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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

OPEN Raffle/Giveaway! [1000 points + Free Chibis~]I barely noticed that I reached 1,000 watchers! :iconpapcryplz::iconpapcryplz::iconpapcryplz:
I can't thank you gaiz enough. AND OMG--
Just thanks so much for liking my art and stuff. It means so much to me. I can't even describe it in words. :iconuhuhuhuplz:
So how about I describe it in a picture instead? A picture is worth a thousand words~
:iconureshiiplz:
So let me give back and thank everyone by doing a raffle! YUSH!
So let's begin!
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How do I participate?
You /must/ be a watcher to participate. Please do not watch me if you are just entering for this raffle. ;_;
If you are already a watcher, just favorite this journal. (:
Can I be entered more than once?
Yeup<3 If you make a journal about my raffle and show me proof (like a link to your journal), you get entered 1 more time.
If you comment here with corny/cheesy pick-up line or a funny picture,

CONTEST! Win 1500 points! P.Membership! And More!

Draw My Naruto OC Contest!!!
Manku Urakami
Shippuuden – right outfit

colors take from here http://tonemi.deviantart.com/art/Manku-Urakami-345814033
Pre Shippuuden

Her pairing Sora - http://s001.radikal.ru/i193/1305/de/d7f6152c3bc8.png
I want join! What I'll do?
If you want join:
*READ A RULES.
*I don't do some list of contest members, if you want draw for my contest, just do it!
*MOORE CREATIVITY!

*Send me link in finished draw here in comments, or in notes.
*I'll put your draw in *Entries
*Congratulations! Your' a member! :iconimsrspervplz:
Rules

Draw my Naruto OC Manku Urakami. It's can be all thet u want, fan art, face screenshots, couple art or else.

ART must be drawd for my contest! Not commission for me, not AT's, only new and your draws.

No base! No trace! Only own draws!

You may enter only one draw for every contest c

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

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.

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

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

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

CONTEST TIME!LOVE LOVE LOVE
Hello everybody!
This journal is for comunicate to all about a new contest organized by: :iconrinashuu: :iconmissuses: :iconChiiochi:
Here is a little explication about the contest.
The Theme is "Pinku pink Friends", they are a group of OC's made of our 3 characters: Chisa, Missu and Chiio.
The description of the group is: a group of friends, like sisters, they are very close and insaparable friends.
This contest starts on June 10th and the deadline is on August 10th! All entries need to be sent to the
organizers in comments or notes.
RULES:
1. All the entries need to have the 3 characters on it.
3. Max of 3 entries for person.
Allowed
1. Chibis, full body, thigh up, headshot, etc
2. Pixel icons
3. Digital and Traditional art
Not allowed
1. Bases
2. Tracing
3. +18
4. Copy other users entries
All entries need to follow the rules or they will be disqualified.

PRIZES!
FOR THE FIRST PLACE
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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.

500 points GIVEAWAY!Hi Good Day~ Pusheen here~ I am hosting this 500

giveaway and this is my first time x) I am doing this to help others out there to have points~
This will end at July 2, 2013, 12:00 GMT
-3 winners will win home the bacon! A total of 500 will be given out at random using random.org!
PRICES

1st winner - 300

and a free feature in all of my three lists, watch fave and llama

2nd winner - 150

and a free watch and llama feature

3rd winner - 50

and a free watch feature
RULES

You must FAVE this journal.
You must make a journal about this giveaway, tell a friend or spread to your group .
[Star!] Watch me.
[Star!] Comment below the link of your journal about my giveaway~

SUPPORTERS OF THIS GIVEAWAY
Since this is my first time hosting a giveaway, I am willing to help the deviantart community this way. I

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

Music Is My Inspiration ContestWell guys I've decided to start my own contest, because I had awesome feedback on the idea ^_^
It'll be my first contest that I've held...EVER! So it's very exciting :3
So, about the theme of the contest. Well whenever I've felt down and blue because I've been slapped upside the head with an art block, I like to wallow in self pity and blast my favourite tunes XD (LOL) It's extremely therapeutic

and it really does help to inspire me with new ideas

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A perfect example would be my OC's Medi-kate & Black Nova, both created from inspiration from music.
http://fav.me/d609vsk http://fav.me/d5tfe4z
So basically the gist of it is, I want you guys to listen to some music, find a song that inspires you, pick one of my OC's, and create something awesome

With all that being said, let's get down to the nitty gritty details!
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Theme: Music Is My Inspiration
Deadline: 2 months from now (12 August 2013)
Rules:

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Llamas...

by *artsangel, Apr 9, 2010, 7:35:03 PM
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I'm starting to think that the llamas are a bad thing. It's enough that people obsess over their page views and watchers, now it seems they are going to obsess over how many llamas they can collect.
Really, it just makes things competitive. Why do things need to be competitive? The only person an artist should compete with is themselves. One should never actually strive to become better than somebody else.

Eh, it's new. Maybe the novelty will die down

I must say, I do rather like my little super albino llama though.

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Listening to: Mumford & Sons

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~Neithan-Diniem Apr 10, 2010 Student Digital Artist

I have two llamas, and I dont care about that fact nor care to have more. One I got from a completely random person who then messaged me asking me to "return the favor." I say this, If a person is a good artist, they get a llama from me. If not, they better have made a good impression on me some other way.

DA was much better before the whole "watchers" and now "llamas" craze. its all about how many you have and people think itll set them above the rest. In the end, itll all be worthless.

~shinu-akamatsu Apr 10, 2010 Student Digital Artist

Hm, I think it's just a fad. It'll die in a little while. Although they are kind of cute

~ColletteJEllis Apr 10, 2010 Professional General Artist

I agree, some people seem a little too exited about the whole thing :/ in all honesty I couldn't care less

What matters is being succesfull as an artist and enjoying what you do. People who waste time worrying about pageviews and lamas are just full of their own egos

lol

*Khaiya Apr 10, 2010 Professional General Artist

For me, I don't care either way for them haha, but if someone gives me a llama badge and I know them, I generally give one back, because I'm sure it'll make them happy.

I can think of a few reasons why dA would have done it though. It would mean more activity on their site, and as people go around trying to get more they would come across artists they might not have seen before, which is kinda nice for undiscovered artists I'd think. So long as people don't go around giving the badges without even glancing at the art of course XD

Oh right, another reason dA would have done it is to showcase their new points money-making thingy.

!kalbojehki Apr 10, 2010

I find them deeply confusing. What are they even for? Imaginary points? never mind you don't have to answer this, I'm just feverish and talking, but er, I bet I agree with you.

<3 lol

~Firestorm-the-Poet Apr 10, 2010 Hobbyist Writer

I agree, I think there are some that are taking this llama thing way too far.
Though, with that said, I am having fan giving random deviants llamas.

What can I say, I'm easily amused.

~keiiii Apr 10, 2010

There's nothing wrong with llamas or pageviews, really -- these things only become a problem for individuals who choose to obsess about them.

~AdisCrow Apr 10, 2010 Student Traditional Artist

I've had a few misgivings myself. But they're fun as long as you don't get too worked up.

~Sidtheodd1 Apr 10, 2010 Student General Artist

The llamas are cute, I'll admit it, but I have only one, and for the most part, I'm okay with that. And even though it does seem like people are getting obsessed over it, it is pretty fun to get one.

~Yalithkbk Apr 10, 2010

I think they're silly. This site is supposed to be about sharing your personal art, not competitions or popularity contests. I'd hate to see it take the route of Facebook where everyone sees how many they can get.

I got a random llama from someone the other day. I went to their profile and the only comments were people thanking them for llamas. They didn't even have any art posted! Why would you have an account just for that?

And like many other people who have posted here, I didn't even know they existed until I got one. I'm still not sure what they were originally supposed to signify. Obviously they're just turning into some sort of status symbol thing. Blah. Boo llamas!

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