Well, I don't know how it happened but two people have send me screenshots of my 5,000th pageview:

One from Anasatcia and one from Raila. So, here are the features I promised. Unfortunately, I don't have a subscription, so I will have to do links. I am not sure how to choose who goes first, so I'm just going to start with Anastacia because she comes first alphabetically. I hope this doesn't offend anyone.

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Alright, I'm going to start with *Anasatcia.
First of all, Anasatcia is one of my favorite deviants on dA for the pure fact that she is someone I respect as an artist that I would also consider a friend. I love that she does a lot of her work traditionally and I absolutely adore the way she colors with markers. She also has some very awesome uncommon styles that she does with her drawings sometimes like pointillism and what I would call a Celtic design with thick lines that make great pictures.


This is a great example (and a favorite of mine) of Anasatcia's great chibi style. It also showcases how great she is at coloring with markers.

Chibi Sousuke


This is one of Anasatcia's great uncommon styles where she creates a picture through thick black lines.

Fine Me


You can't talk about Anasatcia without mentioning Ah! My Goddess, particularly Belldandy. This is one of her Belldandy favorites of mine:

Cute Belldandy


While Anasatcia is great at doing fanart, she really excels at creating some amazing OCs. This is just a couple of her Celestial Saga original characters.

Celestial Saga


This is one of the first of Anasatcia's works that I favorited and the one that made me decide that I wanted to watch her. I even went so far as to nominate this for a Daily Deviation. It's definitely the one that I feel represents Anasatcia the most.

Dots of Wonder

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Now is the great *raila
Ralia is an amazing artist who I was one of the first deviants I watched. Along with *Nefis, Raila is also one of the first deviants I was just entranced by. I mean, they were girls MY age doing art at the caliber I strive to be. She is a great example of someone who combines traditional art and digital art beautifully. I really look up to Raila as an artist.

It's hard for me to pick only five of my favorites of hers, but here they are:


I'm going to start with the first piece of Raila's that I favorited. I love this piece because of the lovely detail in the dresses and the background. This also spotlights on one thing Raila is famous for: her Original Characters, whom she cares about more than most people, I think.

Of Lilies and Roses


Now, like Anasatcia, Raila is also a GREAT chibi artist. Her chibis are always so detailed and so much care is taken with them, much like her other work. This piece really demonstrates her fantastic chibi skills as well as more love for her OCs.

House of Rai Chibis


The next one I picked was the my favorite from Raila's Yum Yum series. I think it was to do with the vibrant and different colors of pink represented in this drawing. The piggy and the facial expression also help! She pays such attention to texture and detail in this picture which is one of the things that makes Raila's work really amazing.

Piggy Ballet


If there is ONE Raila OC that is famous in his own right, I believe that would be the colorful and adorable Hoshi (though I <3 Tea and Hero myself). I picked this picture becuase I think it really shows Hoshi's bright and "on color crack" personailty.

Aloha SPIRIT


I think many Raila fans would agree on one thing: she draws the CUTEST boys. :3 Yes, Raila knows how to make her male OCs look like boys we would all like in our own lives and while this picture does not have either of my absolute favorites, I think this picture really shows just how pretty her boys can be. <3 Also, it's got the classic Raila attention to detail with the beautiful fabrics, jewelry, and room decorations.

Chop Suey

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I hope this made you guys happy because it made me happy to do it for you. You both deserve it so much, and thanks again for getting my 5,000 pageview screenshot.

--Manda

For anyone who captures my 5000th page view screenshot (or for the person who gets closest), I will draw them any request and also feature them in my journal with my top 5 favorites from their gallery.

Get it for me, guys!

<3,
--Manda

I have an announcement: Any poetry that I submit will be submitted into my Scrapbook (aka: Scraps) because I want to upload them as pictures with text on them and Deviant Art will not allow something in the Literature category to be anything but text files.

SO THAT MEANS IF YOU READ MY POETRY AND WANT TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN I PUT NEW ONES UP, YOU HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO MY SCRAPS. You can do that in the "Manage Friends" page ([link]). Just check mark the Scraps section next to my name. ^___^

Thanks!
--Manda

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Oh, also, still this:

The first 10 people who comment on this journal will get a free sketch. However, in return, you must offer 10 free sketches in your own journal.

Rules:
01 - If you want fanart of a character (even an OC) be sure to link to a picture of it.
02 - I'm not that great of an artist (YET!), so I will attempt everything requested of me, but don't complain about my art, please?

**NO MORE SPOTS LEFT!**

1- BrokenAoshi - My favorite of her OCs. Done: Lolita Toki
2- Wtex - Nyuu from Elfin Lied or Maggie or Anita from ROD the TV. Done: Nyuu from Elfin Lied
3- thewhantahndestroyer - OC Hasegawa the Wicked Done: Hasegewa Michiyo
4- Anastacia - Herself
5-Canada-Guy-Eh wants a Gaming Panda playing Zelda. Done: A Gamer Panda Playing Zelda
6- Robin wants a Sci-Fi version of a WWI Fighter plane. [>__< HARD!!]
7- Mark wants a hot blood elf from WoW: [link] [link] [link]
8- d4rk-h3lm37 wants Mr. Resetti: [link] [link]
9- Molly wants people with bunny ears and chocolate.
10- GreenHat77 wants "a sunset with a river and grass".


P.S. I stole this from BrokenAoshi's site.

I promise that I am still working on the ones I owe! However, right now it's home stretch of school and I don't have much time! -___-;;

Edit: I changed it so you don't have to put it in your journal. Hopefully, this will get me more requests... ;>__>

Yes, my adoring public, I have decided to let you choose what my next deviations will be.

The first 10 people who comment on this journal will get a free sketch. However, in return, you must offer 10 free sketches in your own journal.

Rules:
01 - If you want fanart of a character (even an OC) be sure to link to a picture of it.
02 - I'm not that great of an artist (YET!), so I will attempt everything requested of me, but don't complain about my art, please?

**ONLY TWO MORE SPOTS LEFT!**

1- BrokenAoshi - My favorite of her OCs. Done: Lolita Toki
2- Wtex - Nyuu from Elfin Lied or Maggie or Anita from ROD the TV. Done: Nyuu from Elfin Lied
3- thewhantahndestroyer - OC Hasegawa the Wicked Done: Hasegewa Michiyo
4- Anastacia - Herself
5-Canada-Guy-Eh wants a Gaming Panda playing Zelda. Done: A Gamer Panda Playing Zelda
6- Robin wants a Sci-Fi version of a WWI Fighter plane. [>__< HARD!!]
7- Mark wants a hot blood elf from WoW: [link] [link] [link]
8- d4rk-h3lm37 wants Mr. Resetti: [link] [link]
9- Molly wants people with bunny ears and chocolate.
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P.S. I stole this from BrokenAoshi's site.

My lovely new Avatar is courtesy of . He made it just for me! ^__^

The original deviation is ENCARGO: VAPOREON CHARMANDER