This time, it's me. See below.

Yep. I'm now that desperate, and I think I won't make too much of a fool of myself. I hope. I'm having trouble getting a job, trouble making the National Guard thing work out, and trouble sleeping whilst my husband claims to have nightmares about what will happen if I DON'T get an income soon. Commissions are unlikely to pay enough to help, but anything is something, and it gives me an excuse to draw constantly and thereby de-stress. That's a good thing, right? He ruled out Hooters, so I don't know what else to do.


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Commission info:
When you commission me you can choose to receive a free sketch or discounted commission from one or more of the deviants featured here: [link]


<sub>Will do:
Anything, FAST

Won't do:
Can't think of anything... but please don't ask for p0rn/hentai/erotica. I can try it if you want me to, but I've never done it before.


Samples and Prices:

Headshots: $7


Busts: $10


Halfbody: $5
NO CURRENT SAMPLES



Fullbody: $7
NO CURRENT SAMPLES--these are the most recent, but NOT my best work.
http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/26798641/ Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:56:11 PDT Baroness accountGaiaOnline art contest</sub>

~TerrorEffect is a chick who's been having so much trouble in the past year just finding a place to live (much less the money to eat, maintain the internet connection to do commissions, and buy necessary toiletries), that it's ridiculous. I've helped her in the past as much as I can, but I'm fresh out of income and she needs more help than one person can provide anyway. Will you go to her page and consider commissioning her or donating? Her last known location is a local women's shelter, and she needs all the help she can get!

As of Saturday, I am no longer a member of the United States Air Force. I'm in the Individual Ready Reserve, yay legislation, hopefully not for long... but I was hoping to sign with the National Guard today, and for various paperwork reasons, that's delayed. I'm really hoping to have that taken care of by the end of this week, so they can backdate the paperwork and not have to go through the hassle of "transfer" from the IRR to ANG.

I'm also hoping to find a job by Thursday. Let's all pray for that, shall we? If our new apartment-mate doesn't get this one job tomorrow, we're screwed, and if I don't at least have a job lined up by the end of the week, we're all REALLY screwed. So... yes. Let's pray for that. x_x The getting a job part, not the getting screwed part. I've seen enough friends go homeless; I don't need that to happen to me. Really, I don't. REALLY.

The apartment is going to be nearly spotless by the time I go to bed. D*mn messy apartment. This is what happens when you tell a guy the cleaning is HIS job.

_{I'm going to try and update the journal again soon, so the next feature is going to wait until then.}













]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25740568/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25740568/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:39:39 PDT Baroness accountGaiaOnline art contest

~Corvidraline, AKA D.C., needz j00 h3lp. She's short on cash, a good anthro and furry artist, and has opened what are probably the most affordable commissions on dA. Go take a look!
_{((For those who are wondering... I advertise for friends, but I try not to commission them. I'm afraid of offending someone.))}

So, on Wednesday morning, one of my co-workers came by and mentioned that his friend had invited him to play D'n'D. He had never played a tabletop game, and didn't know anything about D'n'D, so he was kind of nervous... and somehow I ended up coming and joining in. Something about someone's wife being in the game but being uncomfortable being the only female there. So.

Back when 3.5 came out, my little brother got started playing D'n'D. He got me to make a character, and I disappointed him horribly by making a female human barbarian instead of some elven mage or cleric. Poor kid. I understand him better than he understands me. He ended up so frustrated at me that, in the first game he ever played (where he was also the DM), he 'kicked me out' after less than an hour. Poor Famla Flamestalker never made it to level 2.

4.0 simplified a lot of the 3.5 stuff. There are a few 'typical' races in 4.0 than were 'special' races in 3.5, like dragonborn and tieflings, and they altered half-elves to actually have unique characteristics instead of being a mere compromise between humans and elves... and there's some weird fey race now. On the other hand, a number of classes I remembered (bards, barbarians, druids, etc.) are now in the supplemental Player's Handbook instead of the main one, the skills section is HUGELY simplified, and the feats are a lot more practical, with the more specialized ones being limited to sub-classes at level 10 and above. I don't like what they did with the alignment grid--it's supposed to be simpler, but character personalities just CAN'T be divided up that way--but as a group, we're ignoring the new version. I'm chaotic neutral, even though 4.0 says there's no such thing, and our tiefling is lawful evil.

Famla Flamestalker is resurrected as Famla Firestalker (called Fammy), a female human fighter who's just been exiled from her village for refusing to marry any of the guys who go after her. Everyone's required to get married, but there's a formality... they have to beat you in a fistfight. The winner of the fistfight gets to decide if the marriage goes through or not, so even if the one who starts it loses, the winner can choose to marry him or her anyway. Famla has always won, and she has always said no. People think that she's just being stubborn and insisting that someone has to beat her to marry her, but that's not really true. She just doesn't like any of the suitors.

Having been exiled, she came across a male human ranger by the name of Kampa Dude (played by my co-worker), who keeps buying her drinks hoping to get her to "say yes"--to sex, not marriage. She just wants the beer. Somehow, they've hooked up with a tiefling warlock, a fey wizard, a giant druid, and a halfling--"NOT Kinder!"--rogue. They're running through a modified level 3-4 quest at the moment, based on... Dragons of Autumn? It's the first of a trilogy in Dragonlance; Rensing knows what I'm talking about.

The other chick in the group, the DM's wife, is working on drawing her character (the fey wizard). I'm considering doing the same, but I may get lazy and either commission someone else to do it or not bother.





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#Ninth:
`Saimain
Very, very, very, very (five years later), very good artist. This is the kind of detail I hope to get... ]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25616952/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25616952/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:31:30 PDT Baroness accountGaiaOnline art contest

~Corvidraline, AKA D.C., needz j00 h3lp. She's short on cash, a good anthro and furry artist, and has opened what are probably the most affordable commissions on dA. Go take a look!
_{((For those who are wondering... I advertise for friends, but I try not to commission them. I'm afraid of offending someone.))}

Actually, don't.

I sometimes feel like there's something I have to do, or something I have to say, but that I have no one I can say it to who will both listen and understand. Even... even the guy I choose to spend my life with, and he's the only person I know who's never looked at me funny, as long as I can actually put my thoughts into words for him.

I reverted. I'm locked up inside again, and it's going to get worse... unless stronger isn't actually worse. I've never been too sure which way was the best way to be, when it comes to that.

The funny part is, I can't really tell you what I'm talking about. Isn't that silly? I need to say something to anyone so bad that I'm even writing a journal about it, but I still feel like I can't talk to any of you about it... except maybe Lenden, and I think not even her. So I talk around it, because I still can't get past this.

Can you understand this?

_{~p3p574r (for my brother's annoying complicated character) <--I give up on this. The artist pretends to have fallen off the face of the earth, when I have PROOF she's still active.
~torikat (for three monochrome headshots) *payment reserved* <--Waiting to see if she still wants to do these when she gets back from abroad.
~Nith47 (for Cassandra in full paladin armor, in combat) *unpaid, need to confirm amount*
~Princu (for Corellia) *paid?*
*NaRai (for the Goddess of Mysteries) *paid*
=DarkVanessa (for assorted late Christmas gifts--Rensing, Eulalia Danae, Ivy, and Kashala. ^^) *paid*
~IridescentInkSpell (for the Butterfly, Cassandra/Cookie character sheet, and the 7 princesses) *paid*
=canehda *unpaid, need to know the amount*
=saintpepsi (for 11 pieces, mostly Black Mask Age stuff) *$400/$900 paid*
~Rensing (for Wanderer Ala) *$10-15 on completion*
=johnbecaro (for A+R) *paid*
~Rebeccannoying (for some dragons) *will pay with sub*}
[other artists have been targeted; waiting on more money]
_{~blueduality also says I'm commissioning him, but I have no idea what it was for, so he's off the hook if he wants. http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25481330/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:26:10 PDT Baroness accountGaiaOnline art contest}

~Corvidraline, AKA D.C., needz j00 h3lp. She's short on cash, a good anthro and furry artist, and has opened what are probably the most affordable commissions on dA. Go take a look!
_{((For those who are wondering... I advertise for friends, but I try not to commission them. I'm afraid of offending someone.))}

22June09: I'm happy. ^_^

23June09: No longer happy. Check back next week. Or later.

Also, I've re-arranged my gallery. The new arrangement will make a lot more sense later on... especially why there's a whole section for my characters, when there's currently little in it.

LATER THAT DAY...

Oh Lord. [link]

Read it.

I'm not a yaoi fan. So. WHICH ONE OF YOU NUTTY FRIENDS OF MINE HAS A SASU X NARU FANTASY I CAN FULFILL!?

That was sad. I didn't get any comments one way or the other. Or comments, period. Even if the answer was "I hate sasuXnaru," I would have appreciated it. >_> Giving the prize to someone else, because she commented in that journal that she wished she'd gotten it.



Features: Those Who Helped Ink Get Commissions To Pay For The Vet (see previous journals)

#Eighth:
~YogurthFrost
I wasn't surprised at his willingness to help, after I realized how nice of a guy he is. HE was the surprised one; surprised that I came to him asking. Well, the truth is that I'm addicted to his fan-comics. Oh, yes. If you like Kim Possible with lesbianism and original characters, Kim Possible characters in an alternate universe, and/or DC+Marvel comics completely twisted and with lots of homosexual tendencies (and hilarium), this is the place for you!


It's actually fun, I swear. The big deal isn't the lesbian/bi nature of... practically every character... but the humor involved. It's also the only place you'll see She-Hulk openly dating Juggernaut.

*ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25362858/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25362858/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:28:36 PDT Baroness accountGaiaOnline art contest

~Corvidraline, AKA D.C., needz j00 h3lp. She's short on cash, a good anthro and furry artist, and has opened what are probably the most affordable commissions on dA. Go take a look!
_{((For those who are wondering... I advertise for friends, but I try not to commission them. I'm afraid of offending someone.))}

Self-explanatory. I have a subscription, I've never had a skin, I'm trying a skin out. I don't love it, but it's giving me ideas... ideas I may just try out by tweaking this over and over again til I've written my own skin. ^_^ Probably the longest part will be the images involved, because I've never looked into stock before. Anyway, here's one of the most popular skins on dA.



Features: Those Who Helped Ink Get Commissions To Pay For The Vet (see previous journals)

#Seventh:
=Pirate-Cashoo
Ahh, Cashoo. AKA Unibasu, and I have no idea what that name means. But beware! Cashoo takes commissions, and not always because she has the time. In fact, she doesn't. Apparently, her dad pushes her into it every summer with dollar signs in his eyes, like a cartoon. *waggles fingers suggestively* Don't let her experiment on your commissions, either, unless you don't mind the style change. It's a neat style, but subject to change if she's trying something new. ...Just give lots of room to work and no deadlines, and she's good.

Actually, I take that back. I thought when I first commissioned her that Cashoo would do wonderful things for some of my least-artzloved characters, but I no longer know what to think. Out of three commissions I paid for over a year ago, the first doesn't look like my character, the second doesn't look like Cashoo drew it, and God only knows what really happened to the third one... which was supposedly sketched and misplaced shortly after the money went through. Cashoo is cool to watch for her own stuff, but I don't recommend commissioning her. I won't make that mistake twice.

http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25224898/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:21:00 PDT ~Corvidraline, AKA D.C., needz j00 h3lp. She's short on cash, a good anthro and furry artist, and has opened what are probably the most affordable commissions on dA. Go take a look!
((For those who are wondering... I advertise for friends, but I try not to commission them. I'm afraid of offending someone.))

<--I wasn't a finalist.

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Several of my more recent watchers have been... older men. Who have no reason to know who I am, and don't comment.

My first watcher was an older man. He scares me. First guy I met in person after knowing online was an older man. He ticked me off. Bad.

I have bad experiences with the "interested older man" category, even when they've never seen my picture, and I have no idea why. For all they know, I'm 350 lbs and 4 foot tall, with prematurely gray hair and acne on my arms. I don't like how every time I reveal both age and gender online, these guys start to gather. They're like... flies...

For the Record, I am happily married and willing to kill harassers with my bare hands. Get the hell away from me.

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Features: Those Who Helped Ink Get Commissions To Pay For The Vet (see previous journals)

#Sixth:
~evilpriestess1
I met Lei Zhu on Gaia! As usual. I host 3rd Secret Santa annually, and she was one of my better participants (not because she was helping get the word out about Ink, because the secret santa ended before all that). I should go see what she's up to these days...



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Clubs I'm in:



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^{These are the people I currently am waiting for commissioned art from on dA or am in the process of commissioning:}
~p3p574r (for my brother's annoying complicated character) <--I give up on this. The artist pretends to have fallen off the face of the earth, when I have PROOF she's still active.
~ *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25076665/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/25076665/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:57:23 PDT ~Corvidraline, AKA D.C., needz j00 h3lp. She's short on cash, a good anthro and furry artist, and has opened what are probably the most affordable commissions on dA. Go take a look!
((For those who are wondering... I advertise for friends, but I try not to commission them. I'm afraid of offending someone.))

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Features: Those Who Helped Ink Get Commissions To Pay For The Vet (see previous journals)

#Fifth:
=TraditionalDanimatio
There is no one I was more surprised to see support from than Dapper Dan. Not because I think he's a bad guy, but because he's a professional animator and I assumed he'd have better things to do than read a Note from a total stranger asking for help advertising small-time commissions. I have no idea what his reasons were... but I have a feeling a lot of the commissions came from Dan's fans. For that, Ink and I are both grateful.





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Introducing...
The Baroness

One of the books I want to write is about my first rp character (from 6 or 7 years ago), the Baroness Widow A.C. Having finally solved a huge character problem, I now find myself actually writing the story... and in order, no less. That's a big deal. To celebrate the occasion, to build a copyright history, and to show the world at large what I'm working on, I've made a second dA account: ~Baroness-byArynChris

The writing is a bit stilted right now, but rest assured that that's deliberate. The story begins on her 14th birthday, and she learns a more modern way of writing shortly.


The Lowdown...

I learned to rp and cheat at video games at the same time and on the same website, the Golden Sun Adept's Refuge. GSAR no longer exists, sadly, but I'm not likely to forget it, nor to forget the people I knew there. The Chris Club lives on...

The character of the Baroness Widow was originally named Aryn Chris, my username, but it doesn't seem appropriate to keep that. I later used that name for a different character (the Baroness' reincarnation, actually), and one self-insertion is quite enough, no? I later came up with the name Ailee Crier for a different character (who was re-named Corellia), and I rather like that name... So now, to keep the initials A.C. with my favorite character, her name is Ailee, and she gains her title after marrying the Baron of Crier.

One important thing to know is that this or the book about Twygal will be the first finished and sold. While her reincarnation is in the Canon universe, she and Twygal both exist in separate worlds from all my other characters and never interact with them. Also, both the Baroness Widow and Twygal have very definite, pre-determined ends to their stories. I cannot take Twygal past age 19 without violating a Japanese copyright (she was originally a mix of a dream and a Sailor Moon fan character), and the Baroness died in one of the rps. I will not rewrite what is written in the past, nor will I go against my convictions on the matter and resurrect her. The end of the Baroness is th... ]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24864863/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24864863/ Wed, 20 May 2009 21:15:26 PDT ~Corvidraline, AKA D.C., needz j00 h3lp. She's short on cash, a good anthro and furry artist, and has opened what are probably the most affordable commissions on dA. Go take a look!
((For those who are wondering... I advertise for friends, but I try not to commission them. I'm afraid of offending someone.))

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Clubs I'm in:

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Features: Those Who Helped Ink Get Commissions To Pay For The Vet (see previous journals)

#Fourth:
~xSassyLassyx
I first knew this chica as iZuu on GaiaOnline.com. This was the first person I ever commissioned for anything, ever. I learned a lot about commissioning and about art from her, whether she realizes that or not, and I value the mere fact that I can still keep an eye on her here and exchange a few words from time to time. She hasn't uploaded much in the past year, but she's been busy! She just gotten into the Cairo branch of a German art school, and you should visit and congratulate her.

And, way back when, this is what she drew for me: [link]



In case you ever wondered...

What I do is write. There are some random poems and silly bits of things in my gallery, of course, but I mean write. The reason you never see that in my gallery is because it's been a long time since I typed any of it. So easy to lose bits and bytes with a computer crash... but paper, no matter how many times you lose it, will always turn up again. It's also good insurance for copyright stuff, because what lunatic would handwrite it all out and work it backwards into a rough draft and several long lists of notes?

I write short stories, and on occasion have written other people's short stories, including fanfiction. Including terrible, puppy-love, MARY SUE fanfiction. Yeeeeeesssssss. There is also one short story that an artist won off me in an auction last year, but Bad Things were happening in my life and I wasn't able to do it--I returned her Gaia gold and intend to finish the story for free for her, if I ever find those papers again. They're around here somewhere.

I work in several worlds, but mainly two: Canon and Mirror. Canon is what I call the world that started in Flippyville, which Eulalia Danae and several others took and made their own. I have a great deal of respect for all of them (save the ex-fiance, though that has more to do with his personal failings than his part in Canon) and am grateful to be a part of the world they created. Mirror is a world of my own, a parallel (a mirror *hint hint*) of many Canon characters, though with wildly different plots. It is with the identical tortures of the Rogue [Canon] and rogue mage [Mirror] that the two u... ]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24706718/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24706718/ Mon, 11 May 2009 16:21:32 PDT ~Corvidraline, AKA D.C., needz j00 h3lp. She's short on cash, a good anthro and furry artist, and has opened what are probably the most affordable commissions on dA. Go take a look!
((For those who are wondering... I advertise for friends, but I try not to commission them. I'm afraid of offending someone.))

Also, =MoonLilith has opened $10 "girlish" commissions, and she's not bad either. I'm trying to save my pennies for the commissions I already have arranged, or I'd be taking advantage of her.


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Meme stolen from , who stole it from :


How do you see the other people in your friendly digital neighborhood?
Why not show others your image of them (NICE images, NICE 8'D) by drawing them~?

1.) Comment in this journal~
2.) I will draw whatever image comes to my mind when I think of you. o3o
3.) Copy and paste this in your journal, you can choose a number, but you can't be picky. >w< If you choose 10 people, you must do the first ten that comment.

First 7, I guess? Assuming I get that many.

Warning: T3h AC does not draw well. You may get a silly comic, you may get abstract lines, or you may get a poem.

1. Lenden
2. Corvidraline
3. Kashala
4.
5.
6.
7.

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#Third:
~Cristal-Knight (formerly Saykii)
I have no idea where I met her, except that it was probably on Gaia, because I drew her avatar there at some point. ^^ CK's good people. There is no one LESS likely to bite you, which is saying something.


..and that's all for now.




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^{These are the people I currently am waiting for commissioned art from on dA or am in the process of commissioning:}
_{~p3p574r (for my brother's annoying complicated character) <--I give up on this. The artist pretends to have fallen off the face of the earth, when I have PROOF she's still active.
~torikat (for three monochrome headshots) *payment reserved* <--Waiting to see if she still wants to do these when she gets back from abroad.
=Pirate-Cashoo (for the dragon tamer and Cassandra)*paid*
~Nith47 (for Cassandra in full paladin armor, in combat) *unpaid*
~Princu (for Corellia) *paid?*
*} *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24572831/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24572831/ Sun, 03 May 2009 19:10:00 PDT There's this guy. =just-a-CreEp. He's doing cheap commissions so he can afford new art supplies. ^^ This is the one he did for me: [link] You should commission him, too.


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Today I am 22! Wish me a Happy Birthday.

=Ninjatic , who totally did not know this was my birthday, finished and sent me his finished work today. It's not uploaded on dA (yet? don't know if it will be), but here it is: [link] By coincidence, HIS birthday was yesterday! Wish him a Happy Belated, yes? ^_^

Tag von =lenden
<sub>Teh Rules for the Quiz:

1. Answer all questions
2. tag 6 people
3. Be honest

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NAME: A.C.
BIRTHDAY: Today!
BIRTHPLACE: South Bend, IN, USA
CURRENT LOCATION: Denver, CO
EYE COLOR: Gray... though they've been color-changers since about this time last year. Blue, various shades of gray, dull and bright green, and white.
HAIR COLOR: Golden brown
HEIGHT: 5'6"/7"
L/R HANDED: R
YOUR BEDTIME: Whenever I end up going to bed, usually before midnight.

THE SHOES YOU WORE TODAY: black sneakers
YOUR WEAKNESS: Oh, like I would tell.
YOUR PERFECT PIZZA: Green peppers, onions, fresh, sliced (uncooked) olives on top

YOUR MOST OVERUSED PHRASE ON AN INSTANT MESSENGER: "Indeed."
GOAL TO ACHIEVE THIS YEAR: I have several. *looks away*
YOUR MOST MISSED MEMORY: The song I composed in the backseat of the Blazer, on the road between the school and our neighborhood, Byron, Illinois, which I was ordered not to sing because Mom or Dad was trying to drive... and forgot by the time we got home. It was the first song I ever made up, and it wasn't finished.
HAVE YOU BEEN IN LOVE: Yes.
ARE YOU A HEALTH FREAK: Don't think so...

PEPSI OR COKE: Pepsi with most things, Coke if I made the macaroni.
McDONALDS OR BURGER KING: BK. It's slightly less toxic, you know.
SINGLE OR GROUP DATES: Single.
LIPTON ICE TEA OR NESTEA: Die. I am not my mother, nor am I Southern.
CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA Flavor: Depends.
CAPPUCCINO OR COFFEE: Die. I am neither an idiot nor a fool.

DO YOU SMOKE: Nope.
DO YOU SWEAR: Not often. Sometimes an occasion really does warrant it, but not often.
DO YOU SING: Yes.
DO YOU SHOWER DAILY: Yes.
DO YOU WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE: Yes.
DO YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED: Yes.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF: Depends what it is. In some things, I know myself well enough that it's not a matter of belief. In other things... I seek reassurance from those I trust over myself. Key point being that I don't seek reassurance from strangers, or from friends who don't know the full situation. I cannot trust and believe in anyone else's faith if they themselves judge in ignorance.
DO YOU GET MOTION SICKNESS: Yes. But not altitude sickness or plane sickness!
DO YOU LIKE THUNDERSTORMS: YES. There is one outside as I type, though not particularly strong yet.
DO YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT: Used to play the flute, played the piano before that. Have tried my hand at other things now and then.
DO YOU WORK: Yep.

In the past month have you...
1. DRUNK ALCOHOL: I don't think so, but don't hold me to that.
2. SMOKED: Nope.
3. BEEN ON DRUGS: Meds, all prescription and none abused.
4. GONE TO A MALL: Yep! Yesterday, in fact. ^_^
5. EATEN A BOX OF OREOS: Not in the past month... >_>
6. EATEN SUSHI: NEVA!
7. BEEN ON STAGE: I wish!
8. BEEN DUMPED: Nope.


In a Boy/Girl:
FAVORITE EYE COLOR: Green. Luckily, I landed one. The last one had the coolest eyes I've ever seen, but he didn't work out...
FAVORITE HAIR COLOR: Not blond.
SHORT OR LONG HAIR: Short. I have yet to find a guy who doesn't either have or want long hair, though.
WEIGHT: Not chunky, but not so thin that I can't hug him without breaking him. I like muscular guys.
BEST CLOTHING STYLE: Average stuff. NO style, I should say.

NUMBER OF CD'S I OWN: 20-25?
NUMBER OF PIERCINGS: Nope.
NUMBER OF TATTOOS: Working on it.

THINGS IN MY PAST I REGRET:
I regret being so reluctant to embrace.</sub>



Features: Those Who Helped Ink Get Commissions To Pay For The Vet (... ]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24449056/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24449056/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:05:21 PDT

This girl needs rent money--it's due this week, she's $300 short, and she's taking tons of fast, cheap commissions to get up the money. I'm commissioning her, and you should, too. 'Cause T3h AC said so. This is what she did for me: [link]

^{There's also this guy. =just-a-CreEp. He's doing cheap commissions so he can afford new art supplies. ^^ This is the one he did for me: [link] You should commission him, too.}

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^{((Because I myself can never seem to read all the features in one journal, I'm going to spread these out and feature one every time for the next twelve journals. Posted in the order that they responded to the plea I sent out and posted a journal (or whatever) to help ~IridescentInkSpell get commissions so she could pay her cat's vet bills. Also, it seems I can only post thumbnails for you as a subscriber, so I got a subscription here...))}


Features: Those Who Helped Ink Get Commissions To Pay For The Vet (see previous journals)

#First:
~skyzen

_{I first knew this guy as Bedshaped_Hero, who opened up an art shop on Gaia and almost immediately took a hiatus. I liked his art enough to wait for it, and he rewarded that by making me his very first customer when he came back... Unfortunately, skill suffers with disuse, something I didn't really understand until I saw what he drew for me. Skyzen is a good artist with a fun style, and he's gotten all his old style back and more since that hiatus. I haven't seen him take a commission in a long time, but he does post the lineart to a lot of his personal work, for others to color. He's good at what he does. ^^}

..and that's all for now.




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^{These are the people I currently am waiting for commissioned art from on dA or am in the process of commissioning:}
_{~p3p574r (for my brother's annoying complicated character)
~torikat (for three monochrome headshots)
=Pirate-Cashoo (for the dragon tamer and Cassandra)
~Nith47 (for Cassandra in full paladin armor, in combat)
~Princu (for Corellia)
*NaRai (for the Goddess of Mysteries)
=DarkVanessa (for assorted late Christmas gifts--Rensing, Eulalia Danae, Ivy, an IRL friend, and... wait, two IRL friends. One is Kashala. ^^)
~IridescentInkSpell (for the Butterfly, Cassandra/Cookie character sheet, and the 7 princesses)} *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24119829/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/24119829/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:05:21 PDT EDIT: I need to locate the meme-thing that's 100 subjects to create deviations about. I believe the first one on the list is Introduction, and the last one may or may not be Death. No one I know is doing it (that I know of), so I don't have it bookmarked...


Which is sad, all told. I have the names and know who I need to feature with my next journal, but I never seem ready to do it. These are interesting times.

Which I suppose are better than boring times, in perspective.

Three new facts:

1: I'm engaged to be married. My fiance is , never on dA anymore but much living in my house. Or rather, I kidnapped him and am not letting him leave. My reward for this terrible behavior is a diamond solitaire that was his mom's engagement ring before me.

2. The next journal SHOULD be a series of features on those dA folks who helped spread the word about 's cat and get commissions for her to pay the bills.

3. I've unsubscribed to a loooot of people. The few I am keeping are a) good friends, b) people who owe me art still, and c) those VERY FEW people I plan to commission immediately once my money stuff is all sorted out. Said very few people also include folks like Ebas and Liiga, who I won't be able to first-commission and re-commission, respectively, until my money is far more than just "sorted out." And Alexiuss. There are some people I just can't stop watching, frankly. They're too good at what they do.


Love ya, guys. And yes, I will (eventually) get through all the journals and deviations you've piled in my message boxes *rolls eyes teasingly*... Key word being eventually. Oh, well.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/22762363/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/22762363/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:57:38 PST



1.Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
0.o Page 18... is completely blank!

2.Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you reach?
The Society of S, a book my bf wants me to read.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
...I think CNN... or maybe FOX... was on the office TV when I left work today. I don't own a TV.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
Judging by the light... no, wait, it's cloudy/snowing today... 3:40? 4:20? Can't be past 4:30, the sun sets early this close to the mountains.

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
3:35. Haha! My watch is always 5 minutes ahead, and it says 3:40. I'm always looking at my watch, not the clock. I rock!

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Well, the comp is playing Brown-Eyed Girl, I can hear myself and my bf typing on our respective keyboards... That's about it.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
I last stepped outside when I left work. I was coming home. XD

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
Lenden's journal, where this was posted.

9. What are you wearing?
Cotton

10. Did you dream last night?
As always. Don't remember any of it--they've been a lot more scattered than usual, this past year.

11. When did you last laugh?
...No idea.

12. What are on the walls of the room you are in?
Beige paint, two posters of my characters (Techie/Cross by saintpepsi, Dem by sakimi-chan), a bunch of small posters by other artists (mostly gotten at Fanime 06, some from... I forget her name. o.o), a time zone map, a map of Iraq, a map of Afganistan, a poster from Monterey, a picture of me with my family one Christmas, a National Geographic poster about our solar system (with the new order of all planets and dwarf planets on the back), a light switch.

13. Seen anything weird lately?
...Probably.

14. What do you think of this quiz?
*shrug* I liked it enough to do it.

15. What is the last film you saw?
Bedtime Stories. Gotta say, Adam Sandler movies aren't so offensive when he's trying to be clean.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
I have a list. I'm serious. It's titled "Infinite Money Senario," and multi-millionaire is close enough for my purposes. I don't want a mansion, I just want to not have to worry about money ever again.

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know about.
I mess around with energy work, and ever since the first time I saw energy, my eyes keep changing color. Naturally gray, they'll go bluer or several different shades of green and other grays, including, my boyfriend insists, white. Apparently, the white is his favorite.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
I would return to the earth all those with weak genetic traits, weak and irreparable character, and stupid people. Those remaining would be left to draw their own conclusions and continue on on the earth, freed of certain drains on society and most of the red tape... and I would probably fall under one of the categories of people I'd be getting rid of, so I guess I'd be dead.

19. Do you like to dance?
YES!

20. George Bush:
Hahahahahahhaaa...

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
No idea. Assuming it's my current bf that I marry (I hope so!), he wishes to name her. I get to name the boy(s).

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
David Ace Scarborough

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
New Zealand, my hearties!

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
"Welcome home."

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/22057264/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/22057264/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:13:41 PST
1) Ink has been able to pay the vet bills, thanks to the help of a whole lot of friendly folks here on dA. I am really, really tired right now, and it's going to take more time that I have until Christmas, but the next journal I make will be the mass of thank-yous to every last one of them.

2) Jesus Christ is born.

Bad News:

1) I'm behind on dA! That's polls, replies, comments, activity, deviations, and whatever else I get messages for on dA. XD On the upside, I have no unread Notes. I tend to go through those first, faster, and more often than anything else.

Why I'm tired:

1) 2ND ANNUAL 3rd Secret Santa on GaiaOnline. x_x I forgot some of the problems that went with it, although I at least got in the lucky position of Spotlight-shadow. Gaia has this thing where they'll highlight a user-run event or project thread once in a while, and they picked a secret santa--so glad it WASN'T mine. God, a whole website on my doorstep? I would have shut it down immediately, PMed those who'd already signed up to go to another thread, and treated myself for shock. So, upside was that I didn't have a problem getting people. Downside was that I got some people who... One person. One person stressed me out so badly that when I finally stopped her PMing me back, I was rattled and on-edge for the whole next day in anticipation of the response that never came. I want nothing to do with that anymore, but people she's talking to from outside the SS are asking me about it. "Am I going to get kicked, too?" LORD, no. "Did she say anything really horrible? She didn't hurt your feelings, did she?" No, because if she'd cussed at me or insulted my family, I would have reported her. Stop talking about it!!

2) I'm studying for my job certification and my job qualification at the same time. I'm not doing well, because I'm not really studying that hard... It's not easy. I've learned that I have to balance what I do. Make one flashcard for something I have to study, then one card for a character's basic description. One or two runs through the flashcards, make another character card. Yet, my shop is very sociable... If I study and pass everything and know what I'm doing, I'm happy to chat. There's time for that, once I pass. But until then, I'm getting people who want me to socialize and not become a "black sheep" of the shop--which, considering what happened to the LAST black sheep, I don't want either--but I can't do that and study at the same time!! I don't have the discipline or inclination to study at home, trust me.

3) My boyfriend is lactose intolerant. Lately, it's been... bad. Lactase pills are expensive, but so is Pepto Bismal, and the Pepto doesn't work very well. It's hard to see him in pain when there's so little I can do. All I can do is comfort him and help him stand and walk when it gets too bad, but there's so much pressure built up in his chest and stomach that I can barely touch him.

4) I still don't have my housing allowance. That's $866 for several months that I DON'T have, soon to be almost $1000. They owe me for all of that, but knowing that a fat check will someday come does nothing for the CURRENT bills and CURRENT rent due and CURRENT need to eat. I took three months of advance pay. My next paycheck could be less than $400 if they don't have the problem fixed and the money through by then--and they won't. It's Christmas, and Ellsworth is full of guys who don't care to do their job, and I'm never, ever, going to get my money. And that scared me.

It... really, really scares me. A lot.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/21669909/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/21669909/ Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:19:27 PST is in a quandary. That is to say HER CAT NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!

Ink's cat has become very sick, and her parent's are only paying for half the vet bill, leaving $170+ for Ink herself to pay. She lives off her student loan, and has no income (and with the current economy and all her classes, it's HIGHLY unlikely that she can get a job), so she's decided to open up real-money commissions for the first time in the hopes that people on dA would be willing to pay for her art.

She's offering everything from a $5 bust sketch to an $80 full character sheet, so please consider!! Please, even if you can only spare a dollar, send it PayPal to IridescentInkSpell@gmail.com.

Every dollar makes a difference.

~~~
So, here's the new deal. You feature Ink up there in your journal and/or signature (preferably both, so this works even better), and post here, and I'll go through your gallery and feature what I think is the very best of your work, as well as a short synopsis of what I think of you and your work in general.

And I will continue featuring you for every journal I make for the next year, unless you leave dA and there's no longer a point in a feature.

That's the deal. Anyone who helps re-direct folk to 's page is 'd, because she needs help that bad. Having her in your journal for any watchers to see (because you never know who's a commissioner or knows someone who'd like the style), having her in your sig so everyone can see when you comment elsewhere, or even just going to her page yourself and commenting on her work is a big help. We need to get the word out there, folks!








Thanksgiving Update: Today I am thankful for God as my co-pilot. New commissioning will be suspended while the nice folks at Jeep put my wheel back on my car.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/21273670/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/21273670/ Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:07:02 PDT [link] <-- CLickie clickIE!


Eh. I wouldn't inflict my art on anyone that way. I host an SS on GaiaOnline, and I learned enough from that to realize that I would be one of those infamous low-level artists who can't give as good as they get, or would be unhappy somehow if they got as good as they gave. On the other hand, I would be very embarrassed if I got better than I gave, so it'd just be bad for me to join no matter what the outcome.

That and I owe a lot of gifts and trades still.

But as for whether or not private SS's are fair... yes, they are. Private means it's for friends, watched, or watchers only, and it fosters goodwill and friendship. Public ones are difficult, logistically, for the sheer fact that there are more people. Also, if any SS hosts and hostesses are like me and try to match people up so they'll all be happier in the end, it's even WORSE. If you know everyone in it and can match everyone up so that everyone will either A) get as good as they give, B) get something on their wishlist/something from an artist they've always wanted art from, or C) get to give a particular gift to a particular person that they otherwise would never get done, yeah. That's pretty cool and fun.

Imagine trying to do that for a ton of people you don't know.

Public is fine if you can handle that, or if you're doing it by drawing names out of a hat and people get who they get, but it's not easy if you want to bend the names for the best outcome.

...

Before anyone asks, I think it's highly inappropriate for an SS host to be in their own. I don't believe most could avoid being selfish, and I know I probably couldn't, even if I wanted to be on both sides. I don't participate in any I host, for that reason.








I'm in a fanclub!--> w00t! Hizuki is an awesome artist.
:icon sakimichan-fanclub: <--Also teh r0x0r

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/21194644/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/21194644/ Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:03:19 PST
But you get the picture.

#8, the usual from Lenden (-Post your honest opinion about 10-20 people. (don't have to be from Dev-art.)
-You may not reveal the identity of these people.
-You may not deny or confirm any guesses.)

1: You suck. I will always love you, I will always regret that love, and I will never give in again. Don't expect concession.

2: Beautiful mate, with whom I share my soul, the greatest of those I know. Perfect, but perfect for me--why so surprised that others say it and reject you? You were always meant for me. The one who makes my days joyous and my nights warm and comforted, you will never be far nor I from you. I only hope that I was the one you had in mind, too, when you came down to Earth.

3: You're a goose, but no lemon. I'd be glad to meet you in person, one day.

4: I don't know what I'd do, where I'd be, if not for what you started. I know it wasn't with me in mind, I know you have no idea, but I'd be dead or in darkness if not for the anchor you gave me, the world you let me into. I can never properly repay you, but I will ever be this grateful.

5: I don't actually agree. I don't get that sparkle, that joy from your work that I sometimes say I do, because it's just not as good as you seem to hope. You are a friend, and I tell white lies to keep you trying, to keep you believing that there is that hope.

6: You are my first best friend. Though it seems like we never talk anymore, and I keep forgetting to call, to e-mail, to Note--and that's God's honest truth, I'm incredibly forgetful lately--I keep you close in my heart. I'll find a way to show that, someday.

7: Never real, always persistent. Never here, always there in my words and actions. Never, forever, and your non-existent self may never know how much I was affected by the life you didn't lead.

8: Oddly enough, I really do get you. Not that you'll read this, but I hope you keep plugging away and get what it really is you want, become who you desire. I may even get you last year's birthday/Christmas present someday.

9: I'm glad to keep in touch with one of my "little brothers." You're the only one I've been able to reach, since those days. I wish I'd made more of an effort to hold on to everyone else, but it's been so many years now... I don't even know how many. I'm just glad I was smart enough to keep talking to you, no matter how many names you go through. *hugs*

10: Yeah... no offense, but you're a bit of a d*ck. I know I've acted pretty weird at times, but seriously. I think Matchbox 20's "Unwell" song applies to all that. You've never bothered to get to know me, just as I've barely tried with you, so don't judge. I do you that much courtesy.


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#7, as usual, from Lenden (I have to fill this WHOLE thing out?! WTF!!!)


1.) Real name?
Aryn Chris ********

2.) Age?
21

3.) Single or taken?
Taken

4.) Birthday m/d/y?
May 3rd

5.) Favorite Sport?
Baseball to watch, 8-ball, 50-person soccer to play goalie for

6.) Favorite type of music?
Anything but rap and/or people who SUCK.

7.) Favorite album?
Minutes to Midnight was well done, if you want something recent.

8.) Favorite group?
*shrug*

9.) Favorite Hit Single?
?

10.) Favorite outfit?
No longer exists.

11.) Do you have a crush at the moment?
*shrug*

12.) If yes who if no who was the last person you had a crush on?
My current boyfriend

13.) Are you physically fit?
Kinda... no, not by my own definition, but I my leg's still healing...

14.) Favorite professional sports team?
Cubs

15.) Favorite cartoon show?
Static Shock

16.) Favorite movie?
The Phantom

17.) Favorite book?
The Blue S... ]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/20923253/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/20923253/ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:26:32 PDT
I live in Colorado, Denver area. I have a Jeep (the Jeep Jeep, not a Grand Cherokee or whatever... real one is called a Wrangler). I _did_ break it off with the one some of you may remember I had as a fiance, and I did it because my suspicion that I couldn't trust him and would not be able to get along with him in the long run was amply proven to me. I originally left the window open in case he changes his character sometime in the future, but I have now closed that after seeing him in person once more and saying goodbye in my heart. I now have a wonderful boyfriend who came to me from Florida and with me all the way here, and I know that he is a far better person for me than my ex-fiance may ever be. My lovely's name is Michael. He keeps me warm in my new apartment.

You read me. APARTMENT! *woohoo! ecstatic* Don't ask me how I did it, but I did. I am happy. ^_^ On the otherhand, I don't even have the money to get a hardtop, oil change, and new air filter for my Susan (the Jeep, yes, I named her Susan), so who knows what'll happen when it snows tomorrow. I guess we'll have to see...



I'm in a fanclub!--> w00t! Hizuki is an awesome artist.
:icon sakimichan-fanclub: <--Also teh r0x0r, in progress with of... the same character as Hizuki-san... 0.o

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/20026293/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/20026293/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:12:01 PDT

In other news, I'm not on hiatus... I'm on leave. For those who don't know the difference, let's just say that's not important for now... Well, yes it is, but not really. Hiatus is when you get sick of art or drawing or people or a given website and you vanish for an undefined period of time. Leave is when you get permission to go take care of business or go on vacation for a while, and it takes a set amount of time rather than indefinitely. My leave extends til about mid-September, I think, so if all goes well, I'll be back online then.

I will NOT have any notification of Notes or Messages here, so the best way to contact me is through GaiaOnline (same username). Then, at least, I'll know I HAVE a message from you. Other than that, just don't expect a response before I'm done moving house and have internet again. Anything before mid-September is a miracle, granted straight to thee. XD


I'm in a fanclub!--> w00t! Hizuki is an awesome artist.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/19614330/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/19614330/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:41:30 PDT
The song:[EDIT] Nevermind... It was taking too long to attempt to upload, so I'll try it another time. Somebody remind me to try it another time.

In other news, more than one person is taking what I write as a comment to their work (poetry, poetic turns of phrase, etc) and editing it into their artist comments for the image. I had one guy call me a wordsmith. *blush* So, even though I thanked you all and was flattered publically on each of your pages, and even though most of you don't watch me in return... Thank you guys. ^^ I really AM flattered you would do that.

In RL news, though, I'm busy. Very busy. I'll be busy for a while, and too tight on money to pay for commissions (not to mention I have no time to think about who I want to do what and get the details down right), and I'm not going to respond as much or as quickly. For about a month, starting August 18th, expect me to have zero internet access. What I have before then, hopefully I'll use smartly and not be on dA for. Way it goes.

In yet OTHER news... I'm going to submit myself for
Only question is, what's a pseudo-intellectual? I've searched the site, and still can't find anything that defines what all these different catargories are, though some are obvious. I've wavering between marking myself down as an editor (though it's true I haven't gotten around to it yet), a general poet, or pseudo-intellectual. Can anyone tell me what that last one IS?





I'm in a fanclub!--> w00t! Hizuki is an awesome artist.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/19262831/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/19262831/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:56:24 PDT
If you like personality quizzes, don't read the second part of this before copy/pasting and doing the first part. That would ruin it, of course. ^_^

In fact, if you can, copy/paste and DON'T READ MY ANSWERS before you answer yourself. They might influence you, you know, even if you don't realize it, and make you give some of the same answers where you wouldn't otherwise.

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1. You are not alone. You are walking in the woods. Who is with you?
A. Her. It's a companionable silence, with silent laughter and the holding of hands. We would walk the woods together.


2. You are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal?
A. A squirrel. It's on the ground or a fallen branch or log, perhaps a root with the earth around it fallen away.


3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal?
A. We hold eye contact for a moment before he twitches and scampers off, maybe into the brush, maybe up a tree. My eyes follow where he went and wonder what he's doing now.

4. You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing, and before you is your DREAM house. How big is it?
A. Two stories and four rooms square, with a small room or a sun room or lean-to on the side and an attic room. There's a front porch with enough room for a swing or hanging plants and a back deck for barbeques and small parties, and a garden around it. One tree leans over a corner of the house, enticing but with no branches close enough to climb out your window from. There's a yard, but it's really only a large clearing with trees surrounding it. It also has a basement/cellar.

5. Is your dream house surrounded by a fence?
A. ...The property is surrounded by a fence, but it's not visible from the house without binoculars. The trees hide it.

6. You enter the house. You walk into the dining room and see the dining room table. What do you see on AND around it?
A. On the dining room table is a simple colored-candle arrangement, either one that suits the season or one that suits the room itself. Around it are chairs and a simple dresser to hold the china and fancier settings. The walls are cheerfully wallpapered, and several paintings adorn each wall. All in all, it looks like a lovable mess in there. ^_^ No interior decorator or resturant manager could love it, but it followes family tradition and my own tastes, and if nothing else will entertain the children who have to sit there through a long meal.

7. You exit the house and a cup is on the ground, what kind of cup is it?
A. It's... a cream-colored ceramic cup, but not like the cylinders we use today. It's a... chalise? Like a small deep bowl on a stem with a base. Not as deep or narrow as a wine glass, but flatter at the bottom. If you've ever seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, think the Holy Grail out of smooth creamy ceramic, about 7 inches high, and slightly deeper. It's cool to the touch, but not uncomfortably so.

8. What do you do with the cup?
A. I pick it up curiously and look inside before examining the rest of it carefully. The outside seems a little rougher and has a somewhat grainy look and feel, but the inside--while empty and dry-- is soft and welcoming. It gives the impression that it could be filled with a swirly, soft liquid or cream about the consistency of conditioner. Is seems partly filled when you look into it, but the "contents" neither spill nor have any physical presence. It's like an optical illusion, for you can see the bottom of the cup through it if you look, and there is no sense of it against my hand when I dip my fingers in to touch the bottom.

9. You walk to the edge of the property where you find yourself standing at the edge of a body of water. What kind of body of water is it?
A. It's a small lake, a pond really, and does not extend past the property. At the other end, I can see the fence through the trees. There are no big fish here, though I wonder if pet fish could be set free in here to seed it. Wouldn't it be neat to find goldfish, catfish, or koi in here? Rainbow fish and zebra fish, the odd frog or two perhaps...

10. How will you cross the water?
A. I will not. I will not swim it or walk through--although I think it might be shallow enough--because I do not think the water is very clean. We will walk around it, in opposite directions to keep a sense of balance. She thinks I'm silly to say that, but she will humor and help me.



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1. The person who you are walking in the woods with is the most important person in your life. *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/19215031/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/19215031/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:00:06 PDT
See, I had this neat idea to install this NEAT TABLET that I JUST BOUGHT and draw a colorful little scribble saying Happy 4th of July, maybe with fireworks. Then I installed the drivers and software and realized I have no idea more idea how to use Photoshop and Painter with a pen than I did Gimp with a mouse. Besides which, I didn't get around to installing the stuff til this morning. *FAILURE*

So, Happy 5TH of July.

Also, does anyone know a place to host sound files online (.wav) that will actually let people hear it instead of making them download? I've only ever used image hosting sites, I don't know any others.












What I'm currently in the middle of being in progress with working on:

--Coloring that Father's Day lineart in MS Paint (I'm on the pants now)
--A whole bunch of chibis of my characters plus a manga-style of me, all pasted together (assuming I figure out this tablet thing)
--The bust of Forde
--DarthDespario's Haley
--The 52 deck stories, albeit slowly (including ED's birthday present)
--A rough idea for an ORIGINAL homepage image for a general rp guild on Gaia
--Whatever else pops up, although I would prefer to be doing more work on my incredible stack from before.




I'm in a fanclub!--> w00t! Hizuki is an awesome artist.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/19089404/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/19089404/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:46:59 PDT
If you comment here I'm going to tell you:

a) Tell you why I friended you
b) Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etcetera.
c) Tell you something I like about you.
d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
e) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
f) Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.

In return, you must post this in your journal.



Other than that... You may have noticed the scarcity of journals and deviations from me lately. They're there, but they're rare. Why, you ask? Well, no, it's not entirely my job. I've had a lot on my mind, plus I went on a commissioning rampage. I have about 10 commissions still out, plus one that's getting tweaked and one that's driving me up the wall because I have to deal with my brother (normally not a problem, but he's d*mn indecisive and can't figure out what he wants. Screw it, but I already paid!). I've also had a lot on my mind.

I forgave my love for doing something most consider unforgivable: cheating. I did so because I love him, because I perceived little harm done, and because it didn't seem like cheating by my own definition--at first. But a friend recently went through something similar, and when I started thinking about this again, I realized I'm in love with a douchebag. Regardless of what I consider cheating, he didn't know my definition. He believed when he did it that I would consider it cheating. So, rather than talking to me about it, rather than fessing up, and rather than refraining from it out of respect for how he thought I'd feel, he did it anyway. This is a guy I can't trust, no matter how much I love him. I called him up the other night to tell him just that... and instead I caved. x_x Hopefully, by telling you guys and some other friends and posting it on lj secret and my wallpaper where it can randomly stare me in the face, I can gather up enough courage to try again. I hope so.

In other news, I have a few projects I'm thinking/planning out. One involved a deck of 52 cards that can also be used for fortune-telling stuff, with pictures of my own and a few other people's characters on them. It would be a very long-term project, and I have to write the story/stories for each one, but after Lord knows how many years, I've finally settled on a design. The characters are subject to change, but not by much--they all have to be connected to each other in some degree, and that means rpcs and related characters only. When I have more figured out and some of the stories polished, I'll post them on dA and make a journal for it.

Smaller projects include coloring lineart in Paint (takes forEVER!), drawing a bust+arm of a friend's character (Sahaqiel of Gaia's character Forde, a chainsmoker), and writing "When Maenads Play," a story about the seven princesses (characters based off Eulalia Danae's characters) and inspired by a particular Dionysian fractal. ^_^ Also, I need an editor to help me polish the Gray Goddess card story, which was inspired by [link] . Krysta? Helpers get a hug.

For things on my long todo list and things like how I STILL haven't gotten to commenting on Lenden's writing, welllllll... I'll get there eventually. I getz distracted pretty easily, sometimes, especially when it involves creative works.






I'm in a fanclub!--> w00t! Hizuki is an awesome artist.

The todo list, updated 16Jun08: [link]

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/18921863/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/18921863/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:47:13 PDT [link]

We were both jealous, you see.



EDIT: Tradeback!

UPDATE: I'm in a fanclub!--> w00t! Hizuki is an awesome artist.

The todo list, updated 16Jun08: [link]

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/18718812/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/18718812/ Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:17:04 PDT [link]



Thefted from genji-rose [link]
Because it required theft.

Q: Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search:
A: Operation AC needs your help!


Q: Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search:
A: AC looks like an anomaly in the Quantum range

Q: Type in "[your name] says" in Google search:
A: AC says “The Mako 2.1 system is a fantastic sound system.”
((No idea what that is.))

Q: Type in "[your name] wants" in Google search:
A: CRESCENT A. C. WANTS DAVIS CUP MATCHES
but
Standard A.C. Wants Games.

Q: Type in "[your name] does" in Google search:
A: AC Does It
((Apparently, my personal private activities are a jazz song... Creeeepyyyyy!))

Q: Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search:
A: ac hates sparker.

Q: Type in "[your name] asks" in Google search:
A: AC asks Police to release guber candidate Dina.
((Look! Global political connections! ))

Q: Type in "[your name] goes" in Google search:
A: ac goes medical.
((*shudder*))

Q: Type in "[your name] likes" in Google search:
A: AC likes the Red Bull team!
((o.0 The what?))

Q: Type in "[your name] eats" in Google search:
A: A. C. Eats The Cake And Blows The Candles.
((As of today, in that order. Because I can.))

Q: Type in "[your name] wears" in Google search:
A: AC wears his protective vest sometimes.
((>.>... I iz not male. BS to youz.))

Q: Type in "[your name] was arrested for" in Google Search:
A: ((...Nada))


In fairness, this probably makes a lot more sense if you have a normal name.


UPDATE: I'm in a fanclub!--> w00t! Hizuki is an awesome artist.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/18583144/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/18583144/ Fri, 30 May 2008 19:53:20 PDT
I've been up about 4 or 5 hours now, and this is the first I've left my bed. I'm all kinds of shaky and don't know how long it'll last before I have to puke and go back to bed--sitting up for long makes me nauseous--but I'm trying.

I didn't think it would be like this. Thought I'd take the weekend to catch up on this dA stuff, but it doesn't look like it. Sorry, Lenden.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/18212870/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/18212870/ Fri, 09 May 2008 20:22:28 PDT
Seriously. If I can get back online to see them, any suggestions?



EDIT: Hm. According to my dad, the original owner of my laptop, these problems have zilch to do with the hardware and everything to do with extraneous software I've messed with and the fact that more than half of its memory is in use... Oops. Maybe I won't be buying a new comp after all.

And according to him, the reason Dell is so cheap is because all the pieces break after 2 years of hard use. Most people would never notice because they don't use it as hard or as often as one does for business. Says his buddy at one office used one for work, and at 2 years the keys snapped off.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17766310/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17766310/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:58:22 PDT [link]
[Neigh horse has been drawn and awaits the scanner... once I figure out my brand new scanner]


That "F-ing kidding me" journal. [link] This was what that was about:

[link] (article)
[link] (news clips)

I didn't know it had anything to do with polygamy or that there were so many.

EDIT: More:
[link] (article)
[link] (video)
[link] (map)

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17761628/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17761628/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:21:39 PDT [link]


Stolen from Kasha, who stole it from Venaeli:



I Am A: True Neutral Human Druid/Sorcerer (1st/1st Level)


Ability Scores:

Strength-12

Dexterity-12

Constitution-13

Intelligence-15

Wisdom-14

Charisma-13


Alignment:
True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil after all, he would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, he's not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some true neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. True neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you act naturally, without prejudice or compulsion. However, true neutral can be a dangerous alignment because it represents apathy, indifference, and a lack of conviction.


Race:
Humans are the most adaptable of the common races. Short generations and a penchant for migration and conquest have made them physically diverse as well. Humans are often unorthodox in their dress, sporting unusual hairstyles, fanciful clothes, tattoos, and the like.


Primary Class:
Druids gain power not by ruling nature but by being at one with it. They hate the unnatural, including aberrations or undead, and destroy them where possible. Druids receive divine spells from nature, not the gods, and can gain an array of powers as they gain experience, including the ability to take the shapes of animals. The weapons and armor of a druid are restricted by their traditional oaths, not simply training. A druid's Wisdom score should be high, as this determines the maximum spell level that they can cast.


Secondary Class:
Sorcerers are arcane spellcasters who manipulate magic energy with imagination and talent rather than studious discipline. They have no books, no mentors, no theories just raw power that they direct at will. Sorcerers know fewer spells than wizards do and acquire them more slowly, but they can cast individual spells more often and have no need to prepare their incantations ahead of time. Also unlike wizards, sorcerers cannot specialize in a school of magic. Since sorcerers gain their powers without undergoing the years of rigorous study that wizards go through, they have more time to learn fighting skills and are proficient with simple weapons. Charisma is very important for sorcerers; the higher their value in this ability, the higher the spell level they can cast.


Find out What Kind of Dungeons and Dragons Character Would You Be?, courtesy of Easydamus (e-mail)




As far as D+D goes, I have always picked a True Neutral human. I've gone for sorcerer a couple times, but also barbarian or fighter, and druid always seemed too complicated for me. Yet, I think this fits RL me very well.

Which is odd. How do they get this from some of those questions?


Detailed Results:

Alignment:
Lawful Good ----- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (18)
Neutral Good ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (26)
Chaotic Good ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (19)
Lawful Neutral -- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (19)
True Neutral ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (27)
Chaotic Neutral - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (20)
Lawful Evil ----- XXXXX (5)
Neutral Evil ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXX (13)
Chaotic Evil ---- XXXXXX (6)

Law & Chaos:
Law ----- XXXXX (5)
Neutral - XXXXXXXXXXXXX (13)
Chaos --- XXXXXX (6)

Good & Evil:
Good ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXX (13)
Neutral - XXXXXXXXXXXXXX (14)
Evil ---- (0)

Race:
Human ---- XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (15)
Dwarf ---- XXXXXXXX (8)
Elf ------ XXXXXX (6)
Gnome ---- XXXXXXXX (8)
Halfling - XXXXXXXX (8)
Half-Elf - XXXXXXXX (8)
Half-Orc - XXXXXX (6)

Class:
Barbarian - (-6)
Bard ------ (-6)
Cleric ---- XXXX (4)
Druid ----- XXXX (4)
Fighter --- XX (2)
Monk ------ (-15)
Paladin --- (-21)
Ranger ---- XX (2)
Rogue ----- (-10)
Sorcerer -- XXXX (4)
Wizard ---- (0)

























]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17706828/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17706828/ Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:14:09 PDT [link]



Today's subject is humanity. As in "Oh, the humanity!" and "humanitarian aid." It's about what happens when you get a knock on your door at 4:43 in the afternoon and are told that 50 some women and children (actually around 120) who were sexually and physically abused have been rescued from a local cult compound and volunteers are needed to help them.

You do not ask for more details, except where and when people are meeting. When you are told ten minutes from now in the briefing room, you do not ask what volunteering entails and say you don't think you can do it (when the folks at the door have no details). You nod, shut your door, and put your stuff up, get ready to go so you're there in ten minutes or less. In my case, they woke me up. I nodded, got myself wet, put my hair in a ponytail, dressed, and crutched my way over to the briefing room. I got there in 11 minutes, not ten. There were 7 or 8 people there already... over the next 20 minutes, about 20 more showed up. There are several hundred people in our squadron, and at least 150 were informed. Apparently, the rest would rather play WoW.

You are kidding me. You are. Because when people are in need, you denied them help. When people need you, you turned away. I heard someone who did show up defend you, say that you play WoW because your life sucks. You know what? THESE GIRLS HAVE HAD IT WORSE. No matter what you've been through, not matter what you're going through, no matter who you are, these people have it worse right. Now. Period. You help them. I have never been more ashamed of my fellow service members, my fellow Americans, my fellow human beings than I am right now. One of these days, you will disappoint and anger me to the point that I will abandon my belief in basic human goodness.

I am a good person. What in God's name is wrong with you?

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17477778/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17477778/ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:47:33 PDT [link]

Happy Easter!

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17308174/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17308174/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:11:53 PDT THE todo LISTS:
*=commission
^=volunteer/freebie
+=trade
-=because I can/for myself
o=Christmas or B-day gift
X=on hold
(anything I'm not working on, not able to do with current resources, or just don't have on my priority list)

Writing todo:
oShort story for ED
--
X*Plum Lovelace's characters
X*Silver Kiss~121's fanfic continuation

Crafting todo:
X^the statuette
--
X^badge
X^embroidery

Drawing todo:
oJarred Shanra (the hair. I have refs, they suck, but they exist. I will work on it.)
+couples gift for helping me find [~.Amaya.~]
+Sydneeey with marker
oIndigo Oblivion [IN PROGRESS]
oKasha
oArix
oJEZ's guy...
-Lenden's dream
Soldier Proof 6-11, 17
--
XoForde fullbody
X-"Do you have a 5?"
X-Welcome to the Guild
X-The infamous Mr. Adobe/Alexiuss' 1001 clues illustration
X+supuu (I believe it's waiting on him to get a new tablet or something...)
X^WWII comic
X^anonymousvampire
X^Scott Illudus Delial (yes, I HAVE been trying to draw him since November 07.)

Ready for the scanner:


Tag todo:


Misc. dA stuff todo:
ref photos for a particular character
attempt to cease commissioning until at least December (so far failing at this one)
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I am in Texas! And a warm, wonderful place that is, at least compared to central Cali. Which I hated. So this is cool.

Some of you may have heard me say that my new job will be hacking computers. It turns out that's not true... The little truth I can tell you is that even I don't know what my job is yet. And even when I do, I'm not allowed to tell you. Unlike my old job, Korean linguist, I can't even pretend it's legitimate and over-the-table. Obviously, a Korean linguist will be translating Korean to English or the other way around, and being a military one just means they're not allowed to tell you what they translate. Well, now I'm not allowed to tell you a darn thing, so... yeah. It sounds more mysterious than it is, of course, but I still had to sign that contract not to tell anyone anything for the rest of my life. Yay.

The rant (feel free to skip):
I was going to rant this, but it turns out I can't work up the same anger if it's a planned thing. So, here are the points:
1) My orders to come to Texas and start a new job have set since July
2) I accidentally found out my full orders in February, but was not handed them until a week and two days before my class down here was supposed to start, and they timed it so I had no choice but the fly down the day before, arriving at night.
3) Because I arrived the night before, I was not permitted to start my class. In fact, the nature of things is such that I may not be able to start class for some time--if it turns out my knee needs surgery, well, there's a certain recovery period after surgery. Hooray, the fact that that's undetermined yet.
4) If I can get a certain status, I MAY be allowed to take leave. If I do and am, I'm going home for a while. My love knows nothing about this, because I don't want to get our hopes up if it falls through. But I'm hoping on my own anyway, because I really miss him.
5) I am on crutches. I have been for several months now, and I'm starting to notice serious muscle atrophy in that leg. Worse, I now have to deal with constant offers from everyone in sight to carry things for me. I. Am. NOT. Bedridden. I can carry my own fucking tray perfectly damn well, thank you very much. I don't need a freaking nursemaid, and I do NOT want your God-damned hands on my books, my food, my crutches, my chair, my pens, or ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS MINE YOU FUCKING RETARDS. Period, end of story, I DON'T NEED HELP. If I ask for it, fine. If one person offers if and when I look particular tired and unsteady, and I accept, fine. If you morons come up and physically take my tray away from me without speaking one more time? I DO carry a knife in my pocket, and I WILL figure out how to use it. Just for you.
[/rant]

Ah. And it turns out there's no scanner at this library and no one I know has one. So I need to buy one... *heh* How I'm going to afford that right now, given that I'm about to buy a car, I have no idea.

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Things I commissioned from Rimfrost:

Lenden, me, and DarthDespario: [link]

Something maybe only D.C. and Krysta will fully get: [link]

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17164581/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17164581/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:06:38 PST
The weekend, I did not bring Rensing's doom down upon her. Nor did I draw. At all. These two things sadden me... and I did not get nearly as much done as I intended in general, although I did manage to find out that D.C.'s dA name is Corvidraline and buy a 1TB external harddrive. It has been backing up my computer since this time yesterday and is still not done. I expect it to be working for hours yet, although I hope it speeds up when I disconnect the internet and gets done before I have to pack the stuff up.

I am flying to Texas. I do not know the internet situation there, but I'm hoping to have it resolved by Thursday. That does not mean I'll be back on dA immediately... >.< No offense, but my e-mail is a bigger priority and some things on Gaia have been waiting a while for my attention as it is. I'm just glad I quit RBC, or it could be as much of a nightmare catching up as after Christmas. Very sad.

My love is unintentionally teaching me to swear. 2 years surrounded by soldiers, sailors, and Marines didn't do it, but he is. I want to swear mostly because I miss him so bad and am frustrated that I can't see him until the end of May. If then. If I can't escape (technically going that far breaks some rules), then I'm going to be TICKED.

...

And Marine females are filthy.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17104845/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17104845/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:27:04 PST ). It exists to tell you that so far Renisng, Kasha, and CrimsonChild have accepted tagging, so I have 5 people to tag on my own this weekend.

Also, I came to my page and somehow found 1,005 pageviews. I kind wonder how that happened... but then, I haven't been paying attention to it much. ^^ Just the fourth digit registered at a glance, I guess.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17036501/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/17036501/ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:52:41 PST
1) They finally gave me an MRI, after two years of nonsense with my knee that would NOT fix itself, contrary to what notoriously bad doctors at a particular army clinic said would happen. Turns out I have a Baker's cyst (a cyst in the back of my knee) leaking pus into the rest of the joint. Fortunately, that's easily fixed, and nothing important is busted. Get rid of the cyst, and I'll be fine.

2) I know this because I have the MRI film and printed analysis in hand. The army doctors find out when I show them in Tuesday. On Tuesday they will decide whether to take care of it here or send me on to my next duty station and get it done there. I want them to decide the latter BECAUSE

3) I have been assigned a new job, and it is the only one that makes me want to stay in the air force. If I had known the job existed before I joined, I would have gone for that instead. My training class start date is March 5th, and it's highly likely I would have to leave and be out of here by Friday to make it there on time. If I miss the start date, I'm out a job and stuck here indefinitely until they give me another one--which will NOT be the same one.

4) I screwed up badly this last Friday and managed to sleep until 4:30pm. Not a record, but considering I'm supposed to be somewhere else between 7am and 3:30pm... I'm not looking forward to Monday, especially since I have to go through other people just to ask which sergeant I need to see. I actually don't know.

5) I'm... doing bad. Really bad. The past two weeks have seen me take a plunge that I haven't in a while, and while it's certainly included being curled up on the floor trying not to dry-heave, I'm rather amazed that I haven't cried more. ^_^ I blame my love for me not crying so much. He's keeping me sane just by keeping in contact, I think. Have I mentioned that I can call him my fiance now? And yet, I'm struggling to maintain any sense of solidity. I'm not even acting like myself--Kasha noticed even before I said anything. Granted, I haven't been myself in quite a while now, but this is just not... It's not right, I can't deal with this much longer. If I don't get out of here and to Goodfellow (in Texas, where my training class is), if they keep me here, I'm going to break. It's coming, but if I can get to Texas I can just spend a weekend crying it out and getting outside to some warmth, finding friends I know are there. If I stay here, I'm not going to make it. I don't know that I'll be able to continue, I might just have to get out of here somehow. Actually, I might end up like Krysta! Lol to psychosis. Right?

6) I'm looking around tonight and feeling how very alone I am. He's the only person who's made me not feel lonely since I was a little kid. I know how to fix this, I know the solution is to go home to him, and I can't. Signed a stupid contract, it's good for another year and a half, and I can't go home to my love because that's AWOL. Leavenworth (the military jail) is bad, and I have to hold on. But it's so hard, being alone. the hardest part is knowing what to do and being helpless to do it.

And no matter what, I don't want sympathy or to talk about any of this. I want no questions, no expressions of confusion because something I've said here doesn't make sense, nothing. I just... can't handle it right now. I'm telling you this because I know at least two people want to know, but the less I think about it the better. I love coloring Mac2468's doodle, simply because it is completely mindless and intuitive, yet requires concentration. My brain shuts off, because all my focus is on something that takes no thought. And the bright colors make me happy. ^_^ I'd say I'm about a third done with it, going by sheer volume, although what is and isn't colored is kind of random-looking.
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Kris Wilson had this up : [link]

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Taken from Rimfrost (who took it from KevLewis), then Lenden, then Aoi Kajin :

RULES:
1) Answer the questions below
2) Take each answer and type it into dA search box
3) Take a deviation from... ]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16671434/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16671434/ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:03:09 PST


LATER EDIT: In other news, I changed my sig and added a lit tag. And from 156 deviations I've got it down to 140 (and counting), and Lenden has an insanely large percentage of them. And Rensing's will all be done at once. And I'm still awake-ish somehow and need to restrain myself from commissioning all the people I marked to commission until after I've got references done and no longer feel a burning need to spend the paycheck I received today, which will be far better spent on paying bills in about a month when hopefully I will have no income, having been discharged. Yay.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16599317/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16599317/ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:12:00 PST
I am excited.

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16505889/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16505889/ Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:07:57 PST
Taken from Rensing:

3 Things

Three Things You Want To Do Before You Die:
1. Astrophysics
2. Collab with one of my favorite authors
3. Raise a family

Three Names You Go By:
1. A.C. (in person/on paper)
2. AC (online)
3. Alexis (there were people convinced that was my name in HS )

Three Screen Names You Have Had:
1. ArynChris
2. Singsongpulse
3. ...um... ArynChrisF? On AOL when I was 12? *heh*

Three Physical Things You Like About Yourself:
1. My hair
2. My legs *wink*
3. *severe blush* Um, my chest, these days. I be sexy, j0.

Three Parts Of Your Heritage:
1. German
2. Irish
3. Somewhere a long, long time ago... French. XD

Three Things That Scare You:
1. Disproportionally thin or massive things (by massive you should think obese. This comes from a continuous nightmare I've had as long as I can remember... things go unbelievably skinny, then suffocatingly large, and it terrified me until I learned that it would go away if I turned on the lights and saw reality, or focused my eyes on one of the glow-in-the-dark stars on my wall. I don't know if it's scarier when it's an object or person in particular or when everything is black and there's just a feeling...)
2. rats. You know what a rat can do to a person? A lot of rats?
3. Medical stuff (gore, severe bruises, open wounds, IVs, scapels...)

Three Of Your Everyday Essentials:
1. Music
2. Internet
3. Ah, the ramifications of this answer... Ehm, let's go with sleep, instead.

Three Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. The necklace (bracelet) Kasha made me
2. a compass (I get lost when I'm not in the Midwest x.x)
3. blue fleece slippers!

Three Of Your Favorite Bands/Musical Artists:
1. Rush
2. Beatles
3. Simon and Garfunkel

Three Of Your Favorite Songs :
1. Spirit of Radio
2. 0.o I forget the name... Playing With the Boys? Kenny Loggins on the Top Gun soundtrack, track 3
3. Dang, it's as hard to narrow down for #3 as it was for fav bands... 59th Street Bridge Song is a good one. ^_^

Three Things You Want In A Relationship:
1. friendship
2. truth
3. sex

Two Truths And A Lie (in no particular order):
1. I get hit on every time I walk out the door
2. I'm bi
3. I get paid to write other people's fanfiction, and if they don't see me for 8 months they'll seek me out and beg/bribe me loads to continue, because I'm just. That. Good. :wink:

Three Physical Things About The Preferred Sex That Appeal To You:
1. *silly smile* Preferred gender or preferred sex? I like to be the smaller person.
2. Facial structure is a big one, eyes I could care less about, but no roman noses or big ears
3. Muscle tone and strength without large muscles

Three Of Your Favorite Hobbies:
1. writing/text rping
2. singing/dancing
3. climbing/hiking, especially in the desert

Three Things You Want To Do Really Badly Right Now:
1. Screw the Air Force and fly AWOL to his house
2. Run. As in I'm physically incapable, and it's getting to me
3. Play Feudal

Three Careers You're Considering/You've Considered:
1. Astrophysicist
2. National Geographic Photojournalist or Explorer (yup, that's a job!)
3. *heh* Daycare provider. I love kids.

Three Places You Want To Go On Vacation:
1. Yosemite
2. The Canadian side of Niagara Falls
3. The REST of the world!

Three Kids' Names You Like :
1. David
2. Ace
3. Sarah

Three Ways That You Are Stereotypically A Boy:
1. I like explosions. A lot. Self-quote: "The day is not complete without a small explosion."
2. Lady fit shirts? Baby T's? I wear funny and function T-shirts and jeans, thanks. I have a pair of boots and a pair of sneakers, and that's IT.
3. I want to learn how to fight. I want to scare people and beat the daylights out of them if they tick me off bad enough.

Three Ways That You Are Stere... ]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16382760/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16382760/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:34 PST
01 - I will NOT draw your request until I see this in your journal.
02 - In your comment, include a link to a reference picture of the character you want me to draw. Or write me a description.
03 - Only one character per person."

I've been seeing this and similar things up for a while now, but I figured I'd finally do it. Heck, why not? I get a free sketch out of it, too, don't I? And it's not like everything I've done so far hasn't been a freebie for SOMEone. Why not try dA people instead of just Gaians?

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Until there are ten commentors here claiming their sketches, I'm just going to leave this entry up and edit it to say whatever I'd write a new journal for. Currently, this is the list:
1. Rensing--drawing Rensing
2. Lenden--drawing the "Neigh" horse
3. DarthDespario--drawing Natalie
4. Snyper-mara--drawing Haley
5. Luv-chan--WANTS MAH LUV
6. ED--Ora!!!!
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10.
leaving 6 people still to comment. Awaiting 6 more!

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It occurs to me that I often mention "the stack." I don't know how often I talk about it on dA, but it certainly comes up a lot on Gaia, so I thought I should explain what I mean by that.

The stack is a half-real, half-imaginary pile of papers. The real half is composed of pages in my drawing notebook where people's avatars, OCs, or (in the case of Lenden's horse) random other images are. These may be on paper as simple lines or scribbles to block out poses and large items, or they may have progressed further than that to sketching, finalized sketches, or inked drawings waiting for the scanner. The imaginary half is comprised of the saved reference descriptions and pictures on my computer, titled with the name of the person I'm doing it for and the basic idea of what I'll be doing. Titles have included "Lenden--FLOB" and \"techz0rzmania--bustshot--green--Japanese modern toothfairy between two normal customers at a ramen stand--dark shaded surroundings, so she glows and the white is obvious." Sometimes the title includes the reason I'm drawing it, such as "[Maxxyne]--because it's cool" or "Sydneeey--art TRADE--lime green" (although it should be noted that not all art trades are fulfilled by the other side...>.> I don't know about anyone else, but I give trades a priority over freebies).

Scanned and uploaded/sent work is not in the stack. The stack is very much a to-do list.

Currently in the stack:

==22 line-and-scribble blocked characters (including the four above freebies) and one group shot, subject to change when sketched
==one marginally conceptualized OC and one vaguely conceptualized RPC, awaiting improvement of skill
==four couples, one of which will include blood and may include gore... which may get it moved to the awaiting skill section later
==one bishoujo of ED as a vampire hunter (and I ONLY say who it is because she already knows)
==one gothica
==one scifi gothica
==one redo of Lucki-chan, specifically that one of her seated that didn't work out, because now I think I could do it right/proportionally
==Aoi-Kajin's dolls, to be done when inspired
==xStupidxMFx's OCs, to be done whenever practicing group shots
==one elemental fight scene
==two friends whom I need more info from
==silver-fox's contest stuff. Now that I finally have the references again.

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]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16306876/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/16306876/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:21:37 PST
Anyway, I'm back. ^_^ I have a new art book, and it made me realize that my drawing was so terrible that I really had to go back to the OLD book and start *gasp* USING it. o.o As in, I've drawn enough the wrong way that I'm good enough to start drawing the RIGHT way now, body BEFORE clothes... Needless to say, this makes everything look a lot different. You'll see here real soon.

Sorry anyone I've been having a conversation with or asked to do art for me or something. XP It's going to take me a while to catch up on everything, and my priorities are Gaia, rp, dA, RBC, in that order. Please don't kill me. T_T

]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15938806/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15938806/ Sat, 15 Dec 2007 00:55:46 PST

These are ones that apply to me, and why:
:thumb34240121: Because this particular pacifist thinks violence is fun. She just doesn't care to go to jail.
:thumb55237505: Because I am a Trekkie and find this hilarious.
:thumb24691032: I am an art whore, yes?
:thumb48566792: Ohhh, you'll see why relatively soon, I think. I discovered this roll of FILM, you see...

I suppose the real question is whether I can find a friend with a car and the money to get the roll developed. And what other pictures are on it, and what else I should PUT on it... I still have about 8 shots left. I'm thinking of taking one of the painters (they come out on weekdays, during non-tourist hours) and finding that clearing on the top of the hill everyone talks about with the great view of the other side of the bay. I've never seen it, after all.

Any suggestions for a crutch-girl in Monterey, Cali? Anything here you've ever wanted to see or have a picture of, but are unlikely to? I don't guarantee great pictures, since I barely know how to use my own camera, but I can try! ^_^

Anyone know how to put the stamps in properly? I'm still a beginner with dA coding. XP

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]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15912408/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15912408/ Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:37:45 PST
Number one, everyone believes different things about life, death, and the afterlife (if there is one). The story that illustrates best what I think about that is this one:

One day, a Jehovah's Witness approached the Pope and informed him that 144,000 Jehovah's Witnesses would be going to heaven, and the Pope wouldn't be one of them. The Pope nodded and agreed, and the Jehovah's Witness left.

Next a Muslim approached and informed the Pope that he would be going to heaven, where a great reward awaited him, and that the Pope couldn't come. The Pope just nodded and agreed, and the Muslim left.

Finally, a Protestant approached and said, "Hey, listen, I know I'm not Catholic or anything... but I have a question about something. I think... I think that we don't really need rituals like baptism and the Last Rites to go to heaven. I think if we believe in God and trust Him, and do our best to be good, that's enough. Is that right?" The Pope nodded and agreed, and the Protestant walked away reassured.

An assistant of the Pope, who had watched all this with increased astonishment, then approached and asked, "How could you say that they were all right?! Not only did they all contradict each other, but that's against what the church says!"

The Pope didn't even blink, saying, "Well, yes, but I'm not going to THEIR heavens!"

I can't find the original version of the story, but that's the gist of it. Everyone goes to the place they believe they will go, after a fashion, a perhaps gets a choice and goes where they want to go. I'm not really sure... I've assumed for years that I personally would move on to another world (and another life) when I die, and that if possible and God-allowed, I would be allowed to stay with or visit my family and loved ones in Heaven for a while. That half-depends on when I die relative to them, of course, and how timespace works. >.< I've never told anyone this before... but someone I knew as an acquintance, someone I had hoped to get to know better, passed away today.

I don't know where he's going, or who will be there. Perhaps it will be like The Five People You Meet in Heaven, perhaps not. Perhaps for him there is Heaven, and someday his wife and friends will join him there. Heck, perhaps I'll die and find out it's totally different from what I've been thinking, and I'll get the chance to know him as a friend. In a big way, I wish I knew, because I'm kinda getting choked up now. Even if I didn't really know him, it's a loss, you know? I've never lost anyone really close to me, friends or relatives, only people I met once or twice. Maybe that makes this hit harder, or maybe I'm not even that torn up and I just have nothing to compare it to. I don't know. I just... I never got a chance to know him, or maybe if I had known this was coming I would have found the chance.

Makes you think, when people die.
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]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15836802/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15836802/ Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:54:46 PST
Of those new... Some of them are a little different. The comic is fun even out of context (I hope), but it is totally Gaian. If you know the ORLY hat or the chicks from last Easter, it's that much funnier. Another of them is a different idea of how to fix broken angles--with a spotlight. It's sad, actually; the parts that got erased when the darkness got added were probably better than the rest of the picture. A third... well, you may notice that it's very purple and has a lot of little lines in it. I wanted to do the entire picture that way, in fact, with the small mercy of making hair and legs distinguishable for the receipient.

My hand died.

Yet most unusual of all is the one for Queen_Rini, the one in my dA spotlight, because I resorted to markers. They are PERMANENT markers and stink BADLY, not to mention the lack of precision and the leaking through the page, so I will not use them without very good reason. In this particular case, I simply had to have pink. Then, having used pink, I knew deep down that it wouldn't be complete until we could tell that the wings were white intead of blue... but if anyone asks me to do it again, I will say no. Enjoy what there is, but it's a rare one! XD

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]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15742792/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15742792/ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:51:52 PST , who nabbed it from someone else, this be:

Step 1.

Make a post in your dA journal. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

If you wish for real-life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

Step 2.

Surf around your friends list (or friends friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

Step 3.

My List:

1. Money. IRL, I'm about to be in some financial trouble, and it worries me greatly. I don't expect anyone to send me money, of course. XD But as far as stuff I truly want goes, that's at the top of my list (and IRL, I'm asking for cash instead of giving a Christmas list, so there you go).

2. A salt crystal lamp! I have no idea if they really work that well, and no one can tell me if it gets rid of those high-pitched whines (not many people can hear it, so no one checked, I guess), but anything is worth a shot, right?

3. Art. XD I have always been more appreciative of good art than I have been able to make it, and that, music, and stories are probably the biggest driving forces in my life, more so even than needing to eat. Anyone who would draw my avy on Gaia (who is a cosplay of one of my OCs, if you lose the poinsetta) or one of my OCs is someone I would be grateful to. Anyone who would do an OC by DESCRIPTION (one of my OCs has no reference art, not even a Gaian avy) I would love even more... but I know that's hard to do.

4. Some... gold on Gaia XD. Until they come up with a white or cream colored scarf that covers the mouth, I'm questing the Angelic Scarf there, and halfway funded a few months ago the gold started burning a whole in my pocket. I definitely used most of it winning an art auction, and no one can fault me for that! No one on dA, at least. XD

5. A good book with large, traceable drawings of men and males in general. It has become painfully obvious to me that I know the differences between drawing guys and girls, but I still suck at it. I need tracing time.

6. Time with the man I love. It should be noted that these ten are not in order of priority are preference, only by when I think of what as my tired and aching brain slowly replaces the ten on Aoi's list with my own...

7. Embroidery thread. The kind you make friendship bracelets out of... After 2 and a half years of pulling it out and knotting when completely bored and lacking any other possible activity (in the car for hours on end, MTT [if anyone knows what that is], night dorm guard after finishing a book and getting sick of a computer screen...) I'm finally getting to the end of this weave. The next few hours I spend on it will finish it. Wish I knew what to do with the darn thing... *rolls eyes @self*

8. XD I don't know if any of you know David Weber. He writes military scifi (HARDcore military scifi, with lots of history attached), and I'm a huge fan. I am also a huge fan of Tamora Pierce... So if anyone loves to do fanart and knows their work, I go for the Honorverse and Prince Roger series', and any of Tamora's stuff. ANY of it, including from Young Warriors and White Tiger. ^_^ And anyone who draws an Airman First Class in BDUs with golden-brown hair in a bun and thin glasses with a treecat on her shoulder will be my ultimate hero. (BDUs are the basic jungle camoflag... ]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15700430/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15700430/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:24:03 PST
Sucky news: I have no real courage, and that and illness--and a STRONG habit of lying under pressure--now mean that I'm not getting discharged by Christmas. It's a long story, and it's a mess, but it's my own fault. On the upside, I get that many more paychecks, and on the downside I have to use most of that extra money going home and back for the holidays. Not sure how I'm going to handle this. It's... upsetting.

Equally bad news: I'm losing it. I can't seem to keep calm, and I'm starting to go apathetic again. It's understandable, considering all the stuff IRL, but I thought I had finally left that behind me. Guess I was wrong. Not sure what I'm going to do about THIS one, either.

Good news: I have Christmas spirit! Yay! ...Not quite. I'm dodging my rps and e-mail, and tons of stuff that needs to get done. For one, going to the post office and sending out a handful of cards and some cookies to LEDhead. For that last, especially, I feel really bad. Iraq, man... wrong place to be spending Christmas. On the other hand, I'm hosting [link] a secret santa on GaiaOnline, and that's kinda fun. Still don't have a ton of people yet, but that's okay. I INTEND to post many more places and lead people in through my signature there. Still, if any of YOU folks want to join... *hint hint*

Other than that... I forgot to get one of those metal things with the little pencil in it that help you make a perfect circle. XP I need to make a perfect circle, but I don't really know how, by hand. Frustratiert.

Oh, well...

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]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15572774/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15572774/ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:47:31 PST
a) I am not here for praise. Of any kind, especially meaningless gratuitous stuff like "Simon (of American Idol) would like it."

b) I am not here to be your sweetheart, honey, or dear, and I don't care to be addressed as "young woman" or "young lady." Period. Saying my name in every comment is also highly unneccesary.

c) I am not an aspiring artist, and I am not an angsty teen whom you need to convince that life is worth living and my "art"--because these little drawings do not fit my personal criteria for art, and I don't intend them to--is fabulous. It's not. I know exactly how good it is, and exactly how bad. I am not hypercritical of my own work; I am self-confident, but I am also realistic. Facts of life, j0.

d) I would like pointers. If you see something wrong that I didn't mention about it and wasn't already mentioned in a comment, please comment on it. I WANT to know what I'm doing wrong. Besides not CGing, of course. XD

e) I am here to entertain. My purpose in life, well, there's more to it than that, but when I draw it's very simple: I want you to be amused. The End.

f) Yes, I commission! And I do it for free, because my stuff has monetary value. ^_^ If you love it and want to pay me somehow anyway, tip me in Gaia gold.

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]]> *ArynChris http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15556470/ http://ArynChris.deviantart.com/journal/15556470/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:32:48 PST
Commissions and art trades: Cool! Contact me. Tip me in Gaia gold, but I'll do it for free.

Everywhere I go, I am ArynChris... you can't find EVERYWHERE I am or have been if you google that, because there is one place where I do not go as myself and there are a lot of places the Googlebot doesn't go/can't go... and then there is GSAR, which no longer exists. Sadly. Still, you can find some of the places.

I am known to hang out at GaiaOnline.com, same name, but please don't PM me! T_T If you want to find me, contact me through here or go to my recent posts and find the Whore Hangout (for art whores, not sexual ones). You can catch me there to chat in semi-realtime.

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