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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

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

.
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

[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

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.

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

100 point giveaway!Because I can. c:

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)

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

***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???
If y

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!

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.

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 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!

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Journal Entry: Fri Jan 7, 2011, 11:40 AM

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Health

Hey guys!

How are you doing? I hope better than me, haha.

Obligatory health update: I'm still not entirely rid of that nasty bronchitis. The good thing is that I currently don't have the typical flu symptoms like coughs or a running nose. My head is also comparably clear so that I could finally continue to work on my university paper. (My prof still hasn't answered to my e-mails though. :C)

Anyway, the bad news it that the inflammation is still there and it's fucking badly with my asthma. Breathing is currently much harder and I have to carefully manage my meds. If this shit wasn't already bad enough I'm suffering from the side effects of the formoterol (I'm taking a combination of budesonide/formoterol to manage my asthma). Usually I don't have any problems with it but due to the bronchitis I had to take more than usual and now I'm suffering form an accelerated heartbeat and trembling. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUU D:<

So, at the moment I'm left with choosing between having trouble to breathe and being a nervous wrack! Hooray!

Needless to say that it's kinda hard to hold a pencil with shaking hands. Art has to wait a bit more... Sorry.

Account Deactivation

In the light of recent events...

Some of you might have heard about a "hacker" running around dA and deactivating accounts. As far as I can tell this is going on for about a month now.

I wanted to write a bigass journal about it but there's already a nicely written news article that sums up my thoughts quite well: [link]

In short, make sure you close possible security holes on your side of the screen. Keep your eyes open so that you can react immediately if someone is messing with your dA (login is weird, you suddenly have a different e-mail address, stuff like that) or regular e-mail. There've been tries to hijack accounts that could be prevented cause the deviants reacted fast and didn't shrug it off as "meh, dA won't let me login, whatevs".

Last but not least, I personally find the way the dA staff handles the whole situation - again! - very disappointing. It's Victim Blaming 101 and certainly not what I would call "Customer Service". Will they ever learn? D:

I just hope all of you and your accounts are fine and that you hopefully won't have to deal with this shit.

Pants are an illusion... and so is death!

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~Avalanche787 Jan 17, 2011

Awwwh, sorry to hear about your illness. Hope you get well soon

=Pretty-Angel Jan 18, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Thank you!

*jeremycoatney Jan 10, 2011 Professional Writer

It's been a few days since you wrote this, so I will optimistically hope you are feeling better now.

Yes, the way DA is handling the hacking problem is not very friendly or good. :\

=Pretty-Angel Jan 11, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Bit by bit...

~asa-bryndis Jan 9, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

So sorry to hear that the health troubles are still at it

Keep strong, this will pass, hopefully soon

I also saw about the account hacking, first when it happened to `bri-chan I doubt my tiny account is in any danger, but I hope more people won't fall pray to this.

=Pretty-Angel Jan 9, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks, dear!

Bri-chan got hacked again today and apparently is locked out of her account right now. D:
There were also a lot of "small" deviants that were affected, so Idk. But unless you've made yourself some enemies online I also doubt that you'd become a target. At least I hope so.

~asa-bryndis Jan 10, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Oh wow, poor Brianna, that sucks.
And heh, I don't think I've made any enemies...no hardcore ones, at least

No really, I doubt it. I just hope this hacker gets caught!

=Pretty-Angel Jan 10, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Yes, me too!

~ShuiYue Jan 8, 2011 Student Filmographer

I'm sorry you're not feeling well, my mom had bronchitis for like two months, it was miserable. You have my deepest sympathies.

All this hacking going on makes me feel very vulnerable and glad I am not popular... But still the feeling of violation is far reaching. Why are there people out there who would do this for the fun of it?!

=Pretty-Angel Jan 9, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Thank you.

I know! It's scary. D:

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