Hey, guys! I'm afraid this one will be a little longer, but there's a lot of important stuff to read:
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THE QUEEN'S TEA PARTY

The founding members of The Phoenix Quartet have recently been asked to be involved in an Alice in Wonderland photoshoot! Now, while this is very exciting, there's a lot more to this photoshoot than the ones we are typically involved in. Many of you remember the wonderful photographer from Anime Boston. Well, Alana Gordon and her team are setting up a HUGE photoshoot date that TPQ will be involved in for this Alice in Wonderland concept. More specifically, this photoshoot will be turned into two calendars!

There reason there will be two calendars is because there will be two separate photoshoots with the same themes. The first will be the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and the second (which TPQ is involved in) will be the Queen of Heart's Tea Party!

The cost of each calendar will be set at $20. That's not a terrible lot for a professional photoshoot, so we're hoping a lot of people will be interested in purchasing them! I know that I, myself, will be buying both calendars. In addition to this, the proceeds will be split among the models and AG Photography. The Phoenix Quartet plans to use our share of the proceeds to help pay for our apartment when Rath moves in with Gemiblu and me at the end of the year.

So, if you would be interested in buying a calendar, please let me know immediately! You will not only be helping to support one of the most talented photographers I know, but you will also be supporting The Phoenix Quartet! If you are interested in a calendar (or both), please send me a note or make a comment telling me which calendar you would like (you all know you want The Queen's Tea Party! XD) and how many you want to buy. (Please be prepared to commit to the purchase! I have no issue mailing out calendars to anybody, but I cannot afford to pay for a hundred calendars and only receive payment for half. I don't mean to sound harsh by saying that, but, as I'm sure you can understand, it would put me and AG Photography in quite the pickle if that situation happened.)

Some calendars will also be sold at conventions (with the option of having some of the models autograph their pictures!). I'm not sure which conventions yet, but it will happen. :'DD If you are interested in buying a calendar and want TPQ to autograph our pictures for you, just let us know!
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HOMESTUCK CMV

I know I've put a lot of my prior planned CMVs on hold for a while due to insufficient resources, but this time is different.

I have sufficient resources.

For the last week or two, I have been recruiting Tumblr Homestuck cosplayers for my CMV. The concept is similar to one of my previous ideas, except it makes more sense in Homestuck than it did in the other series. THEREFORE, if you are a Tavros, Vriska, Equius, or Eridan cosplayer and want to be part of a multi-person Homestuck Cosplay Music Video, please follow this link! It is imperative that I have all twelve trolls signed up and ready to participate before filming can begin! And, if you want to see videos being uploaded to my YouTube account, then we need volunteers! If you don't cosplay those characters but know someone who does, spread the word! The more chances we have to acquire the last four parts, the sooner we can upload videos, and I know you all want results! XD
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EVENTS AND CONVENTIONS

If all goes well, on March 26th or 27th, Gemiblu and I will be attending the Robin Hood Festival in Guilford, CT. We will be premiering our Signless and Psiionic cosplays there! :'D

In addition, The Phoenix Quartet has (basically) mapped out our cosplay schedule for ConnectiCon 2012:

Thursday: Jake English (Homestuck) for an ApocalypseStuck photoshoot
Friday: The Signless (Homestuck)
Saturday: Oz Bezarius (Pandora Hearts)
Sunday: Yuki Cross (Vampire Knight)

Expect to see us in the Masquerade, unless the slots have all filled up, in which case... that sucks. We're gonna try to get a slot, though! We're also trying to get a panel for Friday. I'll update on both of these things when we know more.

We are also going to try to go to PromStuck this weekend in Boston. Hopefully we can go! If we do, be sure to say hi!!
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CONTESTS AND GIVEAWAYS

On a final note, I still have two contests going! One on Tumblr and one exclusive to deviantArt!

If you are unfamiliar with the dA contest, here's what it is:

Many of you may know that when I first came to deviantArt, I was not initially known as "Elaroh", but that name was created by me (with the help of several name generators) for the sake of having a dA account.

Now I go by "Elaroh" just about everywhere I go!

However, there is no meaning behind my name.

So, I propose to you a question!

>> If you were to give "Elaroh" a definition, what would it be?

If someone comes up with a really good definition, I'll work with them to come up with some sort of prize! (Essentially, whatever the winner wants. It will probably be some sort of custom painted T-shirt, but it could be anything!) This contest will run until Friday, June 1st! May the odds be ever in your favor!
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ARTIST FEATURE

And that's it! I'll end this journal with a feature of one of my favourite artists who has recently become a friend of mine! Everyone should go check out his gallery! :'D