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Moving! Read, please.

Wed Jun 20, 2007, 5:37 AM
  • Mood: dA Love
Well, guys, I am moving from this corner of the internet to another one. My new account is ~reveurnoir. I hope some of you follow me there. Or not! Whatever floats your boat, y'all.

I am moving mainly because I am sick of this username, but also because I've had this account for a little too long. I made it when I was pretty young and, well, back then I was not so smart, and I was not the same person I am now. Since I have changed so much--hopefully for the better (although I could never tell you one way or another; it's for you to decide), I decided it was time for a fresh start.

I've had some good times on this account and made a lot of friends. I hope some of you will follow me to my new place! :D

love and peace,

--e.

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tschuss, internets!

Thu Apr 12, 2007, 6:05 PM
  • Mood: Joy
It seems that I am going to be in Florida for the next week. (I only found out a few days ago.) Oh, well, I think I'll live. :XD:

Later, internets!

Suicide Squad: :

Clubs:

Links:
Sylphaen
LJ
~cli-ck

Rants:
Complaints
Styles
Ettiquette
Inspiration
Originality
Fin

Other:
Commissions: Closed
Requests: Closed
Trades: Closed
Collaborations: Closed

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KEMOSABE! JUMP ON IT! JUMP ON IT! JUMP ON IT!

Sun Mar 4, 2007, 1:56 PM
  • Mood: Joy
TYPE YOUR FIRST NAME WITH YOUR...

1.FINGERS: Eileen

2.CHIN: jk,dede4n
(LOL)

3.ONE FINGER, EYES CLOSED: eukeen


4.ELBOW: riolererj


5.NOSE: e3ileen

6.PALM: eildernn

1.) List Four fandoms you have.
Life, life, life, and life? u_u

2.) Have you ever slept in the back of a car?
Yeah, when I go on long car rides.

3.) Have you recently dyed your hair/cut it?
Yep.

4.) List four people that you look up to the most.
I don't really know. I don't really look up to people/emulate them. There are lots of people I appreciate but none that I look up to. I guess.

5.) How many pets do you own as of now?
four

6.) Which do you prefer white or black?
Black, I guess?

7.) Who is your most played character?
uh, probably Issac from Golden Sun. 8D

8.) Choose one or the other, not both:
One or the other of whatnow?

9.) Name three aspects that tell who you are.
alive, tired, whiiiiiiiite

10.) If you could have a power what would it be?
I dunno. Telekinesis I guess, because it's most useful.

11.) Who was the last person you talked to?
My mom, telling me to get to work. XD

12.) Who was the last person you said "I love you" to?
Uh, I don't know. I say it to people all the time. Not random people, though. Just my friends. XD

13.) Write down the first five words that pop into your head:
Pandora
Face
Click
Place
Chair
...XD

14.) What's one thing you wish you could do better?
Everything. I wish I could be better at LIIIIFE. Mostly, though, just my drawing and my singing. Failure right there. I also wish I knew everything about everything.

15.) Do you like the way you are?
Uh, I guess. Always could be better.


16.) Choose, Summer or Winter:

Winter. I don't like heat. u_u

17.) Choose, Rain or snow:
Snow.

18.) Water or ice?
Water, definitely, because ice is fail and lose.

19.) List two odd things about yourself:
I have crazy OCD. It mostly centers around the number three and the multiples thereof. Also, I really like grammar. A lot.

Suicide Squad: :

Clubs:

Links:
Sylphaen
LJ
~cli-ck

Rants:
Complaints
Styles
Ettiquette
Inspiration
Originality
Fin

Other:
Kiriban: 3000
Commissions: Closed
Requests: Closed
Trades: Closed
Collaborations: Closed

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Long Last

Sun Aug 27, 2006, 8:41 AM
Well, it appears that it is, again, that time of week, but this journal's going to be a little different. Some of you will remember that last week I stated that "Originality" might well be the last rant of my series.

Well, it's true! After many weeks of spreading enlightment (if not exactly peace) throughout the land, I've made the decision to step down from my status as Most Holy Goddess of Long-Winded and Caustic Rants, as Leland might term it.

This is because, for me at least, it's the last Sunday before the new school term begins. All honors classes, advanced maths, CAPT preparation, the whole bit. As much I love writing this, and as much as I love the feedback, my busy schedule (I'm also taking part in an extracurricular arts program and possibly doing some outside acting) won't allow for these weekly bits.

So, as this is technically a rant journal, I'm going to take this time to review the points I've made in the last eight weeks.

--References, like ellipses and puns, should be used sparingly. They don't allow for originality or improvement!

--Mediocrity is never a good thing, and nobody likes to see it. Improve yourself, knowthyself and your capabilites.

--Complaints are idiotic. Nobody wants to see them, either, especially if you've got worse grammar than a three-year-old Chinese love child.

--Style is important. Make your own, love your own, but don't steal somebody else's. Also, all styles are not created equal!

--Etiquette, like in real life, is important on the web, especially in a community of artists. (Also learned that week: don't get involved in a flamewar with Eileen. It is not pretty, and you will always lose.)

--Inspiration is necessary to the creation of art.

--Originality is also necessary. Fanart is usually bad and makes the baby Jesus cry.

You can also consider the overall theme of the series, as pointed out by *Quisa:Try to better yourself and your art through your own exploration and creativity.

Well, my Constant Readers, this is where it all ends. I would like to thank all of you, but especially *Quisa and *queen-of-cupcakes, who have been there since the beginning; ~Orihime922 for, in a roundabout way, inspiring me to do my first rant; ~Lizard-, who always brightens up the comment section with her witty repartée; and last but not least, ~Sheltan, who one day said "Fuck yes darling, keep telling it like it is."

Maybe someday (maybe one Sunday next year) I'll come back and shock the community with my loud obsession for self-expression. Until then, my friends; for my sake, never let the flame go out.

with love, and for the last time,

-e.
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Originality

Sun Aug 20, 2006, 4:12 PM
I guess it's that time of week again, eh? This week's topic was suggested by Lizzey.

So, originality. Like inspiration, it's necessary to art. Just to clear this up, you're not original if:

--you use a reference for absolutely everything

--all you draw is fanart of bad (or good, or mediocre) anime

--you use other people's ideas, such as taking a certain pose, etc. from them

--everything you draw has been done to death already

Now that we've discussed the bare bones of unoriginality, I'm going to explicate.

As I've said, I think that originality is necessary for art. Fanart is fine--in small doses, that is. I recognize that I, indeed, used to draw fanart, but I've seen the error of my ways. Keep your shitty inside-joke filled fanart of Inuyasha giving it to Shippo to yourself. Nobody wants to see it, and if they do, they probably frequent 4chan. Go there and desu your heart out.

Now, using other artist's ideas is just stupid. Not only will you be caught and reprimanded, you'll never learn or grow. At least some fanart is original.

As for the last thing, nobody wants to look at something that's been done to death already. For example, the artist I was talking about last week and his deadly dull still lifes of flowers. He's pretty much faded into obscurity (sad for an artist as young as he was, really) and that was probably because his art was eminently, astoundingly boring. If you can manage a new spin on something old, that's good; that's great, actually. Good for you. But if it's one of those same old themes or ideas, it'll be boring.

Well, this has been rather short, but I think I was caustic enough to make up for it. Until next week, then!

-e.


Artists of the Week:~Orihime922 and ~Reybii

Website: Sylphaen

Kiriban: 2,500

Trades are open.

Requests are closed.

Commissions are closed.

Collaborations are open.

Clubs are *the-zodiac-club; ~CLAMP-Club; admin of ~ange-de-ruine.

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