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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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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... and a special thanks to those who keep up with even the loyalty with my photography ...
Please give all of them your attention,

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by *nJoo, Jul 15, 2012, 12:28:01 PM
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I just wanted to replace the last journal so I thought to write a new random journal.

I've been trying to get a bit more involve with personal art lately, I've been so busy with work that I haven't really had much time to surf the art sites for all the juicy arts out there, so I'm going to try to spend more time lurking around in the online art community.

I've been so behind with the DA notes/email and sorry for anyone if I didn't reply, I'm going to go thru them this week and try to reply to most of the unanswered notes

I said most, because 90% of the note I gets are... and i'll answer it here.

1) can you draw *fill in the blank*, but I can't pay, but i'll give you a big % when it goes out and gets really big,etc.
I really want to help if I can , and I'm serious, but I literally have ZERO free time lately, and I need to work so I can feed my dog Jingo.

2) Can I use your artwork for my project,etc?
I think it's really nice that you ask for commission unlike a lot of people that just decides to use it without asking

  The thing is almost all of the artwork on DA are freelance work done for different companies, so the copyright really belongs to them, so I can't really give the permission, sorry.

Anyways, there goes my boring journal haha, I promise I'll update with something a bit more informative soon.  There're actually tonnes of things happening in my life that it'll just take too long to type, they're mostly all good so yay!

Btw for anyone that actually reads this... can anyone recommend any really nice/simple artist website layout?  I really need to update my personal website, and any help would be good to point me in a good direction!  I'm so bad with these design type stuff so I need something easy and simple.  Thanks in advance!!!!

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~CassandreBolan Aug 14, 2012 Professional General Artist

I used Weebly, it provides free hosting and has online design software. No learning curve neccessary but even a tech tard like me was able to tweak certain things a bit in css/html (like colors, for instance). I could tweak even more because i knew photoshop and could make myself a custom background and banner. I tried wordpress but-too hard. lol. weebly is easy. you can hook your own domain name to it too. i got my domain name from godaddy and just bought an email address to go along with it. godaddy is not great though-but cheap. might want to go with something else.

I set up a blog as well, pretty easy.

As it happens I just went to your website and it did cross my mind that your work would be viewed a lot easier as a picture slideshow instead of popping up as separate tabs.
if you want to see what i did with my portfolio site its below, weebly also has a list of websites as examples to see what you can do,
www.cassandrebolan.com

~Bahkana Jul 16, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Hey nJoo really glad to see you pushing out some personal work again, they are always a joy to behold. The CA C.O.W.s you do are awesome man I hope you can keep them up.

As for a website design there are a couple of easy ones to do, wordpress has already been recommended but there's also SquareSpace it has a module system kinda like DA for your page. Also there's always google sites you can do for free, and you can even tie it to a domain name you want too assuming you have one (they are a couple bucks a year).

If you ever need any help with techie stuff feel free to shoot me a note/email/skype

~static-pen Jul 16, 2012

Hey Andrew -

Wordpress is a pretty simple and really flexible direction to explore. You can get some pretty clean layouts in their rather sizeable collection and alter (or not) as you see fit. Mine is hosted by wordpress ([link]) and there are layouts similar to Danny Gardner's, ([link]) and Noah Bradley's, as has been linked above, as well.

Look forward to hearing about the recent work you've been putting in!

~Fltr-Rndr-SteakSauce Jul 16, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Hey Andrew,

Maybe this is a what "not" to use post... haha!

However, I am using WIX.com and you can check out my site here [link] for an example my crappy forever "still under construction" website.

So WIX starts off FREE! If you like adds on your web site... which is lame... so then you go Pro to get rid of the adds but for some odd reason the Tab Title still reads Wix.com before your Website Title... also lame...

I have to say that it is really simple and easy to make your website any way you like. I love it for that reason. I hate it because its Flash... but... they do offer an upgrade option to allow for mobile viewing... however... I don't know what that means... if it's Flash... its flash... and it still won't work on iPhone or iPads because they don't support Flash viewing though I have seen rumors on the web that Flash support is written in the stars so take that for what its worth. Maybe it will happen maybe it won't.

My final opinion is that for the $250 ish dollars that I spent on a 2 year run for the website... I am not satisfied only for the reason that its Flash and I am thinking about calling to get a partial refund or something like that and see if I can't go with WordPress like the last post mentioned. There are some good tutorials online that quickly walk you through setting up a WordPress website with whatever domain you purchase.

If you don't mind your website loading in Flash and maybe loading a bit on the slow side then I suppose this is the way to go.

Love your work!

Scott

*peterryczkowski Jul 15, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

wordpress. you can set it up on your site. here is a nice one, but not mine
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*thomasVanDijk Jul 15, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

Let me know what you want for your website, and I'll see what I can find that might suit you. But right of the bat, I think you can't go wrong with a slider or a lightbox (or both). That's jQuery, so you need to be able to handle that.

~Pondor Jul 15, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Hey Andrew, since you asked I'd like to recommend Noah's website, it's the best around for layout and he's a super artist to boot! Check it: [link]

*nJoo Jul 15, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

wow his bg are mindblowing haha, wow~!

~Rehugun Jul 15, 2012 Student General Artist

You should do more work in the style of this piece [link] Yo should also do a tutorial o n how you do those awesome cell shades.

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