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I'm bored :c...*50 point giveaway!* (WINNER!)*EDIT* WINNER ANNOUNCED!!

Congrats to :iconBellaK123:!!!
There will be another BIG point/art giveaway soon!! So don't be sad if you didn't win c:
There will also be a June giveaway too!
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I am very bored! D:
And since I am feeling bored and nice, I decided to do a tiny point giveaway.
All you have to do is:

Fave this journal (it will be your number)

Watch me IF you like my art~ ;v;
Well....that's about it!
Winner will be chosen using Random.org
Deadline: 5/19/13
If you take a look/join my contest, I will love you forever

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
✿Theme✿
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
✿What Is Not Allowed✿
♥Other OC's or Characters
♥ Gender bending
♥Creating her in another form other than Kemonomimi
✿Rules✿
♥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.
How can I participate in this giveaway?
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.
Theme
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

[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)
To enter (if you are eligible):
-

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!
Rules
You must favorite this journal
No point or plz accounts
Accounts must have at least one month seniority
Do not enter more than once
How can I get entered more?
Favorite this journal to get entered
Write a journal about this giveaway and include this thumb:
:thumb371701888:
{Please comment if you do}
Donate to the giveaway. Every ten points equals one entry
How will I be picking the winners?
I will be using a generator to randomly pick a name.
Journal Written
:iconxHeartOfaPhoenix: :iconSnowy-Heart: :iconAbystoma: :iconminieverfeel: :icondarkdeath6136: :iconMarshfeilds-stock: :iconGokuDrawingCentral: :iconluvnuage: :iconcoolhorse1: :iconGrace3333: :iconour-cosmic-love: :iconBunnymee: :iconIlmexxx: :iconRoroam: :iconFeebas-Hunter: :iconxScarletstripesx: :iconClovis-cutestkitten: :iconKrimzonNights

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

Mini Point Giveaway - Enter Quickly!200
1st - 100 :icontwaanie:
2nd - 50 :iconbannabutt-angel-14:
3rd - 30 :iconGIR10:
4th - 10 :iconYams83:
5th - 10 :iconCrimsonRobin:

This Mini Giveaway ended May 17th 9:00PM GMT (UK Time)
All winners are picked at random! (random.org)

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)

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)
What you will win:
•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)
So.. good

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.

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!

NEW CHARACTER SONGS!!Hetalia has released new character songs!!!
First off, to sort of be the new "Theme Song", they've made Mawaru Chikyuu Rondo:
Italy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUUoKYUGuPU
Romano:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=437JSOpVf2o
Japan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y5lUEVIN9c
Then, the actual character songs:
Germany (Vorwärts Marsch! / Ich Liebe)/England (My Friend / Let's Enjoy Today!) Character Song Previews:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMdOa1FkORw&feature

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Let's Look Behind The Rainbow - Italy's Character Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8YWYVSFTE0&feature

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Nah, It Will Settle Itself Somehow - Romano's Character Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd07KO_QGzQ&feature

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May You Smile Today - Japan's Character Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR6qbyUDilk&feature

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Dream Journey - Japan's Character Song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

pYVmoNMT2k&feature

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Those are all the ones I have found so far! I

Advice and TutorialsSo this First Advice and Tutorial Journal will be on General Anatomy and Such. The second will be up to you so please comment below in what you think the next Advice and Tutorial Journal should be on.
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What I personally find the hardest to draw is feet and hands. I found that with a lot of practice and a lot of frustrating mistakes my feet and hands actually look at the very least almost the way i want them to be.
Now my favorite Style of drawing is Anime or sometimes semi-realism, and i find that by doing studies of the more traditional style realism actually helps improve my anime pictures greatly. For instance i would practice drawing my hands and feet in different positions holding different things and from different angles. I also find it extremely helpful while i'm drawing and i'm having a particularly hard time drawing a hand or a foot in a certain position i will stop for a

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Dear Seagate

by `lithiumpicnic, Nov 21, 2007, 12:28:32 PM
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Dear Seagate,

Please stop making hard drives that fuck up and die and lose my pretty pictures after 6 months of use.

And while I'm making a request you might want to make them NOT run so hot you could fry an egg on the top of the drive casing.

Thank you,
Philip

Foolhardy owner of three 300-400gb seagate drives that died within 6 months. Fool me once, shame on you...

FOOL ME THRICE... and I'm a cheap bastard who ought to stop buying drives on sale at Frys.

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~grombolia Apr 15, 2008 Digital Artist

Ive got a seagate, only about 4 months old, but i have to disconnect it every time i start up my computer other wise it freezes, and once it is connected, it slows down my computer to an almost snail pace, and yeah, mine gets really hot too... ive only got a 250G.

~roveberg Nov 28, 2007

I work in a large computer retail chain in Australia in the tech bay and I've had heaps of WD MyBook (external) drives come in for warranty replacement, but no such problems with Seagate FreeAgent (so far) so I recently reduced the amount of WD's we ordered and got more Seagates.

The WD problem doesn't seem to apply to their portable range though.

~dragonfli Nov 26, 2007

China virus found in Seagate drives in Taiwan:

report
Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:52am EST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. computer hardware maker Seagate Technology (STX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said some external disc drives sold in Taiwan had been infected with a virus which reportedly sent users' information to China, but it had since fixed the problem.

~StuckpixelPhoto Nov 26, 2007 Professional Photographer

Maxtor's are the worst drives available right now. At my day job this year alone I've had to have HP replace around 50 of the suckers (hp used to use them in their EVO line of PC's).

Seagates aren't as terrible as Maxtor drives really. As long as you either have adequate airflow or are using a hard drive cooling device they should last you. External Seagates though aren't fairing too well from what I've seen. The cases don't promote good airflow to cool the drive. Case in point: part of the reason I've been seeing a high failure rate with Maxtor drives in HP's Evo line is that the cooling is abysmal in their small form factor PC's (Evo D510 to present day Evo DC7700).

It also doesn't help too that I have a bunch of really stupid users who have a habit of blocking the sole ventilation fan that's blowing on the hard drive...

External drives are more prone to damage too (they're convenient, but moving them from place to place can take it's toll on them if you're not careful).

I know some people will probably disagree with this, but so far Western Digital has been the most reliable drive maker I have seen. I have them in my own PC's here at home, retrofitted my Series2 TiVo with two (older) 120GB WD HD's, and have built PC's for people using them. So far I've never had a catastrophic failure.

The drives that HP has been sending me for their Evo PC's have been either WD or Samsung. The latter has died on me though...

~dragonfli Nov 26, 2007

Note to self: don't buy from Seagate

p.s. Fry's is awesome

~Jeannieblue Nov 25, 2007 Hobbyist Photographer

That happens to me all the fucking time too! Thankfully, I have been through multiple drives/computers, but only ever lost perhaps 50 photos. But Santa, sign me up for that, as well!

~fron7runner Nov 24, 2007 Photographer

Fry's uses factory seconds, meaning they get crappy stuff. Not that I'm saying seagate is great hardware either.. I've heard Lacie is fairly reliable. As I look at the brand on my external: Seagate, I wonder about backing stuff up

~masselements Nov 24, 2007

western digital. trust me. i build and sell badass computers.

they don't mess around.

~mikki-g Nov 24, 2007

I'll put in a vote for Samsung (SpingPoint) drvies. Fast, quiet and reliable.

*David-Woody Nov 24, 2007 Professional Photographer

A couple things I have to say about hard drives in general is you are taking a higher risk of losing data when you go over 250GB. I've been a technician for years and have seen many many 300+gig drives go down the shitter (of all brands). I'd stick with 250 gig drives in external enclosures. Maybe also back your shit up every once in a while to something more archivable like DVDs. The reason for this is that if you back up to a hard drive that won't be used often and want to archive that, the data can become corrupt over time and you'll get garbled images.

Ok and finally before I'm off...If you do want to go with larger drives than 250Gig you may think about a SCSI setup. Most SCSI drives are server quality and built to last. Expensive but better than losing work you may be getting paid for.

Peace I'm out!

~Dave

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