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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:iconxHeartOfaPhoenix: :iconSnowy-Heart: :iconAbystoma: :iconminieverfeel: :icondarkdeath6136: :iconMarshfeilds-stock: :iconGokuDrawingCentral: :iconluvnuage: :iconcoolhorse1: :iconGrace3333: :iconour-cosmic-love: :iconBunnymee: :iconIlmexxx: :iconRoroam: :iconFeebas-Hunter: :iconxScarletstripesx: :iconClovis-cutestkitten: :iconKrimzonNights

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: Sun Aug 5, 2007, 10:59 PM

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LINK TO OUR SERVICES--->[link]
CURRENT RIP INVESTIGATIONS--->[link]
DWALKER1047 STOLEN ART JOURNAL--->[link]
1ARCTICFOX STOLEN ART JOURNAL--->[link]
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News Article Published 08-05-07

Clearing Up Misconceptions About RATF and Art Theft
By DWALKER1047 and 1arcticfox
Ripped Art Task Force RATF

Over the past 3 weeks, our team has taken many reports of ripped art from DA artists and posted information and done research as well. It has been a very rewarding experience thus far. We hope to continue doing everything possible to get information out there to so many others, thus helping to make their work as safe as possible from thieves. One of our prime purposes will be through Education. (We are currently working on that part of the site). There were many factors involved with forming the new site, many of which I will outline below.

My prime motivation for wanting to help other artists was my discovery of my work sold on eBay for a profit. I started learning everything I could about protecting my work so another predator could not take advantage of me or other artists. I came to understand that it was not DA's responsiblitity to protect my work, it was my responsibility. The dreaded watermark! As distasteful as it is, I must encourage everyone to watermark every image. While this system is imperfect, I believe it helps deter theft. If you cannot watermark your own image, I would strongly suggest you use the one provided by DA. I, personally, would rather see a work that is somewhat protected than a work that is not. Also, put a copyright notice under each and every image you have uploaded. I have come to realize that someone who watches your work faithfully will understand your decision to watermark; meaning that it will be more difficult for a thief to remove it, and time consuming.

I am saying this merely to make a point—using the watermark makes your work unattractive so theft is less likely to occur. I now have some form of a watermark plastered on most of my images. (Out of the major rips reported over the past 2 weeks, please note, I personally have had 44 images at Fresh-Paper.com). These images were stolen before I began to watermark, along with 10 other pieces from various sites. With regards to the current cases we are investigating, with the exception of what I noted above, my images are not on the list. I believe it is due largely to the fact I WATERMARK EVERYTHING!

It disturbs me greatly that there are a few members from DA (who shall remain nameless) who feel it is acceptable for others to steal/take work, post it somewhere else, not give the artist the proper credit for it, not ask permission to use the image, and not link it back to the artist. This is a sad fact, and I do have the proof to substantiate what I have just stated. I am very much aware of both sides of the argument and I feel that taking someone’s art without asking them for permission or using it without permission is not acceptable under any circumstances...EVER! In addition, there are those who consider it a privilege to have their work stolen and posted all over the Internet. I guess when a thief comes to my home and steals my car I should tell the police not to worry…“It was a privilege to have it stolen”…NOT!!!

I have seen comments accusing the RATF of “witch hunting,” but are we really??? We suggest you ask other artists who were very upset at having their art stolen if they feel we are witch hunting. Quite frankly, I find that particular comment offensive. I believe I can speak for most members of the task force when I say that we have devoted well over 1500+ hours to this project so far without compensation. This is an all volunteer site. If anyone out there is under the impression that this were an easy task to take on for this type of theft intervention, a permanent site would have been established a long time ago. Our commitment both personally and professionally is to continue our efforts. RATF is attempting to do something positive to help everyone by providing a service to our wonderful community. We were aware before RATF was formed that there would be criticism, and constructive criticism would be welcome. However, criticism that is not constructive and personal attacks, do little to further the goals of helping artists to resolve their art theft issues. Comments regarding “attention seeking” are simply wrong, and are not the motivation for which the RATF was founded. Even with our limited volunteer pool, we have managed to get an unusually large number of images removed from host sites. Here are some of our results to date:

eBay (Toteem) – 1 user banned/image removed
Yahoo – 16 images removed
ImageShack – 279 images removed (Currently working on another 185 ripped pieces)
Fresh-Paper – 36,000 images removed (from the American portion of their sites only-not foreign)
Youtube - 4 videos removed
Picoodle – 1 image removed
Fotolog – user’s account closed

Currently, the RATF has 79 reported rips, 6 possible rips, and 13 under investigation. Photocasket is a major rip case that is mostly comprised of DA artwork and we are currently working it.

Why does the RATF do this faithfully everyday? Because we are committed to helping artists in any way we can to resolve their issues regarding art theft. We are comprised of artists who would like the privilege of being known for our work without having it stolen for someone else’s profit. If there is a profit to be made, it should be the artist who had done the work to reap the rewards, not a common art thief. We would like the credit for the fruits of our labor. The simple fact is that no one is going to help you but yourself. So, it is time we help ourselves to protect our own artwork. That is why we are here to help educate everyone on the various ways to protect their artwork.

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RATF DISCLAIMER

We are working as hard and as fast as possible to deal with all the information coming in.

We are swamped and apologize - respond times to comments/questions may be slow.

We are not perfect – note us if there is an oversight…it is not intentional.

Comments left on the RATF site by others - are THEIR opinions – not necessarily ours.

We need volunteers who will uphold the volunteer code of ethics.

We WILL NOT tolerate unprofessional conduct or illegal or unorthodox methods… period.

This is not a vigilante task force.

We simply want to help people with their art theft and copyright issues.

We are volunteers and do not deserve abuse, we are merely assisting you to resolve your rip issues!

NOTICE
The Ripped Art Task Force gallery and images contained in it are Copyright ©2007-2008 RippedArtTaskForce. All rights reserved. All the materials contained in this deviantART gallery may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted, borrowed, duplicated, printed, downloaded, or uploaded in any way without the express written permission of the owner of said image. These images do not belong to the public domain.

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*Sagakure Aug 6, 2007

I applaud your actions and am so glad whenever I encounter a group that defends the artists. There are SO MANY thieves all over, preying on our art for their own satisfaction or even to sell it.

I also have to say that I particularly agree with the part about the people who encourage art theft. I don't understand how they can call themselves artists and still do such a desservice to the rest of us, by leading people to believe that stealing is okay, and that they'd feel honored to have their art taken.
Well maybe they're that desperate, but the majority of the artists would very much prefer if our pics stayed in our own galleries, and not scattered all over who knows where.

In the name of artists in general, thank you so much for your help in protecting our art!

~RippedArtTaskForce Aug 6, 2007

Thank you for your understanding. I appreciate it greatly. A lot of others do not see things from this point of view and I respect that, but there is no need to bash the RATF for doing a service. Just felt that there were some things that needed to be said. Our staff works very hard to help resolve some of these issues for the benefit of the artists, and I will not stand for bashing and or flaming in any form!

Your support is greatly appreciated my friend.

Deb

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`DWALKER1047 Aug 6, 2007

Love your new Avatar!

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~theshadowmistress Aug 6, 2007

Awww! Thanks!!!

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I gave up on trying to find someone who could tell me what bird that was LOL.

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