Gosh I'm so tired... Thank you for your comments, opinions and questions, guys T_T I'll try to give answers later... *faints and sleeps* zzz...
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As I arrived, the place seemed distinctly morbid - almost if it was sulking. Maybe it knew about my plight - about Betzen and her cruel intentions. Whatever the case, I'm satisfied to have escaped from that "Matron". However, she said I wouldn't be able to elude Desmond. I'm not sure how, but there might be more to Desmond. If my hunch is correct, he might tell me more about what's going on.
I have to do something after Bleach 654, that's some badass look Kira got over there, and I'm not even a fan of him...he finally makes an epic comeback stage after 3 years lolz (bet Tygerlander is celebrating right now)
close up his face is in comment section on my Facebook page
Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow...
Muffet is one of my favorite characters from Undertale. She has such a wonderful design and her music is fabulous. I decided to plush her as a personal challenge and project. She was made entirely from scratch from my own patterns and embroidery files. She stands 16 inches tall and has a wire armature. Muffet is made from minky with cotton clothes. Her cups are hand sculpted and painted and her face is machine embroidered. I really enjoyed patterning and planning out a character with six arms, four of which hold objects. Overall I am very happy with her and am excited to make more humanoid dolls, especially with minky skin, in the future.
I was asked why I don't post any art lately. I would love to tell you that I'm just to buisy to stay up to date here, but to be honest, I just don't feel like sharing anything right now. In the last months I tried to work on my traditional skills, started to learn some new programs and evaluated my workflows, but I completed nearly no paintings.
I have the feeling that I am getting better in what I do -slowly, but steady. But it also feels as if I don't have any interesting stories to tell. And I don't want to bother people with unfinished sketching paractices and half baked, uninspired paintings. Nevertheless, I will try to show a bit more of my process (starting today), because I came to realise, that I just need some more input to create art, and because I was reminded, that some of you would appreciate it (thanks Stephanie !).
This painting is titled no mans land. It started as a speedpainting for Daily Spitpaint in January (!) and I began painting it one month later. I liked the initial concept and composition, but the painting just wasn't going anywhere. I repainted the water, the trees, the Sky, the soil. Multiple times. It felt like I forgot how to paint even the simple stuff and on top of that, I killed most of my values on several occasions. My plan was to leave the water luminescent and to bring more color to the gray areas, but I was't able to get those parts together. Giving up wasn't an option anymore, because shit got personal here! I showed it to Lukas Esch and Sid Chaturvedi and they helped me to improve it drastically (thanks again guys ). But still, I couldn't put my finger on what was wrong. I annoyed Ruschkala Bingbong every time I layed hands on it and she always found something to improve, but during summer, I couldn't handle it anymore and had to do a break. Until then, approx. 30-40 hours went into the painting (which is waaay more than I use to need). And most of the time was spent repainting single details, and not tackling the real issues it had.
2 weeks ago I gave it a new shot, merged everything, resized it, overpainted everything, and it is the best version so far. It's still not what I hoped for, but for now, I leave it as it is.
If you guys have any comments whatsoever, please write down your thoughts; I would really appreciate more input here. Also, whats your opinion on social media and DA, frequent posting and/ or not posting at all?
Unfortunately depression has reared it's ugly head for me again... [Where I first opened up about tough times]
And it's come with it's sister, anxiety.
Anxiety is the smaller, meaner one, where as depression is the more manipulative. Depression makes you think she's your friend, then pushes a knife into your hand and whispers to hurt yourself. Anxiety punches you in the chest while shouting in your ear about all the times you fucked up. It's an unpleasant duo.
I try and not listen to either, but it's hard.
I'm really glad I opened up and told my story with mental health, but it's actually it's still quite hard for me to talk about online. I really don't want to sound like I'm moaning or throwing a pity party. I have many wonderful blessings in this life which I am so grateful for, but I do also have a mental health condition which sometimes makes life horribly difficult. I also know there are thousands of people who struggle like I do, and I know just opening up about my experience can help. So I don't want to be quiet about it. Sorry if it comes off as moaning, but I truly believe this is an issue worth opening up about " title="Heart" /> It's a struggle at the moment, and drawing helps me deal
Thanks for all the kindness shown towards me, it is comforting to know how many people understand x
Hope the painting itself is kind of self explanatory... but I'd love to hear your opinions and interpretations on it's meaning
Just opened my print shop up for Christmas: destinyblue.storenvy.com/ with free shipping all December " title="Heart" />
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So in the spirit of the season, I'm raffling off this adorable little ropi as a thank you gift to you guys! I'm so excited for winter, it's one of my favourite times of the year! I have quite a few things planned, however I don't think I'll have time to complete all of them due to exams and work. I hope you guys are doing okay. I know this time of year is very busy and stressful, so I wish you the best! -----------------------------------
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Papercraft Asuna! I watched the first half of SAO recently and really liked her design, so I wanted to try my hand at making her. It was a challenge to get her hair color right - it's not quite orange, not quite brown, not quite blonde, and I didn't have any papers that matched it - but I used colored ink to dye a pale orange paper a little darker, and think I got pretty close!
She's for sale! Swing a note my way if you're interested, my lovelies!