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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

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)

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.

***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

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!

SBFF exclusive at SDCC!!DC has announced Super Best Friends Forever EXCLUSIVE maquettes for San Diego Comic Con 2013!!! http://www.themarysue.com/super-best-friends-statues/

Nintendo STEALS Money!Since this has been going around lately, I should probably give my two cents. Basically what it amounts to is that Nintendo has filed Content ID info of their games with YouTube. What this means is that if you upload gameplay video of a Nintendo game, YouTube will automatically monetize that video, put ads on it, a link to where to buy the game, and take the money generated from that video and give it directly to Nintendo. People who do "let's play" videos are, naturally, pissed off because they want to be earning money off their videos, so they're calling Nintendo "thieves" for doing this.
I can see both sides to the story. I can see Nintendo as a corporation wanting to exercise control over their properties. On the other hand, "let's play" videos can often help new gamers find games they otherwise wouldn't have tried.
But here's the thing: Nintendo isn't the first company do this. Both Microsoft and Ubisoft do it already. YouTube has also had a long history of having music videos and

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by *xuza, Aug 25, 2011, 10:16:10 AM
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EDIT: She took it down. Thanks you guys for helping out <3333!!

So according to a friend who talked to dA staff, it's now totally allowed to call people out on art theft in your journal ^o^/ And since I'm rather infuriated, I'm going to do just that!

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Comparison: [link]
(From [link] )

I've sent her notes about this shit already. She copied a lot of stuff from Reboot: aspects of character designs, the Digimon umbrella OST covers, right down to directly copied text from the first episode of Reboot. Attempted to copy the evolution videos by using the same music and digivice sequence, and the glowy rings from the ultimate evo screens.

She apologized, claimed "until you pointed it out, I really didn't notice", "that was total coincidence", "my friend that didn't read Reboot wrote those parts of the chapter!", "my friend designed that character", "you don't know how sorry I am. I shall fix this. promise."
And then took down the offending stuff, changed the copied episode quotes, and I was happy and thankful.

So in good faith I figured that was that and she would stop pulling this shit, even though I didn't believe her excuses. She's what, 17, she should know better.

Now I get bullshit like
"wow, so i used the same pose as you, seriously?
you can't copyright a pose
and using the same pose is the only thing i did."

REALLY? [link] ???? THAT'S NOT TRACING?

Sorry, I'm really mad. This is like.... the fifth time something like this has cropped up from her.

Help me out by reporting her? :/ I'm really fucking sick of this. I'm not asking you to go and bash her, seriously, don't do that. Just click "Report Deviation" and link to [link] as the original source. You can link to the gif [link] as well in the comments.

Normally I wouldn't make journals for this stuff and would take care of it myself. But this just does not stop and I've already tried to deal with her myself. I need help.

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=phoenixrebel Sep 5, 2011

Um no offense (seriously no offense) but that's kind of a common pose. Of course this one is traced, but had she not traced it and just referenced it (because lets face it any artist that's still improving will look for art of the type of pose they want to draw if they can't find IRL reference, I do it all the time if I'm struggling on a pose I can't seem to get right without reference) then yes, she is kind of right. You can't copyright a pose.

Even if you customized the pose and no other art had it, if the person has a digital camera and wants to take a picture of themselves in that pose and then trace themselves or reference themselves, it'd be perfectly allowed. We're all humans and can make the same poses and there's only so many ways a body will bend.

Now this one... that one is ESPECIALLY common. I stand exactly like that IRL frequently, and I bet many others have as well.

*xuza Sep 5, 2011 Digital Artist

I know you can't copyright a pose. I was pissed because it was completely traced.
It's one thing to stand the same, it's another to have the exact same proportions, clothing folds, finger placements, face layout, etc.
In any case, she admitted to tracing it.

=phoenixrebel Sep 5, 2011

Ah I see.

~TormentedPuppet Aug 26, 2011

Sweet a new form of art theft I can perfect! Keep these journals coming! Har har har B]

~Okagami Aug 25, 2011

Well at least she took it down =w=
There was one girl not too long ago who kept on insisting that

had stolen the pic she posted from her. When the thief was confronted about it she kept saying over and over again "I gave all my proof to the admins and justice will prevail" (No I'm not kidding she really did say that) and eventually she got banned, but she got on =psyconorikan Messenger and kept harassing her claiming that she was the victim here.
The nerve of some people XD

~RazielXavier Aug 25, 2011 Student Writer

Geez! The least they could have done in this situation was to ask you for permission for the original line-art, actually trace it, and then reference you for the whole thing. People are retarded these days.

Go, Xuza! I'm backing you all the way. And I have a good lawyer if it comes down to it again. xD

~Sunamon Aug 25, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

guys, can i ask you to read this, please? [link]
i know most of you probably won't, seeing as you all hate me
your choice

*bluster-squall Aug 25, 2011 Hobbyist Artist

I just have nothing to say except: why don't people ever LEARN?!

*xuza Aug 25, 2011 Digital Artist

Only time will tell!

~JinxyNightmare Aug 25, 2011

while looking through her gallery.. some of her older artwork looks like it's been traced from 'The Lion King'. I might be wrong, but some of the drawings looks like they been traced... =\ her current style doesn't match TLK's style at all..

but I'm glad she deleted the image. ^^

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