diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/artist_commentaries.js b/app/assets/javascripts/artist_commentaries.js
index a2c96a76c..4b72d71d7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/artist_commentaries.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/artist_commentaries.js
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@
   Danbooru.ArtistCommentary.from_source = function(source) {
     return $.get("/source.json?url=" + encodeURIComponent(source)).then(function(data) {
       return {
-        original_title: data.artist_commentary.title,
-        original_description: data.artist_commentary.description,
+        original_title: data.artist_commentary.dtext_title,
+        original_description: data.artist_commentary.dtext_description,
         source: source,
       };
     });
diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
index 42023befd..5376ffeab 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ module Sources
 
       def get
         agent.get(URI.parse(normalized_url)) do |page|
+          page.encoding = "utf-8"
           @artist_name, @profile_url = get_profile_from_page(page)
           @image_url = get_image_url_from_page(page)
           @tags = get_tags_from_page(page)
@@ -32,6 +33,50 @@ module Sources
         end
       end
 
+      def self.to_dtext(text)
+        html = Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(text)
+
+        dtext = html.children.map do |element|
+          case element.name
+          when "text"
+            element.content
+          when "br"
+            "\n"
+          when "blockquote"
+            "[quote]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/quote]" if element.inner_html.present?
+          when "small", "sub"
+            "[tn]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/tn]" if element.inner_html.present?
+          when "b"
+            "[b]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/b]" if element.inner_html.present?
+          when "i"
+            "[i]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/i]" if element.inner_html.present?
+          when "u"
+            "[u]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/u]" if element.inner_html.present?
+          when "strike"
+            "[s]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/s]" if element.inner_html.present?
+          when "li"
+            "* #{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}" if element.inner_html.present?
+          when "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6"
+            hN = element.name
+            title = to_dtext(element.inner_html)
+            "#{hN}. #{title}\n"
+          when "a"
+            title = to_dtext(element.inner_html)
+            url = element.attributes["href"].value
+            url = url.gsub(%r!\Ahttps?://www\.deviantart\.com/users/outgoing\?!i, "")
+            %("#{title}":[#{url}]) if title.present?
+          when "img"
+            element.attributes["title"] || element.attributes["alt"] || ""
+          when "comment"
+            # ignored
+          else
+            to_dtext(element.inner_html)
+          end
+        end.join
+
+        dtext
+      end
+
     protected
 
       def get_profile_from_page(page)
@@ -86,7 +131,7 @@ module Sources
         desc = page.search("div.dev-description div.text.block")
 
         if desc.any?
-          desc[0].inner_text
+          desc[0].children.to_s
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb b/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce7ead7f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+module Sources
+  class DeviantArtTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+    context "The source for an DeviantArt artwork page" do
+      setup do
+        @site = Sources::Site.new("http://noizave.deviantart.com/art/test-post-please-ignore-685436408")
+        @site.get
+      end
+
+      should "get the image url" do
+        assert_equal("http://orig02.deviantart.net/7b5b/f/2017/160/c/5/test_post_please_ignore_by_noizave-dbc3a48.png", @site.image_url)
+      end
+
+      should "get the profile" do
+        assert_equal("http://noizave.deviantart.com/", @site.profile_url)
+      end
+
+      should "get the artist name" do
+        assert_equal("noizave", @site.artist_name)
+      end
+
+      should "get the tags" do
+        assert_equal(%w[bar baz foo], @site.tags.map(&:first))
+      end
+
+      should "get the artist commentary" do
+        title = "test post please ignore"
+        desc = "<div align=\"center\"><span>blah blah<br><div align=\"left\">\n<a class=\"external\" href=\"http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.google.com\">test link</a><br>\n</div></span></div>\n<br><h1>lol</h1>\n<br><br><b>blah</b> <i>blah</i> <u>blah</u> <strike>blah</strike><br>herp derp<br><br><blockquote>this is a quote</blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>one</li>\n<li>two</li>\n<li>three</li>\n</ol>\n<ul>\n<li>one</li>\n<li>two</li>\n<li>three</li>\n</ul>\n<img src=\"http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/heart.gif\" alt=\"Heart\" style=\"width: 15px; height: 13px;\" data-embed-type=\"emoticon\" data-embed-id=\"357\">  "
+
+        assert_equal(title, @site.artist_commentary_title)
+        assert_equal(desc, @site.artist_commentary_desc)
+      end
+
+      should "get the dtext-ified commentary" do
+        desc = <<-EOS.strip_heredoc.chomp
+          blah blah
+          
+          "test link":[http://www.google.com]
+          
+
+
+          h1. lol
+
+          
+
+          [b]blah[/b] [i]blah[/i] [u]blah[/u] [s]blah[/s]
+          herp derp
+          
+          [quote]this is a quote[/quote]
+          
+          * one
+          * two
+          * three
+          
+          
+          * one
+          * two
+          * three
+          
+          Heart  
+        EOS
+
+        assert_equal(desc, @site.dtext_artist_commentary_desc)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "The source for a login-only DeviantArt artwork page" do
+      setup do
+        @site = Sources::Site.new("http://noizave.deviantart.com/art/hidden-work-685458369")
+        @site.get
+      end
+
+      should_eventually "get the image url" do
+        assert_equal("http://orig14.deviantart.net/cb25/f/2017/160/1/9/hidden_work_by_noizave-dbc3r29.png", @site.image_url)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end