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Journal Entry: Wed May 7, 2008, 11:09 AM
  • Mood: Hostile
  • Listening to: Life is Sweet by Natalie Merchant
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You have entered the lair of Deanna's creative exploits! Welcome!

Vous êtes entré(e) dans la tanière des exploits creatifs de Deanna ! Bienvenue !

¡Usted ha entrado en la guarida de las hazañas creativas de Deanna! ¡Bienvenido!

Sie haben das Lager von Deannas kreativen Großtaten betreten! Willkommen!

Du har stigit in i Deanna's lya för kreativa förehavanden! Välkommen!

Olet astunut Deannan luovien urotöiden kammioon! Tervetuloa!

Je hebt de schuilplaats van Deanna haar creatieve uitbuitingen betreden! Welkom!


Just a quick update here because I want to ask you guys a couple of questions. =D Firstly, do any of you lovely little intelligent artists know what working the "hardlines" is? I've been offered a job at "Targét" (Target x3) and it's a position in what the clerk said was the "hardlines," and I was like "Okay!" but thinking "whut?" So I turn to you.

I'm also seeking out pictures of animals. I've been invited into a project of a friend of mine to illustrate characters, and he wants them to be a hybrid of humans and creatures. Otherwise it can be anything. I've decided to stay strictly away from popular animals to mesh with humans (canines, felines, birds, horses, etc), and trying to find interesting-looking animals that you wouldn't automatically think about. Like, I drew one who was half woman and half Lion Fish, which had a cool effect. So I'd love it if any of you could suggest a lesser-known or lesser-loved animal I could use. :)

OMG, speaking of half-human-half-animal characters, I came across a LiveJournal entry by accident and found a refrence to DA and my Kaydence Aspen deviation. The entry itself remonstrates that DA celebrates "bad art," or promotes blanket praise and no critique, or whatever, and my tiny little contest entry was chosen to sneer at by a responder. I quote:

"Ugh, a furry:
[link provided to the deviation]
(admittedly, one of the better ones, but it still brings a groan and a grimace)"
[link]

A groan and a grimace? I could cry! :cries: I don't even draw furries. What the hell even IS a furry? Is Kaydence a furry? I thought she was an anthro!? Is there a difference? :O I don't want to feel guilty for drawing Kaydence! Phooey.

I rebuff this contention that DeviantART doesn't cultivate a supportive and challenging environment for artists. I know I've grown perceptibly my three years or so here, as I'm sure a lot of you can agree with, and it was because I was exposed to other artists and because of critiques. Truthfully, I'll admit here and now that I'm not the best at recieving critiques, but I've recieved it whether I like it or not, and more often than not I've needed it. And I've recieved critiques here. For a long time this was virtually the only place I recieved feedback. And I've managed to grow from it. DeviantART can't enforce manditory critiques, and it can't make it manditory for someone to accept critiques or not. And it can't referee how many people like a deviation or a deviant, even if in this guy's eyes it's "bad art." It's the same way in art school, and in the art world, and this guy can't assume art school somehow beats people into accepting critiques. Some people just won't, and it'll effect their art accordingly, and people will either like it or they won't. It truly isn't his problem. If you don't like the stuff on DeviantART, don't come to the site.

^^; I'm sorry. I needed to vent.

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I just needed to thank all of you for your comments on this matter. :hug: This was just insanely frustrating, and all of you were really sweet about it. I'm over it now--if he wants to feel big by belittling people's art, he can continue being a very small person. That's his business. It's not my audience I'm drawing for-- it's me. And I'm just lucky enough to have people like what I do, and like it enough to support me and help me grow through critiques, not by slapping it to the ground and saying it'll never be good. I need to remember it's friends like you guys I trust. Thank you.

Ahaha, thank you, too, for giving me a few ideas on what animals I can use! They're all awesome. =D Unfortunately, my friend has put the project on hold and now I'm working on something else with him, but I think I'll be drawing those characters anyway just because these animals are wicked, people. Wicked!

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Gift art by me could be given at any time to anyone. It's completely random. I could be working on something for you right now...

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Devious Information

  • Current Age: Nineteen (7/19/88)
  • Current Residence: USA
  • Interests: Art, reading, writing, all things Disney, and animation
  • Favourite movie: Treasure Planet, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Rear Window, Amelie, and the old Disney classics
  • Favourite band or musician: Alanis Morissette, The Beatles, Natalie Merchant, the Goo Goo Dolls, Sarah McLachlan...
  • Favourite genre of music: Mostly alternative, probably anything except rap.
  • Favourite artist: GLEN KEANE, JOHN RIPA, SERGIO PABLOS, ANDREAS DEJA, JAMES BAXTER, I could go on, but there's no
  • Favourite poet or writer: Ray Bradbury, Jeph Loeb, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Favourite style or digital art: I love animation. 2D animation will live forever if I have anything to say about it...
  • Favourite cartoon character: John Silver from Treasure Planet, Ariel from the Little Mermaid, and Jafar from Aladdin!
  • Tools of the Trade: A pencil, a scanner, and Photoshop is all I need!

Devious Comments

~CrazyIdea-Inc:iconCrazyIdea-Inc: 1 day 9 hours ago
I love your art! It's amazing and Brandywine is soo cool! Keep drawing!
-sour
~Evil-Jevil:iconEvil-Jevil: 4 days 19 hours ago
Thought it was about time I watched you.. .^^^

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~Lusc-Fire:iconLusc-Fire: May 8, 2008, 1:00:29 PM
thanks so much for the fav!

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*UndeadDeviation:iconUndeadDeviation: May 8, 2008, 11:00:57 AM
Thanks for the :+fav:!
Your work just keeps getting more awesome with each upload!

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DON'T PANIC

:tea: :pumpkin:
*Trounced:iconTrounced: May 8, 2008, 8:28:58 AM
:lmao: Julia Roberts's smile! I hadn't ever considered it, but I can see it! XDD
You're the first to say something about the new avatar, too! :hug:

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"I would suggest that it's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art. But what would a cartoonist know?" --Bill Watterson

~JaFFamus is the genius behind the animation on my webcam!
~anya1916:iconanya1916: May 8, 2008, 8:17:54 AM
new avatar, he ?
Zelenn's got Julia Roberts's smile !!!

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Keep a weather eye on the horizon :heart: *CAPTAIN* Will Turner
~y-q:icony-q: Apr 28, 2008, 2:55:48 PM
i like your gallery! :+devwatch:

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"Whats the use of knowing how to spell, if you can draw something worth a thousand words"
~Razberry T (aka me)

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~maleiva:iconmaleiva: Apr 16, 2008, 12:12:36 PM
Nice DA ;)

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*ERO-47:iconERO-47: Apr 9, 2008, 8:13:01 AM
Hey ! ;] Thanks for :+fav: my queen, my queen ;D

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Where are babes
There are pageviews
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~owp:iconowp: Apr 7, 2008, 2:34:53 PM
Congratulations sooo much on the DD (and the art college and scholarship too~~)!! I remember way back when you only had a few thousand pageviews, and now you are over 30,000! Wow does time ever fly!

Oh, and thanks once again for the favorite : )
~BaltinaBlackS:iconBaltinaBlackS: Apr 7, 2008, 8:33:41 AM Mood: Love
You're weoclome, honey :love:!!!
Is not a problem :aww:!!!
And yesm you have a wonderful talent =D
Glad you like my comment :aww:
It's an honour :)

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Death in the air, Strapped in the electric chair, This can't be happening to me!!! Flash before my eyes. Now it's time to die... Burning in my brain, I can feel the flames.
Wait for the sign, to flick the switch of death, it's the beginning of the end...
*kettish:iconkettish: Apr 6, 2008, 8:26:27 PM
*toasts cookie and dunks!*

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NO I DONT LIEK MUDKIPS
*Trounced:iconTrounced: Apr 6, 2008, 7:33:15 PM Mood: Joy
:giggle: Oh, believe me, it's been a good fight on the college front, but I've been supremely blessed! ^^ Thank you very much! I'm soo glad to know you've been having a good week too! :glomp: *eats cookies* Here's to more great weeks like the ones we've had!

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"I would suggest that it's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art. But what would a cartoonist know?" --Bill Watterson

~JaFFamus is the genius behind the animation on my webcam!
*Trounced:iconTrounced: Apr 6, 2008, 7:30:09 PM
:glomp: Awwww, thank you my dear! :blowkiss:

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"I would suggest that it's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art. But what would a cartoonist know?" --Bill Watterson

~JaFFamus is the genius behind the animation on my webcam!
*Trounced:iconTrounced: Apr 6, 2008, 7:29:36 PM
:excited: Gah, thank you so much for your wonderfully sweet comment and kind words! I'm really glad you liked my gallery! And my smile, hehe. :giggle: Thank you!

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"I would suggest that it's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art. But what would a cartoonist know?" --Bill Watterson

~JaFFamus is the genius behind the animation on my webcam!
*Trounced:iconTrounced: Apr 6, 2008, 7:26:54 PM
:lmao: You were the first to mention it, and so you were the one to tell me about it! XD Thank you twofold, then-- for the congrats and bringing it to my attention! lol :glomp:

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"I would suggest that it's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art. But what would a cartoonist know?" --Bill Watterson

~JaFFamus is the genius behind the animation on my webcam!
*kettish:iconkettish: Apr 5, 2008, 9:52:18 AM
*laughs* Aw, you win at the college game too??

Seriously though, congratulations on the scholarship, the acceptance, and the DD! :D It's been an excellent week for me too. ;) Cookies all around!!! *tosses cookies out*

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WHALE BIOLOGIST! Bitch please.

NO I DONT LIEK MUDKIPS
~CSKairi:iconCSKairi: Apr 4, 2008, 7:40:09 PM
Nice artwork! Well done. :)

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*EnglishRoses:iconEnglishRoses: Apr 4, 2008, 2:11:14 PM
OMFGOMFGOMFG.

CONGRADULATIONS ON THE DD SWEETIE :D

You deserve it tenfold!
~BaltinaBlackS:iconBaltinaBlackS: Apr 4, 2008, 12:55:19 PM Mood: Love
:wow: Your art is totally AWESOME!!! I love your smile ;)!!!
And of course I love pirates :headbang:!!!
Absolutely: LOVELY ART :love::clap:!!!

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Death in the air, Strapped in the electric chair, This can't be happening to me!!! Flash before my eyes. Now it's time to die... Burning in my brain, I can feel the flames.
Wait for the sign, to flick the switch of death, it's the beginning of the end...
*CapnFlynn:iconCapnFlynn: Apr 4, 2008, 12:54:47 PM Mood: Triumph
Woo, congrats on the DD!

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*wildwillowoods:iconwildwillowoods: Apr 4, 2008, 10:33:34 AM
lovely gallery! <3

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Toki not a BUMBLEBEE!!! :heart: :tmnt1:
~AurenGreenleaf:iconAurenGreenleaf: Apr 4, 2008, 9:37:12 AM
Congratulations on the DD! I thought I recognized the thumbnail then when I clicked on it it as you!

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- "Perelandra"
=keysan:iconkeysan: Apr 4, 2008, 7:50:23 AM
Congrats on the DD!!! :)

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~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau

:heart:*keysan~Litzer:heart:
!Elzera:iconElzera: Apr 4, 2008, 6:57:38 AM
:wave:

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