So, as a thank you gift to all my loyal watchers and friends I would like to hold a raffle and if this goes well I'm thinking of doing this as a regular thing. Plus with the New Year almost upon us, I thought this would be a good idea because IMO Christmas and New Year is a time of celebration and new beginnings, as well as showing appreciation, etc (sounds cheesy but that's IMO >////<)

HOW TO ENTER:

Watch me if you are not already.
Favourite this journal to enter; your raffle number will be the number in front of your username on the Favourites list under this journal's Stats.
Winners will be determined by using www.random.org. _{(I'm a noob so I'll have to mess around with that on the day I pick the winners lol. But don't worry, I will be fair and will post evidence of the winning numbers)}
Make a journal advertising this raffle and post the link with your comment. I want as many people to join as possible, the more the merrier~! xD Remember to make it clear who is hosting this and what the prizes are.
Comment with refs of your character(s) (full body only, no text descriptions) and include a link to your journal advertising this raffle! ^^
Optional: Say anything else like maybe tell me what you like most about my art or what you want to see from me more in 2014?

I will be checking all these things!
If you do not do all the steps under "how to enter", I will draw another raffle number!

NOTE: If you mention a friend and you manage to win a spot in the raffle, you and your friend can split the prizes if you want (but it's better if you talk about it first and get back to me) I don't want to have to deal with a lot of confusion about who gets what ;u;

PRIZE DONATIONS:

If any of you out there are interested, I AM accepting prize donations~! It could be an icon, your art (digital or traditional, chibi, full bodies, etc doesn't matter), PMs, custom adoptables, journal features, etc.
I'd be so happy to receive prize donations from you guys <333
Point prizes are always welcome too~!
**Please do not donate llamas or literature though.

Plus, even if you are a prize donator, you are still welcome to participate in this raffle!

If you would like to donate a prize, please leave a comment below stating what you would like to donate, and which category you are donating it to (1st, 2nd, 3rd). Depending on how many prize donations I receive I may add more number spots (e.g. 4th, 5th, etc) so more people have a chance to win~!

Lovely prize donators so far:
+ an anonymous deviant (you know who you are )
For all these generous people who donated I would and (I bet they would too) appreciate if you thanked them or checked out the rest of their gallery! And maybe drop them a nice comment or even a watch <3
I'm eternally grateful to all you kind people!

RULES:

You must be a watcher. I am doing this to show my appreciation to all my watchers. New watchers are welcome BUT I will not count people in the giveaway if they immediately unwatch me after the giveaway is over. I hope you are entering this giveaway because you like my art, not just to win "free" stuff. Seeing that kind of thing makes me sad ;___;.  Plus, you can keep an eye out for more giveaways by me. Also, new "active" watchers are greatly appreciated. I have enough "ghost" watchers haha ;u;
You must fave and advertise this journal (you don't need to make a separate journal if you don't want as long as it is recent and isn't years old >u< (seen that before) ALSO: It must be organized and clear who is "hosting" the giveaway. (Don't just dump a bunch of links in one place making it a big cluttered mess... I will be checking! )
You must have been on Deviantart for at least 2 months and have artworks present in your gallery (no alt accounts accepted).

Notes to future/possible winners:
!!~Important~!!: I will only draw your prize, if you provide a clear full body reference of your character (if eyes happen to be closed for example, you MUST tell me all the details that I need to know in order to draw them, like their eye color) and it cannot be furry, mecha, OCs with bizarre skin colors or anything that I do not draw. Period. No expectations. Any extra info about your OCs would be greatly appreciated, like personality, etc but it is not required. (Note: cat, dog, bunny ears, horns, etc, or tails are OK just not "pure" furries). It also can't be just a written description. I am not designing OCs from scratch.
ALSO, I will contact you through a note to inform you that you have won, BUT if I do not receive a response from you within 4 days a new winner will be determined. _{(Just for a laugh: I can be quite sarcastic sometimes haha ^^ number 4 in Japanese when pronounced "し/shi" means death, so winner or not, you are "dead" and will not receive a prize).}
If you win more than 1 prize that isn't from me, you must contact the other donators (if any) and provide them with a reference of your OC, and any other needed information that they require).

Conditions/requirements for certain prizes specified by donators:

In order to receive any prizes by k-arashi
She would prefer if it was a girl OC with a neat design although she can draw guys but normally likes to draw cute things.
She will not draw: mecha, furries, sonic characters, those my little pony things, muscles or nudity, yaoi, yuri, ecchi, older characters (like super old and wrinkly).

In order to receive any prizes by sunarii
She is okay doing any pixel style EXCEPT headshot / Emoji headshot.
All of the styles (with examples) are here: fav.me/d6ncsok
She cannot do animals, furries, ponies, etc. She will only do original characters, NO fanart!

In order to receive any prizes by ruuto-kun
For the twinkly chibis, she will only do human or kemonomimi characters! No mecha, anthro, or anything else!

In order to receive any prizes by kyou-rinu
She prefers to draw male OC's. She cannot do furries/anthro or mecha. Girl OC's are fine too, as long as their hair length is about shoulder length. Kemonomimis are fine with her too.

In order to receive any prizes by racheru-tan
She can do humans/kemonomimis/ and "bizarre skin colors" however
she needs a full body reference, so she can draw them.

In order to receive any prizes by Kunniki
She does OCs only. She won't draw fan art and furries. And at least one clear, full colored reference needs to be provided.

In order to receive any prizes by Puuura
She can do anything except animals and furries.

In order to receive any prizes by AkyaWolf
She has no special conditions, she just doesn't like to draw mecha.

In order to receive any prizes by Mishierru
She prefers to draw males and kemonomimi.

In order to receive any prizes by egging
She can only draw humans & kemonomimis. Boys are preferred but girls are okay, as long as they have long/straight hair. Curly hair is a no no for her. OCs only, no fanart and no weird colored skin please, i.e., green, blue, etc.
_{Note: The 1st place prize that she will be giving out is a pixel chibi pagedoll (example here: fav.me/d6xlt5i )
The 2nd place winner gets a pixel chibi pagedoll but in a different style (example here: fav.me/d6te2f5 )
3rd, 4th & 5th place gets a pixel icon with "her" choice of base (examples of different bases: fav.me/d6x5897, fav.me/d6zr0mw, fav.me/d6zhda3 ) but this can and probably will differ - mostly because she says there are other bases she wants to practice on.}

In order to receive any prizes by inJazztice
She won't do mecha, anthro, animals, and bizarre skin colored OCs. Anything else is good to go!

In order to receive any prizes by shibird
Her requirements are no furries and mecha. Kemonomimis are fine.

In order to receive any prizes by maiSakura95
She can't draw animals even if its just their head.

In order to receive any prizes by ColdIko
She can do pretty much anything other than gore.

In order to receive any prizes by Kiwi-Pastel
She's only willing to do an icon that is of OCs only.

In order to receive any prizes by lu-chanQ
She only draws normal, casual clothes - so no fantasy, victorian clothing, etc.

In order to receive any prizes by mayoujii
She will only do OCs and only if they are human/kemonomimi (so no furry/anthro).
She likes drawing cute/detailed things.

In order to receive any prizes by Shotze
She must be provided with a full body reference to draw from.

***The above info is only relevant to raffle winners (as harsh as that may sound there can only be a few select winners) so please ignore this step if you aren't a winner of this raffle. As much as I would love to give prizes to everyone that cannot be so ;u;

Examples of Various Art Prizes:

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<da:thumb id="419241942"/><da:thumb id="412162241"/><da:thumb id="418468363"/><da:thumb id="422844152"/><da:thumb id="422393979"/><da:thumb id="422558932"/> <da:thumb id="416529477"/><da:thumb id="415689594"/> <da:thumb id="423355496"/><da:thumb id="422678565"/>
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**The icons by me may not be "exactly" in that style, as my coloring has improved a lot since I made those.
**More prizes may be added

1st Place
1 chibi OR colored waist-up by me
1 pixel icon by me (you can choose either style 2: Headshot, style 4: Sitting/Standing, and if you like the icon holding ice cream idea, I could make that again with a custom ice cream flavor and everything >3<)
1 chibi by k-arashi
3 icons of any of her pixel icon styles, where ONE can have a custom animation by sunarii
1 chibi by oishiipuddii
300 by oishiipuddii
1 twinkly chibi by ruuto-kun
100 by ruuto-kun
1 chibi by candykiki
1 fullbody by Lullatia
1 headshot by kyou-rinu
1 chibi by racheru-tan
1 doll for page by racheru-tan
1 pixel icon by Kunniki
1 half-body by 226452
300 by Bread-and-Swords
1 commission by AkyaWolf
1 mini chibi by Kagetora-Chesh
300 by pinkbunnii
1 chibi (her pagedoll style) by Mishierru
1 pixel chibi pagedoll by egging
1 icon by kittsay
1 pixel doll by kittsay
100 by an anonymous deviant <3
1 icon by Viclesu
100 by shibird
1 pixel icon by soaru
1 icon by suiruu
1 headshot (full color) by LuiiLafete
1 chibi (traditional, half view) by BlazingBacon
1 chibi by ColdIko
1 chibi (traditional) by aimmayaya
1 sticker chibi by Shotze
1 song parody (of their choice) by FireRune-Chan

Special Additional Prize: You may receive an experimental pixel page doll IF I like your OC enough.

2nd Place
1 chibi by me
1 pixel headshot by me
2 icons of any of her pixel icon styles (just blinking animation) by sunarii
1 chibi by oishiipuddii
200 by oishiipuddii
1 twinkly chibi by ruuto-kun
100 by ruuto-kun
1 headshot by kyou-rinu
1 chibi by racheru-tan
1 doll for page by racheru-tan
1 half-body by 226452
200 by Bread-and-Swords
1 commission by AkyaWolf
1 mini chibi by Kagetora-Chesh
1 chibi head by Mishierru
1 pixel chibi pagedoll (in a different style than 1st) by egging
1 icon by kittsay
100 by shibird
1 pixel icon by soaru
1 icon by suiruu
1 chibi (traditional, half view) by BlazingBacon
1 icon by Kiwi-Pastel
1 chibi OR headshot (either one, NOT both) by BijutsuRyuu
1 chibi (traditional) by aimmayaya
1 sticker chibi by Shotze
1 song parody (of their choice) by FireRune-Chan

3rd Place
You can choose between 1 pixel headshot icon OR colored headshot by me (not both)
1 icon of any of her pixel icon styles (just blinking animation) by sunarii
1 chibi by oishiipuddii
100 by oishiipuddii
1 twinkly chibi by ruuto-kun
100 by ruuto-kun
100 by Bread-and-Swords
1 commission by AkyaWolf
1 mini chibi by Kagetora-Chesh
1 chibi (digital) by papercharm
1 pixel icon with "her" choice of base by egging
1 icon by kittsay
100 by shibird
1 pixel icon by soaru
1 icon by suiruu
1 headshot (full color) by LuiiLafete
1 chibi (traditional, half view) by BlazingBacon
1 chibi OR headshot (either one, NOT both) by BijutsuRyuu
1 song parody (of their choice) by FireRune-Chan

4th Place
You can choose between 1 pixel headshot icon OR colored headshot by me (not both)
1 body shot of something by Puuura
1 commission by AkyaWolf
1 chibi by oishiipuddii
1 mini chibi by Kagetora-Chesh
1 chibi (digital) by papercharm
1 pixel icon with "her" choice of base by egging
1 pixel icon by 226452
1 pixel page doll (made with a base) by inJazztice
1 chibi by shibird
1 pixel icon by soaru
1 headshot digital (colored) by maiSakura95
1 icon by suiruu
1 chibi (full color) by LuiiLafete
1 chibi (traditional, half view) by BlazingBacon
1 colored sketch by faintlaughter
50 by shengcai
1 chibi headshot by BijutsuRyuu
1 chibi by k-r-m-t
1 mini chibi by wolphfe
1 colored drawing (from shoulder up) by mayoujii

5th Place
1 pixel headshot icon by me
1 commission by AkyaWolf
1 chibi by oishiipuddii
1 mini chibi by Kagetora-Chesh
1 colored sketch by papercharm
1 pixel icon with "her" choice of base by egging
1 pixel icon by 226452
1 chibi by shibird
1 headshot digital (colored) by maiSakura95
1 colored sketch by faintlaughter
50 by shengcai
1 chibi headshot by BijutsuRyuu

6th Place
1 pixel headshot icon by me
1 headshot pixel by inJazztice
1 chibi (digital) by inJazztice
1 chibi by Dew-of-Heaven
1 chibi by shibird
1 headshot digital (colored) by maiSakura95
1 colored sketch by faintlaughter
1 icon by Ayukiyama
1 custom adoptable by lu-chanQ
1 icon by Cilatte (pick one of these styles: sta.sh/22a4m51lj6yy)
50 by AlwaysRonnie

7th Place
1 pixel headshot icon by me
1 headshot pixel by inJazztice
1 chibi (digital) by inJazztice
1 chibi (in a different style than 6th place) by Dew-of-Heaven
1 chibi by shibird
1 headshot digital (colored) by maiSakura95
1 chibi (full color) by LuiiLafete
1 icon by Ayukiyama

8th Place
1 pixel headshot icon by me
1 mini cheeb by xuuni
1 icon by Cilatte (pick one of these styles: sta.sh/22a4m51lj6yy)
50 by Shotze

9th Place
1 pixel headshot icon by me
1 mini cheeb by xuuni
1 icon by Cilatte (pick one of these styles: sta.sh/22a4m51lj6yy)
50 by Shotze

10th Place
1 pixel headshot icon by me

EDIT: NEW NOTICE ADDED HERE: Because of all of the lovely kind people donating, I decided to add a FOURTH and a FIFTH place~! To hopefully raise the chances of more people winning something.

EDIT AGAIN: Didn't think I would do this...but I'm opening up yet another 2 more winning slots! So the chances of winning are even HIGHER!

YET ANOTHER EDIT: I'm adding 2 more winning slots!!!

LAST EDIT: I'm opening up 1 last, final spot, so now there are 10 winners~! ^^

Deadline:

Winners will be announced on January 5th, 2014 and they will be notified via note.
When I notify you I may ask for references and info again but from there, it's up to you to claim your extra prizes and you must speak to the right people accordingly and provide them with clear references and follow all the winner guidelines specified in this journal + any other requirements that those artists who donated may want.

Participants~!:

_{(I will constantly be continuing to add to this when I am able so don't panic if you don't see your username here just yet).}
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***The person with a + sign and another icon near it means that "if" this person happens to win they will be sharing the prizes with the person beside them.

SPECIAL NOTICE:
If I reach over 300 participants, I will hold another mini raffle and 2 lucky participants can win a serious picture with a complex BG from me! It's a bit of an unrealistic goal... But If that happens I think I'll be overjoyed (All the same rules in this journal would apply to this as well)

Thanks for joining!
Have fun~!
And...
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! ^_^

_{Special thanks to for helping me organize this~!!}