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Feel that crisp shift in the air? Winter is coming. As the year winds down, it’s the perfect moment to turn up the heat with a showstopping Winter Sale. Think of this as your creative finale: a moment to draw in new buyers, celebrate your supporters, and close out 2025 on a sparkly, frost-fresh high! 🌪️ Brainstorm your winter vibe Before setting up your sale, take a moment with a warm cuppa and imagine the atmosphere you want to create this winter. Are you dreaming of glittery snowscapes, leaning into a snuggly, hygge-inspired coziness, or exploring a dark, moody, devious aesthetic? Your theme can be classic and traditional, wonderfully unexpected, or something entirely your own. There are no rules — let your art set the tone for the season. ❄️ Give your Profile a frosty glow Now that you’ve chosen a creative direction, change up your Profile’s look to match. An inviting Profile refresh draws attention and lets buyers instantly know your Shop is open for the season. Use Profile

As the leaves turn golden, there’s a sense of change in the air as the year winds down. But there’s still time to make the most of 2025. Black Friday is an excellent opportunity to attract new buyers, reward loyal fans, and dramatically increase your sales!  Better yet, this year, you’re armed with a powerful tool in your arsenal: DeviantArt’s Discounts tool. Set up custom, limited-time, targeted offers right from your Studio — and make this Black Friday your most successful yet. Build a multi-layered sales strategy Creating different levels of offers helps you engage everyone from first-time fans to your most loyal supporters.  Attract new buyers. Offer a broad sitewide discount that invites all deviants to make their first purchase. Example: 10% off your entire Shop. Create exclusivity. Make your watchers feel special with a higher offer. Example: 20% off for watchers only. Treat your fans. Active fans deserve something extra. Offer bigger discounts to foster long-term

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As an outfit designer, I’ve been able to focus more on what I love — drawing and designing — thanks to the support I’ve found through DeviantART's Exclusives feature. Managing and selling files through this system has been an incredible help. It streamlines my process, allowing me to focus on creating rather than worrying about transactions or file organization. With Exclusives, the platform handles everything for me, which frees up more of my time to create new designs without getting bogged down by administrative tasks. What's even better is the flexibility that comes with the platform's payment options. Whether you prefer using Card, PayPal, or DeviantART Points, there are plenty of ways to support your favorite artists and purchase their work. This variety makes it easier for people from all over the world to enjoy and support my creations. Over time, DeviantART has become my primary site for sales. In my experience, it’s still the easiest platform to grow a dedicated audience and

Many times in the past, especially during courses, I was asked not so much about what needs to be done to develop artistic skills, but what to do to make actual living from creating art, so I decided to write an entry devoted to this issue. 1. Skills - skills must be at a satisfactory level, you don't have to be a super professional, but your art must reach the audience in some way. Only the audience will tell you whether your works are good enough to sell because we are talking about commercial art - that is, art for people. So if you have zero commissions and you try and try to sell art, reconsider your skill level, maybe it’s just not good enough to sell. I know that sounds harsh, but it might be the case. 2. listen to the audience - People choose what they like and what they don't like and, above all, what they want to pay for, so my advice is to at least partially give up drawing topics or characters that we like and be open to what people expect and like. Reaching the audience

If you've wondered how to sell adoptables on deviantART, here you can find what I've learned through the years, and hopefully my experience, tests, and method can be of help to you.Personal VS Commercial rights through adoptables, what's the difference?If you're thinking of selling adoptable designs, don't forget to specify the rules on how your design can be used, including what type of rights the buyer would get upon purchase.The main difference between the two is whether the design can be used in content that can result in financial gain: Streaming, comics, content creation, animation, etc.Commercial use is typically either included with the purchase of the adopt, or alternatively as an add-on price that, depending on the artist's choice, can be added either at the moment of purchase, or at a later date.Artists and designers might define personal and commercial use differently, which is why specifying the rules in the description or a ToS journal might clear potential

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Journal drafts are joining the party in the Studio! Previously, unfinished drafts of journals could only be found in the Posts tab on your Profile, but with this and a few other quality-of-life improvements, Studio is the one-stop place to manage needs of both your visual and written deviation drafts! Manage Journal Drafts In the Drafts section of your Studio, navigate to the "Journals" tab at the top, right next to "Media" and "Literature," and make any edits you need. Journal drafts are still available in their previous home in Profile > Posts > and selecting "Drafts" from the dropdown. Schedule Journals As with other types of content, you can now schedule journal drafts through your Studio. Simply go to Drafts > Journals > Click the “...” on the far right of the draft > Select "Schedule," and set your preferred publish time. You can also bulk schedule by checking the boxes to the left of each item and selecting from the "Edit" menu.  Use Shift to Multi-Select Save time selecting

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