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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! ^ - ^
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 :)
Tiny contest! Point prizes8D Time for another little fun challenge!
Draw inside the shape contest!
Rules
:bulletgreen: You can enter as many times as you want.
:bulletgreen: No shading required
:bulletgreen: You must choose one of the characters in this folder http://griffsnuff.deviantart.com/gallery/24055808
:bulletgreen:Remember to remove the shape/lines when you are done!
:bulletgreen: The character needs to be full body.
:bulletgreen: try to fill as much as the shape as possible!
:bulletred: You can not alter the shape.
:bulletred: 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!
******************************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 :dummy:
There will be 2 winners ( 50 :points: each ) on this giveaway.
:bulletblue:It's easy to participate
:bulletred: :+fav: This journal.
:bulletred: 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.
A giveaway??? Rules are below. (80 pts):wow:Yea... and if you don't read the rules, you won't get anything out of this.:wow:

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!!! :hooray:



:star:What you have to do:star:
:bulletred: Favorite this journal... you don't have, you don't enter
:bulletred: Comment saying you entered; I'll be lenient on this one
:bulletyellow: Advertise; you don't have to but is looked up upon
:bulletred: No duplicate accounts; seriously, you need points THAT bad???
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:star: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
#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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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:points: away at random to celebrate! Leave a comment and I will enter you for the chance to win!
1st 200:points:
2nd 150:points:
3rd 50:points:
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
XBOne... fixed.To everyone who says picking on Microsoft for their consumer unfriendly bullshit was "being unnecessarily mean," take a look at this. Don Mattrick just announced that Microsoft is back peddling with the XBOne, removing the disastrously awful features we've been bashing them for trying to inflict on us.
    Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.
    For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in order to deliver a breakthrough in game play and entertainment. We imagined a new set of benefits such as easier roaming, family sharing, and new ways to try and buy games. We believe in the benefits of a connected, digital future.
    Since unveiling our plans for X
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 :aww:
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
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New step....

:iconbutones:

I am engaged.

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Ok, that was easy! Wasn't too sure what will be my latest excuse for not updating as much.. but... it helped that something did happen : ) It's actually a pretty big change in my life, happiest man on earth? Probably when we get married.., but it's pretty close! XD Though getting married seems to be still pretty far off... just too many things ahead in the near future...

Which brings me to the next topic... FC Revelation issue 4 will be out soon! Please keep check it out soon! i am guessing you all picked issue 3 up? Much thanks for all the support! Issue 4 and 5 will be delayed just a little bit... nothing crazy... but it's on the way... trying to get issue 5 done right now... all on me though, too many things happened in my life and I can't thank my editors and team enough for all their patience! But.... can't cry over spilled milk.. so, onwards!

I am probably jumping my gun if I start talking about my next project.. it was supposed to be something else, something HUGE.. well, that something is happening still ( I hope ) but there's a few road bumps so it might not be my next immediate book... but before I even got to be sad that my next book won't be this next HUGE project... I was presented something I can't turn down... now I don't know which one is bigger XD... Both are probably writers I will KILL for to work with....I really apologize for being real bad with dropping hints.... but....  insane stuff coming soon!!!

Have also been thinking a lot about my work and art style... 7 years into this biz and I am still not very happy with my work... I mean, I get excited each time I think I do something nice.. but definitely not what I think is the look I am 100% happy with ( then again, will I ever be? ).. Although I have to say, I finally realized, and accepted, one thing a good friend of mine told me long time ago. Back when I was still a noob in the field, inker extraordinaire Gerry Alanguilan ( you remember kuya Gerry? ) told me that some day I will simplify my work and all the detail and superficial stuff will just get in the way... I kind of refuse to listen to him back then ( sorry Gerry >< ) up til now... until time and time again, I would ran into deadline troubles and would speed up my work without the usual 20,000 lines in each panel and.... and see how weak my figure work and foundations are... that without the extra stuff to take attention away from the readers eye and hide my weaknesses... it cannot even look decent... Now I think I have a very clear direction in my head. Don't get me wrong, I still love works from Charest, Wrightson, Hitch, Inoue, etc... and would continue to study their works... but I am setting a goal to simplify my work while maintaining the effect of the look... it will be very VERY hard... but I think I love that challenge! And yeah, thanks Gerry!

What else happened that I haven't talked about?....

I also moved, in, with my girl.. which mean I will have many different things I DO NOT like doing to do, in between days when I will try to rest.... but then again, it's not a matter of me liking it or not anymore.. these are things I HAVE TO do XD...

And this stiff neck that is bugging me for a month already... it went away after first 2 weeks and then came back 3 days after that... dang its bugging me a lot -___-

Anyway.. it's pretty late.. if whatever I just typed in the last half hour doesn't make sense, please pardon me, need to sleep ><

p
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  • Listening to: Crickets and birds outside the window
  • Reading: more audio books....
  • Watching: Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare! I love this show!
  • Eating: Pork Bulgogi! .. did I spell it right?
  • Drinking: wata!
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~BrianTheDreamer Dec 20, 2008
Who's the lucky girl...butones?
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~darkwarrior Dec 13, 2008
Congrats, dude! Sweet job on issue 4 of FCR btw.
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~dexterwee Nov 19, 2008  Professional Artist
Hello Philip.
Haha... It's fun reading your journals once in a while. Getting to know some tidbits of your life.
Congratulations by the way.

Regarding your art style, I can relate about your situation. Changing and improving one style is good.

Keep up!!

God bless.
Dexter
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~butones Nov 27, 2008
Thanks : ) I will try to do better!
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~b-rader Nov 18, 2008
congrats where did you graduate from
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~butones Nov 27, 2008
UST from the Philippines : )
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~davidyardin Nov 14, 2008  Professional
Congrats Philip!
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~butones Nov 27, 2008
Thanks Dave : ) how ya doin lately?
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~Nyugvo6 Nov 14, 2008
first of: congrats!

onto art: yes, your work is over detailed, and that's how I love it, and how it should be. the only problem is, that your current inker whoever he might be kills the art with inking, loosing all the lovely detail. and so your work is like any other artist's work at dc...
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~butones Nov 27, 2008
Oh bud pls give Jon more time... most of my pages are rushed cuz of me, NOTHING on him.... io took all blame on it.. you guys should see the new stuff XD

Anyway... thanks!
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