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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!

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

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.deviantart.com/art/

1000 Point Giveaway! (EDIT)

Okay enough of joining giveaways.....it's time to host one!

Remember the big surprise I was talking about in the previous journal? Well here it is! My BIGGEST giveaway yet!

Total prizes reach 1000

SIX more winners will be chosen who EACH will receive 50

!!!!!
~~I will be so broke after this...~~

But of course there are always the rules......

Please please please fave the journal!

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

100 point giveaway!Because I can. c:

[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
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):
-

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:

To enter, fave this journal and comment below that you've faved it. Then I will give you a number.

You don't need to watch me to enter. But please keep in mind that the giveaway ends sooner when
there are more watchers.

Your account must be at least 2 months old.

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.

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

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 points giveawayHello there! I decided to give away 100 !

Since I haven't had the chance to upload any art recently,I decided to give away something else to you guys ~

1 step: All you need to do is post a comment down below! (This guarantees you one entry number.) This step IS mandatory.

2 step: If you watch me you receive another number and for every fave on one of my deviantations you get more.
EXAMPLE:
Comment=1 entry number
Comment,watch,3 favs= 5 entry numbers

MAX entry numbers=5

REMEMBER: The second step is not obligatory,it just gives you a better chance of winning.
Please leave a comment like the following if you have watched or faved something: "Comment,watch,2 favs" so I can keep track. ^^
I will be choosing the winner via random.org

END DATE: 27 MAY 2013 6 pm GMT+3

SPECIAL FEATURE 05 ... Part A
:iconspreadmoreloveplz: Unfortunately I can't mention all here, but I send all my friends and watchers a lot of hugs :iconspreadmoreloveplz:
... and a special thanks to those who keep up with even the loyalty with my photography ...
Please give all of them your attention,

, comment and watch!

***Updated*** Mini 500 Point Giveaway!This giveaway is over. Winners announced soon.
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

oints::points::points::points::points:
BONUS POINTS???
If you want the chance to win a quick 100:points:, check out my forum post

Welcome to My Official DeviantArt Page!Hi, I'm Mark Crilley. I'm the writer and illustrator of a new graphic novel series from Dark Horse Comics, "Brody's Ghost." The first four volumes are now available though your local bookstore or comic shop, or at any number of online stores such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
I'm also the writer and illustrator of the MIKI FALLS manga series from HarperCollins. All four books in the series (MIKI FALLS: SPRING, MIKI FALLS: SUMMER, MIKI FALLS: AUTUMN, and MIKI FALLS: WINTER) are now available in bookstores and at online sites such as those run by Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Thanks in advance to anyone who gets them. If you do, please let me know what you think; I'd love to hear from you.
You can find out more about me and my books over at my YouTube channel.
If you can't find any of my books at your local bookstore, please, please, pretty-please ask them to order it!
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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.

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.

The Echo chamber dilemmaThe promise of the Internet was that unlimited information and experiences would draw us together. But instead it seems to have driven us apart.
For years I've observed this behavior but haven't been able to vocalize it correctly. Originally I called the behavior of collective opinions as "the hive mentality" of the Internet. But that wasn't exactly right and I often got called out on it. The most prominent example was when I made a comic about a guy disagreeing with opinions and being shouted at till he remained quiet, eventually fading into the background with everyone else. The consensus of that comic was that if you disagree with someone you aren't bullied into not speaking, but instead are free to go someplace else where people who do agree with you exist. And you know what? That wasn't what i was trying to convey, but is sadly true. The Internet is not a hive mind. It's many tiny pocket echo chambers of mutual agreements.
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SPECIAL FEATURE 05 ... Part B
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... and a special thanks to those who keep up with even the loyalty with my photography ...
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, comment and watch!

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Thank you for all the suggestions! ^__^

Journal Entry: Mon Apr 30, 2012, 2:03 PM

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Wow! Thank you so much for all those wonderfully evocative ideas. A few rang with me more than others, and a few had already been on my mental list for a while. I've narrowed it down to:

Eärendil with bird!Elwing in his arms aboard Vingilot
A portrait of Beren (I've done Lúthien, but not him, since ... 1995 oO
Dagor Dagorath, with Túrin slaying Morgoth, the constellation of Orion behind him...

Ancalagon the Black

Possibly:

Arien and Tilion with the Sun and Moon
Maedhros and Maglor with Elrond and Elros
The death of Beleg
Nienor's suicide
Idril leading the fugitives out of Gondolin
Feanor glamour portrait

Maglor singing by the waves/fading
Fingon's battle cry before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad

So, I'll wait for serious inspiration to hit and hope the time until August will be long enough!

Thank you all so much for your ideas, even the unanswered ones. A lot of them will still be carried round with me, and over time the sparks may ignite into flames. I love you guys.

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I'm planning to do a few more Silmarillion illus. Maybe some of the more iconic scenes, rather than documenting the life of Maedhros the Tall in flip-book manner.

Not that there was anything wrong with that, mind. But a few more iconic scenes, you know.

Why Silmarillion and not the Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings? Because the feel for me is totally different. The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings are great books. The Silmarillion is my heart and soul. Plus, it's in its thirty-fifth year of publication and I'll be celebrating my twentieth year of being obsessed with it this summer. Reason enough.

So, if you have any ideas, please leave a suggestion! Thank you!

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Listening to: Return of the King Soundtrack
Reading: The Silmarillion

Thank you for all the suggestions! ^__^by =Gold-Seven

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~theawesomesauceguy Jul 23, 2012

I think you should do Nerdanel, Fëanor and the Children in Gondolin, as I think that that would be a pretty family portrait...

Or Nerdanel with Mahtan, because bearded Elves just sounds awesome, and that would make a pretty father/daughter portrait too...

~Scilens May 6, 2012

aww, man, I was already upset I won't be able to go, and now that I know you'll be there it's even worse xD
well, have a good time = )

~Scilens May 6, 2012

ohh, and something I'd love to see is art of Aredhel and Eol (and possibly Maeglin as well. always liked him and he doesn't get painted often enough)

=pearwood May 2, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

If you've ever thought about doing an Entwife, I found the photo reference for you [link]

=Gold-Seven May 5, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Wow, that's such a cool photo. Thank you!

=pearwood May 5, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

You'll have Fangorn drooling.

~Tzigi May 2, 2012

So great, I'm away form the internet for two days and you post a question like this and when I come back it's already over????
I sooo wanted to suggest stuff and now it's all over 'cause I've spent 2 days in the countryside! Grrrrrr... sometimes the world knows who to anger me...

But what about some love for the Book of Lost Tales - The Cottage of Lost Play (never seen any decent illustrations of it), the wonderful rooms there, and, of course, Eriol/Ælfwine...?

=Gold-Seven May 5, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

I have almost no recollection of the Book of Lost Tales. I bought it around the time of my final school exams and read it in a kind of blur, but it's mostly gone now... I remember some of it confused me.

=AngelaSasser May 2, 2012 Professional General Artist

I still have of yet to read the Silmarillion, BUT I've been watching the Muddy Color guys post some AWESOME stuff for a Silmarillion themed art show! I'm going to link it for you because it looks like great inspiration. Here ya go! [link]

All the scenes you describe really sound cool. Must ....read!

=Gold-Seven May 5, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Ooh yes! I discovered Justin Gerard this year and bought his latest art book; his lines and composition are mind blowing. I'd discovered that link just the week before you sent it to me, too, and was flabbergasted he was also illustrating the Silmarillion!

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