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I'm bored :c...*50 point giveaway!* (CLOSED)*EDIT* GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED
Winner will be announced tomorow..... I wanna keep you all waiting cuz I'm evil like that c:

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
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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
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♥Other OC's or Characters
♥ Gender bending
♥Creating her in another form other than Kemonomimi
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♥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.
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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.
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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

DESIGN A CHARACTER CONTEST 2013!hello friends family pets and everyone else who lives under the sea,
im doing a DESIGN CONTEST WAHOO LETS PARTY
alright well, here are the rules, includes what this is about and etc. etc.
Rules

.......... The design MUST HAVE ONLY 2 COLORS; BLACK AND WHITE

.......... you may use bases, but it is STRONGLY discouraged.

.......... I will be the only judge; I will be judging on WHAT I SIMPLY LIKE BEST. so read 'likes' to see some ideas of what I would like to see in an entry!

.......... I may use the design/character as my own BUT, I will (obviously) give you credit<3

.......... YOU CAN ENTER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE!!!

.......... You can create an origonal species or use a real animal (such as a fox) for the design

.......... please make it origonal as you can! it can be of an already exsisting species, just that I dont

[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)
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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!
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You must favorite this journal
No point or plz accounts
Accounts must have at least one month seniority
Do not enter more than once
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Favorite this journal to get entered
Write a journal about this giveaway and include this thumb:
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Donate to the giveaway. Every ten points equals one entry
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I will be using a generator to randomly pick a name.
Journals Written:
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~Snowy-Heart http://snowy-heart.deviantart.com/journal/Giveaway-D-371114455
~Abystoma http://abystoma.deviantart.com/journal/3000-and-100-points-giveaway-371793132
~minieverfeel http://minieverfeel.deviantart.com/

Bronies go nuts, and Nintendo Sucks?Equestria Girls
The trailer to "Equestria Girls" (the humanized MLP spinoff film) finally was released today. Aaaannnd everyone's freaking out. Again.
You know, it actually looks pretty decent. Bronies... please understand: I know you're a major unexpected demographic for the show. I know you enjoy seeing shout-out's become canon within the show, and appreciate how the creators do little things here and there for you. But... the show isn't made for you. This is not Cartoon Network and the target demographic isn't 25 year olds in college. You're a nice addition to the target demographic of little girls, but you are not the driving force behind MLP.
I don't want this to sound mean, but it needs to be said. This is where it becomes very important to understand the fine line between being a fan of the show and thinking that because you've invested so much energy into the show that you're entitled to things.
I'm sure the movie won't be as bad as everyone makes it out to be. It honest

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

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This Mini Giveaway ended May 17th 9:00PM GMT (UK Time)
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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)

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.

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)
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•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)
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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!

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Supplementary Journal: How to cycle across the US

by ~Adoradora, Dec 26, 2012, 1:04:42 PM
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Since a few folks expressed interest in the coast-to-coast trip I mentioned in my last journal, here's how it's done:

- Choose a route and buy a set of maps from these good people. I opted for the Transamerica route.

- You may already have a fantastically dependable bicycle capable of carrying a lot of extra weight, but if you don't, and you don't mind laying down some dosh, I can recommend one of these.

- Since you've now blown a quite extraordinary chunk of your savings on your shiny new machine, buy a set of cheap, nasty front and rear luggage racks for your bike. You will come to regret this when both racks fail simultaneously on a backwoods mountain bike trail in Idaho.

- Load the bike with camping gear. Your once elegantly minimalistic setup will now resemble one of these.

- Decide not to train beforehand, figuring that you'll get fit as you go along. You may question the wisdom of this decision when you have to climb about 5000 ft up a snow-capped mountain on the second day. Surprisingly, you will go on to complete the entire ~4000 mile trip while still retaining the build of a strand of wet spaghetti.

- After many adventures, you will reach the Atlantic Ocean. Probably best to stop at this point.

(And once there, don't take a photo like the one above. You'll get sand in your drivetrain).

Hope this helps!

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Supplementary Journal: How to cycle across the USby ~Adoradora

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*DukeMills May 13, 2013

Are you truely a cyclist? Not many serious athletes appear on deviantart other than the average 9-to-5 college girls or jocks trying to just stay in decent shape. I thought I was alone on here. I was actually thinking of doing a journey by foot of the entire USA sometime before I get too old to do it.

~Adoradora 6 days ago

I'm afraid I'm really not a 'cyclist' per se -- I feel like that would imply that I actually take an interest in the sporting side of bike riding. As it is, I see it mostly as a means of transportation. For most of my trip I just trundled along merrily at about 8mph (I can't say for sure as I don't have a bike computer). I did a couple of 100 mile days, but they damn near killed me. I am not, by any definition, an athlete. I am about 100 pounds of anaemic, bandy-legged, myopic, vegetarian nerd. I just make up in sheer doggedness what I lack in physical strength. Sorry to disappoint you!
That aside, I really hope you follow through with your idea to hike across the States! That would be an incredible trip. Any idea what kind of route you'd take?

*DukeMills 6 days ago

A person that bikes though will have that sort of body. You're not a weight lifter. You do pure cardio so you're going to have a small skinny body like that.

And not sure really, I figure I'd just pack a map, some water and food, and bring my credit card when I have to stay at hotels to sleep and just see how long it takes me.

*shakusaurus Feb 28, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Came for the art. Stayed for the cycling advice. This is really encouraging >>

~Adoradora Mar 1, 2013

Oh, beaut! Well, if you need any further advice on how to travel absurdly long distances on a bicycle, just drop me a line. It is one of the very few subjects on which I can speak with any authority whatsoever

*shakusaurus Mar 1, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

ALL THE ADVICE. It's a distant dream at the moment. I don't have a single penny to drop for a lovely bike (I want a Novara Safari, but my buddy wants a big dummy~), but I can't wait until I have enough saved XD So yes, I would love any and all advice ♥

~Adoradora Mar 1, 2013

Oh yeah, I've heard great things about Novaras. As a hobby, bike touring sure ain't the cheapest, but after the initial outlay it's a pretty low-cost way to travel. Feel free to shoot me any questions that arise -- I'm just getting ready for another big ride (up from New Orleans to Minnesota, then possibly across to Seattle) so bike stuff is much on my mind at the moment.

*shakusaurus Mar 1, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I'm pretty sure our plan right now is "go everywhere," but we wanna head up to Canada somehow (coming from central Texas). Do you know why tornado alley doesn't seem to have any good pathways? It seems like everyone opts to go through mountains XD

~Adoradora Mar 1, 2013

Heh, I suspect tornado alley's lack of routes may have something to do with the very fact that it is tornado alley, but I don't really know -- it does seem to be a glaringly large hole in the route network (I'm assuming you're looking at Adventure Cycling's routes? I don't really know of any others, aside from those that folks have worked out for themselves). I do know that riding across eastern Colorado and Kansas was a tremendous pain, precisely because there weren't any mountains to block the wind. It's pretty dang miserable riding a loaded bike into a strong headwind at 5mph for days on end -- climbing mountains is much, much easier.
If you're considering taking the 'Great Rivers' route up north, I should be able to tell you all about it after this summer! Otherwise, I imagine taking the Souther Tier to California and then cutting up along the Sierra Nevada range to Canada would be a pretty amazing trip.

*shakusaurus Mar 11, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Nooo don't tell me that! There is no such thing has headwind! ;3; I find it crazy that headwind is more of an issue than sharp inclines XD But I guess the idea that it's not a constant, grating presence?

I'm definitely considering the Great Rivers route!! I can't wait to hear all about it! What kind of job do you have that you're able to do this? I've always wondered~ I'm pretty sure I'll have to quit mine and find a new one afterward, haha. I would consider the southern tier a lot more if I weren't a wimpy white girl ;n; I've been warned away from the Del Rio - El Paso area by Hispanic friends. The Sierra Nevada range would be absolutely amazing, though.

I'd love to hear more about your other ride, if you have pics or anything posted somewhere?

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