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I'm bored :c...*50 point giveaway!* (CLOSED)*EDIT* GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED
Winner will be announced tomorow..... I wanna keep you all waiting cuz I'm evil like that c:

Contest Time!
It's time for my contest!
I hope you guys are excited. I've been planning this contest for months now.
If you would like to see existing contest entries, click here! ---> http://kittenhime.deviantart.com/favourites/55354821
✿Theme✿
Draw my persona Kitty!

✿What I'll Be Looking For✿
This contest will not be judged much by the quality but more by the creativity.
I would like to see what you all come up with!
✿What Mediums Are Allowed✿
♥Digital Art
♥Traditional Art
♥Pixel Art
✿What Is Not Allowed✿
♥Other OC's or Characters
♥ Gender bending
♥Creating her in another form other than Kemonomimi
✿Rules✿
♥The contest will e

May GiveawayIt is time for our monthly giveaway! Help us thank our awesome donors by giving them a llama. You can find our donors here.
How can I participate in this giveaway?
Simple, just favorite this journal (we had issues with people spamming comments).
How will the winner be selected?
A random number generator will be used (random.org to be specific). The RNG will be first used to select a page from the list of those who favorited this journal. Then from that list the RNG will be used to select the winner!
Do I have to be a member of this group?
No, you do not have to be a member.
Who can win?
Any member of deviantArt that has been around for at least 6 months and has not won the membership from previous giveaways. The winner must be a deviant who currently does not have an active subscription to deviantArt.
What if this account I have now is under six months, bu

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/

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

DESIGN A CHARACTER CONTEST 2013!hello friends family pets and everyone else who lives under the sea,
im doing a DESIGN CONTEST WAHOO LETS PARTY
alright well, here are the rules, includes what this is about and etc. etc.
Rules

.......... The design MUST HAVE ONLY 2 COLORS; BLACK AND WHITE

.......... you may use bases, but it is STRONGLY discouraged.

.......... I will be the only judge; I will be judging on WHAT I SIMPLY LIKE BEST. so read 'likes' to see some ideas of what I would like to see in an entry!

.......... I may use the design/character as my own BUT, I will (obviously) give you credit<3

.......... YOU CAN ENTER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE!!!

.......... You can create an origonal species or use a real animal (such as a fox) for the design

.......... please make it origonal as you can! it can be of an already exsisting species, just that I dont

[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

Premium and Point Giveaway!The Giveaway
I will be giving away a one month, three month, twelve month, and two-thousand points!
Just fav this journal and you can win!
Rules
You must favorite this journal
No point or plz accounts
Accounts must have at least one month seniority
Do not enter more than once
How can I get entered more?
Favorite this journal to get entered
Write a journal about this giveaway and include this thumb:
:thumb371701888:
{Please comment if you do}
Donate to the giveaway. Every ten points equals one entry
How will I be picking the winners?
I will be using a generator to randomly pick a name.
Journals Written:
~xHeartOfaPhoenix http://xheartofaphoenix.deviantart.com/journal/Advertisements-POints-premi-giveaway-365417158
~Snowy-Heart http://snowy-heart.deviantart.com/journal/Giveaway-D-371114455
~Abystoma http://abystoma.deviantart.com/journal/3000-and-100-points-giveaway-371793132
~minieverfeel http://minieverfeel.deviantart.com/

Bronies go nuts, and Nintendo Sucks?Equestria Girls
The trailer to "Equestria Girls" (the humanized MLP spinoff film) finally was released today. Aaaannnd everyone's freaking out. Again.
You know, it actually looks pretty decent. Bronies... please understand: I know you're a major unexpected demographic for the show. I know you enjoy seeing shout-out's become canon within the show, and appreciate how the creators do little things here and there for you. But... the show isn't made for you. This is not Cartoon Network and the target demographic isn't 25 year olds in college. You're a nice addition to the target demographic of little girls, but you are not the driving force behind MLP.
I don't want this to sound mean, but it needs to be said. This is where it becomes very important to understand the fine line between being a fan of the show and thinking that because you've invested so much energy into the show that you're entitled to things.
I'm sure the movie won't be as bad as everyone makes it out to be. It honest

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

Mini Point Giveaway - Enter Quickly!200
1st - 100 :icontwaanie:
2nd - 50 :iconbannabutt-angel-14:
3rd - 30 :iconGIR10:
4th - 10 :iconYams83:
5th - 10 :iconCrimsonRobin:

This Mini Giveaway ended May 17th 9:00PM GMT (UK Time)
All winners are picked at random! (random.org)

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)

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.

Win free MLP OC commissionHi guys!
I have finally decided to have some sort of give-away/contest/lottery/whatever-you-like-to-call-it

You will have the chance to win a drawing made by me, with you MLP original character
What you'll have to do to participate:
•Favorite this journal
•Put a link to your OC that you would like me to draw in in the comment field below,
•also add a little comment why I should pick your OC :3 Only one entry/person
(If you don't do all three thing above your entry won't count)
What you will win:
•A drawing of your OC, made by me with markers on paper size A5, drawn in this style http://fav.me/d65cire
If you would like me to send the physical drawing to you you'll have to pay for the shipping (only Paypal accepted), otherwise I can send the scanned version to you by e-mail :3
.• I will pick TWO (2) winners! •.
I have no idea how many that will enter, I have never done something like this before x)
This contest will end at May 23rd (which means you'll have one week to enter)
So.. good

I know I am a bit late but...YOU GUYS
Thank all of you for your presents and sweet words and llamas and points and cakes and basically EVERYTHING!

I am sorry I am not able to reply and thank every single one of you, but it really means a lot to me.
Haha, it feels so weird having this 19 near my name though

viria's turning into a big baby, and viria wouldn't be the same big baby without all of you<3 So thank you once more!

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Features... and EWWW!!!!!

by ~Astarlen, Dec 9, 2007, 12:34:20 PM
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First, comes the "EWWWW!!!!" part: last night, at our town's annual Christmas parade, in which my sister was performing with her dance team, I was sitting on the ground surrounded by my little cousins waiting for her to go by. I felt something tickle my arm and brushed it off carelessly. I then felt something skitter across my chest and looked down... and lo and behold, if there wasn't a huge, fat, brown cockroach crawling across my chest!!!! I hate roaches more than any other bug; if there's any creature I have a phobia of, it's the roach (that, and mosquito eaters, which have like 2-inch-long legs and wings... sick beyond belief... it's a western bug). Anyways, I totally flipped out, shaking my legs, arms, and poor camera, which I was holding in one hand, and somehow managed to flick the roach to who-knows-where. My cousins were about to roll over laughing, but I spent quite awhile after that worrying that the roach would magically reappear crawling up my leg... thank God, it didn't, but it was still pretty awful!!!!

Now, for features, since I promised them to the first 5 people who commented on my last journal. I know it really doesn't help much, as I can't even display thumbnails, but whatever... it's fun!!!

An excellent "pen-and-paper" artist, and a good dA friend. She draws some of the most expressive eyes I've ever seen!!!
a fat little owl
Hatsuharu Soma
duck duck duck duck... awwwww
little wild fox

Another good dA friend of mine, who does an awesome job transforming her pictures with photoshop... you should check her out!!!! *HINT HINT, somebody...

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I like this, and I'm not an anime person, so it must be good... lol
texture!!!!
awesome lighting on some chick underwater
holding something holding something

An awesome watcher who long ago gave me some really good hints about hamsters, when I had some. She has some adorable pictures of them herself!!!
HAMMIE!!!!!
hungry hammie
she looks like one of our old hammies eating
best guidelines on raising hammies i ever found

A good friend on dA and in real life, one of the first I made when I moved to FL, actually.

tree, lol
teeth, lol
BABY!!!!
interpreting dreams

Not entirely sure why I'm featuring her... this chick is doing much better than I am, lol. Another good friend IRL and on dA, and an awesome digital artist.

d0000d, k-k-yeah!!!
it wants to eat j00
yin yang idea... pretty interesting
it also wants to eat j00!!!!!

Hope you guys like them, and the cheesy titles I gave out!!! And, oh yeah... I just had my one-year anniversary on dA!!! Thanks, guys, for helping me as I develop my non-existent mad skillz.

I love you all!!!!

-Nicole

My friends:

My favorite artist, hands down:

his photos are incredible

A sampling of some other artists I really enjoy:

And some groups I submit my stuff to or just watch:

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Mood: Llama
Listening to: Scorcher soundtrack :D AWESOME techno
Drinking: w00tar

Features... and EWWW!!!!!by ~Astarlen

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~Hinderence Dec 11, 2007

Thanks for the feature!!!

~Astarlen Dec 11, 2007 Photographer

sure thing... lol

~6Dark6Haven6 Dec 10, 2007

you poor dear ! I adore cockroaches though ^^ lil buggers are quite the survivors, and thanks so much for the feature !

~Astarlen Dec 10, 2007 Photographer

yeah... i accidently cut one's head off once, when i was trying to catch it in a jar so i could take it to my grandma's chickens, lol... and the stupid thing stayed alive for a long time, and actually grabbed its head and tried to put it back on!!! now THAT was sick!!! and you're welcome, of course, too

~Usagi-Rukia Dec 9, 2007

aawww

thanks for the feature! and roaches are so nasty! I'm petrified of spiders though......and around here there's just way too many

It all started when I was younger when this hairy spider walked across my face when I was sleeping

ugh....which makes me fear the mosqitoe eaters too!

~Astarlen Dec 9, 2007 Photographer

ewwwww, hairy spider?! that's so nasty!!!!! lol... and you're welcome

~hawkishdragon Dec 9, 2007 Writer

wow I forgot abotu that one poem.

That tree was my first attempt at photoshop!!!

~Astarlen Dec 9, 2007 Photographer

lol... it turned out cute!!!

~hawkishdragon Dec 9, 2007 Writer

I'm so proud of my little tree

~Binnus Dec 9, 2007

OH my!

I thought it wasgoing to be a spider as I read along, but I don't know what would've been worse..
I would've flipped out too..

Thank you very much for the feature!

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