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I'm very excited about Jorge's latest series! His exploration of the ocean is both visually stunning and emotionally resonant. The way he depicts the delicate beauty and raw power of the ocean is simply divine. These works have a way of soothing and comforting me. Thank you Sir for sharing this.

Dear friends, I'm always saddened by the way works posted on DA disappear into oblivion after just a few hours. It's the hard law of the Internet and the demand for novelty. That's why, without having the possibility of creating what would be a virtual museum that would, in my opinion, exhibit the best of the photographs already posted (photography is my favourite field), I'm presenting to you at regular intervals photographs first shown more than 10 years ago and classed as my favourites. Their authors may still be present on the site or have left it, for whatever reason. I hope this will be of interest to you. From  and published Dec 26, 2011 :

Hello all I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and maybe more productive than mine.😎 I had a friend visiting me this weekend and we have been soooo lazy. I'm behind as usual in responding and looking at everyone's wonderful arts, but I'll slowly catch up. I'm still struggling a bit with some post covid symptoms and this fatigue is just crazy, but it gets better day by day and soon (me thinking positive😅) I will be back with full speed replying comments and check out all the lovely work you posting Anyway, here are some lovely works I found last week And as always I want to thank you all so much for lovely comments, badges and favs  I received last week.  Take care and stay safe   

Personal News Hi everyone! Happy Friday! Being only a four day week, I didn’t get as much as I wanted done this week but that’s okay! I have been working on… A 60,000 word Warhammer-world reader insert story. A 15,000 word fantasy horror in the modern-girl-wakes-up-in-a-fantasy-world-as-the-evil-queen trope. A 28,000 word Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanfic! These are all ongoing commissioned pieces and I am having a blast working on them! Speaking of… my writing and editing commissions are open! DM for details or check out my bio for more. Qotd: Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? Links to my work on DA Writing Table of Contents (Journal links for all writing advice & stories) Second writing account (NSFW content) Writing & Editing Commissions Journal Art Commissions Journal Community News, Commissions, Features, and Resources  GET FEATURED! DEVIATION SPOTLIGHTS Get your deviations featured on my page and in my Weekly Community Journals! (Read more and

Some recent favourites. Recommended listening: White Daisy Passing - Rocky Votolato

(Till the wars are over...) My weekly feature showing the 10 faves of the last week I have chosen for my own best favourites. The TOP TEN of the week (without ranking!) This week I have founded again a lot of fine art here, so I decided to show four features, one with art and three with photographies.

My calendar app has reminded me its my "dA birthday"! 🎉 I think I've been here for 20 or 21 years now????! That's 2 thirds of my life?! That's wild to type out. DeviantArt was my first foray into the art world and although my career and studies aren't directly related to art, I can honestly say that creating art in whatever medium I have has honestly benefited my life in ways I can not discern. Nowadays my time on dA isn't nearly as obsessive as it was when I was a pre-teen on here. BUT, I still login almost everyday and collect DDs for @dAseniors and voting behind the scenes on submissions to @CRPhotography so I still feel involved. I saw an Instagram reel recently of a tip from a therapist. She gave her clients "homework" to take at least 1 picture per day of something they think is beautiful. Keep a folder on their phone of those pictures and maybe even share it with someone else to keep themselves accountable. In a way, subconsciously, I have been doing that. 99% of the time I

It's official! The winners of The Midas Touch Challenge have finally been announced! :boogie: A big congratulations to the three artists who shone among the 84 participants. :clap: As a member of the jury and a sponsor, I'm super proud to have been part of the adventure. This challenge, organized by @TheFulkrum to celebrate DeviantArt's 24th anniversary, was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the incredible talent of our community. :deviantart: Congrats again to everyone!

Why, hello, hello, my delicious little doughnuts! Our Gilded Dreams Adopt Contest came to a close earlier this week, and we received a whopping 80 entries from 74 participants! :faint: It was insanely tough to pick, but... Here are our 3 winning entries! FIRST PLACE by @lBlackie-Maidenl You have won: 1200:points: from @Community 500:points: from @Kat-Zaphire 300:points: from @phoenixleo Diamond badge from @Grim-Castlaire, @TheFulkrum, @Malintra-Shadowmoon, and @AlexanderPaupoff Hype badge from @Grim-Castlaire, @Kat-Zaphire, @phoenixleo, @TheFulkrum, and @AlexanderPaupoff 4 Quartz badges from @Grim-Castlaire Quartz badge from @TheFulkrum Journal feature from @CRAdoptables, @moonbeam13, @KovoWolf, @phoenixleo, @BeckyKidus, and @TheFulkrum SECOND PLACE by @gobithedogsadopts You have won: 900:points: from @Community 300:points: from @Kat-Zaphire 200:points: from @phoenixleo Diamond badge from @Grim-Castlaire, @Malintra-Shadowmoon

:winner: THE WINNERS :winner: of THE MIDAS TOUCH CHALLENGE FIRST PLACE @cerebrictech :la: :trophy: You have won: 1500 :points: from @team 500 :points: from @Kat-Zaphire 300 :points: from @KizukiTamura 125 :points: from @vagrantscout Diamond badge from @AlexanderPaupoff , @KizukiTamura , @Malintra-Shadowmoon , @kamidako Hype badge from @TheFulkrum , @EyeOfTheKat , @KizukiTamura , @kamidako Quartz badge from @vagrantscout Feature by @TheFulkrum , @KizukiTamura , @Kat-Zaphire SECOND PLACE @RumbrandtAI :la: :trophy: You have won: 1200 :points: from @team 300 :points: from @Kat-Zaphire 200 :points: from @KizukiTamura 100 :points: from @vagrantscout Diamond badge from @Malintra-Shadowmoon , @kamidako Quartz badge from @AlexanderPaupoff , @KizukiTamura , @vagrantscout Hype badge from @TheFulkrum , @EyeOfTheKat , @KizukiTamura , @kamidako Feature by @TheFulkrum , @KizukiTamura , @Kat-Zaphire THIRD PLACE

I'm have some accumulated Points and I want to use them to make another deviant happy. So I've decided to make this a contest!! Contest Time Runs from August 18 - 26 (decision announced on the 27th, followed by frenzied prizes being delivered before the month runs out) Prizes :#1: FIRST-PLACE:#1: PRO Membership (or a 1-month extension on your current subscription) :love: And lots of other prizes:love: LOTS of Diamond Badges (with included one-month Core+ membership) HYPE badges!! Quartz Badges!! Here's how to enter! :bulletred: You cannot nominate yourself, or your art. :bulletblue: Comment on this journal with a link to a deviation submitted by someone you think should get a 1-MONTH PRO Membership. :bulletyellow: If that person's art blows us away, they get the grand prize AND the person who made the comment will get a Diamond Badge (or, by request, a Hype Badge on one of their deviations)! :happybounce: GO! GO! GO!:happybounce: Contest Judges are :la:

Bravo and thank you to everyone who participated in this latest DD Glory Challenge! Congratulations to the winners. :clap: @Kat-Zaphire has just announced the results. So here we are :boogie: Let's celebrate the success of this monthly challenge and keep the spirit of creativity alive :deviantart:

Hello, I'm glad to see you! This Month's Theme: Cat Burger (o˘◡˘o) That's why I created a small tutorial for you! I draw in Paint Tol Sai 2 but you can use another graphics editor or traditional materials! Follow the steps and create your own artwork! Post your drawing on DeviantArt with the tag #CatBurgerTutorial and get a Profile badge! This Cat-burger tutorial was Sponsored by DeviantArt! 1. First, let's draw a sketch of a cat burger, for this, draw 2 plump oval buns and 1 more square oval between them for the filling of the burger. 2. Erase the extra lines as shown in the picture. 3. Let's draw triangular ears and paws on the buns. 4. Let's draw a cat's face. 5. Add wavy lettuce leaves under the top and bottom buns and seeds on the cat's head. Now let's color our cat burger by choosing the color of the filling and buns. Move the sketch layer above and paint underneath it. Or paint over the sketch if you are drawing with traditional materials. Now I create a layer

:star: This contest is now closed. :star: Thank you for your participation @DeviantAI is celebrating DA's 24th birthday with a Synthography Challenge The Midas Touch How to Participate Create an image that represents transformation and renewal - How imperfections can become beautiful and resilient with a golden touch. Rules (please read) You must be a @DeviantAI member to participate. You can use DreamUp or any image generator of your choice. Only one entry per person. Submit your entry as 'made with AI tools'. :star: Add the tags #ai and #midastouchai to your submission. Work without these tags will be declined. No NSFW entries. Your entry must be created specifically for this challenge, so no entry uploaded before 7th of August, 2024 will be accepted. Submit your work to the contest folder. :star: Important dates START: 7th of August, 2024 END: 28th of August, 2024 Judges Prizes 3 winners will be chosen: 1st Place

Here is the final winner feature of all winners from my above contest. The contest would have not been such event without all the participants, so I decided to give some space for all works submitted in this feature as well. So let's start !! Topic 1: Trees Place 1: @Lorian-AinDal with We Were Trees Place 2: @Terberg with Head in the clouds Place 3: @DelightfulDolphin with sneachta VIII Honorable Mention: @Catlaxy with Child of the Sun All other participants in this category: Topic 2: Trees AI Place 1: @Clara-01 with Tree Of Life And Knowledge Place 2: @Linaewen28 with Imaginary flaming tree Place 3: @Tamarackpines with Giant Tree Honorable Mention: @TheStockWarehouse with Cherry Trees Blossoming All other participants in this category: Topic 3: Spring Place 1: @Dieffi with signs of spring Place 2: @clara-01 with Hanami - Japanese Spring Festival Place 3: @D1sf0r14 with Take Off II Honorable Mention: @JJPoatree with New Orleans berries square All