~macheri

Summer Gothic Lolita Contest WINNERS

The Results Are In!

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2. [link] by

3. [link] by

Prizes HAVE been given out & these deviations are feature on =irot's journal as well! Cheers!

Prizes Can be Viewed Here: [link]

Thanks to all who entered, which were four people out of 50 or so. Hehe, let's hope next time (hopefully, a Halloween contest) we'll have more participants.


Welcome to Macheri, a club founded by the devious one, =irot. Macheri is a group to express fanship towards the ever talented Mana-sama, as well as discuss and praise his former and present bands, and bandmates such as Malice Mizer and Moi dix Mois.

Macheri is not purely a place to discuss the lovely Mana and his fellow bands, but also a place to present, and show off work and pieces of Mana whether it be art, writings, or other! It is a place to gain exposure, and appreciation for your talents, while displaying your admiration to the talented one and his talented others.
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Who is Mana?
There has been a number of accounts when curious yet unknowledgeable people of who Mana is asked for a profile or a biography about him. Voila!

~Mana Profle/Biography~

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6/19/05-Summer Gothic Lolita Contest: [link]

So stay tuned, and thanks for your support. Remember to NOTE ~macheri if you want to submit Mana related artwork, as well as get exposure!

Old News:
ADDED a Mana Profile


Remember, feel free to submit any Mana/Fellow Band Members related art. Just drop a note.

Tell your deviant friends about ~macheri!

-=irot

March Member Birthday List
[link]

Happy birthday!
(March 30th, 1989)

Poll

Out of these choices, what is your favorite Malice Mizer song?:[link]

Mana News

UPDATE: More scans can be found here: [link]
Enjoy!
Mana recently released a photobook known as "Manifique". You can purchase the book at CD-JAPAN: [link]

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The Mana Chat will soon have chat meetings at set times, though all are welcome to visit at leisure:[link]

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IMPORTANT: All new members and those who haven't kindly review the FAQ: [link]
Thanks!

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*Newest Member*

Welcome !


***NOTE: I'm assuming those who watch ~macheri !


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Members


***NOTE: I'm assuming those who watch ~macheri without noting me wish to be members. If you don't, and you are listed here please note me immediately so I can correct it.

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Summer Gothic Lolita Contest

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Well, folks it has been awhile since I've had a successful contest since people didn't submit except one person to the last Spring contest. I don't know why. Who wouldn't want to give a go at a subscription?

This contest is going to be basically a repeat of the last, because I really wanted to see some gothic lolita ideas. I am keeping the previous entry submitted in by *KCooL because I feel terribly about him going through the effort and the contest didn't happen.

Anyway, on to the details!

What exactly do you mean by "Gothic Lolita" style?

The Gothic Lolita fashion is a popular Japanese style consisting of elegant, sophisticated, gothicdress focusing especially upon that of Victorianesque clothing. Gothic Lolita fashion is perhaps such a hit due to its modest, lacey, and classic appeal, but can also be edgy, and sexy among other limitless things. Alas, it's an eccentric spectacle that one has to see for themselves.

Examples (all images credited to [link]):

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What exactly is my entry supposed to consist of and be based on?

<sup>-The entries are to be of Gothic Lolita fashion, whether it be a style for summer specifically, Mana, etc. It doesn't have to be about Mana in particular, and can be your own GL fashion, and doesn't have to be a summer themed image necessarily. It's more of contest to demonstrate fan's own dress designs as well as their talent and adoration of it through their pieces.

What are the guidelines (what's allowed/and what's not allowed) for the entries?

-The entries are to be based upon artwork. This includes traditional mediums (watercolors, pencils, etc.), digital artwork (CG paintings, stock manipulations *remember to not use official photos or it will be removed by deviantart*, etc.), and cosplay GL photography.

-Of course, nothing obscene, or hentai-ish. Even if tasteful I'd kindly not want any nudity, yaoi, or yuri, and especially no porno, not that it would be expected . Sure, you can demonstrate sexuality if you want to through clothing...like making a bondage style, but keep it tasteful while being sexy if you choose so.

How do I submit my entry?

To submit you can either make a deviation and send ~macheri a note with the deviation link in it.

If you don't want to submit it on your account as a deviation or in your scraps, you can email =irot at redemptionv@hotmail.com with an ATTACHED file to your deviation and she will post it from there.


What are the prizes?

1st Place: 3 Month Subscription/Featured Deviation on Macheri & Journal and on Irot's Journal

2nd Place: 1 Month Subscription/Featured Deviation on Macheri's Journal and on Irot's Journal

3rd Place: Featured Deviation on Macheri's Journal and on Irot's Journal

NOTE: Please submit if you can, so it will be a competition rather then only 3 or 4 entries!

If there are only a few entries the due date will be extended. If there isn't atleast 6 after the extension, it will be cancelled. =irot spent 30+ dollars on the last contest, and point being subbies aren't cheap even when she's employed. No donations are ever asked for, only entries.

You've got nothing to lose, only to gain!

DUE DATES:

The contest begins: June 20th, 2005

The contest ends: July 20th, 2005

Voting Begins: July 21th, 2005

Voting Ends: July 30th, 2005

VOTING WILL BE DONE BY NOTING ~macheri WITH THE ENTRY NUMBER. YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOURSELF. THE VOTES WILL BE TALLIED UP.

Happy Summer and Best of Luck!</sup>

This is where member birthdays will be listed! It is not required that you have to give your birthday or age, but if you decide to do so it will be put on the journal front page with an icon to your site. Thought it would just be a nice idea being that we are all a community like a family.

List:

~Chibi-Yukito -April 10th, 1989 (15)-
*Crisantemo -December 10th-
~Evalyen -August 19th, 1988 (16)-
~green-leaf -July 26th 1989 (15)-
*irot -November 24, 1986 (18)-
~KodokiCho -April 26th-
~manabuutena -November 25, 1986 (18)-
~mlle-kaeru -January 13, 1988 (17)-
~xXBeastOfBloodXx -March 30th, 1989 (15)-
~sorrowful-vengence -January 4th, 1988 (17)-
~takataka-the-cheese- -April 15th 1987-

~Macheri-Unoffical DeviantArt Mana-sama FanClub~

Welcome to Macheri, a club founded by the devious one, *irot. This is a group to express fanship towards the ever talented Mana-sama, aswell as discuss and praise his former and present bands, and bandmates such as Malice Mizer and Moi dix Mois.

Macheri is not purely a place to discuss the lovely Mana and his fellow bands, but also a place to present, and show off work and pieces of Mana whether it be art, writings, or other! It is a place to gain exposure, and appreciation for your talents, while displaying your admiration to the talented one and his talented others.

How To Join

Joining is simple and all Mana, Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois, and those purely interested into learning about these musicians are welcome! To join, please not me, *irot and a short description of yourself and why you wish to join.

*NOTE*-Please add this community to your watches simply so you can be informed of new art, updates, contests so you can try to win FREE prizes, and so on.

*Newest Member*



Welcome Mryi!

This is a not a yaoi, hentai, yuri-oriented fanfic/art community. This is simply a community to show tasteful tribute to Mana and his fellow bands threw artwork, and discussion. It does not focus on Mana's beauty as much as it focuses on him and the others TALENT in their wonderful music, which is the main part of what makes Malice Mizer and Moi dix Mois who they are, other then makeup and elegance!

-How to Submit Art Guidelines-

-All artwork, whether written, drawn, and so on, should somehow in corporate Mana-sama OR members of his past and current bands (Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois, Juka, Yu~ki, Gackt, etc...). 3 deviations per week max!

-To have artwork put up please NOTE * irot, the master and founder of this group with the deviation, and any additional details. She will review the piece, upload the image, with credit to you and the original deviation! If for some reason the deviation is disapproved, details will be noted back! Further questions should be noted aswell.

-As for content, no explicit, or sexual pieces will be presented.
NO yaoi, yuri, shounen-ai, hentai etc. will be shown as in no coupling images will be presented. Thanks for respecting this.

-No deviations of work or members in this group will be favorited due to the deviantArt policy towards art groups abusing favoriting priveleges. If myself or others like a piece here, the original (or art here) will be favorited on the user page!
I love Mana/MM art so I'm excited to get some favorites!-*irot

**Featured Deviant/Deviation**

Every month, in this area, a link to the deviation will be posted and short description of a chosen deviation and deviant will be presented! The best way to become a deviant is not only based on only having quality art in tribute to Mana, but being an active, polite member that respects deviantart and Macheri's rules.

-Contests-

There are currently no contests at this time. First <devirot> has to get it up and going totally, but what can be told are probable future club events.

Contests, primarily art contests, will offer 1-3 month subscriptions, and on special occasions, 1 year subscriptions. This is something I can promise. Other prizes thought about are maybe prints/print accounts, some small Jrock merchandise (buttons, photocards, and so on), depending on their availability. For now, I can only ship to US/Canada, and this is NOT absolute, but I hope to do this.
Further contest rules will be given when a contest begins.

-Macheri Chat and Discussion-

What would a group of individuals with a certain similar admiration be if they didn't have a place to discuss their love and respect for their idol, while getting to know each other.

It is felt that a group should be more then just admiring each other's artwork of a similar subject, but also getting to know and become acquainted with each other! It just bonds the community closer together, and helps it flourish!

Well, we are happy to announce the Mana Chat located here: [link]

You can visit whenever, of course, but soon there will be times for chat meetings!

All who enter will be made Members, and I am currently looking for 2-3 operators and don't beg! So keep at your best behavior and follow these simple rules:

~Important Chat Rules-READ~

-Thumbs can be posted. You can post up to 3 thumbs, and 6 avatars at a time. < devirot> is Founder so she can abuse this. Nah, nah, just joking. After you post 3 thumbs and/or avatars take a 1-2 minute interval before posting again.

-Do not SPAM thumbs, avatars, or in general. You will be warned, then kicked if you do not comply, and gain another warning. If you continue to do so, you will be banned temporarily, and if it continues you will be banned permanantly.

-Be respectful to each other, and try not to cause trouble or drama. If an operator, or myself, is not there please note an operator, or me, if something you feel was entirely inappropriate or offensive went on. Give me a description of what happened, deviant's name, and I'll look into it.

-I'm a very open, and understanding person generally, and I'm pretty lenient, so aslong as you be a generally good-tempered, obedient person, then no worries!

-The chat is not only to talk about Mana and the fellow bandmates or Jrock in general. Feel free to discuss other things. Cursing, sexual statements (but, no cybering or...any creepy serious, sexual activities), politics and mutual debate is allowed, but keep it in moderation. I (irot) am the ultimate perv of the chat, and if you are being more disgusting then me, then you have problems!

-I realize some situations aren't covered here, so I will be sure to look well into a problem; nothing is black and white. If I'm not there, I will be sure to choose operators who are reliable, dependable, and not to hasty to ban or kick to see what is going on, and deal with it.

-Operator List-


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Macheri Members