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Through hearts eyes by ThunderXT, literature

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Through hearts eyes

In the quiet hum of asphalt dreams, Every day she drives where the sunlight shines, Their eyes intertwine, a fleeting spark, Love ignites though the shadows mark. His gaze, a whisper, deep beneath her skin, A thousand words where silence begins, Though fate decrees they should not touch, Every exchange of glances means oh so much. In a world where love wears such tight chains, She finds solace in stolen light. Every passing moment, a heartbeat shared, In the depths of longing, their souls are naked. Daily she rolls by, her heart in flight, Chasing the glow of his eyes, so bright. In the quiet turmoil of love denied, They meet in the silence where dreams dwell.

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A Beginners Guide to Customizing Your Profile by team, journal

A Beginners Guide to Customizing Your Profile

May 6, 2024

Learn easy ways to customize your profile! Do you want to customize your profile on DeviantArt? Whether you’re trying to personalize your space for the first time or have been decorating your profile for years, here are some tips and tricks to make your profile feel like home. Theme Is Everything To start personalizing your Profile, first come up with an idea for the overall vibe you want it to have. This can range from simply selecting a color palette based on colors you like (or artwork in your Gallery) to deciding what backgrounds you want to use to add interesting elements to your Profile. Go with whatever suits your vision! How to Customize Add a Cover Image Adding a Profile cover image is a great starting point for all deviants, and it’s easy to do! When creating a cover image for your Profile, the recommended dimensions are 1600 pixels by 800 pixels and 1920x1080 resolution at minimum, so the image fits well and appears clearly for all viewers. To get

2024 Badge Recap: Did you collect them all? by team, journal

2024 Badge Recap: Did you collect them all?

Jan 6, 2025

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.

By popular request, you can now choose a preset before you upload a file to your Studio. If you have two or more presets, you’ll see a new “Preset” dropdown on the upload screen, which will apply any of your preset tags, descriptions, and other settings to the deviation. The presets feature lets you easily set defaults for each deviation you submit, saving time when uploading and submitting files. Set up different presets for when you submit photography, traditional art, adoptables, and more. Visit your Studio

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Site Updates by team, journal

Site Updates

Apr 19, 2022

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. 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 2025 Coming Soon! 2024 December 17th, 2024 - Bulk selling now available in studio! 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

Artist Interviews by team, journal

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Mar 17, 2023

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

Apr 19, 2022

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

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Celebrate art you love with the Confetti badge!

Jan 1, 2025

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

Dec 9, 2024

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

Support by team, journal

Support

Apr 21, 2022

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...

My Name by gallindz, literature

Literature

My Name

in Italian means clean- in Spanish and Portuguese beautiful. Once filling up my tank with gas the attendant from Brazil, with a smile that made the sun appear said, Ah “Leenda”… beautiful- did you know that? and I didn’t, but for that moment I could speak Moon fluently and felt so light I had to hold onto the steering wheel to keep my body from sailing away to a foreign country. I thanked him for telling me and sometimes I think of that compliment, if that’s what it was… but in German it stems from the word Lind which means tender, and my mom, she was German and I always thought she named me for the famous song from 1945 but I’d rather think it was for tender, not beautiful because tender is how I remember the skin on her face, on my face when we hugged. ©LRO 2025

Question for the Past by PrRailgun, literature

Literature

Question for the Past

Have I seen the sycamore tree as it dances in the breeze? Perhaps, I note where they stand and dare see them every day, but their names lapse into vague words lost on the page. Wonder that turns through memories of youth and old. I have seen sage, I know that much. Some reveries certainly flicker up of time spent among them. Usually with the desert, too. As a climb recalls the pines who causally hug the mountain sides high, reaching up until the air is little. To tree line. A sort of teaching on limits to mind. Yet, whittle the hand might do to pass the light, yes, on an aspen branch now trash. By fire light, the knife dances in night carving a thing that will be ash before the stars can vanish fast. Yet, have I seen a sycamore, perhaps, maybe it was that vast branch work nestled right near the door. That strange tree sadly cut and lost which lived by my grandfather's place. Hard to say, who can say. It crossed that strange line and fell out of space.