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3000 Point GiveawayIf you'd like 3000 points for free, then view this journal ! uwu
So yet again, I have sooo many points, nd I can't find a way to spend them (because no one's opened for commissions), Im gonna give them away so if you'd like these 3000 points then do the following c:
1) Favorite this journal so I can enter your name in
2) Make a journal about this (linking to this journal)
3) Post a comment linking me to the journal you wrote
4) Watch me
There's no deadline set in stone yet so idk but I'll be using Random.org (this is where favring the journal comes into play) so ye c:
Good luck ;u;

Points Giveaway #4 --- OPENHello everyone! ; v ; This is another points raffle!
Simply fav to enter! No need to be one of my watchers. ♥
Ill be using a RNG on May 25th!
The amount being given out is 100 points to 1 person!
Good luck! And if you are bored, answer the following question!
Favorite food? Least favorite food? ♥
My favorite food is salmon sashimi, and my least
favorite is probably broccoli. </3
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♥ buneep

I'm bored :c.... *50 point giveaway!* (OPEN)I am very bored! D:
And since I am feeling bored and nice, I decided to do a tiny point giveaway.
All you have to do is:

Fave this journal (it will be your number)

Watch me IF you like my art~ ;v;
Well....that's about it!
Winner will be chosen using Random.org
Deadline: 5/19/13
If you take a look/join my contest, I will love you forever

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

Contest Time!It's time for my contest!
I hope you guys are excited. I've been planning this contest for months now.
✿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 end 6/14/2013
♥Up to two submissions per person
♥Favorite this journal
♥Post a journal about my contest, naming it "KittenHime's Contest"
♥Please do not do this with her hair !! :

✿Prizes✿
♥

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

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

wonderful cosplay

i love these , posing is awesome, and facial expressions are spot on... now im only hoping for some with silly faces.. what can i say, im a facial expression nut! XD

EDIT: WINNERAfter entering the entries into the generator, we have a winner!
The winner isssss....
#41; ~nikiten! c:
Thank you all for entering! uvu I will notify the winner at this time.
EDIT: DATE EXTENDED SO PEOPLE CAN ENTER. I MAY NOT CHECK ENTRIES AT EXACTLY 4, BUT I'LL TRY.
*flips abunch of tables*
GIVEAWAY TIME
I'M PRETTY SURE YOU WANT TO WIN 50 POINTS FOR DOING PRETTY CLOSE
TO RELATIVELY NOTHING.
so my watchers and people who have done this before know the gist, but
for anyone else...
WHAT YOU MUST DO:
✿ CLICK THAT FAVORITE BUTTON
AND THAT'S IT! :iconorekibakaplz:
Once you click that favorite button, you're automatically entered into the raffle for 50

! :iconyukkolikeniplz:
The winner will be selected by the everfamous random.org!
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Short FAQ:
When does this end?
More than likely 5/17/13, at around 4 p.m EST. ( http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/eastern-time/

Devious Journal Entryokay, i kinda have to say something....
some rumors have been going around that im homophobic (??) and i try to hide behind people, and im full of myself and that i hate you all and i manipulate you guys??????
im mean you can say what you want but let me tell you the real true me:
Hello, I am Emma i am 19 going on 20 in a few months. I am Pansexual (if you don't know what that is here is a link to the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansexuality) I am super bad at talking to people because of my anxiety and claiming to have a disability is not my way of shutting you guys out, I'm trying i really REALLY hard at making friends and being more social and im going to start being more social with you guys from now on this popularity kinda snuck up on me and i really had nothing to say because i was so "socially retarded" is a good way to put it. I have faith in my art, i use it as a way of expressing myself and paying homage to my favorite subject: creepypasta. man do i love creepypa

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/

Wow okay you know whatSome of you people are rude as fuck commenting on my drawings.
Just because I'm gay doesn't make me fucking special, and anyone else. OH WOW YOU WANT A GAY FRIEND BECAUSE THEY ARE AWESOME.
Stop right fucking there.
Now re-read what you fucking write on my shit before posting and think of how much of an idiot you make yourself sound and how you think I would take it.
It's for one thing, rude, you're making gay people sound like they are just there for entertainment, and you think my journal is just for fanservice.
It's a journal comic, just so people can read my life, there are things I will show and some things I won't, that's the whole fucking point.
I'm happy to reply to all comments because my watchers give the time of their day to comment on my art, and I really love that, but don't be a little prick about it and think it's all about you. This comic is about me/my friends/my family and if you think they are just fucking there for your well being, you gotta take a good fucking look

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.deviant

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

Mini Point Giveaway - Enter Quickly!Winners will be announced soon!
200
1st - 100
2nd - 50
3rd - 30
4th - 10
5th - 10

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

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Question about mentors and getting better

by ~phoq, Jul 15, 2010, 12:27:07 PM
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Let's say I'd love to push my skills further, does anyone have a clue on how to "acquire" a personal mentor? Or create a small group of artists who can mentor each other out..? Does anyone have any tips and tools to share, that helped them take their skills to the next steps?

At the moment I read ArtOrder and listen to Ninja Mountain podcast a lot, but I wouldn't know where to post my art to get good feedback, and I'd love to have buddies with whom I could do some hardcore art talk. And get crits.

This is somewhat vague, but any thoughts and opinions are welcome.

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Mood: Artistic
Listening to: Handsome Boy Modeling School
Reading: Drawing on the artist within
Watching: Clint Eastwood flicks
Playing: with boxes
Eating: too much
Drinking: lots of tea

Question about mentors and getting betterby ~phoq

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!rk87 Sep 30, 2010

Sorry if I'm posting on an ooold journal entry (oh the consequences of lurking -_-;; ) , but what you could do is find like-minded people and set up a blog together, where you guys post stuff up and critique the pieces by commenting on it. It's better than posting on forums and getting tons of asspats (Conceptart.org has been rather asspatty these days, not to mention they're quite a b*tch to navigate through), and plus its nice, cozy and private, and you really get to know your fellow bloggers. The only downside is if the said contributors don't update frequently. I've been part of a critique blog that went okay for a while .... and then it became rather dead because alot of the people stopped posting/post very very infrequently.

~phoq Oct 2, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

It's ok, the entry is not that old and the topic is still up to date.

I initiated a blog like what you're talking about in your comment, but sadly no one has time or arts to share on it. There has been one post (by me), and one comment. I do understand being busy (for I am) but.... yeah IDK. It's kind of hard I guess to find motivated people who have the time to commit to a feedback blog. Having a regular full-time day job and chores to take care of seriously doesn't help. I think I'd have to find other people to join it, but I don't really know that many artists... :/ I'm also afraid of Drama.

I completely agree with you about Conceptart.org. All I can do over there is lurk and be awed when I find something particularly awesome. And, like you said, no fun to navigate at all. Threads have a zillion pages of asspats. I don't really want to post on that forum because for one thing it's a bit intimidating, and for another thing I kind of know what I'll be told and expect it to be of not much help. "You need to go do some more life drawing" "Paint from life" Both things I don't really enjoy and even if I understand how helpful they'd be I'm not in a situation right now where I can easily attend that kind of event. Either that or I'd get no feedback and be swallowed in the constant stream of new threads.

That's why I love the concept of a mentor; it's someone who knows you well enough to be really helpful and push and shove you in the right directions. Harder to find than a decent job, sadly. I wouldn't want a mentor that'd take me by the hand and lead me gently through it. It's more like I feel I need help reorienting myself artwise and the more I try to find an answer on my own, the more lost I feel.

Long reply is getting long... But anyway, thank you for taking the time to leave a comment to my journal.

~Monkeyslunch Jul 21, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

You know you're always welcome to chat with me or send me anything. I may 'seem' like I've been a bit absent from the interwebs, but I've really been honing my skills and rebuilding a few things!

~phoq Jul 22, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

Also, when will there be a Monkeyslunch Podcast and relatedly but not we should call one another through Skype some day ~~so I can totally embarass myself~~

~Monkeyslunch Jul 24, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

Soon there will be a wealth of things! Just finishing up a few freelance projects and then I'm free free FREE!

~phoq Aug 7, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

FREE! Hit me when it's real

~phoq Jul 21, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

You know I love to chat with you and get your opinion and invaluable feedback on my drawings, it's just that I've been absent for like 3 weeks. Moving and all, still haven't gotten the time to unpack my computer and get settled to draw stuff. I can't wait though, I'm really itching to draw a lot of things. I will definitely send things your way as soon as I can and again, thank you so much for your input, it helps me a lot every time.

~Monkeyslunch Jul 24, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

Right back at you!

~UDFlipfloptraeger Jul 17, 2010

I'd like to know that too, especially the mentoring part

Getting asspats is nice but insightful critique is better in my book.

~phoq Jul 19, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

It is better in my book too... I saw that ConceptArt.org's forums has a section about mentoring but it's mostly people looking for a mentor, not mentors offering their invaluable advice. The Monkeyslunch Forums were very good but are sadly silent these days. It's not that easy to befriend or get to know someone with the level of skill and mindset appropriate for mentoring to, er, mentor one, I guess.

Wish these came in the Cracker Jack bags.

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