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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! ^ - ^
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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

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

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!

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

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

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

[WINNERS!] Giveaway! [1000 points + Free Chibis~]WINNERS!
Thanks to those who participated! <3
#1 - :iconstellarhohoemi: =stellarhohoemi #145 http://gyazo.com/3c85275328e20e9c29b4df497496a3be
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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

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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.
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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

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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)
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Goodbye dear Premo Base

by *Sleetwealth, Nov 10, 2007, 9:41:32 PM
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I found out today my favorite clay Premo base has been discontinued by clayfactory! I made "Leacoutha" entirely of premo base ,cut right off the block like hard cheddar. I was dreamily looking forward to using it again because it has such a wonderful natural beeswax look and it always had a great texture..not sticky and soft as most translucent polymers. It was a great clay to extend other clays with, made them hold their own and not sag or attract lint and I hardly ever had moonies with it.
I had noticed something had changed,but didnt heed the early warning signs.. each time I bought a block it wasnt as fresh .. it was crumbly and hard and now I see why.. the sellers were pushing out that old stock!

Im now in the market for a brand new clay ,but then I got another juicy bit of information. Two chemicals in the plasitsizers of polymer clay have been banned in California. Now all the clays will be reformulated! I wonder if I buy a new clay and fall in love will it suddely change too? I have my eye set on puppen fimo ,but clays being formulated have in the past been sold before all the kinks are out.
Im not sure if I should open my heart again!

But anyway I am buying a new convection oven as soon as some money gets in my tapped out credit card. I pray to the muses this means no more moonies or overcooked clay. Thats going to be my christmas present to myself!

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~livingindarkness Jan 1, 2008

If you like firmer clay then you would like puppenfimo. It is a very translucent clay so you have to add some fimo classic to it to avoid moonies, I add white and #43 flesh. I never get moonies with prosculpt but it is very soft and lint attracting, plus, fingers can break off very easy after baking. Living doll and prosculpt are the same clay just different packaging, they are made from the same people that make sculpey, proform. Some people have very good luck with prosculpt but I have had too many cracks and breaks in order to sell with confidence.

By the way, you make the most amazing sculptures and you inspire me a great deal. Do you still make the ball joint dolls, the one you made was beautiful.

*Sleetwealth Jan 1, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

I just got some puppen fimo. I havent had a chance to really work with it much yet. Yup Ive tried prosculpt.
A real shame its not stronger. After leaching its firmer,but I guess its softness is part of the reason its so easy to smooth. Iys ok for bigger work ,work that doesnt have tiny appendages.
I havent tried living doll yet ,but are you sure their the same? because I had heard living doll was reformulated and Prosculpt hasnt yet.

Thank you

Yes I still make ball jointed dolls. I have several casts of Briar. One I am fighing to paint to my liking. Resin a pita to paint! eventauly Id like to try another bjd 22" size .

~livingindarkness Jan 2, 2008

I don't know if they have reformulated prosculpt yet. I have heard people complaining that it has changed. I actually have some that I have had for over a year and it is crumbly but becomes very workable if you condition it in a food processor. I also have to condition the puppenfimo in a food processor because it is very hard to work worth out of the package. I never saw the premo base you are talking about. I saw the sculpture you made with it and I loved the finish, it kind of looked like a whitish jade. On the package did they just call it premo base?

The reason I found out about prosculpt and living doll being from the same place is I emailed someone a long time ago to ask where to get living doll and they sent me to Jack Johnston's website. A while back there was a discussion about it on the art doll sculpting group on ebay. Another thing that I like better about puppenfimo is that it doesn't change color like the prosculpt does. Every time I back prosculpt it gets darker especially if you leave it in a long time.

Your ball joint doll is beautiful. I bet a lot of people would like to purchase one from you. I know the supplies are expensive to make them, that is why I haven't successfully finished one. I want to try and make one in porcelain before I invest in materials for a resin doll. I wish it was as cheap to make in resin as it is in porcelain. I worry about air bubbles in the resin because I can't afford a vacuum chamber.

*Sleetwealth Jan 3, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

If it gets better then I might try it again. I remember someone saying Jacks product was made by Polyform,but Premo is also made by them and its has a diffenrt feel.
Yes the premo base called "base" it was a special color. Its translucent and unbleached so, it has a slight yellowish cast. Premo is good about color shifting.

I do want to sell my ball joints eventaully in very limited numbers. Yeah the suplies are expensive and goofs happpen. Each step takes alot of work.
Porcelain would be good at least in that it doesnt yellow ,but I dont know if youd have the same excitement for them.The resin is realy popular and it is flexible. You can cast in any color and even very translucent.

~livingindarkness Jan 5, 2008

Have you ever seen this girl's porcelain balljoint dolls, they are amazing, but I can't afford one:

[link]

*Sleetwealth Jan 6, 2008 Professional Traditional Artist

Yes I have seen her website. Her work is gorgeous!

~Yovanka Nov 26, 2007

If you want to try it I would recommend this seller: [link] cause I know for a fact that she sells ONLY the new (improved) sculpey living doll clay

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*Sleetwealth Nov 26, 2007 Professional Traditional Artist

Ah thank you very much! Yes Id like to try it.

~Yovanka Nov 20, 2007

My polymer clay of choice is sculpey living doll (beige) and that too was changed a few months back into a reeeeeeeeally soft clay that was a nightmare to work with (leaching didn't help either) and worst of all, any sculpt larger than 10'' would crack. It became VERY weak after baking!

Many scylpey living doll users filled a petition to the company and the result is a clay even better than the original!!! It is quite firm to hold detail yet not crumbly, very nice color (slightly lighter) and hardly any moonies (even though sculpey living doll was never prone to moonies).
Unfortunately sculpey living doll is available only in Europe so US citizens will find it quite costly..

Puppen fimo produces moonies quite often and the colors it is available in.. aren’t as realistic in my opinion (even though translucent). Also it doesn’t have a long shelf life like most polymer clays. In general I wasn’t really happy with it.

I enjoy seeing your work and I really hope that you will find the brand that will suit your needs best!!!!!!!

*Sleetwealth Nov 20, 2007 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you for the information on living doll. I have never tried this clay,but since its sculpy perhaps Premo will see the same new formula? Premo and Kato have been my favorite clays so far because I like a very firm clay.
Maybe I will order from the UK if someone is selling it. Even if its more expensive Ill have to use whatever clay is best since its my livelyhood.

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