A mere eleven years ago, deviantART met its humble beginnings. Since that time, we've grown to be the world's largest online art community, but even a site as massive and established as deviantART had to start somewhere. We never forget those few small sparks that launched deviantART to be where it is today, and that's what we're celebrating during our birthday season.

For this year's community event, we're embracing the idea of starting small and creating something amazing from just a few quick sketches. We've started this work for you and challenge you to finish it with the pizzazz that only the best art community in the world could do. Let your imagination run wild!

We've given you a random combination of lines in the downloadable pack below. Your challenge is to look at the drawing creatively and find an object or scene within the randomness to bring a whole new meaning to the piece. Use these few lines to bring this skribble to life!

Download Template

What do you see when you look at this skribble? Maybe you see two unicorns engaged in an epic battle of survival. Perhaps you see a desert oasis, filled with palm trees and delicious drinks. Or could it be that this is the lost underwater kingdom of Atlantis? However you're inspired, we want to see it!

You can do a lot with this skribble. You can print it out and use traditional methods to craft your entry. You can digitally recreate it into a masterpiece. Your creation is completely up to you!

Submit Artwork

The skribbled lines must appear in your entry exactly as they appear in the download. You may not move or alter these lines in relation to each other.
The original lines must be clearly visible. No covering up or deleting these lines! You may trace them, but we must be able to easily see the original lines in your work.
You may rotate the set of lines as a set of lines in any direction you'd like within your entry.

Apple iPad2 (16GB)
Wacom Intuos4 Medium Tablet
8,000 deviantART Points
a deviantWEAR hoodie of winner's choice*
and a one year Premium Membership to deviantART.

(*depending on availability)

Apple iPad2 (16GB)
Wacom Bamboo Pen+Touch Tablet
4,000 deviantART Points
a deviantWEAR T-shirt of winner's choice*
and a 6-month Premium Membership to deviantART.

Apple iPad2 (16GB)
Wacom Bamboo Pen+Touch Tablet
1,200 deviantART Points
a deviantWEAR T-shirt of winner's choice*
and a 3-month Premium Membership to deviantART.

22 Semi-Finalists will each receive 1 Month Premium Memberships to deviantART

This contest begins August 1, 2011 at 12:00 AM Pacific and ends August 22, 2011 at 11:59 PM Pacific. Semi-finalists and winners will be announced shortly after. There will be 3 prize winners and 22 semi-finalists.

This contest is international and open to every deviant who is at least 13 years of age and a member of deviantART. Membership to deviantART is free. No purchase is necessary to enter the contest. Contest is void where prohibited by law.

Enter as many times as you wish, but you can only win once. Entries must be made after the start of the contest. All contest entries must be submitted as a deviation to: Contests > 2011 > 11th Birthday Contests > Skribble.

Read the rules

Winners will be judged based on creative use of the lines, artistic merit, and cleverness.

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Plans Gone Wrong Contest Tweet

Chaos Panda by $chix0r

We're throwing one panda, one light, one pie up against the incredibly successful Fotolia One Cat, One Fruit, and One Clock Contest. Let's see if our new completely crazed random selection can pull in more than the 10,000 entries we received last time.

Here's the big twist: This time, we're challenging you to use the theme of "plans gone wrong" in
your image.

You must use one each of the specific pandas, lights, and pies provided in the asset pack and create an image showing "plans gone wrong." Your entry can originate in any medium! These are stock pictures. You can trace them, draw them, photomanipu

deviantART's 11th BirthdAy: Let's Celebrate! Tweet

August 7th, 2011 marks deviantART's 11th birthdAy, but in true devious style, we're taking a whole week to celebrate! Our original plans for Deviants Appreciation Day were so huge that there was no possible way to express our love for the community in a mere 24 hours. Instead, we've created Deviants Appreciation Week, and what better time to host a week's worth of community-oriented events than in the days leading up to our birthdAy?

Each day this week, we have something special organized for you to participate in! Check out the schedule of events below to come party with us!

In Skribble, our latest community contest, we challenge

Pimps & Whoas - July 26, 2011Pimps
Official dA News

The Art of Capturing Souls

CodePLZ - What is the plan

Presenting: Community Volunteers

Cutting Edge Prints, Week 30/11

Quit Work, Be A….

24 Hour Prints Sale
Comic-Con!!

deviantART Artists Represented at Comic-con!

South Park features work created by deviants!

Presenting: Community VolunteersA BRIEF OVERVIEW
Over the years, we've been proud to offer the opportunity to volunteer with deviantART. We believe that our volunteers play a crucial role in helping our community develop and grow in positive ways.
The Gallery Moderator (previously known as Gallery Director) and Message Network Admin (MN@) teams have become a much loved and appreciated role, with many volunteers proudly detailing their experience in applications to enter into successful careers with companies who all recognise the value of volunteering in such a vibrant and eclectic community. Did you know that some of our now full time Staff were once volunteers? $fourteenthstar, $Moonbeam13, $pachunka, $aunjuli, $y2jenn, $damphyr, `Tachy-on, $dxd and $Ikue all volunteered in various roles -- and we are all very proud of that fact!
Over the past few months, we've been taking a close look at the volunteer experience -- what's worked, what hasn't worked a

Our Favorite Memories and Moments Tweet

As part of our week long celebration of appreciation and love for our community, I had the pleasure of interviewing some of our Staff to find out what their favourite moments and memories of the community are, their favourite deviations and what they like best about the wonderful deviantART community.

Favorites Memories
Favorites Deviations
What We Love About dA

Angelo, Co-Founder and CEO

I can't pick just one, because I love dearly so many moments in the history of deviantART. But as I read the question, the first one that came to my mind was eating Vegemite for the first time with Justin Maller (+ekud) wh

Celebrating Deviousness - August 2011 Deviousness Award
Deviousness Award

Congratulations to `DanHeffer-Stock

glow

LadyBird.

Vintage Style Frame

What is this Awesome Achievement?

The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

As we launch our week long celebrations for our 11th Birthday, what better way to do so than by announcing
`DanHeffer-Stock as the recipient for August 2011. Dan's dedication to the Stock & Resource community
is legendary, as can be seen in his eclectic gallery that showcases not just his stock photography and
modelling, but his

Fella Around the World Contest Tweet

Get a Plushie Fella!

Step 1

Print out our Fella and Super Llama cutouts available to the left, and simply take a photo of Fella and Super Llama together in an interesting place. You can use the actual Fella and Super Llama Plushies if you have them!
Download Fella and Super Llama

Step 2

The Deadline for submission is October 13, 2011.
Submit Your Photo!

Read Official Rules For More Details »

Read Official Rules for More Details »

Anyone who participates in our Fella Around the World Contest will get a free, exclusive Fella Badge! Just submit your work to the Fella Around the World

A chat with #dt #dt

Are you a geek or developer and interested in the inner-workings of deviantART or what it takes to maintain a website as large as this?

#dt (deviousTechnology) is the department at dA responsible for coding all the cool features & squashing all the un-cool bugs. On Tuesday, July 19th they'll be coming together in our #auditorium chatroom to answer some of your nagging technical questions.

So don't miss this opportunity to hang out with the geeky side of deviantART!

When?

This live featured chat will happen on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011, 1:30pm to 2:30pm PST. (Click here for your local time.)
Where?

11 Things I Love About dAdeviantART has served us for 11 years already and, no matter when we joined, it definitely changed something for every one of us. Some of us have found friends, others received inspiration to create or improve their skills, or experienced changes in many different personal aspects as well.
So why don't we take a moment for dA's 11th birthday to write a list of 11 things we love about dA? How did it help us? Did it make us grow as artists? Is it fun? What did it get you addicted to?
Your entry can be sincere and profound, as well as silly and fun - it's up to you!
You can only submit one entry, and you have an entire week to submit your list to Contests > 2011 > 11th Birthday Contests > 11 Things I Love about dA. This gallery will be closed on the 7th of August 2011 11:59pm (PDT) and we'll be rewarding the best entries in the after-party!
Even though the main goal of the project is th

Seniority Announcement - 11th Birthday EditionThis article celebrates our latest additions of Senior members in our community.
:faq29:
So what does it take to become a Senior? That's a question many have asked and have never really been able to get a straight answer on. Some have gained Seniority as a thank you for their time spent as a Volunteer, or to recognise their contribution to a particular project or collaborative action. Some have gained Seniority because of their community spirit, providing help and assistance to many other deviants and taking time out to promote the work of others in the community.
Some people have received Seniority because of their artistic endevours, having a positive influence on their peers by sharing resources, providing constructive criticism and by being a voice that stands out above the many others who deviate to be recognised in the crowd.
Today, we present to you the following deviants who have all been awarded Seniority as part of our 11th birthday celebrations. They have all been nominated

Plans Gone Wrong Contest Winners Tweet

The results are in! With much deliberation, the world-wide Chairman of Fotolia, Inc., Oleg Tscheltzoff, has selected the final three winners of the Plans Gone Wrong Contest!

The winners will be receiving cash, credits to stockproject.fotolia.com, Wacom Tablets, subscriptions to Kelby Training Online Classes, memberships to the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and more! All entrants who made it to the semi-finalists will receive a 3 month Premium Membership to deviantART.

If you need commercial stock for your projects, the deviantART Stock Project on Fotolia should make your creative life a whole lot easier. Go, take

11th BirthdayDeviantART's 11th birthday is August 7th!
Here is how we're celebrating in #communityrelations
August 1

#dAseniors brings you 11 things I love about dA Contest - Deadline August 7, 2011

"What do You See?" Contest - Deadline August 15, 2011

11 Years of dAvolution Contest - Deadline August 20, 2011
August 3

#fella and #communityrelations bring you a birthday scuzzle! read more for details
August 5

#fella is hosting a Pre-bdAy Chat Spectacular in the #Fella Chatroom

Celebrating Deviousness - April 2012 Deviousness Award
Deviousness Award

Congratulations to ^shuttermonkey

All for the love of you

Pretty in White II

The Colors of Potter's Cay

What is this Awesome Achievement?

The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

It's no April Fools prank, today we are delighted to announce
^shuttermonkey as the Deviousness Award recipient for April 2012.

Funny Face ID.

Landing Lake 2

Playful Reminder II

Who is ^shuttermonkey?

Cory's dedication to the community is astounding. Not only is he what we would call

Celebrating Deviousness - September 2012Deviousness Award
Congratulations to `
SaTaNiA

Set Fire to the digital rain

Wallpaper Divagant

Dissipation
What is this Awesome Achievement?
The Deviousness Award is an accolade which is traditionally handed out on the 1st of every month to one truly outstanding deviant.

Paris Official dM 2

The 5th Annual Bolt Award 5th Annual Bolt Award

The Bolt Award is an accolade that recognizes an individual's significant contributions to deviantART. The Award celebrates such contributions and brings to light the exemplary work performed by its recipient.

In 2007, the first recipient was none other than the award's namesake, Chris Bolt ($chris), and in 2008 we saw Heidi Chambers ($Heidi) presented with the well deserved honor.

In 2009, the Bolt Award went to the pixel perfect Stanley Sy ($starvingartist) who then passed this on to Simon Murray ($pachunka) during our 10th Birthday Celebrations in 2010.

This year, we are deeply honoured to announce that

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Skribble Contest: Let's Get Creative!by $Ayame-Kenoshi

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~isabell93 Nov 9, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

~Umagic65 Apr 2, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Why oh why did this message have to pop up the day I discovered "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared"?

=Casualmisfit Sep 12, 2011 General Artist

Where is the page displaying the winners?! Wish it would be made clear!

!mapoko Sep 11, 2011

Hey, just to give you some examples of pieces, which really would have deserved to win this contest:

1. [link] -- I think to use the same scribble two times, creating a cute looking AND a terrifying creature with different emotion, is what makes this a masterpiece! Plus the coloring and overall mood is just amazing!! (The artist is only 17 by the way!!)

2. [link] -- Thats what I call creative and colorful! The expression and position of the woman is wonderful and the picture has strong emotions! This is true art!!

3. [link] -- This is cute, creative and perfectly drawn.. what do u want more??!!

This just to mention some... These would have deserved to win! I know, it were also the one that gained a lot of popularity in the contest and many say its just because they have lots of watchers and stuff, so DA probably thought: well, then lets pick some of the unknown pictures... There was a picture, which had 0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! favourites when it came into the semi-finals!!! Dont you think, that favs are also an indicator for the quality of a picture?? Being on the front page of the contest doesnt mean, these artists didnt spend many hours and effort to create their works!! Dont you think it has to mean something that they have a lot of favs??.... well, I am just upset! Instead DA picked a cheated fish-lady with a tiny photoshopped tattoo on her arm, including the lines, wow, how creative! well done DA!... >