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April EMTC! + 20 Entries! + CLOSED!!

So, my life is kinda sucky right now. Family stuff, struggling to get moved and completely settled, having no time for me, etc.....yeah, kinda of a dark patch for me. I need some happy stuff for my eyeballs. And well.....April showers bring May flowers....and also rainbows.

Rainbows make me happy.

The colors are vibrant and shiny..and sometimes sparkly...

You get the idea. Whether your emote is riding a rainbow-haired beast, puking the colors, eating colorful breakfast cereal....as long as there is a rainbow of colors in your piece, it will fit. Amuse me, plz.

Judge(s):
^SparklyDest
`mintyy
`Krissi001

Only new submissions for this. The emote must be submitted after the theme has been announced.

You can enter as many times as you want.

Please include a brief explanation to the theme, if it is

Opposites Contest WINNERS!Hello again!

`IceXDragon here announcing the winners to the Opposites Contest over at #EmoticonOpus!

Just remember, if you didn't place, don't be put down by it! You all had amazing entries!

You all are great.

Here are the winners!

3rd

By `Krissi001
"I was really amazed by the smoothness of this animation! The juggles, wiggles, flows, and flames are very very amazing!"
Congrats! you have won:
50 from `IceXDragon(Thanks to `Krissi001)!
10 from =Bubbles21500!
10 from `IceXDragon
A llama from ~Amoretdoesntdrawwell
A favorite from ~

March EMTC! + 16 Entries! + CLOSED!Did this once already, but stash lost all the new stuff I added.

To recap, I have been uber busy with moving, losing net, unpacking, and being locked from my account. There are some amazing prizes. Thank you for the votes for Best Group.

So this month, fingers crossed

, my job is going to be getting all of my stuff moved into our new house, organizing and putting stuff away, and just learning to deal with two to three times as much space as I have ever had since being married.

But whatevs. I have decided, to help keep me distracted from this very adult task, I want to see emotes doing jobs that are much cooler than mine. Perhaps your emote will work in a office....or make video games. Or maybe he/she is in a video game, with a really cool job class....like ranger...or vampire

...or something.

The options are pretty numerous. Amuse and distr

May EMTC! + 19 Entries!

You guys. You are making this soo hard to judge.

Keep it up!!
STAMPS

I love stamps. I find, lately, that a stamp is the only way I make emotes anymore. So many actions and ideas have been taken for just emotes...but stamps! There are quotes, showing support, being funny, etc.

The list goes on and on! So, this month, the theme is stamp. You can create a stamp for others to use on their pages, or you can show support for a fellow artist by making a stamp for them. Or, you can do a mailman themed emote.

As long as it has something to do with the word "stamp", it will qualify!

A couple links to help you find bases: http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/?q=stamp+base and some wonderful bases by `Mirz123 :http://mirz123.deviantart.com/gallery/12180438
She also has some fonts that would work great in stamps.

Judge(s):
^SparklyDest
=Kath602
`stuck-in-suburbia
:t

Movie-motes Contest Closed! Watch for Announcement3/31/2013 - Six entries!

Keep in mind, any emoticon deviations with a movie theme can be submitted to the folder after the winners are announced. I'll post a Journal tomorrow with the Movie-mote winners and a new contest folder for April. Thanks everybody!

3/19/2013 - 11 more days to submit your Movie Themed Emote (Movie-mote!) for the current contest!
Don't forget the Contest folders become Open Submission Folders after the month ends. That allows for older as well as newer submissions to the group for that theme, so if you have any dA avatars for groups or individuals that contain emotes, show them off in the Avvie-mote folder.
3/15/2013 - Moved intro stuff to Admin box. A new Journal will be posted for each subsequent month.
February:

Avvie-motes winners are -
Runner-up `Krissi001 wins a 1 month subscription!
Winner ~BenediktXVII wins a 3 month subscription!
Both entries are now in the Featured Folder!

Avvie-motes is now an

National Pride Contest CLOSED, JUDGING ENTRIESUPDATE: Deadline extended! The deadline is now Friday, April 19th @ 11:59 P.M. EDT! Feel free to continue working on your entries or update them if you felt like you had to rush them due to a lack of time!
Hey everyone! =Waluigi-Prower here with a new opus theme for everyone!
The new contest theme is
National Pride!
There's over 100 different countries on this huge blue ball flying through space we call Earth, which one is your favorite? Make an emote relating to it and show your pride!

RULES

Your entry must be an emote (they don't call it EmoticonOpus for nothing, right?

)

You may submit up to THREE (3) entries for this contest.

Static and animated emotes are acceptable.

Make sure it's somehow related to the theme! If it doesn't fit the theme, it's disqualified!

In the artist comments, state that it was made for the EmoticonOpus contest, and if how the emote related to the th

December Chat Events - WeEmoteHey everyone! `Synfull and I have been organizing another two emoticon chat events for you all this month, and I'm super excited!

As always, emoticonists and non-emoticonists are welcome to join, and even if you don't participate in the event itself, you can always come and chat with us. And there's always

points to be won, so that's always a plus.
Here are the events as we have them planned currently. We hope you can make it to the events, but we tried to vary the times so people who normally can't make it can attend at least one event.

Friday, December 21st
Starts at 9:00 PM GMT/4:00 PM EST
Holiday-themed Emoticon Legend Trivia
Muro Emoticon Challenge
Special Treasure Hunt
Saturday, December 22nd
Starts at 4:00 PM GMT/11:00 AM EST
Winners of the Special Treasure Hunt Announced
Guess the Emoticon Original Character
Non-Pixel Emoticon Challenge
Pixel Emoticon Challenge
Any donations for these events are greatly a

[Contest] What gets you up in the morning?

What gets you out of that warm cozy bed at 5 AM?

Is it the breakfast someone prepared for you?

Is it the person that wakes up next to you?

Is it your goals in life and at work?

Or do you simply get a headache from laying around too much?

We want to know what gets you up in the morning!

Rules:

Your entry must be new, uploaded after 8th of March 2013.

Every medium of art is welcome

encil: Contestant must be a member of the group

encil: Up to 2 entries per person, but only one of those can win

encil: Should include a description explaining the artwork itself, and why it's what gets you out of bed
Prizes:
For all participants:
:bulletblue: Features from *mondscheinsonate, *AlexanderPaupoff, =Eitvys200, *dully101
:bulletblue: Llamas from *mondscheinsonate , *AlexanderPaupoff , :devEndo

February EMTC! + 18 Entries! + CLOSED!

Lots of great entries! Let the judging commence!

So, it's February again. The month of cupid, hearts, and single people rebelling against the materialistic importance put on Valentine's Day. I will let someone else host a contest with that theme.

Me, I want to see darker pieces for this month.

Now, this doesn't mean I want to see a bunch of emos lamenting about the sad state of their miserable lifes, although
those are completely acceptable.

The theme, however, is much broader than that. This term is used to describe a form of architecture, a sub group of Germany, Medieval times, a romantic horror genre of fiction, as well as things relating to the macabre and grotesque.

Show me some goth!

Definition for Gothic found here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Gothic
Judge(s):
`SparklyDest
`Mirz123
~sackofsquan
Rules

Only new submissions for this. The emote must be submitted after th

[Discount!] Logo Commissions + Group Design

Also see my portfolio on 99designs
Want a logo like those too?
Commission me!
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Payment in advance.
I also decided to create custom journal- and gallery CSS and group-icons for deviantart-Groups!
Prices for this vary, depending on the complexity and what exactly the group wants, from 200 to 800

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Check out my emote and pixel commissions too!

Project Comment's Contest ~ Lots of prizes to win!UPDATE: The contest ends in a couple of days so if you would like to participate, get your entries in!

#ProjectComment is a Group of many projects centred around comments, but, more importantly, constructive comments. We offer Members of deviantART a lot of opportunities to get comments, give comments, participate in comment projects, win points, get featured and much, much more!
It has been a long time since we have had a contest, but we have some awesome prizes to be won, so please support this contest and

the article so that more can join in on the fun!

Contest Begins:
March 1st
Contest Ends:
March 31st, 10pm GMT
Contest Theme:
We would like to see just how constructive and in-depth you can be in your comments! Thus, we are looking for the most helpful comments given during this contest. We encourage you to really engage the artists, a

Awesome Sauce Emoticons Vol. 2Awesome Sauce Emoticons
This is a feature that features awesome recent emoticons submitted!

It will come out at completely random times, so keep an eye out.

:thumb342444305:

Hope you enjoyed this feature! Please don't forget to this article so more people can see these awesome sauce emoticons!

November EMTC Winners!

So much yummy goodness....
WINNERS!

FIRST PLACE

Honorable Mention

by `BlissfullySarcastic

Close Contenders :bulletpink:

To see all the entries, just click here.
And just a reminder, the winner and honorable mention will be judges for next month's challenge, and unable to enter the contest. Well, unable to win at least.

Prizes
Since I can never remember what I offered to what contest, I figured I would include all the amazing prizes here so those of you who offered something don't have to search and see what you may have decided to give. Thank you to all of those who

Spotlight Features - Vol. 17A 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.
Original Characters
The concept of "original characters" may be a bit foreign to writers, as when you create a piece of literature, in most cases, everyone in the story is an original character. However, with advent of role-playing (in its many various forms), non-writers and writers alike found themselves created characters to use in games and otherwise. Sometimes the characters represent themselves, other times not. The main thing that remains the same is that they are loved and cherished by their creator. And who doesn't love showing off their creations. A while ago, I ran a poll asking my watchers and visitors to share some o

Robots Contest! CLOSED! 19 entriesHey guys!, =Eitvys200 here running another contest for #EmoticonOpus!

Theme:
We had ninjas, pirates and it's time for Robots! Interpret however you like.

We usually imagine it a bit blocky but now it's your turn to show me how you imagine robots.

Rules and Guides:

Your entry MUST include at least one (1) emote inside of it.

You may make up to three (3) entries.

Your entry may be static or animated.

Your entry must be a GIF. or a PNG. NO JPG. PSD. etc.

Your entry must relate to the theme somehow.

In the artist comments of your entry you must state that it was made for this contest, and how your entry relates to the theme if it's not completely obvious.

The entry must have been created on or after March 1st, 2013(the contest starting date)
:bulletyellow: Please subm

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Opposites Contest! CLOSED! 16 Entries!

by `IceXDragon, Feb 2, 2013, 6:54:46 PM
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The contest is now over! Winners will be announced soon.

Hey guys!, `IceXDragon here running another contest for #EmoticonOpus !

Theme:

This time the theme is... Opposites!

Interpret however you like! Possibly the conflicting weathers, good vs. evil, water and fire, ANYTHING! Maybe even a mixture of some opposites, who knows?

Rules and Guides:

Your entry MUST include at least one (1) emote inside of it(kinda the point really

).

You may make up to three (3) entries.

Your entry may be static or animated.

Your entry must be a GIF. or a PNG. NO JPG. PSD. etc.

Your entry must relate to the theme somehow.

In the artist comments of your entry you must state that it was made for this contest, and how your entry relates to the theme if it's not completely obvious.

The entry must have been created on or after February 2nd, 2013(the contest starting date).

Please submit your entry to the "Featured" gallery of #EmoticonOpus

You must be a member of #EmoticonOpus to enter(Membership is free, just click on the "Join Our Group" on the top of the front page

)

All of these rules and guides apply in an addition to the official Submission Rules.

Deadline:

Saturday, February 22nd 2013 at 11:59.59^PM CST

Prizes:

1^st

Custom box feature forever on the contest winners broad!

150

from `IceXDragon(Thanks to `Krissi001)!
50

from =Bubbles21500!
20

from =dhikssy!
20

from *litecrush!
20

from `IceXDragon!
A free pixel icon from =TheWritingDragon
A llama from ~Amoretdoesntdrawwell
Feature on `IceXDragon's page for a month!
Feature on =luckydesigns's page for a month!
Watch from *Ducksauce-splash
Journal feature from `IceXDragon
Journal feature from *Kohaku0827
Journal feature from `Infinite-Heart
Journal feature from =Eitvys200
Journal feature from =Bubbles21500
Journal feature from `Synfull
Journal Feature from =luckydesigns
Journal Feature from *litecrush

2^nd

100

from `IceXDragon(Thanks to `Krissi001)!
25

from =Bubbles21500!
10

from `IceXDragon
A llama from ~Amoretdoesntdrawwell
Watch from *Ducksauce-splash
Journal feature from `IceXDragon
Journal feature from *Kohaku0827
Journal feature from `Infinite-Heart
Journal feature from =Eitvys200
Journal feature from =Bubbles21500
Journal feature from `Synfull
Journal Feature from =luckydesigns
Journal Feature from *litecrush

3^rd

50

from `IceXDragon(Thanks to `Krissi001)!
10

from =Bubbles21500!
10

from `IceXDragon
A llama from ~Amoretdoesntdrawwell
A favorite from ~VaughnJustice
Journal feature from `IceXDragon
Journal feature from *Kohaku0827
Journal feature from `Infinite-Heart
Journal feature from =Eitvys200
Journal feature from =Bubbles21500
Journal feature from `Synfull
Journal Feature from =luckydesigns
Journal Feature from *litecrush

All prize donations are welcome!

Just comment below if you want to donate something.

Entries

1

~stickfigures123

2

3

4

5

6

7

~Amoretdoesntdrawwell

8

9

10

~stickfigures123

11

12

13

14

~stickfigures123 and ~sackofsquan

15

16

Have fun guys, and good luck!

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Opposites Contest! CLOSED! 16 Entries!by `IceXDragon

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~Eightence Feb 23, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Can't wait to see the winners, there are so many good entries out there!

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`IceXDragon Feb 23, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I know!

So many great entries, voting will be hard.

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`Krissi001 Feb 22, 2013

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`IceXDragon Feb 22, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Added!

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~stickfigures123 Feb 21, 2013

here's my last entry [link] (the collaboration with

)

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`IceXDragon Feb 21, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Added!

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~stickfigures123 Feb 20, 2013

can i do a collar? we'll split the prizes ourselves.

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`IceXDragon Feb 20, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Sure! If you two place, I'll make sure the points are divided evenly, and you two can pick and choose from the other prizes who gets what.

All the features you would both get though.

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~stickfigures123 Feb 21, 2013

okay! thanks

i'm doing a collab with

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`IceXDragon Feb 21, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

No prob!

Good luck! you have a little more than 36 hours.

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