I've got your man! is currently taking commissions of all sorts, and if you've ever seen his work, you'd know he's an amazing artist!

Even though there are few of you who still read my journals, I'm detirmined to do the best I can for this aspiring artist, because everyone knows how disheartening it is sometimes....so click on any of the icons below, and if you've got an idea and some spare cash, commission this good friend of mine and drop him a quick note, or just help spread the word. ^_^

I'm pretty sure you've all heard about the 2008 Holiday Card Project that DeviantArt is having this year...although some of you might not have read it, which then I'm going to tell you about, because it is IMPORTANT!

Why should you care? How would you feel if you had an accident and had to be hospitalized during the Christmas season? That would suck @$$ would it not? The point of the event is so deviants can put their art into something meaningful: Putting together Christmas Cards for those hospitalized this season. I think it's a great thing that DeviantArt is doing, and I personally am doing this without a doubt, and I am here help persuade you into doing so...just in case you haven't been touched by the semi-meaningul words.

Why should you do it?

1. Because you get to share your art with people who have to spend their Winter celebration in a bright white room with other sick people.

2. If you make a design for a card, you can send me the link and I'll post all the ones I can find up on this Journal!

3. for those who need more persuation, you are also gaurenteed a free month DeviantArt subscrption!

So what have you got to lose? Go here ---> [link] to learn more!

It's fall break here in gilbert, and I had a whole week planned full of drawing and art-ing...there's just one problem...I'm working.

I'm trying to stuff in as many things as I can, but Hallow's Eve is coming up...and i need the monies.

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I'm currently working on three projects. The first involves a promise I made to where I make an OC for his manga, Spirit Song, which you should totally check out. I've been obsessed with electric violins lately, so that's gonna be her spirit instrument.

I'm also doing a few changes to Masaru, giving him more detail in his history and changing his looks completely. I've also been working on my original comic...I am no comic maker.

And third, I'm working on developing a new style of photoshoping...rather than coloring the lineart, I'm working on painting. Where there are NO LINES and you depend highly on the colors themselves...it's gonna be pretty disheartening for a while, but hopefully it'll get better...I'll always have my friends' support ^^

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So yeah, sorry for not updating for a while...i just really have nothing to talk about. It would help if people talked to me...^^'

And no, it is not me. As a lot of you probably know, DA is really a huge popularity contest and even those without the page-view deserving talent are getting more pageviews for various reasons, whether it be persueding their friends to watch them, drawing fanart, or drawing fetish pictures and whatnot.

However, I have come across a deviant whose work never fails to surprise me...but her pageviews surprise me even more. This fact saddens me, and i feel that she deserves attention for her hard work. So feel free to browse through her work, one which, had inspired me to draw my moon goddess. Maybe DA will change for the better someday...

I should really be smacked for not updating often It's just that I figured since I don't watch the journals of other people, no one would be interested in what I have to say...^^'It's just that writers write and artists do artsy stuff...it's very rare that you find a person who does both well. It's like whistling and snapping. Usually one or the other. Rarely both.

ANYWAY, back on topic, I actually took a trip to Japan this week , and have gone to several different art stores, and have found them worth telling you about.

First is screentone. Those who have attempted at authentic manga have probably heard of such a thing. If not, it's the texture effects you find in manga that comes in sheets. Those in the US usually try to addapt without it because it's difficult to find, but in Japan, they actually sell them in stores. They're as easy as finding books, there were shelves and shelves of 'em! My gawd, it was so awsome!

Have you ever heard a manga artist advise you not to use american written how-to-draw-manga books? I have, and at first I was like, whatever, if it looks good, I'll buy it. However, that was before I actually got my hands on an actual Japanese how-to-draw book. I got one on perspective, and although I cannot understand any of the writing, it was much more helpful than any of the english books I've read in my whole life. I'm not exaggerating when I say that Japanese how-to-draw books kick american how-to-draw books in their asses.

I swear I could practically LIVE at the art stores. There were so many things there that were made ESPECIALLY for manga drawing such as copic markers, the feather duster, pens that use ink form a bottle, manga paper, and other tools. Usually, we need to adapt the tools we could get our hands on in the US to use on our drawings...but they have it all in one convienant store...

So I advise to anyone that is going to Japan that is a manga aritst, BRING MONEY! It's hella expensive, but soooo worth it. (The markers I bought were 3 dollars a piece) Buy as many things as you can that catch your eye, especially books!

so that all I had to say about the state of bliss I was in while there Hope you get the chance to go there yourself!

P.S. sorry I haven't submitted anything in a while, I'm actually almost done with the project I'm doing now. It's just one that has taken a lot of overdoing. Gomen nasai and arigatou gozaimas for reading!

P.S.S. Eat sushi when you're there too..a LOT of it...the most delicious sushi evah!