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Meet a member of the DeviantArt Ambassador team, @DrThomasStockmann! @DrThomasStockmann has helped to plan and run events in @CRLiterature since April 2025. Whenever you take part in their events, they’ll be there to help, encourage, and connect artists. Say hello to and learn more about @DrThomasStockmann here: [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] Note: If you have comments or feedback about DeviantArt products or services, find the corresponding forum thread here. Please follow our Etiquette policy and Forum rules.

Meet a member of the DeviantArt Ambassador team, @exarobibliologist! @exarobibliologist has helped to plan and run events in @DeviantAI and @DreamUpZone since August 2024 and has recently become a Community Volunteer for photography, literature, and fractals as well. Whenever you take part in their events, they’ll be there to help, encourage, and connect artists. Say hello to and learn more about @exarobibliologist here: [DEVIATION] Cover image Second Meet by @exarobibliologist [DEVIATION] Note: If you have comments or feedback about DeviantArt products or services, find the corresponding forum thread here. Please follow our Etiquette policy and Forum rules.

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 •

Patter-patter-patter. I find the sound of the rain against the umbrella really satisfying. Sometimes, I'll hum to the rhytm, but most of the times, I just enjoy the ambience. The days grow shorter now, colder. I need a jacket for the evening walks, something with deep pockets to hold the chestnuts I find irresistible to pick up. Halloween is almost upon us, and it makes me think how many people think about October through the lens of it. For me, it's that, of course - Halloween is my favourite holiday - but there's more. I like sitting in the local cemetery and thinking about how life passes. There is stillness there that doesn't demand anything from me. I think about all these petty little squabbles, tiny things people get upset over - but the headstones provide a necessary perspective. In ten, fifteen, twenty years, will these frictions matter? Will I even remember what the argument was about? As I grew older, I definitely started to handle bad days better; I simply ask myself

[EMOTE] [GIF] To celebrate the spirit of Halloween this year, @Fan-Art-World welcomes you to its new... [EMOTE] Trick or Treat Fan Art Challenge [EMOTE] One of the most popular and fun Halloween traditions is trick-or-treating—an activity where children dress up as witches, wizards, goblins, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies, mummies, and other terrifying creatures (or their favorite fictional characters), go door-to-door asking for candy, and play pranks on those who don't share their treats. For this month's challenge, we want you to depict your favorite characters dressed up for Halloween and going trick-or-treating! [EMOTE] [EMOTE] [EMOTE] [EMOTE] Rules Create fan art of your favorite character from any franchise dressed up and trick-or-treating for Halloween. You can draw multiple characters in a scene and dress them up as any Halloween monster, another character, a Pokémon, etc. The possibilities are endless. Only Fan-Art accepted. No Original

[DEVIATION] This October, spread some spooky sweetness: "hand out" Trick-or-Treat badges by awarding them to deviations and comments that deserve a Halloween surprise. And dress up your Profile in its own costume: the Neon Ghostie skin, limited to add for the season. (But you can keep it on year-round, if the spirits allow.) [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] How to give a Trick-or-Treat badge  Find a deviation or comment that deserves a Halloween surprise. Click the Badge icon. Choose the Trick-or-Treat badge. Select Award Badge.  Cost: 0 gems  [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] An additional treat Receive a Trick-or-Treat badge on a deviation or comment, and it'll also be added to your profile badge collection! [DEVIATION] 🎨 Install a Neon Ghostie Profile Skin Core Members, dress your profile up in the Neon Ghostie profile skin.  (Read this next part in a very spooky voice.) Install yours today while you still caaaaaaaan! (But also, though you can keep it installed all year, it's only

Each month, @DA-Ambassadors in @Community Affiliated Groups host creative challenges for their members, offering an opportunity to earn that month's shared Profile badge. [DEVIATION] 🍂 September Theme: Falling for fall September means shorter days, longer shadows, and the most artsy season of the year. This month's challenges invite you to capture all that golden, crisp, cozy fall energy in your art 🍁🌰 [DEVIATION] 🎨 September 2026 DA Ambassador Badge Challenges @color-me-club: Earn the September 2026 Group Profile Badge! @DeviantAI: #FallForArt at DeviantAI @DevNews: September Group Badge Challenge: Fall For Art @Digitalists: Celebrate the Changing Seasons and #FallForArt! @Fan-Art-World: Fall For Art Fan Art Badge Challenge @Traditionalists: September Badge Challenge - Fall For Art 🏅 How to earn the badge Participate in any of the challenges listed above and follow the instructions in that Group's journal. When you're done creating and ready to submit your deviation, make sure

October is packed with reasons to create, connect, and explore! Jump into spooky seasonal badge challenges, level up your skills with a brand-new tutorial, or take part in group-led contests happening across the community. [EMOTE] Community Highlights [EMOTE]Celebrating Deviousness: October 2026 Join us in celebrating this month's Deviousness recipient, @Sa-Dui, and the lasting impact they've made on the community through their dynamic digital illustrations, vibrant worldbuilding, and passion. [EMOTE] Seniority Announcement: October 2026 Congratulations to the newest recipients of Seniority! Thank you for your incredible contributions and positivity across DeviantArt. [EMOTE] Join ArtTober 2026 Carve out time for creativity every day this month! Take on 31 daily tag challenges for chances to win Points, Quartz badges, Trick-or-Treat badges, and an exclusive "Eternal Deviant" T-shirt. [EMOTE] Treat friends to a Trick-or-Treat Badge Spread some spooky sweetness by handing

In honor of Star Trek day this September 8th marking the 60th anniversary of one of our favorite sci-fi franchises boldly going where no franchise had gone before, here's some Trek-inspired deviations from both our @DA-Ambassadors as well as some enterprising deviants 🤩 So set a course for fun and exploration as we bring a little bit of Starfleet to your screens 🌌 [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] 🖖 Share your own Star Trek inspired deviations in the comments below 🖖 [DEVIATION] Note: If you have comments or feedback about DeviantArt products or services, find the corresponding forum thread here. Please follow our Etiquette policy and Forum rules.

Gamers unite! We just celebrated another Video Games Day on September 12th so I didn't want to miss the chance to highlight some amazing fan art from our favorite #videogames 🍄⚡ From cosplay to crafts, digital to traditional, and everything in between, here's some great deviations to inspire your next gaming session from the @Team, @DA-Ambassadors, and deviants from around the world 🌎🌏🌍 Share your own video game-inspired deviations in the comments below. Game on! 🎮🕹️ [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] [DEVIATION] 👾 Share your own #videogames inspired deviations in the comments below 👾 [DEVIATION] please be respectful in the comment section; off-topic comments will be removed