If you're going to the Auckland Armageddon drop by and say hi!

I would have made this into a poll but I feel like its easier to discuss in a journal. Also I'm typing this all on my iPhone... Which is really really hard... Auto correct has got to be the most irritating and useful thing ever invented. So prepare for grammatical errors and terrible punctuation! !

What do you think of people sharing their personal life on DA? Do you yourself treat it more as an art platform or do you also talk about your life and how you feel? Or do you keep that strictly to yourself? Also how do you feel when others you follow do or don't share stuff about themselves? What do you consider too much or too little, or do you even mind at all?

Personally... I like knowing a little bit about the people I follow, reminds me thy aren't just an icon/avatar and that they have a life too XD

I don't talk about my life on DA, other than cool stuff like wisdom tooth surgery XD but how I am feeling and drama I keep quiet because honestly I feel like my page is a place where I can submerge myself in the fandoms I adore without all that complicated RL stuff distracting me XD. Did any of that even make sense?

This is a journal for my commissioners! I have been super super busy with getting stuff done for Overload 2012 which has now come and gone. My job is also seasonal so this time of year is SUPER busy and I have had little energy to even do my convention stuff I will see if I can get these commissions done this weekend Also I've got Armageddon 2012 coming up (20th-22nd of October over labour weekend) So if your going to the Auckland one? come say hi! ;D

*edit* thanks for watching

What?  I'm not leaving... My join.me is just over? its like livestream... c'mon guys! I do this all the time

If your coming to Overload 2012 tomorrow! drop by my table and say hi!

I massacred my buttons and keychains...since my button maker has decided to break down and make them all wrong... I'll be buying a new mechanical one for Armageddon 2012... pricey..but its better than destroying hundreds of buttons...

^{and tomorrow is the beginning of Amorra week...the feels}

I Got my stupid live-stream pro caster to work! I am so proud! Now I can actually record my processes! So hopefully I won't have to use join.me any more >.>

Who wants to come watch me draw for a bit? here is my channel [link] * edit! thankyou for watching and chatting!

Thankyou for the 70k watchers

You folks are so wonderful and supportive and a big thankyou to all those who give me feedback and help me improve... If it wasn't for you guys I would still be drawing stick figures...OTL

I will be doing a watcher feature soon Counts for watchers and/or you can suggest other people who you feel just need some love

Overload is in two weeks! OMG I AM SO EXCITE! If you are coming this year! drop by and say hi! But I am super shy...so...be gentle...

And to my commissioners! Sorry for any delays..I have been given extra shifts at work so I only have the weekend to do commission work etc. To my kiriban winner I shall have your prize done asap.

My next Kiriban will be at 2,300,000 Same rules apply.

And a bit of an issue I have?

I can't decide whether or not to bother going to Armageddon this year...there are a few pro's and con's so I don't know what to do. Armageddon is spaced over 3-4 days? while Overload is just a single day. Armageddon is much bigger while Overload is still growing etc. BUT my last time going to Armageddon was awful..completely awful. You don't get to choose your table till the day before the convention... people steal tables too, I heard someone showed up and their table had been taken by someone else, they had to wait like 2 days before they could get a new one and by then it was already half way through the convention. Also I had a face painting stand next to my table...and people decided the area right in front of me looked like a wonderful place to queue up while they watched their little darlings get their faces done...completely obstructing my table, I even politely asked someone to move and they just snapped at me telling me they could stand anywhere they liked....that lady was such stupid bitch... anyway after putting up with all that shit I really don't know if its a good idea to get a table there again...

What do you guys think?

I'm just gonna recycle this old journal...OTL

Join.me time! Come watch me draw *edit! thankyou for watching ^^

Also Overload is 2 weeks away...FML I'M NOT READYYYYY!

2,222,222 is the number!

Winner gets a free sketch ^^ up to 2 characters.

Please send me a note with a screenshot of my Kiriban to win, no cheating please >.<

Only one winner this time, and if no one catches it, I will take the closest number sent to me first.



*Edit

Well...that was fast..... I shall go sift through the 30+ notes and find the winner!

Winner is ! congrats! !

I am thinking about making a little build a character comic/book type thingy. Its basically like my tip sheet but it will be in comic/book format. I have already split it into four categories, facial features, hair styles, clothes and body types. Basically its a little reference guide, where you can mix and match features to create your own characters, nothing too heavy or technical. I will also be posting the pages online for free since I don't like the idea of any of my tip sheet/references not being accessible.

What do you think?

I also want to get into graphic design/pictorial design so designing stuff like this is always good practice too! ^u^ ^{and great for portfolios!}

I don't mean to journal spam...but I am at work and I am bored and I have stuff to say... I am back from my ski trip! and that is all I have to say about that.

korra spoilers ahead I guess?

I finished Korra on my iphone in the car! and omg I loved it! Avatar:LAB and Korra are so different! I like how Korra is in a more modern setting and how all the stuff ties together. There are those who keep telling me it all moved along too fast but honestly it felt like it had the same pacing as the first Avatar ( which in my opinion was also very fast paces, too fast paced in places) by hay, at least they cut to the chase.

Also the love triangles hurt my feels... but happy endings make me happy... except it wasn't a happy ending because beautiful badass Amon is no more. This is a KIDS SHOW! how can you do that to him. *side note* Does anyone else think he gives off major Assassins Creed vibes?

And on the topic of spam? If you see my comments disabled its because I have had to clean up so many spam messages from while I was gone that my whole comment section is just hidden after hidden after hidden...and tons more just keep materializing ( specially on my tips sheets )...seriously this shit is annoying... I will enable them again later when this shit dies down... assuming it will?

Feel free to suggest Korra and/or Avatar ideas?

...4th Daily Deviation...my heart! I I I AM SO HAPPY! Hugs for everyone!



A big thankyou to ^WillowXD!

^{Actually this pic was quite an interesting one, I actually sold it to a Japanese smart phone game company ^^! ( ITs none exclusive so I still have copyright myself)}

Read first (commission rules and how to order) [link]

Commission prices depend on difficulty and time it takes to complete.

I am only making 5 slots for now >.> and its first come first serve.

Sketch commission

Digital $10 bust - $15 waist up - $20 fullbody (+$6 per extra character)
Add colour + $10
Example


Painted Scene Commission ( Sketchy)
Basically a coloured sketch commission, rough and 'painty'.

$50 - $100+ depending on complexity. ( ask for a quote )

Painted Commission
Realistic or painted/stylized. Or both

$80 - $200+  depending on complexity.  ( ask for a quote )

Slots
1 kmccaigue (done)
2 JRV1013 (done)
3 SavageAnemone(done)
4 alekitty86f ( waiting)
5 GaiaWolfess (done)
6 Mediciner (done)
7 SkyChasingDreamer (done)
8 Rukia029Ichigo (done)
9 slyfoxxy ( starting )

I am going to sit here and work harrrrddddd till all my commissions are done OTL I only have 3 to go! ( I really shouldn't take so many, its taken me almost 2 months to finish them all ) Hopefully I will get them all finished today and I can open up a new batch. If you are interested in getting one let me know so I can gauge how much interest there is >.< and how many slots to make. ( I won't be taking or reserving any at the moment )



And I am having such fun making all these Avatar arts! A big thankyou again for all the suggestions from my earlier journal.

Any scenes that you think I should have a crack at drawing? Please feel free to request stuff, whether its head cannon, cannon, awesome scenes or just funny ones. I have to do something for the episode with the play in the fire nation. That episode was amaazzinnnnggg!
( I will have to cherry pick the ideas I like, please don't be offended if I don't draw your request, I can only draw so much before my hands fall off )

I've also started Legend of Korra, Korra is such a bad ass.

*edit, thankyou so much for all the suggestions! You have all given me some really good ideas and keep em coming! the MOAR is better!*

Wanna come watch me draw? and chat?

Join me link [link]

*edit thankyou guyz for watchin! it was really nice chatting with you all! *

I should have Avatar TLAB finished today...then I shall move on to Legend Of Korra...I am so excite! I wanna post more artwork but I have to work... I am just going to draw all the moments that I found the most epic /heart breaking / hilarious etc. Like the therapy session on the beach with Zuko and Azula etc...that was hilarious and sad at the same time
Mom thought I was a monster...which was true ofcourse but it still hurt"
Oh that Azula...she is so crazy.
Also more Sokka love! because he is soooo adorable! AND TOPH! she needs more love! and she is adorable too..okay THEY ALL ARE!

There are 50 volcanoes in Auckland alone. I don't know if any of them are active but NZ is sitting quite happily right on the ring of fire ( a very turbulent tectonic plate). Mt Tongariro erupted last night and now there is ash all over the central North Island [link] . We are also going to Ruapahu for skiiing sometime soon-ish and well...that's an active volcano that has killed a number of people caught in lahars.

( Just wikipedia'd Aucklands volcanic field? Its fucking dormant...DORMANT...did I mention I'm terrified of volcanoes...why do I live here.... ) Anyway we also have tornadoes...which I didn't know till one attacked the mall a while ago apparently there hasn't been one here in 20 years... bleh! Did I mention I am also terrified of tornadoes..( I am sure most people are anyway..) and planes! fuck I am never traveling...unless its to get away from a volcano...

Anyway what I am getting at is what are some natural disasters that can occur in your area... We have the potential for hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanoes, tornado, floods, earthquakes...why do I live here...

At least there are no poisonous animals! I think NZ has 3 poisonous spiders, 2 are from Australia and one is native and if you ever see one in your life you will be lucky? because they are practically extinct. ( and the other two can give you a nasty bite and thats about it, unless you get necrotising fasciitis from the bacteria on its fangs..but thats rare...even though they love living in houses. Specially my house

Sorry for this horribly unorganized journal. I am bored! Just tell me thinggsssssss or we can all fangirl over Avatar...

(Ps..has anyone seen Magic Mike...was actually pretty decent..not amazing...but decent which was quite a surprise? ( besides the man candy! that was fucking amazing!)

Yeah...I like my new Journal skin...can't go wrong with zombies

But seriously come visit NZ...its pretty and boring...and safe...and you can look for hobbits! okay maybe not...I haven't had my coffee this morning and I feel weird...

I think I might be getting my creativity back( not sure if anyone has notice...but I have hardly drawn anything for months )...I guess its just that maybe I felt like all the stuff I was watching was getting stale ( either the anime/manga wasn't worth watching anymore considering the latest chapters e.g Naruto/Bleach..etc or the Anime was so short that I had explored most of the possibilities already e.g Death Note) I need new stuff! Avatar is amazing...Its quite childish in places but its light hearted and has a plot that progresses and has a deeper meaning etc. And the characters are adorable! specially Appa...Omg he is so cute. Oh and too the the countless droves of people who are asking me if I have been living in a cave my whole life and why haven't I watched Avatar before? Its because I don't really like cartoons...weird I know.. considering I watch anime/manga. I am suuupppeerrr picky, I won't watch anything that doesn't look interesting or to my tastes. We also never use to have enough broadband for me to watch things online and Nickelodeon pissed me off... along with Cartoon Network! getting of topic now... I was super bored and there was no Judge Judy recorded on MySky (NZ cable) so I watched an episode of Nartuo on Cartoon Network... the episode featured Asuma and he was smoking...BUT cartoon network blurred out his cigarette... That's politically correct gone out of control. There was also a pic of Hinata on the ending credits and they blurred out her bare stomach...That's why I don't watch cartoons either, in NZ they are seriously cropped to shit, anything that's remotely 'offensive' is cut out and the episodes are all patchy and don't make sense. Also they rerun the same season 10 times and never play the next one...

Anyway there is plenty of fanart on the way! and I'll finish Durara and Soul Eater..also Princess Mononoke is on my to watch list too

<sup>Don't worry Kakuzu...I will still draw you and spam you all over tumblr... and I am sure MR Aizen is feeling lonely too...better draw him! He has been in the chair for I don't know how many seasons now...OTL

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