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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

OPEN Raffle/Giveaway! [1000 points + Free Chibis~]I barely noticed that I reached 1,000 watchers! :iconpapcryplz::iconpapcryplz::iconpapcryplz:
I can't thank you gaiz enough. AND OMG--
Just thanks so much for liking my art and stuff. It means so much to me. I can't even describe it in words. :iconuhuhuhuplz:
So how about I describe it in a picture instead? A picture is worth a thousand words~
:iconureshiiplz:
So let me give back and thank everyone by doing a raffle! YUSH!
So let's begin!
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How do I participate?
You /must/ be a watcher to participate. Please do not watch me if you are just entering for this raffle. ;_;
If you are already a watcher, just favorite this journal. (:
Can I be entered more than once?
Yeup<3 If you make a journal about my raffle and show me proof (like a link to your journal), you get entered 1 more time.
If you comment here with corny/cheesy pick-up line or a funny picture,

CONTEST! Win 1500 points! P.Membership! And More!

Draw My Naruto OC Contest!!!
Manku Urakami
Shippuuden – right outfit

colors take from here http://tonemi.deviantart.com/art/Manku-Urakami-345814033
Pre Shippuuden

Her pairing Sora - http://s001.radikal.ru/i193/1305/de/d7f6152c3bc8.png
I want join! What I'll do?
If you want join:
*READ A RULES.
*I don't do some list of contest members, if you want draw for my contest, just do it!
*MOORE CREATIVITY!

*Send me link in finished draw here in comments, or in notes.
*I'll put your draw in *Entries
*Congratulations! Your' a member! :iconimsrspervplz:
Rules

Draw my Naruto OC Manku Urakami. It's can be all thet u want, fan art, face screenshots, couple art or else.

ART must be drawd for my contest! Not commission for me, not AT's, only new and your draws.

No base! No trace! Only own draws!

You may enter only one draw for every contest c

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

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.

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

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

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

CONTEST TIME!LOVE LOVE LOVE
Hello everybody!
This journal is for comunicate to all about a new contest organized by: :iconrinashuu: :iconmissuses: :iconChiiochi:
Here is a little explication about the contest.
The Theme is "Pinku pink Friends", they are a group of OC's made of our 3 characters: Chisa, Missu and Chiio.
The description of the group is: a group of friends, like sisters, they are very close and insaparable friends.
This contest starts on June 10th and the deadline is on August 10th! All entries need to be sent to the
organizers in comments or notes.
RULES:
1. All the entries need to have the 3 characters on it.
3. Max of 3 entries for person.
Allowed
1. Chibis, full body, thigh up, headshot, etc
2. Pixel icons
3. Digital and Traditional art
Not allowed
1. Bases
2. Tracing
3. +18
4. Copy other users entries
All entries need to follow the rules or they will be disqualified.

PRIZES!
FOR THE FIRST PLACE
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500 points GIVEAWAY!Hi Good Day~ Pusheen here~ I am hosting this 500

giveaway and this is my first time x) I am doing this to help others out there to have points~
This will end at July 2, 2013, 12:00 GMT
-3 winners will win home the bacon! A total of 500 will be given out at random using random.org!
PRICES

1st winner - 300

and a free feature in all of my three lists, watch fave and llama

2nd winner - 150

and a free watch and llama feature

3rd winner - 50

and a free watch feature
RULES

You must FAVE this journal.
You must make a journal about this giveaway, tell a friend or spread to your group .
[Star!] Watch me.
[Star!] Comment below the link of your journal about my giveaway~

SUPPORTERS OF THIS GIVEAWAY
Since this is my first time hosting a giveaway, I am willing to help the deviantart community this way. I

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.

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

Music Is My Inspiration ContestWell guys I've decided to start my own contest, because I had awesome feedback on the idea ^_^
It'll be my first contest that I've held...EVER! So it's very exciting :3
So, about the theme of the contest. Well whenever I've felt down and blue because I've been slapped upside the head with an art block, I like to wallow in self pity and blast my favourite tunes XD (LOL) It's extremely therapeutic

and it really does help to inspire me with new ideas

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A perfect example would be my OC's Medi-kate & Black Nova, both created from inspiration from music.
http://fav.me/d609vsk http://fav.me/d5tfe4z
So basically the gist of it is, I want you guys to listen to some music, find a song that inspires you, pick one of my OC's, and create something awesome

With all that being said, let's get down to the nitty gritty details!
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Theme: Music Is My Inspiration
Deadline: 2 months from now (12 August 2013)
Rules:

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Sooo..how's everyone been?

by ~Elafros, Oct 6, 2011, 3:54:53 AM
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God I haven't been active on DA in ages....

How have you guys been?

My life went through some major twists since I last talked to you guys...

I have a lot to say but that will be written in a later journal because now I don't really have much time to talk.

I'll just say that I kinda got a job.

Must say having babies can really be a pain ... I'm a nanny for a not even one year old baby @_@ and God it's hard work , good thing babies usually love me. But it really made me understand a lot about being a parent even if the kid's not mine xD

Taking care of babies is hard work.... I've just been a nanny for like 3 days , this will be my fourth , but I've already learned a lot about babies and what it means to have a baby. Also made me think about the future a bit xDD which is actually sad in a way , makes me feel like a grownup xD

I must say I'm quite proud of this job. Because although it doesn't look it , taking care of such small babies IS HARD xDand tiring xD

So far everything is going well and that's what makes me proud xD

Anyway , this way I won't have to worry about how I'll pay rent with just the freelancing I've been doing lately , which is paid VERY LITTLE.... seriously.

But lately I've been learning a lot of things and I am so proud of myself it's actually say xDD /needs to be praised

I'm working now for two avatar community sites and I must say pixel art is starting to get a special spot in my heart xD

I'm working on making an avatar site with a few friends , and we've already decided on the name and background story and games and such and we plan on starting to work on the design soon and buy a domain and host but I still need to raise the money for the site first.

I have lots of plans for next year , and they're already starting to take shape <3 let's hope everything goes as planned <3

Anyway enough from me , I gotta go babysit xD

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Sooo..how's everyone been?by ~Elafros

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~K1ZUKI Oct 6, 2011 Student General Artist

I agree, babies are a lot of work. I have three little brothers that I pretty much raised by myself. It was tough but it was sooo helpful in my daily life. I am a LOT more patient now LOL

~Grim-away Oct 6, 2011

Oh gods! Glad to hear from you again! I missed you!
I'm very proud of you for sticking through this. You've given me the strength to get what I need done.

Also I agree... taking care of a baby is HARD. I helped my sister out on two of her babies. Constantly crying, peeing on the walls saying "mummy look what I did!! *A*"... haha I remember when he wouldn't stop crying the only way to get him to stop was to rest him by me. Kids are awfully strange in that they always find comfort in things that aren't comfortable around them.
I hope that your job helps to teach you so much more and quite possibly as much as it has taught me.
I'm very happy that you're working now. Taking care of children is a tough job and all the power to ya!
I'm going to add another character to this picture for you and perhaps send it on it's way to you when I start making money.
Take care of yourself Elafros and as we lame Canadian's say, keep your stick on the ice!

~TarosMyr Oct 6, 2011 Writer

Glad to hear from you.

~nous3rnam3 Oct 6, 2011

grats on getting a job

i still need a job xD

so you plan to make an avatar site? =u=

*blackstorm Oct 6, 2011

Hard work indeed, from what I've seen my older sister and my brother-in-law go through with their one year old little bundle of joy (a boy, and another boy on the way next year) during my short stay with them, and with my 0% experience with babies and my complete lack of fondness/interest for them in general (not that I hate babies, mind you), I was in complete and utter lost when my mom and sister persuaded me to keep watch on my bubbly nephew while they make dinner...and in just maybe 10 minutes later my mom and sis couldn't stand the on-and-off crying any further from my usually happy nephew and came to take him away from me -and my mom bluntly spoke her disdain to the entire family, even jabbing at my so-called 'phobia' for baby drools (which, to her, is a cute thing) and how much I'm just like my father when it comes to baby matters

Anyway, as for how I've been.....well, my eight week vacation aboard has been both peaceful and eventful, I'm starting to miss it now that I'm back home and life got a lot waaaay more hectic, which is making me feel kinda high strung (and still am).

*MCMXC2 Oct 6, 2011 Hobbyist Filmographer

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