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Happy New Year!

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A little slow here, but Happy New Year everyone! I know I haven't really been on here and I'm not saying I'm going to be very active on here again.  I'm going to be focusing more on other things so I don't think I'll be as active as I used to be when I first made this account.

That said I might still post stuff once in a while, but they're probably going to be only commissions. I'm going to put all my old stuff into storage since they don't fit where I am now so don't be surprised if you see an empty gallery.

Also, what some of you may not know is I've amassed a large art collection of characters ranging from adopts to original characters I bought off from other people to art I've commissioned/requested of my own characters. I thought I would use all of them, but it looks like it might not be the case. I'm going to be giving them or transferring them to someone else. I'm not sure if they will be active on DA so you might not even see them. They'll probably put more love and care into them compared to me.

This means I will also transfer some of my original stories I wrote about them since I've actually lost interest in some of them. A lot of what I used to write about are stuff I don't now, and I've had people wishing for the stories to continue. They might not even look like the original because they're also a writer with a different writing style so I don't know if that makes any difference.

Basically, I'm going to be starting from scratch on this account, but when I'll start actively using it again is a question I can't answer at the moment. It might be never, and I'm sorry if I disappointed anyone.

Thanks to everyone who has been following or supporting me all this time.
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Okay, so as some of you have noticed, I've been inactive.  Really inactive.  As in inactive since the end of last year.  I was on once in a while, but it was mostly to check and clean my messages.  I haven't even looked at most of my notes either and I really have a lot of them too.  Real life has been pretty hectic for me and keeping me from being online, but that doesn't mean I haven't stopped writing.

I have indeed been working on commissions contrary to how quiet I've been.  I just haven't found the time to actually post them until now.  Only some of the commissions I've completed have been posted because of time.  I probably post the rest up later.  I'm still probably won't be as active as when I first started this account, but I'm still around somewhat.

The matter about my writing is that I won't be posting or updating any more of my longer chapter stories.  I do not feel that it is worth keeping putting up chapters of stories that are getting too long.  Most people prefer short stories or stories that only have a few chapters here.  It just doesn't make sense for me to keep updating them on here.  That also means any ideas I have for longer works won't go up either.  For now, I'll leave whatever chapters I have up now will stay, but I will eventually either remove them or put in storage.

This does not include fanfiction.  I don't mind as much with fanfiction since it's on an entirely different scope than original stories so I'll leave them up, but I might edit them so there could be changes.  Otherwise, sorry for going M.I.A.  Hopefully, I'll be able to get more active again later.



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Sorry for the wait, but here's the results you've been waiting for.  Even though there were so few entries, I would have loved to give them a place in the top three, but I can't. ^^; All the designs had their good points and their faults which made the decision hard.  I decided to give honorable mentions to all who did enter considering the qualities I did like in the drawings they made.

Honorable Mentions:

DAVID:OC Robot Contest for Metarex12 by Dokkori-chan
It was a simple design and very cute.  I understand it can be difficult to draw a robot and thought the design was pretty good.  ^.^ Oddly enough it reminds me of some other character from somewhere and I don't remember where. O.O

contest entry for Metarex12 by The-lily-maiden
Another simple design. :) I like your concept of his eye which isn't complicated and is easy to get if someone were to see him. :D He is a bit more human than I would have liked, but you did well considering you were sick.

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This was one of the most impressive designs I've ever seen for a robot. O.O I thought the design on his chest cool and liked how you had added other possible designs he could have had in the background.  His face reminds me of a mask though making me think there's something underneath it. :eyes:

All the honorable mentions will get 50:points: for participating as well as a feature. :clap: Now onto the three winners of the contest. :nod:

Third Place:

OC Robot Contest by theAbbyAce
The design was pretty impressive. :D  I liked how you add what the bottome of his foot and his footprint would be like.  The wires add a nice touch to it and the colors look good.  Nothing too flashy, but nothing too plain. ^.^

Second Place:

D.A.V.I.D by FallBird
I love the Da Vinci reference. :XD: The eye design and the panels on his chest really caught my attention.  The fact they are pointing towards each other made me smile. :) His face design also caught me attention reminding me of a skull.

First Place:

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This design I think was the closest to the one I imagined for David. :nod: His menacing eyes and cape are definitely things I had in mind, but were not exactly something I had decided on. These factors as well as the wires and overall design made it a win. :love:

The prize list can be found here: fav.me/d5hm8vw . If there is any problems with the giving of prizes, please notify me and I will do my best to fix the problem.

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My other contest is going to be place in the polls for the final rounds of judging.  I finally cut down on the list of titles and leave it up to the people to decide which title sounds right for my novel.  Please don't try to get your watchers to vote for you just to win. ^^; I want it to be because people thought the title fit and it was eye catching.  Again I will put up the summary and link to the story so you can check it out for yourself.

Summary (This is to help you get a good idea of what the story is about if you don't want to read it):
Many years after the supposed apocalypse of 2012, the surviving humans are trying to adapt to survive and managed to revert to the way they were before the apocalypse; however, a group of naturalists are attacking governments because they believe the current state of things will get worse as many animals and plants have been steadily disappearing. Save Our World (SOW) is the organization set off to break down the government and create a new one so the U.S. government creates an A.I. to stop them, but it seems to have its own ideas about what should be done.

The story can be found here: metarex12.deviantart.com/galle…

The polls can be found here: metarex12.deviantart.com/journ… and metarex12.deviantart.com/journ…


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Other news is that I need to raise up money. :( I need to help my family pay for the house and since I'm still looking for a job, I'm going to do writing commissions for money since I feel weird if I ask for donations.  I'm still trying to get a good fix on what my prices should be especially since I'm getting mixed messages about what I should be charging so I'm leaving the pricing up to you, but if I deem it not worth my time, I will notify you.

Drabbles/Ficlets



One-shots



Chaptered Stories*



Mature Content**



*The pricing will be different compared to if it was just a drabble/ficlet or one-shot and won't depend on how long the chapters are.
**These will cost you more than if it was a regular commission no matter if it's a drabble/ficlet or one-shot or chaptered story.


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