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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

.
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

1000 Point Giveaway!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: 3)
IMPORTANT: Please be sure to state what you did

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

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

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

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)

Mickey's Chibi Raffle!EDIT YOU HAVE LITTLE TIME LEFT FOLKS. NIGHT!
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Hi folks! Thank you again for 500 watchers!
Er. 508 watchers! I'm really slow at doing things for you guys.
You can slap me.
This raffle is for watchers only.
:iconbuhuuplz:
Anyone who watches me after *Rashirou will not count.
All you have to do is fave this journal and I'll use that random generator thing....what's it called Linh?
That thing. I'll use that thing.
First Prize Winner gets a chibi like this:

The winner will be chosen
Wednesday May 22 at 1500 hours PST.

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.

(UPDATED)DRAW MY OC!WIN 1000 POINTS AND MORE!EDIT #1-YOU CAN NOW WIN,1000 POINTS!+ADDED MORE PRIZES!
EDIT #2-DONATORS WILL BE FEATURED BELOW.
EDIT#3-ADDED MORE PRIZES!
(if you wanna know why i raised the prizes,its because i won a contest!yay!)
YAY!Another contest!I hope someone will join!
So..its about my newest OC,Kasumi,.of course,youre going to draw her~

Things to clarify:

A mage's abilities are:supernatural strength,able to cast magic spells,able to survive for a long period of time.
Her staff/rod appears when shes battling with someone.

CONTEST RULES:
You have to draw Kasumi.
You can draw her with her likes and dislikes,her casting spells or just her alone.
Do not draw her with your OC or my other OC's,they dont know each other.
Do not draw her as an animal and pony.
Backgrounds are preferred but not needed.(although putting one will really raise your chances at winning!)
Traditional and Digital drawings only.
Chibis,headshot

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

SBFF exclusive at SDCC!!DC has announced Super Best Friends Forever EXCLUSIVE maquettes for San Diego Comic Con 2013!!! http://www.themarysue.com/super-best-friends-statues/

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Dusk of the Fimbulwinter

Journal Entry: Sat Jan 26, 2008, 2:07 PM

Dusk of the Fimbulwinter by Drautran
In Germanic mythology, the Fimbulwinter is said to be the final stage before the end of the world, an age of eternal winter and fiendish snowfall . A prelude of presumably three successive, harrowing winters, consuming all life with their fiendish coldness and snowfall, times when brothers would slay each other, lovers would deceive each other and kin would fight against kin . A cosmological doom shared by numerous of the world's cultures .
Yet, this text should be read as a more individual, transcendental approach . The harshness and hostility of winter is a wonderful allegory to describe the many forms of an ultimate downfall : old age, friendship, civilization, virtues and the fact that so many young hearts and spirits are already wintered . And who could dispute the fact that so much seems to be devastatingly "frozen" and "in ruins" in these modern times … a nemesis to humanity .
A slow kill in the white, harsh realms,
whence wraiths breathe thy wilted valour,
– harbingers of a wretched hollowness –,
akin to wintry swirls of the Unlight's chant,
the last flickering embers of a long forsaken foe …
Yet, amidst bitterness thou wander the path so cold !
Life turns into perpetual frost and frost turns to eternal rime .
Verily, Thurses plough their malice :
their bleak harvest, full of sorrow
strewn about thy years,
whilst Man weeps for the morrow
and the morrow never nears …
Thither, unbound, the Wolf
approaches from the North ;
Venoms of a final winter's
jaws bathe the ground .
Waging axes shatter,
kinships perish swiftly !
Its tempest of a myriad spoiling onslaughts,
while Hel calls mankind to final rest :
May keen vigour salute the utter twilight !
Anon, it were adders drink from the feeble wounds of thine !
Seasons forced to writher, – all virtues swept away –,
nigh Fimbulwinter's dusk …
Transcendence …
A monumental wrath of thy Fallen …
Immortality …
At one with Vindsval's blight …
Serenity ...
A mournful passing in dreadful grief …
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Drautran are an amazing band

Fast, epic, atmospheric black metal.
Metal is my life

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PLAYLIST

Ancient Rites - Rubicon (progressive pagan/black) Love it!!
Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja (folk/viking metal)
Draconian – The Burning Halo (beautiful doom/death)
Hanging Garden – Inherit the Eden (Finnish atmospheric doom)
Before the Dawn – Deadlight (dark/death metal)
Obsidian Gate – The Nightspectral Voyage (symphonic black)
Turisas - Battle Metal/The Varangian Way (viking metal)
Dawn of Solace - The Darkness (dark/death metal)
Suidakra - Calendonia/The Arcanum (melodic black/death)
Enisferum - Victory Songs (viking metal)
Mercenary - The Hours That Remain (progressive metal)
Enslaved - Ruun (epic/intense black)
Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns/With Oden On Our Side (viking metal)
Fjoergyn - Ernte Im Herbst (symphonic black/pagan)
Midnattsol - Where Twilight Dwells (folk metal)
Mysticum - In The Streams of Inferno (black metal)
Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion (melodic death metal)
Thronar - For Death & Glory (epic viking)
Nokturnal Mortum - To The Gates... (symphonic black)
Catamenia - Eskhata (melodic black/death)
Svartsot - Ravnenes Saga (folk/death metal)
Negura Bunget - Om (atmospheric black)
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (black metal, classic)
Morgul - All Dead Here (horror/black metal)
Graveworm - (N)Utopia (symphonic black)
Illnath - Cast Into Fields of Evil Pleasure
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Drautran - Throne of the Depths (epic atmospheric black)
Fjoergyn - Sade et Masoch (symphonic black)
Catamenia - Winternight Tragedies/Location Cold (melodic black/death)
Von Branden - (doom/gothic metal)
Mandrake - Mary Celeste (gothic/death rock/metal)
Menhir - Thuringia (epic pagan/black)
Dark The Suns - In Darkness Comes Beauty (melodic death)
Isole - Bliss Of Solitude (doomy metal)
Kathaarsys - Portrait of Wind and Sorrow (emotional black)
Tvangeste - Firestorm (symphonic/operatic black)
Amorphis - Silent Waters (progressive/emotional)

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Featured there are my traditional fantasy paintings inspired by beautiful long-haired boys. (warning: contains male nudity!)

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Listening to: Nokturnal Mortem

Dusk of the Fimbulwinterby ~wolfenchanter

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~Idle-Tears Feb 1, 2008

i've copied this list down on my PC and when i have the chance, i shall dowload and have a listen. I love finding new bands to listen to.
Sorry i haven't been online much, my housemate tried to upgrade my computer and suceeded in blowing a few parts up (the broken powersupply being the reason that it stopped working)

~wolfenchanter Feb 1, 2008

I didn't know you were into black/death metal

Sorry to hear about your computer! Yeah, i was wondering where you've been... hope you get your computer sorted

~Idle-Tears Feb 1, 2008

I'm full of surprises.

I'm just hoping that he doesn't break another part of it :s

~lavrentij6lavinija Jan 27, 2008

Really fascinating. I don't know what to say more...

~wolfenchanter Jan 27, 2008

I actually had no idea what 'fimbulwinter' actually meant until i read this info provided by Drautran (love that band

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~Stregian Jan 26, 2008

Interesting. I think many old myths could be mistranslated and applied to more realistic terms.

~wolfenchanter Jan 27, 2008

Hmm... I actually do believe there will be an 'end' to the world, a transition of sorts. Many countries, in their legends and prophecies, seem to have a story to tell about it... maybe they will come true as described in each country.

~Stregian Jan 27, 2008

Perhaps an element or two. And, of course, most cultures spea of an end. Even the most out-there religions realize that just as there is a beginning..there is an ending.

~wolfenchanter Jan 27, 2008

Hmm, and it makes you wonder when that ending will come

~Stregian Jan 27, 2008

Pft. I am not concerned. Most likely it will be far from my future. Any sooner and it will save me from having to retire and growing old.

It's a win win situation.

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