Holy cow. Every time I come back to DA (twice a year, basically), I find it's changed so much. It must have taken me something like... ten minutes to figure out how to make a new journal entry. Although, I actually like the changes, at least with dealing with deviations I have watched. Sorta. Anyway...

Uhh... haven't done anything much with this thing in a while. I kind of wish I could rename my DA page/pseudonym. I feel like I've outgrown the one I chose. I know a lot of people just choose to make new DA pages, and it wouldn't be a huge setback to me if I did. After all, it's not like this one has that much on it, especially not new stuff. But I think it would be a pain for anyone who actually likes my work...? I'd hate to lose complete contact with the artists I've met and like.

At the same time, I'd kind of like to dissociate myself with things I've done in previous years, and I feel like the aim I've taken recently--much, much less in the way of 'original' art and much more 'fanart'--is really different from where I started, and especially since a lot of the things I do lately somehow relate to what I do in terms of roleplay... It's not that I'm "ashamed" of those things, because I enjoy it all and if I'm making stuff to compliment it then clearly I'm happy and enjoying myself, but I don't expect that everyone would understand or appreciate me flooding them with things of that nature...

So I guess I expect I'll be starting a new DA account for purposes such as that. xD; Even though I've been terrible about using this one. lol.

EDIT: If you're interested in seeing future work from me of the fanart persuasion, please go find me at
[link]. I'll be using this account for original art purposes, on the actual occasion I have anything to post. Thanks guys

I often wonder how it is that other artists can manage to take only 4-6 hours cging beatiful pieces, and that I could spend the same amount of time trying to color in smaller, simpler pieces. I don't know if this is a sign of discomfort with discomfort with the medium or not. I do know that I often do and redo any particular part of a picture anywhere from two-six times. I wish that was an exaggeration. I think what I lack is practice, but perhaps it's talent.

Ah, well.

I have... several things I am in the midst of working with. I have one piece that is, for all extensive purposeses done, but because it's a traditional piece with vast quantities of white background, I'm trying to work in some kind of background digitally so that it doesn't look so plain.

I need a new devID really badly. >> This one is... ancient. And sucks. xD

After coming back after a long haitus--one that I thought might be permanent, at least from DA--I'm both surprised and intrigued to find this new 'Commons Liscencing' stuff available. Since I wasn't around at it's unveiling, I don't really know a whole lot about it. I tried to find out more through the pop-up thing, but it didn't answer a question I have.

Does anyone know if a Creative Commons licence can be legally applied to fanart types of works?

Beyond that, I hope everyone's having a nice summer. :3

I come back from a long hiatus to find that a whole score of my deviations have been removed. I don't want to argue with the majority of them, since they were icons made with copyrighted images as their bases. (I was not aware this was inappropriate--as far as I'm aware, there are lots of people who do similar things.) However, they also removed my Para Para picture... which was something that I drew, inked, colored, and photoshopped and was my own creation made entirely by myself. I don't understand why they would do that, except that it was also posted on another site... but still, that shouldn't have affected anything, given that the maintainer for that side had express permission from me to have it there.

I dunno. Now I'm just waiting for them to pull my fanarts. Because technically, those are copyrighted materials as well, since the characters clearly aren't mine. I'm pretty sick of this site, altogether. I doubt I'll be very active here in the future; it's not worth the trouble.

PS: I am NOT trying to stir up trouble. I just wanted to say that this has happened, and that I don't entirely agree with everything--some of it I'm very pissed about--and my intentions from here on out.

still alive. Bio hasn't killed me yet. In fact, I have a week of it left and then I'm free. Like a bird, or the wind, or a dog that escaped the backyard.

I've had an art block for probably about a week now. I've finally just recovered from it--it took getting really, really angry and expressin it on paper. :3 So hopefully you'll see new stuff from me soon.

Oh, and I got my greedy little mits on Painter 9. Huzzah! Haven't really practiced using it--art block and all--but I'm quite excited.