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Derpy Hooves Beanie Giveaway!Hello everyone :] I've decided to give away this Derpy!

Please follow the rules and you'll have a chance to win her and take her home!

1. Fav this journal
2. Please write a journal about this giveaway and link it back here in the comments.
3. Add me to your watch list :]
Each person who watches, faves this journal and makes a journal will get a number. I'll be using random.org to choose a number, and when someone's number is picked that person will win the plushie! Easy enough right? I will pay for shipping worldwide.
The winner will be announced June 2nd :iconderpyclapplz:
Any questions please ask. Do NOT make multiple accounts just so you can have a better chance. Please make this fair for everyone :iconaawplz: Thank you!
Good luck :'D
EDIT: Just in case you were wondering how big she is, 8 inches long and 3 inches across her back !
THANK YOU EVERYPONY WHO JOINED :'D I DIDN'T EXPECT SO MANY

1000 Point Giveaway! (EDIT)

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 possible: 3)
IMPORTANT: Please be

100 point giveaway!Because I can. c:

[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

800 Points GiveawayHello all. As I've mentioned in the poll, I am going to make a small giveaway on the occasion of nearly 1000 watchers! Wooo!
There are 8 winners and 100 points for each to win. BUT the giveaway ends when the number of watchers reaches 1000.
RULES:

To enter, fave this journal and comment below that you've faved it. Then I will give you a number.

You don't need to watch me to enter. But please keep in mind that the giveaway ends sooner when
there are more watchers.

Your account must be at least 2 months old.

You can enter once only. No alternate/plz accounts.
I will choose winners with random.org.
♣ Good luck! ♣
Minor update: changed from 1111 to 1000 watchers.

School Chibi Contest X3

Hi there, my fellow groupmates!

We will have a contest!
THEME: SCHOOL TIME

Rules

Should be about School Times!

Should be a CHIBI!

Submit it to the "2013 Contest" Folder!

Don't include characters that aren't yours have your own.

With the maximum of two entries!
Don't put nudity scences in your entry.
Be CREATIVE!
The contest ends at June 29(~Meowgirl07's birthday) :thumb

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)

100 points giveawayHello there! I decided to give away 100 !

Since I haven't had the chance to upload any art recently,I decided to give away something else to you guys ~

1 step: All you need to do is post a comment down below! (This guarantees you one entry number.) This step IS mandatory.

2 step: If you watch me you receive another number and for every fave on one of my deviantations you get more.
EXAMPLE:
Comment=1 entry number
Comment,watch,3 favs= 5 entry numbers

MAX entry numbers=5

REMEMBER: The second step is not obligatory,it just gives you a better chance of winning.
Please leave a comment like the following if you have watched or faved something: "Comment,watch,2 favs" so I can keep track. ^^
I will be choosing the winner via random.org

END DATE: 27 MAY 2013 6 pm GMT+3

Welcome to My Official DeviantArt Page!Hi, I'm Mark Crilley. I'm the writer and illustrator of a new graphic novel series from Dark Horse Comics, "Brody's Ghost." The first four volumes are now available though your local bookstore or comic shop, or at any number of online stores such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
I'm also the writer and illustrator of the MIKI FALLS manga series from HarperCollins. All four books in the series (MIKI FALLS: SPRING, MIKI FALLS: SUMMER, MIKI FALLS: AUTUMN, and MIKI FALLS: WINTER) are now available in bookstores and at online sites such as those run by Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Thanks in advance to anyone who gets them. If you do, please let me know what you think; I'd love to hear from you.
You can find out more about me and my books over at my YouTube channel.
If you can't find any of my books at your local bookstore, please, please, pretty-please ask them to order it!
Thanks so much for stopping by! ^_^
Mark

SPECIAL FEATURE 05 ... Part A
:iconspreadmoreloveplz: Unfortunately I can't mention all here, but I send all my friends and watchers a lot of hugs :iconspreadmoreloveplz:
... and a special thanks to those who keep up with even the loyalty with my photography ...
Please give all of them your attention,

, comment and watch!

***Updated*** Mini 500 Point Giveaway!This giveaway is over. Winners announced soon.
Something i've been meaning to do but only recently was I prompted by Atlantien1.
All you need to do is this:
Browse deviantART and find a piece of art (or more than one) you REALLY like. Something that means something to you!
Then simply make a journal featuring that piece (or pieces) of art. You could even say a few words about that piece and the artist?
Remember to comment below with a link to your journal!
Here's mine: http://moomin-man.deviantart.com/art/Art-Feature-Share-the-experience-373119121
Winners will be picked at random!
1st - 200

:icontimekiller357:
2nd - 100

:iconRobertpferd:
3rd - 50

:iconpaintedfeline:
4th - 50

:iconshuroi:
5th - 50

:iconnadeshikofan:
6th - 50

:iconiluvshinyeevee030:

oints:

oints::points::p

The Echo chamber dilemmaThe promise of the Internet was that unlimited information and experiences would draw us together. But instead it seems to have driven us apart.
For years I've observed this behavior but haven't been able to vocalize it correctly. Originally I called the behavior of collective opinions as "the hive mentality" of the Internet. But that wasn't exactly right and I often got called out on it. The most prominent example was when I made a comic about a guy disagreeing with opinions and being shouted at till he remained quiet, eventually fading into the background with everyone else. The consensus of that comic was that if you disagree with someone you aren't bullied into not speaking, but instead are free to go someplace else where people who do agree with you exist. And you know what? That wasn't what i was trying to convey, but is sadly true. The Internet is not a hive mind. It's many tiny pocket echo chambers of mutual agreements.
And this is becoming a growing problem, I think, because n

SPECIAL FEATURE 05 ... Part B
:iconspreadmoreloveplz: Unfortunately I can't mention all here, but I send all my friends and watchers a lot of hugs :iconspreadmoreloveplz:
... and a special thanks to those who keep up with even the loyalty with my photography ...
Please give all of them your attention,

, comment and watch!

Callibrate your Wacom tutorialHad you finally made the transition from intuos 3 to intuos 4?, or Are you rich to change into an intuos 5? Had you made the transition from a first generation cintiq to the new ones?. More levels of pressure will mean more quality to the paintings, am i right?.
Did you thought that by default the pen will it be like using butter on bread?, you try it for the first time and you love all of it, you said i have sooooooo much control on my strokes im having a blast. Then only to realize you only have total control of the brush but when you are moving it really slow?. But when you do quick strokes the pressure drops a lot of paint making you redraw tons of stuff?
Did you ever thought that painter its hard to handle with new tablet? Too much pressure? If it has more pressure why i cant control more easier the beggining of the stroke which is more crucial?.
Have you ever open the customize option in wacom settings, only to feel dumb and no

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by *Cappippuni, Dec 4, 2009, 5:34:32 AM
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_{Hi, dear Deviants!

How are you? Good? OK, here goes...
I would like to introduce my next creations available soon...
By experimenting in different artistic fields, I'm currently creating a theme for Windows 7, besides my next icon set and my drawings (with the help of many tutorials and some wonderful arts from DeviantART, on which I draw my inspiration...).

So, what to say about this theme?
For my first experience in this particular area (I've already created some themes for Windows XP, with the StyleXP application, when I was younger, some years ago...), I admit it requires a lot of free time and, sometimes is quite boring, especially when creating elements of the GUI with Photoshop.
This theme, called "Pastelia" (this name is likely to change during development), reminding the color of a lemon-meringue pie and sweet pastries, is specifically designed for be used with handmade icons (such my first two icons packs, "Lemonade At Work" and "O Sunny Day", or with others available on DeviantART, such as those created by *Raindropmemory...).
Well, pastel colors, with dominant colors of yellow, blue and pink will not please everyone, but it must satisfy all tastes, for everybody...
Currently, I haven't seen similar themes for Windows 7 on the Internet...

I mainly used yellow (mainly used for buttons, checkboxes, highlighting, scrollbars...), blue (for some buttons, interface elements...), pink (for some graphics effects and few buttons) and white (for the windows, taskbar and the start menu) pastels colors.
More seriously, I will not use this theme for my daily personal use, but, it is clear that this theme will primarily focus a targeted audiences, who love this art style, but as I want to say (and repeating!), I like create colorful and peaceful art, to bring more happiness in this too serious world...
To make you more happier... ^-^

Otherwise, I continue to draw for improving my drawing skills (I confess to not being very satisfied with my current creations, the colorpencils used give a somewhat strange colors...), and most importantly, trying to find a personal identity, style to my creations...
Seeking to more imagination, I drew several designs, including very, shall we say, original animals...
i.e. squared blue birds (which I am satisfied with the outcome, although the creative possibilities limited ...), yellow and blue striped cats (inspired by the very funny and cute cats present in most works of the same talented artist, *Raindropmemory...), rounds cows (loosely inspired by the packaging of a food product...)...
In short, the imagination!
I also try to improve my techniques for what is the character creation, which is one of my biggest weaknesses...
I also intend to buy soon watercolor pencils, more better quality colorpencils (currently using standard Reynolds colorpencils, bought on the supermarket) and other types of pencils (currently, I work with B2 and HB pencils), but to do it, should first that I'm getting better...

Oh! For finishing, I've finished the French translation of Nimi Visuals, an application for Microsoft Windows made by =samiwieciekto, now included in the latest version.
Don't hesitate to take a look at this great application, who add 58 graphics effects like jelly windows, sparkling effect, snow... Similar to the very popular Compiz-Fusion module shipped on most GNU/Linux-based operating system!
Good luck to it for the development of this amazing application! ^^

So, here, on this, it is likely that my theme for the latest operating system of Microsoft, Windows 7, will be available, if all goes as planned, not before the end of 2009 (even in January 2010...), just like my next icon set...
I'm currently very busy with my studies, which need lots of time...
However, I think to send some of my attempts at drawing soon...

I want to thank you for all your support, all comments and to bring happiness and good humor on this website!
Thank you! Thank you for everything!

Merry Christmas and happy New Year 2010!
May peace, success and happiness be with you!}~☺♥

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Drinking: Orange juice

Colors, colors and more colors!by *Cappippuni

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~Raindropmemory Dec 8, 2009 Digital Artist

You're really ambitious~! ^^♥ and that's great. I also want to create a Win7 theme too, but it looks a bit complicated than Vista. (Well, actually, I almost forget how to create visual style, so I think I have to relearn it again, haha.)

Don't worry too much about find your own style. It'll come sooner or later when you have more experience, and talking about style,
I think style can be change over the course of time when you inspired by other new art. But in the end you'll know how to mix those inspiration into your own.

Actually, I'm still in search of my own style too.

Good luck with your project!

P.S. Wow, you translate Nimi? (into French?) That's great contribution anyway! (I really want to use it too, but my PC is too slow to use effectively) : (

*Cappippuni Dec 8, 2009 Digital Artist

I'm agree with you, it's much harder to create a theme for Windows 7 than Vista, especially because multiple images are used for the Start menu, the new taskbar (in several versions, large combined and classic icons, and small combined and classic icons, or 4 different versions), the separation of the Windows Orb (or Start button), now integrated within the Explorer and some new GUI elements.
This theme, pastel and very simple, will clearly target an audience enjoying this kind of theme, which will not please everyone...
I like above all to please others.
Ah yes, I've just started to create my next set of icons, for the moment at a very early experimental stage (made in Photoshop, designed for that visual style).
This is my very first experiment with creating a complete theme for Windows, a bit complex, but I currently didn't encounter any particular problems, with the help of some tutorials found on the web...
The creation of the GUI elements, however, requires lot of free time in Photoshop, which sometimes boring!

Oh! about the style, I've experimented several artistic styles and techniques, however, I've found my way, currently focusing on a colorful and happy style since some months, which seems to have more success than my previous projects.
I'll buy better pencils and watercolor pencils soon, and so try new techniques...
Well, OK, I admit being inspired by some of your creations and style... ^^

Oh! I try to avoid being too ambitious... This already caused me some problems in the past (not so far away, on the previous summer), including anticipated projects that were never completed...
Now, I prefer instead to focus my projects...

On this, I thank you for your very nice comments! This encourages me to continue creating new projects and drawings for improving and finding my own style.~☺

_{And I'm sorry if I'm too much talkative! Ah ah ah!}

~samiwieciekto Dec 4, 2009

You should really try Inkscape if You haven't so far

It's great tool

Cat's related icon set - sounds very promising, not only cause I like cats =^-^= - but be sure to end it till 2010, Sylvester.

I'm already collecting useful links for browser premiere ;D

*Cappippuni Dec 5, 2009 Digital Artist

A cat's related icon set? Hmm... Sound like a very nice idea...
This remind me an icon set made by Raindropmemory (yes, again! I'm a great fan of his gallery!), "10000 Cats Icon Set"...
Funny and cute cats (yellow and blue striped cats, yellow cats, multicolored cats...) is a very good and original idea...
Thanks again for this helpful suggestion! ^-^

~samiwieciekto Dec 5, 2009

Why I have feeling I already wrote reply but it isn't here... weird O_O

*Cappippuni Dec 5, 2009 Digital Artist

Maybe a bug? Very strange...
I can see one of your replies at the bottom of this page ("Ceiling cat see everything!"... Very funny! Ah ah ah!)...
Hmm... Do you use Firefox 3.5.5? Because I've got sometimes a similar problem when I would post a message on a website or forums...
Sorry for this problem!

~samiwieciekto Dec 5, 2009

It's ajax related - I understand that dA is a big site etc. but I don't seem a problem with proper messages removal on reply. Those could be at last added to excluded list if remove buffer is a problem.

And there is no problem - moreover I should be apologizing in the first place ^-^'

~Drudicta Dec 4, 2009

Thos sounds GREAT!

I'll be able to have a cute little drawn imperfect GUI. x3 It's gonna be so adorable! I'm going for the "blue lemonade" kind of feel. x3

*Cappippuni Dec 4, 2009 Digital Artist

Thanks a lot for your very useful suggestion!
The "blue lemonade" and the "yellow lemon-meringue pie" pastels colors are really nice... hmm... Sound like adorable!
Seriously, when I see the "yellow lemon-meringue pie" colors used on the GUI elements, I would eat a lemon-meringue pie!

OK, I admit taken inspiration from "On-yoan Meka", a theme for Windows Vista, for creating my theme, especially for using pastels colors and for the minimalist appearance...
But, as I already mentioned, the main colors are yellow and blue, very simple and clear...
In short, the exact opposite of lots of themes currently available for Windows 7 (too much dark or glossy for me...)!
Yes, I'm a bit bored to see lots of dark or glossy themes for all the versions of Windows (Yes, I'm sometimes a bit ironic)...

I really like the default Aero theme, which is, in my opinion, a very beautiful theme (thanks to Microsoft!), and Aqua, the theme used on Mac OS X (probably the most clear, modern and simple theme currently available on computer... I love the GUI designed by Apple on their products, Mac OS X and iPhone OS!), but I would create a very different theme, very simple, minimalist and pastel...

Nice to see your kind words and your suggestions!
I'll consider your ideas on this project! Thanks a lot!~☺

~Drudicta Dec 4, 2009

x3 Your so cute when you make long posts, because no matter what my replies are short. x3

I hope to see cutely drawn themes soon. x3 I'm mixing icons from the last two sets you made. :3

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