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I don't often do memes... and I really should, because otherwise I might not update every week! So here's a meme I ganked from =heatherkat that struck my fancy, and might give insight into how I think about my artwork... for you and for me!

Updates on everything after the meme!

1. What do you like about your style?
I'm not sure what my "style" constitutes right now, line-wise. Certainly there are elements I've developed consistency with (ears!), but I'm usually experimenting with whatever I'm drawing at the time, and as a result I don't end up with a consistent style. I have... several styles that I've been developing, and I like them all for different reasons. But colour-wise I've been working towards my signature saturated color-palatte, but enhancing and maturing it with grungey-grainy sentiments and experimental color palettes. I think it's obvious how much I love color, though, and so I'm proud that shows throughout my gallery.

2. Which is the most popular deviation in your gallery? Why do you think people like it so much? What do YOU like about it?

Her deviation with the most comments is OMG, yer liek, EMO -heart- with 1,069 comments, and it is also her most favourited, with 1,834 favourites. Her most viewed deviation is OMG, yer liek, EMO -heart- with 82,908 views.
Yeeahhh. Well... I think people like this one because they either identify with it in some way (by having seen something similar, or having BEEN something similar), or because they see it as satire (which can make sense), or because it made them laugh. Which is incredible, really, because I spent about three hours on it on a whim in 2005, and it snuck up on me in popularity. It just keeps getting views, and favourites, and comments, every day, and that means a lot to me in the way of being something so many can identify with. I just like my characters. Steven was born in that picture, and while the real Steven turned out to be very different, MY Steven became something so much more creative and lasting. (I still wish I got as much attention in the rest of my work, tho! Wouldn't THAT be nice!)


3. Pick one of your least popular deviations. What are the things you like about it, despite the lack of popularity?

Meh... I just have always liked this one. It's a weird style, and the colouring method combined with it to make something really cool. It's an emotional piece, but it's also just a piece I really liked when it was finished. And ever since.


4. Which is your favorite picture, concept- or idea-wise? Would you ever revisit this idea and try to make a new picture based on it again?
Well, I kindof did that already with Bananaphone and Revisited. But I suppose the one I would revisiting would be to do a series based on this one:


5. Do you have a favorite quickie? What do you like about it?

Haha, I just love the face on this one. Reminds me of Kate Bosworth. I've been doing more of these lately (posting soon).

6. Do you have a favorite piece that involved tons of time and effort?

DEFINITELY. I didn't spend the MOST time on it, but I spent plenty, and I was really diving into new territory in my head. I was so happy with how it came out. And it really defined Devi as a character.

7. Lastly, pick your top favorite image in your gallery. (If you picked this picture in any of the previous answers, please pick the next favorite or something.) Why do you like it so much?

Well, #6 was my top fave, but this is my favourite of my latest stuff. I spent a little bit of extra time on it, but I was really happy with how the effort to product ratio worked out... I.E. not easy, but not terribly difficult either. And I think it's pretty, and it's art for ME. Kekeke.

And now (updates!)

See ya soon!



(comment and answer!)
- Would you rather: be trapped for an hour in airport security OR be trapped in a two-hour lecture on South African shrubs?
- Weeds Season 4. Discuss.
- What is YOUR favourite piece from my gallery? What kind of work should I do more of?

Oh my GOD it's been too long since I updated.
(Eh, I never really say anything new, though.)
Anyway... that's... what's up, yo! Working on commissions, and then after this I don't know if I'll be opening up commissions again right away, depending on what's going on with Ota. I might have commissions available there. And oh my GOD News Hour with Jim Lehrer always makes me so agitated about America!

Anyway, more worthwhile updates later!




***Will update with new questions next time, promise***

I want to meet some really amazing boy with dark feathered hair and punk sentiments. Someone hip and frantic. And who draws that way, too.

I was really enjoying *RYE-BREAD's work today, and thinking that. Haha, that's weird, isn't it? But I think many artists feel that way, sometimes. I am secretly a little in love with many people I barely know, that way, or at least I wish I loved them. I see them walking on the street, with their long striped scarves and upturned trench-collars, and I want to know them. I want to be the kind of girl they "dig" and write songs about, the girl they meet in dark gritty hookah bars and draw portraits of on napkins. Or they draw really imaginative heart-rendered-on-papers, fresh and with some short, rebellious phrase illuminating their meaning. I want dazed and disoriented, and hazy and hellbent, attitude-laden. Lord, or muse, find me someone tragically hip...!

Haha, someone who thinks to write "9teen" about their age.

But I wouldn't measure up, more like. And dreaming suits me fine.

I mean to do something more worthwhile with this journal in a day or two, but I wanted to share that with you. I shall have to update it again before I feel too silly and take this down.

Who are your hip avante-garde artists? Post some here for me to look at, yo!




What specific little quirks do you dream of in your compatriot?

I'm serious. Deviantart isn't Photobucket, and it isn't Googleimages, either.
(Guys, I am sooper serial.)
So please send me a note if you see my work being posted somewhere by someone who isn't me, particularly in any uploaded capacity or in commercial use. People have reported deviants, Tokyopop uploads, IMVU uploads, Gaia Art Arena uploads (I don't upload my stuff to Art Arena anymore, so it isn't me). Oh, and if anyone sees it on googleimages, let me know so I can track it down. I've been trying to search to see if the old image is actually posted somewhere (where new theives can find it), but haven't turned up anything yet.

And to the theives: I'm just trying to do the thing I love. You should find the thing you love, and do that, without it being at the expense of others. Do what you will, as you harm none. Please just let me do what I love in peace, and don't ruin it.

People who want to use my work in derivative materials can always note/email me and ask, and I can then decide if I'm okay with the situation.

I'm not going to stop posting my art here. You can't tell me "that's just deviantart," because it's not. It's against deviantart's rules, too, and you can't excuse something by saying "everyone's doing it." A few idiots are doing it. And they're going to keep to doing it. I'm not under any sort of illusion that writing this journal is going to magically make the problem stop, although I do hope it makes some people think twice. No, the best I can do is deal with the problems as they arise--get wonderful notes from ya'll informing me of ill deeds and ride off to the rescue, writing emails, letters, asking the owners of websites or servers to help out. And I'll start paying more attention to creative ways of watermarking, cause I refuse to let my images suffer too much. I love what I do. I just have to try to reduce damage so I can keep on doing it.

Love you guys (some of you, lol),





This weeks questions for you to answer via comment form:
- Certain GDs have said they don't like watermarks on their Daily Deviations. Even somewhat more subtle ones. Discuss.
- What anime series' would be good to include for Otakon merchandise? I need a combination of mainstream and obscure, but for obscure I prefer it not to be anime but some other kind of fandom (Mario Bros., PoTC, etc)
- Would you rather: have your clothes stolen while you are in the locker room OR have someone accidentally walk in on you in a bathroom stall (faulty lock)?

HAHA I have such stall-anxiety. XD And I need help with Otakon suggestions plz!

**** You guys are awesome to me, and you totally cheered me up. Thanks so much for your support--it really helps me keep going on the dark days. I love you guys!****
I had another entry written, but it was too depressing, so I deleted it. Instead, here's a new one, hopefully a little more upbeat... but probably not. **Go listen to LM.C's Bell the Cat (video is in my livejournal) and it'll cheer you right up afterward. Or at least make you want to go knock someone's lights out with a smile on your face! Uh... that's not weird at all...
(Awww, did the little artist get beat up after school again?)
Thanks to all who have been commenting and faving and watching lately, especially =kchuu, =Rose-Rayne and *mylovelyghost. Hopefully I'll get out of this rut soon. I'm also thinking of giving my journal over to nasty rants ala *luniara, but I haven't quite gotten to that point yet. We'll see.





This weeks questions for you to answer via comment form:
- Would you ever get a tattoo (or have you)? What kind?
- "Literature" on Deviantart (or lack thereof). Discuss.
- Would you rather: be popular OR be smart? (no inbetween!)

I have pac man chasing dots around my ankle. And haha, "literature." Haha...