Firstly I wanna give a huge to for gracing me with her wonderful presence the other weekend thanks hun for the visit, it was fun to put a face to the avi and the voice I had great fun and plan to do it again very soon hope you liked Manchester .. well the pubs you saw aleast LOL

What a poo weekend I have had .. contracting a bloody worm virus/mallware/F**king piece of shoit on thursday night and then having to rebuild my pc AGAIN .. 24 hours to back up my photos and some software then rebuild .. Just have to pluck up the courage to restore my data and photos now :S  This is the 3rd time this year I have had to carry this out so I think I am getting a dab hand at them now .. not that it being part of my job makes it any easier .. I still freak when its my pc thats on the fritz :S One word to the sad loosers out there who write these .. GET A LIFE ok thats 3 words .. but come on have you got nothign better to do with your lives ?

And what with all this it sorta put a block (or tried to any way... and failed) on my decortating .. yeah yeah the domestic chores of CausticStock .. So yeah I whave been stripping the wallpaper on the landing among other things, So a lil stressful and frantic trying to fit a pc re-build into an otherwise hectic weekend.  But its coming  just don't expect to be let in if you ciome knocking on my door :S

Finally too I get my hands on the new remixed version of Blue Stones Worlds apart album ... Tell me this please .. how come when I order a cd via Amazon UK I pay £18 (plus P&P) to get it imported and also wait 4-6 weeks for it to arrive where as I can click on the "new and used" link get one, brand new and sealed in 7 days and for half the price :S .. does the English government not know that with the likes of Amazon and the Net that import duty is near as damn it redundant and pointless ? hell I purchased 3 cd's in the states that I didn't pay tax on (apart from Florida state tax) "new and used" is nmy best new friend .. Any way if you not heard BlueStone ---> [link] oh and talking of music .. I found the spiffy Neuroticfish Razorblade remix of Celldwellers Switchback single here - [link] go check and dance like a Mad'un cos you can

Finally, after my really stressful weekend off line I finally logged in to find a plea for help from my lil Canadian friend finding she had made a supprise visit to our dull, grey, wintery shores :S bit of a shock tbh but its nice to know shes not the 4,000,000 million miles away now .. thought technically she has come at probably come at a pants time of year .. though at least we don't get down to -25 on winter nights .. so welcome to the tropics hun ... Now just to get over the peninines to visit

For now that is it .. Its coming up to Christmas so if I don't get round to a new journal before the big day I wanna wish all my fans a Merry Christmas and heres hoping that 2009 is A). better emotionally for Elandria and I and B). has better bloody weather so we can go and take pics

Well till next time ..... C'YA ! ! !  !



Arthurian Legends Contest 2008 - hosted by !Prolific-Imp

"You walk deep into myth, into mystery.
You see a locked chest and a key.
You open the lid and find the ultimate treasure.....
IMAGINATION"


The question that everyone asks - was Arthurian Legend Fact or Fiction?
Did the legendary stories and people of Arthurian Legend actually exist or were the stories surrounding the legend a figment of a writer's imagination?
For futher information, please visit the news article here:
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Contest Details:

The Theme: Arthurian Legend
Style: Any
The Requirements:
We want you to create your own version of the Arthurian Legend, be it a place, person(s) or an event.
As this is a fantasy/mythological contest, we don't want to see horror/macabre entries or anything too violent.
Any entries that fall into this category will not be entered.
If you use any stock, brush, texture etc resources from DA. Please remember to follow the providers rules.
The same applies to resources used from external sites.
You MUST provide the original artists details in your deviation description and put down that it is an entry for this contest.

Use the information in the news article for reference if you wish.

Only one deviation per deviant - although you can still enter a non-competitive piece if you so wish

Even though this is for a contest, you still must credit and note the stock providers.

This contest is open to ALL media types.

The contest will be open for entries from NOVEMBER 1ST.

Please take note of this, as entries received before this date will not be counted.

The contest will end January 31st, 2009 6pm BST ~jannipan's birthday

To submit your entry, please send a note titled “Contest Entry”, provide a link to your deviation and also state whether
it's a non-competitive piece or not. It will then be added to the journal.


Please note that your entry must be a new deviation created for this contest only, no old deviations sorry.


For questions and other inquiries please send a note to !Prolific-Imp


Judges & Donators: [If you want to participate in judging/donating, please send a note to !Prolific-Imp ]



Each deviation will be judged within it's media type category.
e.g all traditional art will be judged seperatley from all photomanipulations. The winners determined from each category will then be judged together, so that we can decide on an overall winner for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.


First Place Prizes:

12 month subscription - !Prolific-Imp
Journal Feature - =mousels
Journal Feature - ~CausticStock
Journal Feature - !Prolific-Imp
4 Exclusive Stock Packs & Journal Feature - *Beinspyred
Journal Feature - ^Elandria
Print of your choice upto $15 - !Prolific-Imp
Month long Journal Feature - !thepamjelly


Second Place Prizes:

6 month subscription - !Prolific-Imp
Journal Feature - =mousels
Journal Feature - ~CausticStock
Journal Feature - !Prolific-Imp
3 Exclusive Stock Packs - *Beinspyred
Journal Feature - ^Elandria
DA Keychain - !Prolific-Imp
Month long Journal Feature - !thepamjelly

3rd Place Prizes:

3 month subscription - !Prolific-Imp
Journal Feature - =mousels
Journal Feature - ~CausticStock
Journal Feature - !Prolific-Imp
2 Exclusive Stock Packs - *Beinspyred
Journal Feature - ^Elandria
DA Lanyard - !Prolific-Imp
Month long Journal Feature - !thepamjelly

There will also be journal features for selected Honourable Mentions by !Prolific-Imp

All entries, winning or not, will be featured in a News Article once the contest has finished.

We need donations for the contest! We will accept anything from a journal entry to an exclusive stock pack.
Send a note please!

Many thanks to the judges and donators for supporting this contest.

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    - Carl Sagan

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The Dreamers of Avalon, is DA community set up by the terrible twosome of ^Elandria and myself for all the people who use our stock either together or separately. The purpose of our community is to showcase all the brilliant manipulations created using our stock and to encourage others to venture further into the realms of fantasy created therein.

Members will have exclusive access to limited edition stock from both of us, priority on stock requests, and can also participate in group contests.

To Join please send us a note but check the member rules on the home page!






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