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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.
:star:Theme:star:
Draw my Dragon and Kirin OC in any scenery
Reference:

Reference sheet : http://sta.sh/013xi9fy914i   http://sta.sh/0xa6rmqfzk1  
:star:Allowed Media & Style:star:
:star: Media : Digital art and traditional art (must be coloured) ONLY.
:star: 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:points: .
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
[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 :points:
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):
- :+fav: 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
1000 Point Giveaway!Okay enough of joining giveaways.....it's time to host one! :dance:
Remember the big surprise I was talking about in the previous journal? Well here it is! My BIGGEST giveaway yet! :) Total prizes reach 1000 :points:!!!! :wow:
1st PLACE: 400 :points:
2nd PLACE: 200 :points:
3rd PLACE: 100 :points:
SIX more winners will be chosen who EACH will receive 50 :points:!!!!!
I will be so broke after this...
:police: But of course there are always the rules......
:bulletgreen: Please please please fave the journal!
:bulletred: Make another journal about this giveaway and provide a link of that journal in the comments (this will help spread the word about this giveaway)
Want another entry?
:bulletgreen:You can :+devwatch: me to get your name entered TWICE! EDIT:For those who are ALREADY watching me you can still earn additional entries by faving my art! Each fave gets you ONE extra entry! (Max number of entries: 3)
IMPORTANT: Please be sure to state what you did
Derpy Hooves Beanie Giveaway!Hello everyone :] I've decided to give away this Derpy!  

Please follow the rules and you'll have a chance to win her and take her home! :heart:
1. Fav this journal
2. Please write a journal about this giveaway and link it back here in the comments.
3. Add me to your watch list :]
Each person who watches, faves this journal and makes a journal will get a number. I'll be using random.org to choose a number, and when someone's number is picked that person will win the plushie! Easy enough right? I will pay for shipping worldwide.
The winner will be announced June 2nd :iconderpyclapplz:
Any questions please ask. Do NOT make multiple accounts just so you can have a better chance. Please make this fair for everyone :iconaawplz: Thank you!
Good luck :'D
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
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)
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 :D
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
Mini Point Giveaway - Enter Quickly!200:points:
1st - 100:points: :icontwaanie:
2nd - 50:points: :iconbannabutt-angel-14:
3rd - 30:points: :iconGIR10:
4th - 10:points: :iconYams83:
5th - 10:points: :iconCrimsonRobin:

This Mini Giveaway ended May 17th 9:00PM GMT (UK Time)
All winners are picked at random! (random.org)
Mickey's Chibi Raffle!EDIT YOU HAVE LITTLE TIME LEFT FOLKS. NIGHT!
=================================================
Hi folks! Thank you again for 500 watchers! 
Er. 508 watchers! I'm really slow at doing things for you guys. 
You can slap me.
This raffle is for watchers only. 
:iconbuhuuplz:
Anyone who watches me after *Rashirou will not count.
All you have to do is fave this journal and I'll use that random generator thing....what's it called Linh?
That thing. I'll use that thing. 
First Prize Winner gets a chibi like this:

The winner will be chosen
  Wednesday May 22 at 1500 hours PST.
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. :la:
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. :D
(UPDATED)DRAW MY OC!WIN 1000 POINTS AND MORE!EDIT #1-YOU CAN NOW WIN,1000 POINTS!+ADDED MORE PRIZES!
EDIT #2-DONATORS WILL BE FEATURED BELOW.
EDIT#3-ADDED MORE PRIZES!
(if you wanna know why i raised the prizes,its because i won a contest!yay!)
YAY!Another contest!I hope someone will join!
So..its about my newest OC,Kasumi,.of course,youre going to draw her~

Things to clarify:
 
A mage's abilities are:supernatural strength,able to cast magic spells,able to survive for a long period of time.
Her staff/rod appears when shes battling with someone.


CONTEST RULES:
You have to draw Kasumi.
You can draw her with her likes and dislikes,her casting spells or just her alone.
Do not draw her with your OC or my other OC's,they dont know each other.
Do not draw her as an animal and pony.
Backgrounds are preferred but not needed.(although putting one will really raise your chances at winning!)
Traditional and Digital drawings only.
Chibis,headshot
SBFF exclusive at SDCC!!DC has announced Super Best Friends Forever EXCLUSIVE maquettes for San Diego Comic Con 2013!!! http://www.themarysue.com/super-best-friends-statues/
Nintendo STEALS Money!Since this has been going around lately, I should probably give my two cents. Basically what it amounts to is that Nintendo has filed Content ID info of their games with YouTube. What this means is that if you upload gameplay video of a Nintendo game, YouTube will automatically monetize that video, put ads on it, a link to where to buy the game, and take the money generated from that video and give it directly to Nintendo. People who do "let's play" videos are, naturally, pissed off because they want to be earning money off their videos, so they're calling Nintendo "thieves" for doing this.
I can see both sides to the story. I can see Nintendo as a corporation wanting to exercise control over their properties. On the other hand, "let's play" videos can often help new gamers find games they otherwise wouldn't have tried.
But here's the thing: Nintendo isn't the first company do this. Both Microsoft and Ubisoft do it already. YouTube has also had a long history of having music videos and
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Seriously DA? You cheeky B**tards...

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 2:40 PM
  • Mood: Disbelief
  • Listening to: itunes on random
  • Reading: lord of the rings =)
  • Watching: Iron man 2
  • Playing: be angry at DA
  • Eating: popcorn and cheese
  • Drinking: diet coke and cider


:star:Like my photos? I now have my very own website! I will post all my zoo trips here and many more shots than I post on DA... [link]:star:

:star:I am currently open for point comissions! See this journal for details: [link]:star:



:star: SERIOUSLY DA!? WTF!? :star:

OK this is my fault for not reading the terms and conditions for the widget before installing and using it, but ugh am so mad! DA this is just low.

I installed the 'point commissions' widget on my page so that people could see a record of how many commissions I'd done in the past, to show that I was reliable for doing commissions and because it was a nice way to advertise it on my page. Well I had the first person use it tonight, and have now discovered that DA takes a fifth of each commission for themselves!? AGH. So yeah, the widget has been deleted off my page and I will go back to accepting donations for payment for commissions.

This is why I don't sell prints on DA. I jsut think its out of order. Fine, DA is a business but with the prices of membership and all the advertising they do, is skimming that much off an art commission really worth pissing off the artists that use the site?!

On top of that the points don't even go into your main 'points' balance, they go into a separate 'my earnings' balance, which then can be converted to points (probably at even more cost to me!?). UGH sorry for the rant but this really ticked me off.

Lesson learned, never using that widget again >.< just thought I'd say incase anyone of my watchers is using the widget without realising this.



:star: Zoo Photographer of the Year 2012 Winners Feature :star:

Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 Zoo Photographer of the year! Thank you to every one who entered, we had 96 submissions which is a fantastic response. I wish everyone a great year of zoo photography in 2013!

1st - *morho


2nd - *darkSoul4Life


Best Action Shot - *DeeOtter :bulletred: Best Portrait - =FriendFrog :bulletred: Best Moment - *Tiefenschaerfe :bulletred: Best Endangered Species - ~Misty-Dawn



Honourable mentions


Judges
Many thanks to the judges, the admin of #Zoo-photographers! =TVD-Photography, ~caybeach *Tiennaand *Shadow-and-Flame-86

Prizes

:star:1st Place will win a 6 month premium membership from me. AND thanks to the lovely :iconmeihua: a sketch commission from herself!

:star: 2nd Place will win a 3 month premium membership from me.

:star: Instead of third places, there will be four 'Best of...' categories including 'best action shot', 'best portrait', 'best moment caught' and 'best endangered species' Each winner will win a 1 month premium membership from me.

:star:Winning Features given by...:star:
:iconzoo-photographers: :iconexp-marine-mammals: :iconphotographersclub: :iconbird-photography: :iconwildlife--pack: :iconfortheanimals: :iconbirds-club: :iconalltheanimals:
:iconshadow-and-flame-86: :icontvd-photography: :icondeeotter: :iconhecklinghyena: :iconsmudge-92: :iconsetsuna-phoenix:

Entries
Can be seen here:
[link]

Thanks again to everyone that took part and all the judges for their work on going through the entries!



:star: What else is going on... :star:

Thanks so much to everyone who commented on my recent vote about using/getting photoshop or other image software, my laptop unfortunatly got a nasty trojan virus and I had to wipe the hard drive and start over >.< Hopefully its all fixed now, and thanks to you guys I got hold of the free version of photoshop CS2 so I could finish my january art exchange for ~Insanus-Draconem at #fantasy-xchange just in time! I intend to actually buy the student version of photoshop CS6 this month though, as I use the programme so much (for work doing photo ID on the marine mammals and for my own photos/doodles) and I'm a student for another year so I can buy it at a big discount. I think I'm going to give the art exchanges a rest for now, I'm owed a piece still for one previous exchange and I want to try to do some more #Windsonde and #Hetherev work, I've been neglecting Milvus and Igbo something awful although Victor has had some doodles done of him recently...

The laptop disaster, visiting the boyfriend in england and my PhD in general is taking up all my time, so my response time to comments is getting pretty long, which I am sorry about, I will eventually reply to all my comments, its just taking me a bit longer than it used to now! I do love reading them, so thanks to all of you for your kind words :hug:

I had a great trip down south recently to see Rich, we ended up at the West Midlands Safari park which was great fun! Had not really been to one of those before and it was great to have all the herbivores interacting with you, and seeing african elephants in the snow making snowballs and eating them! BUT the best part of the weekend was Rich giving me a suprise late Christmas present, a replica 'One Ring' from Weta Workshop in New Zealand... I love it so much its untrue :love: hada great time playing with is and my macro lens last night trying to get a good photo of it :aww:

Me making new friends....
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One ring to rule them all... :love:
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:star:Comissions!:star:



I am currently open for point comissions! See this journal for details: [link]

:star:Like Marine Mammals? Or Zoos? :star:



Join my groups #Exp-Marine-Mammals and #Zoo-photographers!

:iconexp-marine-mammals: :iconzoo-photographers:

To draw List...
might be useful to have one of these...

:bulletblue: december #fantasy-xchange pic (01.02.13)
:bulletblue: commission for ~vladimirsangel (payment received 03.02.12)
:bulletblue: commission for *DeeOtter (payment received 08.02.12)
:bulletblue: Milvus' 5th challenge for #Windsonde
:bulletblue: Victor's adult ref sheet for #Windsonde
:bulletblue: Igbo's arrival for #Hetherev (3 parts) II
:bulletblue: a load of adoptables to raise points for my two groups, #Zoo-photographers and #Exp-Marine-Mammals
:bulletblue: Ar'luc pic
:bulletblue: RP doodle 'Grab a light bite'
:bulletblue: RP doodle 'Going Down'

:star: :iconletter-pplz::iconletter-lplz::iconletter-eplz::iconletter-aplz::iconletter-splz::iconletter-eplz: :star: :iconletter-rplz::iconletter-eplz::iconletter-aplz::iconletter-dplz: :star:

Can I use your images as stock or for photo-manipulation, web design, web blog, or other personal/school/work projects?
:bulletred: No, this gallery contains no stock images. All my photographs are copyrighted and may not be altered, printed or published in any media and/or format.

I'm a painter/sketch artist, may I use your photo(s) as reference?
:bulletred: Feel free to use my non-stock photos as reference to your traditional and/or digital Drawings/Paintings/Artisan Crafts and Sculptures. Please send me a link to your finished work and credit me in the comment and link to the original deviation photo. I love seeing people's interpretations of my photos and have a fav gallery just for them!

Please respect the rules! Thanks!

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*AmandaDrage Feb 6, 2013
I'm a little cynical about dA these days. I have never enrolled in the Prints thing and to be honest I'm icky about giving them money for a subscription now! dA is a great resource and a fantastic site for many reasons, but it doesn't always have the artist's best interests at heart, despite its claims that "dA Loves You"... I suppose it is a business, at the end of it!
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*Shadow-and-Flame-86 Feb 22, 2013
I never enrolled in prints because I read the terms and didn't want them profiting off my work. But I never thought they'd take percentages of point commissions, its so petty! It really doesn't make business sense to alienate/piss off your client base, especailly as to use this widget you have already given DA money on 2 separate occassions, first to get a membership so you can use the widget and then to buy the points... to take a third cut is just rude.
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*AmandaDrage Feb 25, 2013
It certainly is!
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*DarkSilverflame Feb 4, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Makes sense; if you make money via this platform, they'll get a cut for it. You could use the donation widget, which is fee-free :)
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*Shadow-and-Flame-86 Feb 22, 2013
Alienating/pissing off your customer base does not make sense, and if you are buying a commission in points and with this widget DA have already made money off you twice (once to buy the points and the second to buy the membership) so is that third chance to steal from us reall worth the ill-feeling it will create? I reall doubt anyone will use this widget having either read the rules or having used it and had part of their earnings taken. Like you say, donations are free and so why would they do something like this, which will only make people angry at them?
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*DarkSilverflame Feb 22, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Providing you with this platform for making sales is a service, just like Ebay or Amazon are providing it. They, too, get a fee for any sale being made.
The dA membership comes with deactivated ads, which typically is the main source of income of a website. This is all normal business, and the yearly membership fee is $2.50/months and thus really cheap. The only suggestion I would make to dA is to distinguish recurring sellers from normal members and let sellers who consistently go beyond a certain number of sales have the membership for free.
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*Shadow-and-Flame-86 Feb 22, 2013
the commission widget only allows you to purchase in points however, ebay and amazon deal with real currancy. They are true selling platforms and that is their only purposes as websites, having to buy the currancy via DA and then them taking part of it whenever its used is just ridiculos to me. If they were just dealing with real currancy then I could see your point, but these purchases are made in 'points', which is make believe money that doesn't really exist. What benefit or profit does DA gain from taking make believe money from its members?

From what I have now read no one who does commissions on any sort of scale is using this. It makes no sense to design something for your business that no one will use and who's very existance will anger your customers. Having different types of sellers would help this, but on the whole I really doubt that now the widget has been introduced and generated such bad feeling that any future changes would tempt people to use it. People will just stop doing small commissions and do more art trades, or get them to pay for them via paypal, and overall this would cause point sales to decrease, which I'm sure DA doesn't want to happen.
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*Arayashikinoshaka Feb 3, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Thank you for telling me for the widget, especially since we are not English and that my wife intended to use it later ...
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*Shadow-and-Flame-86 Feb 3, 2013
no worries, if I have helped even one person avoid this problem then this journal was worth writing! =)
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=TVD-Photography Feb 3, 2013  Professional Photographer
Ummm yeah you should have read the terms. It is why people are not using th ewdget. Get this people have to buy points with money right and then DA takes those points back so they are double dipping. YOu can convert the points for money but it's not worth it because DA takes a fair chunk of it, they are doing absolutely no work yet feel they can be rewarded for the artists hard work instead. They are scums in that sense :thumbsdown:
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