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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

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.

100 point giveaway!Because I can. c:

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???
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!

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

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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"Art is Hard"

by ~WordsAreMyWeakness, Apr 23, 2009, 9:18:36 AM
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"Cut it out, your self-inflicted pain is getting too routine
the crowds are catching on to the self-afflicted song
well here we go again, the art of acting weak
fall in love to fail, to boost your CD sales
and that CD sells yeah what a hit, you got to repeat it
you gotta sink to swim

First you don't, you don't succeed
you gotta recreate your misery
cause we all know art is hard
young artists have gotta starve
try and fail and try again
the comforts of repetition
keep churnin' out those hits
till its all the same old shit

Oh, a second verse
well color me fatigued
I'm hiding in the leaves
in the CD jacket sleeves
tired of entertaining
some double-dipped meaning
a soft served analogy
those drunken angry slur
in 31 flavors
you gotta sink gotta sink gotta sink to swim
immerse yourself in rejection
regurgitate some sorry tale
about a boy who sells his love affairs

Gotta fake (fake) fake (fake) fake the pain
gotta make (make) make (make) make a scene
gotta break (break) break (break) break a leg
when you get on stage and they scream your name
oh cursive is so cool!

You gotta sink gotta sink gotta sink to swim
impersonate greater persons
cause we all know art is hard
when we don't know who we are"

-Cursive, Art is Hard ([link] )

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I love that... "We all know art is hard, when we don't know who we are."

I'm behind on commenting on deviations. Sorry. But I'm adamant on giving each one the view it deserves. So you may get comments on work you put up a while ago.

I worry about that... when I'm happy again - will my art stop. It has before. There are HUGE gaps. I guess that's the difference between an artist and someone who uses art as a cure. A crutch. I don't think I could make it in the art field - doing art on demand for money.

Also - that's the second time I've done that (hit enter instead of shift and send a journal entry without finishing it.) Sorry about that.

Also also - honest art is always better than pretty art.

"You've got to sink to swim" (Cursive)
"Nobody gets to where they are without a fight" (The Hedrons)

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Mood: Isolated
Listening to: Cursive - Art is Hard
Eating: Thinking about eating lunch...
Drinking: Yummy tea from Aveda

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~screamcolours Apr 23, 2009 Writer

ps i feel like this whole thing was written at me
and i really like this
alot
even if it wasnt
it looks like a big reply to my journal

so i kinda thank you alot for that.
even if its unintentional

~WordsAreMyWeakness Apr 24, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

<3

You definitely spawned this thought process.

I was sitting there writing what I did to you... and then I completely realized that I should take some of my own advice.

It's like... I'm releasing emotion in tight measured amounts - I'm afraid I'll run out. You know? My work is too tight and too clean.

So at another person's recommendation, I'm taking an art day this Sat. And hopefully you'll see some different kind of stuff from me. I hope people will still like it. But I know that's not the point. <3

So thank YOU!

~screamcolours Apr 23, 2009 Writer

quick reply before i can really reply after exams

one of my poems for enlgish say that to be happy is to be unhuman.
-thomas gray.

just so you know. hahahaha. i feel smart, but im sure thats wrong anyways.

:'( i am so sad with exams. i'll miss you for the 4 days before i come back

then wednesday is my birthday

~WordsAreMyWeakness Apr 24, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

Haha... that's kind of funny, and definitely something to think about.

And you are smart.

And YAY!!! Happy Birthday! (early) I hope you have a lovely day... and that it' so wonderful that you're "unhuman". hehe.

I think I'm going to use that now... instead of happy.

~artisjustfrozenmusic Apr 23, 2009

I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!!!!!!!

*dances*

~WordsAreMyWeakness Apr 23, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

*dances too*

I love Cursive. I think they're pretty brilliant.

~artisjustfrozenmusic Apr 24, 2009

*dance party!*

~All-Blue Apr 23, 2009

I think expressing yourself through art is a good thing. I've found out that not a lot of people can do that, because they themselves don't know how.

I typically draw more whenever I'm in the dumps as well, because I need something to get me through the day. I need something that will hug me back. Now I just draw because I want to, no matter the feeling.

I love what you've put up here (in this journal and your art

) because its all too true. It really sickens me when people are all 'omg i cut myself DDDDD8 plz help me, i've been through so much'

Its...Its being dumbed down.

Like the word 'awesome' for instance.

Awesome was something so moving that it was terrifying, and usually this is only used in a religious sense in angels, demons, gods, ect.

Now it just means 'cool'.

-shakes head- Cutting isn't good, but cutting without a cause? That...that just kills me a little bit

~WordsAreMyWeakness Apr 25, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

I definitely this the use of art as a means of expression and therapy is a good thing. I think some of the best art comes from such endeavors. But I wish I could call it on command some times. I wish I was one of those people that can do happy art. I guess I do sometimes...

Haha... I never thought about "awesome" like that. I'll have to be sure to use it correctly now. I don't think I say it too often, amazing - I say that one waaay too much.

As for cutting without a cause... I don't think anyone really does that to be honest. Even if it's for attention. Sometimes I wonder if those kinds of people are really worse off. You know? If you're *that* attention starved then something is definitely wrong.

<3

*hugs*

Hope you're doing well.

~abigay Apr 23, 2009

i'm sorry you'r not happy at the moment
i can't word that to not sound wierd, but i mean it in a concerned(?) way!
xx

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