AGAIN.

Ugh.

1. I've been tagged three times in two days.

2. I was tagged before on September 17th, 2007, and my second journal proves it.

3. I made a club named ~InuyoukaiClub, and we're looking for members and contest submissions.

4. I just got a permanent scanner so please forgive the bad scans - I'm not used to it yet.

5. OMG KAGOME'S GONNA DIE!!! ...and I learned this because I read the adinuyasha scanlations every thursday. Way to go, Patches!

6. I read Sess/Kag religiously and If you don't, go read:
The Once and Future Taiyoukai (RosieB)
Through the Mirror (Sidhe)
Second Chance (Striking Falcon)
Tears of the Fallen (ShadowsWeaver1)
She Who the Prophecy Foretold (CMK2CMM/Sunset Miko)
A Cross of Blades (Striking Falcon)
Tales from the House of the Moon (Resmiranda)
Seven Feudal Fairy Tales (Ladybattousai)
A Sentinel Mother (Demonlordlover)
That should be enough for now...

7. I'm obsessed with Sesshoumaru, Aya-toyaforever's obsessed with Sango, and so, in a compromise, we advocate Sess/San. Softly.


8. I love loopholes.


No, I'm not tagging anybody. If you want to do this, go ahead. I really don't care.

Remember to enter InuyoukaiClub's contest!

I will hold a contest in a couple of days - you guys have any bright ideas for topics/themes? Mother's Day won't work; there's only about two weeks left until the tenth.

Comment and inspire!



So, being the Inuyasha fanatic that I am, I created a club. Wows.

An inuyoukai club - meaning that anything to do with Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Inu no Taisho/Inupapa, and/or Sessmom can be submitted.

Remember that slogan Ben Franklin created before the Revolutionary war? Join Or Die?

Same thing.

Please join and express all the inuyoukai love that you can possibly muster or I might have to cyberkill you.

Once you join and watch the club, you'll be eligible (that sound so professional ) to submit art of your own. Read the club FAQ for more information.

Oh, and if anyone knows how to stick different avatars together so they flash in order (like, say, this one ?), please comment here or note me.

Much appreciated.


Go right now!

~InuyoukaiClub





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Clubs:

:Edit 3/3:
Thank you all for participating. Winners are posted!


It is my birthday in almost a month (February 24th), so I will hold an art contest.
[link]
You can draw whatever you want as long as it relates to a birthday party/celebration/etc. Aaah, whatever. it doesn't really matter.

Make sure to send me a note with the link to your art (you can submit however many pieces you want) and I will put up the link/s next to your icon and name.

The contest will last until the 24th of February unless you guys end up needing more time. Remember to tell me if you do!

The top two winners (1st and 2nd place) can request art from me - whatever they want.
1st place: Inuyoukairin (Happy Birthday My Love)
2nd place: Chibi-nitemare (iSesshoumaru)
3rd place: Cherri-coke (Happy B-day)

Inuyoukairin and Chibi-nitemare, send me a note to tell me what you want me to draw for you guys.


deviants who have entered the contest so far

Diamondrubylove [link] and [link]
Imashippo (It is here in spirit. It could not be scanned in.)
Chibi-Nitemare [link] [link]
Cherri-coke [link]
Aya-toya4ever [link] (Cover), [link] (Page 1), [link] (Page 2), [link] (Page 3), [link] (Page 4)
Inuyoukairin [link]
Snowflake225
[link]



btw, you *might possibly* have a better chance at winning if you draw inuyasha characters. You know who i'm talking about. XD I'm evil.


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Clubs:

I decided to have a little fun and show you guys what goes on between my rough sketches and the drawings in all their colored glory.

This is a random OC idea I had - pretty rough, so the coloring job isn't what it could've been. Oh, well.

1st step - [link] (Initial Sketch - 10 to 15 minutes)

2nd step - [link] (Inked Sketch - 3 minutes tops)

3rd step - [link] (Lineart - 30 seconds to erase the pencil )

4th step - [link] (Colored - 5 minutes; would take longer but I didn't pay it too much attention... and I use colored pencils 8D)

Oh, and before I forget:
You all are welcome to the lineart as long as you attribute the drawing to me and show me the finished product - I wanna see how good you guys can color it!

/Edit/
I now have 20 Scraps - I hope you guys that watch me have clicked that little button to recieve Scrap alerts too?
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I have taken 11 of my drawings and stashed them in my Scraps section.
You ask why? Well, mostly because:

~I have taken a good look at them and never want to do so again.
~I have improved faaar beyond the quality of those drawings. While I cannot prove this to you until I get a scanner, it is quite true.

I am sorry if you liked them, but do not worry; the scraps section is completely accessible to those of you who actually favorited any of the following:

Sara
Aisuke
Mieko
Youko
Chie
Mizuki
OC3
Izumi
Yasha
Helena
Sesshoumaru's Outfit (NOT the sketch)


I will try my hardest to get to a good scanner ASAP so I can show all of you guys my new drawings/sketches. Some of them are like before, but throughout the past two weeks i've been improving on certain aspects. Aaaah! The suspense!

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Speaking of new art, I have drawn a 1k hits piece that I will scan and post ASAP.
Since no one came forward claiming the thousandth hit, (or so I thought; Mushrambolover just claimed it. ooops...(I don't look at my lookup messages all that often, you know?)) i've given a 999 kiriban request to imashippo (and a 1000 to mushrambolover). Can't wait to see what they request!

:Edit 1/12:
imashippo requested screenshots of IY ep.13 - Done!
Mushrambolover requested a cute pic of Kouga & Kagome - Done; need to scan in!
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Thanks to all you peeps out there who have contributed to my first thousand, and keep on hitting!