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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.
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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

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

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.

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.

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!

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by ~The-3DArtist, May 17, 2009, 9:28:04 AM
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So I've lamented in the past over the low amount of traffic may DA page gets but I'm not ungrateful for the traffic I do receive. I am, however, immensely curious about the images that get looked at or more to the point, the one image that gets looked at the most. [link] Is a model from my Rhino 3D years, the shadow of which has long since faded in my mind. Oddly, despite the fact of the image's age and despite the rather mundane subject and poor execution (in my opinion), it is my most viewed and most faved image. This both pleases and baffles me. What attracts people to this image? Has the work done afterward been of lesser visual appeal or do people just like shiny things? I feel I must spend some time dissecting the image to discern an answer.

Oh, and no, it has not escaped my attention that by linking to the image I have contributed to the very thing that confounds me.

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Listening to: The Mighty Monarch!
Reading: ...is fundamental.
Watching: The Venture Bros. Season 3
Playing: With my printer
Eating: Something that was alive but is now dead.
Drinking: Freshly squeezed innards of the above.

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~hollows-grove May 17, 2009

I consider myself an amature 3d artist, and have been interested in programs like zBrush, which you seem to do quite outstanding work with. I've got my BFA in Figurative Sculpting, so doing it on the computer seems like a natural progression for me. Unfortunatly my old computer got zonked and I had a ripped off zBrush 9.0 on it, and havent had the time to install it again, since I found it to be semi-cumbersome to make something from start to finish.

I love your work honestly, and I think I've looked atleast once, of all the pieces in your gallery. I'm even surprised to see your non-3d artwork! A nice touch to be sure!

~The-3DArtist May 18, 2009 Professional General Artist

Thanks!

~Dub-T May 17, 2009

I have no idea why folks would ignore your more recent works. But I have no idea why most people do the things that they do

As for the sword. Aside from the anime bit, which seems to garner a lot of attention around here, the design is elegant and strong. It's simply a good piece. In my opinion you have much better work but this piece is by no means bad.

I say just chalk it up to human weirdness.

~The-3DArtist May 17, 2009 Professional General Artist

Thanks! Yeah, it may be simpler to classify it as such and call it a day.

~Dub-T May 17, 2009

BTW, aside from the tutorials on the ZBrush page could you recommend any other sources for learning the intricacies of ZB 3.1?

I think I've got a grasp on sculpting and painting but anything else I'm pretty much lost when it comes to applying materials and all the other stuff.

~The-3DArtist May 18, 2009 Professional General Artist

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Lastly, my fav place for ZBrush training:
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~Dub-T May 18, 2009

Thanks a ton! These should keep me bust for a while. Much appreciated!

~Butch007 May 17, 2009

A lot of 2D artists complain about not being able to break ground with their original characters, because people are only into fanart...so you're doing 3D which people generally have all kinds of issues with for whatever reasons and then you're also doing original characters. Basically the only place you'll get any respect is the modeling forums...UNTIL you hit some nerve with one piece of art and then if you model a pile of doo-doo there will be something indescribably profound about it.

~The-3DArtist May 17, 2009 Professional General Artist

Interesting theory. I can see many of the points raised may have contributed to the case at hand. Thanks!

~Butch007 May 17, 2009

I think there are a couple of things at work...first of which being that DeviantArt by and large is anti-3D. If you're not an already established 3D artist or until you attain some serious commercial success most times people are going to see the thumbnail, think it's cool, click through and say "Oh, it's 3D" or like and not fav it or know that it's 3D and decided even if the thumbnail caught their eye that they won't like it, because it's 3d. It's fucked up, but that's what it is man. Another thing is that I think the sword appealed to the lowest common denominator. A lot of people like sword/weapon design, but I also think that things have changed a bit since the sword pic.

On top of those things scantily clad women with inhuman proportions (not all together horrible lol) or art that is "Manga" inspired or fanart are what's in style as far as original art. Also, people tend to like singular cool looking characters that pop up time and time again in different scenarios that begin to allude to some kind of storytelling.

Dude, I would bet you anything if you did a 3D version of Totoro in a full scene with real 3D hair it would trounce that sword's stats ass a couple of times.

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