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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

[EMOTE] Ready to unleash some wild emotion? [DEVIATION] Animals might not show feelings the same way we do, but with a few tricks, you can bring them vividly to life and make every expression jump off the page (or screen!). In this tutorial, @basiceagles walks you through easy, fun techniques to give your animals expressions full of personality and attitude. [DEVIATION] Follow along, pick up some new skills, and snag a feisty new badge for completing the tutorial! [DEVIATION] [EMOTE] STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL Build the face Step 1 Sketch a rough circle and add horizontal and vertical guidelines to set the direction of your animal’s gaze. [DEVIATION] Step 2 Block in the head with simple shapes for the face and ears. [DEVIATION] Step 3 Place the eyes and mouth. [DEVIATION] Step 4 Refine with fur, small details, and your final polish. [DEVIATION] [EMOTE] Want to give your character more personality? Add facial expressions to make it pop! 🐾 TIP 1: Let the eyes shine The eyes do

[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

[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]

Each month, Community Groups across DeviantArt host creative challenges for their members, offering an opportunity to earn that month’s shared Profile badge. [DEVIATION] 🧜 May theme: Mermay Celebrate Mermay with artwork inspired by merfolk, ocean fantasy, underwater worlds, and the wonder beneath the waves. Make a splash with your aquatic artwork! [DEVIATION] 🎨 May 2026 Community Group challenges @Fan-Art-World - MerMay Magic Fan Art Challenge @DevNews - The May group badge, Mermay! @DeviantAI - Push your limits during Mermay @Traditionalists - May badge challenge - Mermay magic @color-me-club - May profile badge challenge @CRLiterature - Extra, Extra! Earn the mermay badge 🏅 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 to include #Mermay under Tags before submission. [DEVIATION] Once your deviation’s live, you can confirm

Please join me in welcoming two incredible new additions to our Community Volunteer team. Both of them brings their own unique strengths, creativity, and passion for supporting artists across DeviantArt. We’re really excited to have them on board. [DEVIATION] @ReverieBeasts Adoptables • Digital Art • Pixel Art ReverieBeasts brings a strong imaginative voice to the community, with work that blends narrative, atmosphere, and striking visual storytelling. Her art often feels like stepping into another world, and that sense of creativity and depth will be a wonderful addition to volunteer-led initiatives. @exarobibliologist Literature • Photography A familiar name in many corners of DeviantArt, exarobibliologist has long been involved in supporting and uplifting others through feedback, encouragement, and community engagement. With a passion for storytelling and helping fellow deviants grow, he brings both experience and heart to the team. [DEVIATION] Both of these volunteers

Fillory is calling! This week’s Fan Art Friday is dedicated to The Magicians, the beloved TV series inspired by Lev Grossman’s novels. From Brakebills classrooms to spell-casting chaos, complex friendships, and worlds that refuse to stay neatly separated, The Magicians has inspired artists to explore magic that’s messy, emotional, and deeply human. We’re showcasing fan art that captures the heart, humor, and heartbreak of the series. “Did I do something brave to save my friends, or did I finally find a way to kill myself?” — Quentin Coldwater “Life is basically a solo sport. But sometimes you need a team.” — Eliot Waugh Whether you fell in love with the characters, the worlds, or the beautifully broken way magic works, the fandom continues to keep The Magicians alive through art. Thank you to everyone sharing their passion, creativity, and love for this series because magic may not fix everything, but art helps us feel it all. Explore previous editions in our Fan Art

We are celebrating 50,000 members! [GIF] We love to be here for you, and love that you are here. [EMOTE] [EMOTE] Create a deviation that highlights what you love about our devious Community.  Submit to your gallery with the tag: #Community50K All mediums accepted.  Deadline is May 31, 2026 Prizes [EMOTE]  First: 3,000points Second: 2,000points Third: 1,000points Judges: Community team members The 50,000th member 😯 [EMOTE] @Ahome124 [EMOTE] Congratulations! YOU HAVE WON 5,000 points!! [GIF] [EMOTE] Bonus [EMOTE] Comment with a fun or funny DA memory and you might randomly be gifted with points/badges/feature/who knows from a member of the Community Team [EMOTE] [GIF]

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]

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