It is time to feature more tutorials and undiscovered art! :la: As usual, the feature will be divided. The first part includes tutorials on how to design characters and creatures, and the second part is a selection of artwork I’ve discovered recently with fewer than 50 favourites. Previous features are linked at the bottom of the journal, and I post a new feature each month on my profile, usually around the 15th :dummy: We'll start off with some guides on how to design human/humanoid characters. First, @Dinloss has an excellent walk-through of how to design the character themselves - their body, their hair, pose, and much more. However, the clothes and accessories of a character are also essential to their looks - which is covered more in-depth by @HANIICU and @Deamond-89, with one discussing functionality and style and the other cloth detailing, including how to draw those: Animal characters are a different beast, however =P Luckily, we have experts on the topic -

To everyone who participated and helped make The Holi Mandala Contest such a bright, colourful experience, thank you! :love: It's time to find out who the six winners of the contest are! :la: In the Non-AI Category First Place by @X-Tibro Second Place by @PlanetM710 Third Place by @Katharsister In the AI Category First Place by @Pegs78 Second Place by @elllip Third Place by @zokyzoker Here are the prizes, once more, for both categories: 1st Place 1500 :points: from @team 2000 Fragments from @team Hype badge from @BeckyKidus, @phoenixleo Diamond badge from @AlexanderPaupoff Journal Feature from @Community, @Elioenai, @AlexanderPaupoff Llama from @phoenixleo, @Malintra-Shadowmoon, @AlexanderPaupoff 2nd Place 1000 :points: from @team 1200 Fragments from @team Hype badge from @BeckyKidus, @phoenixleo Journal Feature from @Community, @Elioenai, @AlexanderPaupoff Llama from @phoenixleo, @Malintra-Shadowmoon, @AlexanderPaupoff 3rd Place 500 :points:

One of the best benefits of most forms of art is that no matter how long ago it was created or shared, it can still be enjoyed long after the fact. (In the case of performed art that went unrecorded, maybe that's not so true, but if the memory sticks then there's still that!) So, to appreciate the many works of art shared across DeviantArt, here's an art-sharing challenge! Go through your Favourites and share a few of the most recent works you've added to your Favourites, then scroll back and find some of the older art you added to your Favourites and share that as well! Aim to feature 10-20 works of art in total. If you've collected a lot of art, you don't have to go all the way back to the very first deviation you collected, but you may be surprised to rediscover something you forgot you loved if you do! Here are mine:

Haiku as a poetry form is well-established, with hundreds of years of poets showing how to be thoughtful, witty, and appreciative in a very small amount of space. If you're not familiar, the basic summary of haiku is that it's a poetry form that originated in Japan and focuses on nature. The structure of haiku in Japanese is 17 characters called on that, similar to syllables in English, act as phonetic units. In haiku, these on are typically divided into phrases of 5 on, then 7, then 5. This is the familiar concept of haiku most people know, minus the part where haiku specifically focused in some way on nature. If you follow the structure but write about human nature, then congratulations, you've written senryu instead! When writing in English, it's a little more complicated, but the 5-7-5 syllable structure works just fine, but you can also opt for brevity, though. If you want to learn more, I wrote a journal about this for @projecteducate many years ago that you can read, and find

Hello to everyone reading this journal! Before we move on to the interview itself, some of you may ask yourselves questions such as, ‘What is fractal art?’ or ‘Who are ‘fractalists’?’ Let me provide you with a very brief introduction. According to the Oxford Dictionary, fractal is a curve or geometrical figure in which each part shares the same statistical characteristics as the whole. These structures can be found throughout nature, including in plants, minerals, and even in different states of matter such as gas (smoke), liquid (waves), or solid (snowflakes). In simpler terms, Fractal Art refers to fractals presented as an art form, created using fractal-generating software. Term "Fractalist" consists simply of the two words - fractal, and artist. If you would like to know a little bit more, I recommend these brief, yet informative journals by C-91 and tatasz. Finally, welcome to the latest issue of a project called Hidden Fractalist, led by me, @LukasFractalizator. I initiated

I am delighted to introduce @LukasFractalizator as the newest member of our community volunteer team! Those who know him understand the passion he will bring to this role, particularly in highlighting the digital and fractal communities. Please take a moment to extend a warm welcome!

Community group is going to start a new Friday fan art feature series. Part I of this series will be the Chinese cdrama Wuxia show "Word of Honor". For deviants who do not know this show, I will start with a short video, containing some scene and the title music. Here follows as well a short interpretation (I hope only with little spoilers, but inspiring to watch), so deviants will know what it is about: Four Season Manson is not the most-known guild in the world of martial arts, but this should soon be a thing of the past as Zhou Zi Shu finds the possibility to change this fact by turning the guild into the assassins guild Window of Heaven for Prince Jin. Zi Shu forces the change upon his family and turns himself into the personal dog of the prince, but many family members struggle. With time, almost the whole family leaves him or gets killed on missions. But everyone who turns away, must pay with his life caused by the Nails of Seven Torments, forcing the victim to die

I am absolutely thrilled to introduce @TheFulkrum as the newest addition to our community volunteer team! His dedication to the community, especially in representing synthographers, and his genuine passion for bringing people together are truly inspiring. If you haven't already heard of him, now's the perfect chance to say hello and join us in giving him a warm welcome aboard!

This monthly series highlights artists from the Adoptables community. Learn more about these artists, the art they make, and what inspires them to create. You’ll love this handpicked collection of adoptables, so consider buying some of their work! @ZeroZeroSenpai Hello, hello! It's me, Zero! I’m a jack-of-all-trades artist, and one of my trades is making adoptable designs. I really enjoy character creation, as well as experimenting with my style and art process, and I find adoptable designs a fun way to express all of those things. You’ll see a lot of variation in what I have to offer, because I’m always trying something new and interesting! ZeroZeroSenpai’s Shop @Sriffer Hello! I’m a shy artist who loves animals and fantasy creatures, especially dragons. I’ve been using DeviantArt to watch artists and find inspiration for many years, but I only started sharing my artwork recently. I hope you like them, as each one is special to me in their own way. I always try to improve

During winter, I eagerly await the arrival of spring. Here is my collection of spring harbingers on DeviantArt. What are your spring harbingers?