http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:AmberArt-Eyes&section=today deviantART RSS for by:AmberArt-Eyes en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:10:30 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/26875611/ http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/26875611/ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:42:32 PDT
Last May I won third place in a local art show by Olive Tree Arts, it was my creation piece that won.

I just recently sold two of my pieces, the oranges still life and the goldfish abstract, for a total of $400!!! I was so excited to give them a nice new home, and not to mention making a pretty penny off of my hard work.

And the other big one is that today is my first day in England. That is right, I am in England. For the fall semester I will be studying abroad here in Grantham. I also plan to travel around Europe as much as possible. So be expecting a lot more deviations in the photography category. I was unable to pack my paints, so I will at least be doing some drawing while I am up here. Though I am hoping that perhaps I can find a local art store and buy some supplies for cheap....that would be awesome.

Anyway, thanks!

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I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Anyway, I have an interesting schedule packed for this semester. I will be taking Introduction to Art Therapy, Abnormal Psychology, Metalwork and Jewelry making, Spanish, and Introduction to Music. Lucky me, I have no classes on Friday, but I do have my first night class which is on Monday nights.

I'm looking forward to most of my classes. Wish me luck on my first college level 3D class. OH! And I will be actively looking into traveling abroad sometime soon. I've always wanted to do it, and I'm gonna try my hardest to make it happen.

As to my friends, many wishes of luck to you and your studies.

Peace!

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Things have been a bit crazy for me in good 'ole Indiana. My car broke down a little while ago, it was a pain, but it eventually got fixed. I've been trying to get all the little things done to get transferred alright to UE. My sister got hospitalized the other day...that was a fun one (needless to say the most of this week has been spent in Terre Haute trying to take care of my sister). A few other things have been going on.....no need to go into those now

I haven't done much post worthy art as of late...just some doodles here and there mostly. I'm hoping to get some painting done soon. I haven't done that in ages. I have however read a vast number of books so far this summer. If you need a good book to read I could point out a few goods ones that I've stumbled on as of late. (Sorry Des, I've been sticking to Red Bank thus far I'll try to get out to Central and visit!)

For those that care, I finally have all my birthday plans all smoothed out. If you want to join in the festivities just let me know and I will gladly fill you in! Eden...you're coming to E'ville for my bday I haven't seen you in too long, I miss you!

I hope you all have a spectacular Independence Day! (don't forget about our boys overseas.)

P.S. Abs I miss you terribly!! peanut butter?

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I'm looking forward to a good summer, hopefully a vacation somewhere in there, I am a bit burnt out at the moment I hope that everyone has a good summer!

Much

P.S. Vote and Support our Troops (especially the 163rd, MISS YOU JARED!)

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[link]

I am so stoked! I've never been featured before!

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I would have spent more time on describing the assignments and such for them, but I just wanted to get them posted and over with.

Thanks!

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It is my goal that by the end of Winter Break, I will have all of my projects from my two studio classes posted. Some of the projects from my foundations are lame exercises and I won't bother posting them. My Drawing 2 class has by far more projects than my foundations class......and beware, I was drawing nude models. Ha.

So hopefully if I don't go out of my mind before the semester is over, you will have a plethora of pieces from me by the end of the year.

Love ya guys! Peace!

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For some crazy reason my school came up with this thing called "fruesday" which is basically means we have a friday class on tuesday. Personally I think it is a dumb idea, but hey, if they tell us it gets rid of saturday finals, then okay.

Wednesday is going to be my only real fun day, lol. I don't have anything planned and I can just sit and do nothing (even though I have a million different art project due the following monday, lol).

Thursday is of course Turkey Day in which I will be dinner hopping between my divorced parents various family members, always a pleasure.

Black friday I get to work the opening 5am shift, horray. Directly after work I am gonna depart with Linds on an array of escapades in which we will wrap up all the tiny little details that need to be done for the wedding. At 6:30pm is the rehearsal, I am partnered up with Linds's brother Jake who is a groomsman, who is awesome, so I'm happy that I get to walk with him. Then of course the Rehearsal dinner (horray for more anti-dorm food!!)

Saturday WEDDING!!!!!!!! Can't even tell you how excited I am for that! Its gonna be a long day though, us females are going to our hair appointment at the ever-loving 8am. Of course the various facets of pre-wedding eventing, like photos, are to follow later in the day. Wedding is a 2pm!!!!!!!!! This is my first time being a bridesmaid, so of course I am flabbergasted! But more importantly and excitingly, Lindsay and Jared will be married!!!!! The new Mr and Mrs Fisher!!!! Journey's "faithfully" is Jared and I's song, I know its weird for a bro and sis type relationship to have a designated song, but we're awesome like that, plus there is a good story that is behind that....but that another bedtime story. Of course there is no way that the reception could be anything less than phenomenal!!!

Then once Saturday is over, Sunday following obviously, that is my sister's birthday this year, woot! She is stubbornly decided to not do anything for her birthday (probably since I organized a surprise bday party for her last year via collaborating with her boyfriend, lol, I'm so bad), I am heeding her request and I'm just gonna take her out for dinner and a movie, a little sisterly bonding.

And then back to school for a two week sprint until finals!

Thus concludes my plans for Thanksgiving. HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!

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I am so excited. I know it is crazy, but I am wearing my bridesmaid dress as I type. I love it so much, its just so beautiful. But most of all I cannot wait to wear it in the wedding.

So much crud is going on right now, but I am hopeful that everything will go well.

On another note: I am working on getting some of my recent work on here. But due to my severe lack of a digital camera that is proving to be more difficult that desired. I am very curious to see what you all think of some of the things I've produced out of my current art classes. I am particularly excited about the Labyrinth project that is current in progress for my foundations class.

Later cats.

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I am super psyched! I've known them for 8 years. Robbie was 2 when we met, and we've been like brother and sister for the longest of times.

I would certainly like it if nothing ever happened to Kelly. But I am extatic that she trusts me that much. Words cannot express how much I love those two, we couldn't be any closer even if they were my own blood.

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Bad news, one of my best friends who has been like a brother to me these past 4-5 years is about to go overseas. He's always looked out for me, and it will be hard to not have him around. There are many people who love him, and will miss him. It is my hope that he won't be gone long.

*darlin' (you know who you are) I love you so much! And I'm thinking about you!

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The new school year is approaching and I am currently sitting in my new dorm, brand-spankin new actually, it was just built and we are the first bunch to be in it. I also have a new roomate, who seems cool for now...but then again I thought that about my last roomate who turned out to be spawn of satan.

I have a new lappy, an acer. I am still keeping frankenstein as a back-up, but I am quite pleased with lappy. He was a donation by a friend of the family, free is always good for your poor college student.

Probably the best of all, me new car. It is a 1999 Pontiac Sunfire, sexy green. I cannot even tell you how long I have been saving to get a new car. After having my POS for four and a half years, I was ready for an upgrade. Plus for a second car, I'm pretty happy.

My saving has also payed off in the form of another tattoo. Let me tell you I love it. Hurt like hell, but it was worth it. I will try to get a picture of it on here soon so everyone can see it. The artist that did it was a douche, so I won't be going back to him again....but thankfully he did a wonderful job.

In other news, I am probably going to be crazy busy this year with 17 credit hours, a double major to work on, and a job, with extra curricular activities (If I can).....and thoughts of having a social life are debateable at the moment. Though luckily for me, a few of my good friends live in the same dorm, so I won't have to fight the nature to hang out with them, lol.

I'm off for now, much love!

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The reason I bring this up, is that I had a severe misfortune today, and quite a few people have laid blame upon the day.

This morning upon waking ( I was at my mother's house by the way ) I went to take the dogs out. She has two miniature schnousars, neither are large. She also happens to have a white (pointed) picket fence surrounding her porch. Well I was standing there, gazing off into the distance when both Daisy and Joey decided to make a mad dash for something at the side of the house. I was caught unaware and unprepared, and my left arm was jerked in there direction. Thankfully the picket fence was there to cusion the snapping sensation and snag my arm. So I now have three lovely gashes, and assorted scratches and bruises on my left arm. It took some time to get the bleeding to stop, but it did after a while, so it was nice to not have to go to the hospital. For now, I get to sport a lovely gauze wrapping around 1/2 of my arm. And it is my hope that with a lot of ice, the swelling will go down and the bruises won't look so purple in the morning.

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Yup, I got my ear pierced today. Horray for peer-pressure. I came down to hang out with some friends for a few days, and one of them (*ahem* Lindsay) Drug my ass down to the local tattoo/piercing parlor to get another hole in my head. I put up a fight at first, but resistance is futile.

I'm glad that I did, I love it. Plus I have been wanting to get it donw for a while now. Spurr of the moment things are always fun. One reason of many that I love my friends, they get me to do things I wouldn't normally do on my own.

I was really nervous though, I always do when something is being done that I cannot see. Like when I give blood, get a shot, or when I got my tattoo done....I have to watch them put in needle in and such otherwise it freaks me out. Thankfully the piercer, Patrick, was really cool and didn't make me feel like an ass for being nervous.

Good fun. Oh, and PS it is a cartilliage piercing in my right ear. Lucky me, I didn't bleed. It is kinda sore at the moment. I can't wait to clean it.....I also can't wait to get another.

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One of the houses across the street was on fire. And I don't mean a little spit of smoke coming out of the window.....I mean completely engulfed in flame. So we run downstairs. We are watching Alexis, our roomates daughter while she runs over to make sure the neighbor kids are out. Thankfully no one was hurt.

I saw it go for at least a good 20 minutes before the firefighters were able to get it out. Since it was inbetween two houses they were trying to keep it from spreading. There is not much left of it now, just some of the foundation and a little bit of the outer walls. The two houses next to it got minimal damage (horray firefighters!) But there are huge black spot on both houses and some spots where the fire damaged the walls and roof.

I tried to take a picture with my camera, but just my luck the batteries were dead. I suppose that is what I get for ignoring my camera for so long T_T

Never have I seen a house burn down, at least not in person.

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"what the hell is going on, and where do I fit in here?"

...or something of the sort. Right now, that is where I am at.

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I will only get a weeks break before summer school starts, but it is a break that I have been looking forward to. I get to go down to Orlando, Florida to go see one of my best friends, Abby, whom I haven't seen since December. Life's been odd without her, and I cannot WAIT to see her! The only thing that could make this visit better is that she is nearing the end of her internship (and I use that word loosely) at Disney World. I've never been and I will always wanted to go....the fact that I get in free and discount on the hotel makes it a little easier to go as well, lol.

Everyone thinks I am all sorts of crazy to submit my summer to taking extra classes. But I fear that if I don't get ahead on classes, I will rapidly fall behind.....all thanks to my decision to be a double major in art and psychology

I am going to splurge tonight and bust out my oil paints. I think I can postpone finals studying for one night. Plus, I haven't painted but once this past two semesters, and the only art I've done is class related.

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The largest mass shooting in US history. I can't wrap my head around that thought. I'm a psychology major and I can't fathom what could run through a person's mind to want to shoot their peers. To go from classroom to classroom, chaining the doors so no one can escape, then opening fire.

Over thirty people my age were killed on their college campus.

I can't comprehend it....

]]> ~AmberArt-Eyes http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/12073700/ http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/12073700/ Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:36:23 PST His collar's pulled, begin to be aware
It's on, that he needs to focus
Beyond that man, he brings a world of pain
Cause

The war is on, too weak to move
Call it off, sorry refused

So we bend the bracket
Shove it down anything to make it fit
It's on, and being foolish won't cover up
Exposing them as fakes

The war is on, too weak to move
Call it off, sorry refused

So boredom captured another fool
Shredding him to bit it's on
And the more we tense up, avoiding pain
You'll never learn a thing

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I guess.....I didn't suck as bad as I thought. And all those people who said that I wasn't good enough to make it in college level art.....just might be wrong.

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I have been doing some decent sketches here and there to try and improve my skill. I've made a few attempts at humans, some actually turned out not to shabby. Though I haven't been able to post them up yet due to my lovely lack-of-a-scanner. There are also a few paintings that I've done, I don't have a digital camera (I prefer the old fashioned film kind ) so I also require the use of a scanner to upload those.

Oh, back to my class. We did a couple of blind contour-line drawings today (mine were shitty ). And I now know very intimate details of my shoe since we spent an hour of class drawing our shoes, lol. I actually like mine quite well. It was a lot challenging though, if you've seen any of my sketches you know that I hatch a lot and I don't make very clean lines......we he HATES that and wanted us to only use contour lines and rely on line weight to show value and emphasis. Apparently I did a good job with that though, since at the end of that excercise he grabbed my sketch pad (along with a couple others) and set it on the platform in the middle of the room and described to the class in what way each piece was successful. Mine had "excellent line weight, showing the full range of the pencil" and was "very clean and crisp". Not too terrible for my first full class. Though everything that we do in that class is no smaller than 18x24, bigger than I'm used to drawing, and also bigger than all the scanners I've seen.

Though, as much as I love this class.....it is going to kill me. Our first homework assignment is a self-potrait. Not from a photo, he wants us to sit in front of a mirror and draw ourselves. My first thought was "oh shit, he's kidding right?!!!" Nope, the thing I suck at most, people.....and what I suck most of all on people.....the face. And the cherry on top is it has to be me. I do not like the way I look, do I really want to draw myself....I THINK NOT!!!!!

Ah well, every up has its down, yes?

Oh, and one last thing. I found my new favorite quote out of the book that I am reading....."If we don't live for our passions, we die, if only in our heart"

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Here's my toast to the new year....a day late.

My new years resolution.....get to a scanner more often so I can post more (and maybe even get myself a deviant ID on here)

Good luck to you and yours!

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In the meantime I am going to worry about finals. December 16th is looking like a pretty sweet day right about now.

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Classes going well. I seem to be doing alright. But I am still contemplating switching majors. Curious. I'm still not quite sure what I want to do. As always, art is the love of my life....but, just don't know. "Me thinks thy lady douth protest too much" Perhaps, I just need to crack out of this shell I'm stuck in and try to get moving on my art. I should stop being insecure about my abilities, if people like it, they like it; if the don't, so what? I love doing art, so that's what I should do. Time for me to get out, and not be afraid to show my work and get critism for it. It's no crime to love.

Right. Get out, be social, be me. Not so hard right?.....I'll work on that. ]]> ~AmberArt-Eyes http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/10039726/ http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/10039726/ Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:51:56 PDT
T.T I miss my friends! But, I've been making new ones, so I suppose it isn't too bad. Though, I know for a fact I shall never find another Abby, Eden, Des....and some other crazy cats I know. (I love you guys!!!) ]]> ~AmberArt-Eyes http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/9718350/ http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/9718350/ Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:18:37 PDT
A common introvered problem (I am an introvert by the way), people seem to find more confidence in me than I find in myself. I'm afraid my roomate will hate me, or I won't make friends, I'll fail my classes, I wind up going through school and never graduating with a major....the list goes on and on and on and on. Everyone else constantly tells me, oh you'll do fine, you're gonna be great, etc. Where does all this confidence come from?

I just finished two pieces of art no long ago. Two of my bosses from work were getting married and I made two watercolor flowers as their gifts. Two flowers were my well-to-do accomplishment for the summer. Whoop-de-doo. I have worked some in my little sketchbook, some pictures which I really like, but I feel like I should have done more. The only way I got those two paintings done was by working when I got home from work at 10 or so at night sometimes until 1 or so in the morning. I wish I had more time to devote to my art, I think I could be so much better if only I could. I see some people put up a new deviation every few days, good ones too, and I think that if only I had time, I could do that too. Arg.

Hopefully college will award me more free time than what my imagination will allow me to think of. ]]> ~AmberArt-Eyes http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/9423044/ http://AmberArt-Eyes.deviantart.com/journal/9423044/ Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:12:49 PDT ~AmberArt-Eyes