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Pixel Icon Raffle! - Winners!I have now raffled the winners! > v <
First winner is ~Kiwi-San and the second one is ~Frangasm.
Congratulations! ^ - ^
Here's the screenshots: (If the image won't load click here.)
You can now delete this journal from your favourites.
Thank you for joining everyone! > v 0
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10,000 Point Give-AwayAlright, my brother just left dA, so he gave me the rest of his points (20,000)
He told me because the Deviant Art community was so good to him (he said he met a lot of great people) that as a thanks I should give away half the points.
So, I'm going to hold a contest to make things fun.
You must:
*Watch me
*Advertise this journal
*Comment your journal here
*Favorite this journal
1st place gets 10,000 points
2nd place gets 2,000 points
Good luck guys

Fan Art Contest! UPDATE WITH FAQ

hi everyone! to show my appreciation for all the love here on deviant art i am holding an otto an victoria fan art contest. the grand prize will be a signed limited edition of my book with an original drawing included! submissions must be done by july 17th! that gives you a month. be creative and have fun! please tag "otto and victoria" and "brian kesinger" and make sure your your piece is appropriate for all ages!
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i created a group here called OttoAndVictoriaFans http://ottoandvictoriafans.deviantart.com/ when you finish your entry feel free to submit it to that group so that all the entries can be in one place!
also i wanted to reiterate that all artistic media is welcome from sketching to sculpture, hand drawn to cg. thanks again and let me know if you have any other questions! thank you!

Tiny contest! Point prizes8D Time for another little fun challenge!
Draw inside the shape contest!
Rules

You can enter as many times as you want.

No shading required

You must choose one of the characters in this folder http://griffsnuff.deviantart.com/gallery/24055808

Remember to remove the shape/lines when you are done!

The character needs to be full body.

try to fill as much as the shape as possible!

You can not alter the shape.

you can not draw outside the shape!
If you want to enter, you choose between the shapes linked under. You can however do all of them if you want to!
Lineart only -> http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/Greiffen/tttt-1_zpsed0fbbf4.png
Shape only -> http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m78/Greiffen/llll-2_zps87cb9751.png
And then you draw the character you choose inside the shape as best you c

A giveaway??? Rules are below. (80 pts)Yea... and if you don't read the rules, you won't get anything out of this.

The whole reason I'm doing this is because my group, #Traders-123, has reached over 100 members! And speaking of 100, I also got over 100 watchers!!!

What you have to do
Favorite this journal... you don't have, you don't enter
Comment saying you entered; I'll be lenient on this one
Advertise; you don't have to but is looked up upon
No duplicate accounts; seriously, you need points THAT bad???
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Prizes[Star!]
[Bullet; Green] 1st place is 50 [Points]
[Bullet; Green] 2nd place is 30 [Points]
[Bullet; Green] 3rd place is a llama.
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Deadline is July 4th. (It's an easy date to remember)

And some art exposure! (Just some random and a

Weekly 100 Points Giveaway [OPEN] Week 3Alright, time for another one

There will be 2 winners ( 50

each ) on this giveaway.

It's easy to participate

This journal.

Share your favorite youtube channel.
And that's it :iconfeelingfreeplz:
The winner will be announced June 23
Extra: Please comment if you take point commissions :iconmikulaplz:
Good luck everyone.

[WINNERS!] Giveaway! [1000 points + Free Chibis~]WINNERS!
Thanks to those who participated! <3
#1 - :iconstellarhohoemi: =stellarhohoemi #145 http://gyazo.com/3c85275328e20e9c29b4df497496a3be
#2 - :iconpastachan415: =PastaChan415 #97 http://gyazo.com/ed9cd42a6db6852445a9238d2e97a10d
#3 - :iconanichan7: *anichan7 #1069 http://gyazo.com/c13f0ba1315169bd8c3535e8f3c39b6a
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Win a Premium Membership! [Raffle]Ohaii everyone! Chieri here. >u< Still not dead yet. ~~Still just smelling like it.~~
I know I have been quite inactive the past month, alot of private stuff going on and upcoming exams, but I will try to be more active again from now on. I miss being here with you guys and drawing so much. I will try my best to at least submit something regulary and reply to all notes & comments sooner as I did lately. (I really apologize for the wait.) I promise. You may slap me really hard if I neclect it again.
As a little consolation / thank you / because I want to, I decided to raffle away

3 x a 1 Month Premium-Membership
^_^ Because I have some leftover points on my hand and I love hosting little events and raffles.
I hope everyone will enjoy participating. It's easy!
As usual I will use random.org to choose the 3 lucky winners, providing screens that everything will be 100% fair.

Microsoft Employees Disrupt Wii U Best Buy EventsRemember how Nintendo was showcasing some of their E3 games at participating Best Buy stores around the country? Well, apparently Microsoft employees have been hired to go to these events and preach about the Xbox One and make comments like "why would you buy a outdated Wii U when the Xbox One is right around the corner?"
However, the employees aren't getting what they hoped for. Most customers just start bashing the Xbox One in response. Seriously, Microsoft, the people attending these Best Buy Wii U events are people who are intimately familiar with the crap you pulled at E3. They ain't takin' your shit.
At first I thought this might just be a case of one really loyal Microsoft employee taking matters into his own hands (especially since the original source was /v/), but reports have come in from numerous Best Buy's around the country that indicate many Microsoft employees have ambushed the demo lines trying to persuade people to switch to the Xbox One.
Since so many reports have com

10,000 Watchers! +PointsWow, 10,000 watchers! Shame it happened at the worst time (giveaways temporarily deleted).
Still...thank you all for sticking with me!
I guarantee we will have things running as normal again soon!
Much love,
Moomin-Man
PS: I'll giveaway 400

away at random to celebrate! Leave a comment and I will enter you for the chance to win!
1st 200

2nd 150

3rd 50

Join me on swagbucks! Get paid in gift vouchers if you don't have a credit card!

Please Pants Responsibly (Paper Notebooks FTW)

There are two ways to write a novel. Plotting (you make an outline, a plan, a roadmap if you will, and then you sit down and write it) and pantsing (you write "by the seat of your pants, throwing caution to the wind). So when I get asked if I'm a plotter or a pantser, I'm all like er, uh, hold on, let me? Pantser? I think? But I kind of, um, do planny things?
And it gets kind of awkward because in these inarticulate moments I have managed to confuse everyone including myself. And probably spilled a drink.
In recent discussions, however, I've had a bit of a revelation, silly as it is. I've realized that I -- like many writers -- am a plotter/pantser hybrid. And perhaps what I'm doing is something we could call Pantsing Responsibly. And, maybe, just maybe, I could share some of my responsible pantsing tips with other writers. Starting with paper notebooks.
Anyone can find a notebook. If there isn't alread

The Used Game ParadigmOver the course of this past generation I've been watching the video game market react to the way it's been forced to deal with increasing changes. I've come out against used game sales and even written a journal about boycotting GameStop because (like most people at the time) I believed they were the root cause of all the problems the video game industry has. But that's something I don't believe now as intently as i did then. From where I sit, piracy and used games sales are a problem, but not in the way game companies want us to believe that they are.
Used games are a good thing for consumers. We get to try games out, and if we don't like what we see or finish it early, we trade it in and try another title instead. It's a very good system for us since video game rentals are much harder to come by. Most video rental stores in America have gone extinct and outside specific Red Box Kiosks there aren't a lot of places for consumers to rent video games. The exception, of course, being thr

Draw my OC Contest! $35 in prizes!Drawing Contest Topic: Drawing my Original Character doing something! Seriously, anything PG.
Deadline: September 13th, 11:59pm http://wwp.eastern-standard-time.com/

Guidelines for participants~

Your submission can be done in any drawing media (traditional, digital, pixel)
Please do not change or alter her gender without permission.
You can enter a maximum of three pieces, but only may win once
Send me a note or comment here with a link to your entry, and I'll add it to the entries folder. (I will not go searching for it)
You're free to submit your entry to any group you want, but you must accept my request to put it in my group #Collection-System

Drawing Smoochy is what this contest is all about!

Please link to this journal in your contest entry's description!
The entry must be made specifically for the contest! (You cannot use previous deviations for the entry, this includes bases. Collabs are fine as long as the

SPIKE updatesJust thought I'd share with you guys some updates on the progress of finishing my "SPIKE" novel.
A lot of people have asked me how it's going, when it will be published and stuff. I really appreciate getting asked these things because it shows that people are actually interested in my writings, and that it just such a great feeling

I've got two news for you guys today though: one bad news and one good news. Let's start with the bad news.
I haven't finished writing SPIKE yet.
And I honestly don't know when it will be finished - which oddly enough brings us to the good news:
I've made a new, major decision in the SPIKE story that I think a lot of you will be happy to hear. As usual I don't want to spoil too much, but there is a part in the story where Spike and Sam are separated from each other for quite a long while. At first I was planning on only writing from Spike's point of view, like, what he's experiencing during this separation period. I figured that since he's the main cha

WIN A 3 MONTH PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP!so i decided to just do a giveaway for the premium i wanted to give.

i'll be doing more of these in time, since that's mostly what my points will be for- giving premiums away. ♥
WAYS TO ENTER:
• you must be (or can become) a watcher of mine
• make a journal or poll featuring this giveaway, then comment this with the link to your journal/poll
• do not enter more than once, you will be disqualified
after you comment i will reply with a number and i will choose the winner using http://www.miniwebtool.com/random-name-picker/
GIVEAWAY WILL END NEXT THURSDAY (THE 20) AT 6 PM (PST)
winner will be announced via journal and will receive a note from me
have fun! CC:

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Journal Entry: Thu Aug 18, 2011, 5:20 PM

Otakuthon Report

Otakuthon is over!! I had a lot of fun. Money wise it was pretty disappointing, but, it was one of my most enjoyable cons yet. I met so many new people. : D I shared my table with

and we had a blast~ do go check out her art. She's amazing. <3 She's currently taking preorders for her manga Dream Catchers which is very popular on smackjeeves, so do check that out HERE: [link] I picked up my copy there and got it signed by her as well~ it's a really great read, and it's not just one chapter like my books are. xD She put a lot of work into it and it's really great. I need more drive too!

In the mean time I'll just put these right here:

Onto the con. I wrote all these posts AS they happened day after day (on my tumblr) so that's why they are layouted like so.

Day 1

Morning started good…. but wth the alley opened hella late. And we had three hours to prepare…. and in the last hour, a guy came around measuring the size of our PVC displays which was…. apparently too tall. There was an artist alley and an artisan's area, where artisan's pay more and can have a larger display. Did not realize this. It was only 6 inches off too, and I was like well. Can we just move our prints down so it's like were not using that space of the pipes? And he said 'no that's not acceptable'. I was like, wtf I can't exactly shorten my PVC pipes, does it look like I have a fucking saw on me?
Luckily we did find a way to attach it under the table (took about 45 minutes and switching clamps with

(THANK YOU BILLIONS) to do so - but we did it).
Our final table:

I'm so glad to have shared a table with Alexisneo QvQ I was afraid I would be realllyyyy shy around her but I am not. Wonderful table partner~~
After the con Jakiita, Ichi, and I went for ramen and then a karaoke room and shots. Omg. I sang so much Katy Perry/Lady Gaga like a complete maniac. Seriously. Jakiita omg you probly were like. "Shut. up." LOL

Day 2

I slept in so I got there a little late. xD And I rushed on putting on my cosplay… which was Nagi from Kannagi. As far as sales go, today was much better. Still quite slow, though…. =v=/
I took off my Nagi cosplay far before the day was even out… I didn't really feel comfortable in it. It feels really really fun to cosplay, but it's something that if you do right, it looks REALLY good. And I wanted to look really good too! But I don't think I can pull it off like some people can. I am very self conscious about my looks, so I took it off before the day was over. I didn't think I looked all that great… and my wig was getting so knotty. I really tried to take care of it as much as I could before con day came, but it seems it was inevitable. I bought a new shirt from the artist alley while I was there and changed into that.
So yeah, I HAVE NO PICTURES OF MY COSPLAY AT ALL. : D
I bought a few things today (I REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE……… sigh, but when I have money I just made, and a dealers room in front of me…. it's helpless)… a deco ring, deco earrings, some clips, a My Melody plushie, and an artbook (the killer) which featured one of my favorite artists, Morinaga Korune.
I bought it and thought "yanno, I could probly find this for much cheaper online! And I'll probably regret it…..!" ……./BUYS ANYWAY
I just searched for it online.
$55 CHEAPER ON MANDARAKE.
/SLITS FOREEEEEEVVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

After the AA closed, me, Alexisneo, her sister, her friend, and *Lavender-Ice went out for bubble tea and dinner~
Lol, we went to this first restaurant and were kinda iffy about the menu, and while we were taking our sweet time I was like "hey I went to a sweet ramen shop like 5 minutes away. 'v' "……………..And then we all just got up and left LOOOL. I even left my garbage there /SO RUDE PFFFF
We ended up going for ramen but I couldn't stay the whole time because my ride home was waiting for me hngh~ cry~ I really wanted to stay QnQ
Picture of ramen... fuck yeah.

Day 3

Sales wise, today was even better than Friday, I think. Gotta love those last minute purchasers yeaaah~! *V*/

Not really much to report on today; I went out for pasta with Alexisneo, Jakiita, Hacchin, and his friend, aaand… did many many print trades with people!! I am so awkward when it comes to print trades, I always want more prints than the other person wants from me, so I end up being like, "y'know if you don't want any of mine I will just buy it off you" LOL. QvQ I am so nervous…

Did print trades with

, and of course many with Alexisneo (

). xD<3 I also met

, and

(I bought a Madoka print from you but I don't think you knew it was me :3c).

Speaking of Alexisneo…………….. (it had to come to this, whether you like it or not….!!)
Forever love. She is an amazing artist and great company!! ;v;/ I am honestly so honored to have been her table partner! I am so shy around people, and the fact that I was able to be myself 100% around her is really something for me. Thank you, Ale~ (old nick name, I know)~ I love you hnnngh~ I hope you can make it to AN since I know you'd do much better there~~ I miss you already cry /superlove deep love IN LOVE FOREVER/
FOREVER SHOULDERS

DD /EXTREME WIDE EYE SCARY FACE/

And I must give a EXTREMELY SPECIAL THANKS!! to

for letting Ichi and I stay there. I had an amazing time, thank you so much for letting us crash at your place! It was a lot of fun!! ;v;/

Final Message

I've got to say overall I think just talking on my livestream to people had even been helping me speak to people face-to-face! I thought it would make it worse, but I used to have a very hard time conversing with people, but this time around I was about to keep a conversation going and come up with questions to keep asking and so-on-and-so-fourth. I have that bit of anxiety and shyness so I am extremely proud of myself for this. I met a lot of new people and artists I've been secretly admiring for awhile and being able to talk to them with out being COMPLETELY awkward as fuck is nice.

Seeing Hinoraito and Alexisneo with their fully published manga tankobons (like the volumes with four chapters or so whatever in them) reeeeeeally makes me want to get working on my manga. Maybe I will take it easy on the tones. But I am so addicted to shading…

Once I get these FINAL commissions out of the way (because I will have money in September………. reason is clear to some people) I am going to spend lots of time on my manga. I really want to make a tankobon. It's hard, but, before Christmas is my goal!!!

I hope you can all continue to support me in my journey. I've been so focused on commissions and selling my artwork and making whatever is popular to make money, I lost track of what I really want (to make manga). It's unfortunate, I've really been stalling Carriers to just make money to LIVE now. I can barely even buy my own groceries anymore. It makes me sad. I want to get back on track of manking manga!! Yes! And Carriers isn't going to be some hardcore military manga either, I have lots of loli and fun planned in it (even if it seems kinda serious in the first chapter..)….. I hope that I can get on a good schedule real soon.

Thank you again everyone for making me more comfortable with my art and myself each day ^v^/

Pics

Me and Pinku project (I am the extremely white one in the middle with gleaming as fuck glasses)

Some pictures of me in dirty deco below vvv

A drawing Alexisneo did one side of and I did the other LOL it looks super derp

I made cupcakes after the con with Ichi's little cousins XDD I did the two far right...

A bag I bought at Hot Topic (oh yeah, after I went to Montreal, I went to Mississauga for a few days..... didn't need this purchase but.... it happened.....)

Ichi and I...
Ichi needs a shave...........

Thanks for reading!! : D

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~J25TheArcKing Jul 16, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Awesome

See you next year at Otakuthon 2012, I hope you sale your MLP: FIM Applejack and Rainbow Dash Artwork! Because I want to buy it! XD

~brenna989 Sep 5, 2011

I think your Kawaii.And theres nothing wrong with that.

=munkiemee Sep 4, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Lol, you call yourself extremely white?!?! I AM AS WHITE AS A GHOST. O.O LOVE THE JOURNAL.

*exaxAnami Sep 2, 2011

Oceann, will you do a leftover sale? :>

~maddiepix Aug 28, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Howd u get ur glasses like dat? There awesommmme!

~ledysamo Aug 28, 2011 Student Filmographer

Hi =]

=YugiKitten Aug 22, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Aws I didnt have time to visit the artists alley
Ironically I was in the room 98% of my OT time TTuTT

~MorwenHelyanwe Aug 20, 2011 Student Filmographer

looks like fuuuuun! I'm still jealous!

*starxade Aug 20, 2011

Wonderful You made it Otakuthon!!!

I'm so happy you had fun.

Thinking about attending next year?

Twice the fun all over again...hehe

Your journal photo's are amazing

Thank you for sharing.

~KawaiiAnime-Neko Aug 20, 2011 Student General Artist

awwww! oshan, ur so cute! u dont have to hide so much in ur pictures like u used to!

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