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Photography Challenge: Winter Out of Your Window by Mrs-Durden, journal
Photography Challenge: Winter Out of Your Window
Dear members,
I hope you’ve all been well and that you’re all as excited as I am to be entering the holiday season! ❄️
CRPhotography is happy to present a new monthly challenge for you to partake in, with exciting prizes to offer! Please carefully read the details below to find out how to enter.
The Prompt
🌨️ Winter out of your window 🌨️
Capture a view from a window in your home (or another building if need be) showing us winter in your area. Not very wintery where you're at? No problem! Decorate your window in a winter theme and show us how to make winter come to you
The Rules
🔗 Enter by linking your deviation in the comments section of this journal.
💙 Please include a link to this journal in the description of your deviation.
🙋 You must be a member of CRPhotography to participate.
📸 Any photograph submitted must be your own.
🆕 You may only submit newly taken photographs for this activity.
➕ You may submit as many photos as you wish.
🚫 Per the group submission rules, no AI
YCH Showcase - October 2024 by AlexanderPaupoff, journal
YCH Showcase - October 2024
YCH artists don't just create art; they ignite your imagination with boundless possibilities. With each stroke of their pencil or brush, they sketch a scene, a moment, a pose that invites you to envision your character within it. It's not merely a commission; it's a collaborative journey where you and the artist co-author an unforgettable experience for your character.
Welcome to this monthly feature where we spotlight the exceptional talents of YCH artists and their inspired creations. We invite you to immerse yourself in the imaginative worlds they've crafted for characters like yours. And, who knows? You might just discover a space for your own character to shine within their art!
's prolific gallery showcases a diverse mix of expressive and dynamic YCH poses, often centered around fantasy themes. Her art style blends soft, eye-catching shading with playful and elegant details that bring her creations to life.
YCH
Completed examples
's YCH art stands out for its
Mystery Tag Bonus: Week 11 Winners by vagrantscout, journal
Mystery Tag Bonus: Week 11 Winners
Welcome to the MYSTERY TAG BONUS!
Each Monday, a rotating panel from the Community group will select a handful of deviations from a specific Daily Challenge tag to reward each with 100 DA Points and a Quartz Badge. The Mystery Tag for the week of November 10 through November 16 is …
MIRROR 🪞
Congratulations to the following deviations for being selected the #mirror winners in this week’s Mystery Tag Bonus 🥳
We award the Mystery Tag Bonus every Monday … make sure to complete the Daily Challenges for your chance to win DA Points and Badges. Good luck!
Joe @ DA
Fan Art Fridays: Fall Photography by KovoWolf, journal
Fan Art Fridays: Fall Photography
"Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go."
THE CHANGE IN SEASON
Autumn in the wilderness unfurls like a grand symphony, each leaf a delicate note in nature's orchestral embrace. The forests, once brimming with summer's vibrancy, now glow with the burnished hues of gold, amber, and crimson, as if kissed by the setting sun.
The air, crisp and invigorating, carries the sweet scent of pine and earth, mingling with the whisper of wind through the changing foliage of trees and brush alike. Every step upon the soft, mossy ground is a pilgrimage, a journey through nature's temple, where the stillness of the season invites contemplation and wonder.
In the quietude of autumn, the mountains stand sentinel, their peaks dusted with the first snow of winter's approach, while the valleys below are blanketed in the soft, golden light of shortening days. The rivers, once roaring with the snow-melt of spring, now flow gently, mirroring the vibrant tapestry of the canopy above. Here
In a World of Snow Contest by AlexanderPaupoff, journal
In a World of Snow Contest
The holidays are here, and your OCs deserve their own winter snow globe moment.
Welcome to the
In a World of Snow Contest
Show us how your OCs would spend their time in a miniature world of endless snowfall. Will they be making snow angels, building snowmen, ice skating, or starting snowball fights?
Draw your original character(s) inside this snow globe in an anime style.
Rules
Your OC must be drawn in an anime style inside the snow globe template provided above. [download link] Editing the template is allowed.
Use #snowyDA24 among your tags.
Submit your entry to the contest folder. Membership to the group is required to submit to the folder. All membership requests are automatically accepted.
Your work should be created specifically for this contest, which means no work submitted before December 01, 2024.
You can submit as many entries as you like, but only one of them may win a prize.
AI and AI-assisted images are not eligible for this contest.
Dates to
YCH Showcase - November 2024 by AlexanderPaupoff, journal
YCH Showcase - November 2024
YCH (Your Character Here) artists don't just create art; they ignite your imagination with boundless possibilities. With each stroke of their pencil or brush, they sketch a scene, a moment, a pose that invites you to envision your character within it. It's not merely a commission; it's a collaborative journey where you and the artist co-author an unforgettable experience for your character.
Welcome to this monthly feature where we spotlight the exceptional talents of YCH artists and their inspired creations. We invite you to immerse yourself in the imaginative worlds they've crafted for characters like yours. And, who knows? You might just discover a space for your own character to shine within their art!
's YCH pieces reveal a playful creativity that radiates sweetness and whimsy. Her work features unique themes and concepts and radiate a sweet sense of wonder and whimsy. With a keen eye for mood-setting, she uses soft, natural colour palettes to compose dreamy atmospheres for
Mystery Tag Bonus: Week 9 Winners by vagrantscout, journal
Mystery Tag Bonus: Week 9 Winners
Welcome to the MYSTERY TAG BONUS!
Each Monday, a rotating panel from the Community group will select a handful of deviations from a specific Daily Challenge tag to reward each with 100 DA Points and a Quartz Badge. The Mystery Tag for the week of October 27 - November 2 is …
LAKEEERIE ☱
Congratulations to the following deviations for being selected the #lakeeerie winners in this week’s Mystery Tag Bonus 🥳
We award the Mystery Tag Bonus every Monday … make sure to complete the Daily Challenges for your chance to win DA Points and Badges. Good luck!Joe @ DA
Mystery Tag Bonus: Week 10 Winners by vagrantscout, journal
Mystery Tag Bonus: Week 10 Winners
Welcome to the MYSTERY TAG BONUS!
Each Monday, a rotating panel from the Community group will select a handful of deviations from a specific Daily Challenge tag to reward each with 100 DA Points and a Quartz Badge. The Mystery Tag for the week of November 3 - November 9 is …
SYMMETRY ☯️
Congratulations to the following deviations for being selected the #symmetry winners in this week’s Mystery Tag Bonus 🥳
We award the Mystery Tag Bonus every Monday … make sure to complete the Daily Challenges for your chance to win DA Points and Badges. Good luck!
Joe @ DA
A Legend of Snow: Expecto Snowballis! by writeddreams2reality, journal
A Legend of Snow: Expecto Snowballis!
Welcome to CRLiterature!
This December, we’re discovering a desert world filled with magic that has forgotten the wonders of winter in our “Legend of Snow” weekly activities. ❄️ Follow the prompts below to build out your own version of this fantasy universe with a little magic and a lot of fun for your chance to win DA points or badges! 🏅
❄️The Legend of Snow, Part 1: ❄️
The desert is unrelenting as you make your daily march to the only well within hundreds of miles. From more than a mile away, you can already see the snaking lines of people queuing for their daily water allotment, already knowing it is never enough to crush that gnawing sense of dehydration in the pit of your stomach, but it is just enough that you won’t collapse while scavenging for food.
As you make your way down the hard scrabble path from the rocky outcrop you’ve called home for 20 years, a small boulder slides from under your feet, sending you toppling forward and onto your hands and knees. As you recover
SNOWY ANIMALS CHALLENGE by Yhorey-San, journal
SNOWY ANIMALS CHALLENGE
We’re joining in on the snow-themed Community fun with our own snow-themed challenge in
AnthroCommunity ❄️ We’ve collected a list of our favorite Snowy Animals below as your inspiration
for creating an original wintery Anthro character 🐻❄️ Create a new deviation based on one of the
following Snowy Animals and submit to our gallery for a chance to win some DA Points this holiday
season 🎁
● Arctic Fox
● Arctic Hare
● Arctic Wolf
● Caribou / Reindeer
● Emperor Penguin
● Polar Bear
● Snow Goose
● Snow Leopard
● Snowy Owl
● Walrus
Here’s the rules and rewards for this AnthroCommunity group challenge:
■ ✅ All deviations must abide by DeviantArt Terms of Service, our Fair Use rules for
submissions, and the Submission Guidelines for AnthroCommunity … off topic or
inappropriate entries will be removed
■ 🙏 Create your images with digital and traditional tools in whatever art style you’d like … use
the tag “AnthroCommunity” when submitting your deviation please and thank you
■ 🎨 One entry
Unlikely allies by BreathOfTheWind, literature
Literature
Unlikely allies
The chamber fell silent, save for the heartbeat of the sinister heart that pulsed with an eerie rhythm. Mephisto and Auriel faced each other, a stillness descending upon them like a heavy shroud. The air was thick with tension, every breath charged with the possibility of violence. Auriel’s mind raced with possible outcomes should she fight him.
But what if… it was possible. Gazing at her weapon, her grip tightened.
Feeling her intent, Mephisto’s eyes, like the ancient burning coals, narrowed. His tail swinging side to side, aura around him becoming darker.
“Think carefully.” His voice cutting through the silence like a blade.
Auriel felt a tremendous chill. Like it was cutting through very soul. She looked at Mephisto, his energy a black abyss. A warning. She knew he had already calculated his first, second, tenth move. How he predicted her reactions.
Always few steps ahead of her.
Without her brethren, she had no chance.
No… this won’t work. It’s too risky.
Auriel's grip on her
An ocean of love by Iviwrites, literature
Literature
An ocean of love
Swimming through pools of regret.
Seas even.
An ocean?
Ocean of regret.
Am I a horrible woman for loving a man like you or are you the horrible one because you made a woman like me turn into a monster, turn into you?
We are the terrible ones for loving
the right souls,
in a very wrong time,
we both knew,
right from the start,
it didn't stop us from falling,
it won't save us,
it won't stop us from drowning
in the ocean of sorrow and despair,
in the ocean where our souls first met,
the same ocean which used to be full of uncertainty.
Now it is certain-no amount of love can save the drowned-there is no luck for the fallen ones-no compassion for the heartbroken ones-there is no safety for the lovers.
You knew there was a risk.
You never knew how risky it was.
How can you predict the depth of an ocean?
How can you predict the depth of a person?
You can never know until you start swimming.
You can never know until you start loving.
An ocean of regret for the times I've spent drowning for