Hello everyone! To wrap up the end of year, we are celebrating with two community events: #CaraBest9 and #CaraWishes! #CaraBest9You can now generate your own Cara Best 9 here! Image: Jingna Zhang @zemotion | Generate yours at: Cara Best Nine Share your post on Cara or social media with #CaraBest9 so that others can see what you have been up to! This hashtag will be a featured tab on Caras Explore page through January 2024! #CaraWishesHave a message you want to send to the Cara dev team or a new feature you would like to see in 2024? Tag #carawishes in your post and we will send it on to the team! If youd like to send the team a gift, you can buy us a coffee! .We also encourage you to write a message to someone you enjoyed engaging with on Cara. Let them know if you appreciate them! We are so happy to see new friendships forged and art discovered on the platform this year. We cant believe our one year anniversary is coming up on January 9thwe have plenty of news and feature plans lined up, and cant wait to share it with everyone in the new year. Once again, the Cara team would like to wish you a happy holidays and wonderful new year. See you in 2024!!! The Cara Teamcara | twitter | instagram | buy us a coffee Dont forget to check out our winter seasons art feature!

Julien Belin @julien - Winter Forest Hello everyone! The year is almost over and the warm shades of fall are leaving us in shifting to the colder tones of winter.This time of the year is always an inspiring for the arts: falling leaves or snowy forests, menacing creatures, snow queens or Christmas scenes are amongst the main characters of this colorful display of artworks we are treated to at this time of the year.We thought about this as a journey and an adventure to accompany us together into the new year.The Cara team wishes you Happy Holidays and a serene, beautiful start to 2024! The Cara Teamcara | twitter | instagram | buy us a coffee Francisco Fuenzalida @fuenzalida - Envars Autumn vibes contest Irene Nogueron G @inogart - Nene's Hallows Eve & Day of the Dead Noukah @noukah - Leaf Collector Hang Bui @hangbui - Back from School Allison Chin @allisonchinart - Fiery Autumn Thu Cao @thucaoillus - Garnet's World 05 - Moon Festival Amy Nguyen @amynyan - Year of the Cat Caleb OBrien @cobrien - The Delivery Snowman 3D Max Turnbull @oats - snow day Ornella Greco @ornitoplatypus - Snowy paths Kuang Hong @noah-kh - Winterfall Max Bedulenko @maxbedulenko - Winter Orjan Ruttenborg Svendsen @orsvend - Troll/Snowman Tokity Balazs @tokitybalazs1208 - Winter Thomas Arnaud @chroma - Snowy Sunset Matt Taylor @matt - Merced River - Yosemite Jingna Zhang @zemotion - Winter's Rose Kamila Szutenberg @karamissa - Warm-up 06 Yun Ling @lingy000 - Winter Trip Christopher English @christopherenglish - Alone YangY @aayangy - Ice Age Ierlix @ierlix - HAppy Holidays Archie Eka @stevenarchie - Plein Airpril Day 3 Rhys Griffiths @rhys - Winter groeegr @groeegr - Winter Julia Metzger @juliametzgerart - Die Winterwacht Anton Fadeev @shant - The Lady of Winter and her friend Jeff Simpson @jeffsimpson - THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER'S WAR CONCEPTS Yasushi Matsuoka @yasuartstudio - Snowy River Mermaid Liko - Nicolas Nguyen@liko - Snow golden lake David Jones @davidjones - Snow Elf Yulia Zhuchkova @avalach - Winter Song Oliver Chen @oliwa066 - Snowfield shop Etienne Hebinger @ehebinger - Winter Evening Lidia Goryachewa @sadtea - Winter Cat Yulia Zhuchkova @avalach - Lunar Ravens Graeme @graemedalyart - Snow Day GREMO @greenmold - Christmas Luv @its-soulfy - New Year Fireworks / Sky: Children of the Light Valeriane Duvivier @valeriane - Happy holydaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!! Valeriane Duvivier @valeriane - Lady Snow and her helpers Foofarawr @foofarawr - Christmas in Pallet Town bkvoxel @bkvoxel - JPN02: Winter Wei Wu @weitoocool - Red Winter kaktuwanchik @kaktuwanchik - Koliadnyky(Christmas caroling) Marie Kister @marie - Christmas Campaign HK @bag2d - Winter 2022 KlausPillon @klauspillon - Personal Work Connect with us! cara.app | twitter | instagram | buy us a coffee

Hello everyone! Were happy to announce a number of our new features and several bug fixes since our last dev update! Please see more below: New features on Cara Cara Glaze Drag & drop images upload on desktop Search filters added to artwork search View search results by top or most recent New category tags: Photography, Makeup, Hair Styling, Fashion Styling, TattooAnd in case you missed it: Cara mobile app download Users I've MetBug Fixes & ImprovementsExplore grid improvements on desktopno more rectangles crops or shuffling when loading page AI flagging improvements Images in lightbox view are no longer cut off at the top on mobile browsers Reduced confusing shuffle while typing username @mentions Bookmarks fixesLogin email updatesSidebar media section missing images on user profilesOTP codes now send normally upon request Edge cases where deleting accounts through mobile app caused errorsFix to hopefully prevent broken images from occasionally showing on the platform Jobs page UI update Cara Glaze We are proud to announce our collaboration with The Glaze ProjectCara Glaze! With the new Cara Glaze dashboard, you can create a new post and Glaze all the images within it automatically for posting, or upload and Glaze individual images to download and review them later.Cara Glaze is available on all Cara Portfolio accounts. Community accounts will receive access in waves in the coming days so long as we do not experience abuse or usage issues. To check your account status, or sign up for early access, visit the Cara Glaze dashboard: cara.app/glaze Please note that Cara Glaze is only available on desktop and mobile browsers at the moment. Feature will be added to mobile app after we stabilize testing! Drag & DropTo upload images, you can Drag & Drop them directly into the post box now! This will save time in manually clicking all the buttons and you can now operate on a larger area! Search FiltersFilters have been added to artwork search!By using the Search filter, you can select the options you need while looking for images. This way you can easily narrow down your search experience making it more specific. Dont forget that we have also introduced work availability options in profiles. When searching for artists, its not possible to filter by their open to work availability in case you are hiring. Artists can update their settings on their profile page. Users Ive Met - Cara MeetAs previously announced, with Cara Meet you can scan Caras users QR Code to keep track of the community members you meet along the way. Without the pressure of following someone back right away, you can check their profiles in your QR Meets history afterwards, an easy way to connect and dont get lost in contacts! Cara Mobile AppDont forget that Cara Mobile App is now live on Apple App Store and Google Play Store!On the previous Dev Update you can find all the info about the App, including the current available features!Our aim is to constantly improve both the social and portfolios aspects of the platform in order to give a nice and smooth experience to the community and also make it easier for recruiters and artists to find each other. We also announce that we will soon drop our support on the PWA (Progressive Web App), so dont waste time and download the app on the following links: *For Android users who previously used the browser app: you can either delete the previous browser app, or go to App Settings in the new app, then set it as the default for Cara URLs. This way, the QR codes will be opened in the correct app when theyre scanned. Questions & FeedbackIf you discover any bugs or have questions, join our Discord community and submit them or reach us at support@cara.app. Thank you! The Cara Teamcara.app | twitter | instagram | buy us a coffee

Hi everyone, we are excited to announce the launch of Cara Glaze betathe long-awaited collaboration between Cara and The Glaze Project! Glaze is a tool designed to protect artists from style mimicry by generative AI models, and we are honored to partner with the Glaze team to bring this tool to more users in the artist community. Cara Glaze is now available on all Cara Portfolio accounts. Community accounts will receive access in waves in the coming days so long as we do not experience abuse or usage issues. To check your account status, or sign up for early access, visit the Cara Glaze dashboard: Cara Glaze Dashboard What is Glaze? Glaze is a program designed to protect human artists by disrupting style mimicry in the training of generative AI models. Below is an example of how Glaze affects AI models that try to replicate an artists art style. The sample original art features the work of John Tenniel for Alice in Wonderland (1865, public domain). The LoRA models were trained on sets of 15 images, one original set without Glaze, and one set protected using Glaze. Left: sample of original art style. Right: AI-generated outputs In the output generated by the two models: Trained on images with no Glaze: the artists hatching style is closely replicated. Trained on images with Glaze: the style looks much more visibly disrupted. Information republished with permission from the Glaze Works post on Reddit by WonderfulWanderer777. A few more examples below: Result from model trained on original images Result from model trained on Glazed images Given the clear result of using Glaze, we recommend everyone to Glaze their work before posting online, and to make that process easier, we have collaborated with The Glaze Project to integrate Glaze into Cara. To learn more about Glaze, visit the official Glaze website. Access Cara Glaze What is Cara Glaze? Cara Glaze is an integration of the Glaze tool on the Cara.app platform. Users will be able to access all features available on Web Glaze, with the added benefit of users being able to: Create new posts that apply Glaze automatically Upload multiple images, and download the Glazed versions as neededall in one place How Cara Glaze WorksOn the Cara Glaze dashboard, you can:Create a new post and Glaze all images within the post, orUpload multiple unrelated individual images to be Glazed You can Glaze an entire post with the New Post option, or upload various unrelated images using Choose File At this time, its not possible to edit or remove Glazed images from a post after creating it. So if you want granular control over the quality and result of each Glazed image, we recommend uploading individual images instead of using the New Post option. Glazing via +New PostWhen choosing the +New Post option, a standard New Post pop up will be displayed for you to enter your post information. You can attach images as usual. After clicking Next, images from the post will be loaded into the dashboard, where you can choose your Glaze intensity. Write your draft as usual. Clicking Next will load load the images into the Glaze dashboard Choose the intensity you want to Glaze each image at. This cannot be changed after you click Glaze on your post. Glaze OutputAfter clicking Glaze, images will move to the Output section and be queued. Once Glazing is complete, you will receive both an email and in-app notification. Please be reminded that at this time, Glazed posts are published automatically. To have more control over your Glazed images or intensity level, we recommend using the Choose File option to batch upload your images and review them individually. Notes & FAQCara Glaze DashboardFor questions about Cara Glaze, check the Cara FAQ For issues while using Cara Glaze dashboard, submit bug reports using our Discord or email Cara Glaze is only available on desktop and mobile browsers at the moment. It will be added to our mobile app at a later date after initial testing stabilizes. Glaze Image Quality and Output For questions and issues with Glaze output or image quality: Check the official Glaze website for their Guide and Q&A and; Contact the Glaze team directly using the #glaze channel on our Discord or via their websiteAs a reminder, the original Glaze program is free to use. You can download the desktop app, or use the original Web GlazeTo access Cara Glaze, visit the link below: Cara Glaze Dashboard Have questions or feedback? Reach us at support@cara.app or join our Discord community to submit suggestions. Thank you! The Cara Teamcara.app | twitter | instagram | buy us a coffee Mobile app download: App Store | Google Play

TypeProton @typeproton - #sketchtober wings The first Caras Sketchtober is over and now, its time for our wrapup feature!Its been so exciting to see the variety of styles and approaches that our community showcased during the challengefrom figurative portraits to monster designs, to environment layouts, emotive explorations, and even animations. Its been a pleasure for us to explore the inner worlds of our artists during this month, and see that a simple idea like a sketch can hold such endless potential and bloom into so many different types of interesting and stimulating expressions. We hope everyone who participated had a great time. We now leave you with a selection of these fun and inspiring artwork from this Sketchtober! Pi Pei @pipei321 - Pi Pei @pipei321 - Alessia Hilary Valastro @alessiahv - Berries|Fangs - Day#23/24 Choppete @choppete - Inktober 2023 24. SHALLOW Pi Pei @pipei321 - sketch20231023 Matt Taylor @matt - Spoon Marty @damarten - Music Box TypeProton @typeproton - #sketchtober wardrobe Monday W @monday - Sketchtober Martyna @mkasinskaite - Old drawing with little story Martyna @mkasinskaite - "Valkyrie" Yen Shu Liao @yensliao - "Old Companions" Akrosh @akrosh - Sir, youre not tall enough for this ride Alex Pushkarev @edarneor - Ink Drawings Choppete @choppete - Inktober 2023 14. CASTLE Pi Pei @pipei321 - 20231030 cara.app | twitter | instagram | discord | buy us a coffee

Alejandro @mirabalart - Witches Izzy @izzymedrano - Succubus 001 Hello, hello all, Tonight, Caras corners will be haunted by the spirits and creatures of the spooky. From 2D to 3D, from environments, props, to portraits and more, countless artists have displayed their fascination for this special day, inspired by the colors, history, and symbolisms it holds. We are celebrating Samhain/Halloween with some of images of our own. Pumpkins, skeletons and creatures of the night are here to take you to their sometimes colorful, sometimes gloomy dimension. Which one will you follow? Have fun and we hope you enjoy the Otherworld with Caras Spooky Night Special! Nodens @nodensart - Vampire Anna Christenson @achrisart - Witches' Village Jason Behnke @jasonbehnke - Necromancer SCG @artofscg - Halloween for fun Maria Gabysheva @myvushka - Halloween 2022 Willy Merry @willymerry - Halloween 2020 Alexandr Leskinen @leskinen - Happy Halloween Ashley Hankins @ashleydoesartstuff - Dying for a Cup of Tea Dmitry Dalnev @ddalnev - The silkworm Witch Hampus Flink @hampus - Danse Macabre II Karina S @chirunax - Teeth Luciano R @lvcky - Abandoned cemetery Andrea Corsini @syqkos - Nightmare room Welume @welume - Ghostie Stefania Nour @ttfdraws - Original - Vamp Madeleine Fjall @madeleinefjall - Travelling to Blkulla Etienne Savoie @etienne - Treasure chest Bananopus @bananopus - Pumpkins Fest Sol Azpiroz @solazpiroz - Witchy Items Ema Brico @emabrico - Bewitching Xayah and Rakan - League of Legends Fan Art Natasa Ilincic @natasailincic - Magpie Natasa Ilincic@natasailincic - Owl Witch D Austin @thewantedpumpkin - The Inn - Stylized Environment Jonathan Ly@lyart - Witch cottage Lola Serre @lolaserre - Halloween labyrinth Guardian figurine Max Turnbull @oats - witch hazel Edouard Noisette @enoisette - The Sacred City of Igrin, Pt.2 Alvaro Cardozo @alvaro-cardozo - Trick or Treat William Dawson @williamdawson - Hallowe'en Logan Preshaw @wickedinsignia - Haunted House Mayte CG @maytecg - Danse macabre Alexis Rives @deadslug - Bored witch thinh bui @thinhbui - The little witch is watering the plants hung bui @hungbuiart - Inktober Witch 1 - 2018 Ipan Hf @ihf95 - Unhallowed Capital Alena N @ymhin - Bride

Caras mobile app is available for download on Apples App Store and Google Play now. Hello everyone! Today, we are excited to announce the launch of Caras mobile app in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. In preparation for Lightbox Expo (27th to 29th of October 2023), we want to make sure that you have the app ready to make the most out of the event. Our latest featureCara Meetlets you scan a users Cara QR code and keep track of who you meet at events. Whether its artist alley tables or someone you encounter when out of namecardsusing Cara Meet will help you keep a record of everyone you speak with at an event, and allow you to access their profiles directly in your QR Meets history afterwards. Stay in touch without the worry of misplacing namecards, forgetting which social network you connected on, or the pressure of following someone back on the spot. Create a Cara account and fill out your profile information to make the most out of the app this weekend. Cara App Download Links: *For Android users who previously used the browser app: you can either delete the previous browser app, or go to App Settings in the new app, then set it as the default for Cara URLs. This way, the QR codes will be opened in the correct app when theyre scanned. About the Cara AppWith the launch of our new app, we hope to further enrich our community with Caras social features, whilst continuing to improve the portfolio aspects of the platform so that recruiters, editors, and art directors have a place to find human artists easily.We hope you can connect with peers and followers, share your work, and find industry jobs from AAA and award-winning studios. App Features:Share images and gifsFind human artists: our AI image detector filters out AI-generated content from Cara portfolios Cara Meet: keep track of people you meet at events. Stay in touch without the pressure of mutual follow backs on the spot, or needing to take photos of namecards at artist alleysHome feed customization: control what shows up in your timeline Jobs board: find job listings from AAA and award-winning studiosDirect messages: stay in touch with friends, or contact artists for work About page: can be used for extended bios or users resumes. Use it to indicate work availability Bookmarks: use bookmarks and albums to organize references and posts Download links for Cara app: App Store, Google PlayQuestions & FeedbackIf you discover any bugs or have questions, you can join our Discord community and submit them or reach us at support@cara.app. We have been extremely lucky to have a wonderful community behind usjoin us as we continue to grow this communal space for artists, by artists. The Cara Teamcara.app | twitter | instagram | buy us a coffee