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It's time for my contest!
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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.
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✿What Mediums Are Allowed✿
♥Digital Art
♥Traditional Art
♥Pixel Art
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♥Other OC's or Characters
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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
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Reference sheet : http://sta.sh/013xi9fy914i http://sta.sh/0xa6rmqfzk1
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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
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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.

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.......... 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

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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
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i love these , posing is awesome, and facial expressions are spot on... now im only hoping for some with silly faces.. what can i say, im a facial expression nut! XD

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I will be giving away a one month, three month, twelve month, and two-thousand points!
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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

Devious Journal Entryokay, i kinda have to say something....
some rumors have been going around that im homophobic (??) and i try to hide behind people, and im full of myself and that i hate you all and i manipulate you guys??????
im mean you can say what you want but let me tell you the real true me:
Hello, I am Emma i am 19 going on 20 in a few months. I am Pansexual (if you don't know what that is here is a link to the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansexuality) I am super bad at talking to people because of my anxiety and claiming to have a disability is not my way of shutting you guys out, I'm trying i really REALLY hard at making friends and being more social and im going to start being more social with you guys from now on this popularity kinda snuck up on me and i really had nothing to say because i was so "socially retarded" is a good way to put it. I have faith in my art, i use it as a way of expressing myself and paying homage to my favorite subject: creepypasta. man do i love creepypa

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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?)
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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=
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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.

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by ~explosive-toaster, Jul 17, 2011, 9:08:37 AM
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Mood: Uneasy
Listening to: Sherlock Theme
Watching: The Ambassadors of Death
Drinking: water

I may be wrong, but is it gauche to request something (ask for a drawing for free) when the artist is offering commissions?

What do you do if the requester is a friend? I want to say "I don't have time," but when I'm not working on commissions, I'm just doodling for myself anyway...

I'm just really uncomfortable with this, and I need some advice.

ETA:
Upon further thought, I think I have a complex about being told to do anything. Even when it's something fun or that I would ordinarily enjoy, if someone says "OMG, do this!" or "You HAVE to do it!" my immediate response is to recoil and say "No, I don't!" and shut down.

I think if people posed it like "Do you think you could do this?" or "Would you mind drawing X?" I wouldn't mind as much. I still might say no, but my discomfort would be greatly decreased.

I still want your thoughts, though, guys - what do I say?

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~penguin-tastic Jul 23, 2011

If this is [partially] about my occasional request, I feel the need to explain that I totally understand that you are busy, and I am also completely willing to award compensation for your lurvely services

~explosive-toaster Jul 24, 2011 Student

DUDE NO, it's totally not you at all, it's no one you even know, lolllll <333 You are always very courteous about art suggestions.

~mistr3ssquickly Jul 18, 2011 Hobbyist Artist

Whether or not I'm offering commissions, if someone lands in my lap - friend or not - and says "Hey draw me this?" it always kind of sets my teeth on edge. I'm a big fan of fairness, so if I want something from someone, I'll go to them and say, "Want to do an art trade?" and offer fiction in exchange for whatever I want. And if they're offering commissions, nuh-uh, not going to initiate a trade. If there's something I really want and no one in particular I want to bug about it, I'll post a journal offering trades. That's actually a lot of fun, you never know who's going to accept and what kind of style they'll have - it's great.

But nah, if you're offering commissions and someone - seriously, of course, there's always the "haha oh man you should draw that now" comment that you are free to disregard or follow, in my opinion - comes after you for free art, they're just being rude. 's how I see it, anyway.

~explosive-toaster Jul 19, 2011 Student

Sounds like you've got a pretty good system of etiquette going! It's good to hear more opinions about this.

Thank you!

~mistr3ssquickly Jul 19, 2011 Hobbyist Artist

It's a sticky situation. Is there any chance you misunderstood the request? I'm always hoping that's the case when someone's offended me. *hugs*

~explosive-toaster Jul 20, 2011 Student

It's not a big deal, haha, she really didn't know she was being offensive. The situation's cleared up now.

~mistr3ssquickly Jul 20, 2011 Hobbyist Artist

Oh good! That's the best possible outcome.

(When people know they're being jerks and choose to be that way anyway ... ugh. Depressing.)

~explosive-toaster Jul 20, 2011 Student

Oh, yeah, no she's a very sweet person, no harm done.

~madamscience Jul 17, 2011

there are four things you should consider when deciding to take on a commission: 1, how much creative freedom you'll have on the project, 2, the time it will take, 3, how much publicity/attention it will get, and 4, the cost.

at least, those are determining factors I use. If there isn't some benefit for you, then maybe its not worth it.

That being said, doing a favor for a friend is different. It really depends on whether you want to or not. And if you don't, you should just be honest and tell that person you'd rather not. However if its fun for you or you feel indebted to this person or want to give art as a gift... its up to you!

~explosive-toaster Jul 17, 2011 Student

Man, you are so good at this, I really appreciate it. <3 Those are really good things to keep in mind - I'll try and remember.

And it really wasn't like a "hey, I'd like a birthday card for my friend" or something, it was just "THIS IDEA IS FUNNY, you should draw it!" So I just apologized and said I was pretty pressed for time in terms of art, and that I might do it later, which is all true. I just haven't been doing a lot of art for myself, which I'd like to get back into - I love making people happy, but I also like doing my own thing, and I need time to do that! Maybe I'll open up requests later in the year, though, and ask if she still wants me to draw it... or something else entirely!

Thanks for your input, bro, I really value your opinion on stuff like this.

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