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Random Emote Awesomeness - Volume 13Volume 14 in the series that showcases a random variety of emoticons: some old, some new, some by seasoned emoticonists, some by new artists. There's no real rhyme or reason as to which pieces are featured. Sometimes I pick a theme such as animals, other times it's just whatever strikes my fancy. Below are the current group of awesome emotes hand-picked by me (and sometimes a guest). Much like the title, this News feature will publish a bit randomly. Maybe weekly, maybe every third Thursday, maybe three days in a row--but hopefully at least once a month.
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Random Emote Awesomeness

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Emoticon DD Summary August 2011

Thank You Feature:iconrunawayemoteplz: Recently I was going through a bit of an art-crisis and was on the verge of torching my gallery and heading out of Dodge. I figured a few people would be sad to see me go. What I didn't count on was the huge outpouring of support I received from my friends and Watchers. They managed to talk me down from the ledge and keep me level until I could see things straight again. I am so grateful for their kind words and support. As a small thank you, I am featuring a piece from the galleries of each of the deviants who offered me words of support on my journal and profile during that time.

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help corner: EmoticonsWelcome to the help corner:Emoticons.  If you have any questions about anything Emoticon related go ahead and send me a note. Not all questions have to be serious, I am  looking forward to all kind of questions ;D    The questions will be answered in the next edition of the help corner.
I had the idea for this News article when I recently went through the Tutorial list of #Emotication.  I normally send deviants to #Emotication when they need help to create Emoticons. Now that I went through the list I noticed that many tutorials aren't helpful at all.  It is "just" a list with very good but also very bad tutorials.
In the first edition of the help corner I want to share tutorials with you that I find helpful. These don't necessarily  reflect my preferences in the emoticon creation process

Let me first tell you something about different shadings. Every Emoticonist has different preferenc

Amazing Emoticonists & More - Volume 34Welcome to Amazing Emoticonists & More. This is the 34th installment of the mostly-weekly feature dedicated to showcasing the emoticon creations of up-and-coming and veteran emoticonists. Be sure to check out the rest of their galleries for other amazing works. This article also features projects, contests, groups, and more, in the hopes of exposing them to new deviants and those not familiar with the emoticon community.
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:iconbeaken: ~Beaken

I am a huge fan of fan-art emotes and this one is great. Readily recognizable and lovely white shading.

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Emotizine - Volume 1:iconemotizine:
The twice-monthly article covering news, contests, and other happenings all around the deviantART Emoticon Community. We will also feature interviews, art features, and more. This zine is a collective work of many emoticonists. You can see our full staff list, as well as find additional information on emoticon community events by visiting the official zine group #Emotizine.
Note this is our first zine article, so things are still a bit experimental and we may have missed an item or two. Don't be alarmed. Be sure to follow us over the next few weeks as we broaden our features and get things settled.
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Editors: ^SparklyDest and `Synfull
Contests

EMTC Snow by ^SparklyDest
Deadline: December 29th

dA Staff Appreciation Week - Emote dA HQ Project:iconstaffappreciation:

As part deviantART Staff Appreciation Week, `SanguineEpitaph and #StaffAppreciation team have come up with a fun project for deviants.
Ever wonder what it's like at deviantART Headquarters? So do we! And since most of us will never know, we've decided to let our imaginations run wild and create what we think HQ would be like...if it were run by emoticons!
This project is open for anyone who can create an emote or some sort of pixel art. The project challenges you to make piece representing a part of dA HQ. You can create something specific to a real-life member, such as an emoticon of $Moonbeam13, or something abstract like a general emote member of the Help Desk. We're also looking for pixel furniture (think desks, chairs, sofas), art for the walls, and other fun stuff you might imagine in the HQ offices. The #StaffAppreciation team has started things out, adding some rooms and props. It's up to you to help us complete the pic

Amazing Emoticonists & More - Volume 35

Welcome to Unknown Amazing Emoticonists...and More. This is the 35th installment of the mostly-weekly feature dedicated to showcasing the emoticon creations of up-and-coming and veteran emoticonists. Be sure to check out the rest of their galleries for other amazing works. This article also features projects, contests, groups, and more, in the hopes of exposing them to new deviants and those not familiar with the emoticon community.
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:iconicexdragon: `IceXDragon

As an owner of cats, this piece tickles me much. The expressions are dead-on.

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:icondawnsfallen: !DawnsFallen

A cute piece. I love the expressions o

Emotiviews 5 - Interview with =phlum

The interviewee of this edition is:
:iconcheerplz: :iconphlum: =Phlum    :iconphlum:  :iconcheerplz:

opening words of the Artist:
"  :iconwavesplz: Hello! Or good mornafterning, if you prefer ¬3¬
that plz should totally replace .
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1. Programs of choice for emoting?
I use The Gimp, because I'm cheap. :eyes: And also because I don't really get along with Photoshop.
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Amazing Emoticonists & More - Volume 37

Welcome to Amazing Emoticonists...and More. This is the 37th installment of the twice-monthly feature dedicated to showcasing the emoticon creations of up-and-coming and veteran emoticonists. Be sure to check out the rest of their galleries for other amazing works. This article also features projects, contests, groups, and more, in the hopes of exposing them to new deviants and those not familiar with the emoticon community.
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:iconpsychocookee: =nikkittie

Such a sweet and sad emote. I think we can all relate to this feeling.

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:iconseapuppy: ~seapuppy

Such a cute and simple emote.

The Emoticon Corner - Volume 1A brand new bi-monthly article featuring emoticons, emoticonists, as well as other fun stuff having to do with emotes. This feature combines, replaces, and re-imagines the "Random Emote Awesomeness" and "Amazing Emoticonists" articles.
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Emoticonist Spotlight
:iconbash-hazard: ~Dead-Deviant

I'm a sucker for pixel vehicles and this one is awesome! Lovely shading.

:iconPixacious: =Pixacious

Such a sweet gift for a fellow artist. Love how the OCs are done.

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:iconhappy-gurl: =happy-gurl
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Indie Asks: Mirz123Welcome to the first ever Indie Asks , a series of weekly Emoticonist Interviews aiming to unite the community by getting to know the deviant behind the username. Featuring not only a selection of insightful and intriguing questions, but also some outstanding deviations and features.

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Our first ever emoticonist to be interviewed is `Mirz123, or to the real world: a wonderful person and parent of 8 who goes by the name of Michelle in the US of A.
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Emoticon DD Summary July 2011

Halloween GoodiesHalloween! A day filled with candy and dress-up and lots of ooky spooky fun. Recently, I asked a few of my dA friends to help me gather a collection of spooky themed deviants to celebrate the day. I hope you find something to you like.

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:bulletorange: Vampires selected by `Mirz123

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:bulletblack: Pumpkins selected by ^SparklyDest
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Emotiviews 12 - Interview with =Sailor-Pikmin
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Welcome to a new Edition of Emotiviews!
The interviewee of this edition is:
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opening words of the Artist:
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We're no strangers to love, you know the rules, and so do I! A full commitment's what I'm thinking of. You wouldn't get this from any other guy! I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling gotta make you understand~!
Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down.
1. Programs of choice for emoting?
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I prefer using Photoshop 7.

Aside from photography, it's the only chance my PS copy gets to be used for anything. When I'm on my laptop, I use MSPaint when I'm testing emoticon ideas and faces. Sort of like sketching.

2. What is your favorite legend emote?
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by `Mirz123, Oct 18, 2011, 3:21:26 AM
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Inspired by the stamp above, several months ago, I conducted a poll and asked my visitors and watchers to pick a piece in their gallery they would be most proud of to have featured as a Daily Deviation. Below are the deviations picked. Note that several deviants felt their galleries did not have a piece worthy enough of a Daily Deviation. For them, I chose one of my favorites from their submissions.

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Friendship Vows

Friend,
I promise to be there –
In the good, I will share;
In the bad, I will despair.

But remember this:
I will always be true –
This I will not rue;
And to always be there –
This I do swear.

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Creamed MiseryWelcome to the final darkness. I'm the oldest in our miserable cave. I've seen five generations come and go; chosen one or two at a time by the hands of the gods. Soon after they are pulled away, we can hear a sharp grinding sound; screams ignored by those giant beasts. We never know when it will happen, but it always does. Some come here laughing, thinking it's paradise. Those ones should be labeled canned morons! I've been ready for my turn long ago, but it never comes. Do the gods hate me? Why do the gods resent creamed corn?!

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Abandoned

The dad who was never home,
the mother, always drunk,
the hooligan brother,
the slut of a sister.
None of them are ever around anyway.

When I walk to school
I'm beat up by the other kids.
My teacher asks me about the bruises on my arms,
and I lie, like my older brother taught me too,
at least, when he still cared about me.

Now I'm all alone,
there's food in the fridge, sure,
there's games to play, as long as I'm fine playing alone,
but there's always something missing,
something the other kids at school have maybe?

When I'm old enough,
when I understand more,
that's when I realize
that I've always been alone.

The other kids

Paper Planes

Everyday...

Everyday...ever since I saw that boy where my brother worked...

Everyday... I snuck out of the hospital, avoiding the nurses and avoiding my father.

Everyday... I snuck out...to see his face...

To read his thoughts...

To see our paper planes...

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~ Chapter 1 - Sunshine ~

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"Mother in heaven... I am so sorry for once again disobeying dad... but...mom... if this is it for me... if I can't get out of this hospital alive, then please... please... forgive me and let me see him... one last time..."

I silently pleaded to my mother as I furiously ran past the nurse's head desk, avoiding curious gazes. Tears streamed heavi

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Unrequited Love I'm next to her, a smile pasted on my face. She goes off about her day, the sound of her voice melding into the background as I gaze up at the big screen. Every once in a while she asks a question and I feel forced to answer, her eyes on me. She does not notice a thing and starts droning on again. The lights begin to fade and she finally quiets down. I look up at the screen, my heart racing.

I must remain focused.

Now I'm sitting in the passenger seat, listening to her complain about the same old thing. I force a laugh and

Starlight BOOM!
A bunch of thugs have breached the vault! They are about twenty in number; all wearing masks each of uniform design; all black covering almost all the head except for eyes and mouth. The tellers and the rest of the people in the background cower in terror as these goons raid through…
But wait – where are the police? Why hasn't SWAT showed up yet? Actually, someone has been sent, but the rescuing forces have something special: a test for two commended Heroes; a pair of modern knights to thwart the threat effortlessly…at least in theory. For now, they are anonymously known as Hero 1 and 2. I'll let you in on a treat: I

Empty skies"Doesn't it look empty to you?"

What do you mean, little girl? It never looks empty, because in an expanse of sky there can be clouds and rain storms and blue turning to green at the edges. It's a diaphanous green, an almost-there-but-not-really green, and it melts into the ground sometimes. The change in colour has something to do with the atmosphere, I think. There are too many gases in the air and that causes the world to look larger.

And yet here you are, little girl, and you're telling me it looks empty. You're asking me whether I agree. And how can something so full of rockets and stars and a million suns be empty? Well, maybe not com

Writing Letters-(Lights brighten on a stage that is is split down the middle. One side is a modern, 2011 girl's room. The other is a 1930's style boy's bedroom. )-
Ruth: -(Flopping on the bed)- Ugh.
Tristan:-(Sitting at the desk)- Ugh.
Ruth: -(Looks around, trying to find something)- Elaine! Where's my iPod?
Tristan:-(Shuffling through a drawer)- Torrin! Where's my book?
Elaine: -(Offstage)- How should I know, Ruth?
Torrin: -(Offstage)- Which one, Tristan?
Ruth: You're the one that borrowed it choreograph!
Tristan:The Last of the Mohicans.
Elaine: -(Offstage)- I returned it!
Torrin: -(Offstage)- What do you want that old ratty thing for

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Give Yourself a DDby `Mirz123

Journals / Art News / Traditional

`ArtByCher Oct 23, 2011 Traditional Artist

Great feature! I really love the statement on the first stamp. It's true, not getting a DD does NOT mean your not talented. In reality it comes down to the decision of one person as to who gets what.