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[DEVIATION] Every color tells a story. This Pride, we're asking the DeviantArt community to pick up their palettes and paint theirs. Whether you're celebrating yourself, someone you love, or the community that holds you. We want to see all of it. [EMOTE]Dazzle[EMOTE] Create art inspired by your pride, either using colors from the one of the color palettes provided below or highlight a single dominant color that calls to you. [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] Submit a character study, a landscape, a doodle with your chosen color or colors using the tag #PridePalette, and your work could be featured in our Wrap-Up Gallery and Feature. Oh, you’ll also earn a Pride 2026 badge if you submit before June 30th at 11:59 PM PST! [DEVIATION] Get acquainted with the colors of Pride Not sure where to start? Learn a little about some of the flags that currently color Pride. But this is just a raindrop compared to all the Pride flags out there. Find more and what they mean! [DEVIATION] 🏳️‍🌈 Rainbow

See a photo that stopped you mid-scroll? Even more than photos: see a painting that made you do a double take? This June, you can show artists exactly how you feel by giving them a Nice Shot badge. [DEVIATION] It costs just 1 gem to send some appreciation to a photo or artwork that moved you. The badge runs from June 1–30, so there's a whole month to spread the love. [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] Keep the summer of giving going. Head outside, touch grass, and snap (or paint, or write about) a day in your life, and you might earn a Nice Shot badge of your own!  [DEVIATION]

Get ready to bee-hold the buzz of the community 🐝✨ The Bee badge is back in bizzness, celebrating the artists who keep DeviantArt humming with creativity, sticky-sweet interactions, and hive-worthy art. Spot something that makes you hum with joy? Drop a limited-time Bee badge on it!  [DEVIATION] 🐝 How to give the Buzzing Bee badge [DEVIATION] Just click the badge icon beneath any deviation or comment, pick the Bee, and hit “Award Badge.” Each badge costs 1 gem, so you can keep the good vibezzz flowing all month long. [DEVIATION] Go on then, make someone’s day a little sweeter 💛 [DEVIATION]

Please join me in giving a warm welcome to a new group of community volunteers joining our team. Each of them brings something a little different, and I’m genuinely excited to have them here supporting the community in their own ways. @artelaria Anime/Manga • Digital Art • Fan Art • Traditional Art artelaria’s work is full of expressive characters and beautiful attention to detail. Whether working digitally or traditionally, there’s a strong sense of personality in everything she creates. @EyeOfTheKat Photography Eyeofthekat has a great eye for capturing mood and moment. Her photography feels thoughtful and grounded, with a natural sense of composition that really draws you in. @Markotxe Photography Markotxe brings a strong photographic perspective to the team, with work that highlights both environment and emotion. There’s a quiet storytelling element in his shots that makes you want to linger a little longer. @PurpelBlur Digital Art • Photography • Pixel Art •

Please welcome @PurpelBlur to the volunteer team! He'll be representing a number of communities, and working hard to bring great finds from across the site to more eyes. So give them a warm welcome and learn more about @PurpelBlur here: [DEVIATION]

[DEVIATION] Spring is so much more than new blossoms and eggs hatching.  A brave wildflower bursting through a crack in the sidewalk. The rumble of far-away thunderstorms. Needing a sweater in the morning but shedding it for a lighter shirt in the afternoon. [DEVIATION] To celebrate the season, share a deviation that reflects the feeling of spring for you, whether that’s blooming flowers, shifting light, lush landscapes, soft textures, or small everyday details that feel full of new life. [DEVIATION] [EMOTE]Spring forth[EMOTE] Create a deviation that captures the feeling or color of spring.  Submit it to DeviantArt as a deviation with the tag #SpringForth.  [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] Want to earn an extra badge? Post your deviation to Reddit and drop a link to your post in the comments below. Staff will be awarding Quartz, Hype, and Diamond badges in the comments. However spring shows up around you, share how you interpret it! [DEVIATION]

January is all about fresh starts, creative momentum, and finding inspiration in new places. As the year unfolds, our community is already buzzing with challenges, prompts, and collaborative events designed to spark ideas, build connections, and celebrate creativity in all its forms. ✨ Community Highlights Celebrating Deviousness - January 2026 This month, we’re thrilled to celebrate @BisBiswas as our January recipient of the Deviousness Award!  Seniority Announcement - January 2026 Congratulations to our newest Senior Members! Thank you for your continued impact and passion within the community. 🎉 Confetti EVERYWHERE! Nothing says “I love your art” like a Confetti Badge! Sprinkle some joy and make someone’s day. 💥 Missed a Badge - Revisit 2025s Tutorials!  How’s your badge collection looking? Peek at last year’s most coveted digital keepsakes.  Group-Led Events New Horizons Challenge Draw it, color it, or do both! Create unseen worlds and bring them to

DeviantArt is proud to announce a new opportunity for deviants to contribute to the community at a deeper level! The Ambassador program is designed to give deviants a chance to bring artists together, offer ways for artists to hone their skills or try new things, and help shape the future of the community.  Deviants eligible to participate in the Ambassador program are those who are co-founders or top contributors of official DeviantArt groups or affiliated groups. There are many factors that determine whether or not deviants might be a good fit for the Ambassador program, but all potential ambassadors should: Frequently run or organize community events Routinely be active participants in their community Consistently encourage and cheer on other artists Ambassadors will have direct contact with and support from DeviantArt team members when hosting events and challenges, to help their projects thrive.   Are you ready to be a community ambassador? Fill out the application

[DEVIATION] Feathers are delicate and detailed, and after you follow this tutorial by @BeckyKidus , you'll have the building blocks you need to add details to feather drawings of your own. Submit your creation to get a Badge. Now that's a feather in your cap! [DEVIATION] Part I: The Basics  Step 1: Planning Start with a swoopy line for the feather shaft, showing the size and direction of your feather. Tip: A slight curve instantly makes your feather feel more natural. [DEVIATION] Step 2: Finishing the sketch Draw the vane around the shaft, tapering at each end as you see here. Tip: Asymmetrical sides make for a more interesting feather. [DEVIATION] Step 3: Inking Add lineart once you've gotten a shape you like.  [DEVIATION] Step 4: Finishing the lineart Add larger details: the afterfeather (the downy poof near the base) and any damage to the vane. A feather that isn't perfectly smooth is more interesting! [DEVIATION] Step 5: Detailing Add parallel lines across the vane

CHALLENGE ENTRIES NO LONGER ACCEPTED, YOU CAN STILL DO THE ACTIVITY Human writing only please - No AI generated entries in this group. Check out @DeviantAI for AI specific contests. Thanks! [DEVIATION] Join @CRLiterature in reporting on some of our favorite fictional unknowns by writing fun fan fictions based on popular films and television shows 📽️📺 Ponder pop culture’s most perplexing puzzles as we prompt you to provide fans with a satisfying conclusion to cliffhangers and open-ended mysteries in 250 words or less 🧑‍💻🤩 Get inspired to write about worlds you know and love & you might just pick up some rewards along the way 🏅🏆 In the far future a purposeful robot named Wall-E made an intrepid adventure for love, making friends along the way and having an unforeseen influence on the balance of nature. Here is a glimpse of his life https://youtu.be/bpqVe3GvUZU?si=PHNfTGiRL4xhzVsS [VIDEO] If you need more information on his life you are free to read the screenplay to a film about his