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
Samples of my pixel icons:

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

[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
#4 - :iconUnImmortalBunny: ~UnImmortalBunny #1027 http://gyazo.com/a805ffcc725b8d75d08cabc0f47496c8
#5 - :iconSaKetosan: ~SaKetosan #1055 http://gyazo.com/f619d82896957ab4794d367f23a31e9c
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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!
******************************update!**********************************'
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!

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.

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

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

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:

Someone left $20 in an envelope at Fanime''
Hey guys!

Fanime was amazing but it totally left me sick for weeks

after I got better, I went through the letters I got and found one that had nothing but $20 and a note describing one of my posters. It looked like someone made a mistake and accidentally gave me their money without getting a poster. I want to return that money so If it was you, please e-mail me at Yuumei.yan@gmail.com with your name and address.

In other news, I will be at Anime Expo at table A24 and A25

Hopefully the Knite books will be ready by then!

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May Vector DDs!

Thu May 31, 2012, 6:24 AM

`DomiSM

What is Vector Art?

In digital art there are two layer formats: raster and vector. Raster formats are based in pixels and vector is based in paths and points.

When you resize a raster image, you are expanding the pixels. Your program has to try to estimate what the colours would be for the additional pixels created. Due to this, the image loses it's clarity and creates a pixel effect.

When you resize a vector image, you are increasing the distance between the points. Due to this, the image doesn't lose it's clarity and doesn't pixellate.

The key element of vector is that it's infinitely scalable without any quality loss and it's why we love it!

What is a Daily Deviation?

A Daily Deviation is a site wide feature. These are selected from our galleries by Community Volunteers and from suggestions from ANYONE who is a member of deviantART!
If you'd like to find out more about how to suggest a Daily Deviation to me, check out my journal.
Please keep your wonderful suggestions coming!!

May 2012 Vector Daily Deviations

Below are all the Vector Daily Deviations I've featured in the month of May, 2012. If you've missed one you like, go visit, comment and favourite, show these amazing artists some love!!

Be like a child by ~iamkzee

Be like a child by ~iamkzee is a lovely portrait, and I think the artist's comment says it all...who wouldn't love to be a child again?
(Featured by `DomiSM)

Jinete del dragon de aire by ~mjdaluz

Jinete del dragon de aire is by *Lillyfly06 "is a beautiful reminder of childhood dreams and surely many can identify with Jinete del dragon de aire where they've always dreamed they could ride a dragon through the clouds," says the suggester. Also suggested by =xthumbtakx
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

Tulips by *IvanVashchenko

Tulips by *IvanVashchenko is "a beautiful show of how simple shapes can be used to the fullest to create the recognizable, almost gem like representations of this lovely flower," says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

Heroes - book cover by ~Raiddo

Heroes - book cover by ~Raiddo is just one of many very talented vectors in this artist's gallery. Check out the rest!
(Featured by `DomiSM)

butterfly by ~rustamzade

butterfly by ~rustamzade "Is such a wonderfully original concept for a vector and the colours are simply superb," says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

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Tropical flower by !Anvigiki

Tropical flower by *k-chu is a lovely vector with vivid colours!
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by `Minato-Kushina)

Onion - Don't Cry by *Fhotp

Onion - Don't Cry by ~Fhotp "Those eyes are so expressive... This vector is full of emotion, sadness and plea, yet I can't help but find it immensely adorable," says the suggester, and I totally agree!
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

couture 50's red dress by *BreeLeman

couture 50's red dress is by *BreeLeman. "I love the colors, because it's smooth and I can really see someone wearing this in the 50s. It's also a pretty design," says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by ~FallenSoul101)

Radiation Waste by ~ExtremelyShane

Radiation Waste by ~ExtremelyShane "highlights, in few colours and in an adorable style, what nuclear waste dumping leads too. It is both gloom and cute at the same time, if you will pardon my indecisiveness," says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

Joker by ~violentarthz

Joker is by ~violentarthz
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by ~PoisonedLemonade)

Abstract Design1 by ~RBedlam

Abstract Design1 is by ~RBedlam. "One can clearly see a very serene country landscape with clouds, rivers, forest and crops (even if it has 2 sons) merged together with what appears to be, at first sight, very sombre black lines. A wonderful abstract vector with many secrets to show... " says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

JetPack Heroes Level 2 BG by ~thedanimator

JetPack Heroes Level 2 BG by ~thedanimator is "A windy and cartoony game background, with lovely colours and theme. Yey, hedgehogs!!!" says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

Wedding Dance on the Beach by ~Zhaana

Wedding Dance on the Beach by ~Zhaana is "full of poetry and sweetness. The artist respected all the things of the original creation and she made a great work," says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by *The-Morlock)

Doodlers Art Enthusiast by *oliversantiago

Doodlers Art Enthusiast by ~obzgraphiczzz is an explosion of creativeness and fun!
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by ^JCROXAS)

Pygmalion and Galatea by ~cesarvs

Pygmalion and Galatea by ~cesarvs "is one of the many vectors this artist has on the subject of Greek mythology, yet by far I find it the most enchanting," says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

Making Comic by *anggatantama

Making Comic by ~anggatantama is such a fun illustration of what goes through the mind of...an illustrator!
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by ~piercingemeralds2)

HULK by ~ruados

HULK by ~ruados, "The details are amazing! cool artwork ;__;" says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by ^JCROXAS)

Nike T-shirt - Octopus by ~TokyoCandies

Nike T-shirt - Octopus by ~TokyoCandies is such an amazing and fun Vector, it was difficult to choose just one from this artist's gallery, be sure to check out the rest!
(Featured by `DomiSM)

picnic by *piece-of-kayk

picnic by ~happypeewee is "Simply adorable and it looks really tasty at the same time," says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

Cotton Candy ba by ~SuperPalits

Cotton Candy baby is by ~SuperPalits. "Crisp + yummy colors = bravo!" says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by ^JCROXAS)

Heaven's On Fire by ~DavidJMoore

Heaven's On Fire by ~anubis3021 is one smokin' hot vector!!
(Featured by `DomiSM)

Magic Night by ~TheDigitalMethod

Magic Night by ~TheDigitalMethod has such beautiful colours and smooth gradients that give the piece depth. Lovely vectoring!
(Featured by `DomiSM)

Snoggleduster! by ~Zigzagline40

Snoggleduster! by ~Zigzagline40 "is such a fun, vivid and enchanting ninja, even if by now most are used to either the Naruto or the traditional style ones. A wonderful character vector!" says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by =MaddalinaMocanu)

The Auntumn Song by ~AtixVector

The Auntumn Song by ~AtixVector is an amazing Vector piece, full of creativity and skill. This artist never fails to "WOW!" us with his work!
(Featured by `DomiSM)

Teeto and Sisi by *kapreski

Teeto and Sisi by *kapreski is an adorable game scene, it makes me want to know what the game is all about!
(Featured by `DomiSM)

tie your shoes by ~ArinThoughts

tie your shoes by ~ArinThoughts is wonderfully simplistic with a hint of abstract. Love the colours!
(Featured by `DomiSM)

Star Crossed Book Cover by *CQcat

Star Crossed Book Cover by *CQcat is a "Sweet piece, lovely colors, and beautiful art <3" says the suggester.
(Featured by `DomiSM, suggested by ^JCROXAS)

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New CVs in the house!! Go welcome them!
February Vector DDs!
Changes to Daily Deviations!
Project Educate & Personal Updates
January 2012 Vector DDs!
'VECTOR YOUR CHRISTMAS' Contest - WINNERS!!
"Vector YOUR Christmas" & Stuff
The History of Art - Vector Graphics
"VECTOR YOUR CHRISTMAS" CONTEST!!
Pimpage & Stuff!
Project Educate: Community Projects
October 2011 Vector Daily Deviations!
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~Zhaana Jun 1, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

lovely DDs and thanks for mine again ^_^

`DomiSM Jun 1, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

My pleasure dear!

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