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Pixel Icon Raffle! - Winners!I have now raffled the winners! > v <
First winner is ~Kiwi-San and the second one is ~Frangasm.
Congratulations! ^ - ^
Here's the screenshots: (If the image won't load click here.)
You can now delete this journal from your favourites.
Thank you for joining everyone! > v 0
Samples of my pixel icons:

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

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

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!

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.

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

[WINNERS!] Giveaway! [1000 points + Free Chibis~]WINNERS!
Thanks to those who participated! <3
#1 - :iconstellarhohoemi: =stellarhohoemi #145 http://gyazo.com/3c85275328e20e9c29b4df497496a3be
#2 - :iconpastachan415: =PastaChan415 #97 http://gyazo.com/ed9cd42a6db6852445a9238d2e97a10d
#3 - :iconanichan7: *anichan7 #1069 http://gyazo.com/c13f0ba1315169bd8c3535e8f3c39b6a
#4 - :iconUnImmortalBunny: ~UnImmortalBunny #1027 http://gyazo.com/a805ffcc725b8d75d08cabc0f47496c8
#5 - :iconSaKetosan: ~SaKetosan #1055 http://gyazo.com/f619d82896957ab4794d367f23a31e9c
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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.

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

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

XBOne... fixed.To everyone who says picking on Microsoft for their consumer unfriendly bullshit was "being unnecessarily mean," take a look at this. Don Mattrick just announced that Microsoft is back peddling with the XBOne, removing the disastrously awful features we've been bashing them for trying to inflict on us.
    Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.
    For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in order to deliver a breakthrough in game play and entertainment. We imagined a new set of benefits such as easier roaming, family sharing, and new ways to try and buy games. We believe in the benefits of a connected, digital future.
    Since unveiling our plans for X

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

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A New Year

by ~cobotenuss, Dec 30, 2008, 12:00:21 PM
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Reflections in the past year send my head spinning. To say it was a busy one is a dangerous understatement. Moving backward through time, I found out that I will be a father to a little brown-eyed girl. I wed my love, Neomi on a beach in Puerto Rico and then went for a swim, clothing and all, in the hotel pool directly after [link]
This year I also triumphantly illustrated my first book (I completed 128 illustrations in 30 days!) which will hit the stores this coming February, just a few days before my 30th birthday [link] [link]
2008 brought me back to Miami for Basel, took me on a road trip through New Mexico and Colorado, and a sail through the Caribbean. I displayed my paintings at the intrepid StoneFox Artspace in NYC [link] , created a shift in my work that I am truly proud of and join the community here at dA. It's truly been a pressure getting to know you all and I cherish all the friendships that have spawned through the pages of dA. I hope the New Year brings everyone of you everything you wish and more. It was a year of firsts in many ways and I can only begin to suspect what 2009 has in store.

As for resolutions and such, I have but one this year - to find gallery representation for my paintings and/or a publisher for my graphic novel work. It's time.

Happy New Year and all the best,
Reuben Negron
NYC, 2008

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Mood: Eye Candy
Listening to: the beat of my own drum
Reading: between the lines
Watching: the time pass by
Playing: with myself
Eating: my heart out
Drinking: sweet sweet satisfaction

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!Gothicjade Dec 30, 2008 Photographer

Ohhhhhhh my goodness lots has been going on in your life as well..... OHHHHHHHH my goodness congrats on you baby being a lil girl.... I was excited for you before but now WOW ..... She's going to be drop dead GORGEOUS with hot parents like you!!!

I'm sooooo totally excited and just jumping for JOY for all your wonderful and joyous news from this year. Most of all that baby girl.... what do you plan on naming her and when is she due again... I could go back through and find where you told me before..... but damn that would take effort.

Your wedding photos are PERFECT..... Naomi was absolutely stunning and I love the pop of red.... what a romantic setting and both of you look soooo crazy in LOVE ... it is just a beautiful thing.

My world as you saw is moving in a new direction. I am moving up to Canada after having met an awesome wonderful man that I have fallen head over heals for and have loads in common with. So all is good yet bitter sweet at the same time. Miss Mo and Syd will be staying here.

Anyways I hope that the New Year continues to bring you much love and success and creative inspiration. (I think a new little girl will do that just fine) As soon as I get settled I will be looking forward to seeing more updates from you

Make sure you tell that beautiful Naomi hello and congrats as well

~cobotenuss Jan 8, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

Lol, thank you for all your kindness. We have finally decided on 'Isabel Mia' for her name. She will pop out sometime towards the end of april/beginning of may. It's all very exciting and overwhelming. I'll be mister mom so I'm starting to bone up on my baby literature. I think i need to write a book geared towards dads. There just aren't any good ones out there... Oh, and thanks for checking out the wedding photos! It was so much fun. I wish we could still be there!

So your world will be changing soon too!Wow, he must be quite the man to make you uproot and move to Canada! Congratulations, I'm really happy for you. It's got to be a exciting time for the both of you. Where will you be moving to? Are you driving? If it's on the east coast then you need to make a pit stop in NYC!!!

!Elfin-Grrl Dec 30, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

Wow, all that in a year? Amazing! Did you get any time to eat and sleep?
Awww, when is your little brown eyed girl due? Congratulations! Your wedding sounded incredible!

Oh, is this a Freudian slip? It's truly been a pressure getting to know you all well it's been such a busy year after all!

Sorry, couldn't resist pointing it out! *smacks back of hand*

Here's to a wonderful year for you, a beautiful healthy family, Gallery representation and a publisher for your graphic novel, I know by this time next year you'll be telling us about all those things happening for you!

~cobotenuss Dec 31, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

lol, thanks for pointing that out! I'll make that edit shortly. oops!

Funny thing about this little entry is that it only touches on a few of the things that went on this year. I seriously can think of only a handful of weekends when i got to sleep in and enjoy a leisurely afternoon. But I love it when I'm busiest.

Thank you for your well-wishes and your support. I really do appreciate it!

All the best to you in 2009 - I look forward to seeing what new creations you've have for us this coming year!

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