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Also, drawing Padmé has done something hurtful to my right ring finger. If I keep going like this, I'm gonna lose my whole right hand by the time I get out for vacation.

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/17881657/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/17881657/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:17:01 PDT The point is, I can't really feel the tip of my right thumb anymore, which is sort of weird and awesome to test and experiment with, but also mildly worrisome. So I'm taking more breaks and spending less time working.

This shouldn't be taken to mean that Jiia's not going to get colored, but I can't really blast through her in six straight hours of work the way I did for Shimira

The second of my reasons is that the case of RDR and Steve Vander Ark vs. JKR has finally come to trial, and I've spent the last three days refreshing the three summary posts on Fandom Wank every two seconds and reading obsessively through all the links. My conclusion is pretty much that Jo is made of utter awesome, and RDR and SVA could not be more failtastic if they were trying, but that's just me.

NB: If the formatting's screwy, forgive me. HTML is not something I'm super good at.

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/17775364/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/17775364/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:39:50 PDT

So.

To Draw
- Sheqaem; I still haven't gotten to her yet
- Channary, the newest FMC
- Eriony, her half-djinn friend
- Ngaira
- Uza

To Scan
- Jiia
- the random sword dancer girl who appeared when drawing Jiia only took half of Psych class

To Color
- Shimira

Finished
- Snake dancer girl, even though she doesn't have a name, is technically complete. ^^

Man, it's fun seeing that list move.

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/17752585/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/17752585/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:57:18 PDT all be getting lost. ^^

So, the snake dancer doodle's been cleaned and partially colored, and both the lineart and plain color are up. That leaves:

To Draw
- Jiia - I kind of miss her, and I think I might've gotten a little better at drawing since I sketched her last
- Same goes for Sheqaem, it's been ages and I suck a little less now
- Some of the characters from my next original NaNo - their names aren't completely settled yet, so they don't get individual listings

To Scan
- the warrior lady from Psych class (man, that class is great for doodling in)

To Complete Properly
- Snake dancer person, which includes naming her, so start working on it, brain!

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/17680992/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/17680992/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:13:14 PDT
I don't think I've finished Gina yet - I'm not actually totally sure where that sketchbook is, now that I think about it. ^^ I'm such a loser.

On the plus side, after going most of this year without drawing a *thing*, some switch in my brain has been flipped, and I've started doodling all over my notes again - I've got a naga dancer girl I just scanned the other day who's cleaning up very nicely, so I might actually put something up soon. Shocker, right? ^^

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... And maybe I'll even do my homework. ^-^

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/11588788/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/11588788/ Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:20:20 PST
... Sorry. ^-^ I finished Morena, even if her hair is a little odd! And I'm planning to ride the wave of my success all the way through tomorrow and finish Gina up, too. Plus, I've figured out how to get my low-quality scanner to not kill my pictures, which is lovely. All told, this should be a pretty productive weekend.

**sighs the sigh of the content and motivated**

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/11260222/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/11260222/ Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:02:55 PST
I completely and utterly underestimated the ability of Christmas to derail every plan I ever made for accomplishing stuff during this vacation. Darn me. ^^ But I have managed to squeeze in some work; Morena and Gina are almost almost done, and I've got about a thousand new pictures and stories just beating each other up for a chance to get out onto paper.

So.

It's not a total loss.

And I may just wait for 1,500 - I never thought I would ever say this, but I am so close! The world is a truly strange place. And boy, am I going to have fun trying to sort through all my notifications and stuff. I am going to be back-commenting on people's masterpieces for days. ^^

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/11006902/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/11006902/ Sat, 09 Dec 2006 14:18:56 PST
In my defense, I've just had the worst eight weeks ever.

My List of Woes:
- the work piled on before Thanksgiving
- my mother went to the ER for an emergency appendectomy during Thanksgiving
- the Nightmare Paper of DOOM was assigned in Ethics
- the Nightmare Program of DOOM was assigned in Computer Programming
- nearly my entire NaNo vanished, several times, before I figured out how to make it actually start saving my work again, which means I wrote about 91,000 words, and have about 20,000 to show for it
- the Nightmare Project of DOOM was assigned, also in Computer Programming, with a partner who was definitely not the brightest crayon in the box

So, as you can see, pretty sucky, all told. It might be a week or so - I have to get through finals - before I have any kind of celebratory thousand-view picture up, and maybe a couple days after that before I have Morena and Gina done, and I can get cracking on a few other things.

But I love everyone who's ever looked at this page, in a totally non-sketchy way, and if I could draw something without it being terrible for each of you, I absolutely would. Holiday Break - I WILL GET THINGS DONE. It's going to be so much fun!

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/10189002/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/10189002/ Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:14:46 PDT
Or else I should just draw Ryz more often. ^^

Seriously, I feel almost as though I am internet-popular. Which, yes, pathetic, because I really just broke 500 pageviews, but whatever. ^^ It makes me happy anyway.

This list is mostly for me.

To Draw:
Ruya
Ravi
Zira

To Shade/Color:
Padmini
Ryzndrell, once ~TearaSuzuki gives me the colors. ^^

To Finish:
Gina Torres
Morena Baccarin

And everyone who has ever written anything at all should do NaNoWriMo this year, by the way. [link]

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/10087619/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/10087619/ Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:14:09 PDT
I think it's because I treat college the same way I treated high school; because I lived so far away from town, I mostly only drove there for school, and after school I went home, and I stayed there until school the next morning. So now, I'm in my room, and then I go to class, and then after class ... I go back to my room. And stay there until my next class. There is a plus, though - I'm used to not interacting outside of classes, so I'm not that lonely.

And, fortunately, it doesn't seem like I'm missing much; all everybody else does, as far as I can tell, is complain about how hard college is, and get drunk. ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/9941567/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/9941567/ Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:32:32 PDT
It turns out that I have a ton of free time, which I really wasn't expecting, so with any luck at all, I will be putting up stuff more often. I'm hoping to finish up with Morena Baccarin and Gina Torres, because they are taking me sooooo long. God, I suck at drawing hair. ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/9847923/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/9847923/ Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:26:28 PDT
In other news, four hundred and fifty. I know it's pathetic, but it makes me happy. ^-^ ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/9335683/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/9335683/ Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:35:18 PDT
... Guess I better draw something soon, huh? ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/8808019/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/8808019/ Thu, 18 May 2006 13:39:51 PDT
WAUGH.

**sigh**

It doesn't help that I have projects to do in three classes, a "short" story to finish, and a trip to Québec I can't avoid - because I would if I could, since I have no friends and so I doubt it will be any fun. One of my sister's friends is going as a chaperone, and I like her - so I'm not completely doomed. ^-^ ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/8179502/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/8179502/ Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:52:26 PST
... So, maybe I should actually draw something, huh? ^-^ ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/8159319/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/8159319/ Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:13:53 PST
Ack! I'm an untrustworthy scumbag! Do I ever wish the ground would swallow me. I could just die. Augh.

Worst. Week. Ever. **sigh** ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/7390643/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/7390643/ Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:25:53 PST
Yumi's leaving in nine days, for Florida and her boyfriend, who is, by all accounts, a dear. I have leave to drop myself off at her house whenever I like, to help her pack and maybe show her my sketchbook.

I also must remember to update Side7. Haven't been there for at least a year now. Ack. ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/7178089/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/7178089/ Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:45:08 PST
Anyway, I've been feeling completely unproductive, art-wise, but that should stop now that my NaNo ([link]) is finished and winter hols are coming up. So any week now, I should be getting something up.

Over two hundred views. I don't believe it. How does this *happen*? ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/6251418/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/6251418/ Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:23:26 PDT
Yup. So. Submitted Smoke, which was extremely random, and I'm trying to finish coloring Laedh. I really am. Hopefully, I can get her up in a few days, and use this weekend to sketch new things, which I haven't been doing enough.

And I had a birthday. Yey! ^^ ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/6251417/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/6251417/ Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:23:19 PDT
Yup. So. Submitted Smoke, which was extremely random, and I'm trying to finish coloring Laedh. I really am. Hopefully, I can get her up in a few days, and use this weekend to sketch new things, which I haven't been doing enough.

And I had a birthday. Yey! ^^ ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/5789396/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/5789396/ Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:52:18 PDT Mood: Accomplished ...
Listening to: Consequence-Free - Great Big Sea
Reading: Guardians of the West - David Eddings
Watching: Gladiator

W00t! Two deviations in one twenty-four-hour period! I feel dizzy. ^^

So, deviation-to-scrap ratio is now 1:3. Methinks that is more reasonable.

In other news, my attempts to start college-searching and application-filling-out have been foiled by the colleges and applications themselves. Commonapp Online isn't up for another day or two, and every college that's sent me a letter says that they'll send me something later this summer. Big help, guys, big help.

Report cards haven't come yet; the tension is killing me. Maybe it will finish me off before my folks can even get started.

And I really want to keep drawing, even though I should be doing chores. Is that terribly wrong?

]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/5543086/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/5543086/ Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:07:46 PDT
Right. So. Exam week and, you know, *summer* coming up, meaning more doodle time. Yey.

And I have to ask: is there a standard for the deviation-to-scrap ratio? 'Cos 1:6 seems vaguely wrong. I should work on that. ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4978655/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4978655/ Sat, 02 Apr 2005 11:04:15 PST
So. Haven't been to school for two weeks, but *have* got two weeks' worth of work to make up.

-_- Whee.

So. Less drawing time, I'm afraid. Which is actually sort of a good thing, because I need time to resign myself to the fact that I will never casually draw anatomically correct faces, and the fact that I have no grasp whatever of computer graphic programs.

... **cries** ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4757719/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4757719/ Tue, 08 Mar 2005 06:06:56 PST
No real news. I've been kinda busy lately, which means all my doodling has been ending up in my little homework book instead of my actual sketchbook, but I guess that can still go up in Scraps.

I mean, what else is a snow day for? ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4419633/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4419633/ Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:01:26 PST
So. Math homework is waiting to suck out my soul. Off I go. ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4330257/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4330257/ Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:16:53 PST ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4302960/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4302960/ Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:34:53 PST
Now I just have to get over my feelings of woeful inadequacy as an "artist", and then maybe something will actually go up.

I think my Scraps section will probably end up the fullest. Just so y'all know. ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4262980/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4262980/ Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:08:20 PST
If it doesn't get here by Thursday, well, that's okay, because the week of Martin Luther King Day is exam week, which means free time with school scanners. Either way, something will be up here in about a week.

The other unfortunate lack might take a little more work to make up. And while we're on the subject, I should warn anybody lost enough to end up reading this - I can't draw right eyes (on my left, but the right eye of the person being drawn). Well, I can, every now and then, but only when I get lucky.

Okay then. Until Thursday next ... ]]> ~Damki http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4248211/ http://Damki.deviantart.com/journal/4248211/ Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:50:29 PST
There is a similar lack of talent involved in whatever does make it up. While I have reasonable mastery of the human form in pencil, everything else is pretty worthless - I can't shade, draw fabric, color physically, color digitally, or make those mesmerizingly pretty all-digital pictures.

So I'm an amateur with no scanner: don't expect much, and please don't judge harshly. I'm working on it - on everything, really.

All that said, a belated happy holidays to anybody who gets lost enough to end up on this page. May the wind be always at your back, the sun always on your path, peace always at your side ... et cetera.

And with *that* said ... um. Yeah.

... Whee! ]]> ~Damki