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Hello all :wave: It's already Monday and a new week, and I hope you all had a lovely and relaxing weekend:love: Before I show you some of the gems I found last week, I just want to add a reminder for DD Glory, there are still three days left to enter and have a change of winning points and badges.:nod: And as always I want to thank you all so much for beautiful comments, badges and favs I received last week. :love: Take care and stay safe :heart:

In my long life as a Deviant, I have faved more than 183,000 photos. I want to share a bit of them with you, so that you may appreciate them again or discover new Deviants, while perceiving what pleases me. Because also a deviation is practically forgotten just after being published, and that's a shame. Do not hesitate to visit the pages of the authors of these beautiful works, knowing that many have unfortunately left us, disappointed with the little feedback they had. Some are dead too, alas. Have a nice trip among these real pictures ! (Pics published mainly in August 2016, the others before)

Dear friends, I'm always saddened by the way works posted on DA disappear into oblivion after just a few hours. It's the hard law of the Internet and the demand for novelty. That's why, without having the possibility of creating what would be a virtual museum that would, in my opinion, exhibit the best of the photographs already posted (photography is my favourite field), I'm presenting to you at regular intervals photographs first shown more than 10 years ago and classed as my favourites. Their authors may still be present on the site or have left it, for whatever reason. I hope this will be of interest to you. From and published Jan 5, 2009 :

Many of the Daily Deviations have less than 500 favourites. These features are from the last few days! Congrats to all who received a DD! :clap: :note: The number of views for each Deviation are at the time of posting this journal. They may have more than 500 favourites. :note: Featured by @moonbeam13 | Given on 2024-08-05 | 75 Favourites Featured by @KizukiTamura | Given on 2024-08-05 | 141 Favourites Featured by @LukasFractalizator | Given on 2024-08-06 | 193 Favourites Featured by @KizukiTamura | Given on 2024-08-06 | 46 Favourites Featured by @moonbeam13 | Given on 2024-08-07 | 59 Favourites Featured by @moonbeam13 | Given on 2024-08-07 | 41 Favourites Featured by @AlexanderPaupoff | Given on 2024-08-08 | 134 Favourites Featured by @moonbeam13 | Given on 2024-08-08 | 75 Favourites Featured by @Ellysiumn | Given on 2024-08-09 | 177 Favourites Featured by @Ellysiumn | Given on 2024-08-09 | 106 Favourites Other Daily Deviations that deserve

HELLO THERE!!! :wave: Welcome to @100millionPOINTS Project!!! For those of you who don't know me, I'm Brenda. The owner of the 100millionPOINTS project. We are a "charity project" existing at dA for almost 13 years. We have the simple and beautiful mission of distributing free points and Core memberships to the members of our beloved community. We also offer advertisements and features for our supporters and donors so they can showcase their art to all of dA!!! :dalove: I also LOVE to host giveaways to cheer up the community!!! :love: :points: :dummy: :squee: Our last giveaway was a huge sucess!!! 2,000 points were sent to happy deviants! This time I want MORE Have fun, good luck and read everything carefully. :chew: HOW TO JOIN: 1) You must be watching me; 2) You must +fav this journal; 3) You must post a JOURNAL ENTRY talking about this giveaway and leave the link for it. Status posts and such are not accepted; 4) Leave a comment in this journal

Hey there fellow artists on DA. Time for a new journal for you guys. So here another new update. I want to share with you some nice photos and pieces of art. But first: do you mind to give me some points because I want to expand my Core Membership and I'm happy because I have almost 600 watchers YAY I do then a happy dance lol. So for now I start: A beautiful flower photo taken by: jemgirl

You wont more gold? you can't get enough? Here some more golden art! Not the first time I show you gold, but now it is a good time for showing more for the golden birthday of DA! So please give some Gold Bar badges! And take a look in this contest:

@DeviantAI is celebrating DA's 24th birthday with a Synthography Challenge The Midas Touch How to Participate Create an image that represents transformation and renewal - How imperfections can become beautiful and resilient with a golden touch. Rules (please read) You must be a @DeviantAI member to participate. You can use DreamUp or any image generator of your choice. Only one entry per person. Submit your entry as 'made with AI tools'. :star: Add the tags #ai and #midastouchai to your submission. Work without these tags will be declined. No NSFW entries. Your entry must be created specifically for this challenge, so no entry uploaded before 7th of August, 2024 will be accepted. Submit your work to the contest folder. :star: Important dates START: 7th of August, 2024 END: 28th of August, 2024 Judges Prizes 3 winners will be chosen: 1st Place 1500 from @team 500 from @Kat-Zaphire Diamond badge from @AlexanderPaupoff

Here is the final winner feature of all winners from my above contest. The contest would have not been such event without all the participants, so I decided to give some space for all works submitted in this feature as well. So let's start !! Topic 1: Trees Place 1: @Lorian-AinDal with We Were Trees Place 2: @Terberg with Head in the clouds Place 3: @DelightfulDolphin with sneachta VIII Honorable Mention: @Catlaxy with Child of the Sun All other participants in this category: Topic 2: Trees AI Place 1: @Clara-01 with Tree Of Life And Knowledge Place 2: @Linaewen28 with Imaginary flaming tree Place 3: @Tamarackpines with Giant Tree Honorable Mention: @TheStockWarehouse with Cherry Trees Blossoming All other participants in this category: Topic 3: Spring Place 1: @Dieffi with signs of spring Place 2: @clara-01 with Hanami - Japanese Spring Festival Place 3: @D1sf0r14 with Take Off II Honorable Mention: @JJPoatree with New Orleans berries square All

Don't Miss the Daily Deviation Glory Challenge for July! Want to participate? All the details are explained in @Kat-Zaphire journal below. This challenge is a fantastic opportunity to highlight July's Daily Deviations, promote talented artists, and win points and badges. But most importantly, it's a chance to celebrate the spirit of DeviantArt: sharing, having fun, and creating. Also, check out the four Daily Deviations that I particularly enjoyed in July (in addition to the ones I've awarded) I'm tagging here more Deviants and friends to join in this adventure: @vagrantscout @siso-photography @Trippy4U @Canankk @Fuzz-i @JeanLouisBouzou @Dazart50 @tholang @AI-Visions @dashakern @Chutriel @In-a-manual-lens @VicEberly @malamila @DeLumine @ersi @Kanfyr @Okseze @mabuli @tahirlazim @angevla @RavensLane and many more :handshake: Thank you all for your participation, and have fun!

🐉 AI Art Challenge #40: Dungeons & Dragons 🎲 🧙Its time to embark on an epic quest in the realms of "Dungeons & Dragons" AI Art Challenge! 🏰 I am super excited about this challenge as there is so much potential. 🐲From fearsome dragons, beautiful elf mages🧙‍♀️, dungeon maps or hideous monsters straight out of the monster manual🧟‍♂️. Let your creativity run wild as you bring the fantastical world of D&D to life. ✨Pro Tip: Please note these challenges aren't limited to just images, I want to encourage and inspire you all to go on a creative adventure off the familiar path and try something new Consider crafting a short story using LLMs as your tool, or composing a song with AI music like Suno or Udio, maybe explore the recent advancements in ai video with Luma, Krea or Runway to create a brief animation, or you could get really chaotic and try out Websim to design a simple text to interactive game inspired by D&D. Here's a basic example of whats possible with websim: [Cat Den Character

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. @Doosio is the recipient of July 2024’s Deviousness Award, so please join us in congratulating her! @Doosio has quietly been contributing to DeviantArt in many ways for many years, particularly among the pixel art and fan art communities, and she's a positive force that always works to bring deviants together. As a creator, her pixel art and animations are instantly recognizable and high-quality, and over the years she's created multiple badges for official DeviantArt tutorials and projects as well! For these reasons and many more, it is an honor to name @Doosio the Deviousness Award recipient for July 2024! Hello, everyone! I'm Doosio, I'm from Colombia—not to be confused with Columbia!—and I'm a pixel artist and animator! Cartoons and comics have been my inspiration to draw

🚀 AI Art Challenge #39: Wheels of Wonder 🚗 ⚡Rev up your creativity engines for the "Wheels of Wonder" AI Art Challenge! From sleek sports cars to majestic spaceships, let your imagination accelerate as you depict extraordinary vehicles from past, present, and future. Whether it's classic automobiles, futuristic hover-bikes, steam-powered locomotives, or even fantastical modes of transportation from your wildest dreams 🛸 this theme is open to your unique interpretation and doesn't require wheels. Cruise through reality and fiction, and bring these marvelous machines to life with your AI artistry! Fun fact: The world's first self-propelled vehicle was invented by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769. It was a steam-powered tricycle designed to haul artillery, capable of traveling at a speed of about 2.25 miles per hour. Pro tip: Experiment with different perspectives and environments to showcase your vehicles. Adding a setting to the background can really make your creation stand out

Hi guys! 2nd photomanipulation contest for this year! The theme for this contest is Wrecks (planes, trains or ships) What to do: Create a photomanipulation with one or more wrecks in it. The wrecks must be either trains, ships or planes. You can place the wreck wherever you want, even underwater. There is no mandatory stock for this contest Rules: Only photo-manipulations and mixed-media are allowed. No AI art. No generative fill in photoshop No nude, no porn, no gore, no offensive content. You can enter as many times as you want, but you can win only once. Your entry must be new and created specifically for this contest. All used stocks must be from legitimate resources (no Google search) No images from Artstation Credit all stocks you used in the description of your work with a direct link. Use at least 4 pictures to make your work Legitimate resources for free can be also found on: 4.4 million+ Stunning Free Images to Use Anywhere - Pixabay - Pixabay Bellissime immagini e foto

The “Summer Llama” series is now available for purchase! Nine of us have come together to create our unique interpretation of a “Summer Llama,” and this artwork is now available for you to own. Keep reading to learn more about each artist, in no particular order, and check out their work! Phil-cho https://www.deviantart.com/phil-cho Phil-cho is a HUGE Batman fan and self-taught digital artist. He lives in Virginia and has a very unique style somewhere between animation and anime with a touch of modern comic book art. Here are his summer llamas (01 and 02 of 18) and a link to his store: Era7 https://deviantart.com/ERA7 (03 and 04 of 18) Era7 is a professional, certified artist who has worked for the gaming and movie industry for more than 17 years. Several years ago she became an animator and produced her own project, “The Spiritus”, which is a sci-fi universe about space dragons, aliens, and pirates. Her style leans more towards realism. Here is her summer llama themed

Celebrate International Women’s Day and earn a Profile badge by participating in an art tutorial from @Anastasia-berry! March 8th is recognized each year as International Women’s Day, an event celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and advocating for gender equality. This year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity, focusing on celebrating differences across people while working toward equality without discrimination. To celebrate International Women’s Day, DeviantArt has put together an art tutorial from @Anastasia-berry and a collection of art and information related to notable women in history. Start taking part by reading on! "There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to BE it." - Amanda Gorman Learn how to draw a feminine pose with @Anastasia-berry! Celebrate the feminine figure by creating art based on this tutorial by the talented @Anastasia-berry! Take part to receive a brand-new Profile badge!

Ketchup on your art skills with this creative tutorial from @TsaoShin to get a Profile badge designed by @Doosio! Treat yourself to creative growth and have some bun with this tutorial on how to draw a hot dog pup! Watch the tutorial below to learn how it’s done, then create your own version and submit it with the tag #DATutorialHotDog to get a feisty, flavorful new badge for your Profile! Profile badge designed by @Doosio! To participate, follow these steps: Watch: Follow along as @TsaoShin breaks down the steps to draw a literal hot dog. Create: Using the tutorial steps, illustrate your own version of the hot dog, or apply what you’ve learned to a new artwork. Upload: Submit your work as a deviation with the tag #DATutorialHotDog to get the Profile badge. Not sure how to add a tag? Click the button below to have it added automatically! Looking for inspiration? Check out the examples below and browse other submissions. Want to keep practicing your skills? See

Learn to draw Fella in under six minutes! Draw DeviantArt’s deliciously devious mascot with a tutorial from illustrator @TsaoShin! The ever-playful Fella can be drawn in a simple series of steps. Watch the tutorial to learn the basic shapes and colors that come together to create DeviantArt’s iconic mascot, Fella. Illustrate your own version and submit it to DeviantArt to get a fun-loving Fella badge for your Profile! To participate follow these steps: Watch: Check out the video tutorial to see how @TsaoShin outlines the easy steps to draw Fella! Create: Follow the tutorial steps to illustrate your own version, or bring what you learned into a completely new deviation. Upload: Submit your work as a deviation with the tag #DATutorialFella to get the Profile badge. Not sure how to add a tag? Click on the button below to have it automatically added! Check out these examples below and browse other submissions.

Compose yourself with a tutorial from @simoneferriero and XPPen to get a Profile badge! DeviantArt has partnered with XPPen to bring you a brand-new tutorial by @simoneferriero! Improve your skills with three principles of composition that can be applied to any of your next masterpieces. To participate, follow these steps: Watch: View the video tutorial to learn @simoneferriero's three principles of art composition. Create: Following the tutorial steps, illustrate your own version of @simoneferriero's scene, or apply what you’ve learned to a new artwork. Upload: Submit your work as a deviation with the tag #DATutorialXPPen to get the Profile badge. Not sure how to add a tag? Click on the button below to have it automatically added! About XPPen As a world-renowned digital art brand, XPPen focuses on the needs of artists. Through continuous innovation and trendy design aesthetics, XPPen brings impressive product and service experiences to lead the development of digital