Happy New Year, DIYHubers!

We had an amazing year 2024 here in the DIYHub Community and want to thank you all for your engagement that made our community such a vibrant place! Today we are starting a new year of monthly contests with an exciting theme:

Before diving into the details of this month’s theme, let’s take a moment to reflect on the previous month’s contest themed around Christmas!

First off, a huge THANK YOU to the amazing team at Hive account@ecency for their generous donation to the prize pool for this contest!

Traditionally, our December contests focus on Christmas, Gifts, and Decorations - and wow, you all truly delivered this year!

We were absolutely blown away by the 100 unique and creative projects submitted by this incredible community. You’re all amazing - a true Christmas-loving crew 🎄✨🎁

The level of creativity, craftsmanship, and passion you brought to your submissions was simply outstanding. We can’t wait to go on a super creative journey in 2025 with all of you!

We want to thank you all for your participation:
Hive account@aisha-rahim Hive account@anacarolina2022 Hive account@andreasalas Hive account@annafenix Hive account@ashirabdullah Hive account@belkyscabrera Hive account@creacioneslelys Hive account@day1001 Hive account@divergente1 Hive account@dootilda Hive account@dorada Hive account@eberechi01 Hive account@edeyglezsosa Hive account@edittasc86 Hive account@elentogether Hive account@elisaday7 Hive account@emmaris Hive account@evelin71 Hive account@fixie Hive account@freijspace Hive account@funshee Hive account@george-dee Hive account@gltorres12 Hive account@hindavi Hive account@huma-khan Hive account@ikigaidesign Hive account@jemima2001 Hive account@josdelmi Hive account@lauracraft Hive account@lavendero Hive account@lecia89 Hive account@leidys01 Hive account@linita Hive account@mah-jabeen Hive account@mariangie Hive account@marile21 Hive account@marlynmont Hive account@mavilan30 Hive account@mdakash62 Hive account@mdrguez Hive account@mirhaeman1 Hive account@mousumi12 Hive account@oyebola Hive account@pari.warsh Hive account@praiselove Hive account@rameuris Hive account@rasel72 Hive account@rodriguezkike232 Hive account@soyunasantacruz Hive account@stefany0720 Hive account@tranquil3 Hive account@trexane Hive account@verdeayer Hive account@virgilio07 Hive account@yagelybr Hive account@yale95reyra Hive account@yanetzi1
Hive account@yaslenysofia Hive account@yessi08 Hive account@young-tari

To us, every one of you is a winner for sharing your incredible skills and creativity! We seriously had a hard time of selecting three participants to receive our prizes. But here we gooo:

🥇 1st Prize: Hive account@mdrguez with Light

🥈 2nd Prize: Hive account@yale95reyra with [EN-ES] DIY: Creating a Christmas diorama.

🥉 3rd Prize: Hive account@mavilan30 with Nativity scene in cold porcelain (esp/eng)

Dear friends, you all will receive your prize as soon as possible :)

Theme of this month - Fan Culture

This is the first time we’re exploring a fanart theme, and we’re super excited to see what you come up with! Your creation can be inspired by anything you’re passionate about: a football club, a favorite movie, a musician, an artist, or even a blockchain 😊 literally anything you like. We’d also love to hear the story behind your piece and why are you such a big fan. Let your creativity shine and share your unique persective!

_{Win by submitting your creative fanart project!}

You can win the following prizes:

• 🥇 1st Prize: 30 Hive / 3 HBD / 800 Ecency Points / 3 HiveSBI
• 🥈 2nd Prize: 20 Hive / 2 HBD / 300 Ecency Points / 2 HiveSBI
• 🥉 3rd Prize: 10 Hive / 1 HBD / 100 Ecency Points / 1 HiveSBI

^{A big portion of the Hive, HBD and HiveSBI will get sponsored by Hive account@tibfox.}

Rules (simply and mandatory)

✔️ Upload inside of the DIYHUB community

✔️ Deadline is the 28th of January

✔️ use the tag #DIYFANART

✔️ multiple entries are allowed

Tips

➤ Boost your chances by thinking creatively and going beyond the usual.
➤ Make your entry stand out by crafting something one-of-a-kind from the given prompt.
➤ The more you share about your creative journey, the higher your chances of success.
➤ Enhance your post with plenty of pictures, descriptive captions, and perhaps even a video.
➤ Make the most of the long time before the deadline to perfect your entry.
➤ as you can read in the rules and target niches we only accept processes/tutorials not just posts about the final result

Happy Creating!