Pixel Icon Raffle! - Winners!I have now raffled the winners! > v <
First winner is ~Kiwi-San and the second one is ~Frangasm.
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10,000 Point Give-AwayAlright, my brother just left dA, so he gave me the rest of his points (20,000)
He told me because the Deviant Art community was so good to him (he said he met a lot of great people) that as a thanks I should give away half the points.
So, I'm going to hold a contest to make things fun.
You must:
*Watch me
*Advertise this journal
*Comment your journal here
*Favorite this journal
1st place gets 10,000 points
2nd place gets 2,000 points
Good luck guys

Fan Art Contest! UPDATE WITH FAQ

hi everyone! to show my appreciation for all the love here on deviant art i am holding an otto an victoria fan art contest. the grand prize will be a signed limited edition of my book with an original drawing included! submissions must be done by july 17th! that gives you a month. be creative and have fun! please tag "otto and victoria" and "brian kesinger" and make sure your your piece is appropriate for all ages!
******************************update!**********************************'
i created a group here called OttoAndVictoriaFans http://ottoandvictoriafans.deviantart.com/ when you finish your entry feel free to submit it to that group so that all the entries can be in one place!
also i wanted to reiterate that all artistic media is welcome from sketching to sculpture, hand drawn to cg. thanks again and let me know if you have any other questions! thank you!

[WINNERS!] Giveaway! [1000 points + Free Chibis~]WINNERS!
Thanks to those who participated! <3
#1 - :iconstellarhohoemi: =stellarhohoemi #145 http://gyazo.com/3c85275328e20e9c29b4df497496a3be
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Weekly 100 Points Giveaway [OPEN] Week 3Alright, time for another one

There will be 2 winners ( 50

each ) on this giveaway.

It's easy to participate

This journal.

Share your favorite youtube channel.
And that's it :iconfeelingfreeplz:
The winner will be announced June 23
Extra: Please comment if you take point commissions :iconmikulaplz:
Good luck everyone.

Win a Premium Membership! [Raffle]Ohaii everyone! Chieri here. >u< Still not dead yet. ~~Still just smelling like it.~~
I know I have been quite inactive the past month, alot of private stuff going on and upcoming exams, but I will try to be more active again from now on. I miss being here with you guys and drawing so much. I will try my best to at least submit something regulary and reply to all notes & comments sooner as I did lately. (I really apologize for the wait.) I promise. You may slap me really hard if I neclect it again.
As a little consolation / thank you / because I want to, I decided to raffle away

3 x a 1 Month Premium-Membership
^_^ Because I have some leftover points on my hand and I love hosting little events and raffles.
I hope everyone will enjoy participating. It's easy!
As usual I will use random.org to choose the 3 lucky winners, providing screens that everything will be 100% fair.

A giveaway??? Rules are below. (80 pts)Yea... and if you don't read the rules, you won't get anything out of this.

The whole reason I'm doing this is because my group, #Traders-123, has reached over 100 members! And speaking of 100, I also got over 100 watchers!!!

What you have to do
Favorite this journal... you don't have, you don't enter
Comment saying you entered; I'll be lenient on this one
Advertise; you don't have to but is looked up upon
No duplicate accounts; seriously, you need points THAT bad???
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Prizes[Star!]
[Bullet; Green] 1st place is 50 [Points]
[Bullet; Green] 2nd place is 30 [Points]
[Bullet; Green] 3rd place is a llama.
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Deadline is July 4th. (It's an easy date to remember)

And some art exposure! (Just some random and a

Microsoft Employees Disrupt Wii U Best Buy EventsRemember how Nintendo was showcasing some of their E3 games at participating Best Buy stores around the country? Well, apparently Microsoft employees have been hired to go to these events and preach about the Xbox One and make comments like "why would you buy a outdated Wii U when the Xbox One is right around the corner?"
However, the employees aren't getting what they hoped for. Most customers just start bashing the Xbox One in response. Seriously, Microsoft, the people attending these Best Buy Wii U events are people who are intimately familiar with the crap you pulled at E3. They ain't takin' your shit.
At first I thought this might just be a case of one really loyal Microsoft employee taking matters into his own hands (especially since the original source was /v/), but reports have come in from numerous Best Buy's around the country that indicate many Microsoft employees have ambushed the demo lines trying to persuade people to switch to the Xbox One.
Since so many reports have com

Tiny contest! Point prizes8D Time for another little fun challenge!
Draw inside the shape contest!
Rules

You can enter as many times as you want.

No shading required

You must choose one of the characters in this folder http://griffsnuff.deviantart.com/gallery/24055808

Remember to remove the shape/lines when you are done!

The character needs to be full body.

try to fill as much as the shape as possible!

You can not alter the shape.

you can not draw outside the shape!
If you want to enter, you choose between the shapes linked under. You can however do all of them if you want to!
Lineart only -> http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/Greiffen/tttt-1_zpsed0fbbf4.png
Shape only -> http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/Greiffen/llll-2_zps87cb9751.png
And then you draw the character you choose inside the shape as best you c

10,000 Watchers! +PointsWow, 10,000 watchers! Shame it happened at the worst time (giveaways temporarily deleted).
Still...thank you all for sticking with me!
I guarantee we will have things running as normal again soon!
Much love,
Moomin-Man
PS: I'll giveaway 400

away at random to celebrate! Leave a comment and I will enter you for the chance to win!
1st 200

2nd 150

3rd 50

Join me on swagbucks! Get paid in gift vouchers if you don't have a credit card!

Please Pants Responsibly (Paper Notebooks FTW)

There are two ways to write a novel. Plotting (you make an outline, a plan, a roadmap if you will, and then you sit down and write it) and pantsing (you write "by the seat of your pants, throwing caution to the wind). So when I get asked if I'm a plotter or a pantser, I'm all like er, uh, hold on, let me? Pantser? I think? But I kind of, um, do planny things?
And it gets kind of awkward because in these inarticulate moments I have managed to confuse everyone including myself. And probably spilled a drink.
In recent discussions, however, I've had a bit of a revelation, silly as it is. I've realized that I -- like many writers -- am a plotter/pantser hybrid. And perhaps what I'm doing is something we could call Pantsing Responsibly. And, maybe, just maybe, I could share some of my responsible pantsing tips with other writers. Starting with paper notebooks.
Anyone can find a notebook. If there isn't alread

The Used Game ParadigmOver the course of this past generation I've been watching the video game market react to the way it's been forced to deal with increasing changes. I've come out against used game sales and even written a journal about boycotting GameStop because (like most people at the time) I believed they were the root cause of all the problems the video game industry has. But that's something I don't believe now as intently as i did then. From where I sit, piracy and used games sales are a problem, but not in the way game companies want us to believe that they are.
Used games are a good thing for consumers. We get to try games out, and if we don't like what we see or finish it early, we trade it in and try another title instead. It's a very good system for us since video game rentals are much harder to come by. Most video rental stores in America have gone extinct and outside specific Red Box Kiosks there aren't a lot of places for consumers to rent video games. The exception, of course, being thr

Draw my OC Contest! $35 in prizes!Drawing Contest Topic: Drawing my Original Character doing something! Seriously, anything PG.
Deadline: September 13th, 11:59pm http://wwp.eastern-standard-time.com/

Guidelines for participants~

Your submission can be done in any drawing media (traditional, digital, pixel)
Please do not change or alter her gender without permission.
You can enter a maximum of three pieces, but only may win once
Send me a note or comment here with a link to your entry, and I'll add it to the entries folder. (I will not go searching for it)
You're free to submit your entry to any group you want, but you must accept my request to put it in my group #Collection-System

Drawing Smoochy is what this contest is all about!

Please link to this journal in your contest entry's description!
The entry must be made specifically for the contest! (You cannot use previous deviations for the entry, this includes bases. Collabs are fine as long as the

SPIKE updatesJust thought I'd share with you guys some updates on the progress of finishing my "SPIKE" novel.
A lot of people have asked me how it's going, when it will be published and stuff. I really appreciate getting asked these things because it shows that people are actually interested in my writings, and that it just such a great feeling

I've got two news for you guys today though: one bad news and one good news. Let's start with the bad news.
I haven't finished writing SPIKE yet.
And I honestly don't know when it will be finished - which oddly enough brings us to the good news:
I've made a new, major decision in the SPIKE story that I think a lot of you will be happy to hear. As usual I don't want to spoil too much, but there is a part in the story where Spike and Sam are separated from each other for quite a long while. At first I was planning on only writing from Spike's point of view, like, what he's experiencing during this separation period. I figured that since he's the main cha

WIN A 3 MONTH PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP!so i decided to just do a giveaway for the premium i wanted to give.

i'll be doing more of these in time, since that's mostly what my points will be for- giving premiums away. ♥
WAYS TO ENTER:
• you must be (or can become) a watcher of mine
• make a journal or poll featuring this giveaway, then comment this with the link to your journal/poll
• do not enter more than once, you will be disqualified
after you comment i will reply with a number and i will choose the winner using http://www.miniwebtool.com/random-name-picker/
GIVEAWAY WILL END NEXT THURSDAY (THE 20) AT 6 PM (PST)
winner will be announced via journal and will receive a note from me
have fun! CC:

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I'm going to take a few pictures of 4 WIP's (that aren't in a book! oooo!)

And stick them in scraps... Feel free to tell me what you think if you've got the spare time. <3

Also...

Because I'm curious.

1. Name:
2. Birthday:
3. Where do you live:
4: What are you studying/What are you working as:
5. What makes you happy:
6. What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
7. What is particularly good/bad about my dA:
8. An interesting fact about you:
9. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment:
10. Favorite place to be:
11. Favorite lyric:
12. Best time of the year:
13. Weirdest food you like:

RECOMMEND
1. A film:
2. A book:
3. A song:
4: A band:

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me:
2. Two things you like about yourself:
3. Put this in your journal so I can tell you what I think of you?

* * * * *

Ack! Sorry for spamming you.
I thought of a question.
Are any of you interested in seeing work outside of my art journals? I was thinking of sharing some of the things that I liked. Just a thought.

<3 to you!

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Listening to: Ohmmmmm.
Reading: The Hobbit.
Eating: I'm starved.
Drinking: Water.

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~screamcolours May 8, 2009 Writer

1. Name: Anastasia (Asha) Frances Anne

2. Birthday: April 29th
3. Where do you live: Cold Canada
4: What are you studying/What are you working as: I'm working towards being a therapist
5. What makes you happy: helping people, being outside, singing, looking at art, doing art, therapy

6. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: family guy with my papa

7. What is particularly good/bad about my dA: umm is it enough that i talk about you and show your stuff off to my friends

so nothing is bad. its amazingly personal and deep.
8. An interesting fact about you: My eyes and hair change colour (eyes: grey, blue, green, brown, yellow. hair: red, blonde and brown)
9. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment: i have a little crush

but i haven't dated in aagessss.
10. Favorite place to be: outside, by the water, probably at the pier in adelaide.
11. Favorite lyric:
I'll keep lookin' up, awaitin' your return
My greatest fear will be that you will crash and burn
And I won't feel your fire
I'll be the other hand that always holds the line
Connectin' in between your sweet heart and mine
I'm strung out on that wire
12. Best time of the year: spring- after winter in canada. everyone is so happy.
13. Weirdest food you like: ummm. i like eating popcorn toppings without the popcrn...haha.

RECOMMEND
1. A film: romeo et juliette (must be he french one..some sex in it, but the rest is just amazing, 2006)
2. A book: anything by sark (she writes self help books) i have her book "eat mangoes naked"
3. A song: well, anything by laura marling, the one i just sent you is amazing, actually nickle creek is amazing in general, also "You, me and the Bourgeoisie" by the submarines if you want an upbeat sound

4: A band: the shins. my life.

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me: you listen to my rants

2. Two things you like about yourself: (i love that you have this here) I care and I am not afraid to open up.
3. Put this in your journal so I can tell you what I think of you? No one will fill it out

)

~WordsAreMyWeakness May 17, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

Love The Shins. <3

I haven't seen that version of R&J. But if you say it's pretty then I will definitely have to check it out. <3

Also- I think you told me about Sark when we first met. I remember the name of that book. I still haven't gotten my hands on one to read. But I remember checking out her work online.

~Satah May 8, 2009

name: satah? or preferably emily. :D pretty much anything you want to call me, though. i love nicknames.
birthday: march 16th! i've been told that i was pushed out before march 17th because no-one wanted to give anyone in my family another reason to get drunk on st. pat's.
where do you live? ontario, canada! what what what what whaaat
what are you working as? uhmm, i might possibly have a job as a film director's assistant?! which is SO freaking exciting! that's also probably what i want to go to school for, but... i'm not sure.
what makes you happy? i think my top five (in no particular order) would be: reading in the sun, naps on the grass, a smoke by the lake, making music, writing poetry.
what are you listening to now? letter from god to man - dan le sac vs. scroobius pip ... seriously, go listen to it. SO GOOD!
what is particularly good/bad about my dA? things that are good: you are creative and bright and shining and create beautiful art that i love so much. the things that are bad: your art is not papering my house.
an interesting fact about you: i, uhmm... oh. when i'm walking down the street and i get an idea, i pretend to make a phonecall and use the "record audio" function on my cell to talk through it. :D people probably think i talk really dramatically to my friends because when i'm composing a poem or something, i use my hands a lot and stuff...
are you in love/have a crush at the moment? yeah, i guess so. unfortunately. kind of.
favorite place to be: by the lake with my girlfriend.
favourite lyric: what! whaaat! WHAT I CAN'T CHOOSE THAT!! okay. okay, here are my current top... uhm... five >>

i'm trying to find truth in words, in rhymes, in notes, in all the things i wish i'd wrote

we know i can't construct a poem 'cause words, like girls, get bored and run

got a soundtrack in my mind all the time: kids screaming from too much beat-up and they don't even rhyme, they just stand there on a street corner, skin tucked in and meat side out and shout and i'd like to turn 'em down but there ain't no knob!

i've got a hunger twisting my stomach into knots that my tongue has tied off

yp34v6Lmcc"my body is a cage. we take what we're given. just because you've forgotten, that don't mean you're forgiven.

best time of the year: either the transition between summer and autumn, when everything's beautiful but not... dead... or the transition between spring and summer. mmn. rain and stuff.
weirdest food you like: i've been told that loving grapefruit is weird?

recommend...
a film: OH MY GOD, FOREVER'S NOT SO LONG. SERIOUSLY. it's only fifteen minutes, and... holy shit.
a book: world war z - max brooks. orrr tigana - guy gavriel kay. orrrr lisey's story - stephen king.
a song: uhmm cristofori's dream - david lanz, because it is playing on my computer right now, and because it is beautiful.
a band: fishboy. they're amazing.

plus!
one thing you like about me: you're creative and kind and comment well. (:
two things you like about yourself: i try to help people and i read a lot. hurray.
into the journal? uhmm, probably not, but it'd be cool if you answered the questions anyway! :D if the urge struck you...

anyway, YES YES YES i want to see ALL of your art! ever! (:

~WordsAreMyWeakness May 17, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

<3 <3 <3

I love love love everything you linked me. Forever's Not So Long was AMAZING> <3

name: Julie
birthday: August 8th
where do you live? Atlanta
what are you working as? A stay at home mom.

what makes you happy? The sun... and other things. But the sun seems to have a strange power over me.
what are you listening to now? Cristofori's Dream - David Lanz - Thanks to you. <3
what is particularly good/bad about my dA? Your writing is lovely. You have such a gritty feel combined with beautiful imagery. I'm not sure how you do it really. It's like you sneak up behind me a scream beautiful things at me and then run off... a drive by aesthetic attack.
an interesting fact about you: Um... I can fold my tongue in half?
are you in love/have a crush at the moment? I am always in love with someone or something.
favorite place to be: The beach. I always feel so healthy there.
favourite lyric: Hm. For the time being...
"If you be my star
I'll be your sky
you can hide underneath me and come out at night
when I turn jet black and you show off your light
I live to let you shine
I live to let you shine

but you can skyrocket away from me
and never come back if you find another galaxy
far from here with more room to fly
just leave me your stardust to remember you by"
( [link]

z5H3iVjAlw )
best time of the year: Summer. I like it when it's hot.
weirdest food you like: Hm... I like pretty much everything, but I don't eat meat. I've tasted a bunch of "exotic" animals though... they weren't bad.

recommend...
a film: Gosh, this is hard after the one you gave me... Here - I'll return the favor with an 8 min student film my friends made while we were Freshmen at art school. It's called Descent. Unfortunately if you full screen it it looks horrible. Enjoy! [link]
a book: Peter Pan. Seriously. My favorite book ever.
a song: The Garden - Mirah [link]
a band: Hm... tricky... check out Jose Gonzalez... you might dig him.

plus!
one thing you like about me: You have impeccable taste in music, film, (probably books as well.)
two things you like about yourself: My drive for art and that I love to a fault.

And I'm so over loaded right now that that's all I got...

~Satah May 18, 2009

that film was sooo awesome! like, crazy cool.

yaaay (:

~WordsAreMyWeakness May 18, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

Glad you liked it.

!DeadStar87 May 8, 2009

yes to your extra question

i am interested now to see these interesting things you like

~WordsAreMyWeakness May 8, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

!DeadStar87 May 8, 2009

1. Name: Aimiee
2. Birthday: may
3.Where do you live: england
4: What are you studying/What are you working as: nothing which sucks

5. What makes you happy: rain
6. What are you listening to now/have listened to last: alkaline trio
7. What is particularly good/bad about my dA: your work makes me stand still/stop what i'm doing and question myself, which is a good effect to have

8. An interesting fact about you: i am slowly becoming nocturnal...
9. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment: kinda
10. Favorite place to be: beach
11. Favorite lyric: 'Meanwhile tin men are led by little girls, down golden roeads that lead to nowhere..'
12. Best time of the year: winter
13. Weirdest food you like: i'm quite a fussy eater, so wierd to me would be normal to you..

RECOMMEND
1. A film: mirromask
2. A book: safe from harm(technically a kids book but it's ace)
3. A song: Me against maradona vs Elvis by Brand New
4: A band: Brand New

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me: your optimism
2. Two things you like about yourself: erp, i'm very loyal and a good listener?( that was hard lol)
3. Put this in your journal so I can tell you what I think of you?
yep yep yep!

~WordsAreMyWeakness May 8, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

I'll have to check out Safe from Harm.

I love Mirrormask. So beautiful.
I like to put beautiful movies on when I'm doing art. In the background... you know, in hopes that some of that beauty leaks in.

I've heard of Brand New, but to be honest, I haven't ever really listened to them. So I'll give it a go.

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