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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

.
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

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

1000 Point Giveaway!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: 3)
IMPORTANT: Please be sure to state what you did

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)

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)

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

Mickey's Chibi Raffle!EDIT YOU HAVE LITTLE TIME LEFT FOLKS. NIGHT!
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Hi folks! Thank you again for 500 watchers!
Er. 508 watchers! I'm really slow at doing things for you guys.
You can slap me.
This raffle is for watchers only.
:iconbuhuuplz:
Anyone who watches me after *Rashirou will not count.
All you have to do is fave this journal and I'll use that random generator thing....what's it called Linh?
That thing. I'll use that thing.
First Prize Winner gets a chibi like this:

The winner will be chosen
Wednesday May 22 at 1500 hours PST.

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.

(UPDATED)DRAW MY OC!WIN 1000 POINTS AND MORE!EDIT #1-YOU CAN NOW WIN,1000 POINTS!+ADDED MORE PRIZES!
EDIT #2-DONATORS WILL BE FEATURED BELOW.
EDIT#3-ADDED MORE PRIZES!
(if you wanna know why i raised the prizes,its because i won a contest!yay!)
YAY!Another contest!I hope someone will join!
So..its about my newest OC,Kasumi,.of course,youre going to draw her~

Things to clarify:

A mage's abilities are:supernatural strength,able to cast magic spells,able to survive for a long period of time.
Her staff/rod appears when shes battling with someone.

CONTEST RULES:
You have to draw Kasumi.
You can draw her with her likes and dislikes,her casting spells or just her alone.
Do not draw her with your OC or my other OC's,they dont know each other.
Do not draw her as an animal and pony.
Backgrounds are preferred but not needed.(although putting one will really raise your chances at winning!)
Traditional and Digital drawings only.
Chibis,headshot

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

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!

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Hi! I'm subbing for Hypnogoddess for awhile

by *wolfepaw, Aug 9, 2010, 3:44:57 PM
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Hello, 'bulbers!  For those of you who don't know me, my name is *wolfepaw and I'm a primarily a fractal artist and a little bit of  a digital photographer.  ~hypnogoddess asked if I could take over the admin duties for her while she takes a much needed rest.  I told her I would be happy to do so, except, I haven't really done any mandelbulbs.  I have downloaded a couple of the programs, but I must admit, I'm a bit clueless when it comes to these.

So, I guess, for my first official act as a sub-administrator for the group, is to ask for input from the members here as to what their favorite Mandelbulb generating program is and do they know of any good tutorials for it?  I know Hypnogoddess has created a folder for tutorials, but, alas, it is empty.  Does anyone want to start filling it up with a submission of a beginner's tutorial for one of the more popular and perhaps, free Mandelbulb programs?

If any of you have any suggestions or tips that noobies might find useful, please post them as comments to this blog.  If any of you have any questions of me, please feel free to note me.

If there is something you would like seen done in this group, I'm open to suggestions as well.  I'm looking forward to meeting y'all (I'm from the southern US) and seeing all the fine looking mandelbulbs that you produce.  I am very interested in this fractal type, I just don't know much about it.  So, if any of you would like to help this old girl learn a little bit more about them, please feel free to jump in with both feet!

~hypnogoddess will probably be away for a couple of months or so.  If you need to reach her, I would suggest noting her.  She may check in periodically, she just won't be administrating.

Even if you don't have any advice, suggestions, tips or tutorials, just stop by and say "Hi".  It's always nice to hear from the members!

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~TexArcana1962 Jan 14, 2011

As AureliasCat said: Mandelbulber and Mandelbulb3d are probably *the* two programs at the forefront right now.

I've played with both and each has its advantages. I find it easier to navigate and setup keyframes in Mandelbulber; the step-based system is especially useful, if you want to create 3D images from two points of view. It also seems to somehow avoid the slicing you often get in Mandelbulb3D, when you zoom right in.

However, Mandelbulb 3D is way quicker in the rendering department and the lastest version (1.68) features a whole new set of formulae to combine and experiment with.

Both are well worth checking out and equally capable of producing stunning results, but the speed of Mandelbulb 3D means that more people seem to be producing work with it ATM.

~kawardi Aug 11, 2010

Hi Peggi
I am just here to echo what Mark has said. In my experience Mandelbulb 3D works well on a lower spec PC, and brilliant on a faster one. I found it easiest to just play with and see what happens. I would recommend taking a few notes on what you have success with, so you can find the settings that work for you to start with. Then when you are comfortable try everything. This is a fun thing fractals that is, so experiment. I hope you get as much out of this 3D Mandelbulb as I have.

So good luck from me too!
Kevin

*wolfepaw Oct 7, 2010 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you very much for your input. And please forgive my delay in responding to your comment. I seem to miss things these days. I have been playing with

's wonderful tutorial and I'm beginning to feel a little more comfortable with it. But I still have a lot of experimenting to try before I really feel like I have a grip on it.

*AureliusCat Aug 10, 2010

Hi Peggi,

Thanks for subbing in on the admin duties! I've been enjoying your great fractal work for a long time now. As far as Mandelbulb programs - I think the 2 most popular right now seem to be Mandelbulber and Mandelbulb3d. I know there are others as well, but I've only played with these two myself - I only had limited sucess using Mandelbulber - Maybe because I don't have a fast enough computer. But I've gotten quite comfortable with Mandelbulb3d, so that is definitely my favorite and the one I would personally recommend. It seems to be gaining popularity with users in the DA community as well.

As far as tutorials, there doesn't seem to be much out there. I learned most of what I know so far by reading the doc that comes with the program and then doing a lot of experimenting!

Good luck! If I can be of any help, you can always note me and I'll try!

*wolfepaw Aug 10, 2010 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thank you so much for your kind welcome! And thank you extra for saying such nice words about my fractal work.

I also have Mandelbulber and Mandelbulb3D, and I find Mandelbulber3D a much easier interface, but there's so much there and I really don't know what I'm doing. I appreciate your input and perhaps I can read the doc that came with it a bit more. Is there a tutorial built-in to the doc?

If I run into snags, I may note you and beg for help. I may just need to spend some more time with it. But, I appreciate the encouragement.

*AureliusCat Aug 10, 2010

You're very welcome!

I don't think the doc had any tutorials in it - But I think there are some sample parameter files in one of the folders (\m3parameter) when you unzip that you can load, examine and play with. Make sure you have the most recent version - I started with an earlier one, then shortly after I think there were some updates - I'm using version 1.5.3 currently, which added a few formulas, a better navigator for zooming around to find the POV you desire, plus a few other updates I noticed ...

Feel free to note me anytime! I'd be happy to help more if I can!
Best of luck!
Regards,
Mark
aka Aureliuscat

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