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#StopSOPA - Jan 18 - Web Blackout + Response to dAPlease See Edit 10 at the bottom for Response to dA update
Hello Everyone!
Please Comment and Fave to show your support. Please feel free to ask questions as well.
Consider sharing with your watchers as well!
For those of you wondering what SOPA/PIPA are, take a look at this video http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/
As a protest of #SOPA and #PIPA (The Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act) two pieces of legislation that are up for debate once again on January 18, 2012, I will be blacked out from all my websites, deviantART included. What does this mean?
"On January 18, between 8am and 8pm EST (or 13:00 and 01:00 UTC), Reddit will be blacking out their website in protest of SOPA and PROTECT IP. We request all website administrators worldwide - and especially those running large user-content websites - to black out their website at the same time, to voice their opposition of SOPA and PROTECT IP. This legislation may very well not only change the future of the in

deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown! - Day 25deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown!
Day 25
Read all of the details about this countdown by clicking here
Today's Feature was selected by the group #StaffAppreciation

Yangchen by *Pugletz Farewell Gift for Michael by ~BraveBabysitter Everywhere and nowhere by ~rainman65 Drunk by *Cellarvee BAKA by *Akira-Hikari Mandragora by ~Staldren Hope by ~Deathdy666 Naga Dance by ~camilkuo Sam Winchester by *acjub Glass by *acjub :thumb207105541: End of the World by ~PhantomSeptember Murder of Crows by `GillianIvy Dragonfly Rider Journal Skin by `GillianIvy Inquisitive by *otohime0394
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Day 30 • Day 29 • <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/155566/">

Watcher Contest - Win Points + Features + ThanksHey Everyone!
So, I have been absolutely amazed by all of my amazing watchers

So for the next few days, I want to send a thank you back to you all... I originally planned to do this during Valentines Day, but other stuff got planned then... So let's do it now

I want to thank a ton of you guys! So here is how I am going to thank 33 of you!

(Yes there's a lot more then 33, but that's all I can do for now...)
- Give 25 of my watchers a 5 piece journal feature
- Give 5 of my watchers a 5 piece front page feature (my front page, for a month)
- Give 3 of my watchers 100

So what do you have to do to get one of these prizes? Just three simple things:
1. As this is a thank you to my watchers, you must be watching me (If you aren't right now, you can still watch me

)
2. Then simply comment on this journal. Say anything you'd like!
3. Lastly, Fave this journal!
This will end February 26, 2012 at 11:59:59 P

You Watchin'? Check in - Watcher Thank Yous+PointsHello Deviants!
So it's 2013, and so far, I have not posted anything for the new year. Eh... perhaps you're happy about that, or perhaps, you're feeling that I wasn't festive enough... So let's be festive. Deviant style.
I would like to thank a few of my watchers for watching me and making 2013 a year to remember. So I will randomly be giving out:

100

25 Features

5 Selection features (I will choose a selection from your gallery to feature)
All you have to do:

Watch me

Fave this journal

Comment with your favorite PLZ account, emote, or write something fun

This also doubles as my watcher-check in. I feel like this is more fun than just a boring poll [Shrug]
Happy new year deviants!

2011 Donations for Devious DeviantsFave Me!
Please Fave This so more deviants may see it!
Donation, 2011
Hey y'all, it's that time of year again to get into the holiday spirit. It's a great time for gift-giving and showing that you care for one another. Unfortunately, there are quite a few people this holiday spirit who do not have enough to be able to send out many gifts. Because of that, this year we want to help as many deviants as possible.
`JoseFelipeM and `TimberClipse are working together this year to raise AT LEAST 15,000

for other deviants. We need YOUR help!
We want to give as many deviants gifts for them to further grow as devious artists! So will you help us?
If you can donate even just a few points, we will be so greatful! Even if you cannot donate if you can promote this on your pages, groups, twitters, facebooks, ANYWHERE we would love that!
Why?
Why should you donate? Well, first of all, many people would be h

Team dArt Showdown! - Win almost 4,000 Points!Presenting the 2012 Team dArt Showdown!
Please take a moment to favorite and comment on this journal so that we may reach a larger audience.
:icondevnews:
About
The dArt Showdown is a deviantART centered, team competition that will last the next number of weeks on deviantART. Hosted by `TimberClipse and `IceXDragon in conjunction with #DevNews it is likely the first major team competition on deviantART with thousands of points and other prizes up for grabs!
`TimberClipse posted a few days ago suggestions for a project you would want to host, `IceXDragon came up with the idea of a Art Showdown. The two members then worked together in order to present a new and great contest.
Prizes
The 4 members of the winning team will each receive:

3,850

deviantART Points Each
(Donation Thanks: 200 from =DianaGrigore, 1,000 from =SoulFighty, 200 from `Emerald-Depths, 6,000 :devjamminjo

SuperQuick Contest! Win Points! Any Visual Medium!UPDATE: I got all your entries and will post winners soon.
Thank you!
Contest ended, below is struck through
Hello Guys,
So I have been MIA for a while, but, not too long ago I won some points from ^bradleysays So, want to turn those around to you guys!
I am inviting anyone who is interested to comment below with your best NEW work. The only restrictions are listed below:
- Please comment with a LINK of your deviation, and favorite the journal
- It must be NEW on or after August 15, 2012
- You may submit any VISUAL medium (No lit, sorry)
- You may submit only once
- Collabs are fine, but only one person will be awarded the points
- Deadline September 1, 2012 at 11:59:59PM PDT
Good Luck!!

The best submission will receive 800 points! Can't be any easier than that now can it!?
Happy September guys!

deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown! - Day 10deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown!
Day 10
Read all of the details about this countdown by clicking here
Today's Feature was selected by the following deviants:
`WDWParksGal and `TimberClipse

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deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown! - Day 12deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown!
Day 12
Read all of the details about this countdown by clicking here
Today's Feature was selected by the following deviants:
`Krissi001 and ~zaz14ispottermad

Password: Albus by ~uknow-who7-angles by =MarkVasilkov
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Day 30 • Day 29 • Day 28 • Day 27 • Day 26 •

deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown! - Day 24deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown!
Day 24
To fave this, if you were given the link that makes this look like a deviation, simply click "add you favorites" like you would for a deviation
Read all of the details about this countdown by clicking here
Today's Feature was selected by the following deviants:
~oOnyaOo, ~ghury13, ~EAT-MY-PAINTINGS, ~lotusbiru, and `TimberClipse

Kite Flying by ~Nando123 Some Poems Don't Have Titles by ~Siveri Writers Are Artists, Too by ~MagpieVon Asian City by ~gregmks Winter shades by ~GreeGW Mushroom, mushroom by ~sawayaka lullaby by ~darkmello Hulk issue 8 pages 10-11 by ~WaldenWong bike by ~Kegriz Sentries Of The Wyrm's Lair by ~FerdinandLadera Dreamy reflection... by *sylphielmetallium BBPJ Sunrise by ~bitink Belvedere by ~Shefu-de-combinat Air brakes by ~BogdanBoev
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25+ Ways To Improve dA - Discuss! Read!Hello Everyone
This collection of 25+ ideas I have come up with (or am reiterating) is made for all of you. Please comment, share, fave, and suggest changes. All of these are BASE IDEAS. I hope that they will be moved forward by deviants… Writing this took nearly 3 hours. So, please respect any typos or mistakes I may have made. I also wrote some of this at 2 AM last night so I might be a little

Thanks for understanding

To the Staff who may read this... Thank you for taking a look. I know it's long and some may be "ridiculous", but I hope it helps.
I have a number of clear messages here that I really think are important.
Optional
Community involvement
Professional level
These three simple ideas are what I believe will really bring this all together. Each of these ideas will likely embody one of those.
The last thing looking forward is K.I.S.S. an idea presented to me as a freshman in high school. Keep It Simple Stupid. I especially am looking at sta.sh for this. Let'

deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown! - Day 15deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown!
Day 15
Read all of the details about this countdown by clicking here
Today's Feature was selected by the following deviants:
`TimberClipse and ~Sailor-Pikmin

Defense by ~Orcadus Butcher's Broom by *DinnerSpoiler The Midnight Special by =Pavloff-Photos :thumb244250474: The Obsidian Blade by *neverdying
Past Articles
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Day 30 • Day 29 • Day 28 • Day 27 •

deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown! - Day 23deviantART 11th bdAy Countdown!
Day 23
Read all of the details about this countdown by clicking here
Today's Feature was selected by the following deviants:
`WDWParksGal , ~Magic-fan, and `TimberClipse

MALEFICIENT by *FERNL Twisted Prologue----Alt by ~lucifers-uke Kroshka Moia, Chapter One by ~Writehor :thumb210106308: Captain H.M. Murdock. by ~NaKaya The Mystical Dance by *Precious-Destiny Dreams are Eternal by ~EnshroudedVixen Every Parents' Nightmare... by ~tohdaryl :thumb144131273: Tales of the Forbidden by ~Magic-fan .:deviantART related Stamp by `ginkgografix Dolphin: happy to see you by *woxys Precision Flight by ~Rock0426
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Day 30 • Day 29 •

Winners of One Word StoryHey Guys,
I always enjoy a good story, and in the mood to start one up!
So, using just 1 word in your comment, with no consecutive comments... Make a story.
I will give a few points away to participants between now and Sunday at 8 AM EST, nothing major but something to add to the fun.
Rules: Be nice.
You may comment more then once, but not in a row.
Words that you want to reply to someone else may be in brackets or parentheses [comment] or (comment)
Words like and, is, the, etc. all count as a word.
TO BEGIN:
Zev
[this is a bad idea...]

deviantART Staff Appreciation Week Interviews$Moonbeam13
:iconsparklesplz: :iconmoonbeam13: :iconsparklesplz:
First, thank you for agreeing to be interviewed! I truly appreciate it. If you don't mind, could you tell us briefly how it was that you came to be an official staff member, and about how long ago that was?
I joined deviantART as a member in 2003 and in 2004 I started volunteering as a Photography Gallery Director. After volunteering in that area for a little over a year I was offered a job as the Director of Artist Relations (Now Community Relations) in June of 2005

Very interesting! At the time, and even now, what part of this job do you enjoy the most, and could you give a brief overview of what you get to do?
The unique community at deviantART is what encouraged me to join and take part as a member in the first place, and I consider blessed that I get to work directly with the community on a daily basis as par

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Beauty In Life Contest -Open To ALL Artwork Types!

by `TimberClipse, Mar 22, 2010, 6:50:17 PM
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MOST UPDATED INFORMATION HERE

| Submit Art Here!

| Join Feature-Club! | Join GetWatchers!

| Note Feature-Club!

| Note GetWatchers!

Please fave the news article
For most updated information and useful links please see titlebar

Hello Deviants!

Welcome To #Feature-Clubs' and #GetWatchers' Contest!

Our 2 clubs wanted to join together and make a huge contest for all of us at deviantArt to see amazing work from every member that they have to share! And it is finally here! And even better we have months and months of subscriptions to give away, points, and other great artwork from members! So good luck!

Contest Details

Contest Topic How life can be amazing, special and beautiful. – Perfection, and Beauty

In Detail Now what the heck does that mean!? Well it means we want you to find something beautiful Anything beautiful. Then go write about it, draw it, make it an emoticon, a wallpaper, a video, an anything, and submit it! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so anything you find beautiful is accepted!

Contest Rules

We want this contest to be understandable and free of rules. Of course that isn’t fully possible, but we’re going to get as close as possible!

2 Submissions per person (How to submit is below)

You must be a member of either #GetWatchers or #Feature-Club to enter.

ALL artwork will be accepted! (This includes emotes, literature, photography, emoticons, animations, films, traditional and every other category on deviantArt!)

Artwork must be submitted after beginning of contest (March 21st, 2010)

Artwork must abide by deviantArt rules

Collaborations are allowed (however prizes are not doubled. Prizes will need to be split)

If you use stock please credit the owner. Failure to do so will get all artwork disqualified

Tracing (using bases without permission) of other artwork will not be allowed

Please link to one of the contest journals when you enter

Please fave the news article when you enter!

Judges may not enter.

Contest Deadline

The contest will begin now (March 21, 2010) and will end the last day in may (May 31, 2010)

Contest Stamp and PLZ Stamp created by =joshlama
For those of you who like stamps we have a contest stamp to advertise!
Stamp: :thumb157953802:

PLZ Accounts:

: iconbilcplz1::iconbilcplz2 : without spaces at beginning and end.

How To Submit

_{(You need to join Feature-Club to submit)}

1. Go to Feature-Club’s collection: [link]
2. Click Suggest a Favorite
3. Click “Your Gallery”
4. Click the piece you would like to submit
5. Click Submit (MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE STATUS MESSAGE IN YOUR BOX. If it is not accepted within 48 hours please link and contact #Feature-Club by note.)

Affiliates Contributing and Advertising
Thank you Affiliates for your continued support!

Blog Feature from #Feature-Club
Blog Feature from #stamp-kingdom
Blog and Poll Feature from #SkyAndNatureClub
Blog Feature from #PhotographyWorld
Blog Feature from #ArtistsInNature
Blog Feature from ~Subscription-Center
Blog Feature from #dALinkSystem
Blog Feature from #PromoteArt
Blog Feature from #Insect-Lovers-Club
Blog Feature from ~Xpose-it
Blog Feature from #AroundTheEarth

Judges

Your great judges are:

and 1 more (TBD)

Prize List

If you would like to donate any prizes we would be extremely happy!, note #Feature-Club or #GetWatchers! _{You may donate prizes and join the contest!}

1st Place:

3 Month Subscription from *Annyaonweb
3 Month Subscription from ~dantastic202
3 Month Subscription from *SoolArts
1000 Points from `uae4u

5000 Artwork Views from #GetWatchers "Art Viewer"
1 Year Addition to #GetWatchers Featured Gallery
1 Year Addition to "Winners Gallery" at #Feature-Club
Waist up or chibi CG drawing from ~LillumSama
Short Story from ~blakrayvon
Photo manipulation request from ~midnightXgurl
1 Commission from *Ryugexu
2 Free Anime drawing from !tdi123
Stamp Request or Icon Request from `TimberClipse
Stamp request from ~Ailedda
2 Week front page feature *thogro
1 Month Front Page Feature at #Feature-Club
1 Month Journal Feature *Annyaonweb
1 Month Journal Feature ~LillumSama

* + Many Journal Features for all top 3 places! *

2nd Place:

3 Month Subscription from !Commander-Luminaire
2 Month Subscription from ~dantastic202
1 Month Subscription from ~LillumSama
750 Points from `uae4u

2000 Artwork Views from #GetWatchers "Art Viewer"
5 month Addition to #GetWatchers Featured Gallery
50x50 Avatar Request from `TimberClipse
Waist up or chibi artline by ~LillumSama
1 Month Front Page Feature at #Feature-Club
1 Medium Free Anime drawing from !tdi123
Photo manipulation request from ~midnightXgurl
1 Month Journal Feature *Annyaonweb
1 Month Journal Feature ~LillumSama

* + Many Journal Features for all top 3 places! *

3rd Place:

1 Month Subscription from ~dantastic202
250 Points from `uae4u

500 Artwork Views from #GetWatchers "Art Viewer"
1 month Addition to #GetWatchers Featured Gallery
Waist up or chibi sketch by ~LillumSama
1 Small Free Anime drawing from !tdi123
Emote Request from `TimberClipse
1 Month Front Page Feature at #Feature-Club
Photo manipulation request from ~midnightXgurl
1 Month Journal Feature *Annyaonweb
1 Month Journal Feature ~LillumSama

* + Many Journal Features for all top 3 places! *

All Honorable Mentions will also receive a Journal Feature from all donators!

The following prizes will be given to all winners!

Journal Features for all top 3 places and Honorable Mentions:

Journal Feature from `TimberClipse
Journal Feature from ~LillumSama
Journal Feature from `uae4u
Journal Feature from ~dantastic202
Journal Feature from ~BozMurphy
Journal Feature from ~Pagan-Inspiration
Journal Feature from ~Ailedda
Journal Feature from =alexnart
Journal Feature from `TwiggyTeeluck
Journal Feature from ~Twins72
Journal Feature from *Araka13
Journal Feature from ~fyrespryte
Journal Feature from ~Konoka-chan
Journal Feature from =TheFulkrum
Journal Feature from ~MissBeastie

News Features:

News Feature from #GetWatchers
News Feature from #Feature-Club
News Feature from ~midnightXgurl

Group Blog Features:

Blog Feature from #Feature-Club
Blog Feature from #SkyAndNatureClub
Blog Feature from #PhotographyWorld
Blog Feature from #ArtistsInNature
Blog Feature from ~Subscription-Center
Blog Feature from #dALinkSystem
Blog Feature from #PromoteArt
Blog Feature from #Insect-Lovers-Club
Blog Feature from ~Xpose-it
Blog Feature from #AroundTheEarth

Other Prizes for all 3 places:

Gallery Feature from #dALinkSystem
Artist Interview from #TheEliteofDeviantArt

Special Thanks...
Special thanks to all of the affiliates helping out with prizes, the judges and to GetWatchers for working with us on this great contest!
Special thanks to Joshlama for the PLZ accounts for our stamp!

Thank you everyone and good luck!

Best,

Your Contest Starters,

~LillumSama (Of GetWatchers) and `TimberClipse (Of Feature-Club)

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