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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 :)
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!
A giveaway??? Rules are below. (80 pts):wow:Yea... and if you don't read the rules, you won't get anything out of this.:wow:

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!!! :hooray:



:star:What you have to do:star:
:bulletred: Favorite this journal... you don't have, you don't enter
:bulletred: Comment saying you entered; I'll be lenient on this one
:bulletyellow: Advertise; you don't have to but is looked up upon
:bulletred: No duplicate accounts; seriously, you need points THAT bad???
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:star: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
Tiny contest! Point prizes8D Time for another little fun challenge!
Draw inside the shape contest!
Rules
:bulletgreen: You can enter as many times as you want.
:bulletgreen: No shading required
:bulletgreen: You must choose one of the characters in this folder http://griffsnuff.deviantart.com/gallery/24055808
:bulletgreen:Remember to remove the shape/lines when you are done!
:bulletgreen: The character needs to be full body.
:bulletgreen: try to fill as much as the shape as possible!
:bulletred: You can not alter the shape.
:bulletred: 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
Weekly 100 Points Giveaway [OPEN] Week 3Alright, time for another one :dummy:
There will be 2 winners ( 50 :points: each ) on this giveaway.
:bulletblue:It's easy to participate
:bulletred: :+fav: This journal.
:bulletred: 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.
[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:points: away at random to celebrate! Leave a comment and I will enter you for the chance to win!
1st 200:points:
2nd 150:points:
3rd 50:points:
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
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 :aww:
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
WIN A 3 MONTH PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP!so i decided to just do a giveaway for the premium i wanted to give. :)
i'll be doing more of these in time, since that's mostly what my points will be for- giving premiums away. ♥
WAYS TO ENTER:
• you must be (or can become) a watcher of mine
•  make a journal or poll featuring this giveaway, then comment this with the link to your journal/poll
• do not enter more than once, you will be disqualified
after you comment i will reply with a number and i will choose the winner using http://www.miniwebtool.com/random-name-picker/
GIVEAWAY WILL END NEXT THURSDAY (THE 20) AT 6 PM (PST)
winner will be announced via journal and will receive a note from me
have fun! CC:
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Freelance Work...

:iconcobotenuss:

...it's been killing me. Although, to be fair, I can't complain.

Earlier this year I was really struggling - I had several jobs and a group show fall through and I didn't know how I would pay rent. I was a mess.

But then - BOOM! The flood gates opened and I was inundated with more freelance work than I can handle. So far this summer I've produced events for Disney, am working on an event for Lipton, illustrated my second book cover, started work on my first fully book, produced my first national ad campaign, contributed once again to Rabid Rabbit, lent my artwork to a band called The Informant [link] for their debut cd, was commissioned for a large-scale watercolor painting, was commissioned to restore a 20 year old gouache painting, designed a few websites and worked as a professional photographer, photographing head shots, portraits and events.

Needless to say, I've had very little time for painting...

In the meantime I've been uploading a mess of photos to my other deviant account here: [link]

This one which I jut posted a few hours ago is a personal favorite: [link]

I should be getting back to painting soon - hopefully within the month. I've got a series of smaller watercolors that have been swimming around my head for too long and I'll be getting those out first. Until then - Please enjoy the photos.

Cheers~

Reuben
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`oilsoaked Sep 19, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
will you ever have time for our collabs???? :lol: But seriously, it's good to have work. most definitely. you can eat those ridiculous $100 meals again. haha!

are you two still planning to go abroad?
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~cobotenuss Sep 19, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Oh course I will have time to work with you. How about we set a date now so when we get back from PR we can make it happen? As for the $100 meals - I've given them up, just too rich for my tastes. I'm a simple man. Give me nachos!

Oh yeah - we're still going abroad. I think we found our starting point too - Nepal!
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`oilsoaked Sep 28, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Holy crap. Sounds very exciting. I'll toss you an email, for dates and locations and whatnot.
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!Gothicjade Aug 18, 2008   Photographer
I'm impressed Sir with all your mad skills and talents!!! At least you are one person working in the industry and using your artistic skills that are soooooo friggen phenomenal :D
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~cobotenuss Aug 18, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
It's been a fucking whirlwind. Sometimes I struggle to stay afloat but so far so cool. It's been a long and bumpy road but I figure as long as I have a death grip on it and never let go - I should be ok.

And now I'm ready to get back to some watercolor painting! It's been way too long!!!
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!Gothicjade Aug 20, 2008   Photographer
You know it..... and we (my daughter and I ... and I sure all of your DA fans) are ready for you to get back into your painting!!! Is that your one true passion the water color???

BTW.... thank you soooo much for giving Morganne - Nothought the great and thorough advice on the art school question that she asked. I am very impressed and thankful for you taking the time to do so!!! You're an awesome person.... thank you again :hug:
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~cobotenuss Aug 21, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
One true passion? Hmm... well it's what I use for my paintings and I love it - we've got an understanding, watercolors and I. But one true passion? That might just be image making in general. :love:

And as for the advice - no problem! I hope it was helpful. At one point I was not sure if what I was saying was even coherent (i have a tendency to blather when speaking about something passionately). But if you guys have any other questions about art school or need me to expand/clarify anything I was saying, please feel free to let me know!
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!Gothicjade Aug 21, 2008   Photographer
You gave wonderful advice and you are the one that we'd ask or I should say that she would ask... she's got such a respect for your work and style :D I like that in general your just a downright sweetheart :D

Ohhhhh how are the pics of your sweetheart coming??? ventured with any new ones lately hmmmmmmmmm.... ;)
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~cobotenuss Aug 21, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Awww :blush: thanks! That means a lot to me.

As for those pics of my special lady friend - well, she'd not too keen on having her nakedness on the internet. I showed her the photos I'd post - and while she agreed that they are pretty kick-ass images, she's a little too shy to have them swimming about the interwebs.

So I guess that means I'll just have to photograph another model - one not so modest. ;)
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!Elfin-Grrl Aug 18, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Fantastic, All sounds so positive and exciting! Though I'm sure it can get overwhelming at times too.
Good luck with it all, am looking forward to seeing more works :D :heart:
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