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Celebrating Deviousness - January 2025 by team, journal
Celebrating Deviousness - January 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 January 2025’s Deviousness Award, so please join us in congratulating them!
Brenda, better known as , is a beloved and instantly recognizable member of the DeviantArt community. Over her remarkable 14-year journey, Brenda has dedicated herself to fostering positivity and generosity through her iconic charity project. Known for her tireless efforts to distribute points, host engaging events, and promote artists across the platform, Brenda has become a source of inspiration for countless deviants. Her dedication, kindness, and unwavering support have created a welcoming space where connections flourish and creativity thrives. It’s with great pleasure that we name the recipient of the Deviousness Award for January 2025!
Hi everyone! I’m Brenda, , and I’m
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
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2024 Badge Recap: Did you collect them all? by team, journal
2024 Badge Recap: Did you collect them all?
There were tons of opportunities to earn badges in 2024, including ways to practice your skills with creative challenges!
There’s still time to get the profile badges below from 2024, so if you missed any, get to creating and earn those badges! For deviants who already received all of these badges, consider retrying one of the related creative challenges to see how your skills have leveled up!
Did you collect them all?
Sea Otters | Rosie the Riveter | Cherry Blossoms | Lightsaber | Garden Dragon | Catburger | Peacock | Arctic Fox | Yeti
Join the conversation
Which tutorial from 2024 was your favorite?
Do you have a favorite badge from 2024, and if so, which one?
Are there any tutorials you’d like to see in 2025?
As always, please keep the Etiquette Policy in mind when leaving a comment.
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.
Celebrate art you love with the Confetti badge! by team, journal
Celebrate art you love with the Confetti badge!
It’s a new year, and and it's time to set a good tone for the months ahead! Spread joy and positivity by giving the limited-time Confetti badge to art and comments you love!
Celebrate art and comments you love!
It’s easy to award Confetti badges to deviations and comments! Just click the icon beneath the deviation or comment, select the Confetti badge from the modal, and click “Award Badge.”
Each Confetti badge costs 1 gem, so every deviant has the opportunity to give them out!
Need more gems? Upgrade to Core Membership to get additional gems granted each week!
Join the Conversation
What’s an artistic skill you’re hoping to learn or improve this year?
Are you planning to try new media or tools when creating this year, and if so, which ones?
What would you say you’ve learned about yourself as an artist in the past year?
Share your favorite deviation from 2024 in your comment!
As always, please keep the Etiquette Policy in mind when leaving a comment.
How to start selling in 2025 by team, journal
How to start selling in 2025
Start 2025 strong and let your creativity flourish by sharing your artwork with others!
5 Steps to Kickstart Your Artistic Sales
Step 1: Nail Your Niche 🎨
Becoming an expert seller in your niche isn’t as tricky as you think. You probably already have a good idea what your strongest area of creation is!
Here are some pointers to help you decide on the perfect angle to nail your niche:
Review the most popular pieces you produced through 2024.
Can you group them into a theme? On DeviantArt, diversity is the name of the game.
Top tip: check out the comments on your artwork. Was there an aspect that stood out?
Tap into what makes you unique to find your like-minded community!
Step 2: Get Closer to Your Audience
The following are tried-and-true ways to better interact with your audience.
Talk to Your Fans
When people interact with your artwork, reply back to gather inspiration for your next move.
Create Polls
Polls are a rapid way to get some information about your fans'
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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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
By popular request, you can now choose a preset before you upload a file to your Studio. If you have two or more presets, you’ll see a new “Preset” dropdown on the upload screen, which will apply any of your preset tags, descriptions, and other settings to the deviation.
The presets feature lets you easily set defaults for each deviation you submit, saving time when uploading and submitting files. Set up different presets for when you submit photography, traditional art, adoptables, and more.
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Share Your 2024 Art Summary by team, journal
Share Your 2024 Art Summary
At the start of a new year, the community celebrates their art from the past year with the #SummaryOfArt2024 tag. It's easy to get in on the fun, whether showcasing a month-to-month progression or collage of your favorite pieces from last year!DeviantArt’s new multi-image deviation feature can display your most prized art of last year in one submission. You can submit one from each month or simply highlight your favorites!
There are also community-made templates you can use to submit a collage!
Try one of these:
2024 SUMMARY OF ART template by
2024 ART Summary Template 2 by
2024 Art Summary by
Submit yours!
An Earthstar Short: Love is Grim by SpaceScholar, literature
Literature
An Earthstar Short: Love is Grim
Eight-year old Morrigan Grimlove sat in her tent that warm summer night. There was a gentle breeze and the sky was illuminated with the twinkles of hundreds of stars, dancing like crystal lanterns high above the farmstead. Crickets chirped, frogs croaked and the tall grass swayed ever so slightly. This was truly a beautiful summer night, the kind that was the pinnacle of childhood wonder. Yet all this was lost on little Morrigan.
The tent was set up near the pond, on the edge of the farmstead. The front was open; she lay prone, in her jeans, shoes, button-up shirt and hunting vest. Her skinny brown arms held a youth rifle, propped up on a stand. One of her dark brown eyes peered through the scope. Wrapped around the barrel of the gun was a collar. A simple dog collar with a tag that read "Star".
Morrigan would never forget Star. Star was the puppy she received three years ago for the Winter Festival. Coincidentally, she had also received this very rifle that year.