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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

Tiny contest! Point prizes8D Time for another little fun challenge!
Draw inside the shape contest!
Rules

You can rotate the shapes!

You can enter as many times as you want.

No shading required

You must choose one of the characters in this folder http://griffsnuff.deviantart.com/gallery/24055808

The character needs to be full body.

try to fill as much of the shape as possible!

You can not alter the shape.

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 can like this
Deadline
July

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!

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.

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

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.

[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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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

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!

XBOne... fixed.To everyone who says picking on Microsoft for their consumer unfriendly bullshit was "being unnecessarily mean," take a look at this. Don Mattrick just announced that Microsoft is back peddling with the XBOne, removing the disastrously awful features we've been bashing them for trying to inflict on us.
    Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.
    For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in order to deliver a breakthrough in game play and entertainment. We imagined a new set of benefits such as easier roaming, family sharing, and new ways to try and buy games. We believe in the benefits of a connected, digital future.
    Since unveiling our plans for X

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

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

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_{There are things about everyone that people do not know. I guess, being on dA for nearly five years now, I should be able to open up about things that are in my life, as well as the art that inspires me. I want to say, that most people come to my page and think "Oh, a loli, she must be so kind!"

- Well, despite how much I wish it were that way, that's not the case. :')
(However, my friends ~Ribbonheart and *Princess-Peachie are both lolita's who love to be kind !) -

I'm the type of lolita who likes to JOKE. Make CRUEL jokes, laugh, and be a horrible, horrible girl who can quote every episode of Family Guy or Futurama to date. But am I THAT bad of a person? I dunno. I like Doraemon. Which is a very cute, children's show in Japan. I admire children stuff, light pastel colors, etc., I want to dress in fluffy dresses, and put my hair in curls while wearing bows! I tend to be very nice all around, but occasionally I lash out a lot - especially at those who have a past for things like stealing, being a liar, etc., I have a very short temper! Grrr! And the illness I have in my chest does NOT help. It swells my intestines, and makes it so that I get frustrated quite easily, really!

I guess, though, like everyone, there are things I want to happen, that don't. Things I don't want to happen, that do. I talk with things with my friends online, you know, the casual girly things, then, the out-of-the-blue silly conversations, and even the mindless teenage drama that seems to appear out of nowhere, but yet, as much as everyone hates it - they feed off it like mindless drones. : p I admit, I do it as well. It's interesting, isn't it?
Its a sad thing - but we're human, and that's what happens.
That's why we have news stations, and documentaries. As humans, we're naturally nosy, eh?

Lately however, I find myself to be holding more and more secrets, though I cannot speak of, I assure you they're nothing bad.
I can admit a few things about myself that most teens cannot; I've never done drugs. I have never drank, I have never smoked, (and not as though its a BAD thing to smoke, I just don't admire it) and I'm quite the hopeless romantic.

Lately, (while last Saturday was the most fantastic few hours of my life), I've been in a "Well, fuck it." kind of mood. Not so... fantastic. I know I should be ten thousand times more grateful, especially with the beautiful opportunity and pure LUCK I had, I should be...

...enthused to accept life as it is - but, as I say that, I have to assure myself that life is NEVER what it seems. Things could be going smoothly, until you look behind the lines, add two and two together. What will you see? I guess it's all different for you and I.

There's a few things I wish I could look into the future to see if they were worth while doing - you know? Jobs, people, friends, Relationships come and go, what do you think about it? Sometimes I wonder.
My best friend is always there for me though :3 So I guess I don't have to worry TOO much, considering others have it ten times worse off.
Goodness. There's a girl at school who talks to me about her boyfriend cheating on her.

Her name is Claira, and shes been in love with her boyfriend for three years now, I guess they met online, but - you know how those kinds of relationships can work out. Some good, err..some not so good. My dear Clairebear has told me about how shes felt ..sad, really. Because she just cant trust her boyfriend. He lives in Ukraine, and they met on facebook. (Scary, really! but..she says she loves him.) I don't blame her. So far away? Who COULD you trust? Then again, I'm a hypocrite! My best bud is from the UK, so I can't say anything, really!

But really, she said he hid secrets from her, and it's just so awful, hearing those things everyday from her - I mean, theres just sad times between them, its a wonder WHY they're together in the first place. Niether of them loves eachother, I think they love the IDEA of being together more.
Sad really. I say, if you're unhappy now, you're likely to be unhappy later.
End it. Save yourself the trouble! It'd just hurt each other longer to stay in the relationship, right? (At least, I think so, anyway.)

If you see this Claira - really, listen to me. When you drop this boy, you'll have others lined up at your door! While you're dating him- you're just holding yourself back! Really girl : (

However. My friend ~YunaSan worked it out very well with her husband. They met online, hes from England and I've webcamed with them :') She doesn't live far from me, really - we're planning a meeting soon enough, once she gets her car fixed - and has a day free!

It's silly - the types of friends you meet online. I met quite a few in person, let me tell you - if you're really friends with someone, you'll adore meeting them in person! I can't wait to meet Johnna and her husband Steph :')

My dear friend ~animefangirl101 is turning 18 today, congrats, Autumn dear! You're an adult - just like the rest of us - and no different than the rest of us either!

Let me think, all I can ramble about today!
Well that was fun :') Lets do it again sometime! Thanks for reading (and or skimming, come on, we know you didn't read all of this!) !}

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~Beanyneko Jan 31, 2012 Professional

Wah. Just remember to keep being YOU and aim to be the most awesomest you you can be!!! <3 we love you lots!!!

~ps. all the lolis i have ever met are super catty and bitchy?? you are not, you are PURE AWESOMESAUCE :3 so poo poo to that stereotype xoxoxooxoxoxox

*steffne Jan 31, 2012 Professional Artist

Haha I really don't feel like I fit in with the standard loli stereotyping either, my artwork's probably the only thing that does D:
I've spent too much time with very crude males that spend their life on the horrific /b boards over at 4chan,
I won't mentally scar you with the crap they show me ¬¬
then my music tastes are quite unusual aswell .__.
I'm an annoyingly upbeat kinda person though, maybe that's loli-ish

~Toteruu Jan 30, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

oh i really do wonder what people think of me...o u o;; i can be really rude and mean when i want to... but the interwebs are a dangerous place so im more reserved u v u
and ahhh im too young to start on love LOL ;;;

~Shawni-kat Jan 30, 2012

i had an experience of someone backstabbing online but that was years ago. I still have made many good friends and stay true to who I am

One of my friends met her BF online, through an online RPG. He lived on the otherside of the US. She now lives with him and his family.
I am not a meet someone and fall in love with them kind of person but I know some work out and some don't. We just have to be careful who we fall for.

~Torquill Jan 30, 2012

I'M FROM THE UK AM I YOUR BEST BUD????

=Richarmeleon Jan 30, 2012

I've had a lot of days like this. I'm usually a really nice, easy to get along with, guy. Sometimes I can be a real dick without realizing it though.

When I do it on purpose it's always funny but when I slip up, everyone hates it.

*gakusangi Jan 30, 2012

Not true, I bothered to read it all since you posted it ^_^

~alexlarar Jan 29, 2012 Student Digital Artist

_{I read this all, and I have to say, that I think that more than half the people on the internet don't act the way they would act in real life. It is a bit sad, but to be honest, I think it might help people be more confident outside the internet. I love Family Guy and Futurama! From hearing the way you are, I think we have much in common and I'm sure many other Lolita's do as well! I hope we can become better friends because of that <3}

*AikasCupcake Jan 29, 2012 Student Digital Artist

OMG I feel you on this one!
A lot of people on dA assume that I'm all sweet and innocent and kind...but in real life, I can be quite the bitch

I like dirty jokes, I'll watch...dirty things (ahem///), I rant occasionally about people, and I can tell of someone like no tomorrow! And I know it's scary to think that if people find out about that side of you, their expectations of your personality will drop and they won't like you ;-; it's not a pleasant fear to have, I know that from experience
Which is why I enjoy the best friends I have on here who love me for who I am, for all of my sides

~MuffinChu Jan 29, 2012

"I'm the type of lolita who likes to JOKE. Make CRUEL jokes, laugh, and be a horrible, horrible girl who can quote every episode of Family Guy or Futurama to date."

Amg we're so alike. right there. :'D

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