.rb b/app/logical/d_text.rb
index 4fb1e4e23..1470e8810 100644
--- a/app/logical/d_text.rb
+++ b/app/logical/d_text.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class DText
     stripped.strip
   end
 
-  def self.from_html(text, &block)
+  def self.from_html(text, inline: false, &block)
     html = Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(text)
 
     dtext = html.children.map do |element|
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ class DText
         title = from_html(element.inner_html, &block)
         "#{hN}. #{title}\n\n"
       when "a"
-        title = from_html(element.inner_html, &block).strip
+        title = from_html(element.inner_html, inline: true, &block).strip
         url = element["href"]
         %("#{title}":[#{url}]) if title.present? && url.present?
       when "img"
         alt_text = element.attributes["title"] || element.attributes["alt"] || ""
         src = element["src"]
 
-        if element.parent.name == "a"
+        if inline
           alt_text
         elsif alt_text.present? && src.present?
           %("#{alt_text}":[#{src}]\n\n)
diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
index 774c4a9c8..00809f7be 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@ module Sources
 
       def self.to_dtext(text)
         DText.from_html(text) do |element|
+          # Convert embedded thumbnails of journal posts to 'deviantart #123'
+          # links. Strip embedded thumbnails of image posts. Example:
+          # https://sa-dui.deviantart.com/art/Commission-Meinos-Kaen-695905927.
+          if element.name == "a" && element["data-sigil"] == "thumb"
+            element.name = "span"
+
+            # <a href="https://sa-dui.deviantart.com/journal/About-Commissions-223178193" data-sigil="thumb" class="thumb lit" ...>
+            if element["class"].split.include?("lit")
+              deviation_id = element["href"][%r!-(\d+)\z!, 1].to_i
+              element.content = "deviantart ##{deviation_id}"
+            else
+              element.content = ""
+            end
+          end
+
           if element.name == "a" && element["href"].present?
             element["href"] = element["href"].gsub(%r!\Ahttps?://www\.deviantart\.com/users/outgoing\?!i, "")