Introducing a new way to recognize art and deviants across the community! Badges can now be awarded to deviations and comments when you want to go the extra mile to show your appreciation. Give a badge to an awe-inspiring deviation, a thoughtful, in-depth critique, or a comment that made your day! Share Your Appreciation by Awarding a Badge When you want to do more to express your appreciation, you can now award a badge to deviations and comments. When you award a badge, it’ll appear on that deviation or comment as well as on the deviant’s Profile — just like llama badges and other community event badges. You Can Award Badges To: Deviations that inspire Helpful resources or tutorials Thoughtful and thorough critiques Heartfelt replies to something you shared Clever, witty comments that made you laugh To award a badge, simply click the diamond icon underneath a deviation or on a comment. Choose Between Three Different Badges Three types of badges can be awarded: Quartz, Emerald, and

UPDATE: The opt-in period for the new sidebar has closed as of October 7th. Thank you to everyone who participated in this early opt-in period. The feedback we’ve received so far has been invaluable in helping us improve and optimize the sidebar. Please continue sharing your feedback! Moving forward, we’ll now be rolling out the new sidebar to a wider pool of deviants, so no more need to opt-in. Again, thanks so much to those who participated for helping us create a better DeviantArt experience! You’re invited to try a brand new sidebar that gives you quick access to some of your favorite features and groups! The Goal of The New Sidebar There are several ways to browse and consume content on DeviantArt, and with this update, our goal was to create a consistent experience across Browse (New and Popular), Search, Daily Deviations, Topics, Groups, and most importantly, deviants you watch. Bringing more attention to Groups was a big part of this update, and we have plenty more planned

presents its Halloween contest Trick or Treat This will be the last contest until further notice. It can be any Halloween scene. It can be full of pumpkins, witches, black cats, ghosts or combine all of them as long as it represents Halloween. For the first time, you may submit older work. But, it must never had won a contest before. Or you may create a new Halloween scene, it's all up to you. You must be a member to be able to participate. Your entry may be from your previous works, but not won a contest before. We accept Dark art, but not gory work. There must be 15 entries for the contest to be valid. You must include in your artwork's description: Our group icon :icon Stewed-Tomatoes: (without the space) The contest name The link to the contest journal. When you are finished with your masterpiece, submit it to the CONTEST FOLDER Entries are limited to 2 submissions per artist but only ONE entry can win. Stock not credited properly will be declined. These PNG stock sites are

*MajesticArts CONTEST* Hello everyone ! MajesticARTS Team is pleased to announce the opening  of the contest,  with prizes and whose only limit will be your imagination and, from that, we know that everyone has great talent and creativity. So do not hesitate, this is your contest! On this occasion, we propose a new challenge, we hope that you like the theme which we have chosen for you. It  is "FAIRIES", a theme where magic and fantasy are mixed, we hope for your participation and that you surprise us with great creations. The administration of this group wants to thank all the members for the support of our competitions, without you none of this would be possible. CONTEST

Welcome to new Dragons Contest. Dragons, big, small, or gigantic your choice. Is your Dragon friendly or fierce? Will it protect you or consume you instead? Captivate us with your Dragon entry. You must be a member to be able to participate. Your entry must be made after the contest date. We accept Dark art, but not gory work. There must be more than 10 entries for the contest to be valid. You must include in your artwork's description: Our group icon :icon Stewed-Tomatoes: (without the space) The contest name The link to the contest journal. When you are finished with your masterpiece, submit it to the CONTEST FOLDER Entries are limited to 2 submissions per artist but only ONE entry can win. Stock not credited properly will be declined. We reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time. From Donation Pool @knighttemplar1 @FortuneSeeksTheSun63 @MarquisAmon @makor359 @vagabond-mm @SilviyaMS @babylu01 @SunshineBurnsz @Drucila222 @Shennikin @BrankaArts

is glad to announce its new contest. Apocalypse You have two months to finish this project. We still judge according to your skill level. Use the one you used in the other contests. Don’t change at will except if your art has improved. If this is your first time entering one of these contests and don’t know your skill level, you may ask me. Don’t submit your work below your skill level. We will move it to a higher level as we seem fit. Skill Levels Guidelines Beginner You’re not yet comfortable with the medium you use to create your art. You’re struggling with shadows, lighting, and depth of field. You're not comfortable with mixing colors and/or blending. Intermediate You’re comfortable with the medium you use to create your art. You're still figuring out how and where to add shadows and lighting, and depth of field. You are comfortable with mixing colors and/or blending. You're still in search of your style. Advance You know exactly how to use the medium for the creation