[x]

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/

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
EDIT: Just in case you were wondering how big she is, 8 inches long and 3 inches across her back !
THANK YOU EVERYPONY WHO JOINED :'D I DIDN'T EXPECT SO MANY

1000 Point Giveaway! (EDIT)

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 possible: 3)
IMPORTANT: Please be

[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

100 point giveaway!Because I can. c:

800 Points GiveawayHello all. As I've mentioned in the poll, I am going to make a small giveaway on the occasion of nearly 1000 watchers! Wooo!
There are 8 winners and 100 points for each to win. BUT the giveaway ends when the number of watchers reaches 1000.
RULES:

To enter, fave this journal and comment below that you've faved it. Then I will give you a number.

You don't need to watch me to enter. But please keep in mind that the giveaway ends sooner when
there are more watchers.

Your account must be at least 2 months old.

You can enter once only. No alternate/plz accounts.
I will choose winners with random.org.
♣ Good luck! ♣
Minor update: changed from 1111 to 1000 watchers.

School Chibi Contest X3

Hi there, my fellow groupmates!

We will have a contest!
THEME: SCHOOL TIME

Rules

Should be about School Times!

Should be a CHIBI!

Submit it to the "2013 Contest" Folder!

Don't include characters that aren't yours have your own.

With the maximum of two entries!
Don't put nudity scences in your entry.
Be CREATIVE!
The contest ends at June 29(~Meowgirl07's birthday) :thumb

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)

SPECIAL FEATURE 05 ... Part A
:iconspreadmoreloveplz: Unfortunately I can't mention all here, but I send all my friends and watchers a lot of hugs :iconspreadmoreloveplz:
... and a special thanks to those who keep up with even the loyalty with my photography ...
Please give all of them your attention,

, comment and watch!

***Updated*** Mini 500 Point Giveaway!OK, so the big giveaway is going to be running for a while yet!
In the meantime, here's a chance to win a few points!
Something i've been meaning to do but only recently was I prompted by Atlantien1.
All you need to do is this:
Browse deviantART and find a piece of art (or more than one) you REALLY like. Something that means something to you!
Then simply make a journal featuring that piece (or pieces) of art. You could even say a few words about that piece and the artist?
Remember to comment below with a link to your journal!
Here's mine: http://moomin-man.deviantart.com/art/Art-Feature-Share-the-experience-373119121
Winners will be picked at random!
1st - 200

oints::points::points::points::points:
BONUS POINTS???
If y

Welcome to My Official DeviantArt Page!Hi, I'm Mark Crilley. I'm the writer and illustrator of a new graphic novel series from Dark Horse Comics, "Brody's Ghost." The first four volumes are now available though your local bookstore or comic shop, or at any number of online stores such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
I'm also the writer and illustrator of the MIKI FALLS manga series from HarperCollins. All four books in the series (MIKI FALLS: SPRING, MIKI FALLS: SUMMER, MIKI FALLS: AUTUMN, and MIKI FALLS: WINTER) are now available in bookstores and at online sites such as those run by Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Thanks in advance to anyone who gets them. If you do, please let me know what you think; I'd love to hear from you.
You can find out more about me and my books over at my YouTube channel.
If you can't find any of my books at your local bookstore, please, please, pretty-please ask them to order it!
Thanks so much for stopping by! ^_^
Mark

100 points giveawayHello there! I decided to give away 100 !

Since I haven't had the chance to upload any art recently,I decided to give away something else to you guys ~

1 step: All you need to do is post a comment down below! (This guarantees you one entry number.) This step IS mandatory.

2 step: If you watch me you receive another number and for every fave on one of my deviantations you get more.
EXAMPLE:
Comment=1 entry number
Comment,watch,3 favs= 5 entry numbers

MAX entry numbers=5

REMEMBER: The second step is not obligatory,it just gives you a better chance of winning.
Please leave a comment like the following if you have watched or faved something: "Comment,watch,2 favs" so I can keep track. ^^
I will be choosing the winner via random.org

END DATE: 1 JUNE 2013 6 pm GMT+3
<b>

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.

SPECIAL FEATURE 05 ... Part B
:iconspreadmoreloveplz: Unfortunately I can't mention all here, but I send all my friends and watchers a lot of hugs :iconspreadmoreloveplz:
... and a special thanks to those who keep up with even the loyalty with my photography ...
Please give all of them your attention,

, comment and watch!

The Echo chamber dilemmaThe promise of the Internet was that unlimited information and experiences would draw us together. But instead it seems to have driven us apart.
For years I've observed this behavior but haven't been able to vocalize it correctly. Originally I called the behavior of collective opinions as "the hive mentality" of the Internet. But that wasn't exactly right and I often got called out on it. The most prominent example was when I made a comic about a guy disagreeing with opinions and being shouted at till he remained quiet, eventually fading into the background with everyone else. The consensus of that comic was that if you disagree with someone you aren't bullied into not speaking, but instead are free to go someplace else where people who do agree with you exist. And you know what? That wasn't what i was trying to convey, but is sadly true. The Internet is not a hive mind. It's many tiny pocket echo chambers of mutual agreements.
And this is becoming a growing problem, I think, because n

Browse More Like This

more ▶

Featured in Groups:

Not currently featured in any groups.

Details

Submitted: February 24, 2010

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 152
Favourites: 0
Views: 809 (1 today)

[x]

An old foe resurfaces

Wed Feb 24, 2010, 4:38 PM

I feel like calling them my nemesis.

Some of you may remember a post from last summer, about a publisher that copy-pastes articles from Wikipedia and sells them as books (quite possibly print on demand).

Said group was called Alphascript Publishing, belonging to VDM Publishing.
I had gotten this book, returned it, got a refund, and started warning people against them:

[link]

They're back again, under a NEW NAME!
They are now....

*drumroll*

BETASCRIPT PUBLISHING!!

Extra points lost for lack of originality.

With new editors (copy pasters, possibly false names), over 10 000 titles of copy-pasted articles straight from FREE Wikipedia.
[link]

The only change: they now advertise that these are from "High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!"

High quality content...*COUGH!!*

Quality content that can be edited by anyone and everyone, plus so called "editors" that do no fact checking to see if the related quality content is actually relevant to the book topic.
For example:
[link]

What does Locksmithing has to do with SARGON II?!?
Someone give me a FACTUAL and HISTORICAL link to Sargon II and locksmithing and I'll draw you a sketch.
EDIT: And the sketch goes to ~Penumbra-Ex
What? I want to know if people read this journal and know little historical tidbits

It still doesn't validate throwing the name of Sargon II on the cover of a book, or even less Tigris.

Time to go and kick their butts again. Leave warning in their book reviews. Stay professional when you do.

A big thank you to ~Spleef on DA for the heads up.

Lastly, this interesting case of a book that is so close in many ways to another work, it is on the fringe of plagiarism.
[link]

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CLUBS

152 Comments

Mood: Cat Fight
Listening to: RDI
Reading: Tutankhamun Uncovered
Watching: LOST!!!!
Playing: Nothing
Eating: food (may vary)
Drinking: Water

An old foe resurfacesby *rufftoon

Journals / Personal

~Spleef Mar 5, 2010

I hate to say it, but it looks like Amazon or Alpha/Betascript deleted all your warnings on their crap. Once in a while I go through their crap and select it to be listed by customer review, so I can see what snark other people have to say about them, and I couldn't find a single damn review of yours on A or B-script. :/

*rufftoon Mar 5, 2010

Very interesting.
Is it just me, or have all negative comments been deleted too? I was not the only one posting warnings about the book and its quality. I'll go have a look, maybe share again some scans I did of the interior of that one book if they have been deleted too.
I will have to ask Amazon about their policy of negative reviews. I mean, what's the point of leaving a review if the publisher can just delete those he or she doesn't agree with?

~Spleef Mar 5, 2010

A negative review is supposed to be about the product itself. My reviews were deleted because I snarked on Alphascript itself, so I wrote a new review about the products themselves, like complaining about clunky formatting, lack of editing/clean up, poor quality images and the like, and copypasta'd that all over the place. So far they remain intact. I'm not sure why they would delete yours, since yours were more factual and a lot less snarky than my old reviews. You might want to email Amazon (like I did) and ask why yours were deleted.

On the upside, they did delete all of VDM Verlag's reviews.

*rufftoon Mar 5, 2010

I found out that even positive reviews of other books I had written were deleted. I have contacted Amazon about it and am waiting for a response.
Maybe they only keep reviews for a certain amount of time? Sounds weird if they do.

~Spleef Mar 5, 2010

Reviews that I wrote several years ago still exist. I think it's just that they guessed that all of your reviews would be the same and that it wouldn't be worth checking out each and every one. Which speaks a lot about the sloppiness of their staff.

~Lissinater Feb 28, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

Every day, I am constantly amazed by the stupidity of people. *facepalms*

~garbo3x Feb 27, 2010

Are you farking kidding me!!!!!!! That's some shizer.

~Sotwt Feb 26, 2010

Dun dun dun.

BETASCRIPT Eh?

~goldenavatar Feb 25, 2010

If this is a growing problem, Amazon may have to revisit it's policies regarding publications from small and independent publishers.

*rufftoon Feb 25, 2010

I don't know what Amazon would do, as it is pushing really hard to get some control on some Print On Demand business.
I guess it's part of the risk in that business.

Featured in Groups:

Details

Statistics

An old foe resurfaces

An old foe resurfacesby *rufftoon

The Journal Portal

Polls

What is your preferred drawing software?

deviantART [dee·vee·un'nt·ART]

Keep in Touch!

Deviousness

Add Media

Style