@star!! *glomps* we are we are. you?

Starshine, I'm doing great - trying to come out of lurkerdom. :) How are you doing?

Seito & Aliena: Great to hear! <333

I've been lurking around a lot as well, not much time to hang around on the internet when uni is getting hectic, but I'll try make a better effort to post.

Also trying to find a job at the same time, I've applied for several different things, fingers crossed! XD

Maeve: Ahh definitely, we were all a lot more active during the holidays, lol XD

Speaking of the bathhouse, my art contest at gaia ended, and look look


Click to enlarge ^__^ Its the winner of the bathhouse category.

Haha~ It is now still holiday for me~ XD So I thought other people should Holidaying too~

That winning piece should make a good banner~<33

Oh wow, Star, that's really cute! What a great piece. :) I'm trying to get all my character refs done so I can hold my contest over there soon...got my money saved up. Just need to hammer out the rest of the refs!

Good luck with your job prospects too. :)

Ooooo pretty pretty!! xD

I like I like! x3

yesh school is starting. >>

*.* (eyes SHINING) ALIENA~ you are starting an art contest too? You muuuusssttt~~ tell me~ XD

Maeve: I'm in Australia so holiday times is different, and its winter here so holiday time is also shorter XD

Yes it would make a great banner, way better than those fugly chibis I drew XD

Aliena: Ohh it would be really interesting to see all your characters <333 I've seen some on DA, they are gorgeous ^___^

Thanks! Hopefully my job won't collide with uni too much XD

Seito: When are you starting? Best of luck with school ^___^

Australia?! Where My cousins are~ They are at Perth last time I heard...lol. I was either given chance to go UK or AUstralia this year. I chose UK.

You have a official job and university also?! :shock: you are a PhD student?

Thanks, guys! I only have 2 real pics of them, but am making little head and cartoony bodyshots/clothing refs of all of them. xuvrette - be on the lookout, hopefully within the next few weeks! *fingers crossed*

I think I'm off to read a little HP and get some sleep!

PhD o__O;; no way, I don't plan on going that far XD I want to do honors, but nothing further than that.

Yup, I can do part time job and uni at the same time, especially if by chance I get a good uni timetable, which I do have this semester. 2 days off! XD

Maeve: Ahh Perth, its really booming now. I live in Sydney ^__^

Aliena: Have fun reading HP ^___^ I still haven't finished my copy XD

Now now, that is good news. What is your part time job, I thought it is an official job. XD
lol.
The part time job that is available here are mostly waitress and waiter... :x I want to work in a bookshop, but only 3 bookshop company here! :(

Aliena~ I am hoping the grandprize to be Halo~ XD*dies*

Maeve: Well it is official, sort of XD I’m applying for government jobs, mostly system management or administration, stuff that has flexible hours. They were advertised as being part time, but I don’t know exactly how many hours they’ll require.

I haven't seen the halo as the top prize for quite some time. I've seen panda hat as top prize not too long ago though.

school started today. ><

omg star! that art looks smexxy O0O <3333

*is slow in replying and may even disappear eventually due to sleep/distraction/playing blue dragon on her xbox 360* ^^;;;;

Star, I saw that WIP of that art and knew it'd win. XD It's so cute. :D

I received some totally fantastic entries on my Mene avatar too ^__^



I should host a contest next year as well XD

omg that *stares*
such pretty art!!

Very pretty artsies....what kind of items do you guys give away as prizes on gaia to get art like that? :shock:

Hmm.. Star gave away a December 2003 letter to 1st place, a 2005 letter set to 2nd place, January 2004 letter to 3rd place, around 2200k in category prizes and 100k+ in bump prizes. XD And I think she gave out prizes to more people than that.. Star's so nice. :mrgreen: <33

• Heya Anoni ^^
  
  And wow, whatever contest that is...thats ridiculously generous x_x

Hey Rawr. 8D

It was for an art contest. ^^

Around 68 entries got prizes ^__^ I ended up giving out a lot of encouragement awards, basically everyone who worked hard got something. In all I spent around 9.5mil, totally worth it.

This was the top entry, a group shot of all my OCs

• Oh wow, thats really amazing o_o