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PLZ DirectoryUPDATE: I have now added ALL of my recent PLZ accounts, and also altered the categories slightly to make it easier to find the icon you are looking for.
To make it as easy as possible for others to find my PLZ accounts, I am posting them in this journal. Also, if you have a request for one of my emotes or stamps to be turned into a PLZ account, please post it in the comments here.
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New PLZs:
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:bulletgreen: Signs
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Spotlight Features - Vol. 15A news series featuring art selected by me. There will be a wide range of themes and genres covered. In addition, there will be periodic interviews and artist spotlights.
If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Daily Features
On my profile page, I feature a new deviation every day (or two or three). The piece is usually something that caught my eye. Could be an amazing digital painting, a fun stamp, a quick photograph that made me smile, perhaps a piece for a weekly theme, whatever. However, it moved me enough to share it with my visitors. Below is a list of the artists which I featured during October 2012. I am showcasing different pieces from their gallery in the hope of showing them a bit more love. If you would like to see the original piece I featured of each of these artists, please visit

Spirit Week Features - Day 5

DAY FIVE
Sorry, a bit late due to the holiday.
Emoticons are amazing, but their usage is not restricted to chats and forums. On dA, another popular usage is in stamps. Sized just right to work in the confines of a 99x56 space, emotes make fun and great additions to stamps and badges.

DAY FOUR
Sorry, a bit late due to the holiday.
As lovely as emoticons are art-wise, no one can deny their core creation and usage: to help convey emotion in words on chats, forums, etc. A good chat-friendly emot

EmoteOCs Pageant Winners!#EmoteOCs recently held an emoticon pageant.  Contestants were to compete in three rounds. 1 -  An audition round introducing their original character.  2 - A talent show round where contestants were to showcase a talent their OC possessed. 3 - A round which featured a day in the life of their OC.
There were over 30 entries in the first round, but only 12 made it through to the final round.  To see a list of all of the entries, and learn a little more about the #EmoteOCs group, you can check them out in this News article.
Before we announce the winners, we would like to explain voting.  Judging was done on a round-by-round basis.  Meaning, we selected our favorites from each round, compiled the votes, and using a LOT of math (`Ravenswd literally made a ton of graphs and charts for this) we came up with the winners.  Also, we chose our 1 through 3 pl

Spotlight Features - Volume 12A news series featuring art selected by me. There will be a wide range of themes and genres covered. In addition, there will be periodic interviews and artist spotlights.
If you like this article, please add it to your favorites to help spread the love for the art and artists within.
Daily Features
On my profile page, I feature a new deviation every day (or two or three). The piece is usually something that caught my eye. Could be an amazing digital painting, a fun stamp, a quick photograph that made me smile, perhaps a piece for a weekly theme, whatever. However, it moved me enough to share it with my visitors. Below is a list of the artists which I featured during September 2012. I am showcasing different pieces from their gallery in the hope of showing them a bit more love. If you would like to see the original piece I featured of each of these artists, please visit

Coffee and Features - Issue 1A periodic random feature article showcasing various stuff, including contest wins and other goodies. Published on an erratic schedule.
If you enjoy this article, please add this article to your favorites to help bring more exposure to the artists featured.
Thank You
I was recently low on funds and my premium on my `mirz-alt account was running out. `Endorell-Taelos and `JamminJo were kind enough to gift me subscriptions. Here is a thank-you feature. Be sure to check out these lovely artists.

:iconjamminjo: `JamminJo

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:iconEndorell-taelos: `Endorell-Taelos

Chat Feature
A small feature of some

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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Random Emoticon FeatureThis article features a collection of emoticons that were selected by my Watchers and posted to me through various polls. I hope you enjoy them.

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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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RandomEmoteAwesomeness-Vol 15

by `Mirz123, Nov 2, 2011, 4:39:08 AM
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Volume 15 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 always hopefully at least once a month.

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Awesome Emoticonist

_{Inspired by `ArtByCher's lovely "Random Acts of Kindness" gift, I have taken to honoring some of the outstanding dA emoticonists. Whether the emoticonist is heavily involved in the community, makes exceptional art that inspires other emoticonists, or is simply a kind deviant that helps and supports others, many of these individuals deserve a bit of additional recognition for their efforts. This award will be given out to 1-2 emoticonists a month as a special "thank you" for their work around the emoticon community. The emoticonist will be chosen by me, but may be recommended by other members of the community.}

The first two badges for November 2011 go to

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There are few in the emote community who wouldn't agree that ~Seiorai is one of the most amazing emoticonists dA has ever known. Her unique style of emoticons are gorgeously shaded and very shiny. The detail in her work is unsurpassed and it is no wonder she had gained numerous Daily Deviations for her creations. In addition to being an awesome artist, she is a positive force in the community. Her encouragement of emoticonists, old and new, is commendable. She has also has broadened her participation in the community as becoming a leader in the emoticon teams project for the #EmoteHunters. Listed by many as one of their all-time favorite deviants, ~Seiorai is truly an Awesome Emoticonist.

It is widely know that `Ravenswd is my husband and that he assists me in my emoticon work. However, I do feel his participation in the community is much understated. He is the one who assists me and others in updating community projects, proof-reading articles, coordinate many emoticon groups, as well as assisting with technical issues. He has also foraged out on his own, taking on the role of leader of the #MonstersMinions team. While his emoticons are not often showcased, his creations are not always perfectly pixelled, but feature humor, fun, and even a bit of education. For all of that, he is definitely an Awesome Emoticonist.

For a list of past Awesome Emotionists, see this journal ---> [link]

_{If you know someone who you believe deserves to be recognized as an "Awesome Emoticonist", please Note me and tell me who and why.}

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Emoticon News

In honor of NaNoWriMo, and to give the emoticon community a chance to participate in a similar event alongside their author friends, I have started NaNoEmo, an event that challenges emoticonists to make one-emote-a-day through November. Anyone who makes emoticons can join, beginner or veteran. For more info, to participate, or just to watch the fun, check out this journal ---> [link]

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--- > so that others can find these amazing emoticon creations.

_{Past Installments}

Volume 11 - [link]
Volume 12 - [link]
Volume 13 - [link]
Volume 14 - [link]

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RandomEmoteAwesomeness-Vol 15by `Mirz123

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If you like this article, please fav it. Let's get some real news into the Footer!

Also, I plan on at least 1, maybe 2, more badges to be awarded in November.