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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

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!

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

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

Remember to remove the shape/lines when you are done!

The character needs to be full body.

try to fill as much as 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 c

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

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.

[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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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.

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!

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

WIN A 3 MONTH PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP!so i decided to just do a giveaway for the premium i wanted to give.

i'll be doing more of these in time, since that's mostly what my points will be for- giving premiums away. ♥
WAYS TO ENTER:
• you must be (or can become) a watcher of mine
• make a journal or poll featuring this giveaway, then comment this with the link to your journal/poll
• do not enter more than once, you will be disqualified
after you comment i will reply with a number and i will choose the winner using http://www.miniwebtool.com/random-name-picker/
GIVEAWAY WILL END NEXT THURSDAY (THE 20) AT 6 PM (PST)
winner will be announced via journal and will receive a note from me
have fun! CC:

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Journal Entry: Fri Dec 23, 2011, 3:08 PM

Wow I keep editing this journal

sorry for the spam but I really want to thank you guys! I'm a very shy person and really only can talk to people in cosplay so when I make friends its really amazing for me and then when they want to hang out with me and get together and cosplay or just have fun, I really can't explain how happy it makes me!! I know I'm really bad at thank you's, but I really don't know what to say! You are all just so amazing and blow my mind! So until I come up with something better to say I'll leave it with Thank you! You have changed my life!

Livestream offline

Ok so

is going to do a livestream soon! Not sure when but when it does happen I will come and tell everyone! Keep an eye out if your interested! [link] <-- Her livestream account

Just added a meme and the features to the bottom

I just got back from an eight day trip with my grandparents so I'm sorry for not responding to comments and things. But wow you guys! I have a lot of comments!! Thank you so much!! I will get to them as soon as I can!

But anyway, Happy Holidays!!! I hope you have a wonderful time!! I know Christmas Eve is tomorrow so this is getting a bit close but I made it XD Me and my family celebrate Christmas incase some of you didn't know so I'm sorry for any holiday I have missed already, I don't know when a lot of them are.

And happy new year!! I will more than likely have another journal (or edit this one) for new years but in case I don't I'm saying it now!

Also, next year I am going to be very busy and might not be on much wile I'm adjusting to the new year and new schedule, but I will more than likely find the time to get on now and then (who knows I might still be able to get on every night! You can never tell with me XD).

As for the features, I wanted to keep them on my front page for a little longer so what do you think about me putting them all here as well as the other journal?

SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY FRIENDS (so all of you XD)!! YOU ARE ALL AMAZING AND I WISH YOU THE BEST!!! You keep me going when I'm down, you put a smile on my face all the time, you make life so much better, and I just cant thank you enough!! I will be thinking of all of you this Christmas! May your holidays be filled with joy and cheer!

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Gryffindor:

• [X] You are loud. (Sometimes XD)

• [X] You like going to school to see your friends. (when I go out for school XD)

• [ ] You've had more than a couple detentions.

• [X] You always have something to do on the weekends. (I like to read, draw, study, practice, sew, do crafts, and a lot more)

• [ ] You like to be the center of attention. (I like to be in a dark corner where no one will see me XD)

• [X] You get above average grades in school. (I feel bad for putting this because it feels like barging... but yeah, I do. I'll still look dead stupid when you talk to me though)

• [ ] You've been called bossy before. (not that I can remember anyway)

• [ ] You're a bit of a daredevil / you like an adrenaline rush.

• [ ] You are athletic. (well not anymore... But I danced a lot for 7 years and always like running around)

• [ ] You are one of the best players on your team.

• [X] You would do anything for your loved ones.

• [X] You like the color red.

• [X] Your favorite class is Transfiguration or DADA.

• [X] You would never break a promise. (I try my best!)

TOTAL: 8

Hufflepuff:

• [X] You have many acquaintances, but only a handful of good friends. (Yeah, and you are all amazing!!)

• [X] You get average grades in school. (Yes? But I get high grades? Is high average?)

• [x] You've been called boring before. (I can run my mouth for hours XD)

• [X] You don't like to brag about your achievements. (I really try not too)

• [X] You value honesty.

• [X] You don't mind working hard to get what you want.

• [x] You like the color yellow.

• [ ] You have a job.

• [ ] You are athletic. (Not at the moment, but after I finish up some stuff I'm going to get back into dance)

• [X] You are a team player.

• [ ] You are in the middle of the social totem pole.

• [x] You are easily amused. (Oh look! A can! I mean, its a CAN! BWAHAHAHA... Answer: very much so)

• [X] You like helping others.

• [ ] Your favorite class is Herbology or Divination.

• [x] You like the music played on the radio best. (if only you knew what stations I listen to XD)

TOTAL: 11

Ravenclaw:

• [X] You get good grades in school.

• [X] You like to read.

• [X] Dumb people annoy you. (Well, the really dumb ones do. But I don't know anyone like that anymore)

• [X] You are creative. (after all I am left handed! lol Just kidding!)

• [ ] You've been called a know-it-all before.

• [X] You hate cheating.

• [ ] People often want you to help them with homework or projects.

• [X] You are more into the creative arts: theatre, dancing, drawing, etc.

• [ ] You are extremely logical in your way of thinking.

• [X] You are considered shy or quiet by people you don't know. (very much so. But after I get to know you a little bit I'll be talkative and normally hyper XD)

• [X] You like the color blue.

• [X] Your favorite class is A History of Magic, Charms, or Care of Magical Creatures.

• [X] You tend to over analyze things.

• [X] You can focus and pay attention well. (once I get into it. Unless there is something to distract me... add moments XD)

TOTAL: 11

Slytherin:

• [ ] You are very competitive.

• [x] You like the finer things in life. (if I understand this correctly)

• [ ] You think welfare is a waste.

• [ ] You've made fun of someone in the past week.

• [ ] You've been called a snob before.

• [ ] You think the end justifies the means.

• [ ] You're not afraid to say something to someone else's face.

• [ ] You tend to think people are a bit jealous of you.

• [ ] You've made someone cry by just saying something to them.

• [X] You tend to root for the villains in movies, books, etc. (sometimes)

• [X] You are very good with words. (forced to put this! Take it up with my family! I think I stink at it myself!)

• [X] Above all, you want to be successful in life.

• [X] You like the color green.

• [ ] You love to win.

• [X] Your favorite class is Potions or DADA.

TOTAL: 6

Amazing person! Very nice too! Wonderful cosplays and artwork!

A great artist and cosplayer! I'm so happy to have her as my friend!

Where to even begin! Such an amazing artist! Its really hart to only pick three!

My best friend, my sister, and all around better then I am at everything! I can't help but be jealous of her! But I love her anyway.

Oh man where to begin! Amazing cosplayer, author and friend! A pure joy to be around and talk to! Keep up the amazing work!

YOUR CAT X3 SO CUTE!!!! (What did you say about I would probably pick your cats? lol)

Man, this guy is awesome!! A++ for you my friend!!

OH MEH GOODNESS!! YUGIOHNESS MAKES ME SO HAPPY!! <3333 Keep up the amazing work!!

I highly recommend checking out his gallery! Its awesome (my Drarara obsession is VERY satisfied with the Drrr photos!)

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Mood: Jolly
Listening to: Nowhere Fast - Boys Will Be Boys
Watching: Howl's Moving Castle

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~Coco-Gash-Jirachi Dec 23, 2011

Happy Holidays!

*BalletGala Dec 23, 2011

Happy Holidays!!

~Ayumi--Sama Dec 23, 2011

Happy Holidays 2 you 2!

Awesome, your back.

Eh, but I'm not home...lol, I'm in Mexico at my parent's vacation home. ^^
So I’m getting ready to celebrate Christmas tomorrow w/ my dad's family.

I won't be back until the 4th of Jan...but at least I have access to the internet.
I've been helping out and getting the chance to play Zelda SS since I did
bring my Wii w/me. ^W^

*BalletGala Dec 23, 2011

Oh cool! That sounds like a lot of fun!

~TheAwesomeKyuubi Dec 23, 2011 Student General Artist

happy holidays to you to~

OMG YOUR HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *glomp*

*BalletGala Dec 23, 2011

YES!!!!!! I AM!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

~TheAwesomeKyuubi Dec 23, 2011 Student General Artist

YAY~ *glomp*

~Jace-Burner Dec 23, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Happy Hollidays to you

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