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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

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

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!

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.

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

[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

XBOne... fixed.To everyone who says picking on Microsoft for their consumer unfriendly bullshit was "being unnecessarily mean," take a look at this. Don Mattrick just announced that Microsoft is back peddling with the XBOne, removing the disastrously awful features we've been bashing them for trying to inflict on us.
    Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.
    For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in order to deliver a breakthrough in game play and entertainment. We imagined a new set of benefits such as easier roaming, family sharing, and new ways to try and buy games. We believe in the benefits of a connected, digital future.
    Since unveiling our plans for X

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

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GNH Podcast #2

by ~darzie, Jul 2, 2009, 3:27:39 PM
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And here's the second podcast all about Awakening! Once again, thanks to ~Eliw00d, and thanks to the new co-host ~Tsarina-Nereid, also for all the suggestions and feedback we got on the last one.

As usual, feel free to leave any feedback, ideas, Q&A replies, music ideas, etc either in this journal or as a note to the community or ~Eliw00d himself, we'd really appreciate it!

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This week's Question: Have you come out of the 'kin wardrobe to anyone? How did you go about it and how did they react?
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Music credits:
Doukustu Dance - Vaughn (Cave Story Remix Project)
Autumn Interlude - Amethystium
The Truth Is Here - Ayreon
Smoothie Brace - Rexy (Cave Story Remix Project)

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Listening to: GNH Podcast #2

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~Skylargasm Jul 8, 2009 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Hahah, I remember coming out when I was under the impression I was a vampire. Of course, like most people, they didn't believe me. Over time, though, they just came to accept it. Lots of inside jokes, back in the day.

I do remember coming out as overlord to my boyfriend after dating him for a few months. He took it surprisingly well. XP

~GrandTroopNinja Jul 7, 2009

I've told a few people (outside of GNH), my best friends and my current bestfriend. It's been difficult, and I'm not so sure I've gone about it the best way...

I was raised by my catholic mom and stepdad, so I originally feared demonic possession. I didn't realize it until like a few weeks ago, so I really haven't had the time to tell many entities. When I moved in with my dad two states away, I realized that there were many more religions than Catholocism, and it helped that my dad and immediate family with him is much more open about everything.

I ask them how open-minded they are and slowly get to the idea of 'kin. If they're hostile or dismiss the idea (none have so far) I stop. I tell them that I've a connection that's unexplainable save for 'kin, and that after soul-searching I've found that I am 'kin. Most of them accepted me (they're my friends after all), but my psychologist still has to get used to the idea. It's gone pretty well, I'm still working on telling my Dad and stepmom.
I know there are close-minded people who'll never accept the idea of 'kin and I won't tell them.

~darzie Jul 6, 2009

Another great podcast, ilu guiz <3

I'm finally buying the field guide to otherkin. You guys have convinced me.

Elven Princess Syndrome-Somehow I know exactly what you're talking about. Never heard it called that before.

I can't remember but a podcast about dysphoria would be good. Ties into my answer actually.

The only people I've told are my lovers and friends I feel comfortable discussing religion with. The reason for this is I'm very guarded from my childhood where everyone is predominantly christian and those other nonchristians were weird. The other reason I'm guarded is I hang out with various transgendered people who experience gender dysphoria, who get understandably annoyed when gender dysphoria is compared to the dysphoria that 'kin and therians experience. I was actually trying to broach the topic with a friend of mine and he started on a huge rant on how that comparison is the stupidest thing ever and therians and otherkin are made of fail. I skipped telling him, but I might try to discuss it with him again.

As for how I tell who I've told it's usually waiting for a calm moment and explaining it from the frame of a spiritual thing, I find that disarms a lot of people. Reactions have been positive so far with the exception of the guy mentioned above, and a person I knew in high school. Mostly people have been "well that's different, but it's okay." I love california.

Finally my throat is better so feel free to grab me for interviewing/cohosting/interpetive dance.

~Lady-of-Slaughter Jul 5, 2009 Student General Artist

Very wonderful podcast once again, good work you guys! I love it!

~bahamut90210 Jul 3, 2009

1. well as for the first one i finally came out and told someone a couple years ago who was very close to me. where i live i am drowned in Christianity and find it hard to be free. but he had been looking into who he really was and i just realized that i wasn't just me that i was talking about. i found myself seeing sights of things i had never seen before. the only other time i had this happen to me was when i was in middle school. i had broken off from everyone and tried to find who i really was. he accepted it and a couple days ago i ran across this chat. i didn't really think much of it because i had thought it more of a demonic possession but now that i have met others like it i see that it isn't a possession its a connection. the other person i opened up to on here other than the members was a friend of mine who showed up here also moonlight-Wolfie she and i really connected and found we had allot in common with what has happened to her. all together i was accepted by them and my guy friend was even glad i had found something real to me. especially after my whole try to kill myself phase. well there i go again opening up to everyone again.

~Xildaen Jul 2, 2009 Student Digital Artist

Hey! well done for the second podcast.

You two have nice voices!

Eliw00d you really improved your speaking ability. I heard less "Eeeh" and your pace and volume was really good!

Maybe Tsarina-Nereid should have prepared something to say tough.

As always the new age music made me laugh.

As for the Question:
In a surrounding where atheism is the main religion (I know it is a paradox) it is pretty hard to explain to someone that one's soul is not "human". I never lie about it, but I also never try to "impose" it to anyone. I always say that I believe in something greater than the world we can see with the bare eye. I mean that the realm of the unknown will always be greater than the realm of the known. That being said, I don't feel the urge to put myself in a position that would render me less... human in the eye of "Humankin". People fears and/or despises what they don't know or can't understand. I've got a human life to live and I don't think that I want to be seen as a Weirdo (being geek and metalhead is enough already... adding that would just be too much for many poeple to handle). I want to be able to live a social life. Playing the freakshow is not one of my favorite hobby.

There are a few people though that knows about my otherkin self. That was so long ago I can't remember how it started. Usualy, I tell it to open minded friends who would be able to handle it. I'm really instinctive, so I usually let it go gradually, as I feel it, telling hints to make them understand that, deep within me, I'm not really human. And usually, they feel it. (I never told them that I was an Otherkin tough, as such a word is not really used in french). I use diplomacy and subtlety.

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!Heru-Set-Sebek Jul 2, 2009

I dont get on much, perhaps you'd like to make someone else a mod, if you haven't done so already.

I apologise for that.
Work eats up my time, and I'm usually tired after.
Again, sorry for that.

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