MincedNiku's avatar

MincedNiku

Not here anymore. ★
14.5K
Watchers
55 Deviations
1.3M
Pageviews
-> :iconmero-ix: <-

DO NOT CONTACT ME AT THIS ACCOUNT.

Good bye account.
You were a good one.

END TRANSMISSION.
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In


The Pre-Order for the first book of Pie-IX is now open and will be open until the 24th. Unfortunately, right now it's only open to people in the US and Canada. International orders will be available in the future.




Pie-IX: Time is of the Essence consists of 42 pages @ 8.5"x11", paperback. The book is in full color with 15 illustrations (12 never before seen!), and two full pages of fanart at the back by 18 very talented deviants. It's published by ladyjaida and MincedNiku (Blackbird Pie Publishing) through Lulu Press. I'm still working out the kinks and the book should be available for purchase to those who are attending Anime North. For those who aren't and are interested in buying, please read on. ^^

Make sure you read everything over before placing your order to make this easier on the both of us. It's 5am in the morning and I've been awake for 40 hours now, so bear with me here and sorry if I forget anything. XD

How To Order & Price

$30 USD each, plus s&h. Shipping to the US is $3.50 (or $9.00 for faster UPS shipping). Shipping to Canada is $8.50. Pick your shipping, slap it onto the price, and send the total to my paypal email listed below. Then note me here on DA after you've paid with the following information:

Subject: Pie-IX Pre-Order

Full Name:
Mailing Address:
PayPal Email:


Do not note me until you've paid. It's confusing enough looking after individual orders without having to seperate the 'paid' from the 'non-paid'. We're only accepting PayPal for the pre-order, sorry!  

Send full payment to mincedniku@hotmail.com with your DA username included in the note area so we know what's from who. :3

When They'll be Ordered

We'll fill out the orders when we come back from AN, around May 31/June 1. How fast they reach you lies in the hands of The Infamous Snail Mail. I spent so much time on this darn book that I really hope it meets your expectations. I'm so terrified you'll all hate it and I'll go into hiding for the rest of my life. *bites nails*

Fanart Contest Winners

To those who won the fanart contest and have their work published in the back of the book: you're able to purchase the book for half price (which is basically the production cost).

Anyway, I think I covered all the important bits. Thanks everyone! n_n

Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In


May 3
First off, I'd just like to say I'm not overly fond of contests because I don't like the declaration of 'losers'. We loved every entry we received. Getting fanart like this is just one of the best feelings in the world, to know you all liked our characters enough to spend your time drawing them in your own way. I just want to thank all of you SO MUCH. We never expected to receive so many entries and of course we can't include them all. We did, however, end up having two pages for fanart instead of one. Deciding which pictures to use also depended a lot on layout and how they'd look in print. It was an extremely hard decision, but it's ok! There are still 8 more parts to Pie-IX, which means a lot more pages for  fanart in the future. ׃D

But enough with the chatter! Here are the 18 winners, in no particular order (actually, they're listed in the order they were received xD):

1. maiji = fynn
2. focaccina = historian & Horologist
3. Zaphk = historian & Horologist
4. Naughty-kittykitty = historian, Horologist, & Watchdog
5. anikakinka = cee
6. mulldacity = cee
7. pleroo = historian
8. cat-cat = historian
9. coreymill = historian & Horologist & Watchdog & Nine
10. Waenaglariel = historian & Horologist
11. Shomia = historian
12. testdrive = historian
13. LauraMossop = nine
14. sorskc = historian
15. kidchan = nine
16. kuraudia = cee & Fynn & Nine & Historian & Horologist & Watchdog
17. kheleksul = historian
18. Nashya = nine

To the winners: If you haven't already, please send your high resolution version to me and if possible, without any copyright-text like websites, etc. Also, please note me with the name you'd like to have printed as credit next to your image in the book. It can be your full name, your online-nickname, or both. You can also include a website or email for contact.

Much thanks to everyone who participated and congrats to the winners! n_n



April 30
Ok, the contest is now closed! Wow. I had no idea we'd receive so many entries! @_@ You guys are crazy! *loves you all* We have some seemingly impossible judging to do tomorrow, so don't be disappointed if the winners aren't announced right away. This is going to take some time. ^^'' I love all the entries, so much that they even made me depressed with my own art. I feel so inferior and unworthy! Ok, I'll shut up now. I've been up all night and it's now time for me to go to bed. (-__- ) z zzZ Z Z ZZ~



March 15
The first book of Pie-IX is due for printing in May. ladyjaida and I have decided to hold a fanart contest to feature the winners in the back of the book. If you think this would interest you, please read on.

The first half of the story is posted online here, with a few images of the characters in it. For other images:

Nine
Age: 18
- Profile Pic
- Nine with Cee
- First Concept Drawing
Nine also has several 'IX' tattoos, the visible ones being above his right eye and on his right middle finger. He mainly wears t-shirts with hoodies over top and a pair of loose pants and black sneakers. There's no set article of clothing for him, so feel free to change the design of the clothes a bit, as long as you stick to those main garments.

Cee
Age: 19
- Profile Pic
- Cee with Nine
- Full Body, Alternate Outfit
- Profile Sketch
You can style Cee's hair differently, but don't change the cut. She usually wears long shorts over frayed stockings with rubber bee boots and candy necklaces/bracelets.

Fynn
Age: 23
- Profile Pic
- MSPaint Sketch ׃D
Fynn mainly wears jeans and t-shirts with various different sayings on them.  

The Horologist
- Time's Trio
- First Concept Drawing
- Incomplete Oekaki
- Full Body Lineart
He wears a brown corduroy suit with lots of pockets full of pocket watches. He also wears white gloves, a half-glass (not really a monocle), and brown loafer-like shoes.

The Historian
- Time's Trio
- Profile Image
He looks much like The Horologist, except his hair's longer and he wears full glasses. He also wears a pinstriped suit minus the watches. Instead he tends to be smudged with ink and perhaps a bit dusty. He's shorter than The Horologist and wears black boots with a high heel to make up for it. ׃D

The Watchdog
- Time's Trio
He's a Pharaoh Hound and has a cogwheel collar.

--

Rules
1. Submissions must be in 300dpi (atleast 1000px) and large enough for print.
2. You can draw whoever you'd like and as many characters as you'd like in one pic.
3. You can submit more than one entry, but only one of your entries can win.
4. The book is being printed in full color, so we'd prefer the fanart be in color as well. While we're choosing the winners on 'best portrayal of character'—how well you capture the character's personality—quality also plays a part. If you can do amazing work in ink, then whether it has color or not won't matter, but keep in mind that color will be preferred.

What isn't accepted:
- Full pencil work
- Grainy traditional media such as colored pencil unless you can do it smooth enough that it'll print nicely.
- nudity/pr0n :0

Deadline is May 1st
This is a strict deadline. No extensions.

The amount of entries chosen to get printed in the book depends on how much space we can afford and the turnout of entries. If your image is chosen, you'll be required to provide your full name for credit. All entries will get exposure in one way or another, particularily on the website, so  have fun and don't feel bad if yours doesn't make it to print. We greatly appreciate all fanart we receive and look forward to seeing the entries. Thanks everyone!

Submitting
Upload your entries somewhere and send the link to with 'Pie-IX Fanart Contest' as the subject.

Submissions Thus Far
1. chihiro39 = cee
2. oOgreengingerOo = fynn
3. animania = cee
4. hiei1999 = historian & Horologist
5. Morducai = cee
6. gomimushi = historian
7. kerplunklyn = historian
8. kerplunklyn = horologist
9. anikakinka = nine
10. xkrngrlx = nine
11. Eos-Lithium-Deragree = nine
12. pootskin = cee
13. maiji = fynn
14. Raccuun = fynn
15. thefulminator = cee
16. firecloud = fynn & Nine
17. focaccina = historian & Horologist
18. limegreenvirus = fynn
19. Zaphk = historian & Horologist
20. Naughty-kittykitty = historian, Horologist, & Watchdog
21. anikakinka = cee
22. mulldacity = cee
23. Zoleil = horologist
24. m-aruka = historian & Horologist
25. iglootik = nine
26. evileherbivore = cee
27. Avalantis = historian
28. lobomoonsong = historian & Watchdog
29. clatter = cee
30. linciel = cee
31. Erika-M-R = horologist
32. pleroo = historian
33. Shinigamikins = historian
34. Serali = cee
35. cat-cat = historian
36. valeriebastille = cee
37. jen-jamieson = horologist
38. Moriko-Amaya = cee
39. coreymill = historian & Horologist & Watchdog & Nine
40. GodjillaProductions = cee
41. chihiro39 = fynn
42. verauko = nine
43. krystal-n = historian & Horologist
44. Waenaglariel = historian & Horologist
45. cloverX = historian & Horologist
46. Shomia = historian
47. focaccina = fynn & Nine
48. Funtsari = fynn
49. kyouchuu = historian
50. testdrive = historian
51. dia-Sueno = nine
52. yourTOESareMISSING = cee
53. FayeFan = cee & Fynn & Nine
54. theRast = historian & Horologist
55. LauraMossop = nine
56. valisis = historian & Horologist
57. eidrien = cee & Nine
58. sorskc = historian
59. tae- = horologist & Nine
60. erdbeertod = historian
61. kidchan = nine
62. kuraudia = cee & Fynn & Nine & Historian & Horologist & Watchdog
63. RyoRya = cee & Nine & Historian & Horologist
64. evilhamsterhk = cee & Nine
65. Quimmy = nine
66. orangewishes = historian
67. neneno = historian & Horologist & Watchdog
68. Simaira = cee
69. azninsanity = cee & Fynn & Nine & Historian & Horologist & Watchdog
70. AlannaMolov = cee
71. manjuu = historian
72. forsaken-nightmare = historian & Horologist
73. gye = cee & Fynn & Nine
74. FreD-Zexx = cee & Nine
75. kheleksul = historian
76. knightsfaith = cee & Horologist
77. Nashya = nine
78. musicmaker = fynn & Nine
79. Kayedofu = cee & Nine & Historian & Horologist
80. Sil3ntXspiRit = cee & Fynn & Nine
81. Patineitor = historian
82. misosoupaddict = horologist & Watchdog
83. hahatem = cee
84. formula17 = historian & Horologist

Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In

Webcomics~

1 min read


ladyjaida and I are planning a webcomic together and I'm interested in knowing, for those who frequent webcomics: what draws you back to check for updates and holds your interest? Do you prefer shorter wait periods with only one new page per update, or do you prefer longer wait periods with more pages each update? Our comic would be the more serious manga-style type, not the comicstrip-style punchline-per-page type... er... ^^'' So basically any opinions on what you like about webcomics would help a lot. Thanks!


Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In

~ My Shop (prints, originals, bookmarks, and commisions)
- - -

I got this from loish. It's a few of my most favorite deviations. [in no particular order]

.winterfall. by noah-kh
.winterfall. by noah-kh

trouble in the message centre by Spheredra
trouble in the message centre by Spheredra

The Chain Of The Marionette by buraisuko
The Chain Of The Marionette byburaisuko

:thumb20229220:
L by rans

:thumb3405801:
Atobe and Tezuka by ruaki

:thumb14016775:
Rubber Ducky You're the One by DeadCherub

Pain Killer by anry
Pain Killer by anry

:thumb12858750:
|| remus-knotted brethren || by Blitzballbaby

:thumb14063731:
Gone Fishing by melora

Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
Featured

ATTENTION: ACCOUNT MOVED by MincedNiku, journal

Pie-IX: Pre-Order [closed and Anime North] by MincedNiku, journal

Pie-IX Fanart Contest~ [winners announced!] by MincedNiku, journal

Webcomics~ by MincedNiku, journal

Favorite Deviations~ by MincedNiku, journal