*NO it is NOT a spelling mistake- Critmas means "Critique at Christmas" AKA this awesome event! :new: Still looking for Captains! Adjudicator positions now all filled! It's back! I can't believe somehow for the 9th year running we are launching Critmas again. The past few years it has just grown and grown and each year the expectation fathoms me- I worry it won't work, but the commitment from the community is just astounding. What is Critmas? This is a multi formed challenge where the focus is about 2 things. 1. Giving 2. Critique. The challenge for everyone is to submit at least 12 critiques (that's 1 a day) across the 12 days of Christma

 RESULTS ARE IN! Thank you to everyone who participated in this challenge! We had a total of seven participants, and it was great to see the effort put into boosting our community. Here's the prizes in descending order: MagicalJoey (https://www.deviantart.com/magicaljoey) - 640 pts heartdialect (https://www.deviantart.com/heartdialect) - 640 pts saturdaystorytellers (https://www.deviantart.com/saturdaystorytellers) - 480 pts IamNoHere (https://www.deviantart.com/iamnohere) - 130 pts SilverInkblot (https://www.deviantart.com/silverinkblot) - 95 pts SlytherclawPadawan (https://www.deviantart.com/slytherclawpadawan) - 80 pts WishingUnderThatStar (https://www.deviantart.com/wishingunderthatstar) - 55 pts C-C-C-COMBO BONUS! MagicalJoey (https://www.deviantart.com/magicaljoey) and heartdialect (https://www.deviantart.com/heartdialect) completed every task; well done! :clap: They both receive the special combo prize of 3-month core and a $25 Amazon gift card. AND... because saturdaystorytellers (https://www.deviantart.com/saturdaystorytellers) completed every task except

In Recognition of Exemplary Membership and an Outstanding Spirit of helpfulness and mentoring within the DeviantArt community. Introducing neurotype (https://www.deviantart.com/neurotype)     `neurotype (https://www.deviantart.com/neurotype) Call me norpadorp. I joined DeviantArt back in the day on a friend’s recommendation. Mainly to browse art, but one of my earliest memories using this site is repeatedly submitting to the Pixel Art category because I had no idea what ‘Indie Art’ was. By the time I figured it out, I was part of a community I hadn’t expected to be a part of. My parents support art as recreation; my first exposure to the world of professional artists and art criticism