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Creative Challenges by team, journal
Creative Challenges
Artists in the community are always ready to show off their artistic skills. This is a list of past contests and challenges.
Celebrating Deviousness - April 2024 by team, journal
Celebrating Deviousness - April 2024
The Deviousness Award is given to one deviant each month in recognition of their exemplary contributions to DeviantArt and its community and has been a long-standing tradition since DeviantArt’s early years. @TheFulkrum is the recipient of April 2024’s Deviousness Award, so please join us in congratulating him! @TheFulkrum has been an integral part of the DeviantArt community for over 15 years, focusing on the connections between artists and bringing people together over care and shared interests. From countless art features to running and participating in a wide array of groups, he’s put over a decade of effort into helping artists create, improve, and shine, and his efforts show in how highly other deviants speak of him. It is an honor to recognize @TheFulkrum as the recipient of the Deviousness Award for April 2024! Hello! My initials are AG. As a young boy, all that mattered were my bedroom walls and the radio. That’s where I doodled the inside of my spaceship and listened to
Artist Interviews by team, journal
Artist Interviews
Get to know talented artists from the community and their work by reading featured interview journals! Fan Art Unleased: October 2023 Art Feature: A Guided Tour of Dark Academia Adoptable Creator Showcase: October 2023 Fan Art Unleashed: September 2023 Feature: Shading, Color Theory, and More Adoptable Creator Showcase: September 2023 Art Feature: Vaporwave - A Visual Journey Fan Art Unleashed: August 2023 Fan Art Unleased: July 2023 Art Feature: Inspire and Empower Resilience with AlexanderPaupoff Bringing new worlds and characters to life with Grimlai Feature: Drawing Humans and Undiscovered Art with BeckyKidus Creating the covers of Battle Dragons with Era7 Creating custom art for the voice of Goku Weekly Artist Interview: Nuhanotion Weekly Artist Interview: mercuryferns Weekly Artist Interview: vonnesaur Weekly Artist Interview: RHADS Weekly Artist Interview: Laovaan Weekly Artist Interview: Kyutsiii Weekly Artist Interview: burningmonk Weekly Artist Interview:
Resources by team, journal
Resources
Open up a box of inspiration and snag some free digital art tools! These resources are perfect for whatever artistic endeavor you may find yourself taking on. TUTORIALS Don't be afraid to try something new! Simple, step-by-step tutorials from incredible deviants. This month's tutorial: WEEKLY COMMUNITY ART TIP Every week we highlight a piece of educational content from the community! CREATIVE CRATES Free download packs from some of your favorite artists, paired with insights and a spectacular piece of art. See them all here. See all resources. Looking for information on updates or support?
Suggest a Daily Challenge! by team, journal
Suggest a Daily Challenge!
Daily Challenges launched in September, giving artists an art prompt each day to fuel artistic ideas and build good creative habits. Over 200 challenges and hundreds of thousands of creations later, now’s your chance to suggest ideas for future challenges! How to Suggest a Daily Challenge Share a tag in the comments that you think should be a daily challenge! If your suggestion gets added to the calendar, a DeviantArt team member will let you know! You can also browse the comments and give a like or badge to suggestions you love! Tips for Challenge Ideas Come up with a challenge open to most genres. (#Landscape is easier for everyone to do than #LandscapePainting, for example.) If you have a genre-specific challenge, try to make sure it’s accessible for everyone. (#Haiku is a good example because it’s easy enough for everyone to understand and try!) Abstract concepts like #love, #retro, or #peace can allow artists to get creative with what they make. Tags that can have multiple
Editing and Inpainting with DreamUp and Muro by team, journal
Editing and Inpainting with DreamUp and Muro
Tap into the power of AI image editing with DreamUp, now built in to the Muro image editor! Realize your creative dreams faster than ever, while keeping complete control over every creation. You can generate and inpaint with DreamUp in the Muro editor to adjust, restore, improve, and perfect select parts of an image! Create and Edit with Ease Picture this: You’ve just created an artwork that’s nearly exact to what you envisioned, but some part of the image isn’t quite how you imagined. Maybe the eyes aren’t exactly right, or you realize you want an extra building in the background. Now, picture yourself with the limitless freedom to alter just those areas until you’ve perfected your image. With the power of DreamUp in Muro, you can: Add more to any image: Select an area of your image, describe what you want added in a text prompt and see options appear in seconds. Change or add a background: Select the background, type in a prompt, and choose the variation you like. Remove and
Seniority Announcement: April 2024 by team, journal
Seniority Announcement: April 2024
Seniority has been a cornerstone of DeviantArt since its early years, and is an award given to those who have made their mark on the community. These outstanding deviants have been recognized for their level of interaction, helpfulness with others, kindness, sincerity, and many other notable traits. These deviants can be recognized by the medal icon that appears next to their username, and in 23 years, fewer than 2,000 deviants have received Seniority. The following deviants, having shown a kindred spirit that has led to continued positive community interaction and involvement, are the most recent recipients of Seniority. Please join us in congratulating them! @Grim-Castlaire Though @Grim-Castlaire joined DeviantArt just three years ago, their impact is hard to overstate. An active member of the adoptables community, they’re always supportive of other artists and frequently suggest works to be featured as Daily Deviations. @Foolish-Hearts A prolific fan artist
Multi-deviation submissions to Groups have returned! Many Group admins have requested the ability to submit multiple deviations simultaneously, a feature that was possible in the previous version of Groups. To submit multiple deviations, simply click Submit > Add Existing Deviation and then select the deviations you’d like to submit. Keep sharing your feedback about the new Groups, and thanks to the Group admins who requested this feature!
Honing Your Skills by team, journal
Honing Your Skills
Looking to broaden your horizons as an artist? Want to start selling your art on DeviantArt? Here's a list of tools, tips, tutorials, site features, and more that can help you on your way! BEGINNER TUTORIALS ADVANCED TUTORIALS MONETIZATION Be the Shop Hero! Tips and Tricks for Holiday Art Sales Buy and Sell Profile Skins in the DeviantArt Shop Promote Commissions on Deviations and Profile Carve out a customized Profile Skin New Buyers for your Old Commissions An Artist's Guide to DeviantArt Subscriptions What to Offer Your DeviantArt Subscribers How to Give Your Subscribers the Best Value How to Gain Subscribers Promote Subscriptions on Deviations and Profile Best Practices for Successful Subscriptions Expand Your Reach with Commissions Boost Your Art: A Guide for Tags New on Stats: Benchmark Yourself Stats and Insights for Your Art, Profile, Audience
DevianTART: Lets get bready to crumble! by team, journal
DevianTART: Lets get bready to crumble!
DeviantArt has been acquired again for a cool amount of dough and is being rebranded to DevianTART, home of the world’s largest online bakery and baking community. The acquisition was a long time coming, as bakers (formerly called deviants) have always had a passion for sharing their confectionery creations with the world! Top Off Your Treats As part of the rebranding efforts, bakers (formerly called deviants) are encouraged to put a delectable topping on bakes (formerly called deviations) that they love! When you find a bake (formerly called…you know what? You get the gist.) you think is good enough to eat, decorate it with Whipped Cream so it will look pristine in the bakery display. There’s enough Whipped Cream to last every baker until 11:59 PM Pacific Time on April 5th, so be sure to practice and perfect your piping by then! If you give 50 bakes or comments a Whipped Cream topping, you’ll receive a Baker’s Delight decoration for your bakery! The Great DevianTART
Stormy Memories by Shouron, literature
Literature
Stormy Memories
I see the clouds overhead Feel the wind on my face I know what's coming next A storm is passing through Some would seek shelter I embrace the storm openly Why dread what nature gives It's simply a part of life I will stand in the rain Feel it splash upon my skin A calming sensation for me It reminds me of the past I used to embrace the wild Explore my environments Few would dare to follow So I could be at peace I recall many a time I'd come home all dirty A fall in a puddle of mud Or a dip in a local creek Yet as I grew much older Nature ceased to exist Replaced by empty spaces Where man would soon build Those places may be gone But the storms still rage So I'll walk in said storms To cleanse my body and soul I see the clouds overhead Feel the wind on my face I know what's coming next A storm is passing through