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NEW 100 drawing challenge

100 (Animaniacs) drawings challenge

ABOUT:
This is something like "100 drawings challenge" but this is especially for Animaniacs fans!
There is 100 themes and you have to draw 100 pictures and all of them will contain always one from the themes.
If you want to finish the whole 100 drawings challenge, you have to finish all 100 pictures >8D

RULES:
> Put this challenge list somewhere on your page or in your journal, so people will know about it, or put a link to this original thing
> You can use any program you want for making pictures
> The pictures must NOT be copied or stolen
> Pictures must comply with DA rules
> If your pictures NEW 100 drawing challenge2 years ago in Introductions & Chapters

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How to Make a VampireVampire lore spans many, many years back into the past and they still remain popular today as one of the most recognized and exalted horror icons in the monster world of fiction. Yet despite having many different variations the world over, some parts have either been watered down or completely written out for today's modern audience. Maybe you want to share in the stable, ever-growing fangirl or fanboy-powered market of vampire literature? Well, look no further. Here are some tips to help get you started:

1. Beauty and the Beast Despite there being years and years of pre-existing exotic vampire folklore from all over the world, it really hasHow to Make a Vampire3 years ago in Introductions & Chapters

How to Comment on dA1. LOL Subjective If you don't like something, even if the person put time, effort, and thought into it, it isn't art. To further assert this truth, be sure to go to the person's deviation and/or main page to tell them that you think their work isn't art because you don't like it.

2. Hydra Stuck in an argument? Feel like you're losing or the other person is making points that are too logical for you to even attempt to debate against just fucking silly to you? Re-jump into the same argument using a double account. Two heads are better than one, right? So two accounts must make your side all the more valid. If you can make an account where no How to Comment on dA3 years ago in Introductions & Chapters

100 Theme Challenge1. Name
2. Family
3. Rival
4. Friend
5. Betrayal
6. Cat
7. Sky
8. New
9. Cold
10. Gone
11. Welcome
12. Heat
13. Luck
14. Hate
15. Love
16. Addiction
17. Color
18. Secret
19. Star
20. Planet
21. Voice
22. Reflection
23. Rainbow
24. School
25. Memory
26. Joy
27. Pain
28. Soda
29. Dog
30. Robot
31. Moonlight
32. Goodbye
33. Passion
34. Candle
35. City
36. Lost
37. Discovery
38. Found
39. Complete
40. Storm
41. Leader
42. Game
43. Peace
44. Music
45. Bee
46. Meat
47. Rain
48. Light
49. Blood
50. Forget
51. Fear
52. Noise
53. Lie
54. Night
55. Sunset
56. Together
57. Time
58. Shower
59. Co100 Theme Challenge3 years ago in Introductions & Chapters

How to Make a HorrorHorror: the other white meat. Everyone's watched, read, or played one at some point. Maybe you're just feeling tired of seeing cute fluffy things on TV every goddamn day. It's getting increasingly difficult to find good quality freak-outs in an increasingly sheltered and child-proofed world. Need a break from your daily bombardment of family values and God-fearing overtones? Well, never fear. Here are some quick tips to guide you into becoming the Stephenie Meyer Stephen King.

1. The Kids Every horror has to have children. Because children are usually creepier and far more hellish than your typical ghosts if given the chance. Especially littHow to Make a Horror3 years ago in Introductions & Chapters

Guide to the AneemeiHello. Today we'll be going into the depths of the jungle in search of an exotic and incredibly wild beast in its natural habitat. It is a very curious creature indeed, sometimes it takes great care to make itself the most noticeable thing in plain sight, other times it hides amongst us, camoflaging itself as "one of us." That is, until it is properly baited and/or the creature assumes it is only in the presence of other members of its species, in which it will then throw caution to the wind and commence returning to its true nature.
That of the aneemeifayun.
In general, the aneemeifayun species is largely capable of human speech. HoweverGuide to the Aneemei3 years ago in Introductions & Chapters

NEW 100 Themes Challenge~THE 100 THEMES~

1. Names
2. Hardship
3. School
4. Opinion
5. Break Up
6. New Love
7. Alley
8. Riddle
9. You and Me
10. I Do
11. Secret
12. DO NOT ENTER
13. Colors
14. Cruel
15. Kings, Queens, and Jokers
16. Run Free
17. Where are the Crackers?
18. Life
19. R is for Revenge
20. Burning
21. Do You Want To Know?
22. Discovery
23. Birthday
24. Rocks Aren't the Same
25. Shadow
26. Fate
27. Freedom Isn't Free
28. Wildflowers
29. Energy
30. Notes
31. Numbers
32. Dying Fire
33. Breaking Point
34. Fish
35. Trapped
36. Dancing
37. Don't Go
38. Alone
39. Betrayal
40. Due Date
41. Sealed in Blood
42. Impossible
NEW 100 Themes Challenge4 years ago in General Non-Fiction

How My Chemical Romance Saved My Life

And that was that, I guess… The pills weren't working, and so there wasn't anything left to do except put that big old kitchen knife to her throat. Or fly off the top of that big bank building downtown. Or take then entire bottle of those lovely little pills that were supposed to make everything better.
I slunk across the floor of the house, silent at three in the morning, and unmoving under the silver moonlight except for me, trudging along with the bottle of pills in my hands. I laughed a little at the irony.
These pills… this medication was supposed to make my life brighter and take away the depression and pain. They hadn'How My Chemical Romance Saved My Life1 year ago in Stories & Vignettes

Funny SayingsAny law enacted with more than fifty words contains at least one loophole

Evil is live spelled backwards

God must love stupid people, he made so many of them

When all else fails, read the instuctions

"Push" is the force exerted upon the door marked "Pull"

What some people lack in intelligence, they make up in stupidity

There is a difference between an open mind and a hole in the head

The light at the end of the tunnel could turn out to be the headlight of an oncoming train

A watched pot never boils, unless you light the gas under it

If your parents don't have kids, odds are you won't either

Curiosity kills more mice than cats

Save Funny Sayings7 years ago in General Non-Fiction

Be a ManPlease read the author's comments after reading this. This was meant to be an equal rights piece, not just women's.

Dear Boys,

I might not be hot.
I might not be skinny.
Hell, I might not even be the girl your father wants you to bring home.

But that's not my problem.
It's not my desire to be your slut, your whore.
I know I'm not the girl the team talks about in the locker room.
And don't you for a second think I wish I was.

I wear what I want, do what I want, go and say what I want because I'm me.
I'm me for myself, I'm me for God and I'm me for life.
Nothing you say or do will ever change that.

And if you're reading this and youBe a Man2 years ago in Introductions & Chapters

100 Theme Challenge100 theme challenge
1. Twisted Identity
2. Wishes
3. Loss
4. Heroes and Zeroes
5. Loser Like Me
6. Secrecy
7. Memories
8. Love
9. Promises
10. Sunshine
11. Eternity With You
12. Toxic
13. Lullaby and Goodnight
14. Broken Record
15. Hello
16. Possession
17. Fever
18. Terrified
19. Double or Nothing
20. To The End
21. Ribbons
22. Senses
23. Dying Light
24. Playing God
25. Spiders web
26. Home
27. Greed
28. Friendship
29. Enemies
30. Smiles
31. Family
32. Toying with Fate
33. So Pretty
34. Magician
35. Experiments
36. Off With Their Heads
37. In Wonderland
38. Ravens and Writing Desks
39. Doctors Orders
4100 Theme Challenge2 years ago in Introductions & Chapters

Choose to Become Gay by Norumu

Reasons to Choose to Become Gay

1) To become rejected by society.
2) To have multiple groups against myself.
3) To raise risks of being physically harmed.
4) To raise risks of being mentally harmed.
5) To have less rights in the states.
6) To risk loosing family support.
7) To risk loosing friends.
8) To risk loosing chances at good jobs.
9) To get flamed for being a flamer.
10) To be a large target for rude jokes.
11) To be described as animals to others.
12) To be talked about as things among the law.
13) To raise my chance of being lead toward suicide.
14) To lose my chance at a rightful marriage.
15) To hide myself from eveChoose to Become Gay by Norumu9 years ago in General Non-Fiction

Dear Yes on Prop 8 SupportersDear Yes on 8 supporters,

Hey there. I’m going to go out on a limb here that most of you are feeling pretty proud of yourselves right now, patting each other on the back for your near victory of 3%. It must feel good to win huh? God knows I would be proud too if I woke up to find that my vote had such an impact on thousands upon thousands of people. I must say, I’d be pretty elated over the defeat of the US’s strides for separation of church and state, the victory over the very things our fore fathers fought and died for –the things our country was founded on, Yes, I have to say, I’d be pretty enthralled with myself Dear Yes on Prop 8 Supporters5 years ago in General Non-Fiction

Gay Pride**>GAY PRIDE EVERYONE!!!!!!

**>If you want to post your stories or info for me, please do so on my continuation deviation here: Gay Pride 2 This one has reached the character limit. More information will be added to Gay Pride 2, and please read it as well as this one.

**>If homosexuality is a sin against Nature,
Then heterosexuality is a crime against Humanity.

**>Support gay marriage.

**>If homosexuality is a sin, then so is love itself. (Lonewolfess)

**>God was the one who put gays and such on the world. He loves ALL of His creations therefore He cannot hate us. Hate is sin. (little-miss-anime)

**> In birth there's a fifty percent chGay Pride7 years ago in General Non-Fiction

DragonsThe dragons just kept getting cuter.

I'd meant them to be scary, with snakelike heads and pearly fangs, but as my fingers gained more practice the dragons they shaped became younger and more innocent, their wings tiny and their eyes wide. Dull spikes lined their heads and tails, not yet sharpened by age. They lay on their bellies or sat up and watched with good-natured curiosity. They were friendly. They were sweet.

They were flawed, and there were a lot of them. I experimented with color and pose, sculpting the way others would turn a stress ball. Every morning I baked the newcomers in my oven, and within a week my desk was overrun. Rows oDragons9 months ago in Stories & Vignettes

The Original List of Themes1. Introduction
2. Complicated
3. Making History
4. Rivalry
5. Unbreakable
6. Obsession
7. Eternity
8. Gateway
9. Death
10. Opportunities
11. 33%
12. Dead Wrong
13. Running Away
14. Judgement
15. Seeking Solace
16. Excuses
17. Vengeance
18. Love
19. Tears
20. My Inspiration
21. Never Again
22. Online
23. Failure
24. Rebirth
25. Breaking Away
26. Forever and a day
27. Lost and Found
28. Light
29. Dark
30. Faith
31. Colours
32. Exploration
33. Seeing Red
34. Shades of Grey
35. Forgotten
36. Dreamer
37. Mist
38. Burning
39. Out of Time
40. Knowing How
41. Fork in the road
42. Start
43. Nature's Fury
44.The Original List of Themes4 years ago in General Non-Fiction

Getting Published the Hard WayGETTING PUBLISHED: THE TRADITIONAL WAY
A tutorial by M. Alice Chown

If, like me, you have stories lying around gathering virtual dust on your hard drive, why not send them out to a publisher? You have nothing to lose. A couple of years ago, I attended the launch of an annual Canadian short story anthology, called Tesseracts 10. I knew one of the authors whose speculative fiction piece had been included in the book. Matthew Johnson and I had taken the same creative writing course. Our former prof, author, Robert Sawyer, was there at the launch too, as well as the editors of the anthology. Those who had contributed a story to Tesseracts 10 toGetting Published the Hard Way4 years ago in General Non-Fiction

Anyone else have this problem?11:00pm, just out of the shower, dry off, check email, turn off lights…. OH GOD WHAT'S THAT!!!! *panicked freeze* Oh, it's just my desk chair. It looks very menacing in the dark. Fuck you, desk chair. *Kick menacing, shadowy desk chair, start peeling back the bed sheets, get more and more afraid every second I'm not buried under the covers, don't care if it's too hot, must get under magical shield blanket. Build pillow fortress around me to keep out the monsters* What's that? What is that!? WHAT IS THAT!? OH GOD IT'S MOVING!!!! …because it's my own foot. Derp. Get a grip Bobbie Jean, you're an adult for fuck's sake. There is nothingAnyone else have this problem?2 years ago in Stories & Vignettes

Damn that sun

You may think the sun is all good, but I beg the differ.
I say damn that sun!

It was a plain, regular morning for me.
Woke up, drank some coffee, a latte.
Read in the newspaper of the disaster in some third world country, the murder in a local club, some terrorist bombing and a few killed… nothing much. I was beginning to feel pressed with time, and so I ran out to the car, when the strong sun outside caught me by surprise. I was blinded for a second, when I bumped into the elderly man walking the street.
I couldn't apologize more, when he fell down, probably breaking some ribs on the sidewalk, just outside my home.
Damn that sDamn that sun8 years ago in Stories & Vignettes

mary-sue testthis test was made for people who write fanfictions featuring their OC`s [original characters] wishing to avoid creating mary-sues. You can test as many characters as you want :] remember: no offense
UPDATE `11 30 07
If your character belongs to a race that has wings, unusual eye colour, etc. And most other characters in the story have those traits, don`t add extra points.

P.S - This test is intended for human female characters. If your character is male, go look for a gary-stu test.

basics

1. Does your character have a long, rare or unusual name? [if she lives in japan, japanese name is not unusual] +1

2. Does your character have more thmary-sue test5 years ago in General Non-Fiction

Naruto Japanese Dictionary

General Language Notes

1) Insults. Mostly, these come in the form of impolite pronouns. Words like “kisama” and “yarou” aren’t technically dirty names, they’re just very impolite. Occasionally, as is the case with school children, these can become as creative as most American insults, ranging from impugning a person’s intelligence to impugning their direct genetic makeup.

2) Plurals. The only way of expressing plural (aside from using numbers) is with a special noun ending. The suffix “-tachi” is the polite way of doing this; it expresses a group of things. For instance, “Bob-sanNaruto Japanese Dictionary8 years ago in General Non-Fiction

the things they should have told ussee, no one really warns us about growing up.
they leave out things like heartbreak and gossip and broken people you could have saved but didn't.

it is this: the girl who holds her wrists and sits alone and tells me no child should ever grow up being afraid of someone who should love them. Her eyes are fierce, and something inside me is screaming but the clock ticks and the moment is past. i pretend i can't hear the pieces of her shatter as they hit the floor.

the next time we speak there are new shadows beneath her eyes and her shoulders hunch as if somehow she could fold into herself and disappear. maybe it would be better for us both ifthe things they should have told us1 year ago in Stories & Vignettes

Coping With OCD I suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is my belief that obsessive-compulsive disorder is misunderstood by the masses. People have a tendency to use it to describe their organizational habits or their fandom obsessions, but it is a genuine affliction, and while it is based on trivial thoughts, the effects of it are far from trivial - they are destructive and powerful. I was officially diagnosed with OCD a few months ago, but I have suspected it nearly my entire life.

OCD is an anxiety disorder. It is based on obsessive thoughts that cause great anxiety, and in order to relieve those thoughts the sufferer performs compulsioCoping With OCD5 years ago in General Non-Fiction

How To Write A StoryHOW TO WRITE
(like me)

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
The following contains "bad language" for emphasis. I do not endorse the use of such language, yet I use it anyway because that's how I roll and it can add good emphasis to the points I bring up. If you don't like it, I pity you.

Becoming an Author

If you're looking for a step-by-step "How to Write the Next Bestseller", you're barking up an imaginary tree, so if I were you I'd desist from that before people stop and point at the delirious little chihuahua. Thing about writing is...

There's no secret.
(dun dun DUUUUN)

That's right. Those of you worrying about finding the FountainHow To Write A Story4 years ago in General Non-Fiction

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