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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:

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

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 NOT tolerate people who lie about faves and watches in the comments! They won't be given any entr

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)

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! ^_^
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Design Contest WIN 4000 POINTS, 20$ AND MORE!I've wanted to hold a design contest for a long time now, and finally I've gathered enough points to do it

Go here to browse entries: http://taravia.deviantart.com/favourites/55430170
What I'm looking for:
Everything! Wolves, foxes, fennec foxes, ferrets, servals, bobcats, tigers, other big cats, small cats, deers, dragons, gryphons, dogs, birds, hybrids, original species.. bring it!
I'm leaving the details to your imagination, but here are some things I really like:
-White base color with black and red markings<33 (mostly on canines)
-Cute and fluffy things! No need to go all big eyes and oversized heads, but animals with fur. Creepy and slimy things just aren't my thing.. Still don't be afraid to make something dark/evil
-Anything tribal
-Native american stuff
-Feathers!
-Tawny, golden, brown, white, red, blue, cyan, gray, black (well, not all combined)
-I like more natural base colors, but with smaller markings in unnatural colors like blue or red
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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

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!

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

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?
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Dirt Is Procedural, Dangit!

by ~dmaland, Jan 27, 2011, 9:52:44 AM
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I've intimated this in quiet ways over the last while, but I might as well go on record as saying that I think the current trend of painting uv-mapped wear and tear onto everything is an enormous waste of time. I've tried various methods of making the process more automatic, but it's all pretty crude.

On a whim, I decided to visit the site for Modo, and lo and behold, these folks now have what they call an occlusion layer. [link]

Yes, yes, I know that we've all had ambient occlusion for ages, and I also know that it's possible for different programs to bake an AO solution to a texture. What's cool about the Modo solution is that a few clicks can customize their occlusion solver for various looks (like weathering on pits and/ or bumps, top-down weathering, etc.) You can randomize things, bake the solution to a texture, use that texture as a mask for painting rust and dirt, and all that good stuff.

Of course, with this development, the CG and games industry will now decide that "dirt = real was SO first decade" and make everything look pristine...

Anyway.

If I'm not officially on record as having said it, here it is:

Dirt and damage on 3d models ought to be a procedural thing.

However - please note that all of you UV-map painting wizards who can do this by hand and make it look good still impress me.

A lot.

Now...I wonder how I can replicate some of this functionality in Blender...

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~Ulysses-31 Mar 10, 2011

I think these dirt-map type solutions just don't have the level of sophistication required for ultimate realism. There's a lot of wear and tear that doesn't follow any particular rules and so can't be made into an algorithm. So far i've only ever painted that kind of stuff into a map, which is actually pretty straightforward using brush dynamics. Modo is pretty advanced but I can never seem to find the time to learn it.

~dmaland Mar 14, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I can agree with your point, especially when you need to have a big scrape across something. Those kinds of things don't follow any natural rules.

What I dig about this is that it automates the tedious stuff that does follow "natural rules." A texture artist that can marry the two techniques should be able to do some pretty "bang up" work with less time sunk into the boring parts.

~Ulysses-31 Mar 14, 2011

I'm slowly learning maxscript, so i'm hoping that eventually i'll be able to automate a lot of the tedious tasks like this. There are so many tasks in 3D that could be sped up that it makes you wonder if the programmers remembered that the point of computers is to plough through boring, repetitive tasks

~dmaland Mar 22, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Agreed!

~aaronbooth Feb 27, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Those of us that have used Lightwave for a long time will remember this same argument resulting in plugin that did just what you want .. called .. wait for it .. DIRT!

Shame others did not take notice

~dmaland Feb 28, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

It's pretty intriguing to hear about how "prior art" either did or not catch on. I wonder why it wouldn't have.

Maybe the world just wasn't ready for "real is dirty" back then.

~Digger2000 Jan 29, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I just use a dirt photoshop brush over the texture map

~dmaland Jan 31, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I've done that many times as well. I think it's a totally workable technique - it's just that the Modo occlusion system is such an order of magnitude beyond what I'm used to.

~karanua Jan 27, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

If you'r going to make a damaged looking 3d model why not actually model said damage in to begin with?

~dmaland Jan 31, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I guess that I'm thinking of paint and "top surface damage." In the case of real structural damage I would agree with you. (There would be a sort of fine line where you could go either way. Sculpted micro-meteoroid hits would probably be great if you were actually going to get the camera in close a lot of the time...but not so useful otherwise.)

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