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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

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

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 NOT tolerate people who lie about faves and watches in the comments! They won't be given any entr

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)

Design Contest WIN 4000 POINTS, 20$ AND MORE!I've wanted to hold a design contest for a long time now, and finally I've gathered enough points to do it

Go here to browse entries: http://taravia.deviantart.com/favourites/55430170
What I'm looking for:
Everything! Wolves, foxes, fennec foxes, ferrets, servals, bobcats, tigers, other big cats, small cats, deers, dragons, gryphons, dogs, birds, hybrids, original species.. bring it!
I'm leaving the details to your imagination, but here are some things I really like:
-White base color with black and red markings<33 (mostly on canines)
-Cute and fluffy things! No need to go all big eyes and oversized heads, but animals with fur. Creepy and slimy things just aren't my thing.. Still don't be afraid to make something dark/evil
-Anything tribal
-Native american stuff
-Feathers!
-Tawny, golden, brown, white, red, blue, cyan, gray, black (well, not all combined)
-I like more natural base colors, but with smaller markings in unnatural colors like blue or red
-Long tails, big/long

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

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!This giveaway is over. Winners announced soon.
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

:icontimekiller357:
2nd - 100

:iconRobertpferd:
3rd - 50

:iconpaintedfeline:
4th - 50

:iconshuroi:
5th - 50

:iconnadeshikofan:
6th - 50

:iconiluvshinyeevee030:

oints:

oints::points::p

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

Callibrate your Wacom tutorialHad you finally made the transition from intuos 3 to intuos 4?, or Are you rich to change into an intuos 5? Had you made the transition from a first generation cintiq to the new ones?. More levels of pressure will mean more quality to the paintings, am i right?.
Did you thought that by default the pen will it be like using butter on bread?, you try it for the first time and you love all of it, you said i have sooooooo much control on my strokes im having a blast. Then only to realize you only have total control of the brush but when you are moving it really slow?. But when you do quick strokes the pressure drops a lot of paint making you redraw tons of stuff?
Did you ever thought that painter its hard to handle with new tablet? Too much pressure? If it has more pressure why i cant control more easier the beggining of the stroke which is more crucial?.
Have you ever open the customize option in wacom settings, only to feel dumb and no

Mini Giveaway - 500 PointsOk, here's another small giveaway to keep us all happy whilst the big giveaway is still running!
Bought my first bike 2 weeks ago and I STILL can't think of a name for it!
It's nothing special, but he needs a name!
I'll leave it up to YOU to think of one!
Best 3 names win a prize!
1st place: 300

2nd Place: 150

3rd Place: 50

Rules:
Maximum of 3 names per user.
Must be a male name.
You must comment below with your answer.
Inspiration:

The bike is a 1,000cc BMW K100 1984 cafe racer.
So try and think of a fitting name

This giveaway will finish in 48 hours from time of posting!
Get set, GO!

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I am trying to figure out what technique to use for my Gawain comic (you can find fragments of the storyboard in my gallery). It would be nice to have colour, but I'm not good enough at watercolour or digital colouring to be able to undertake colouring an entire comic that way. Now I'm thinking that maybe I could pencil the comic (no inks) and colour it with colour pencils. I have posted a small experiment and would very much appreciate your opinion.

Do you think it would be nice to have a completely pencilled comic? How about colour versus greyscale? Or do you think inking is preferable? How do you think pencilled art will reproduce/print?

Opinions and advice are very, very welcome. Please do let me know what you think!

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*cabepfir Apr 12, 2010 Professional Traditional Artist

What about: 1) Sepia inks (in a Will Eisner way); 2) monochromatic colouring, in your case with red? (example by Igort: [link])

*Sigune Apr 12, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Hm. Never really thought about sepia... Though I have been drawing the Prologue in brown and red, now that you mention it

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Monchromatic colouring: I'm thinking about it. Red won't suffice, though - the Green Knight is going to show up at some point

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*joeyv7 Apr 9, 2010

My immediate reaction to your question was a preference for inked comics. But when I see your examples, I think you could use what you may *think* is an inadequacy, to your advantage. I think a comic done like the middle image would be more unique and atmospheric compared to inked/hard lines; choosing to color important areas only could add even more emphasis on what you're trying to say

The last two images are gorgeous, but the middle one is just as striking in my opinion, and wouldn't mean as much work for you

*Sigune Apr 9, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

You know, the reason why I am asking around so much is because I'm not convinced that inks are the way for this comic. For my Snape fancomic, they were a natural choice. I didn't really have to think about it - inks, lots of black and cross-hatching were just right. But then, ink is so Snape! With Gawain it's different: his colour is red. His element is fire and he is connected to the sun.

I'm worried that b/w - especially stark black inks - will make the atmosphere too dark. Though - well, Linda Medley's Castle Waiting is entirely in inks and isn't gloomy at all

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The pencilled and coloured style does give me a pleasant, tingly feeling for this story. I think I'll try a complete page and see what that looks and feels like (and how long it takes me *g*).

Thanks very much for your input!

*joeyv7 Apr 11, 2010

Most welcome! Looking forward to seeing it

*joeyv7 Apr 9, 2010

. . . and if you find pencil is too soft, couldn't you tweak it (adding saturation/contrast, etc.) after you scan or photograph the image . . . or at some point when you make it a digital image like here (sorry, don't know how to say it

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*Sigune Apr 9, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I get the impression that since digital colouring has become popular, quite a few artists are not inking their pencils anymore. They enhance the contrast, as you say, and the digital colour goes over (or under) that. Johane Matte's fancomic Water Tribe is basically pencils + digitally added shadows - and personally, I don't think a comic needs much more than that.

~Donguri7 Apr 9, 2010

I like the idea of a penciled comic - how it would reproduce, I have no clue. The one on the right is my favorite, but that's a lot of work. What about a partially colored comic? Peoples face, important bits of the scene are colored, but the rest fades away into pencil sketchiness. Just a thought.

*Sigune Apr 9, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

The one on the right is not much more work than the middle one; it's just a matter of adding texture in Photoshop. I do like your idea of letting less important elements fade - but I think it will work better with a texture than on a white page.

Thanks a lot for your suggestion!

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