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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/
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
EDIT: Just in case you were wondering how big she is, 8 inches long and 3 inches across her back !
THANK YOU EVERYPONY WHO JOINED :'D I DIDN'T EXPECT SO MANY
1000 Point Giveaway! (EDIT)
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 possible: 3)
IMPORTANT: Please be
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
800 Points GiveawayHello all. As I've mentioned in the poll, I am going to make a small giveaway on the occasion of nearly 1000 watchers! Wooo!
There are 8 winners and 100 points for each to win. BUT the giveaway ends when the number of watchers reaches 1000.
RULES:
:bulletred: To enter, fave this journal and comment below that you've faved it. Then I will give you a number.
:bulletred: You don't need to watch me to enter. But please keep in mind that the giveaway ends sooner when
there are more watchers.
:bulletred: Your account must be at least 2 months old.
:bulletred: You can enter once only. No alternate/plz accounts.
I will choose winners with random.org.
♣ Good luck! ♣
Minor update: changed from 1111 to 1000 watchers.
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)
100 point giveaway!Because I can. c:
School Chibi Contest X3
Hi there, my fellow groupmates!
We will have a contest!
THEME: SCHOOL TIME
                                     Rules
                                            Should be about School Times!
                                            Should be a CHIBI!
                                            Submit it to the "2013 Contest" Folder!
                                            Don't include characters that aren't yours have your own.
                                            With the maximum of two entries!
                                            Don't put nudity scences in your entry.
                                            Be CREATIVE!
           The contest ends at June 29(~Meowgirl07's birthday) :thumb
***Updated*** Mini 500 Point Giveaway!OK, so the big giveaway is going to be running for a while yet!
In the meantime, here's a chance to win a few points!
Something i've been meaning to do but only recently was I prompted by Atlantien1.
All you need to do is this:
Browse deviantART and find a piece of art (or more than one) you REALLY like. Something that means something to you!
Then simply make a journal featuring that piece (or pieces) of art. You could even say a few words about that piece and the artist?
Remember to comment below with a link to your journal!
Here's mine: http://moomin-man.deviantart.com/art/Art-Feature-Share-the-experience-373119121
Winners will be picked at random!
1st - 200:points:
2nd - 100:points:
3rd - 50:points:
4th - 50:points:
5th - 50:points:
6th - 50:points:
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BONUS POINTS???
If y
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
Mickey's Chibi Raffle! WINNER!EDIT YAY!! Grats to :iconbear-bears: for winning the raffle!
Please note me your ref and stuff. :3c

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EDIT YOU HAVE LITTLE TIME LEFT FOLKS. NIGHT!
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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.
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Answer me this...

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  • Mood: Neutral
  • Listening to: Nothing
  • Reading: This screen
  • Watching: Famiy Feud
Because I'm genuinely curious...

How does that CatDog picture have 1000 favorites?

I'm not asking about it because I'm ungrateful for it in any way, shape, or form.  I'm asking because that picture isn't good.  And very clearly so.  Well CatDog himself looks absolutely fine in it though I think I forgot to put that spot on Dog's eye (though it doesn't seem like anyone noticed at all).  But that background is the laziest, most rushed thing I've ever done and yet...somehow everyone thinks that picture is good?  

I mean, there's good pictures in my gallery...that one's not it though.  Glad you guys like it but...I just don't see why it's worthy of that much attention...
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~shelzie Nov 26, 2012  Professional Filmographer
Because fanart > everything in the eyes of the internet, unfortunately.

Also hello. xD
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~SombraStudio Nov 26, 2012
Sadly this is true. I spent a ton of time on an illustration commission and I thought it was really nice and pretty but it gets overshadowed by fan art. I guess I don't mind it when I think the fan art is good though. :XD:

And hi! We completely haven't talked in a long time. ^^;
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~shelzie Nov 27, 2012  Professional Filmographer
Yes I've been terrible at keeping up with my devART, it's kind of fallen to the wayside sadly =_= A friend of mine found that awesome Scyther anatomical drawing you did on tumblr and showed it to me, and I was like hay I know that person haha. :D

And yes I try to only put up fanart that I'm proud of so that I don't have to be annoyed heh. Same applies for certain animals honestly, I got SUPER fed up once upon a time because people were giving a ton of attention to the wolf and fox drawings that I'd do for other people's characters and ignore my (mainly sighthound and toy breed) OCs. Which I'm sure I've ranted about xD
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~SombraStudio Nov 27, 2012
Yeah, I haven't been nearly as active here as I have been in the past. I'm more active on Tumblr and FurAffinity. I don't even know why I stopped being too active here. ^^;

I draw a lot of fan art and some of it I'm proud of some of it is just..."meh". But I notice (on any site I post art on) that quick sketches, really silly stuff, and "not serious" fan art gets more attention than the stuff I put effort into and really like. I'd like to say that doesn't make me sad but it kinda does.

And that sucks that people don't pay as much attention to the other animals you draw. You're fantastic at simplifying anatomy but still making each animal and especially each dog breed you draw very distinct. I'm still trying to figure out why wolves and foxes are so popular. :XD: They're pretty but I don't get why everyone gravitates to them for characters.

(Though I'm one to talk...I do have fox characters...that I never draw. ^^; )
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~Coronadofwb Nov 10, 2012
I think, based on the comments you received on the deviation, that it's mainly a nostalgia thing. You also gave the characters more emphasis using your own style, and showing the characters personalities in a unique way. It may hardly be your best, but it's an image you did that just worked all around :)
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~SombraStudio Nov 11, 2012
I guess so.

I still find it weird. Especially since I just feel like the things that get effort put in to them should get more views but I guess on DA that's not how things work. ^^;
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~Coronadofwb Nov 30, 2012
Well I thought about this for some time, and I think about `balaa and the intricate work she does, yet a speed painting of hers she didn't put much effort into became her most favorited deviation in just a matter of days, and it made me wonder why this was. I think that when viewing an artist's work, you can tell how they were when they did the picture, ie, relaxed versus stressed or pressured. A bit of psychology there. That's just my thoughts, I can't be sure otherwise. Based on the outcome of this picture you seemed really relaxed, like you just let everything flow. That could be a possible reason.
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~SombraStudio Dec 2, 2012
I thought of that possibility.

But there's certain pictures I have more fun with and I'm more open to joking around with commentors or poking fun at what I've drawn and just all around being silly with it. I clearly have fun with those but for some reason I'm not sure that ever shows through. There's plenty of pictures that I like that are very silly, quickly drawn, etc. but those don't seem to get the same amount of feedback.

I dunno...I guess I'll just chock it up to the nostalgia factor here.
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~Coronadofwb Dec 6, 2012
Yes, that does seem true. There is a psychology to it, but I can't seem to find the right words to explain it clearly. The fantastic artist =zorm struggles with this greatly as well. Generally only her fanart gets any attention when she wants critiques on her originals. It seems you must be really appealing artistically. I know of stick figure comics here on dA, though I don't know what the account is, gets tremendous faves on each page, when very little effort was put into page, but they're liked because of popular culture, or it's just relatable, it's not really for the "art" at all. If the art just doesn't invigorate the senses, it's not to be liked for what it is it seems.
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~QUICKMASTER Oct 24, 2012
I think, It is in the same situation like some people loves to play Mine_craft more than Super high graphic game nowadays.

- Game-play VS Graphic

- Content VS Design


for me , I found it has a humor element and I like it.
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