Exclusives: Buy, sell, and resell unique art! by team, journal
Exclusives: Buy, sell, and resell unique art!
Art that pays dividends: buy, sell, and resell ownership of one-of-a-kind art with Exclusives! DeviantArt’s Adoptables feature launched earlier this year, allowing deviants to sell and buy original character designs, outfits, and accessories, and due to its resounding popularity, Adoptables is being expanded to give artists who create different kinds of unique artwork the opportunity to do the same. Exclusives are one-of-a-kind artworks that artists can sell and buyers can own. These can be adoptables, digital art, photography, 3D art, mixed media creations, and much more. Each Exclusive can have one owner, and the artist can allow owners to sell the Exclusive to someone else later, if desired. Like Adoptables, Exclusives can be bought and sold on DeviantArt through a secure, automated system. Why should I sell Exclusives? Earn royalties: As the original artist, if you allow owners to resell, you’ll earn a 10% royalty each time one of your Exclusives is resold. Save time: Once
Drawtober 2023: Draw every day in October! by team, journal
Drawtober 2023: Draw every day in October!
Create and submit artwork each day throughout October to earn up to three badges for your Profile! Drawtober is an art community tradition that encourages artists to create a new piece of art each day for the entire month of October. The goal isn’t to make your best artwork possible each day, but instead to inspire creativity, to help practice and hone skills, and to build good creative habits. For Drawtober 2023, DeviantArt has compiled a list of prompts for you to use as a starting point for each day. Having said that, you should let your imagination and creativity guide you. If you’re feeling particularly inspired to make an idea that doesn’t match with that day’s theme, create what you’re feeling inspired to create! Drawtober Prompts 1. Spooky 2. Pumpkin 3. Cityscapes 4. Corn 5. Pumpkin Pie 6. Origami 7. Treats 8. Orange 9. Tangle 10. Possessed 11. Nightmare 12. Scream 13. Thirteen 14. Moon 15. Graveyard 16. Scarecrow 17. Spiderman 18. Zombie 19. Raven 20. Orc
Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrate Art and History by team, journal
Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrate Art and History
From September 15th to October 15th, America celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. A time to commemorate the history, heritage, and influence of individuals whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South and Central America, Hispanic Heritage Month has been a mainstay of American cultural events since its first observation as a week of celebrations in 1968. For those with ancestry outside of Spanish-speaking countries or even those who are simply looking to expand their knowledge, it's the perfect opportunity to better engage with new cultural experiences and take part in uplifting individuals from this rich cultural background. Some ways to celebrate There are plenty of ways to take part and further your Hispanic cultural education without leaving your seat! Explore a stunning Mayan Pyramid live. Explore the ancient Mesoamerican city, Teotihuacan Pyramid (Pyramids of the Sun) of Mexico. Virtually trek through Machu Picchu in Peru with a guided 360-degree
Become a Beta Tester on DeviantArt! by team, journal
Become a Beta Tester on DeviantArt!
Join the beta testing program to help test and improve future DeviantArt features! Beta testing is a cornerstone of DeviantArt’s history, and beta testers benefit the community by providing feedback and usage data. Through bug reports and insight shared during the testing stages, beta testers can help shape and improve site features. Any deviant can become a beta tester by adding this journal to their favourites. :+fav: New Beta Testers are added daily; once you favorite this journal, you'll gain access the following day. If you decide later that you want to opt-out, you can do so by removing this journal from your favorites and you'll be removed the following day. :sherlock: How It Works Beta testers are among the first to see new features introduced to DeviantArt. This early access is provided so deviants can test new features and provide feedback for the DeviantArt team through comments, bug reports, and user engagement metrics before it's released sitewide. When there’s an
Promote a Gallery on your deviations! by team, journal
Promote a Gallery on your deviations!
Add a Gallery Section to your deviations to promote your art! Install the Gallery Section on any of your deviation pages by clicking the “Add Gallery” option to start customizing. You can select your Featured Gallery, Latest Deviations, Adopted Deviations, Buy My Adoptables, or any Gallery or Collection you’ve created. Promote the other pages of your comic, lead viewers to the rest of a photo set or series, or showcase other deviations you have for sale. How you use it is up to you! Gallery Sections are a Core feature. All deviants can preview how it will look, but the preview will only be visible to you. If your Core Membership lapses, your Gallery Section settings will be saved so you don’t have to redo anything when you reactivate Core later. Try it now: View My Gallery or Upgrade to Core
Daily Challenges: Inspiration Served Fresh! by team, journal
Daily Challenges: Inspiration Served Fresh!
Kickstart your inspiration with Daily Challenges Discover new Daily Challenges each day to see a creative prompt to fuel your artistic ideas. Other deviants will see your creative take on the prompt when you share it with the daily tag. What will today's tag look like in your own personal style? Daily Challenges can jumpstart your inspiration! Whether you're experiencing art block or are trying to increase your creative output. Remember, it’s not about making a masterpiece every day, it’s about keeping that creative spark active and strengthening every day! Your Daily Challenge art can be as straightforward as a notebook sketch, a haiku, or a photo taken with your phone. See Today’s Prompt You can always access today's Daily Challenge by clicking the hamburger menu on the top left of any page. Do you have a prompt or tag you’d like to see featured as a Daily Challenge? Share it in the comments!
Award a Nice Shot badge to your favorite photos! by team, journal
Award a Nice Shot badge to your favorite photos!
Celebrate excellent photography with the Nice Shot badge! Show your appreciation for excellent photography posted to DeviantArt by giving it a limited-time Nice Shot badge! This camera badge is the perfect award for a skilled work from a photographer and can be given to a deviation in a flash. The Nice Shot badge will be available until September 30th at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. It costs 10 fragments to give the badge, and the recipient will receive 2 fragments along with their badge! If you give at least 10 Nice Shot badges to other deviations, you’ll also receive a Picture Perfect badge for your Profile! Find picture-perfect favorites and start granting badges! Browse Photography Have you given a Nice Shot badge to a photo you think is great? Do you have a photo in your Gallery that you think deserves the badge? Share them in the comments on this journal!
Celebrating Deviousness - September 2023 by team, journal
Celebrating Deviousness - September 2023
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. @barefootliam is the recipient of September 2023’s Deviousness Award, so please join us in congratulating them! Over the years, @barefootliam has quietly but firmly been a cornerstone of the community at large. While they’ve been a long-time advocate for the literature community, their interests have always spread further—to photography, calligraphy, and other art forms as well—and as they’ve shared those interests, they’ve also brought countless deviants together with their kindness and sincerity. For their many contributions to the community, we’re pleased to name @barefootliam the recipient of the Deviousness Award for September 2023! Hello! I’m @barefootliam (i don’t often wear shoes), and i’ve been on DeviantArt for more than 19 years. I work in the computer industry
Art Feature: Vaporwave - A Visual Journey by team, journal
Art Feature: Vaporwave - A Visual Journey
This curated feature is brought to you by @Queen-Kitty, who recommends listening to a vaporwave playlist like Spotify’s while reading. Vaporwave is an aesthetic trend associated with design and electronic music. The music often takes samples of R&B songs from the 1980s and 1990s (though samples can and do come from other genres or time periods), then cuts the samples into smaller pieces and slows them down to create a new sound. Directly linked to this music, the art of the vaporwave aesthetic is built on nostalgia informed by art and design trends of the late 1970s to the early 2000s. Visual influences include the Memphis Group, MTV and Nickelodeon programming from the 1980s and 1990s, early computer graphics, shopping malls, logos, computer skylines, anime, a disposable paper cup design, and much more. The term "vaporwave" itself is based on the word "vaporware," referring to a product (usually computer hardware or software) that is announced but either never gets made or never
Celebrating Deviousness - May 2023 by team, journal
Celebrating Deviousness - May 2023
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. @writeddreams2reality is the recipient of May 2023’s Deviousness Award, so please join us in congratulating her! To say @writeddreams2reality is a superstar of DeviantArt’s literature community would be an understatement. She’s been highly active over the years, leaving thoughtful comments, featuring writers, providing tips and tutorials, hosting contests, and much more. She also served as a Community Volunteer, helping to connect and highlight writers across DeviantArt and promote their work. We are thrilled to name @writeddreams2reality the recipient of the Deviousness Award for May 2023. Hi! My name is Danni Lynn, and I am a professional fiction writer with a BA in creative writing. Being here for 8 years, I have found DeviantArt to be part of my daily life through high