1.23.10

"On Tuesday, January 12th, an massive earthquake with the magnitude of 7.0 hit near the capital of Haiti. The ground was crushed almost 13 kilometers deep, claiming more than 200,000 lives. According to the Red Cross, at more than 3 million people were affected by the earthquake. On Friday, January 21st, Haiti announced that more than 80,000 bodies were recovered and/or buried at the sight were the earthquake hit. The earthquake not only claimed many peoples' lives, but it also caused a significant amount of damage on Haitian homes, schools, and most importantly, local hospitals to treat their casualties. Haiti needs your help. "



Please be sure to visit our member, 's deviation to help save Haiti. She has been very diligent to search for links and websites to help out survivors, from a simple phone call to sending relief supplies.

Anyone, and EVERYONE should help. Please take your time to visit her deviation and help spread your relief by posting this deviation in your own words on your journal, poll, custom box (for premium members), or make your own deviation to help support Haiti victims.

Anyone can make a difference, so can YOU

Thank you for spending your valuable time reading this.
*yato-girl



1.10.10

For those who haven't heard about it yet, Funimation is thinking about dubbing Axis Powers Hetalia as an American Dub.

[link]

((at least 4Kids! didn't kill the joy all the way D: ))

What do you guys think about this??
(Applies to people who live in the US or anywhere in that matter)

(( Hetalia is going to be such a cash cow..))
Thank you for reading as always~
*yato-girl

1.09.10
MODS READ THIS TOO!

Due to the mass amount of submissions, my fellow admins and I have been discussing having a Quality Standard in place to help limit the ammount of art that you simply delete from your inbox.

As i have stated before in previous notices, the mods with hold the right to deny any submission with or without reason or notice.

This group has many members. As of this writing 1128 members have applied and been acceptedto this club. Due to this, we have far too many submissions.

In order to further help lessen the flooding, we have agreed to put in place a Quality Control.

You are still required to only submit one deviation per day, but whether or not your deviation is up to par with our standards is up to us.

If your art is declined does not mean we think your art 'sucks' or 'is crap' or any thing else. It simply means that this group has A LOT of members and we're only trying to find other ways to make the flooding easier on you. We will still be flooded, but you will not be.

If you are unsure whether or not your piece may be accepted, ask yourself if it is your best piece.

To ensure that all descisions are fair, each deviation must be accepted by three mods before being allowed to go into the correct folder.

Criteria for Judging:
1) Originality?
2) Effort put in?
3) Is it a 'scribble'?
4) Would the mod fave it? without any character bias?

While there are other criteria, these are the largest factors that my fellow mods and I will be using to judge whether or not your piece will be accepted. As you can tell, Cosplay pictures will be more difficult to use these on, but they are still subject to judging, as are crafts.