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I'm bored :c...*50 point giveaway!* (WINNER!)*EDIT* WINNER ANNOUNCED!!

Congrats to :iconBellaK123:!!!
There will be another BIG point/art giveaway soon!! So don't be sad if you didn't win c:
There will also be a June giveaway too!
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I am very bored! D:
And since I am feeling bored and nice, I decided to do a tiny point giveaway.
All you have to do is:

Fave this journal (it will be your number)

Watch me IF you like my art~ ;v;
Well....that's about it!
Winner will be chosen using Random.org
Deadline: 5/19/13
If you take a look/join my contest, I will love you forever

Contest Time!
It's time for my contest!
I hope you guys are excited. I've been planning this contest for months now.
If you would like to see existing contest entries, click here! ---> http://kittenhime.deviantart.com/favourites/55354821
✿Theme✿
Draw my persona Kitty!

✿What I'll Be Looking For✿
This contest will not be judged much by the quality but more by the creativity.
I would like to see what you all come up with!
✿What Mediums Are Allowed✿
♥Digital Art
♥Traditional Art
♥Pixel Art
✿What Is Not Allowed✿
♥Other OC's or Characters
♥ Gender bending
♥Creating her in another form other than Kemonomimi
✿Rules✿
♥The contest will e

May GiveawayIt is time for our monthly giveaway! Help us thank our awesome donors by giving them a llama. You can find our donors here.
How can I participate in this giveaway?
Simple, just favorite this journal (we had issues with people spamming comments).
How will the winner be selected?
A random number generator will be used (random.org to be specific). The RNG will be first used to select a page from the list of those who favorited this journal. Then from that list the RNG will be used to select the winner!
Do I have to be a member of this group?
No, you do not have to be a member.
Who can win?
Any member of deviantArt that has been around for at least 6 months and has not won the membership from previous giveaways. The winner must be a deviant who currently does not have an active subscription to deviantArt.
What if this account I have now is under six months, bu

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/

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

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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
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

Premium and Point Giveaway!The Giveaway
I will be giving away a one month, three month, twelve month, and two-thousand points!
Just fav this journal and you can win!
Rules
You must favorite this journal
No point or plz accounts
Accounts must have at least one month seniority
Do not enter more than once
How can I get entered more?
Favorite this journal to get entered
Write a journal about this giveaway and include this thumb:
:thumb371701888:
{Please comment if you do}
Donate to the giveaway. Every ten points equals one entry
How will I be picking the winners?
I will be using a generator to randomly pick a name.
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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

Mini Point Giveaway - Enter Quickly!200
1st - 100 :icontwaanie:
2nd - 50 :iconbannabutt-angel-14:
3rd - 30 :iconGIR10:
4th - 10 :iconYams83:
5th - 10 :iconCrimsonRobin:

This Mini Giveaway ended May 17th 9:00PM GMT (UK Time)
All winners are picked at random! (random.org)

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)

Win free MLP OC commissionHi guys!
I have finally decided to have some sort of give-away/contest/lottery/whatever-you-like-to-call-it

You will have the chance to win a drawing made by me, with you MLP original character
What you'll have to do to participate:
•Favorite this journal
•Put a link to your OC that you would like me to draw in in the comment field below,
•also add a little comment why I should pick your OC :3 Only one entry/person
(If you don't do all three thing above your entry won't count)
What you will win:
•A drawing of your OC, made by me with markers on paper size A5, drawn in this style http://fav.me/d65cire
If you would like me to send the physical drawing to you you'll have to pay for the shipping (only Paypal accepted), otherwise I can send the scanned version to you by e-mail :3
.• I will pick TWO (2) winners! •.
I have no idea how many that will enter, I have never done something like this before x)
This contest will end at May 23rd (which means you'll have one week to enter)
So.. good

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.

I know I am a bit late but...YOU GUYS
Thank all of you for your presents and sweet words and llamas and points and cakes and basically EVERYTHING!

I am sorry I am not able to reply and thank every single one of you, but it really means a lot to me.
Haha, it feels so weird having this 19 near my name though

viria's turning into a big baby, and viria wouldn't be the same big baby without all of you<3 So thank you once more!

Advice and TutorialsSo this First Advice and Tutorial Journal will be on General Anatomy and Such. The second will be up to you so please comment below in what you think the next Advice and Tutorial Journal should be on.
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What I personally find the hardest to draw is feet and hands. I found that with a lot of practice and a lot of frustrating mistakes my feet and hands actually look at the very least almost the way i want them to be.
Now my favorite Style of drawing is Anime or sometimes semi-realism, and i find that by doing studies of the more traditional style realism actually helps improve my anime pictures greatly. For instance i would practice drawing my hands and feet in different positions holding different things and from different angles. I also find it extremely helpful while i'm drawing and i'm having a particularly hard time drawing a hand or a foot in a certain position i will stop for a

Episode 15 France and Jeanne d'Arc:iconredsparklesplz: The Season 5 episode 15! :iconredsparklesplz:
:iconRennTorakWolf: Has the episodes up on her tumblr here http://hetaliaseason5subbed.tumblr.com/ and :iconImDeathTheKid: found them on www.animefreak.tv Make sure you thank the both of them for their efforts.
:iconFyreflare: needs your help, she needs art for here Fics and she's willing to write for you to get it. Please check http://fav.me/d65j2n6 for details. Tell em' :iconrpnation--america: sent ya.

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Journal Entry: Tue Feb 26, 2008, 7:31 AM

You asked for it! (well, some of you, anyway)

Hi, guys.

Recently, I've had a lot of inquiries regarding my work process. And although this journal is anything but comprehensive, I thought it would be worth sharing anyway, to appease some of you curious minds. I don't usually work this way, it actually depends on what type of illustration / comic / subject matter I'm working on.

This image was created using Adobe Photoshop CS2 and a Wacom Intuos 3, at 300 dpi on an A4 canvas. It was completed in roughly 24 hours, spread across 3 days. A bit slow, I admit. That's what I get for not having a definite work process to stick to (although working on this did give me a few ideas on that...). And for not having a clear idea of what I wanted for the image.

When I first started with the image, I had no idea of what the final outcome would look like. All I knew was that I wanted a girl, a guy, guns, and blades. Danger, a hint of action, tension. And with inspiration coming in different forms, no matter how absurd or simplistic, this was as good a starting point as any. Besides, I just wanted to draw a finished piece so bad.

I sketched out some silhouettes. At this early stage, my only concern was the composition.

Once I settled the composition, I put in rough values using varying degrees of gray. Then I made a rough color guide using gradients with a few select colors. This color guide is the topmost layer, set on the layer blending option overlay.

Time to put in rough details on the subjects. All colors assigned to the characters were picked from the canvas and adjusted slightly, according to my preferences. This ensures that the subjects will match with the background later on.

Based on the rough details and character color guides, I proceed to smoothen out and create fine details in certain areas. The character renderings are not finalized yet, but they're nearly done.

Now it's time to move on to the background. Based on the intial rough guide, I create a more refined structure for the background, blocking in all the basic shapes. Along the way, I also add more detail to the characters; they're close to finished.

I continue refining the background by adding textures to it (photographs I took and textures I created using custom brushes and filters). At this point, the rendering part is finished.

The last step, a step I haven't done much until recently, is applying treatment on the image. I added a subtle texture on top of the rendered image, a few filters here and there, darkening some parts and lightening up other areas. Also, using the color balance image adjustment tool, I amped up the red, which the image seems to have lost in the rendering process. There, done! Hooray!

I hope that helps.

Later, y'all!

The Imaginary Friends are:

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Mood: Love
Listening to: Sweet Soul Revue - Pizzicato Five
Reading: Hardboiled Wonderland - Haruki Murakami
Playing: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Eating: Maccas
Drinking: Coke

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~KouNaraishi Feb 26, 2008 Professional Filmographer

Awesome thanks! How is street fighter the third strike? ^^

~saber-kite Feb 26, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

Nice. Your method is quite different from what I expected. At least I have an idea of how it goes. Thanks!

~ultorgabrihel Feb 26, 2008

Galing! Thanks for that tutorial. I'm sure I'll find it very helpful.

~RalphNiese Feb 26, 2008 Professional General Artist

crazyness, but yep it helps

~Etsugua Feb 26, 2008

The 3rd part is just awesome, I like it better than the finished version, but I'm weird

Great work through it all

~WotanaZ Feb 26, 2008 Student Traditional Artist

oh god..
you make it sound sooo easy ..
do some more pieces like this please

*GermanCityGirl Feb 26, 2008 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks for sharing that process with your viewers. It was very interesting to see your step-by-step process of rendering such beautiful art!

~LeprechaunSmurf Feb 26, 2008

Awesome work on this one!! I love seeing process of how things come together!

~Silveraxe Feb 26, 2008 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks a lot for sharing the process!!

*shern Feb 26, 2008

you make it sound so easy but seriously i was watching your progress as you did it in studio and i have to say you really pushed yourself on this one. glad to see you challenging yourself.

by the way i followed your tutorial to the letter and still ended up with crap. there must be something you left out in the tutorial

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