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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! :la:
*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
:star: Draw my Naruto OC Manku Urakami. It's can be all thet u want, fan art, face screenshots, couple art or else.
:star: ART must be drawd for my contest! Not commission for me, not AT's, only new and your draws.
:star: No base! No trace! Only own draws!
:star: 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 :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.
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
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
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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500 points GIVEAWAY!Hi Good Day~ Pusheen here~  I am hosting this 500 :points: 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 :points: will be given out at random using random.org!
PRICES
:bulletpink:  1st winner - 300 :points: and a free feature in all of my three lists, watch fave and llama
:bulletpink: 2nd winner - 150 :points: and a free watch and llama feature
:bulletpink: 3rd winner - 50 :points: and a free watch feature
RULES

:star: You must FAVE this journal.
:star: 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
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. 
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
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 :P and it really does help to inspire me with new ideas :D.
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 :dummy:
With all that being said, let's get down to the nitty gritty details!
*****************************************************************
Theme: Music Is My Inspiration
Deadline: 2 months from now (12 August 2013)
Rules:
:star:Fave
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Grandesque
The Grandesque is the largest aerie in Windsonde. It is home to most gryphons and some of the most touted warriors call this aerie home. They are an easygoing, permissive lot that simply try to go about their business and live their lives happily. They have many amenities at Grandesque including hatchling nurseries, large sand baths, deep crystal caves, and intricate cave systems. Trade and barter are how goods are passed around.

Their culture is one of democracy. They are, as mentioned before, a permissive society on the whole. Rules and laws are very basic and mainly deal with not interfering in others lives. Since this is the case, drugs and excess are often found at Grandesque - much like in a rich casino. The Skrekrill consider their entire culture disgusting.

Grandesques are on relatively good terms with the Twistoults but violent enemy to the Skrekrill. They don't have clans insomuch as jobs. Depending on your skill, you are given a clan title to go along with your name. It is considered proper to introduce yourself with both names, or have an item that displays your clan symbol prominently. A gryphon may, at many times, belong to more than one clan.

The Clans of Grandesque:


      :bulletblue:Balach - Warriors and fighters. Guards. Mercenaries. Assassins.
      |Clan Symbol|

      :bulletblue:Fallean - Gatherers by trade. Food related tradesmen, excepting meat. A very large clan.
      |Clan Symbol|

      :bulletblue:Slaghre - Hunters by trade. Meat traders, skinners. A huge clan.
      |Clan Symbol|

      :bulletblue:Samhradh - Craftspeople. This is the largest clan in Grandesque. It includes metalsmiths, woodworkers, general tradesmen and the like. The clan name simply means "to make," or "makers".
      |Clan Symbol|

      :bulletblue:Dearmaad - Mothers, nursemaids, childrearers, nannies.
      |Clan Symbol|

      :bulletblue:Drusieach - Mystics, druids or spiritual advisors & healers. Grandesque does not keep up with organized religion, so most of these gryphons are quacks or cultists - this is the smallest clan on Grandesque and is a dying one.
      |Clan Symbol|

      :bulletblue:Faclair - The aristocrats. Another huge clan. Those who don't need to work or sustain themselves alone. These types make up most of Grandesque. Generally any gryphon that is a Faclair does not overlap with another clan unless it is Dearmaad.
      |Clan Symbol|

    Living Space:
    A gryphon lives in an aerie, which is comprised of many different caverns in the canyon-like rock of their home. The aeries resemble these images: |1|2|3|4|5|

    Current Inhabitants of Grandesque:

    Challenges:
    :pointr:When submitting challenges please title your deviation G(for Grandesque)-[character name]-[rank]-[challenge #].  For example, G-Binky-Young Gryphon-1.  Then submit your deviation to the Rank Challenges gallery folder.
    :pointr: Do not combine challenges, they must be done individually.
    :pointr: You must complete the challenges in order!
      :bulletred:Young Gryphon
        1. Ahh, the forests of Twistoult are so relaxing! So relaxing that you seem to have wandered off the path. What do you find?

        2. You have blundered into Skrekrill territory, and some Gunna toughs have spotted you. What will you do?

        3. It is the Queen's custom to give a speech to all of the young gryphs before they are promoted to adults, and the old bat does drone on. Attend the ceremony or find some way to weasel out of it.

      (Please add clan accessories your gryphon may have or carry to your character sheet before moving on.)

      :bulletorange:Adult
        1. Your new role as a clan member comes with both new responsibilities and new rewards. Show yourself performing an activity relating to the clan you have chosen.

        2. You are attending a midnight festival in Twistoult to honor the goddess Mordachae. Even though you may not believe in any of it, the Queen has instructed you and your fellows to make nice as a way of improving relations. Show yourself participating in a ritual, or looking down at the superstitious Twistoult ninnies.

        3. Some Skrekrill louts are massing near the border. Get rid of them any way you can!

      (Please add a Humanoid or Greater-Gryphon form to your character sheet before moving on.)

      :bulletyellow:Final Stage
        1. Depending on your choice, you are now either a humanoid or a magnificent Greater Gryphon.

        ***If you've chosen to be a human, the Queen will give you a large chest of gold from the Grandesque treasury to help you start your new life. Go spend some of it in town! You can buy anything you like--just try not to blow it all in the taverns!

        ***If you've chosen to be a gryphon, the Queen will give you a smaller sum of money and a magnificent dwelling in the best part of the aerie. Show yourself settling into your new home, or buying some finery befitting your status.

        2. Human: Will you leave the aery for good, or maintain ties with your gryphon brothers? If you choose to stay, impress some of your fellow gryphs by showing them your new form. If you decide to leave, depict the nature of your parting.

        Gryphon: You can fly longer and farther than ever before. Soar out over the ocean and bring back news of the strange things you have seen.
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~Myrethy Feb 19, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Regarding the completion of challenges, as I'm a little confused by the process... when one completes a challenge, do the complete it by submitting a written depiction of them completing that challenge, or is it a drawing they have to submit? Or am I completely off basis here and just plain confused? I really like the whole idea of Windsonde, I would just like some clarification on this particular part.
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~Bailiwick Feb 20, 2013
You submit artwork of your character completing the challenge. There is no written component other than what the artist may add in their comments - but its about the images here.
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~Myrethy Feb 21, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Okay, thanks. I hadn't looked at the Rank Challenges folder at the time I posted that comment, but I still appreciate the response.
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~Aiko-Shiri Apr 1, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Wait! Ignore that comment please
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~Aiko-Shiri Apr 1, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Oh, hey I've noticed neither Aitira nor Sitira are on the list, could you add them please? c:
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~hoofandsnort Feb 18, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
hey, I just noticed that I seem to have been removed from the sheet. Could you please add Vakia? c:

ref: [link]
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~sakimura123 Jan 31, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
hello. can you add Ashiira, please?
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*SageKorppi Jan 31, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
We only post the sheets for members.
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*Rekyrem Dec 25, 2011  Student General Artist
My beloved brainchild Gozah is still listed as a young gryph. O:
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*SageKorppi Dec 30, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Ack, sorry, will try to update that soon!!
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