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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
:bulletgreen: You can enter as many times as you want.
:bulletgreen: No shading required
:bulletgreen: You must choose one of the characters in this folder http://griffsnuff.deviantart.com/gallery/24055808
:bulletgreen:Remember to remove the shape/lines when you are done!
:bulletgreen: The character needs to be full body.
:bulletgreen: try to fill as much as the shape as possible!
:bulletred: You can not alter the shape.
:bulletred: 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):wow:Yea... and if you don't read the rules, you won't get anything out of this.:wow:

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!!! :hooray:



:star:What you have to do:star:
:bulletred: Favorite this journal... you don't have, you don't enter
:bulletred: Comment saying you entered; I'll be lenient on this one
:bulletyellow: Advertise; you don't have to but is looked up upon
:bulletred: No duplicate accounts; seriously, you need points THAT bad???
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:star: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 :dummy:
There will be 2 winners ( 50 :points: each ) on this giveaway.
:bulletblue:It's easy to participate
:bulletred: :+fav: This journal.
:bulletred: 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:points: away at random to celebrate! Leave a comment and I will enter you for the chance to win!
1st 200:points:
2nd 150:points:
3rd 50:points:
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 :aww:
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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*Corealis Nov 17, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
"28 – The worst sequel to a game
Tales of Symphonia: Knights of Ratatosk"

HANDS DOWN.
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^ValaSedai Nov 17, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
:highfive: :giggle:
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*Corealis Nov 17, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
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Aber ehrlich WIE KONNTEN SIE NUR.
Tales of Symphonia war eine EWIGKEIT mein absolutes Lieblingsspiel, dass auch jetzt immernoch zu meinen Favoriten gehört. Als ich angefangen habe den zweiten Teil zu spielen war ich empört. So ein Sch**ß!
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^ValaSedai Nov 17, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Ich glaub am schlimmsten hab ich jetzt gar nicht mal so die extrem nervigen neuen Charas und die fuuurchtbare Verschandelung der alten gefunden, sondern dass es nich mal mehr ne richtige Oberwelt gibt. Ich mein wtf. O__o
Das Spiel hatte ja von der Idee her so viel Potential aber sie haben's echt komplett verhaut. :no:
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*Corealis Nov 18, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Das einzige, was mir dran gefallen hat war das mit den Monstern. Das man die rekrutieren und Weiterentwickeln konnte. Vllt spricht da auch nur der PokéMon-Trainer aus mir, aber das fand ich klasse. xD
Aber der Rest war schrecklich... Die alten Charas sind schlecht dargestellt worden und Emil und wie hieß die andere? ... Martha? I dunno lol waren echt nervig. Richter ging noch, aber alle anderen konnte man vergessen. Und das mit der fehlenden Oberwelt ist eine sauerei. Im ersten Teil hat man immer überall was zu entdecken gehabt, aber im zweiten Teil..? *seufzt* Und ich weiß noch wie sehr ich mich damals auf das Spiel gefreut habe...
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^ValaSedai Nov 18, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Das hat mir iwi auch nicht so gefallen. OTL
Mir wär's lieber gewesen, sie hätten das Monsterzeugs weggelassen und stattdessen mehr neue (und diesmal coole) Charaktere hinzugefügt. >__>
Wie du eh auch gesagt hast, Richter geht ja noch, aber besonders Marta...OMG ich hätt ihr am liebesten andauernd eine runtergehaut. xD

Ich hab ja noch vor einige der anderen Tales ofs zu spielen, ich hoff mal die sind besser. ^^

Ach übrigens, dein Sawk ist schon skizziert, fehlt nur noch der Hintergrund. :3
Ich sag das jetzt nicht um dich zu stressen, sondern, damit du dich schon mal drauf freuen kannst. xD
Du kannst dir mit deinem Teil wirklich so viel Zeit lassen, wie eben nötig ist. :nod:
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*Corealis Nov 19, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
MARTA war noch schlimmer als Emil. Und den ahb ich echt gehasst. xD Noch schlimmer waren nur noch die eine da... Wie hieß die, die sich immer so kindisch benommen hat? Alice? Und dieser Decus, der war auch dämlich.
Mich hat das Spiel nicht überzeugt. :/ Wenn die Charaktere schon schlecht sind kann die Story auch total gut sein... Man bekommt kein Gefühl für das ganze... Soll ja nicht heißen, dass die Story gut war. xD Die war auch lame lol

Es gibt ja noch viele. xD
Tales of Phantasia habe ich mal auf dem GBA gespielt. Hat mir aber nicht gefallen (und hab ich verkauft lol). Tales of The Abyss habe ich mir dann auf dem 3DS geholt. Das ist klasse. owo
Aber sonst... Tales of Vesperia sieht auch interessant aus, hab aber keine 360 xD

WIE SCHNELL DU BIST xD Letztens erst drüber gesprochen...
Und okay gut, dann freue ich mich schonmal drauf! :)
Mit meinen Trades geht es nur schleppend voran...
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^ValaSedai Nov 20, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Ach stimmt...Alice...sie hab ich ja ganz verdrängt. xD
Ich hab das Spiel ja auch ehrlich gesagt nie ganz durchgespielt. Das hab ich mir selbst iwi nicht antun können. xD

Ich hab Phantasia auf meinem snes emulator mal ein bisschen ausprobiert (sogar vor Symphonia noch) und mir hat das Kampfsystem eigentlich sehr gut gefallen, aber ich kann nicht allzu viel über das Spiel sagen, nachdem ich nicht viel mehr als eine Stunde oder so gespielt hab. ^^
Abyss will ich aber auch unbedingt noch haben! :la:
Mir ist's momentan aber noch ein bisschen zu teuer, also wart ich, bis es das dann second hand ein bisschen billiger ist. ^^
Und ja, für ziemlich alle anderen hab ich glaub ich auch nicht die richtigen Konsolen. OTL
Ich mein da gibt's dann ja auch noch Destiny, Eternia, Legendia, Xillia,...omg die Serie ist ja echt furchtbar groß. xD
Naja sobald wir uns mal ne PS2 zulegen kann ich ja ein paar mehr spielen. ^^
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~JNRedmon Nov 12, 2012
9. The Stallord battle was a serious adrenaline rush - the Zelda games need more bosses like that.
11. O_O
12. That game is EVIL. :stare:
23. YES.
26. Also yes.

You always come up with great answers to stuff like this.
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^ValaSedai Nov 12, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Are you shocked by 300+ hours? xD
I know three people, one of them my brother who have gone beyond 1000h in some games and that in less time than I had for Morrowind. :giggle:

Nintendo has GOT to give us more TP styled Zeldas. ;n;

Aw well I'm just writing what's on my mind. :D
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