Through anger, I had contacted the Help Desk on what I think is a total hit to my creativity. This is what I recieved in response:
The records for this action show that your work made use of copyrighted property which required the staff to remove it from the gallery.
You may wish to read our Copyright Policy so you are able to make certain that future submissions will not be removed by staff.
To sum it up simply; Your deviantART submissions must consist entirely of your own work made 'from scratch' or it must use only valid stock resources. Content such as screenshots, celebrity photographs, video game sprites, and other similar materials