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Draw My OC Contest! Join please~~~Finally, contest time! Arrr…..I've been wanting to held a contest since….last year….haha…I was too lazy to write a journal of the contest….*sob*. Okay, now let's  get to the point.
:star:Theme:star:
Draw my Dragon and Kirin OC in any scenery
Reference:

Reference sheet : http://sta.sh/013xi9fy914i   http://sta.sh/0xa6rmqfzk1  
:star:Allowed Media & Style:star:
:star: Media : Digital art and traditional art (must be coloured) ONLY.
:star: Style: Anime (cell-shaded/soft-shaded)/manga & Semi-realism anime ONLY. NO chibis/portrait/abstract/anthro/animation/photomanipulation etc
Some examples that the style I like:
http://chaosringen.deviantart.com/art/Centaur-Warrior-364644727
http://jinkimania.deviantart.com/art/Commission-Pie66-371753047
http://yogisha.deviantart.com/art/Silent-stratosphere-371646432
http://cobi-cobi.deviantart.com/art/Atera-363609173
http://juhaihai.deviantart.com/art/
Derpy Hooves Beanie Giveaway!Hello everyone :] I've decided to give away this Derpy!  

Please follow the rules and you'll have a chance to win her and take her home! :heart:
1. Fav this journal
2. Please write a journal about this giveaway and link it back here in the comments.
3. Add me to your watch list :]
Each person who watches, faves this journal and makes a journal will get a number. I'll be using random.org to choose a number, and when someone's number is picked that person will win the plushie! Easy enough right? I will pay for shipping worldwide.
The winner will be announced June 2nd :iconderpyclapplz:
Any questions please ask. Do NOT make multiple accounts just so you can have a better chance. Please make this fair for everyone :iconaawplz: Thank you!
Good luck :'D
EDIT: Just in case you were wondering how big she is, 8 inches long and 3 inches across her back !
Oi people - think before you click!Yesterday I got spammed to hell with messages linking to different variants of this image:
They can have slightly different graphics or contain different links but the message is always basically the same - go to this page and you'll receive 20 000:points: .
I have to ask the question - how dim do you have to be to fall for it?
Ok let's see - we have an image hosted on a profile that is 1 day old and asks you to visit a website with a strange url with a promise of a financial reward on an another website. How do you even imagine  that would work? And now, of course, people start crying that their computers got infected with malware. Which is great - every genius who fell for this obvious phishing scam  deserved it. I hope your shitty computer burns and you along with it.
I know this is a no-duh for 90% of people reading it but for the sake of the rest lets revise what we all should know about online phishig. And before you go all:
No, no you can't.
Copypasta from
1000 Point Giveaway!
Okay enough of joining giveaways.....it's time to host one! :dance:
Remember the big surprise I was talking about in the previous journal? Well here it is! My BIGGEST giveaway yet! :) Total prizes reach 1000 :points:!!!! :wow:
1st PLACE: 400 :points:
2nd PLACE: 200 :points:
3rd PLACE: 100 :points:
SIX more winners will be chosen who EACH will receive 50 :points:!!!!!
I will be so broke after this...
:police: But of course there are always the rules......
:bulletgreen: Please please please fave the journal!
:bulletred: Make another journal about this giveaway and provide a link of that journal in the comments (this will help spread the word about this giveaway)
Want another entry?
:bulletgreen:You can :+devwatch: me to get your name entered TWICE! EDIT:For those who are ALREADY watching me you can still earn additional entries by faving my art! Each fave gets you ONE extra entry! (Max number of entries possible: 3)
IMPORTANT: Please be
[FINISHED]hihihihi <3
Today I've reached 1,000+ watchers * O * holy carp what the fluck kfndmslkrhfgbjnsljshfnc
Amg did you know i never thought i'd get as many as 50 watchers when i joined dA XDDD
idfhvbnmsdjufgdvbjcnlsifh anyways
To thank all my watchers.... Im going to be giving away stuff owo 
I know it's not much but I really don't have that much to give ;___; <3 Please understand
Im giving away a goodie bundle consisting of:

-Chibi from me

-Pixel Icon from me
-1 month premium
-150 :points:
You can look in my gallery if you want examples
Rules to participate:
-You MUST be one of my watchers BEFORE this journal is posted to be eligible(I will be checking!) 
-One entry per person (no using other accounts!)
-You must love apple juice (Nah, just kidding)
To enter (if you are eligible):
- :+fav: this journal 
-.... thats it 8D
Because I will be picking a number from a random generator, you must fav this journal and the number yo
Opinions are a Dangerous thing: Art StylesThis isn't about narking on anyone no, infact this is just my own muses really! You could say this is a journal for ENCOURAGEMENT! *SHINES*
I find sticking to one style restrictive if you are a beginning/moderate artist! (even professionals I might say! though I can't speak for everyone)
Having a distinctive look on how your art is done and produced is understandable and its a desire to appear unique to the point some one can just SEE your work and instantly think 'Oh! that's Ten-days!' or something along the line. However, when you are trying to find who you are and what kind of art you are to produce, I recommend trying, well, a lot of different things! Different styles, mixing styles, different colouring techinque, brushes, tools, shading. Don't feel dependant on what you are already doing and don't feel pressured by people just for trying new things!
Push out of your comfort zone. Can't draw hands? don't avoid it! draw the heck out of them! (how else are you going to learn?)
Draw a
Made a video again :P...another fake Parashi Opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGa8pPlOxuQ
It's really choppy and suuuuuper scribbly because I took like 30 seconds to draw each frame. Please fill in the gaps and gloss over the art with your wonderful imagination! I made it in Windows Movie Maker which is an absolutely evil program =o=
I'll try to fix up the ugly pictures and maybe add some color when I have time, and reupload another version later :b (don't know when though.) For now feel free to watch this one and laugh at it huhuhu
(the song is Tenkuu no Canaria, from ToS *w*b)
Mickey's Chibi Raffle! WINNER!EDIT YAY!! Grats to :iconbear-bears: for winning the raffle!
Please note me your ref and stuff. :3c

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EDIT YOU HAVE LITTLE TIME LEFT FOLKS. NIGHT!
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Hi folks! Thank you again for 500 watchers! 
Er. 508 watchers! I'm really slow at doing things for you guys. 
You can slap me.
This raffle is for watchers only. 
:iconbuhuuplz:
Anyone who watches me after *Rashirou will not count.
All you have to do is fave this journal and I'll use that random generator thing....what's it called Linh?
That thing. I'll use that thing. 
First Prize Winner gets a chibi like this:

The winner will be chosen
  Wednesday May 22 at 1500 hours PST.
Eurovision nightGot myself some ice cream and will be making myself compfy on the sofa so I'm ready for the big, glittery, horrible music, camp, pointless politics, drama that is eurovision. It never disappoints me. :la:
Sadly I will be alone for this one. Matt had to do a concert he didn't want to do, so I will be live tweeting (humonlazydiva) my impression of the whole shebang. :D
***Updated*** Mini 500 Point Giveaway!OK, so the big giveaway is going to be running for a while yet!
In the meantime, here's a chance to win a few points!
Something i've been meaning to do but only recently was I prompted by Atlantien1.
All you need to do is this:
Browse deviantART and find a piece of art (or more than one) you REALLY like. Something that means something to you!
Then simply make a journal featuring that piece (or pieces) of art. You could even say a few words about that piece and the artist?
Remember to comment below with a link to your journal!
Here's mine: http://moomin-man.deviantart.com/art/Art-Feature-Share-the-experience-373119121
Winners will be picked at random!
1st - 200:points:
2nd - 100:points:
3rd - 50:points:
4th - 50:points:
5th - 50:points:
6th - 50:points:
:points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points::points:
BONUS POINTS???
If y
SBFF exclusive at SDCC!!DC has announced Super Best Friends Forever EXCLUSIVE maquettes for San Diego Comic Con 2013!!! http://www.themarysue.com/super-best-friends-statues/
Nintendo STEALS Money!Since this has been going around lately, I should probably give my two cents. Basically what it amounts to is that Nintendo has filed Content ID info of their games with YouTube. What this means is that if you upload gameplay video of a Nintendo game, YouTube will automatically monetize that video, put ads on it, a link to where to buy the game, and take the money generated from that video and give it directly to Nintendo. People who do "let's play" videos are, naturally, pissed off because they want to be earning money off their videos, so they're calling Nintendo "thieves" for doing this.
I can see both sides to the story. I can see Nintendo as a corporation wanting to exercise control over their properties. On the other hand, "let's play" videos can often help new gamers find games they otherwise wouldn't have tried.
But here's the thing: Nintendo isn't the first company do this. Both Microsoft and Ubisoft do it already. YouTube has also had a long history of having music videos and
School Chibi Contest X3
Hi there, my fellow groupmates!
We will have a contest!
THEME: SCHOOL TIME
                                     Rules
                                            Should be about School Times!
                                            Should be a CHIBI!
                                            Submit it to the "2013 Contest" Folder!
                                            Don't include characters that aren't yours have your own.
                                            With the maximum of two entries!
                                            Don't put nudity scences in your entry.
                                            :thumb345825065
SPECIAL FEATURE 05 ... Part A 
:iconspreadmoreloveplz:  Unfortunately I can't mention all here, but I send all my friends and watchers a lot of hugs :iconspreadmoreloveplz:
... and a special thanks to those who keep up with even the loyalty with my photography ...
Please give all of them your attention, , comment and watch!

















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On TES elvesAlright can I just say how much I love the elves in the Elder Scrolls
J.R.R. Tolkien popularized elves as these otherworldly, divinely beautiful creatures which sorta established the standard for the race in all modern fantasy that came after. They're nearly immortal, distant, and to me, plain boring. Then around comes Morrowind, the game that really made me fall in love with TES, its world and its lore!! The elves of TES have a long history, and each subrace has their own cultural identity. The elves no longer just sit in their Crystal ivory towers (well I guess some of them do) and sing to their trees or whatever - they're flawed, complicated PEOPLE, and extremely proud of who they are. The haughty Altmer, the hostile Dunmer from the Ashlands, the cannibalistic Bosmer, the late Dwemer and their scientific achievements…. when was the last time any elves modeled after Tolkien's work had this much cultural diversity??
I love the fact that Bethesda actually created some of the most inter
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The importance of being earnest

:icondimkas:

International Children's Book Day is celebrated annualy on April the 2nd, in honour of Hans Christian Andersen's birthday. Talks, exhibitions and all sorts of activities involving children's books authors and illustrators and their young readers are held worldwide on and around this day, and the little corner of the world I live in was no exception. A festival was held in the facility of the Achaia Clauss, a renowned local wine-refinery and guess who was exhibiting his illustrations inside an old wine-tank [link] ;P

Although I feel very tempted to go in bitter mode and write a screed about all the shoulds and the oughts and the musts that came a cropper -and believe me they were plenty. I'd rather write about the earnestness certain people showed, which at the end of the day, was the one thing that really made the difference. People like Olga, taxi-driver extraordinaire, who unselfisly devoted herself and her cab for a whole weekend to the festival and was always present wherever help was needed. Or Philippos, a talented author and zappy performer,  who suprised me today with an unexpected act of altruism and fair-play. And of course Tonia and the rest of the Achaia Clauss staff who were bombarded with children of all ages but never lost their cool.

And speaking of the little devils; more on the subject of their encounter with an unsuspecting illustrator very soon. =)
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*Dimkas Apr 7, 2006
No need to wait that long Carey! Ask your local library, they are usually involved with author visits and storytelling sessions all year round.
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~Captain-D Apr 6, 2006
I think it would be amazing to attend something like that. I'm not aware of any such celebrations around me, but that's probably because I haven't been looking for them. Now I know when they are held. What an appropriate day! I always wanted to illustrate children's books. Perhaps next year, if and when I learn of a Children's Books celebration around me, I'll go and get inspired to make my own.
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