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Footsteps Afar by marciceman, literature
Literature
Footsteps Afar
Immeasurable eons of time
Longer than long ago
Let's gaze into their eyes
And find out what they show
Imponderable amounts of time
And longer than long ago
When we gazed into their eyes
This is what they show
We found ourselves you and me
Across the plains mountains and seas
Footsteps of time have come to thee
Copyright © Marc Stockwell-Moniz
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Manage your published deviations in the Studio! by team, journal
Manage your published deviations in the Studio!
The Studio is now your all-in-one location to manage and bulk edit existing deviations in addition to your drafts! Visit the Published tab of the Studio to get started.
All the tools available in the Studio can also be used on published deviations, so you can edit titles, descriptions, tags, and more from one page without having to navigate through your Gallery.
Bulk Editing Made Easy
With Core Membership, the Studio becomes your go-to place to manage and edit your drafts and published deviations in bulk:
Edit titles and descriptions with ease, including replacing or appending text when sharing a series.
Add, remove, or alter tags on multiple deviations at once.
Change or update content labels for multiple deviations, including whether they contain Mature Content, were created using AI tools, or you wish to add the NoAI label.
Manage advanced settings in bulk, including mass-adding deviations to Galleries, toggling whether or not comments are enabled, and adding licensing
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 | ADVANCED | MONETIZATION
BEGINNER TUTORIALS
ADVANCED TUTORIALS
MONETIZATION
Seller Guides and Tips
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
Studio Updates: Bulk Presets and Repositioning by team, journal
Studio Updates: Bulk Presets and Repositioning
More updates have been made to the Studio in response to community feedback! In addition to the new Scheduled tab that launched last week, you can now bulk apply presets to existing drafts and reorder drafts in your Studio.
Bulk Applying Presets
Your preset templates can now be applied in bulk to existing drafts. Select the items you’d like to apply a preset to, click Edit, and then click “Preset Template” to choose the preset you want to apply to the selected items.
Remember that you can create multiple presets for the different types of art you submit frequently, such as portrait photography or cake decorating.
Repositioning
You can now reposition and reorder drafts in the Studio to sort items based on your preferences. To reorder your drafts in Studio, you can either drag and drop items into your preferred order, or you can click on the three-dot menu on an individual draft and select an option from the “Order” sub-menu.
More Coming Soon
Thank you for your continued feedback
Celebrating Deviousness - August 2024 by team, journal
Celebrating Deviousness - August 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. @ShadowInkWarrior is the recipient of August 2024’s Deviousness Award, so please join us in congratulating her!
@ShadowInkWarrior is a long-time deviant who has been a friendly, helpful contributor to the adoptables community on DeviantArt. Over the years, she's provided many different pose references and line art options for artists to practice with or base their own creations on, completely free for anyone to use, and she often helps other artists when they're in need of creative assistance. It is a pleasure to name @ShadowInkWarrior the recipient of the Deviousness Award for August 2024!
Hi there! My name is Ryfka, and I come from The Netherlands, which most people will probably associate with wooden shoes, windmills, cheese, and our legal use of certain mind-expanding
In response to questions about DeviantArt’s Sharing Etiquette Policy, further clarification has been added to the Help Center article, including updates on how to report infringements of your content.
Read DeviantArt’s Sharing Etiquette Policy here: https://www.deviantartsupport.com/kb/en/article/what-is-deviantarts-sharing-etiquette
Featured DeviantArt Events by team, journal
Featured DeviantArt Events
The DeviantArt community comes together for special occasions! Here is a list of previous community and cultural events.
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019
2024
DeviantArt's 24K Gold Birthday
LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2024: Empower
May the 4th Be With You: Kyber-netic Enhancements
DevianTART - Lets get bready to crumble
Women's History - We Can Do It!
Share your passion this Valentines Day
Did you collect them all?
2023
Happy Holidays from DeviantArt!
The Great Snowball Fest Strikes Back!
Trick and Treat with the Trick or Treat Badge
Drawtober 2023: Draw every day in October
Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrate Art and History
Award a Nice Shot badge to your favorite photo!
Celebrate DeviantArt's 23rd Birthday
Evolution of the DeviantArt Logo
Celebrate Juneteenth!
LGBTQ+ Pride Month: All Out With Pride
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month 2023
Give deviations a Totally Normal badge!
Celebrating International Women's Day 2023
Trade Gold Coins for good luck for
How to draw Minty The Garden Dragon! by The-SixthLeafClover, journal
How to draw Minty The Garden Dragon!
The theme for this month is Garden Dragons! 🌱
For this tutorial I will be featuring Minty The Mint Dragon as one of my favorite Garden Dragons to draw!
Follow the steps and create your own artwork! Post your drawing on DeviantArt with the tag #GardenDragonTutorial and get a Profile badge!
I mainly sketch my work in Painter SAI2. A lot of my color work is done in Corel Painter using the "Mona Lisa" brush.
:bulletgreen: What is a Garden Dragon?
A garden dragon is a plant-like dragon that lives in a garden pot. I originally called them "Bonsai Dragons." I have evolved them since the first creation of Bonsai Dragon and have made several different variations of them like Minty Dragon.
:bulletgreen: Why this art style?
I love to read and make comics of my own and have developed this cute art style to fit my very own comic that I run called Lucky Dragon and Friends. I post this comic regularly here on DeviantArt as well as on WebToon. Some of the recent episodes of my comic
Seller Guides and Tips by team, journal
Seller Guides and Tips
Looking to earn from your art and build your buyer audience on DeviantArt?
These guides have everything you need to reach your fans and increase your income!
Another update to Studio: the “scheduled” tab!
All your scheduled submissions on Studio will now appear in one place for easy reference, including submissions scheduled from Sta.sh or DreamUp, which previously did not appear in the Studio.
Here’s what else is new with Studio:
Automatic tag suggestions, making it even easier to submit
Preset templates and watermark and gallery presets
A published deviations tab to manage your galleries and view your stats
A Seller's Guide to DeviantArt Subscriptions by team, journal
A Seller's Guide to DeviantArt Subscriptions
Subscriptions are the perfect way to earn a monthly income while sharing art and updates privately with supporters who unlock access.
Whether you've always wanted to earn from your art OR you already offer subscriptions and want to gain more subscribers, add this guide to your favourites for easy reference!
Why artists love offering subscriptions on DeviantArt
Keep your free and paid content all in one place!
Not only are your watchers here, there's a community of millions looking for their next favorite artist to support.
Free promotion of subscription tiers throughout the network: on your deviations, profile, and in search and browse!
Subscriptions are easy to set up, too! Start with these simple steps:
Getting Started
Show Off Your Art
The best advertisement for your paid content is the public gallery you already have! Submit art regularly to build your loyal fan base and attract new watchers.
💹 Based on DeviantArt seller data from April to June 2024:
55% of the top 100
Alive by KikiMcCloud, literature
Literature
Alive
The day was grey, dark clouds moved across the sky above the castle and gave the sun no chance to make an appearance. It was already noon, but it was so gloomy that candles had to be lit everywhere in the castle, a task that had actually taken hours. The castle was quiet, lunch was already over and most of the servants were busy in the kitchen or in other parts of the castle.
Monsieur Cogsworth stood in his room by the window and looked out into the grey of the day. It had begun to rain, thick drops pattering down from the clouds and pouring onto the castle, the courtyard, the garden. He stood still at the window, a cup of his favourite tea in his hands, but he seemed to have forgotten all about it. His thoughts were far away and yet they were bound to this place, as the past would haunt him. Yet three months had already passed.
Three months since Bell had confessed her love to Prince Adam, three months since the enchantress' curse had been lifted, three months since they were human