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Celebrating Deviousness - December 2024 by team, journal
Celebrating Deviousness - December 2024
The Deviousness Award is given to one deviant each month in recognition of their exemplary contributions to DeviantArt and its community and has been a long-standing tradition since DeviantArt’s early years. is the recipient of December 2024’s Deviousness Award, so please join us in congratulating her!
is a beloved, instantly recognizable member of the DeviantArt community. A familiar face among members of the adoptables community in particular, she has a distinct art style and a positive attitude that has drawn fans in over the years. Her contributions to the community are matched by the care and kindness she shares with other deviants, as those who have interacted with her can attest. It's with great pleasure that we name the recipient of the Deviousness Award for December 2024!
Hi everyone! I‘m Sara, the 25-year-old artist behind lemonscribs‘ illustrations. My art journey started the moment I could hold a pencil, but it really began when I first started posting on CocoPPa at
Site Updates by team, journal
Site Updates
So much is always changing at DeviantArt. This is a comprehensive list of product updates, site changes, and news related specifically to the DeviantArt website and its features.
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2024
December 9th, 2024 - New! Multi-image Deviations for submit!
October 15th, 2024 - New! Boost your art! October 10th, 2024 - More like this returns October 8th: Stash Folder RedesignOctober 2nd, 2024 - Pre-slected tags update
September 12th, 2024 - Group icons receive a new look!
September 3rd, 2024 - Upgrade to st.ash
September 1st, 2024 - Gem's launch
August 9th, 2024 - Try the new cross-platform DeviantArt app!
July 31st, 2024 - Rolling out a more reliable rich text editor July 29th, 2024 - Clarification around the sharing etiquette on DeviantArt July 16th, 2024 - Another update to Studio: the “scheduled” tab!
July 8th, 2024 - New preset tools: templates, watermarks, and more! June 19th, 2024 - Manage your published deviations in the Studio!June 13th
Creative Challenges by team, journal
Creative Challenges
Artists in the community are always ready to show off their artistic skills. This is a list of past contests and challenges.
Extend your creativity with multi-image deviations by team, journal
Extend your creativity with multi-image deviations
By very (very) popular request, multi-image deviations are finally here!
Deviants have been asking for multi-image deviations for a long time, and after upgrading the submission process with Studio, the team was able to introduce the tools needed to make it a reality.
How to Submit a Multi-Image Deviation
When submitting, click the + button below the preview to add an extra image.
You can add a short caption to each image in a deviation to provide any extra context you want.
How to Use Multi-Image Deviations
Share your art in a variety of ways:
Photo sets
Multi-panel comics
Progress shots
Before and after comparisons
Zoomed-in segments or multiple different angles of a finished work
Sequential art
Step-by-step tutorials
Finished artwork alongside its initial concept art
Merge Existing Drafts into One Deviation
You can merge any unpublished images in your Studio (such as images from your drafts, Sta.sh, or DreamUp) into a multi-image deviation, you can merge them in
NEW: Boost your art! by team, journal
NEW: Boost your art!
Update, November 19th: Boosted content will now start appearing in more places across the network! In addition to displaying in the Home feed, boosted content now appears on the Deviants You Watch page, and it is also being rolled out to deviation page sidebars in the coming months.
In Deviants You Watch, only boosted content from deviants you watch will appear.
Increase the visibility of your art and reach a wider audience with the new Boost feature!
How does the Boost feature work?
Boosted content will receive increased exposure for 48 hours, and will appear for deviants who are most likely to enjoy your work.
After the boost ends, you’ll receive an email and a notification detailing the impact of your boost.
Public deviations (including literature, Premium Downloads, and Exclusives) and Subscription tiers can be boosted.
You can boost multiple items simultaneously, and you can also boost the same item multiple times back-to-back.
How do I use the Boost
Get more as a top supporter of Exclusives! by team, journal
Get more as a top supporter of Exclusives!
New features have arrived to help creators and owners of Exclusives and adoptables connect even more!
If you’re new to Exclusives, they’re one-of-a-kind artworks that artists can sell and buyers can own and resell through an easy, secure, and automated system. These can be adoptables, digital art, photography, 3D art, mixed-media creations, and much more.
Showcase your fans with the Exclusives Top Supporters board!
If you offer Exclusives and have sold Exclusives to at least three different deviants, you can now see the Top Supporters board in the Exclusives tab when viewing the Shop section of your profile.
This board shows up to 10 of your top supporters, who are owners or resellers of your Exclusives, ordered based on the total value of their purchases and the number of transactions they’ve made in a given time period.
You can also install the Top Supporters section to the Home tab of your profile, to show appreciation for deviants who support you!
Give your supporters
More Like This pages have returned!
More Like This helps you discover deviations that are closely related to the one you’re looking at, whether you want to see whales soaring through clouds or photographs of spiral staircases.
This feature has been seen as a grid of thumbnails on deviation sidebars, but now the full experience of browsing pages of results has been restored.
To browse More Like This pages, click the icon next to the More Like This section on a deviation you like.
(Featured above: More Like This results for redhead by )
You’ll find this icon on thumbnails as well, so you can explore More Like This pages endlessly!
(Featured above: Epic Rock Landscape by )
Honing Your Skills by team, journal
Honing Your Skills
Looking to broaden your horizons as an artist? Want to start selling your art on DeviantArt? Here's a list of tools, tips, tutorials, site features, and more that can help you on your way!
BEGINNER | ADVANCED | MONETIZATION
BEGINNER TUTORIALS
ADVANCED TUTORIALS
MONETIZATION
Seller Guides and Tips Be the Shop Hero!
Tips and Tricks for Holiday Art Sales
Buy and Sell Profile Skins in the DeviantArt Shop
Promote Commissions on Deviations and Profile
Carve out a customized Profile Skin
New Buyers for your Old Commissions
An Artist's Guide to DeviantArt Subscriptions
What to Offer Your DeviantArt Subscribers
How to Give Your Subscribers the Best Value
How to Gain Subscribers
Promote Subscriptions on Deviations and Profile
Best Practices for Successful Subscriptions
Expand Your Reach with Commissions
Boost Your Art: A Guide for Tags
New on Stats: Benchmark Yourself
Stats and Insights for Your Art, Profile, Audience
Seller Tips for Winter 2024 by team, journal
Seller Tips for Winter 2024
Winter is coming soon, and buyers are always looking for the perfect gifts for friends and loved ones for the holidays, as well as things for themselves, like cards, templates, artwork, and more. If you’re an artist looking to sell your work this winter, use this journal as a guide to get started!
Are you ready to jingle your bells?
Learn what your audience wants:
Are your potential buyers looking for traditional winter art featuring snowflakes and polar bears, or are they looking for works that are more unconventional?
Are there ways you can weave in winter themes to your normal art style? If you’re having a hard time coming up with ideas, create a post or poll to ask your audience what they’d like to see most.
Get in the seasonal spirit:
Decorate your profile for visitors, so they know you’re ready for the season and can easily find the winter art you have for sale. There are some easy ways to do so:
Use a holiday-themed Profile Skin
Add Custom Sections with winter
Featured DeviantArt Events by team, journal
Featured DeviantArt Events
The DeviantArt community comes together for special occasions! Here is a list of previous community and cultural events.
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2024
2024 Snowball Fest
DeviantArt's 24K Gold Birthday
LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2024: EmpowerMay the 4th Be With You: Kyber-netic EnhancementsDevianTART - Lets get bready to crumbleWomen's History - We Can Do It!
Share your passion this Valentines Day
Did you collect them all?
2023
Happy Holidays from DeviantArt!
The Great Snowball Fest Strikes Back!
Trick and Treat with the Trick or Treat Badge
Drawtober 2023: Draw every day in October
Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrate Art and History
Award a Nice Shot badge to your favorite photo!
Celebrate DeviantArt's 23rd Birthday
Evolution of the DeviantArt Logo
Celebrate Juneteenth!
LGBTQ+ Pride Month: All Out With Pride
Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month 2023
Give deviations a Totally Normal badge!
Celebrating International Women's Day 2023
Trade Gold Coins for good luck for St.
Down the River by LivelyDreamer13, literature
Literature
Down the River
She plunges her foot into the current
Cold, swift—the perfect condition for her
Her next foot follows suit in the current
She falls back, letting the river take her
The scenery slowly passes by her
As her gaze is locked to the clear blue sky
The water churns and bubbles around her
As she’s lost in that tranquility
Everything she once found familiar
Is now but an afterthought in the stream
She’s swept away by that cold water
Going down the river on her own terms
She dares not dwell on what she left behind,
As she has finally found her lost peace
No longer lost in that maddening noise
No longer lost in that hectic lifestyle
She continues to go down the river
Leaving behind what she once knew in life
For a more peaceful venture down the stream
Carried away into the unknown depths