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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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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

RandomEmoteAwesomeness-Vol 15Volume 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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*** dA journals now allow big thumbs. The proper tool for an emoticomic feature. ***

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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.

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:iconPixacious: *Pixacious
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Such a sweet gift for a fellow artist. Love how the OCs are done.
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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

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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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

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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Spotlight Features - Volume 14A 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.
Poll Features
It is widely known that many famous artists, composer, and authors have had the frustration of having a work they felt was sub-par gain huge popularity while pieces they worked harder on and adore sat un-noticed. This is the same for everyday deviants. I recently ran a poll asking for deviants to share with me their thoughts on this and share their own art. Here is Part 2 of the answers--the first piece being the most faved and the second being the one they wished had more love. To see the original poll, click here.

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The Emoticon Corner - Vol. 2

by `Mirz123, Jan 26, 2012, 2:47:17 AM
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A 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

=Web5teR

The pixelling and the animation on this piece are simply amazing. And the little baker is incredibly cute.

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I love this piece for its simplicity and effectiveness. Very nice work.

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=Siaandra

An adorable little scene. I love all the details. And cannolis!!

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Recent Gallery Gems

Such a clever and fun take on the bottle emotes. Well pixelled and executed.

Other Gems:

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Random Emote Awesomeness

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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 Awesome Emoticonist award for January 2012 goes to...

=Web5teR

While only a member of the emoticon community for a short time, he has made a huge splash, creating pieces that show an amazing level of skill and artistry. His works liken to some of the emoticon greats, like `CookiemagiK, `LeoLeonardo and `Droneguard. Already sporting one emoticon DD under his belt, and many more being suggested, he is an inspiring and rising start among emoticonists and thus a worthy recipient of January's Awesome Emoticonist badge.

The special badge may only be displayed by =Web5teR Congratulations!

For a list of past Awesome Emoticonists, 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

`Gomotes is hosting the Ultimate Emoticon Battle at the Gomotes website. There is a month battle between two emotes and the winner takes the title for the month. Then there is the ultimate battle to see who wins. Voting is going on now, so head over and cast your pick for the best! [link]

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