Here are the results of the Emoticon Appreciation Day :  
At the end of the Article you can see how many each deviant will receive.
As I said before, the Event wasn't about how many points you could get, it was about to have fun in the events.
I didn't mentioned 3 events, because all entrants had the correct results in 2 of the events.  Nobody entered in the 3rd event.  



Entries:
 


Entries:
                                                                                                             

 


Only a few deviants were able to guess the correct songs, but since the guesses were also fit to the title, they also earned some points.
Here are the correct titles:




Here are the answers:

1. How many pixels are used to create an emoticon? (hands included) ----   201

2. Who am I? "You can find me on Emoticon Legend. I am a standard 15x15px Emoticon.  My Appearance has changed in the last years. I have hands now. My name has 8 letters ( : excluded). You can find me in the "Expressions" Tab. ---- :happycry:

3. Tell me 3 Groups who regulary host Emoticon Contests.  ----   #TheEMTC, #EmoticonOpus, #ee-motes.

4. How often have we celebrated the Emoticon Appreciation day so far? (this time included)  ----  3 times

5. How many deviants are currently on the Emoticonist Master list?    ----   733  

6. Tell me the names of at least 5 deviants who were Community Volunteers (Gallery Director/Moderator) for the Emoticon Gallery.    ----    `livius, `Chimpantalones,  `Synfull,  `AndyGassner,  `CookiemagiK,  `mintyy,  `catluvr2,  `Krissi001,  `stuck-in-suburbia,  `ChaosEmeraldHunter,  ^SparklyDest

7. Who am I (my name is?)? "You can't find me on the Emoticon Legend. I won in an EmoticonOpus Contest.  I am an Emoticon. I was submitted in 2009. My creator joined dA 8 years ago.     ----     :green

8. What's the original name of  :dummy: ()?    ----     :tardgrinn:  

9. Who hosted the Emoticon Secret Santa in 2012?    ----    `BlissfullySarcastic + `Synfull

10. Who am I? "I am not an Emoticon, but you can find me on the Emoticon Legend. I have 7 different Emoticons (but 8 codes) on the Legend. I have numbers in my name. Some of my Legend Emoticons love to hug.   ----   `darkmoon3636

11. Which day is today?     ----     Emoticon Appreciation Day




248 - `Synfull
180 - *TanteTabata
155 - ~MafiaVamp
145 - ~8-bitCoffee
139 - =Waluigi-Prower
138 - =magicwingsforever
136 - =Sylvaur
136 - ~Kohaku0827
108 - =TheWritingDragon
103 - ~MightyCape
100 - *sugarislife28
86 - ~bjvzz
85 - ~Antmarch123
79 - ~ElyssaJM
73 - *23linsky23
68 - =conniekidd
63 - ~yarjor
62 - =Eitvys200
60 - =Iceybutt
60 - =nikkittie
57 - *a-kid-at-heart
55 - =luke-crowe
53 - ~H34
43 - `BlissfullySarcastic
31 - ~Mnjooschji
21 - *SpencerMel

You have to read this Tutorial

Welcome to another Emoticon Appreciation day. Today we celebrate the existence of Emoticons on dA and the existence of Emotes in general. They bring us joy and they help to show our Emotions. You can celebrate this day, by using more Emotes than usual or you can participate in the events that I prepared for today. I hope you will have lots of fun.

I use this Journal as an Overview Journal for all the events that will happen today, so you don't miss any of them.

First of all I want to tell you that I won't announce a specific set of prizes, all I can say that I have 2500 and all of them will be used. Everybody who participates has the chance to win something (if you have the correct answer).  The fastest deviants might get a few more points. ;D

Here are the Events: You can learn more about the events by visiting the corresponding Journals.
(You don't have to participate in all of them.)

oh and everything that has been created for the Emoticon Appreciation Day can be submitted to the Group:  (You have to be a member to submit something)





Most of the Events will end at 11pm (Los Angeles time). on May 13
Because of mother's day I decided that the events will end 1 day later.  So more deviants can participate.

You can find the time for your country here: [link]   or try this link [link]

If the deadline is different, it will be mentioned on the corresponding Journal.
If you aren't sure when the event ends, please ask me.


(I created a few Emoticons based on song-titles. You have to guess which song I meant. If it isn't the song I meant, but still fitting to the Emote, you will win as well.) Deviants who guess the Artist/Band get bonus points.




(I have chosen some song-titles and you have to create an Emote for them.)




(I prepared two word Searches, 1 with 33 words and the other one with 17 words. You simply have to search for the words that are on the list)




(I prepared 5 mazes, help the blue Emote to reach the party.)




(I hid some Emotes on my page, those are linked to a page with a question. If you found all Emotes you will see that they link to another page.)




(A small Emoticon Contest.  With 2 main-categories:  Pixel contest and  Muro Contest .)




(I prepared some Emoticon Line-Arts, pixel and non-pixel, and you can colour them. )

This is not really Contest, but there will be points for the pieces that I like the most.
I prepared some pixel and non-pixel line-arts and you can colour those you lke the most.

If you want to submit the pieces to your gallery, please mention that I created the line-art and add the link to this Journal.
If you aren't sure where to submit the final piece, feel free to ask me. C:

Visit the sta.sh files to get the full-sized images: (Visit the sta.sh files [hit the download button] and right click on the image and then "save image as")

the deadline for this Event is May 19.  11pm (los angeles time)

Welcome to the special EAD Emoticon Contest. We will have 2 Categories with subcategories.
We will have a Pixel Contest and a Muro Contest with special rules.

The deadline for this Event is May 19.  11pm (los angeles time)

First of all here are the Themes:





You don't have to create something for every theme. ;D



Your Entry needs at least 1 15x15px Emoticon
You are allowed to included bigger and smaller Emoticons.
No use of existing Emoticons (just as )
animated or static.
You can create as many Emotes as you want.


You have to use less than 25 colours. (transparency not included)
Your Entry needs at least 1 15x15px Emoticon
You are allowed to included bigger and smaller Emoticons.
No use of existing Emoticons (just as )
animated or static.
You can create as many Emotes as you want.
You have to create a separate deviation for the colour palette, which you can submit to sta.sh or your scraps. (include it in your artist's comments)



Your muro drawing has to be done in the comments of this Article:
You can create as many drawings as you want.


You have to use less than 25 colours
(transparency, black and white  not included [ this means you can use 25 colours and also black and white.])
You have to add the colour palette on your drawing.
Your muro drawing has to be done in the comments of this Article:
You can create as many drawings as you want.

The following brushes can be used. (the brushes that aren't listed here can't be used.)
And you have to use these brush settings: (settings that aren't mentioned here can be changed)

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If you still have questions, please ask them in the comments.

A Scuzzle is a scavenger hunt and a puzzle. I am not sure if you can consider this to be a real scuzzle.
Anyway I hid 10 Emoticons on my page, those Emoticons are linked to sta.sh pages where you can find a question.
(Important: Don't answer the question on the st.ash file, copy the question and your answer into a notepad file.)

These Emotes are also holding signs, there are letters on the signs. If you have found all Emoticons you will find a link to a sta.sh page, with the final question.
You have to answer all questions to be able to win the scuzzle-quiz, but you will also get points for each correct answer.
To make it easier, I added numbers to the Emoticons so you don't have to guess the correct sequence.

I will provide the template where you have to add the emoticons.

As soon as you have found all Emoticons, add them to the template. Then submit it to your sta.sh.  Then you have to copy the questions and your answers into the Artist's Comments, this is important!
If you have done all of that, write a comment with the link to your st.ash file on this Journal. (Don't mention any of the answers in your comment.)





If you have any questions, please write a comment.


here is the first piece

Welcome to the Emoticon Maze Event.
A little blue Emotes tries to find the way to the Party, help him to find the party.
I prepared 5 Mazes, I hope they aren't too easy or too difficult.
You can just finish one or you can finish all of them, it's your choice.

The fastest deviants will get the most points, but all of the others have a chance to win something as well.
Save the mazes on your computer and open it with any painting program.  (Visit the sta.sh files  and right click on the image and then "save image as")

If you have finished a maze, submit them to your sta.sh and write a comment, with the link,  on this Journal.

Welcome to the "word search"-Event.
Your task is simple: Find the words from the list. ;D

The fastest deviants will get the most points, but all of the others have a chance to win something as well.
Save the image on your computer and open it with any painting program.  (Visit the sta.sh files and right click on the image and then "save image as")

If you have finished a word search, submit them to your sta.sh and write a comment, with the link,  on this Journal.

Welcome to the "Create Emotes based on song-titles"-Event.
All you have to do is to pick one or more song titles and create an Emotes based on the title. It's up to you how you interpret it, you can do everything as long as it somehow fits to the song.

You can create as many Emotes as you want. (You can pick one song or you can create Emotes for all songs. You can even create several Emotes for one song.

If you have finished your Emoticon, write a comment on this Journal with your Emote. You can also send me a note.
Please include the song title in the Artist's comments.

The Deadline is May 19, you have one week to create your Emotes.

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If you have any questions, write them on this Journal:



Entries:

Welcome to the "guess the song" - Event.
I created 16 Emotes and you have to guess which song I wanted to display.  I hope it isn't too difficult.
All Emotes can be found at the end of the Article, if you want to participate you have to visit the deviation and write your guess in the comment.  You can add up to 3 Comments but only one guess for each comment. Like this:




The fastest with the correct answer will get more points than the 2nd fastest deviant.
The deviants with the most correct guesses will also win something.
And all of the other deviants who guessed the correct song will have the chance to win something.  

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Summary:
Comment on the deviation with your guess.
You have 3 guesses, 1 comment for each guess.


If you have any questions about this Event, write a comment on this Journal.

Share your favourite Emoticons that have been submitted in 2013, it can be your own or from somebody else.

Hai again.

I need your help!  I am preparing something for a special day.
All you have to do is to write a comment here with a word that is related to the Emoticon Community/Gallery.
 For example: :dummy:  
You can write as many words as you want.  

A special challenge: Also include a description of the word so others can guess what it is, based on the description.

Update: I was able to purchase it, thanks to 2 epic deviants

But I still accept commission so I can pay it back

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It's the first time that I open commissions.
Anyway the deviantWear shop will be closed and I really really want  either the dA PRO Nomad Bag [link]  or the  dA Laptop Messenger bag [link] .

I would appreciate if you could help me out  and buy something.
If you are interested in something please send me a Note.


Here is a link to my gallery: [link]

Static Icon: 240
Animated Icon: 700
(The animated Icon cost more because I have to pay attention to the kb size.)

Static Emoticon (without Background): 400
Animated Emoticon (without Background): 600

Static Emoticon (with Background): 500
Animated Emoticon (with Background): 800

(Muro) Painting of your Emoticon Character (or your favourite Emoticon): 300

If I can't reach my goal, the points will be used for Emoticon related events. (If you have commissioned something.)
If you have donated something (without buying something ), then you will get the points back.

And please tell me what you think of the Prizes:



Muro Example:

Our Community Volunteer (`ChaosEmeraldHunter ) has stepped down, please send her some love

This means it's now possible to apply for this position again


Good luck

DeviantHeart is a nice concept but it could have been better.  
It needs more silly questions and it shouldn't show the same deviant with every new try. :c

And there wasn't even a fun deviousness award



But hey: I am a pirate




with a Fella Tattoo