LGBTQ+ Pride Month: The Arc Is Long by team, journal
LGBTQ+ Pride Month: The Arc Is Long
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Create art supporting equal rights and submit it with the tag #TheArcIsLong to get a new profile badge! “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition and celebration of the LGBTQ+ community happens in many countries around the globe at different times. In the United States, June is recognized as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and in the wake of a tumultuous year where the safety and well-being of LGBTQ+ people around the world has been threatened, DeviantArt’s focus for this month is on the long-standing tradition of art as a political statement to benefit the equal rights movement. Art as Political Statement Art has always served to speak to social messages and current events, especially within the equal rights movement. In the 1980s in particular, art became an important, functional means for activists to protest the US government’s deliberate ignorance of the AIDS crisis
Tutorial: Draw a Superhero Profile with Bobby Chiu by team, journal
Tutorial: Draw a Superhero Profile with Bobby Chiu
Draw a Superhero Profile in Under Five Minutes! Superheroes assemble! Learn how to draw the profile of a superhero with a new tutorial from Bobby Chiu (@bobbychiu-official)! For every qualified submission between now and March 21, DeviantArt will donate $1.00 USD to The Superhero Project — up to $5,000 USD! The simple breakdown of steps can be used to create characters of all kinds, but the focus on superheroes is to honor The Superhero Project — a non-profit organization that empowers youth with serious illnesses and special needs. Guided by core values of imagination, inclusion, representation, and joy, The Superhero Project creates a caring global community of children, families and artists. Take part to help raise money for a good cause, and earn a powerful new profile badge in the process! Artwork must be created for the tutorial between March 7 and March 21. Watch the tutorial to discover what shapes help make a superhero profile come to life! To participate, follow
Challenge is over! Thank you to all participants! Squeeze the day and get zesty because I'm hosting the Eat a Lemon Art Challenge! I'm launching the #lemonchallenge where I'm asking you to draw yourself/a character or an OC eating a lemon. Imagine the kind of expression they will make. Will they scrunch up at the super sour flavor? Will they enjoy it? Show us! This is an expression challenge so think about how contorted your lemon-eating figure will make their face. Get creative! Let's see those lips pucker and eyes water. I'm looking for unique and inventive ways that people will exaggerate the facial expressions in their drawings! How Do I Participate? Create artwork that shows yourself/a character or an OC eating a lemon Submit your piece on DeviantArt with the tag #lemonchallenge Submit your work no later than 7PM ET March 04, 2022 Multiple submissions are allowed Prizes I'll be running a Twitch stream on March 04, 2022 starting 7PM ET where I'll showcase
Spread the Love for Valentines Day! by team, journal
Spread the Love for Valentines Day!
Create and share Valentines, and give Heart Badges to get the new Cupid Badge for your profile! Spread the Love Valentine’s Day is an annual celebration of love, and the perfect opportunity to show people that you have feelings for them! Create art for Valentine’s Day and submit it with the tag #Valentines2022 so other deviants can see the Valentine-themed art you share. If you’re not sure what kind of valentine you want to create, use these artworks as inspiration! Introducing the Heart Badge To celebrate the festivities of the season, you can now give Heart Badges to deviations and comments that you love! The Heart Badge will be available throughout the month of February, so you can show your love for art and comments that deviants share. All deviants who have visited DeviantArt recently while logged in (if you’re reading this, that includes you!) will receive 50 fragments on or soon after February 8th, so everyone has the opportunity to give out Heart Badges! Give Badges
Today is World Mental Health Day, a day to focus on mental wellness and combat stigma against mental health issues. Even during an average year, World Mental Health Day is a significant and valuable undertaking, but in the wake of 2020, an especially challenging year for many, we want to provide a spotlight on this important day, as well as resources and insights from professionals in the mental health field. What is World Mental Health Day? World Mental Health Day is observed each year on October 10th, as an opportunity to bring to light the importance of mental well-being, and to draw attention to mental health issues around the world. It was first observed in 1992, and has since become a significant opportunity for individuals to openly discuss their mental health and challenges they face, as well as a chance for professionals in the mental health field to talk about their work and what needs to be done to make mental health needs attainable for people around the world. This year
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