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Kony 2012I've gotten a lot of requests to talk about this, which coincidentally happened right along side my two political cartoons taking off like wild fire. Dunno if it was an accident or bad timing, but right now it seems like everyone wants me to talk about Kony... which I honestly don't know why because I'm not a journalist and everyone else is making such a big deal about it I don't know what else I could offer to the discussion other than "yup, this is going on, check out the links."
 Now keep in mind this next bit will be very scarce in details because I still haven't been able to muster up enough facts and everyone else seems to already know so much, so I apologize if it's a bit condensed.
Who is Kony?
The LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) is a religious militant group which operates in several countries including Uganda, Sudan, and the Central African Republic. Formed in 1987 they gained prominence and attention for their extremist atrocities committed against civilians and ch

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SenshiStock License AgreementAKA THE RULES! ^o^
These rules were last updated March 24, 2012 - added Hebrew! Thanks =Pimpernel! The translations have been split off into separate journals because this one was too big ^__^; I also had to take them off the front page because I ran out of space xD
Translations:
For Español, Português, Deutsch, Swedish, Italiano, Français, русский, Українська, عربي,Dansk, Norsk, & Polski go here.
For 中文, 日本語, Suomi, Nederlands, Cymraeg, Român, Taglish, Hrvatski, Bahasa, & Hebrew go here.
Read the

Top 5 Mistakes (I've made over the years)To many people in comics, I only arrived a few years ago with Joe the Barbarian. Then came Hellblazer (completed in 2008 before I began working on Joe), American Vampire: SOTF, and finally Punk Rock Jesus. Once in a while someone will mention Off Road (an OGN I did with Oni back in 2004), but for the most part it seems like I've been published only these last few years when in fact I've been published professionally for a decade now.
This isn't a plea to have everyone go back through my previous work--in fact, I'm glad that a lot of the books I've done over the years aren't on readers' radars. I'm proud of it all, but the books above are a nice, tight group of titles to be associated with. They're all in a similar brand, they're all recent, they all have good creators/publishers associated with them, and the artwork is mostly consistent. Go back further than that, and you'll see artwork that looks nothing like the stuff I'm doing these days. (Although Off Road still holds up to some de

Odyssey Into 2012: Engage Wonderment Update!Attention all Odyssey "Tokyo Zephyr" Participants! Your opportunity to be a published artist as a part of "Tokyo Zephyr" is here. "Tokyo Zephyr" (yes, that will be the "Odyssey" book's name!) is coming closer and closer to publication! (The chosen charity for all proceeds to rain upon will be UNICEF.)

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Wed Apr 18, 2012, 7:30 PM
Engage Wonderment: Update!
Attention all Odyssey “Tokyo Zephyr” Participants!
Your opportunity to be a published artist as a part of “Tokyo Zephyr” is here. “Tokyo Zephyr” (yes, that will be the “Odyssey” book’s name!) is coming closer and closer to publication! (The chosen charity for all proceeds to rain upon will be UNICEF.)
We are now encouraging submissions for:
Illustrations for Chapter 7 & Chapter 8 covers;
Three (3) poem

Anime Banzai 2012 LineupSince entry and rooming is completely free for me this year, I will be attending Anime Banzai! However, I'm not sure how much of the con I'll be able to be in costume (or if I'll be able to finish my costumes on time, since I'm not allowed to work on anything at home haha.. ;; )
But this is what I'm aiming for!
FRIDAY:M

Miguel - Road to El Dorado
ft *CrimsonFringe as Tulio and ~AngelWithDragons as Chelle
Formal dance: Ittoki (military debut vers.) - UtaPri
SATURDAY:
Link - LoZ Ocarina of Time
Come see us in the Cosplay Contest!!
SUNDAY:
undecided. if Duo is done in time, or I feel inclined to wear Ittoki again, one of those may be worn, but street clothes will be a high possibility for me haha..
Hope to see you all there~! Don't be afraid to come say hello, hugs are always welcome, especially when I've been in such a funk of depression.
Wish me luck finishing eve

=CHIBI ANIMATION POINT COMMISSIONS OPEN +RULES+=NOTE: Point Commissions are now temporarily closed! I have a lot to do, plus an art-trade and I wish to work on some personal pictures. Don't worry! I'll open them up again soon!
Okay. So I decided to do the chibi animation point commissions.
It's 20 points for one chibi animation. 5 extra points if you want me to make it into a DA avatar for you. Here are a couple examples of what they're like:

Since this is the first time I've ever done point commissions, here are a couple of rules. I'm going to start this slowly.
RULES:
1. Only one person per animation. No pairings. No second person.
2. You can tell me what expression you'd like or have me choose on my own. But the expressions must be simple. I'm starting out slow so please choose an expression that is only two frames. As time goes by, I may allow more smooth and complicated animations.
3. It can be any video game, anime or manga character you want. It can also be your OC. I

Affiliation news!Hey gang!
A new group has been started called #80s-90s-and-Whatever that accepts some of the stuff this group doesn't. Check it out! And absolutely submit your art there if it doesn't fit within our guidelines.

Happy arting!

THAT'S A WRAP (Oh and Commissions Open For Now!)And that's a wrap folk!
Our Kickstarter run has come to an end and with 107 backers and just over 5K reached..that's not to bad for a group of first timers! We set a goal at what we felt was a reasonable and small amount for what it really takes to do this sort of animation, at 25K, and clearly we fell shy of that goal but at 5K we still accomplished alot, made many new connections and gained ground professionally with west coast contacts as well which may have some impact on our future goals and plans.
I do not take it lightly any pledges that came from the Deviant Art community. Thank you for your pledges and also reposts. I would have liked to have seen -more- considering the size of my watcher-list and the watcher list of our friends such as :iconjavadoodle: but it's like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. Statistics say you will maybe hit 2% of your target audience and for us this means we'll have to vastly expand our reach when we do this again.
And we WILL be doin

Fakiru Week 2012 is coming!Sorry, I meant to post this yesterday, but...
The prompts are out early, so everyone can get a headstart on it this year! Last year, a lot of people said that a month notice wasn't enough time, so this is almost two months in advance, instead.
2012 Fakiru Week Prompt List:
1. Red | 24th Sept.
2. Silence | 25th Sept.
3. Dreams | 26th Sept.
4. Gift | 27th Sept
5. Light | 28th Sept.
6. Play | 29th Sept.
7. Forever | 30th Sept.
Fakiru Week runs from September 24th to September 30th!
It's going to be a lot of fun, guys! And for those who want to join the Fakiru Week comm, you can find it here!: :iconFakiru-Week:
Also, the journal entry there with the new prompts and such can be found here (feel free to ask any questions if you have them!): http://fakiru-week.deviantart.com/journal/Fakiru-Week-2012-Prompt-List-318587347
So... who is going to take part this year?

I know I will be!

About the Chic-Fil-A thing.Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
I do support gay marriage.
I do NOT support the persecution of a person who does not.
This is a FREE COUNTRY, and should be treated like such. I believe that people should be free to marry who the hell they want; screw the "sanctity of marriage," that died in Hollywood long ago. I also believe it is unconstitutional not to allow a fast food chain in a city because the owner was exercising his right to free speech and free expression.
Go ahead and boycott Chic-Fil-A. You're no different than the Oreo boycotters an in my opinion, you're only hurting yourselves. And the first amendment allows it. *points*
You can google this for more info, but this is the issue I have:
The Christian owner of a Christ

Just wondering...Do any of you actually LIKE reading/looking at people's OC x Canon character stories?
I know some of you support it and do it yourselves
(All of you being annoying trololol)
But...I still want to ask, do you yourselves read other canon x oc stories that are not your own?

A simple request... maybeI really want an animated DA avatar of a running horse, kind of like this: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m26gf7i6Bl1qaac0mo1_500.gif
I want a high-quality smooth animation. Anyone have any ideas?
*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*
Links to order my book from (if you so desire):
Amazon (Kindle version): http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Swirling-ebook/dp/B008G50RCM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1343534814&sr=8-2&keywords=silver+swirling
Amazon (paperback): http://www.amazon.com/Silver-Swirling-Ryan-Russell/dp/1478157291/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343445046&sr=8-1&keywords=Silver+Swirling
Barnes & Noble (Nook version): http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/silver-swirling-ryan-russell/1111809240?ean=2940014634663

Multiple characters loving one - and SuesFirst, let's tell a real life story.
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I moved to a bigger city in order to start my university studies there. Before getting there, I used to think myself as a geeky, homely bookworm who attracted no attention from the opposite gender (guys). I had been single all that time, and I didn't really pay attention to my looks. Only my father had praised my looks, and, well, I used to just think it was a thing daddies usually did to their girls...
But alas when I started my studies!
My university is a tech university, and majority of the students are males. Still, I was really surprised and even shocked as I noticed that not only one, but TWO guys confessed their feelings to me during my first autumn! Not feeling anything special towards them, I turned down both of them. And so I did to another one that confessed to me two years later.
Between them, I have now and then encountered totally unfamiliar-looking guys who appeared nowhere to invite me to lunch or even entered to my table when I

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The SenshiStock USB Drive Is Available!

by *SenshiStock, Apr 15, 2012, 4:04:46 PM
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The SenshiStock USB drives are in and available for purchase!

Here's what you need to know:

This is a USB drive with lots of images on it! Everything from the start of the account until Shoot 26 (the bright blue sheet)

The drives say "SenshiStock" on one side and "A Stock Revolution" on the other side; they come with a lanyard.

Payment can be made online via PayPal or through regular mail by Money Order.

The drives are $20 ea. This does not include shipping. Shipping & tracking for the USA will be $5; First Class International shipping is also $5 but does not include insurance or tracking. (Note: USPS increased their rates on Jan 27, 2013)

The stats on the drive currently are:

3.83 GB of stock (but this is an 8GB drive so you will have some additional space!)
About 2,900 stock photos
Includes everything in the gallery from shoots 21-26 (shoot 26 is the one with the bright blue sheet and tan bodysuit)
Includes about all the as-of-yet unreleased stock images from shoots 21-26
It does not include any stock taken after shoot 26 (such as: the Jade collab images, and any stock taken in Dec 2012/Jan 2013).
About 240 of the stock images are male (they are all in the gallery already)
The stock is organized by shoot except for the packs. Some of the packs are in their own folders, some are mixed into the shoots. This is just the easiest way for me to load the drives, you can rearrange as is most useful to you.

HOW TO ORDER
You can order this drive from my new site, Senshistock.com!

If you would like to order via Money Order please send me a note.

Thanks so much for the encouragement and support. I really hope these drives will be awesome super useful to all of you who have expressed interest in them.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

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~Hoshihime Aug 13, 2012

This is now on my christmas list~

*SenshiStock Aug 13, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

cool!

!Bjork-Anaiiz Jul 3, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

This sounds like something very interesting and useful!

*SenshiStock Jul 4, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

thanks!

~CitrineG Jul 3, 2012 Student Digital Artist

added to wishlist!

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~Prince-Pyro Jun 17, 2012

This is such a great idea! I'm definitely buying one soon!

*SenshiStock Jun 17, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Cool! I'm down to one now but I am reordering ;D

*Karsciyin Jun 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Could I get a total price quote for being sent to New Zealand, please? Both option (priority vs tracking) so I can compare.

*SenshiStock Jun 14, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Sure thing!
$4 for First Class International Parcel - there's no guaranteed tracking and no insurance with it, but it's just as fast as the other options.
$29 gets to the Flat Rate Priority Mail with Registered tracking
$37 gets Priority Mail with tracking and insurance

Most international buyers are opting for the FCI because the new USPS international prices are really high now.

I have three left so let me know soon if you decide to get one. ^__^ Thanks a lot for your interest!

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