http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:CommaQueen&section=today deviantART RSS for by:CommaQueen en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:21:12 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/20810548/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/20810548/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:56:28 PDT Although, I actually like the changes, at least with dealing with deviations I have watched. Sorta. Anyway...

Uhh... haven't done anything much with this thing in a while. I kind of wish I could rename my DA page/pseudonym. I feel like I've outgrown the one I chose. I know a lot of people just choose to make new DA pages, and it wouldn't be a huge setback to me if I did. After all, it's not like this one has that much on it, especially not new stuff. But I think it would be a pain for anyone who actually likes my work...? I'd hate to lose complete contact with the artists I've met and like.

At the same time, I'd kind of like to dissociate myself with things I've done in previous years, and I feel like the aim I've taken recently--much, much less in the way of 'original' art and much more 'fanart'--is really different from where I started, and especially since a lot of the things I do lately somehow relate to what I do in terms of roleplay... It's not that I'm "ashamed" of those things, because I enjoy it all and if I'm making stuff to compliment it then clearly I'm happy and enjoying myself, but I don't expect that everyone would understand or appreciate me flooding them with things of that nature...

So I guess I expect I'll be starting a new DA account for purposes such as that. xD; Even though I've been terrible about using this one. lol.

EDIT: If you're interested in seeing future work from me of the fanart persuasion, please go find me at
[link]. I'll be using this account for original art purposes, on the actual occasion I have anything to post. Thanks guys

]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/14943056/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/14943056/ Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:18:24 PDT
Ah, well.

I have... several things I am in the midst of working with. I have one piece that is, for all extensive purposeses done, but because it's a traditional piece with vast quantities of white background, I'm trying to work in some kind of background digitally so that it doesn't look so plain.

I need a new devID really badly. >> This one is... ancient. And sucks. xD

]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/13266727/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/13266727/ Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:45:11 PDT
Does anyone know if a Creative Commons licence can be legally applied to fanart types of works?

Beyond that, I hope everyone's having a nice summer. :3

]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/10974127/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/10974127/ Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:56:09 PST
I dunno. Now I'm just waiting for them to pull my fanarts. Because technically, those are copyrighted materials as well, since the characters clearly aren't mine. I'm pretty sick of this site, altogether. I doubt I'll be very active here in the future; it's not worth the trouble.

PS: I am NOT trying to stir up trouble. I just wanted to say that this has happened, and that I don't entirely agree with everything--some of it I'm very pissed about--and my intentions from here on out.

]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/9265540/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/9265540/ Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:02:03 PDT Bio hasn't killed me yet. In fact, I have a week of it left and then I'm free. Like a bird, or the wind, or a dog that escaped the backyard.

I've had an art block for probably about a week now. I've finally just recovered from it--it took getting really, really angry and expressin it on paper. :3 So hopefully you'll see new stuff from me soon.

Oh, and I got my greedy little mits on Painter 9. Huzzah! Haven't really practiced using it--art block and all--but I'm quite excited. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/9159598/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/9159598/ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:29:41 PDT
X~

I guess the real question here shouldn't be if it's a bug/why this is happening, but why I'm such a chump as to keep falling for it?

And probably, the answer is something sad like...

... I really hoped that there would be 4 journals to read, cuz I have no life.
or
... I'm trying to avoid homework any way possible.

In other equally news, I need someone to teach me the secret of clean lines in Oekaki. And while I'm asking for miracles here, I'd like an extra dose of artistic talent, pwease. :3

]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/9147819/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/9147819/ Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:10:43 PDT
Soo.... I get onto DA a couple minutes ago and this wonderful little cheerful banner comes up saying congrats, you get a free paid account subscription for a week. O.O Phwee? Seriously? My birthday's still a little less than a month from now, but... thanks, I'll take it.

So yeah.... I guess I should milk it for all it's worth. Or at least see if I like it enough to seriously consider buying it. I mean, I could ask for a year's subscription or something.

]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/9095205/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/9095205/ Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:27:10 PDT
I have stuff to upload. Lots of stuff. Thinking about it all makes it kind of feel like a chore. XD Ahahaa.... -_-

I've received my punishment for leaving DA for such a long period of time. With only 24 journal entries showing at a time, it's quite difficult to clear them all out. I still have 247 to go. When will I learn? Probably never.

So... yeah. Got lots to upload. I'm planning to start tonight I think--but when and how much will get done, I'm dunno. Cuuuuz... I have a test Monday. Taking Bio in the Summer means easier material, but it's at such a fast pace. If we could slow it down some, I'm sure I'd do just fine. But this is exhausting me.

And it figures that when I have something to do I want to do something else--this always happens. But I've kind of been on an amazing creative kick lately. I've taken to writing again, and drawing/painting again. I don't know if this is because of Akon--lots of talented art to be oggled--but I'm just glad to be out of my slump.

And I've been getting better, too, I think. I'm rather excited to share my progress with everyone. :3 A year is a long time, and I've been changing for the better slowly I think. I'm a little concerned though about how/if I'll be able to create art in the future. With my new laptop... well, the screen's super bright, and all of the images seem to suffer from a little pixelation/stretching because of the sheer size/screen resolution. But if nothing else I'll just use old fashioned medium I suppose. It's just a little difficult to do in a dorm room.

Anyhow... expect a flash-flood of updates in the near future. :3 ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/5736622/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/5736622/ Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:35:32 PDT
Alot of people complained that the ending was rushed, wonky pacing... what I don't think alot of them realize is that even in the book the ending happens kind of like a car crash. One minute everything's fine, the next minute people are getting killed, and then it's all over. Plus it (the book) starts out all story-taleish and pretty much skips from the time Sophie and her sisters are very little to when their father's died and Sophie's coming close to hitting twenty (or thus I have guessed; it never pinpoints an exact age for her character). Even so, that never really bothered me in the movie... perhaps I'm just not a very picky critic?

The voices. Oh, thank god, I actually liked the dub. I've noticed that Disney does manage to find decent voiceactors--or at least ones that don't make me want to drive sharp objects through my skull in an attempt to end my suffering. In Spirited Away, I got really mad at Haku's english voice--I knew that kid's voice from some program (probably on the Disney channel) so I have never been able to successfully sit through the entire thing in English. Actually, most of the time I don't even make it past his first line, which is a shame... the girl who did Chihiro was really good. But that's Spirited Away, and this is Howl's, and I'm digressing. Somebody on Amazon complained about Billy Crystal planning Calcipher. Okay, so he's got a New York accent, and it's decidedly alot louder than the rest of the characters. But it *suits* the character. And at least Billy Crystal is talented--sit through enough bad dubs, and you'll just be thankful when the voice actor doesn't overact/underact the lines. ;

Moral themes... frankly, I hate symbolism, and I don't need my movies to be especially off the deep end of that board to affect me. Movies that impress me tend to be the ones in which the characters grow or move me emotionally. Yeah, I know.... I'm such a girl. -_- Seriously. I get all weepy when movies play and when I hear certain songs on the radio... and I will not be sharing which songs those would be, because I have no idea when/if Amber or Michael will be reading this, and I know if one does and I make a fool of myself, the other will. However, it was easy to catch the drift that Miyazaki was trying to point out (and this is my lazy summer-bumb interpretation) that war sucks all around. I could also realize that one of the major themes was forgiveness/acceptance, esp. towards the end of the movie, and showing that even people we originally may consider to be bad/evil/heartless really do have gray/white shades amongst the darkness, and everyone has motivations/feelings... okay, so I couldn't POSSIBLY make it sound any cornier than I just did. But Miyazaki doesn't make it terribly corny in the movie. He has this subtle touch that makes you feel a little warmer about the world... at least, right until you get back on the freeway and some jerk behind you is riding up your bumper, anyhow.

I'm getting tired of writing this now, so... to end this. Although alot of things changed between book and movie, I think the only thing I would have prefered was if Miyazaki took more time to explain certain nuances, like Sophie's curse. Why *was* she able to change back at night? I wish he'd talked about Michael's past. I also wish that he'd done something to give people I better idea of what Howl caught--if you'd read the book you'd know, but my friends hadn't read it, and neither had I, so we could guess but we weren't certain. All and all, that's the only thing I would have asked for... but I forgave these minor flaws upon glimpsing Howl's naked butt, which last for only about... three seconds? But oh, it was was worth it, and how we squealed. XD

I can't wait till the dvd release. And I can't wait until I can get my hands on the actual art book, although it will cost me a small fortune. I can only afford it because I'm working and we somehow manage to get three pay checks in the month of July. Oh, how I love my birth-month. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/5471324/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/5471324/ Thu, 26 May 2005 19:10:28 PDT
Anyhow... I wish that I had something worth updating with... oh, wait, I do! lol. But only one thing for now... I think I'm planning to take note doodles in the future and make a sort of "collage" out of them. a tribute to my highschool career, if you will. That's all for now... Just taking it easy and recooperating.

Sorry to everyone that I was watching... haven't made comments in a long time; I haven't been around devart too much lately. I promise to make better efforts in the future. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4925650/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4925650/ Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:36:53 PST
Read loish's rant, and I'm feeling rather depressed right now... But at the same time, I feel a kind of determination, because I feel that she's right; art is about expression, and I don't think I've really produced anything deeper than the gene pool in Alabama. (insert drum roll) (an apology to those of you who live in Alabama; I don't really mean it. Mostly) Art should have a message of some kind, at least some of it. So I intend to aim for some kind of piece with meaning by the time Christmas rolls around. (I have to think of something to say, lol XD )

Also. My comments are screwed up? What happened, devart? I received comments from 3 different people, and none of em are showing up, two of which I *really* wanted to read, since they were in response to my previous post. *stabs devart* Why? Why why why??? Amber, Rachel, if you could repeat what you said before...? pretty please?

Working on a concept picture piece for my "new religion." Yes, grow my little cult!! XD I suppose all of us Americans were doomed to this fate, anyhow. I mean, all we do is worship beauty and sex. This shouldn't be so surprising? Maybe that'll end up being my quasi-expressive/satirical piece while at the same time being an "eek! hot men!" piece. XDD Oh, be afraid all ye, for soon I will be a graduate! Doom upon this world, doooooom.

oh, yeah, and I'm devoting some time to some SEVERELY neglected fanfics that people are going to riot over if I don't do something soon. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4913363/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4913363/ Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:47:46 PST
So I came up with the suggestion that we should create a religion that worship good looking guys. XD Hahah! So shallow. But actually, it's probably something I could do...

I mean, religion requires faith and devotion. I find that I don't really have faith in things that I can't experience on some level first hand. And more than that, I find it hard to be devoted to a god (or many diety) who are hyprocritical and/or violent and/or whose messages are twisted and perverted for the good of a single set of people. So I figure something like that really *can't* be perverted and is substantial enough for me to feel enthusiasm for.

One last thing--two page views away from 999. Yay! If you want the kiriban, just click "print screen" on your keyboard and then copy it to an art program (paint would be just fine). Then send it to me via email/note/aim/msnmessenger--anyway you feel, and I'll draw you an image of your choice (yay!). If no one claims it, though, I'll still produce something, I'm sure. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4873863/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4873863/ Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:54:27 PST
And I wanted to get something done today--practice, or else the minicomic I did today or my shigure book mark I've been dying to do... but I procrastinated too long. Oops.

And I didn't do my homework. Haha! Luckily, it's not due till Thursday. ^.~ And it's only five pages... so I'll crank it out between tomorrow and Wednesday, no sweat.

i think i'm going to go watch my movie now... I rented some random horror flick from blockbuster; I think i've seen it already (but it's been a while.) not a productive day, but still a good one. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4841414/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4841414/ Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:21:49 PST
I read some article today about how parents are pitching fits over manga being in their school libraries. It boiled down to them not liking "suggestive themes" evident in the mangas. Namely, sex, violence, etc. Stuff that's in movies and on tv every day.

So I sit and ponder this to myself. Some mother's talking about how these girls look like sluts (she's referring to Tokyo Mew Mew's characters, btw) and I think to myself.... hmm. Funny. She's dressed in something less revealing AND cuter than someone like, oh, Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera. So parents are willing to let their children go to places like Libby Lu where they train little girls for prostitution early? And they don't care that their daughters sing songs that say, "I'm a genie in a bottle, baby/you gotta rub me the right way, honey." And they really don't give a damn if their ten year olds leave the house dressed in short-shorts/miniskirts and halters/tub tops (I've seen it, there REALLY ARE people who let their ten year olds dress like this). Hello... I knew common sense was on the verge of extinction, but I had no idea that hypocrisy was running rampant in society as well. I mean, please. It's really NOT that terrible. Yeah, sometimes manga can get suggestive, but no more so than everyday life.

Further more (back to the mini-prostitute thing) aren't parents concerned? I mean, I know there aren't creepy guys lurking around every corner, ready and waiting to molest some unsuspecting five year old, but don't you think you're asking for trouble letting your five year old dress like Britney Spears, who is a trashy, glorified whore? There's something really, really wrong with this picture. When I see a five year old, I should see Disney clothes (or Pokemon, whatever the big fad at the moment is) on their shirt and cute capris/jeans/ appropriat shorts on the back, not a bright pink halter and mini shorts with cheer printed across the back of the butt.

In the article, they were also claiming that Peach Girl deals with Racism. I guess in a very wierd sense it does, but wtf? Doesn't anyone ever think that, oh, maybe it's one of those CULTURAL things. Yeah, the Japanese have a preference for girls with whiter skin. It has to do with a delicate image and not tanning easily, blah blah. But further more, it has to do within their own culture and within their own race (I assume--if I'm wrong, you're welcome to prove me so).

I wish people would realize several things.
1) Their kids are NOT pure by any means. Once they've hit thirteen, you'd be better off just teaching them about the consequences of sex rather than trying to protect them from it.
2) Libraries carry trashy romance novels. Or at least mine does. There's alot of things a LOT worse in those than in most manga.
3) Kids have to grow up some time. End of story. You just can't protect them from everything forever, and if you try, you're only going to end up doing them a serious disservice.

The End. (for today, anyhow)

__________________:: ~~ ::___________________

*kiriban/gift at 999 pgvws--take a screen cap (hit
print screen and copy and paste into paint) and
send it to me via email (lasohaney@yahoo.com) or
over AIM (laurelcrown17).

** mah horoscope for this week, via theonion.com:
Cancer: (June 22—July 22)
In yet another odd grandstanding ploy for
attention, the Irish Republican Army has offered to
shoot you. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4830018/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4830018/ Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:53:23 PST
I don't think it's so unreasonable, really. I've had the same camera for practically eight years now. It's an Olympus Infinity Stylus,and apparently it came out in 97. Not sure. It has autofocusing, but absolutely no zoom, and I'm not even sure how old I was when i got it... had to have been at least six years ago. Again, I want to say it's been eight. It couldn't have cost more than $100, which is pretty cheap for a camera.

So I think that now that I'm going to be a senior, I should be mature enough to handle a more expensive camera. Right? Plus there are a lot of important things that are going to be happening over the next seven months, and I don't want to use a crappy camera. ; Such beauteous reasoning.

So anyhow... I hope I can convince them. I wonder how much I've got in my savings account...? But moving right along. I've almost got Bes-chan's gift finished. Just gotta add a background majig. ^.^ ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4811356/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4811356/ Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:10:51 PST
At any rate... I'm amazed that I've made it to 900 page views. Actually, I think it's a few higher than that? ... O.o But still... it's pretty cool. I hope to do some kind of "thank you" piece for 999 hits.... but if anyone wants to, take a screen cap of the hit (if you get it) and email it to me... and I'll do a piece for you.

You ever get an attack where you just want to be surrounded by cute things? I think it's all spring's fault, but I can't be sure. It's really wierd... I don't think I've been quite so perky in months. Must be the weather.

On the other hand, I was once again amazed by stupidity today in my sociology class. We were broken down into groups and asked to decide--anonomously--answers to questions, such as "should we wear ids?" and "do you think that people should be forced to stand for the pledge?" Alot of people were like "force those jerks to stand," and they were saying really stupid things.... talking about jumping them. I'm sorry, but they want to jump people just because they don't want to salute a piece of dyed cloth? I know, I know, it's supposed to be the symbol of our great nation and blah-de-dah, but... it pisses me off.

I mean, if someone doesn't want to stand, isn't that within their rights? Yes, you're supposed to pay your respects, but forcing someone to do something doesn't mean they "respect" it--it just means that they're going through the motions. It's pointless. It's like the way I was back when I was still going to church and being forced to--my heart wasn't in it, and I resented the people and reason I had to. Furthermore, if you want to "respect" the soldiers that died for our great nation, shouldn't you do it by excersizing the rights that they died so that you could have?

.... *sigh* Okay, I'm done ranting now. X3 ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4719563/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4719563/ Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:22:32 PST
I've already decided to pull almost all of Tamora Pierce's stuff (Immortals series, Protector of the Small series, etc) (cept for her mage chronicles stuff... blech) and and KA Applegate's Everworld (I don't care what ANYONE says, that series is flipping phenomenal) as well as The Neverending Story, Holly Black's Tithe, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Hobbit, and various other works... X3 (the assignment being to pick a book and create an imaginative/creative response to it.)

So I'm going to be doing the sketches/illustrations for this, as well as my fair share of the research. Only problem I have is that... >.> It's been such a long time since I've drawn normal people (ie: those unanimified) that I've almost forgotten how. .... God help me. So I have seven weeks or so to get all of this done, so I'm freaking out, but kinda of blissful still.... And tomorrow Spring Break starts. Thank God; I can tell Senioritis is starting to really kick in. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4504249/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4504249/ Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:30:09 PST laziness is a powerful anti-force. The wonderful thing called VASE, however, has forced me to finally get off my lazy bum.

So I went with my class today... My first time at VASE ever. And I was simply rocked; there was so much tremendously cool artwork there. My piece (which was featured in the second devision) from Digital Graphics 1 got a 4, which really surprised/rocked my world. So that means it may go on to state. Now, whether that happens or not, I won't know until Monday, but I'm just really pleased that it did as well as it had.

In other news, last week I got my first set of Copic markers. Well, really, they weren't a "set." I just got five pen in various shades of black/gray, and I'm loving them. They're so, so wonderful... it's sad to think that my artstore intends to quit selling them. (On the other hand, it *does* mean they'll become a discounted item at some point in time, and sell for $2 a piece) I've been meaning to post some of my sketches/testings with those, and I think I'm ready.

Also... I started a manga. ; I have no name for it as of yet, and I've only just introduced maybe half of the characters and I have *no* idea what the plot line is... but they're cute; I really like it. So I think I'm going to post it here. If you see it, please, please let me know what you think... I want to submit to Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga challenge but I 1) don't know if I'm good enough and 2) don't know if the story's cute. So.... I'll be depending on you guys. Pweeease? I'll give you cookies and luv. Just keep in mind that, at least at this point in time, they are preliminary sketches... if I *do* decide to take that big step and submit, then I would redo the entire thing so that the lines are straight and it's toned and inked, etc.

I'm feeling incredibly inspired... for weeks I've been debating what to do for Dr. Fleming's Literary Appreciation project, and I've finally decided (I think) what it is that I want to do. I want to recreate a scene from the Hobbit.... I'm thinking the one where Frodo's been rescued by the Eagle army thing when the seven (it was seven, right? I think I need to brush up on the story...) armies were fighting. I'm thinking it'll be really cool...

So anyhow, please prepare yourselves for massive updates (though they'll all be in monochrome). ^.^ Please enjoy.

And to KawaiiNeko-san out there... T.T I'm so, so sorry for the other day. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4035982/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4035982/ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:18:01 PST
In other news, I've discovered my second-most unique talent--the first being that I can pop my jaw out of place like a freaking snake. But anyhow, I can bleat like a lamb. Perhaps not as well as Lisa, but with practice who can say? X3

Just my ponderings. If this kind of talk is frightening (I myself might look at it strangely if I were some passer-by) then just forget you read it. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4027974/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/4027974/ Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:57:25 PST ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3657320/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3657320/ Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:43:41 PDT
I got my picture taken a bunch and had a fun time cosplaying as Sakura. XD Can't wait to do that again. The concert was really cool; I really liked Camino, and to be frank (and rather shallow) Duel Jewel was really HOT. I turned into a squealy fangirl and got all of their autographs and stuff. And I got to touch one of them (heart) when they tried to mosh pit and the girls in the front dropped em. X3 At least they had those girls to cushion their fall.

Took many pictures. Purchased a bunch of stuff. In particular, I got a fanart of Riku from KH done by a girl by the name of Susan (she was younger than me!! O.O) and it was sooo good. I was her first commissioner ever, and she even colored it for me. Her name is Basiic on here, and I have her web addy. I'm going to say hello to her real quick and get off.

I want to go to Acon this summer. Now I've said enough; my arms feel like they're going to fall off. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3535152/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3535152/ Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:19:56 PDT
Anyhow... some minor alterations need to be done, like changing the blue (making it light so people can actually see le bishie-boy-dog-thing) and changing the font. I really need to think of a name for those two... X3 But yayaaaaa I'm so psyched!

It was really close, though--there were a bunch of really good submissions. Rachel's was really cute. Cat girls were really popular, as I expected.

I plan to redo my icon and my bio-piccie thing asap. Which might actually be after November, the way things are going. I have yet to break the sad news to Usa-chan that the update's not gonna be ready. Yarrgh.

That's it for now. Just thought I'd share the good news with everyone. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3494372/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3494372/ Sat, 02 Oct 2004 10:20:13 PDT
I have to study to retake the SAT... I did pretty well on my first shot--1150--but I want to do better so that I can get into Texas A&M. (No, I hadn't originally planned on going there, but their architecture program is awesome.) I need 150 more points in order to get an "auto in," so to speak. My test is in November, so I'm working really hard on it.

Then there's Onicon. Yes, I'm going. Neko-kun warned me it wasn't going to be too awesome, but I'm still going. It's my first one... seeing that I'm a senior, it's about time. So even if it sucks, I'll still probably think it's awesome cuz I don't know any better.

Scholarship/college application stuff is... ongoing. -_- I'm so tired of it. I just want to wake up and discover that this has already all been done for me and it's May.

That summarizes this journal post up. Yep. Except that I'm probably not going to meet me deadline for my fic and that I'm going to have to work my ass off in Physics in order to pass because Mrs. Watts doesn't know how to teach OR test her students. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3407243/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3407243/ Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:56:55 PDT
You see, over the weekend, I had the incredible fortune to find the KH soundtrack. Granted, it cost me a pretty penny, but that's 76 songs. Not too shabby, I think, especially when I'd been unable to find it anywhere else.

So now I want to draw KH fanart. @.@ Right now! Even though I should pump something else out if I simply *have* to draw. Dunno what I'm gonna do when I haven't gotten anything done and it's time to be turning in college aps and stuff. -_- I need to get in gear. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3142146/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3142146/ Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:59:15 PDT
Uhm, moving on from that inane bit...

Mixed successes and failures. I got all of the classes I wanted, so hip-hip-hoorah! I'm really looking forward to my digital graphics class in particular. I'm so excited it's pathetic. If I had a tail it would be wagging. Creative Writing is looking good, too. I have Chloe and V-chan in there, so that makes me happy. X3

Unfortunately, yours truly managed to lose her permission form for her inhaler. >.< Not good. Not good at all. So I need to see if by some stroke of miraculous luck someone turned it in or it fell in a classroom, or we're going to have to see if the doctor's office thought to keep a copy or something. If they didn't, we'll have to get a new form, and send it, and... the problem is is that he's in Illinois, and I'm in Texas. (No, I haven't switched doctors.)

I'm going to start looking at essays for applying to schools, now. >.< I meant to do that before school started, but it sort of crept up on me. Luckily I'll be able to go visit some more (they encourage seniors and juniors to go visit colleges) but I'm running out of time. I also need to start talking to teachers about reccommendations and stuff. I'm thinking about talking to Mrs. Jones or Mr. Mayes, someone at TMC, and... maybe... hm...erm.... I dunno. Someone else. Maybe Mr. Hornik. Dunno. Someone, someone.... ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3078408/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3078408/ Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:48:43 PDT .< It's almost one in the morning, and I feel iiiiiccckkyyy. And I shouldn't feel like this. I ought to be peacefully drawing or sleeping or reading, but instead... I feel iiiiiccckkyy because it's almost one in the morning in Houston and the AC's broken and I'm "glowing" profusely.

T,T It's sucks. I don't think I'm going to sleep well tonight. So I'm trying to get some artwork done now, while I'm awake, seeing that I *doubt* that I'll be here tomorrow during the day. -_-

The good news is that I've finally figured out how the hell to use the pen tool in Photoshop. It's not that I've avoided it, but up until now, every time I tried to use it I'd produce such utter *crap* that I'd get ultra frustrated and give up. I've got it now, though, so I'm going to work on a new dev id. Maybe one that'll look decent. lol. Maybe. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3058928/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3058928/ Fri, 06 Aug 2004 15:55:48 PDT ;

Oh, and in other news, I've decided that after the counter's reached 666, I'm gonna do some kind of pic for it. XD I'd offer to be kiriban-type stuff, but I don't think anyone's interested. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3053080/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/3053080/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:04:58 PDT
Moving on... I'm trying to find an oekaki board to "nestle into," I guess you'd say. I feel really awkward just joining one where I don't know anybody. -_- Like I don't belong. Anyone know of a place I could go? ?.?

Working on a pirate deviation. Arrgg, ye maties. Hopefully I'll be able to put up a preview of it soon, but like always, I'm having problems with the bg. *puffs out cheeks* Ooh, how I hate trying to draw wood. And backgrounds in general. From there... I dunno. But pinnaplebes and I had talked of doing an art trade! So I need to find out from her what she wants and think of something to ask for. Hmm. Oh, and I tried pming her on aim, but she never answered. T.T She must think I'm a crazy stalker. (Which I am, but I'd never hurt her. XD ) No one's on tonight.

Anyhow... Sealab 2021's on right now. X3 That show cracks me up, although I like Aqua Teen Hunger Force better. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2907773/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2907773/ Sat, 17 Jul 2004 23:03:13 PDT 1) my mom and brother will have finally moved down
2) I'll be taking a bunch of classes (knock on wood) that I really, really want to take. It should be fun
3) I need things to slooooww down.

It used to be in the Summer things would get nice and slow I'd just drift right on through. This Summer, however, has felt almost like I've been strapped to the front of a speeding train. I feel rather exhausted.

In other news, I leave for vacation this Monday. That's right, July 19th--my b-day, too. Happy birthday to me! *applauds* Anyhow. I'll be gone for a week to relax and have a good time. Well, I'll be back Thursday, but we're going to Astroworld on Fri, and then I think that weekend my cousin'll be having her birthday party. (her birthday is only two days before mine. Today, incidently--or yesterday, since it's one o'clock in the morning now). Anyhow... so I might draw in my free time, but probably not. If I'm not sleeping or in the water or on rollercoasters, I'll probably be reading or reacquainting myself with my PS2.

Goodnight. *passes out* ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2815533/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2815533/ Tue, 06 Jul 2004 08:19:54 PDT
The wedding went well, for anyone who's curious. For the most part, all disasters were on a fairly small scale. My dad... well, he didn't act the way I expected him too, but his behavior was... -_- At the wedding reception, it was bad. Still had a good time, though. The food was good, and some of the marines (my cousin's a marine, so he had marine buddies with him) asked me to dance. *flush* lol! It was so funny, because I can't dance, but they couldn't dance either. And on Saturday we went out on the boat (they live right next to a lake, those lucky ducks, and have a boat, too, albeit a small one) and we went tubbing. It was fun, but it scrapped up my right elbow pretty bad. Tubing's a lot of fun, but it's kinda scary. Seeing that I only weight about a hundred and five pounds or so, it's like being a rag doll in a bull dog's mouth. Still, it's one of my favorite things. I think the only things better than that are rollercoasters. Whee!

Erm, but I seem to have really bad luck with my car, especially at the mall. The last time I had gone, I made it there and back okay, but when I was putting my keys away in my purse they dropped inside the emergency break thing! (The works because the plastic crap that's supposed to keep things out of there where the lever goes up/down is broken.) We couldn't get them out--heck, we couldn't even see em/hear em--so we had to call a locksmith out. And then yesterday I went up there to splurge (and that didn't work out, stupid Suncoast for not stocking up) and when I was ready to leave at about 3:50.... Guess what... my car won't start! T.T Thought it was the battery, but when my dad came up in his van to jump it, it still wouldn't go. So then we thought that it was the solvent in the starter due to the noise it makes when I turn the key in the ignition, but when they went to replace that at about eight last night, that didn't work. So they ended up towing it home around ten oclock. ;; Man.... so that means I'll probably have to call my art teacher and tell her I can't make it (again). T.T She's probably going to think I hate her.

Someone finally unveiled the secret of screencapping on AdobePhotoshop to me, so now I can do something at least between pics. lol... I really, really would like to have something done soon. But I don't know when. I really need to make myself a new devID. Hmmm.... ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2779730/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2779730/ Thu, 01 Jul 2004 13:23:26 PDT
Basically, I've got to drive with my dad to watch my cousin get married and spend time with my relatives. I don't have anything against them, but I've had to give up my splurge weekend for them. Yes, I realize that's incredibly selfish of me, but I'd been looking forward to it for over a month and my dad barges in and expects me to drop everything for him. I mean, these people won't even go to see any important day for me. If they show up on graduation day for me, I swear I'll drop dead.

At any rate, most of my resentment is due to the fact that I have to spend quality time with my father. Seeing that we'll spend at least eight hours on the road together, there will be no other choice. Worse than that is that he's going to spill the same sap story he's been telling everybody for the past year, and I'm really tired of it. The "Situation" isn't all that bad--it never was. In fact, the Situation is almost through. But he likes to wallow in pity, I guess. And to talk bad about me to everyone. While I'm listening, mouth agape.

I also forgot to mention--and this is the worst part, I think... I have to wear a dress. I never wear dresses. >.< Nnnnnooo. X<

Okay, done complaining now.

I don't know if I'll get to post anything before I go... we'll be getting back late, and I have to clean my room. The exterminator's coming on Saturday morning, and I won't see the house again until Sunday. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2742257/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2742257/ Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:34:46 PDT ; lol.

Now I's gots to think of sumthin. >.< Too bad I'm feeling exceptionally lazy. T.T Oh, and today when I was talking to a friend in AIM, I told her I "understanded". -_-;; Perhaps school's been out a bit too long for myself, already. You'd never have thought that I was in AP English this last year. (But now you all know why I won't be going back! lol, j/k. I'm not going back cuz I'm lazy and I didn't feel like wasting my Summer fighting through Beowulf and the Bible.)

I'm thinking I really want to make some pixel art... I'd like to make a Harlequin or Merle great dane. My cousin's friend has two new puppies, Gromit and Goliath, and they're way too cute for words. But a pixel puppy is much easier to handle than a real one, which happens to need to pee and eat and sleep. lol. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2742218/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2742218/ Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:26:56 PDT ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2722170/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2722170/ Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:43:04 PDT ;

In other news, last night I cut my finger on my tablet last night (yes, it's possible; no, don't ask how) in a state of panick. Luckily, it's my right hand, and not my left. Unfortunately... It still hurts. And it makes some tasks difficult.

I need to start concentrating on my fanfiction again. I've been neglecting it. Also, if someone could tell silly old me how people manage to do that screen capture thing, I'd love them forever and ever. *puppy dog eyes* ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2688576/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2688576/ Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:19:09 PDT
Page views are getting up there... I'm kinda surprised, but definitely pleased. I'd like to do a kiriban, but I'm thinking not for 200. Way too close. 250, me thinks, if that's alright with everyone. If the person who is the 250'th hit will screen page and either email/message me with some kind of proof, then they can request of me what they wish. If they wanna. Even if no one does, I'll pro'lly make one, anyhow. lol.

I wonder if anyone will bother, though. Hmm.

I intend to continue to experiment with different ways to draw, etc. I'm thinking I'm going to try to make my lineart more... stream lined, thiner. I think that's why I'm not entirely pleased with the results I've been getting. Please wish me luck! ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2650191/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2650191/ Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:30:57 PDT
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy the previews, mostly. It lets me see what's coming up. But considering the prices that they charge for admission and then for concessions, I shouldn't have to be bombarded by Fanta ads and three different varities of car commercials and stupid "Collectors Edition" movie gift certificate cards. I mean, wtf. And then I had to sit through about eight different movie commercials, which ranged from the potential to the downright sad--like the Spongebob Square Pants movie. -_- I have nothing truly against Spongebob, but I'm not going to sit through an hour and a half of that and another half hour of commercials/previews.

Work has been... work. -_- Four days a week may not sound like a lot, but man, that's only the way it sounds! Eight hours worth of work filing and programming pagers and creating pointless spread sheets, and--guess what?--doing more filing than you could imagine... It may not sound grueling, but I miss my Summer vacation. At least I have Wednesdays off. Still, I'm kind of irritated by the fact that I've been "asked" (or rather told) to continue to work my part time job on the weekends, even if I don't continue to go as often or for as long. In all practicality, it's useful, because on an application, it'll look good. I mean, I'll have been working with them for nearly a year, so that's nice and steady. But it stinks because I'm already working 32++ hours a week (32 officially, although I'll have acheived closer to thirty six this last week) and they want me to keep working on the side? I'm really beginning to pray that I don't burn out.

Haven't done a whole lot artwise. Heck, by the time I get home each day, I'm so tired that drawing/coloring sounds like a chore. A *chore.* Art should NEVER feel like a chore. I mean, even other slack stuff-like writing or playing video games or watching tv- feels like simply far too much effort, and as though it lacks benefits (which I'm sure some activities do). I realize I'm complaining far too much, but I've never felt so *de*motivated. I feel like one of those characters in the SIMs after their meters have dropped so close to zero it's not even funny and "depression" is a severe understatement.

But now that I've gotten some of that out of my system--because there's no one I can talk to about it here--I feel a little better. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2650083/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2650083/ Sun, 13 Jun 2004 11:15:40 PDT ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2580788/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2580788/ Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:15:58 PDT I went in for a job interview the other day, and I received word from my cousin (who works there) that I have been hired. My work days are going to be... well, it's four out of five. It's an insane change of pace for me, considering that I'll also be working for 8 freaking hours.

Not that I'm unhappy. A good job means good money. But I'm just unsure of myself. I still have no idea what the pay's going to be like, how I'm going to need to dress, etc. It just makes me rather sad, because I have no lost a good portion of my free time. >.< And my own sleeping schedule. T.T Mauled to death.

I guess I really shouldn't be complaining, considering the unemployment that the US is dealing with. Still... It's a big change. It's like being told, "Hey! You've got the Summer off!" And suddenly it's snatched away from you. Kind of anticlimactic and mean. Again... I'm probably complaining too much. I'll still have time to draw. Just not as much time. Guess that means I need to hurry up and complete this thing for 's contest. ; O_O -_-;; ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2546989/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2546989/ Mon, 31 May 2004 00:05:30 PDT I have to keep telling myself that so that I won't get discouraged.

I've gotten a lot done tonight for Kaji, considering that I only had three hours or so to work on him. I finished up his fur, I did his eyes, I did his hair, and I've gotten a good deal of his clothing done. I've got a "background" set up, but it's really, *really* crappy. And I mean crap-happy, crap-tastic. We're talking "make-a-box-selection-and-fill-it-in" crappy. ; I'll have to do something about that, even if I am burnt out by the time I'm finished. *sigh*

So all I have left to do is to finish up the clothing (which is one of the more difficult things for me to cg), cg his skin (I have the base color, but I simply cringe at the thought of having to do this), fix the background so it's not crap-tastic, and then make sure it's all clean. >.< I always leave myself the harder stuff to do last. As though putting off the innevitable makes it any easier.

Still, considering I haven't had a lot of time to do anything the last couple of days, I've worked fairly well... and quickly. ^.^ Next I have to do my HP fanart and my Dev ID... which I have the sketch for almost ready... but not quite, since it's not priority.

And my jaw really, really hurts now, so I'm going to drag my silly carcass away from this box on a desk and go to bed. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2545693/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2545693/ Sun, 30 May 2004 20:16:00 PDT I realize I'm still a silly little newbie who knows close to nothing, but there's no better way to learn than to dive right in, right?

So I've been searching for some clubs to join... If anyone knows of any that might be willing to accept me, please tell me. X3 In the mean time, I did find one I wanna join. They have a really neat contest going on. Maybe, if I get accepted, I'll participate. That would be fun. ^.^ ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2532540/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2532540/ Fri, 28 May 2004 22:26:25 PDT ; I didn't get as much accomplished as I'd hoped. I still have all my HP fanart sitting unprepped (most of it also unscanned), I haven't touched Kaji, and I have no Deviant ID. I spent most of the day sketching and coloring a gift for a friend because I promised her I would. Never mind it was for something silly, and Usa-chan's mascot sits gathering dust...

You'd swear I don't appreciate my oneechan as much as I really do the way I neglect things for her. T.T Please forgive me neechan. I'll do it, I swear!

And the night is still young. Perhaps I can still crank out my ID before I pass out. Who can say. ]]> ~CommaQueen http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2525701/ http://CommaQueen.deviantart.com/journal/2525701/ Fri, 28 May 2004 00:41:02 PDT ; Still, that's more than I've ever done. *collapses*

Tomorrow, though, I plan to scan and color in Kaji for Usa-chan (seeing that it's LONG overdue) and then I'm going to put up some of my Harry Potter fanart... although I don't think any of them will actually feature "Potter" himself. lol. ]]> ~CommaQueen