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A Beginners Guide to Customizing Your Profile by team, journal
A Beginners Guide to Customizing Your Profile
Learn easy ways to customize your profile!
Do you want to customize your profile on DeviantArt? Whether you’re trying to personalize your space for the first time or have been decorating your profile for years, here are some tips and tricks to make your profile feel like home.
Theme Is Everything
To start personalizing your Profile, first come up with an idea for the overall vibe you want it to have. This can range from simply selecting a color palette based on colors you like (or artwork in your Gallery) to deciding what backgrounds you want to use to add interesting elements to your Profile. Go with whatever suits your vision!
How to Customize
Add a Cover Image
Adding a Profile cover image is a great starting point for all deviants, and it’s easy to do!
When creating a cover image for your Profile, the recommended dimensions are 1600 pixels by 800 pixels and 1920x1080 resolution at minimum, so the image fits well and appears clearly for all viewers.
To get
Support by team, journal
Support
Check out the links below to get help from the DeviantArt Team or request new features! Got some feedback? We've got links for that, too! (There are no comments on this journal because it's not a monitored space get help or give feedback. Instead, let us know on one of the following links!) CONTACT SUPPORT The Help Desk is here for you! Get help from our mods and admin staff. GIVE FEEDBACK OR REQUEST NEW FEATURES Y'all have some great ideas. Let us know what you think so we can continue to evolve DeviantArt. Leaving your feedback through this link gets it seen. See the features currently being voted on ! CORE Need more informati...
The “display options” setting that allows you to select the maximum size of an image has now been added to presets in Studio, allowing you to easily set a default size for all future submissions.
To customize your presets, simply click the “Presets” option in your Studio. You can also create custom preset templates if you often submit different types of content with different preset needs, since something that works for your portrait photos may not be as applicable for your adoptables or emoticons!
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.
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019
2025
March 3rd | March 2025: Seasonal Badge - Gold Coin
March 3rd | Adoptables March Madness 2025
February 3rd | February 2025: Seasonal Badge - Bleeding Heart
January 9th | Share your 2024 Art Summary
January 6th | 2024 Badge Recap: Did you collect them all?
January 1st | January 2025: Seasonal Badge - Confetti
2024
2024 Snowball Fest
DeviantArt's 24K Gold Birthday
LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2024: EmpowerMay the 4th Be With You: Kyber-netic EnhancementsDevianTART - Lets get bready to crumbleWomen'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:
Resources by team, journal
Resources
Open up a box of inspiration and snag some free digital art tools! These resources are perfect for whatever artistic endeavor you may find yourself taking on.
TUTORIALS
Don't be afraid to try something new! Simple, step-by-step tutorials from incredible deviants.
This month's tutorial:
WEEKLY COMMUNITY ART TIP
Every week we highlight a piece of educational content from the community!
CREATIVE CRATES
Free download packs from some of your favorite artists, paired with insights and a spectacular piece of art. See them all here.
See all resources.
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Celebrating Deviousness - March 2025 by team, journal
Celebrating Deviousness - March 2025
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. is the recipient of March 2025’s Deviousness Award, so please join us in congratulating them!
is a cherished and instantly recognizable presence within the DeviantArt community, known for transforming the wonders of the natural world into irresistibly charming works of art. With a playful and vibrant style, pikaole captures the beauty of biodiversity in a way that is both heartwarming and educational. From the tiniest insects to deep-sea creatures, every piece radiates joy, creativity, and a touch of humor that brings smiles to fans around the world. Their dedication to crafting delightful illustrations, relatable minicomics, and collectible designs has made pikaole’s gallery a go-to destination for those seeking a burst of positivity. It’s with great pleasure that we name the
The thumbnail grid view in Sta.sh (and across Studio) has been updated! Now, when you hover over a thumbnail, you'll see quick-action icons for "View" and "Copy Link," as well as the previously included checkbox for multi-selection and “...” menu for ordering, scheduling, deleting, and more. You can also edit titles directly inline by clicking on them, which was a common feature request available in the old version of Sta.sh. These changes streamline your workflow and provide quicker access to essential actions.
Manage and Schedule Journal Drafts in Studio by team, journal
Manage and Schedule Journal Drafts in Studio
Journal drafts are joining the party in the Studio! Previously, unfinished drafts of journals could only be found in the Posts tab on your Profile, but with this and a few other quality-of-life improvements, Studio is the one-stop place to manage needs of both your visual and written deviation drafts!
Manage Journal Drafts
In the Drafts section of your Studio, navigate to the "Journals" tab at the top, right next to "Media" and "Literature," and make any edits you need. Journal drafts are still available in their previous home in Profile > Posts > and selecting "Drafts" from the dropdown.
Schedule Journals
As with other types of content, you can now schedule journal drafts through your Studio. Simply go to Drafts > Journals > Click the “...” on the far right of the draft > Select "Schedule," and set your preferred publish time. You can also bulk schedule by checking the boxes to the left of each item and selecting from the "Edit" menu.
Use Shift to Multi-Select
Save time selecting
Creative Challenges by team, journal
Creative Challenges
Artists in the community are always ready to show off their artistic skills. This is a list of past contests and challenges.
Adoptables March Madness 2025: Choose Your Team! by team, journal
Adoptables March Madness 2025: Choose Your Team!
Update: The results are in.
The winning team is… (wait for it) …Anthro! A lucky group of submitters on #TeamAnthro2025 walk away with 500 points, but the whole team gets bragging rights for the rest of the year! Read the full wrap-up, and dive into each of the team's tags for some truly fantastical works!
Welcome to the artistic battlegrounds, where only one team can walk away with bragging rights as the one with the most devious supporters. Human, Animal, or Anthro – there can be only one winner!
Choose a team to support, submit your adoptable within the parameters, and earn a badge for your Profile, as well as a chance to get points.
At least 10 adoptables from the winning team will be featured in a journal, and the deviants who create them will get 500 points each.
How to Participate
Select a team: The team with the most deviants contributing to it by the deadline wins!
Create a design: Design an adoptable exclusive in your team's character design and colors.
Human
ABANDONED TO THE LIGHT by RJBG, literature
Literature
ABANDONED TO THE LIGHT
Under appreciated and
over the top
Over kill, a loaded gun
Left for dead, you're in my
sights
Made to bleed in order to
believe
Your Honor, Your Worship
God's score card
Heaven's outcome
Over exposure to the elements
An abandoned dream
Creatures in the dead of night
Under a veil of darkness
In the still of emptiness
Eyes that see in the dark
Through windows and corridors
Locked away behind closed doors
The enemy that lurks inside
The rise and fall of the living and
the damned
Bad moon on the rise
Black out the day
A loner in the night
Survival of the fittest
Left out in the wilderneness
Live or let live
To live by the sword
An eye for an eye
Death's betrayal
Lead astray
Made to believe
Cutting up, a cut
of hand
In the sanctioning off
The Lord above
Freedoms lost
Going over the same old
grounds
The lost and the lonely
Without reason or provication
Murderous intent
Without cause or effect
No reason in understanding
why
Homeless in the night
Set on and preyed upon