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I was produced upon the south with its billowing heat waves and slow days, but my heart was bred and lengthened in the hallowed silent forests of the deep Appalachians.

Hello, old pals

Wed Jul 29, 2009, 7:05 PM
  • Mood: Content
  • Listening to: Andrew Bird's awesomeness
  • Reading: The House of the Dead
  • Watching: the Weather Channel
  • Playing: Piano:Tcherepnin's Bagatelles. PSP:Spyro
  • Eating: peaches
  • Drinking: coffee
Hi y'all, I hope that everyone is doing fine. :wave: I'm still alive, I wasn't abducted by aliens or anything like that. School, art, anxiety and my awesome boyfriend have kept me busy over the last year. I've taken 3 AP classes so far and gotten 5's on all of the final tests, but not without a heck of a bunch of preparation and worry. In between schoolwork I've not had as much time for drawing and painting as I would've liked. This summer I went to SCAD Summer Seminars for a week in Savannah, GA and gained huge amounts of inspiration. I took animation and figure study. The animation was fun (gee, it takes so much time just to do a few seconds :wow: !!) but figure drawing was pure intensity. I loved every moment of it though. SCAD is a great school, definitely at the top of my college list. DA sure has changed a lot since my last visit. Good to be back :) :nod:

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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Florida, United States
  • Interests: My boyfriend, art, philosophy, sky, clouds, light, nature, mountains
  • Favourite movie: Ghost in the Shell Innocence, The God's Must Be Crazy, V for Vendetta, Angels and Demons
  • Favourite band or musician: Andrew Bird, Fleet Foxes, Coldplay, Röyksopp. Interpol
  • Favourite genre of music: alternative, folk, electronica, classical
  • Favourite artist: Shaun Tan, Alma Tadema, Bouguereau, Rothko, Kinkade
  • Favourite poet or writer: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Brian Jacques, Henry David Thoreau
  • Favourite photographer: Jerry Greer and Jerry Uelsmann
  • Favourite style of art: realism and abstract
  • Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit
  • MP3 player of choice: Good ol' CD's
  • Wallpaper of choice: mountains and space nebulas
  • Favourite game: Final Fantasy stuff, Kindgom Hearts, Spyro, Halo
  • Favourite gaming platform: PS2 and PSP
  • Favourite cartoon character: Anatoli (mine)
  • Personal Quote: Now or Never! Either go at it with all your heart or not at all.
  • Tools of the Trade: 9B-9H, student grade paints, charcoal, wacom+programs

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~MarWash Aug 10, 2009, 7:35:25 PM
Thank you for :+fav:ing my "A Supernatural Ride" deviation.

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I watch my girlfriend sleep and i get called a creepy weirdo, Edward Cullen does the same shit and its the most romantic thing ever... gimme a break.

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~asanashia Aug 10, 2009, 7:40:13 PM
You're welcome:aww:

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“I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time.”- Forrest Gump
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~selie Jul 29, 2009, 7:02:01 PM
Okay, I looked through some of the rest of your gallery! You have a very distinctive hand with color - a palette with personality and a consistent style of application. My one word of advice overall is to keep using models and references when you draw people... your still life was awesome, but sometimes your people have a few awkward places (around the nose/lip area, which is hard, and also a sense of form and bone structure in the shoulder and arms of your Mucha picture). Do you do much figure drawing, or do you draw the people around you in school, etc.? Not photos, but directly from a model of some sort.

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At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief... but hope.
~Lloyd Alexander
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~asanashia Jul 29, 2009, 7:29:01 PM
Unfortunately, I usually have to resort to photos due to time constraints. When I went to SCAD this summer I took portfolio counseling and they told me that one of the things I really needed to improve on was drawing more from life. Yet I can't seem to overcome the problems of trying to find a time, place and person to do so. Thankyou for taking the time to critique and look closely at my pieces :thanks: That's pretty rare here on DA :)

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“I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time.”- Forrest Gump
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~selie Jul 29, 2009, 7:36:32 PM
I like giving actually valuable critique if I can, and you're good enough that the weaknesses are visible (and happen to be my only real strengths).

If you want to draw more from life, here's my suggestion: bring a sketchbook everywhere and draw everyone. Draw your classmates - just quick sketches of their faces. Profile, full-front, three-quarter, whatever you can get. It's going to start out rough and awful because you won't have the speed, but every time you draw something from life, you're training your eye and memorizing form. I find that drawing from a photo loses some of the life because you aren't getting the full feeling of "form" that you would drawing directly from a model.

If you can't bring a sketchbook without getting in trouble in class, draw in the margins of your notes. Draw people sitting on park benches or walking down hallways. It's amazing what a difference it will make, if you give it a few months. And you seem like you have the artistic skill and talent to make sense of what you learn with this extra studying.

Going to SCAD when you graduate? I've heard it's AMAZING.

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At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief... but hope.
~Lloyd Alexander
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~asanashia Jul 29, 2009, 7:48:24 PM
I've thought of doing all that but have been lazy. You're right though, I need to get off my lazy butt and start working!:nod: I'm pretty sure I'll go to SCAD, but I still have some other art schools on my list I need to check out. It does seem like a really great school though.

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“I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time.”- Forrest Gump
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~selie Jul 29, 2009, 7:59:07 PM
Get off that lazy butt, then! You've got the talent, you want to do it... crack the whip and get to it. :)

Once you get in the habit of doodling faces and people around you, it doesn't take very long and it's not actually that huge a commitment. It's a really good way to pass the time in boring classes or while you're waiting for the bus.

Good luck, whichever school you choose. Make sure you know what you're getting into and I'm sure it'll be great.

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At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief... but hope.
~Lloyd Alexander
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=crazy-artist34 Mar 17, 2009, 4:59:44 PM
I just wanted to say I miss seeing your art work!!! I hope all is going well and that you come back with amazing work to show everyone! :)

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"Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours---"
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~asanashia Jul 29, 2009, 9:23:29 AM
Hi, I know I've been gone for a looong time, but I'm still alive:D I've just been really busy with school and art and such. I'll be putting some new stuff up soon. Thanks! :hug:

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“I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time.”- Forrest Gump
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