note: Faving this journal might help with your exposure  but it's solely up to your fellow deviants ~

It takes me a while to put these together and it's a bit of a tedious process, so if you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys!

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (I still have a lot to go through and it adds up every time i put up a feature journal), and be featuring once a week or bi-weekly as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take a few months, so please be patient! 

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note: Faving this journal might help with your exposure  but it's solely up to your fellow deviants ~

It takes me a while to put these together and it's a bit of a tedious process, so if you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys!

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (I still have a lot to go through and it adds up every time i put up a feature journal), and be featuring once a week or bi-weekly as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take a few months, so please be patient! 

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Before anything else, i'd like to ask peeps without a subscription/premium membership a question: can you guys still post thumbs without a sub? Cause the last time I didn't have a sub, the journal was literally featureless. since I want to save the points people donated for giveaways during Christmas (I failed to do one last year because i was in China I had a really limited access to internet at the time), I'm hoping dA still have thumbnails for sub-less people so I can keep doing this even when mine run out

I'm keeping the title this way

note: Faving this journal might help with your exposure but it's solely up to your fellow deviants ~

It takes me a while to put these together and it's a bit of a tedious process, so if you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys!

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (I still have a lot to go through and it adds up every time i put up a feature journal), and be featuring once a week or bi-weekly as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take a few months, so please be patient!

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Little DridderDeep in the jungle, deep in the night,
A traveler noticed a web in his camp.
And the tiny dridder filled with fright.
The night was cold with wind and rain.
Flashing lightning scared the tiny dridder,
that could fit in one of his hand.
The young man, with kindness in his eyes, did not refrain.
He sang her this song and held out his hand.
 'Little dridder, little dridder, why are you here?
May I pick you up, if you don't lay eggs in my ear?
Little dridder, little dridder, let me warm you up.
I've made some soup and I'll pour you a big cup.
Little dridder, little dridder, let me hold you near.
And may my heart's warmth be

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I should be updating this once a week either friday or saturday : ). or every other week. again, I implore you to be patient if you're further down the list! thanks!

Don't ask me how you can be featured please ~ Just look through my older journals .

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Sorry about the title. It was stuck in my head so I had to xDD.

note: Faving this journal might help with your exposure but it's solely up to your fellow deviants ~

It takes me a while to put these together, so if you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys!

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (I still have a lot to go through and it adds up every time i put up a feature journal), and be featuring once a week as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take ....a few months, so please be patient!

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I should be updating this once a week either friday or saturday : ). or every other week. again, I implore you to be patient if you're further down the list! thanks!

ps. there are a few people who didn't read the rules carefully and didn't answer me when I reminded them, so they're not up here. sorry guys, fair's fair; if you can't be bothered to answer me or read the rules carefully, what are the chances you'll go through everyone else's artwork? _{if you fixed your mistake I will feature it in the next feature .}

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Edit: Please read through the rules carefully~~ I know a bunch of you aren't >.O~!

Edit 2: I didn't realize a lot of people don't know this until now, but Thumbnails do not work in comments!.

And again, i emphasis people should read each rule; there are only 6, and it's even numbered! it's not that hard to not skim it! thanks!

First, thanks so much everyone who commented with birthday wishes~! there were like...425 of you guys and I actually read all of them, though I couldn't really reply to everyone >.<;;~ thanks lots for the cakes, bday points and the birthday wishes . it's been a while since I've had real cake (cause i usually just eat noodles for my birthday; me and my asian ways), so digital ones are great xD~ thanks

you guys are so sweet and I would like to return the love and resume doing watchers feature again .

I'm going to have to start over though becaues it's been a while since I last did them (really sorry >_<;; I have reasons but I don't want to make excuses; I'm sorry for stopping them for a while).

ps. yay new icon

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Okay, so you simply have to comment here with a link your favourite work of your own. It's okay if you've submitted to the last one since I'm starting all over again.

Simple rules to abide by:

1. Please only comment once. per person.
2. Please comment with a link to one artwork that is yours. I cannot take other people's artwork, especially if they don't watch me, because it wouldn't make sense that I would add their work to my folder of "watcher's feature" if they didn't watch me.
3. Please be patient; I started these last time when i was on summer break, but I have school now so the features might become a bi-weekly thing rather than weekly.
4. You must be watching me . I'll be able to tell. ;D

5. the unspoken rule of Please look at your fellow deviants' work when it comes out because it'll make this worthwhile. Share the love!
6. oh, and the last rule is to give me a random fact; like a little "did you know? there are at least 10 gems more rare than diamonds on earth.", just so I know you've read this and not just skimmed it ~ plus I think it'll be more fun to read through .

How is this going to work from my end? Well, I'll be clicking through each of your links and adding them to a folder in my favourites called "Watcher's Feature 2" (so you don't have to thank me for adding you to my favs xD; ), and every week, or every other week, I'll be featuring 50 deviations, in order of comment xD. There might be a chance that I might miss you, since there are so many people and I'm only one person who's not a machine but a person, so I apologize beforehand if I missed your piece or something. @__@;


did you know?
Stinky tofu is actually delicious and it reminds me of cheese. You can probably get most of you daily protein by eating bugs because they contain a lot of protein i dunno. something inane and random's okay too. just some fact xD.

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Edit: alright, thanks guys so much for the great feedback . we're slowly working our way through your critique-requests.
Critique submission is closed for the moment because there are so many requests coming at once and there's only like...9 of us critiquing and one of them is a writer. keep following us though, cause I'm sure as we finish critiquing them, we'll open it up again

here's the blog: [link]

This is a blog where a bunch of artists will be critiquing those who submit their work/projects in, so if you want your work critiqued, go on that blog : D

I'll be critiquing on it too ~~ Well, mostly the ones needing human anatomy help and asking for red-lining xDD;~ but there's peeps who can help with animals, composition, colours and stuff too .

please note that it might take a bit of time for all of us to get through and critique it thoroughly, especially since we're all pretty busy people as well .

ps. this isn't my tumblr, this is just a critique blog I help out with. My tumblr is this: [link]

EDIT/PS: This is from the blog founder; and I know it's probably some of my watchers who are doing this and aren't reading the submission guidelines properly ~

"PLEASE READ
Submissions that do not follow the submission guideline formula (picture/link to story and what you want help with), WILL NOT be processed! We have been getting several projects lately that lack a description of what you want us to do. A link to your project does not qualify as a submission. You MUST read our guidelines and provide an accurate description of what you want us to do (e.g Redline, paint over, general critique, written response…) If you believe that you did not adhere to our rules please resubmit your project WITH an explanation!

Sadly enough we cannot read your minds, so please remember to explain."

-Tina

and I just want to add that it'll also make stuff a lot easier for us if you actually uploaded your image somewhere rather than us having to go to your link on dA, save it, and then upload it for you, as well as make all the critiques as well. thanks~!

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This is a sort of guide on canvas sizes, inches, dpi and pixel x pixels.



when it came to canvas sizes, I always kind of assumed that inches belonged with dpi and pixels were just pixels and that everyone knew that; but i read a whole bunch of comments on a tumblr blog where someone asked about canvas sizes, and SO MANY people were replying with things such as, "4000x4000 px at 300 dpi" or "2000x2000 px at 200dpi".

and I guess not everyone quite understands what dpi's really used for xD.

DPI = Dots per Inch. It means how many dots will be printed per inch.

DPI is actually used for printing purposes. It shows the printer how much pixels to print per inch, literally. A common printer (at home or even at a lot of printing stores) at best prints at 150dpi most of the time actually; there are some super duper great printers that can print REALLY fine that can go up to ...apparently a lot more xD; #dpi, so that's why everyone usually suggests saving your project at 300dpi; most printers are fine with 300dpi, because anything above that is a little overkilling it. There are some super-fine printers though that can print up to maybe 600dpi, but those are not really that common. alright, so apparently it's pretty common ~ but I've never found myself needing to go above 300dpi; stuff in 150dpi works well for me too, actually >_>;;~ Unless, of course, you're doing extremely high-quality fine-art prints that can sell up to $30-$60 a piece, because really high-quality prints (that requires 600+dpi) costs a lot to print in the first place, so I won't suggest this for anime/comic conventions ~

so say I have a canvas at 5400 x 3600px, it literally means that I have a canvas that can be printed on a 18 x 12 inch paper at 300 dpi. If I have a 5400 x 3600px canvas at 200dpi, that pixels of the canvas don't change, but the inches on the physical paper can change to 27x18 inches when it comes to printing it. The canvas pixels aren't going to change just because you have it at 200dpi, so putting 200dpi, 300dpi or even 800dpi, it isn't going to make a difference digital canvas-wise. If you say something like "5400 x 3600px at 300 dpi", it's the same as saying "5400 x 3600px at 18 x 12 inches.". See how they don't mix?

Either put down how big it is in pixels (because you don't REALLY need the 300dpi if you're not printing it out), or if you have an intention of printing it out, do it in inches (or cm, if that's what you're used to) with a dpi attached.

Even photoshop makes it clear - The pixels are in the "Pixel-dimention" section, and the inches/cm/mm/etc and dpi is under the "Document-size" section.

TL;DR: Canvas inches and dpis are for physical prints only; Pixels are digital, so they don't mix with dpis or inches, etc. Digital and physical don't mix in a way that would make sense. Please don't say "2000 x 2000px at 300dpi"~ @_@;

I hope I made sense and cleared up some misconceptions about dpi and canvas sizes . ….and i hope i didn't make a mistake here hahaha;;;.

sorry if i sounded like a know-it-all v_v;; i guess I found a new pet-peeve D;~…

damn, i wrote a lot; sorry, bad habit D:~!

edit: if you're a math-kindda person, you can also look at this mathamatically:

12 x 18inch at 300dpi =

12 x 300 dpi = 3600pixels
18 x 300 = 5400

therefore 12 x 18inch at 300dpi = 3600 x 5400pixels

and that's how you get the pixels vs inches + dpi.

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It's been a while since I did this @__@;;~ Sorry for the delay ~

It takes me a while to put these together, so if you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys! Faving this journal might help

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (I still have a lot to go through and it adds up every time i put up a feature journal), and be featuring once a week as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take ....a few months, so please be patient!

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Thanks for looking .
If you want to be featured, there should be an older journal that will show you the way (if you want to be featured, the first step is to find that journal~! :3. it's a test. of my laziness. *Edit* nevermind, hold that thought - I'll probably be doing another journal about this, since my old journal now has over 1500+ comments, most of them made months ago, so I'm probably going to start this over again for the new journal features, since you guys probably have new work you'd wanna show off xD; (and it's hard to sift through all those comments D; )

You also have to be one of my watchers to be featured (thus the title xD)
Please show some support for your fellow artist~!

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It takes me a while to put these together, so if you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys! Faving this journal might help

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (I still have a lot to go through and it adds up every time i put up a feature journal), and be featuring once a week as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take ....a few months, so please be patient!

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update: So....I contacted my relatives and my uncle is in the police force..he told me that unless I registered a copyright with the picture that was stolen before it was stolen, I would have a case in court. or else there would be nothing i could do and I would lose for sure if i tried to take it to court hahaha.....plus he said that this happens everywhere in China and if I didn't register a copyright to it in China, Chinese courts basically consider it public property and anyone would be able to use it....



well, plus i didn't even put a watermark on that artwork because it was for a contest and the contest rules didn't allow any sort of signatures......=_=;;;; "orz

tl;dr: there's nothing I can do so.....yup. I'm...actually just really sad more than anything else right now. v_v;;;. oh well. thanks anyways for your support, everyone...




Edit: aw, thanks so much guys for the support *sob*. I know there isn't actually much I can do at the moment. I do have relatives in China who may or may not help me. I won't know until I ask but i can't until tonight cause, well, day and night is exactly opposite from here. but anyways, thanks guys >A<;;~~

I know some of you guys told me that putting stuff on the internet will always have negative effects, and while I agree, I still want to share my art even at the cost of something like this : ). It might sound a little shallow, but sharing my art is a pretty important part to me as well as the drawing process itself. Actually, if I hadn't had this amount of watchers/favs/good stats on dA, my mom probably wouldn't have let me go into art, hahaha (not to show off, but i was pretty good at the violin and almost went pro...but i never liked it as much as I love art; but i've been forced to play the violin since i was 3 y/o ).

That said, I'll see what I can do even if it looks really bleak right now hahaha "orz. Thanks again, guys


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...but this time, it's by a pretty big phone company in China. On the case. WTF. Am I to put big-ass watermarks on everything now? I don't even know what to do D;



website here: [link]

I only found out cause my dad was browsing around large companies to get a phone for my mom.

Dx Dx Dx wtffffffffffffffffffffffff i don't want to deal with this, fuck. Is this going to be an annual thing now? Cause from what i remember, the last time someone sold my work w/o my permission was also some time in july, just last year. ffffff "orz.

urgh, let me see if I can't work this out when I go back to China. I wanna sue their ass off, especially cause they're a pretty big company D:< but i don't even know where to start or have the money .  plus the legal system is different in China so I don't even know omg fffffuck >A<;;!!

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I can't believe this is already the 10th one! hahaha there's still at least 100-200 more deviations in line though xDD. Please be patient if you're in line :3. Thanks!

It takes me a while to put these together, so if you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys! Faving this journal might help

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (I still have a lot to go through and it adds up every time i put up a feature journal), and be featuring once a week as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take ....a few months, so please be patient!

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Chapter 1: Ungifted
Chapter 1: Ungifted

The cottage was in the middle of a dark forest, where timber wolves could be heard howling in the distance. Inside the cottage, mice scurried across the wooden floor and the glow of a single candle lit up the tiny room.

Screams rent the night; the screams of a mother giving birth. Lena gripped her husband's hand tight as the mid-wife crooned encouragement: "You're almost done, just push a little harder. That's right, just hold on. You're almost there."

Lena panted, her chest heaving with the effort of child-birth. 'Almost there, yeah right.' She thought. 'She said that three hours ago, and look where that's got us.' She CountdownThere were some good memories somewhere inside of her head
She wanted to keep those to remember him by
As he had left her with such bitterness
Was she to blame for the faults?
Was she the reason for this?
No one was ever free
Because it was haunting
Always was that
Painful and
Haunting

They were never romantic because of the world around them
There were things that he should have never done
Yet he did them all without any cares
They might have called to him then
And he had decided to follow
He had left her alone
She was all alone
He thought that
It was
Good

There were never any exact words to describe the changes
All of h Steal It AwayShe wasn't safe.

Everyone around her celebrated the end of the war, celebrated that she had lived, that she had saved them; and the fear she had seen from them towards her was gone. But she was afraid of them.

A warm breeze would blow across her exposed skin, playing with her loose, blonde hair, but yet she would shiver and pull her arms around her body. The movement of a simple shadow would cause her to jump, and the presence of any living creature filled her with unease. The crowds that were often seen around her didn't help matters at all. No matter how she turned, how she angled herself, her back was always exposed to at least one of th

Thanks for looking .
If you want to be featured, there should be an older journal that will show you the way. You also have to be one of my watchers to be featured (thus the title xD)

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note: If you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys! Faving this journal might help

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (i have around 600 comments now @__@ ), and be featuring once a week as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take ....a few months, so please be patient!

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:thumb291476547: Confessions of a Cornered SpyI breathe as I was born
only
until I'm wrong
And in a world of games
- of real lies and fake names -
that won't be long

I bear my soul to sin
I'm perfect
although human deep within
Confide in me
I am to blame for everything

You know nothing :thumb303118657: :thumb289129608: Ninja, Butterfly, Samurai
Ninja, Butterfly, Samurai.

Luka sighed – again – and propped her head up on her hand, bent backwards.
Somehow, when she joined the clan, she didn't imagine that she'd be sitting in a class with 4 other people around her age – Kagamine Rin, Yokane Haku, Hatsune Miku, and Sakine Meiko – with an extremely boring teacher who's voice dragged on...and on...and on.
The pinkette was the first out of the classroom when the teacher dismissed them.
Miku stumbled out, groaning.
"Oh...my...gods..."
"I know, right?" Luka said sympathetically. The 5 girls all shared a dormitory and were very close friends.
"I did not sign up for :thumb303894761:

Thanks for looking .
If you want to be featured, there should be an older journal that will show you the way. You also have to be one of my watchers to be featured (thus the title xD)

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note: If you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys! Faving this journal might help

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (i have around 600 comments now @__@ ), and be featuring once a week as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take ....a few months, so please be patient!

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Thanks for looking

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note: If you commented on my other journal to be featured, please take a look at everyone else's work too. After all, it's only fair that way and if you don't, it's just a little selfish and your conscience will bug you . So yah, share the love, guys! Faving this journal might help

These are ordered first come first serve style; I will be showing around 50 pieces at one time (i have around 700 comments now @__@ ), and be featuring once a week as to not clog up your message boxes. It'll probably take ....a few months, so please be patient!

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edit: it jumped to 260k today omg

My film, i mean. Oh my god i have no idea how it happened . I just posted it for fun and...

sorry, it's not a huge deal but I'm so happy a lot of people saw my film! my video literally jumped up 40k views while i was sleeping! I know some of you guys are redditors and so thanks so much if you commented/upvoted! I got too many comments and I find it a little hard to navigate through all the comments and reply @__@;;;~ so thank you


yay. day made.

now back to work xD;;



ps. For those of you who haven't seen it yet:


for the reddit link: [link]

8D 8D;; *shot for shamelessness*

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