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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.
Theme
Draw my Dragon and Kirin OC in any scenery
Reference:

Reference sheet : http://sta.sh/013xi9fy914i http://sta.sh/0xa6rmqfzk1
Allowed Media & Style

Media : Digital art and traditional art (must be coloured) ONLY.

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!

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 !
THANK YOU EVERYPONY WHO JOINED :'D I DIDN'T EXPECT SO MANY

1000 Point Giveaway! (EDIT)

Okay enough of joining giveaways.....it's time to host one!

Remember the big surprise I was talking about in the previous journal? Well here it is! My BIGGEST giveaway yet!

Total prizes reach 1000

SIX more winners will be chosen who EACH will receive 50

!!!!!
~~I will be so broke after this...~~

But of course there are always the rules......

Please please please fave the journal!

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
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):
-

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

100 point giveaway!Because I can. c:

800 Points GiveawayHello all. As I've mentioned in the poll, I am going to make a small giveaway on the occasion of nearly 1000 watchers! Wooo!
There are 8 winners and 100 points for each to win. BUT the giveaway ends when the number of watchers reaches 1000.
RULES:

To enter, fave this journal and comment below that you've faved it. Then I will give you a number.

You don't need to watch me to enter. But please keep in mind that the giveaway ends sooner when
there are more watchers.

Your account must be at least 2 months old.

You can enter once only. No alternate/plz accounts.
I will choose winners with random.org.
♣ Good luck! ♣
Minor update: changed from 1111 to 1000 watchers.

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.
Be CREATIVE!
The contest ends at June 29(~Meowgirl07's birthday) :thumb

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)

***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

oints::points::points::points::points:
BONUS POINTS???
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Welcome to My Official DeviantArt Page!Hi, I'm Mark Crilley. I'm the writer and illustrator of a new graphic novel series from Dark Horse Comics, "Brody's Ghost." The first four volumes are now available though your local bookstore or comic shop, or at any number of online stores such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
I'm also the writer and illustrator of the MIKI FALLS manga series from HarperCollins. All four books in the series (MIKI FALLS: SPRING, MIKI FALLS: SUMMER, MIKI FALLS: AUTUMN, and MIKI FALLS: WINTER) are now available in bookstores and at online sites such as those run by Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Thanks in advance to anyone who gets them. If you do, please let me know what you think; I'd love to hear from you.
You can find out more about me and my books over at my YouTube channel.
If you can't find any of my books at your local bookstore, please, please, pretty-please ask them to order it!
Thanks so much for stopping by! ^_^
Mark

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!

100 points giveawayHello there! I decided to give away 100 !

Since I haven't had the chance to upload any art recently,I decided to give away something else to you guys ~

1 step: All you need to do is post a comment down below! (This guarantees you one entry number.) This step IS mandatory.

2 step: If you watch me you receive another number and for every fave on one of my deviantations you get more.
EXAMPLE:
Comment=1 entry number
Comment,watch,3 favs= 5 entry numbers

MAX entry numbers=5

REMEMBER: The second step is not obligatory,it just gives you a better chance of winning.
Please leave a comment like the following if you have watched or faved something: "Comment,watch,2 favs" so I can keep track. ^^
I will be choosing the winner via random.org

END DATE: 1 JUNE 2013 6 pm GMT+3
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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.

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.

SPECIAL FEATURE 05 ... Part B
: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!

The Echo chamber dilemmaThe promise of the Internet was that unlimited information and experiences would draw us together. But instead it seems to have driven us apart.
For years I've observed this behavior but haven't been able to vocalize it correctly. Originally I called the behavior of collective opinions as "the hive mentality" of the Internet. But that wasn't exactly right and I often got called out on it. The most prominent example was when I made a comic about a guy disagreeing with opinions and being shouted at till he remained quiet, eventually fading into the background with everyone else. The consensus of that comic was that if you disagree with someone you aren't bullied into not speaking, but instead are free to go someplace else where people who do agree with you exist. And you know what? That wasn't what i was trying to convey, but is sadly true. The Internet is not a hive mind. It's many tiny pocket echo chambers of mutual agreements.
And this is becoming a growing problem, I think, because n

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Gloom and Doom

by ~CapnFlynn, May 17, 2012, 8:05:50 AM
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I try to keep a positive outlook and not add to the general negativity of the internet, but some days just suck, you know?  I've been grinding away at this art career thing for seven years now (seven years?!), and sometimes it feels like I'm getting nowhere, or going backwards.  Before I took the plunge and went to art school, I was taking accounting classes.  Practical, right?  Talk about job security; if death and taxes are the only sure things, then you're always going to need accountants.

But no!  I thought, I'll follow my passion, my dream.  Fabulous.  But what is the point if you can't keep food on the table or a roof over your kid's head?  Dreams and passion alone don't pay the bills.

Accounting, though.  Accounting is practical!  It's objective.  It doesn't matter whether or not people like your work: what's to like?  Either the math is right or it isn't.  It's not a matter of taste, it's a matter of fact.

Maybe I'm gloomy because, even though this sketch card thing I've fallen into is fun, it doesn't really pay the bills, and it's not what I'd call artistically satisfying.  Isn't that a pretentious phrase?  "Artistically satisfying."  Bah.  And you know what else you fall into?  Ruts.  Maybe I'm in a rut?

I've just realized I've scheduled my entire "summer off," when I was planning to finish my novel, with official card sets.  That's awesome, right?  I'm busy, my art on these sets is desired--by the art directors, at least, even if the collectors don't seem to give much of a damn--life is good, right?  RIGHT?!

Yeah.  I guess this just isn't what I wanted to be doing with my life.  Grinding out hundreds of little bitty pieces of artwork for pennies an hour, never a minute of time for my own projects, my own creativity.  It's not that I want to be an accountant, maybe I'd just rather only be accountable to myself?

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Mood: Gloomy
Listening to: Florence + the Machine
Reading: Makers, by Cory Doctorow
Watching: Cars
Drinking: coffee

Gloom and Doomby ~CapnFlynn

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!DekeNicki May 19, 2012

Sorry I'm a little late replying to this, but I do understand what you mean. There comes a point in your life when you begint to wonder if all the suffering you put into what you want to do was worth it. It's like a karma bank - shouldn't you be successful when you've done so much for something? I remember when I was younger and I saw Forrest Gump for the first time, and there was that scene where his mom was like "I didn't know, but I was destined to be your mother." I used to be so disgusted with that scene. How could anyone just feel content being destined to be a mom?? I wanted to be famous, do something big, important. Something! But now as I get old, I realize what she meant. Sometimes the most important thing you can do with life is just live it. I don't know - I guess there's no real advice in here. But if you're in a rut, you have to remember why you are doing what you are doing. If you only want to write or draw to be successful, then you're basing your entire happiness on someone else - someone that will make you sucessful. But if you like drawing or writing for it's own sake - for the excitement of putting an idea no one has ever seen or heard of before onto paper for all the world to see - then your happiness comes from yourself.

~CapnFlynn May 20, 2012 Professional Filmographer

You've got a good point. I do write and draw because I love them, but that's not enough. "I love it" doesn't feed my son or pay my bills, and thus it becomes a source of stress. So I need to figure out how to go from "I love it" to "I love it, and it brings in enough income to make a difference." See? I don't even want wealth or fame; just a sufficiency! ^^

!DekeNicki May 22, 2012

Ahhhh... I see your point. :C I suppose that's why I ended up joining the Army...

~CapnFlynn May 22, 2012 Professional Filmographer

Lol! Even more practical than accounting.

!DekeNicki May 24, 2012

And much more fun!

~Bey-Fenn May 17, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

How about this...spend some of this summer alone with God...talk to him about what the desires of your heart are artistically...then ask Him about the desires of His heart for you artistically...after all, your talent comes from Him...and He is the most creative being in the Universe...

~CapnFlynn May 17, 2012 Professional Filmographer

Now that is one of the best ideas I've heard yet.

You're right, of course. You are so so right. Thanks, friend!

~Bey-Fenn May 17, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Your welcome friend.

~Amani-Ishikawa May 17, 2012

Yep I know just where you are coming from, friend. I've been trying to get a teaching job for the past three years, and in the meantime, I've been working as a classroom aide for very little. On top of that, my district does not pay us aides a 12 month salary like all the other districts do, and on top of that, I am finding myself without a summer job because the one I was trying to get (and thought I had) screwed me over, and I DON'T want to go work nights and weekends in the Wal-Mart deli cutting meat and cheese with my four-year degree, even for a summer. I find it quite degrading that they want to hire me to handle food, work until midnight, and work weekends and holidays when I have LONG been done with that crap.

So why don't I consider pursuing another career? Actually, I am. At least so I can pay my student loans and make more than $10K a year. But even that would be temporary because I can't really see myself doing anything else BUT teaching. I guess you just have to think about what makes you happy.

~CapnFlynn May 17, 2012 Professional Filmographer

It's true. But at the same time, one has to balance "happy" and "practical." And I've noticed, the stresses of not being able to pay the bills sort of offset the happiness of "yay, I'm doing what I love."

What other career are you considering?

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