Monetize your artwork and build your brand by creating Premium Galleries! DeviantArt is not only a home for artists to share their work and grow their skills; it’s also the place to build your community. Using the new Premium Galleries feature, deviants can monetize access to an exclusive set of art or resources. Deviants have often asked for more ways to monetize their skills, as well as supporting their favorite artists, and we’re excited to share the next in a series of features that allow artists to expand their brand and following. With Premium Galleries, artists can create a more personalized experience between them and their supporters in just a few, simple steps. How to Add Premium Galleries Step 1: Head to your Gallery to add brand new Premium Galleries Step 2: Select the Points price for your Premium Galleries Step 3: Submit new deviations — or add existing ones — to your Premium Galleries. Now, supporters will be able to pay with Points to access your exclusive

In Recognition of Exemplary Membership and an Outstanding Spirit of helpfulness and mentoring within the DeviantArt community INTRODUCING LAWRENCECORNELLPHOTO I am Lawrence Cornell and I live near London. I am not a city boy however and spend as much time as I can outdoors. My photography is mainly landscapes and nature, the more remote and wild the better. I love stormy weather, not sunny blue sky days. The wilder the weather the better.  I am at my happiest in the mountains of the Scottish Highlands or on the Isle Of Skye. I have itchy feet and I love to travel. When I go to be in nature I want to be away from people and I want to be spellbound. That is easy for me as I find nature incredible. The world is a beautiful place and I search for this beauty every time I pick up my camera. When I take a picture I want to capture not only the beauty of what lies before me but also the feeling I had when I was pressing the shutter.  When you look at one of my landscapes I want you to

There are many overlapping experiences among LGBTQ+ individuals around the world, but one of the important things to be mindful of is that experiences are shaped by the community, culture, and location they happen in. These factors, alongside many others, can create very distinct experiences that guide how LGBTQ+ communities are formed and are perceived in their respective places. Some examples of this are the baklâ of the Philippines, the māhū of the Polynesian Islands, and the two-spirit people of the First Nations and Native American people of Northern America. These cultures have historically had broader concepts of what gender is and how it functions with regard to social roles than some modern cultures. Cultures like these may have been impacted throughout the centuries by colonization, wars, and other environmental, social, or economic factors that have changed how being LGBTQ+ is perceived, but in many cultures these identities have survived or are being talked about in

There is no understating the importance of a global community. While there will always be a wealth of different experiences guided by personal backgrounds, regional customs, and many other meaningful factors, the benefit to a community that spans the world is that people with common experiences can come together and show one another support even from thousands of miles away. DeviantArt is a place LGBTQ+ artists from around the world call home. Art is an important means of expression, especially so when covering identity, and is one of many ways that members of the LGBTQ+ community connect with and show support for one another. We reached out to LGBTQ+ deviants for their thoughts on what Pride means to them, and how art as a means of identity expression is important to them. They shared their thoughts with us and had the following to say: “Up until recently I've always been scared of being part of the LGBTQ+ community. I realized within myself that I was a lesbian at around the

Looking for inspiration? Every artist can relate to hitting a creative block, but sometimes all it takes to break it is some simple inspiration. To help, we created Getting StARTed, a video series designed to inspire anyone looking to kickstart their artistic journey. Check out the Getting StARTed videos for prompts to get your own art started! Get to drawing and submit your illustration with the tag #DAGettingStARTed to earn a brand-new Profile badge! Follow these easy steps to enter: Watch: View the featured videos and discover the latest prompts. Make: Create art based on the prompt you choose in whatever format you desire. Submit: Upload your art to DeviantArt with the tag #DAGettingStARTed to get the badge! Want the extra challenge? Submit drawings for all 10 videos! Check out these prompts! Watch these videos from @IsiahXBradley, @Skirtzzz, @Iamjustino, @DasGnomo, @AshMcGivern, @jacarvajal, @himaeart, @MartinWongPhoto, @velvetspectrum, and @alexalvarez, and pick your prompt!

Art as a means of expression has always allowed for individuals to be true to themselves, and that is especially true of LGBTQ+ art throughout history. Though there are too many inspiring examples to include in a single journal, we wanted to share some notable LGBTQ+ artists from history. A very recognizable early example would be the Archaic Greek lyric poet Sappho, whose works have been celebrated for their focus on love between women—so much so that the words “sapphic” (an adjective referring to women who love other women) and “lesbian” were derived from her and Lesbos, the island she was from. An example of gender identity in historical art is Claude Cahun, a French photographer who expressed themselves as gender neutral, not finding that masculine or feminine traits suited them consistently. Though they created primarily for themself and didn’t have interest in fame, their works—and similarly, the works of their partner Marcel Moore—challenged the notion of gender and how it

Since the launch of the new DeviantArt, we're continuing to develop and release more and more features to further improve your experience on the site. Check out our latest updates: Drag-and-drop for Galleries and Collections Reordering your Galleries and Collections have just gotten easier! Now you can organize your Galleries and Collections with drag-and-drop. You can also sort the order of the deviations within each unique Gallery or Collection with drag-and-drop as well! Custom Gallery Cover Images You can now upload a custom cover image to your Galleries! Personalize your Gallery to match your aesthetic with unique covers that do not have to be an existing deviation or Sta.sh file. Block on Profile We have now added the ability to “block user” directly from the Profile in our continued efforts of making moderation more accessible and efficient. More to Come! There’s lots more updates coming soon, and we look forward to sharing them with you! Please continue sharing your

June is recognized as LGBTQ+ Pride Month around the world, a celebration of personal identity, acceptance, and love. Join us for a month of education about and celebration of the LGBTQ+ community! The importance of Pride is hard to overstate. Pride provides community and a way for LGBTQ+ people to come together and celebrate who they are in places and ways that empower. From those who are learning about themselves to those who have been out and proud for years, Pride is a chance to embrace love and personal expression, and is an opportunity to learn about LGBTQ+ history and culture. On DeviantArt, we’re celebrating the LGBTQ+ community with new art and new Pride-themed journals! We’ve commissioned six LGBTQ+ artists to create new works that you can use as cover images for your Profile, and they’ll be revealed each week, starting with this work by @Pepperoonie: Weekly journals will also be posted to @team to cover some basics of LGBTQ+ history, culture, information, and resources

It’s been just over a week since the full launch of the new DeviantArt and official sunset of the old version of the site. We wanted to provide a community update sharing additional insight and clarity regarding the new site and the realities of its existence and reception. CHANGES WE MADE One question we’ve received frequently is, “Why did you change the site at all?” The short answer is that the old version of DeviantArt wasn’t sustainable long-term. The longer, more thoughtful answer is twofold: one part code, and one part design. Code DeviantArt’s base code was built early, in Internet years. Every time we added a new feature, it had to be built on top of old code from the early 2000s, which meant more work in order for the site to scale to meet new technological advances. The decision was made to rebuild DeviantArt with a more modern framework, which makes it easier and faster to build new features without having to deal with cleaning up or rewriting old code. We reached the