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Check out the links below to get help from the DeviantArt Team or request new features! Got some feedback? We've got links for that, too! (There are no comments on this journal because it's not a monitored space get help or give feedback. Instead, let us know on one of the following links!) CONTACT SUPPORT The Help Desk is here for you! Get help from our mods and admin staff. GIVE FEEDBACK OR REQUEST NEW FEATURES Y'all have some great ideas. Let us know what you think so we can continue to evolve DeviantArt. Leaving your feedback through this link gets it seen. See the features currently being voted on ! CORE Need more informati...
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.
Seniority Announcement: January 2025 by team, journal
Seniority Announcement: January 2025
Seniority has been a cornerstone of DeviantArt since its early years and is an award given to those who have made their mark on the community. These outstanding deviants have been recognized for their level of interaction, helpfulness with others, kindness, sincerity, and many other notable traits. These deviants can be recognized by the medal icon that appears next to their username, and in 24 years, fewer than 2,000 deviants have received Seniority.
The following deviants, having shown a kindred spirit that has led to continued positive community interaction and involvement, are the most recent recipients of Seniority. Please join us in congratulating them!
Known for her generosity and dedication, Anastasia-berry shares an impressive number of tutorials and resources to help fellow artists hone their skills. While she offers exclusive content through subscriptions, she ensures a portion of each pack is freely available to the community, empowering artists to improve and
2024 Badge Recap: Did you collect them all? by team, journal
2024 Badge Recap: Did you collect them all?
There were tons of opportunities to earn badges in 2024, including ways to practice your skills with creative challenges!
There’s still time to get the profile badges below from 2024, so if you missed any, get to creating and earn those badges! For deviants who already received all of these badges, consider retrying one of the related creative challenges to see how your skills have leveled up!
Did you collect them all?
Sea Otters | Rosie the Riveter | Cherry Blossoms | Lightsaber | Garden Dragon | Catburger | Peacock | Arctic Fox | Yeti
Join the conversation
Which tutorial from 2024 was your favorite?
Do you have a favorite badge from 2024, and if so, which one?
Are there any tutorials you’d like to see in 2025?
As always, please keep the Etiquette Policy in mind when leaving a comment.
How to start selling in 2025 by team, journal
How to start selling in 2025
Start 2025 strong and let your creativity flourish by sharing your artwork with others!
5 Steps to Kickstart Your Artistic Sales
Step 1: Nail Your Niche 🎨
Becoming an expert seller in your niche isn’t as tricky as you think. You probably already have a good idea what your strongest area of creation is!
Here are some pointers to help you decide on the perfect angle to nail your niche:
Review the most popular pieces you produced through 2024.
Can you group them into a theme? On DeviantArt, diversity is the name of the game.
Top tip: check out the comments on your artwork. Was there an aspect that stood out?
Tap into what makes you unique to find your like-minded community!
Step 2: Get Closer to Your Audience
The following are tried-and-true ways to better interact with your audience.
Talk to Your Fans
When people interact with your artwork, reply back to gather inspiration for your next move.
Create Polls
Polls are a rapid way to get some information about your fans'
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.
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019
2025
Share your 2024 Art Summary
2024 Badge Recap: Did you collect them all?
January 2025: Seasonal Badge - Confetti
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
Artist Interviews by team, journal
Artist Interviews
Get to know talented artists from the community and their work by reading featured interview journals!
Fan Art Unleased: October 2023
Art Feature: A Guided Tour of Dark Academia
Adoptable Creator Showcase: October 2023
Fan Art Unleashed: September 2023
Feature: Shading, Color Theory, and More
Adoptable Creator Showcase: September 2023
Art Feature: Vaporwave - A Visual Journey
Fan Art Unleashed: August 2023
Fan Art Unleased: July 2023
Art Feature: Inspire and Empower Resilience with AlexanderPaupoff
Bringing new worlds and characters to life with Grimlai
Feature: Drawing Humans and Undiscovered Art with BeckyKidus
Creating the covers of Battle Dragons with Era7
Creating custom art for the voice of Goku
Weekly Artist Interview: Nuhanotion
Weekly Artist Interview: mercuryferns
Weekly Artist Interview: vonnesaur
Weekly Artist Interview: RHADS
Weekly Artist Interview: Laovaan
Weekly Artist Interview: Kyutsiii
Weekly Artist Interview: burningmonk
Weekly Artist Interview:
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
Celebrate art you love with the Confetti badge! by team, journal
Celebrate art you love with the Confetti badge!
It’s a new year, and and it's time to set a good tone for the months ahead! Spread joy and positivity by giving the limited-time Confetti badge to art and comments you love!
Celebrate art and comments you love!
It’s easy to award Confetti badges to deviations and comments! Just click the icon beneath the deviation or comment, select the Confetti badge from the modal, and click “Award Badge.”
Each Confetti badge costs 1 gem, so every deviant has the opportunity to give them out!
Need more gems? Upgrade to Core Membership to get additional gems granted each week!
Join the Conversation
What’s an artistic skill you’re hoping to learn or improve this year?
Are you planning to try new media or tools when creating this year, and if so, which ones?
What would you say you’ve learned about yourself as an artist in the past year?
Share your favorite deviation from 2024 in your comment!
As always, please keep the Etiquette Policy in mind when leaving a comment.
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
An Obsession by MercenaryBlade, literature
Literature
An Obsession
Ben held the model ship close to his chest as he made his way through his grandfather’s home. To him it was magical, full of things he recognized the importance of mixed in with things that seemed outlandish and exotic: Paintings of old starships, alien masks on the walls, trinkets from worlds lightyears away... It was, in actuality, a modestly sized home, but the retired merchant spaceman had used the space well. Ben made his way to the bedroom his grandfather slept in. He knew the old man was awake from the light under and around the door. A polite knock and he entered.
His grandfather looked up from the aged leather tome he was studying, always preferring physical print to the headache-inducing electronic screens. His hair was white and fleeing, his mustache well-groomed, and he was dressed in his favorite maroon silk robe, made from the threads of a Velusian spider.
“Can’t sleep, shipmate?” the old man asked.
The young boy shook his blonde hair. Thunder rumbled outside, but