http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:HappyDrizzt&section=today deviantART RSS for by:HappyDrizzt en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:31:13 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/9385054/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/9385054/ Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:10:07 PDT . I have one summer class that i'm doing, and the only downfall is that I have to wake up at 8:30 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. I've been getting awesome shot with my digital - my recent one, Detail on an Oriental Lily, came out amazingly nice. I may do some rose photographs, if the beetles in our side yard will stop eating them... they're beautiful, but they can't bloom because the little devils eat them before they can come out of the bud .


I also entered in an art contest and i hope to totally dominate my category . There are also cash prizes, so i hope i get some spending money out of it. I'm doing a watercolor of oriental lilies, a mixed media (havent decided on the subject... i might paint a butterfly if i can't think of anything else) and maybe a pencil drawing, if I can finish it before the second week of august.

Speaking of money... give me some! I do commissions and sell prints and originals as well! You can get all the information at my website: [link] I need money, and my mom gets tired of me borrowing. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/8624338/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/8624338/ Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:07:45 PDT
Oh dang, I didn't realize how long I would be gone! I'm so happy to finally find the time to post a journal! I've been so busy with school and such and I've only had the time to get on deviantart and maybe check my inbox. Anyway, I have a few new things to submit and talk about.

School is finally winding down! Spring is here, which is my favorite time of the year. I love it when all the flowers come out.... it's so much more inspiring than winter (and a lot warmer).

I took a few more pictures of the flowers/trees in our neighborhood and I might post one or two of them up here. I'm really happy with the way the photos came out... our new digital is so much better than our old one. There are more pixels, which means more clarity. I'm also happy about the intensity of color you get-- not that washed out kind of color that i used to have to fix up. I'll have to find a lot of cool things to photograph with it XD. I have a feeling i'm going to be the only one in my family using the camera extensively...

Oh, and I finished that bleeding heart painting. Man... i'm going to have to take a class on acrylic painting or something, because it didn't come out like i expected... i totally screwed up the leaves, and just quickly finished off the flowers. I don't have as much control as i do with a colored pencil... i need to learn to be patient, I think. I think I just need some basic acrylic guidelines so i can avoid screwing up... I'll look on the internet for any good tutorials .

I'll take a few pictures of it and post them soon.

Now to my latest creation: The Royalty series. It's just going to be three drawings of different types of horses... i'm not sure if all the horses are actually used for royalty, but they're each very beautiful in their own way. I just submitted the first one, the lipizzaner. I'm considering rescanning it though, because the blending is not shown in a lot of places and it makes the drawing look horrible. I use the same pictures on dA as i do on my website too, so it HAS to look good if people are gonna buy it (if anyone actually goes to my website, that is! ). They will all be up for sale, and you can also buy all three of them together.


I also checked my email today and to my surprise, Chelsea had given me the password to the G-l-o-v-e account! I had talked about the community with her and said that it would be better off staying at deviantART... and then later i asked if i could have some sort of position in the club now that school is almost over and i'll have more time over the summer. So it seems that i'm given the responsibility of taking over management! Anyone else, tell me if you're willing to help out because i don't want to handle this all by my lonesome. I'll put up a new journal on g-l-o-v-e and take the deviations out of storage, and we'll go from there.

so i have to submit some photos, resubmit the horse drawing, comment on these pictures sitting in my inbox, and get g-l-o-v-e up and running again. Hopefully i can get this all done in this weekend or in the next! I hope everyone is doing wonderfully and enjoying the great weather (if you live in that kind of area... ) ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7990289/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7990289/ Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:30:17 PST
I started on that painting of the bleeding hearts and I think it will come out nice. A few weeks ago I sat down and just mixed some colors together to get the right hues for the flowers and the leaves (I don't have many good colors straight out of the tube). I was surprised that I found a good use for my tube green. The green that comes out of the tube is particularly hideous, but when I mixed some yellow into it it got a little brighter and more opaque; so that will be the color I will be using for the leaves. The flowers will prob. be pink or magenta depending on how dark I feel like making them.
I also finished a watercolor painting! I was just typing in random keywords on a stock photo website search and I came up with this beautiful picture of an octopus. It inspired me enough to paint it- but when I started on the outline, I realized how much of a pain it would be to paint all of its suckers! Anyways I got all of it done, but I'm having a problem putting it on my computer. The picture is too big for my scanner. I considered trying the digital camera, but I'm afraid it won't work (It's been acting really fussy lately and won't take pictures. I keep telling my mom to get a new one because we REALLY NEED IT but she never gets back to me on that). I have to at least TRY and get some pics of it, though, because I want to put it up for sale on my own website as well. It'll probably be around 60-75 dollars for the original. Prints would depend on the size.
I asked my mom to make me a costume for when the Renn Fest rolls around again. It'll be especially helpful if my friends and I get in as travelling musicians. I found some patterns for like corsets and things.. and my mom seems pretty enthusiastic about it (she likes sewing too much ). This weekend is pretty much free so I can just spend it relaxing and doing some really easy homework. I hope everyone is doing wonderful! ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7706509/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7706509/ Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:09:48 PST
I haven't updated in a while. I just got done playing with leow-cornell oil pastels and they're not much different than my pro-art ones. I think the `colors are a little more vibrant... i was trying to paint a picture of a wren and i got a more vibrant brown than i had expected! i dont think that picture will go up on dA but i'm thinking of these to work on:

1. the bleeding heart in acrylic. I got more canvas and and i found that reference photo i used before-- i might find more refs so i can add leaves to frame the flower.
2. The dahlias in watercolor - this one is going to take a longer time to do because i might sketch out the individual petals... or i might just wing it with paint and try to make the leaves myself. Idk.
3. more practice with still lifes. I'm not thinking of fruit necessarily but maybe things like vases, jars, and fake flowers (we have a lot of those ).
4. anything that i can put on my website (!). Idk if i mentioned it but i made a website and already sold one print (they're kinda cheap). You can reach my website from this account, actually. there's alink at the top of the page. Anyway, there are only three pictures in the gallery section so I think I'm going to put anything I make that I think looks worthy of being sold. There's contact info on the website if you wanna get something.

so that's my agenda. I'm not sure which one i'm going to get around to yet but hopefully i'll do the bleeding heart, then the still life practices, then the dahlias and maybe some other things scattered in between.


... btw what happened to =g-l-o-v-e? Hope the admin is doing alright

So anyway....

this weekend is a little busy but maybe i can start drawing the flower and setting up my workstation for painting-- in two weeks i have a four day weekend and if i have nothing piled on me, i can paint it.

bye all! ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7481791/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7481791/ Sun, 01 Jan 2006 18:09:05 PST


Okay so I posted up a new deviation and it took me longer than I thought it would. It made me wonder how bad I am at still life-- i like to draw still life but I haven't done it in months. I actually really like drawing things made of glass-- it's complicated and fun at the same time. I think I might try my hand at a flute. I've drawn it before but I think i can definitely do better.

Now there are two paintings that I really wanted to do: one of dahlias and another or that bleeding heart. I took inventory and found out that I need another watercolor sketchbook and more canvas. Should I get a canvas sketchbook? I've seen them in stores.. it's just that something tells me they're not worth the money. I can't remember how much they were priced at when I last went to Michael's.


so in two days or so I go back to school. Bummer since I have no idea what my grades are AND I BETTER PULL THEM ALL UP TO B'S IF THEY'RE NOT. This quarter was pretty bad. I think i tried to overwork myself, and in the process forgot about all the little details that set me back. I hope third quarter is better (sigh)


I wasn't originally going to advertise on deviantART but I think I will anyway: I'm starting to sell my art! Hahaha for a price you can have a piece of ME!

the website isn't up yet, but when it is I'll put the link in here. I just hope the url isn't too long. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7320344/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7320344/ Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:05:00 PST
I saw the movie RENT last weekend and it was spectacular! If you like musicals you should see it; the songs are awesome and the musical itself is really very dramatic. Hahaha, next weekend I think I'll see King Kong! Directed by Peter Jackson, the DEMIGOD who made the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

Welllll enough about current events and on to my art. School really is swallowing up my life. Yesterday and today, though, i had some time and I worked on a watercolor painting of two pink dahlias that I think I will give to a friend for her birthday. I hope they come out nice. The petals on a dahlia are difficult to draw in that they're not laid out flat-- they sortof curl up when you get to the center. Not only that but they're layers-- which means lots of fun playing with shadows for me! Robertsloan2 also gave me a good idea for another acrylic piece with a bleeding heart in it. (the same one in my scraps) I haven't done acrylic in a while and i hope it turns out nice.

other than that there's nothing much to say. I'll see you guys whenever I'm able to post another journal! byebye! ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7104355/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/7104355/ Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:49:42 PST Happy Thanksgiving! Eat lots of turkey

Mood: Thanksgiving break!
Listening to: Duets By Mendellssohn

I really can't wait for my next flute lesson-- my substitute flute teacher told me something about duets by Mendellssohn, and she said they were really beautiful. I finished my duet book and I have no solos to play... so I hope when my original teacher comes back after Thanksgiving we can play them. I'm such a dork

Speaking of Thanksgiving... we have Thanksgiving break, which is just about a whole week off from school. Of course, homework consumes my life but I'll still have more time to relax.

I submitted two pictures: A leaf in colored pencil and pastel in my scraps and that horse portrait on the front page. I have one last page in my watercolor sketchbook and I think I'll use it-- i saw these zinnia flowers on a stock photo website a long time ago and they look like fun to paint. After that I don't know what I'll draw...

Oh yeah! I almost forgot; I saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. You don't have to be an HP freak to love it-- the special effects, especially the dragon and the lake scenes are amazing. The pegasi were awesome too. Go see it! Maybe I'll do fanart(?). I haven't done fantasy in a while. I guess I gotta go search for more pictures of a Hungarian Horntail Bye, all.

]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6980903/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6980903/ Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:48:46 PST I fear great DOOM ahead in school...

Mood: Haha Assimilation...
Listening to: Telemann Sonata in G
Reading: Shadow of the Hegemon

I wonder if there's an emote with a smiley's brain falling out of its head? Because I'm feeling very stressed and disorganized. My AP Government grade keeps wavering from a C to a B and I think it's a B... but I'm afraid to get my hopes up... so, you know how things are. I also have band practice tonight. LUCKILY the football season is just about over and I can concentrate more on academics.... but UNLUCKILY... I missed the day that we did chair placement, which means that I have to play in right in front of the band director and have him evaluate me . I don't know the actual routine, but w/e. He'll tell me tomorrow.

I think that's basically the origins of my immense stress today.

I posted the watercolor leaves and I think that turned out okay. The red leaf is probably the bane of my existence.. I completely lost patience and just painted the wholet hing one static shade of red. I have a problem with patience, because I can often draw things quickly and get them over with. Taking my time is definitely something I need to work on. I feel more rushed though, when I work with watercolors. I can be more patient with dry media like pencil. I guess the lack of control over the brush freaks me out. So that means I have to get as much control over paint as I do with pencil, and I'll feel more at ease. That's my theory, at least.

I have a pastel/colored pencil drawing of another leaf that I should put up. This one is pale... the colors aren't very vibrant because I didn't bother to layer a lot. I guess it was more like a practice with colored pencil and pastel than it was a polished piece. Maybe I'll put it in the scraps.

And now I have two ideas for drawings. One from real life (which I may or may not post.) and another a horse, photo obtained by ~wolfishantics. I want to make it as realistic as possible... like the work that =Fire-n-ash does. I remember seeing some other horse drawings by really good people, but I can't remember their names. Ah, well.


ah! I need to post something on *Prismacolorists and =g-l-o-v-e... maybe I can search through older pictures and post them up... they never get much attention, unfortunately.

Bye, all. (just a thought... I wonder when my subscription ends...)

]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6791529/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6791529/ Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:04:57 PDT Mood: I've Got Plague...
Listening to: Telemann Sonata in G
Reading: Ender's Shadow

I just decided to update since it's been such a long time in which I didn't. I'm starting to get ill, which is really putting a burden on my already burdensome schedule.

Surprisingly, I've always found time to log on to DA and comment on artwork. I have even found time to update G-l-o-v-e (if you didn't know, I took on a job submitting art because Chelsea was also swamped with work). I just don't read journals as much as I used to.


The Current Piece I'm working on is the leaf painting, which is turning out okay IMO. Maybe I'll submit a Work In Progress in my scraps, just because I have nothing else to put up and I'm feeling neglectful of my little account . It would be nice to have some critique on it anyway... Basically what I've done so far is I took some interesting leaves from the ground and put them in a little arrangement on my desk. From there, I painted. If you ever want to do this yourselfe, here's some advice: Don't pick the leaves directly off of trees! They may be pretty, but they haven't let out all of their moisture yet. I took one leaf off of a tree for its interesting color.. and the next day it was all dried up and crackly. It still looked nice, but it was harder to handle and some of the more dramatic part were curled under the leaf where I couldn't see them.

The leaves are actually sortof difficult in watercolor... I had to do alot of layering to get a vibrant color. *robertsloan2, however, gave me a good idea. Instead of sketching it in pencil, I could sketch it in watercolor pencil. I did some sections of the leaf like this and it eliminated the presence of graphite marks. Anyway, the veins are probably the hardest to do. I need to make the veins so that they're noticable but not so noticable that they stick out of the painting. I think painting textures like these is just something you get used to with practice. I mean, I've never just sat down and painted foliage. I can't imagine why I haven't... I mean, the colors are interesting and there's really so much you can do with things like leaves that you see everyday.


I had a surprise birthday party and some presents I got were: General's Watercolor Pencils, Leow-Cornell Oil Pastels (set of 48) and 2 Prismacolor (!!!!) colorless blenders. If anyone has anything specific to tell me about these products (namely the pastels and the colorless blenders), then do tell.

I wonder if Leow-Cornell is better than Pro-Art? I have a set of 36 Pro-Art pastels that i use sometimes. I guess I'll just have to do my research . I can't wait to try out the blenders though. Normally I don't have a hard time blending colored pencils... but with the colorless blender it's probably a lot easier to create new colors.




Oh yeah... the Ender Trilogy is AMAZING OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG.... so for anyone who hasn't read the books already, I think you should read them. TODAY.

]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6679226/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6679226/ Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:24:57 PDT

Mood: Relaxation. mm.
Listening to: Telemann Sonata in G

Ah, today was a good day off from school. I'm suddenly glad that the public school system recognizes Rosh Hashanah as a holiday.
I still don't know why they won't recognize the Muslim holiday of Eid, though. Last year I couldn't celebrate it... because we had midterms on the same day. (bangs head against wall)

In other news, Four of my friends and I plan to perform in next year's Renn Fest. Musical street performers. Our designated title is: An Instrumental Quintet of Questionable Background.

And if we get to actually do it, I'd jump for joy. I don't care much about money... but I lust after the things I can buy with it. And i think getting a job would def. make me feel useful. And it would be doing something that I love in a place that I love. What could be better?


I've actually finished all of my homework today, which makes me super happy.

I ate a foot-long sub this morning....

((wow, this is a crappy entry... I just thought I would update since I haven't in a while.
There really isn't anything to say.... well, I've been having these weird problems with my body. Sometimes if I sit down my legs will get tingly because the bloodflow is cut off. The thing is, I won't even be sitting in any weird position. Like right now-- my toes are a little tingly because i'm propping them up on the carpet. It's not a weird position, but my body thinks it is. so my mom suggests I eat more red meat.

Frankly, I couldn't think of a better prescription... I'm a carnivore, honestly...

i wouldn't make a good vegetarian. Sometimes I don't understand their motives for not eating meat... I mean, if it's a health problem or just a religious thing than I understand but... somehow i don't think that one can try and "save the animals" by not eating meat. It doesn't seem plausible.. i mean, there are plenty of places where chickens and cows and other animals are bred in perfectly sanitary conditions and cared after. Not all farms are like brutal meatpacking houses. And I don't think we Americans waste any bit of animal we kill, so at least the dead animals aren't going to waste... i mean, think of leather and sausages(who knows how many types of animals there are in one sausage link ).
I guess some people oppose it because some places offer exotic meat like ostrich, alligator or even shark. Sharks and alligators I know for sure are endangered, so I can understand the motive there. I wouldn't eat shark fin soup, despite the fact that it might be a cool experience.
I also think that in some ways, we try to give back to the animals. There are a lot of wildlife federations and refuge parks out there. At least I know that in the Chesapeake Bay, there are strict laws placed on fishing of any kind of animal. I really don't think the people in this world are ignorant of the plight of animals.


okay, I'll leave now Bye all.

]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6591518/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6591518/ Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:57:12 PDT

z0mg! Went to the state Rennaisance Festival today. It's the funnest (is that a word?) Thing in the world. It's basically a festival celebrating the medieval times. Most everyone who goes is in costume and you end up going around the shops lusting after articles of clothing that costs well over a hundred dollars . It is by far th greatest place in the world (and on a side note, the food is excellent.... and cheap)

So I went there and saw an aerial acrobatics show that was truly amazing and inspiring. No, I'm not going to learn how to climb up an aerial silk... but the poses the people made made me want to draw them right then and there. So i think I might put something up (maybe even a series of drawings depicting aerial acrobatics). However, I sortof doubt my ability to draw people like that . Oh well, i guess we'll just wait and see. It's not like I'm drawing portraits where I have to concentrate on their faces (I would crash and burn at that). The Human body is a lot easier to draw than the human face... and alot more fun. Especially in those weird positions that the acrobats are in . I duno... the weird positions kindof take away the fact that the acrobats are human, and it makes it easier to draw (since the subject of people can be intimidating).

I bought a feathery hair thing at the fest and I might draw that too, maybe in Derwent colored pencils. They're peacock feathers so their color is dark and iridescent... so I might do pastel layered with colored pencil to give it a richer feeling. I'm so glad that I have more ideas to draw now, since school has been depriving me of inspiration. Now, I feel more elated than stressed.

Ack, I really shouldn't be on dA... I have to type up a government paper . Sorry if I didn't comment or didn't look at your journal. I've been busy, as you can tell. I think I can calm down after Monday though, because then I won't be madly researching. I hope you all out there are having a relaxing time!


hmm... I need a banner for my journals. there's a trial version of this Arcsoft Photostudio software on my computer, and I think I might use that to create some sort of banner.



((I should have bought a deep-fried pickle at the renn fest... ))

Okay, end of journal... (runs downstairs to eat pizza)

]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6527857/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6527857/ Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:32:05 PDT I need a header...

Well, last night was football game. It was totally awesome, but I ended up staying up really really late and now I feel very dead and kinda nauseous. I guess if I ever get a hangover, this would be how it felt... one reason I'll never drink


hahaha I'm totally straight-edge....


Okay anyway, Things have been piling up and I was grateful for the weekend, so I could reduce that pile. For some reason, my grades aren't all that great... I guess I underestimated my subjects. I especially need to bring up my Latin grade. I don't understand-- there's nothing hard in Latin. I understand all of it. I guess it's just a memorization issue.
Chemistry sucks butt as well. Our group didn't get the information for the density lab done, and I'm afraid she'll lecture us... I think the teacher already doesn't like me. I've been in a number of these weird situations where it looks like I'm the bad guy although I'm really not....
I was hoping to have an uneventful weekend, but I agreed to go to my cousin's birthday party tonight and my friend's house on Sunday to discuss for the first chemistry research project (and I'm not looking forward to it, because I doubt we'll get anything done... pfft). I wonder if I have to make my cousin a present? He's a junior or senior though, and I don't think he needs anything Hehehe!

I'm close to finishing one of a series of drawings that I'm contemplating about posting on Deviantart. It's basically my sketchbook with drawings of my friends and people i know, with little blurbs about them at the end. The reason I'm contemplating posting the pics is that they aren't very detailed and I plan on making lots of them. There's also a small privacy issue, but I doubt any stalkers look at my account. I might post one or two up, maybe for advanced critique since I'm not that great at drawing people


My band schedule says that Chair placement week is this coming Monday! (dies) I hate chair placement, though I think I have a secure position as first chair already (wow that sounds really arrogant *blushes*). I dunno... I always end up counting my chickens before they hatch, and being disappointed in the end. It would really suck if I counted on gettting first chair and ended up with like, third or fourth. I've always wanted a solo in band and only the first chairs do that. Unless you're cool, or something....
Yeah, for those who aren't familiar, chair placement is just sortof a judging thing they do in band to determine where you sit. If the band teacher thinks you rock, you play the soprano music, and if you're *on the lower end of the spectrum*, you get to play the bass parts, of sorts. Yes, I can be competetive. I want to be first chair, though if you think about it, being the top chair is more of a burden. The Band director sortof counts on you to play well and stuff, so it's a stressful thought.
I feel so arrogant saying this stuff. I should stop right now. Me and my emotionally driven self... it kinda sucks, because sometimes I end up feeling really bad for the people I utterly hate or people I don't wanna talk to. I think I'd make a good aunt... all cheek-pinchy and spoiling my neices and nephews and stuff.


Okay, there's nothing else to say now. I think I'm gonna go back to doing my massive amounts of homework and hopefully there will be another submission. I don't know when, but there will be one on one of these days

]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6441662/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6441662/ Wed, 07 Sep 2005 14:01:08 PDT
I was glad to have a small reprieve from the mountain of schoolwork to update and look at deviations and comments and journals. Unfortunately, this laptop sucks majorly and it doesn't always load. I could surf better on my mother's laptop (luckily she just came home and I can switch over to that)

Why am I using laptops instead of desktops? Well our Dell desktop computer needs a new video card and is currently being operated on. Another computer was put in it's stead... and i hate it with a passion. It's loud and clunky and doesn't get things done.

In other news(I say that alot...), I have two pieces that are waiting to be scanned and submitted. I might have a third soon. I need pictures for my school binders, and thus it gives my drawing skill(z0rs) a purpose. I'm still searching for something for my english binder... (thinks) maybe something autumn-related.

Oh yeah, I recently talked to a roleplaying buddy and she says she lives in Louisiana and her dad is in the ambulance. He's constantly going from one place to another, trying to make things better in New Orleans. <
Hehe.


Oh, and Yarka pwns all (I cannot get over that...). I have two more pages left in my watercolor sketchbook, so I think I'll use them up and then focus more on dry media, and maybe acrylics if I can get more canvas(maybe even one of those nifty canvas sketchbooks...). I bought a lightweight sketchbook a little while ago and I haven't used it much. I can probably bring it to school and practice drawing from real life (as in, drawing people). I think the band director would make a good subject... He's always a good distance away so i can draw his whole body and he always looks normal... so it's not like I'm drawing somebody who's posing in a weird way.. like some friends He's just sortof.. there.



Edit: Wow, I need to resizemy devID... it's not fitting in the little box

]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6379132/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6379132/ Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:24:06 PDT
They're awesome. Really. Awesome. I should worship *Morwilwarin because she was the one who suggested them. But I won't do that.


Anyway.... they're a LOT better than that Gallery stuff. When they dry, the color doesn't fade or anything-- it stays as vibrant as it was when it was applied to the paper. It says the pigments are natural, which also makes me happy; good quallity for literally $5.00 (though I wouldn't be surprised if some of the pigment is artificial.)
I can't wait to use them even more-- they're so AWESOME.....



In other news....

School started. Which sucks majorly. I have more homework now than i ever did in my lifetime (dies). I guess this is when the phrase "GT" really means "For the Gifted and Talented". You da** well better be talented to have enough energy to get through the day...

And Marching Unit is a constant stressor...

But on the bright side, I have nice teachers (for the most part) and I think the Band teacher likes me more this year. I have an aura of coolness surrounding me And it affects everyone in range!

Bow down 2 teh C00lne55....



I probably will not be able to be as active on dA as I can be. Chances are, I'll be limited to getting on on the weekends or something, because I'm too busy during the weekdays.

deviantART ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6278584/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6278584/ Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:28:34 PDT
Well, Marching band season has started up. This means that during the school year I'll have after school marching practice, and football games to attend. I probably won't be as active over the next few months (though I highly doubt that me being inactive on DeviantART will start an apocalypse.). Which reminds me... i still have to paint a picture for the contest on g-l-o-v-e... Well, I should get THAT done as soon as possible...

I also have to do massive amounts of summer reading... and massive amounts of note-taking to prepare for Government AP .

Unfortunately, my desktop computer is going awry. It shuts off for no reason, and it says the monitor is in power save mode... mom thinks there's a worm on it, but all the windows updates in the world can't stop it from shutting down. So I'm typing this entry from my mom's super-cool widescreen laptop. I have a feeling that all my computer work is going to be transferred to two laptops-this one and the really old one that is basically mine. I've been begging my mom to update the old one and to install Microsoft Visual Studio .NET on both laptops, so that my programming needs will be met. I also need to burn a few CDs (for reasons other than all that music thos crazy kids listen to these days).
mmmm.... friends Rachael and Emily and anyone else who likes the Abhorsen series will be pleased to know that I'm working on a game from the Neverwinter Nights module based on Sabriel. It's alot easier and shorter than that War of the Spider Queen one I attempted. Perhaps I can create a guild based on the module as well... though I don't think I will.

So my list is set. Paint a picture for the contest, burn CDs, summer reading and NWN for today.

Maybe I'll do that pic tomorrow. I procrastinate.


ah yes, one more thing... councilofelrond.com is getting on my nerves with all its roleplaying rules and their mods being megapolicemen. I think I'll write them a lette containing a plethora of long and difficult words to enforce my point. They can't ban me for being concerned about the RPG future of their site.... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6204855/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6204855/ Fri, 12 Aug 2005 06:23:33 PDT But most of the people here were nerds. Not to say that I'm not a nerd or anything it's just that in the presence of hardcore nerds I get edgy, for some reason.

Some nerds just think they know everything (scoff)



Anyway, Visual Basic is fun. Yes. Fun. I can make the computer do stuff for me and it exercises your mind. Yes, I like making my mind work.

In other news...

Well, there isn't much other news....

I'm drawing a picture of a dog named Tipper, a deceased friend of ~UglyKitten. She said she wanted a keepsake of him.
I really hope it doesn't look disproportionate.. I think i made the head too small and the hind legs too large. But I already started shading heavily, so I'm too lazy to go back and change everything XD I think what I'll do is use the eraser to just trim off a few centimeters of the hind legs at a time to slowly get it in proportion without messing it up too much.
hmmm... I made an acrylic painting of a few daylilies a long time ago, but I haven't taken any pictures and uploaded them yet.

And on-location sketching! Sooo much fun! Yesterday I drew a picture of a girl sitting at a coffee table-- it looks nice, but I can't help thinking that it's too sketchy to really be considered a Deviation. I remember this happened before-- A few summers ago I went to an art camp and drew the bodies of water outside. Everytime I painted my sketches, they looked... well, sketchy! I really like the technique, but it looks very informal and not completed.
I guess it's just something I'll have to practice.


Now, I must complain about people with atrocious spelling.
This was an incident that happened a few days ago, and I thought it was so hilarious and annoying at the same time that I'd make a good story out of it. So basically, I was in a roleplaying thread on a website called councilofelrond.com (i will refer to it as coe.com). One girl comes into the roleplay and... well, I'll quote her exactly. She says:

"(i'm joinging!!!! GILWEN, which means star maiden in elfish, is in the DB!!!!1 GILWEN is my caracter! *te-hee* YOU HAVE to reed her bio firts B4 u can joyn.)"

needless to say, the rest of her post as the character GILWEN(she always referred to her in capital letters) was the same way. Now, i counted about 11 spelling errors in those three or four sentences. Tell me that someone doesn't pay attention in English class....
I and the rest of hte thread members warned her on her roleplaying. Not only did she manipulate our characters, but we barely couldn't read her posts....

me: (gandalfs_girl, use spell check before you post. Honestly, I can't understand a word you just posted. Shorthand or netspeak is really a pet-peeve, and though you may not think it, I'm sure the moderators can do something about that if you're not careful.
Just as a reminder, you know. I'm glad you joined... Don't godmod like that, either. The moderators can get you for that, too.)
her: (( i dont no wat speel chek is. and neway u guyz are meen. im leaveing. goodbye!!!))


I was howling with laughter at this point. I don't know what made it so funny... maybe her atrocious spelling or the fact that she didn't know what spell check was. Or the fact that a moderator had to edit her posts for her XD.

So finally, I said: ( the only reason we're being critical is because of your inability to use the English language properly. 4 gawds saek, u takl leik dis!!!!!1111eleventyoneoneone)

(sorry, I had to do it.)


Does anyone else find this just completely ludicrous? I think if I ever meet up with her again I should speak just like her. Or maybe just use huge words and confuse her...

I kindof like the latter choice.

I love people who can't spell. There are few things you can laugh as hard at. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6125014/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6125014/ Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:45:17 PDT
Mom got a new laptop for her work. God, this thing is HUGE! It's got a 17'' widescreen, I'm pretty that's wider than our desktop. i hope to use this thing more-- it's so spiffy and organized. I was happy I got to play with it first so i could make an account of my own XD. Integrated wireless, so I can leech off of anyone's internet anytime I want . mmm... it's tasty.

In other news, I STILL need a deviantID! I honestly can't think of a thing. I think I'll need to go around and photograph strange things, cause I really want it to be a photo instead of a drawing. And with this photo editor that came with the compie, i can edit it any way I want

Maybe on a cooler day I'll go outside and sketch something from nature. So far, this week is in the 90's and it's screaming hot. It's just that I've been so accustomed to reference photography that I dont usually draw from real life.

Anyway, I don't really know what direction to take my art in now. Maybe I can buy some canvas and work more on acrylic. I'm in an art contest to draw something I think is beautiful... i'm thinking of using my watercolors for that. But for now, I'm just sortof meandering around, doing whatever I want.

ladeeda.... I think I'll get some ice cream.

Sherbet or Vanilla Fudge? hmm...decisions, decisions... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6075167/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6075167/ Sat, 30 Jul 2005 07:11:31 PDT
I got a feeling that if I post anything else on the matter, I'll get flogged...

But I feel bad for him....

i love dA It makes me happy. I mean, I've been inspired so much ever since I started my account here and have been drawing like crazy. Quite honestly, It's just about my only motivation to keep drawing XD. I mean, I get honest critique from people, and more than just a "OMG THAT'S SOOO COOOOLLLL!"
But I guess I'll be nice and say that I support Jarkie-warkie and if dA does die(I highly doubt it, but it could happen) then whatever, I'll just find another site for myself.
I guess the only reason I'm getting involved in this is to do something productive and exercise the integrity that's somewhere in there (pokes stomach). I mean, geeze, you gotta believe in something.

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in other news... I went to the craft store yesterday XD. Morwin will be happy to know that I got a set of 12 pan watercolors by Yarka. I was surprised they only cost five dollars... but hopefully they'll be better quality than the Gallery ones i have currently.

And....

I got a 12 pack of Derwent Artist's colored pencils. The Gallery ones i had were v. v. waxy-- you could only lay so much color down before the pencil would give out and you'd have to press crazy-hard to get more layering on the paper. I played with my Derwents and I layered like, five colors without having to press really hard. I think I'll do soemthing with them... I have an Assateague pony drawing that i still need to finish... and I have tons of new ideas as well.

Also, I got a good sketchbook with the slightly rougher texture that i love so much. I don't like the smooth paper for dry media...probably because the dry media never actually holds onto the paper and it alwys rubs off. I would use fixative, but that creates these weird droplets on the page that makes my drawing look like a sponge

... and my mommy is making me a wittle brush holder so that way i can have all my brushes in one convenient pouch, rather than the little plastic things they come in that always rip and tear.



I'm Happy. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6048298/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6048298/ Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:59:51 PDT
So I'm back from Assateague. Wow. My eyes hurt.. and they're blood red. (rubrubrub). Well I guess that's what happens when you're in the ocean all day. I kept getting knocked over... of course, friend Rachael was like, ten times taller than me and could hold herself in water that i kept drowning in

Didn't see any fiddler crabs... but the ponies were awesome. They were everywhere.. literally. They kept coming back to the beach and searching through peoples' foodstuffs. And they knew we weren't allowed to touch them.. so they just kept going.

And they were fat. It was basically a harem of girls controlled by one fat old male.

That makes me want to bash men.


ooo and the winkles! Well that was what we called them.. they were these little clams that buried themselves into the sand, and at the end of the day, you could pick up a hunk of sand and find twenty or more buried into it. So cool. And so cute . After about an hour of debate, we went to Red lobster for dinner. And though their food was on the salty side, i was extremely satisfied at the end.

no really good pictures to share, so i'll probably make a drawing or something of some ponies and submit it. I have an acrylic painting that i still need to take a picture of and submit...

I'm bored. I actually don't have any summer reading to do... Just need to wait for the second summer book to come in. Maybe I'll go catch up on flute (by the way, my lesson went FANTASTIC. She had no idea i hadn't practiced the etude because I had nailed all the notes i was so proud.... i had practiced it only a couple times... it had four sharps in it! four! and i nailed them! yesss...).

Sister's friend Natalie is over. If I give you her address, will you stalk and kill her please? i'm sorry, but she's a pain in the arse. She's such a whiner. My God, will anyone tell that child to shut up and be happy with what she has?! And she, along with my sister's other friends, can convince my dad to do anything for them. That would probably include buying them a second house.
He's so passive it's not even funny. But seriously... someone must kill them all! AAAHHH

I'm bored. I'll go draw or something. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6031115/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/6031115/ Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:19:50 PDT
Anyway.

Went to Shanandoah State Park yesterday. It was sortof a drag, cause i was tired the whole time because I only got like, 4 hours of sleep. Sleepover, yes. And I got sortof nauseous when we went rafting... it woulda been cool if i coulda kayaked or something, but rafting was annoying.

Cool wildlife, though. We saw lotsa herons and damselflies (they came over and landed on you from time to time). And of course, some dead fish.

mmm... the highlight of today was practicing flute all day. Because i hadn't practiced all day... and i have a lesson like, right now XD. And I made a toasted sandwich... so the mountain of cheese i put on it was nice and melted and good.

I love cheese on a sandwich.

Going to Assateague island with friend Rachael tomorrow.... will be fun watching the ponies come to eat our food. Heh. I'll probably bring a camera and maybe get some good shots of wildlife for reference....

like those fiddler crabs. I love those things...

but we'll need to revive our other computer first... it died! it was all *blank screen with blinking cursor!!!* ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5926359/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5926359/ Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:09:48 PDT
My devID was removed cause apparently, it was copyright violation.


Actually, it was. I got it off of google, biatches!


i admit it! and I'd do it again if i had the chance! (evil, maniacal laughter)


Actually I probably wouldn't... oh well, It's not bad. I was getting annoyed of the whole Gollum thing in the first place. What really got me was that it took them THIS LONG to figure out that my DevID was not mine .

and apparently, according to DA's new policies, they don't much care whether MY artwork is stolen. Crazy people.

Well now I need a new devID. Will add that to my list of things to do...

1. Upload photos from the computer. I got new reference photos from that crazy Smithsonian place, and I downloaded some off a stock photo website, so I'm good to go
2. I need to do more acrylics and paint those daylilies I've been meaning to do.
3. Draw more mammals w/ lotsa fur, so I can work on that technique that I did with the coyote.
4. Upload something onto G-l-o-v-e... I just don't know what to do
5. new DevID, now. Hmm... i wonder what I'll make it. Maybe I'll take a picture of a hobo and submit it
6. oo I decided i would join equine-tendency, since I apparently draw horses whenever I have nothing else to draw. But I haven't actually gone to... join it...
7. Probably lots of other crap.

Oh well. At least Booda is not a copyright violation. I thought that one up myself .

though i did find out later that 'Booda' was a brand of dog toy...





WELL, PHOTOGRAPHS ARE A COPYRIGHT VIOLATION ON GOD! SO THERE! ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5883895/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5883895/ Sat, 09 Jul 2005 07:54:42 PDT . Gave it as a present for a friend's birthday, though. I kinda miss it, cause it was like a new technical breakthrough for me... but it'll probably be of more use in Shellie's room than piled under a crap load of papers in my loft . And I always have the file on my computer, so it isn't too bad.
And to answer any questions, I did get inspired by Klingner's artwork. He does such a neat job with the fur on his animals that I thought I would try it as well. of course... I learned it was harder than it looks ... and it already looks pretty hard!

Anyway, about the last couple of days...

Went to Sandy Point State Park on Thursday. It was pretty cool, though not as extravagant as i expected-- it's got no bike trails . Cool beach, though. You can see the Key Bridge(i think it's the Key Bridge) and the huge ships that pass by every day.

Lotsa wildlife... you see a lot of dead fish... some of them were really big... they reminded me of beached whales . We told our dad how big they could get, and he said we might just go fishing there... lotsa people went crabbing, too. You have this piece of string with a chicken neck(i dunno if it's a real neck...) tied onto the end, and you dip it in the water like fondue . The crabs are funny when you catch em... they're all wacked out and they scuttle everywhere.

And, as mentioned before, a friend's birthday was yesterday. Watched The Fellowship of the Ring with Morwin and made sexual references to everything in the movie... even though the characters probably aren't gay and don't have gay sex.

It's still immensely funny... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5793278/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5793278/ Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:49:03 PDT
In other news, i have another painting soon to come. i just gotta... paint it...

Cause I'm bored (stole from Yanners):

1. If you woke up tomorrow morning and you were the opposite gender, what would be the first thing you'd do?

I'd act really gay or something like that. And i'd call my friends and freak them out and be like "I'M A GUY"

2. If you could be invisible for a whole day, what would you do?
I'd scare people.

3. If you could completely get rid of one fashion trend that you personally don't like, what would it be?
When guys wear their pants so low that their undergarments show and they hafta pull em up all the time. Letting them rest on your hips at normal length will NOT hurt.

4. If you could dye your hair ANY colour, what colour would you choose?
White XD Or really dark auburn. I'd rather get a different hairstyle than different color.

5. If you could look like any celebrity, who would you choose and why? I dunno-- I don't know many celebs I'd like to look like.

6. If you could spend one hour with ANYONE, (alive or dead) who would it be, and why? Adam, cause I wonder what it would be like to be the first human on earth and in Heaven. We'd go out for ice cream

7. If you won a million dollars in the lottery, what would you do with the money? Save some for college, give some to charities and then go buy cool stuff with the rest.


8. If you could tell one person ANYTHING, what would it be, and who would it be? Hmm... I think I'd tell Mo to email me back.
And then I'd tell him to practice his flute.



9. If you saw your favourite celebrity in the street, what would be your first reaction? I'd probably take some pictures and put some stupid sign like "I'm a dork" on them. And then run away real fast.

10. If you could change your first name to anything you wanted, what would you change it to? I'm fine with it.

11. What's one feature of your appearance that you absolutely like? my super-long eyelashes. Nobody can beat them...

12. If you were told today that you had only a month to live, what would be all the things you would do, or say before you died? Go to lotsa parties and buy lotsa stuff and hug people.


13. If you could change any part of your appearance, what would it be? Belly fat replaced by muscle. not bulging abs, but just more muscle than fat.


14. If you had your own line of cosmetics, what would you call it, and what kind of products would you make? I'd call it something stupid like "tofu" or "crazyglue" or some one-word noun like that. I'd probably make brown/bronze tones for makeup and stuff.

15. If you had your own line of underwear, how would you design it? Comfy Nothing lacy and pretty though... Just underwear designed to do what it's supposed to do.
and be really comfy...


16. If you could have one super power, what would it be? Talk to animals. But I'd like to know people's thoughts too.

17. If you had the choice would you rather be Marilyn Monroe for a day, or Madonna? neither

18. Do you believe your dreams have significance? they reflect what I most think about/feel. If I stress over something a whole lot, chances are I'll dream about it that night.

Total number of films I own on DVD/video: I dunno....


The last film I bought : i dunno...

Last film I watched at home: again, i dunno...

5 films I watch a lot or mean a lot to me: I have more than 5 faves, I think. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5694321/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5694321/ Sun, 19 Jun 2005 12:07:57 PDT
ugh... something happened to my legs and now they are... rather painful...
I've had some revitalizing experiences. Like TV...
I've never watched this much TV since like, elementary school...
Hopefully I'll get back on my feet and be running around this whole summer. That's actually what I plan to do-- with soccer out of the way I need some way to let go of this energy. And somehow maintain muscle mass...
I'll study over the summer. One day.
But I think i lost that AP Gov't reading list... sucks for me.
Definitely putting up more stuff, as soon as I get over this post-school laziness.
Ugh. My head hurts.
Went to a resteraunt, though all i got was cream of crab soup. Beginning to regret that...
Gotta go out and catch bugs and classify them like I used to. Only this time, it'll be on my own time and not for a school project.
Which is pretty crazy.

Wondering about chemistry GT next year. Maybe it'll be fun-- i remember I enjoyed that atoms/elements unit in eighth grade science...
Also wondering about Algebra 2.
And Government AP. Ugh.
I'm gonna hate it.

Who ever liked law anyways?! But seriously...
I regret letting Parandian make that decision for me.

And many other things I'm curious about-- of course, i refuse to ask anyone/do research on it cause I'm lazy and my legs hurt. Not that my legs have anything to do with clicking research links on the computer.

Have a nice summer

MY BOODA AGAIN ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5626256/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5626256/ Sun, 12 Jun 2005 10:28:54 PDT
that's awesome, is it not? I mean, now we have three months to be lazy! and have tons of fun! WITHOUT GODFORSAKEN TEACHERS....

But, let's reflect.

hmmm... how does this year make me feel? Well, ever had a hangover? I hope not....
but if i were to ever have one it'd feel like what i felt like this whole year. 9th grade was like, "day after drunk partying at club". Eighth grade was... pretty crazy... so this year it's like, aftermath.

(and for the record, I don't drink...)

dang... MTH is big...

and time consuming. I mean, when Mrs. Goode kept telling us "YER GONNA DIE NEXT YEAR IF YOU DON'T PREPARE THIS YEAR BLAH BLAH BLAH" I thought "no one's listening, so shut up".

I think i should have. I def. was not prepared for what was coming. It was so... crazeh. Marching Unit swallowed my life for the first few months, along with academics and soccer practice.

I won't even get into academics! i was NOT expecting to actually be IN-DEPTH when we had discussions in English...
Nor was i expecting to actually PAY ATTENTION in band. But now, i snap to attention everytime mr. j opens his mouth.

Which brings up another point. We all changed like crazy. I changed. Our once tightly enclosed, paranoid-of-the-outside-world group of friends has become rather open. And i kinda like it. But sometimes I think our whole group's just more distant. i guess it isn't too bad.
No, it's not bad at all.
Some of us needed to get out there, I think....

hmm? Well... I guess I should say something about Marriots Ridge. I mean, i didn't know all of you people... but I knew some, and the ones i knew were pretty cool. I mean, we;ll miss you... and we'll be sad and all... but I don't think you should be all "AAHHH THE WORLD'S GONNA END". In fact, you've got more oppurtunities for success in that school than at MTH. You should be happy you're going to the new school. In a way, you aren't leaving your friends. Chances are, one of your best friends lives right across the street from you. And you didn't even know it!
So don't be sad. It'll be fun. It'll be good.


Anything else I learned? Well i never had a more condescending, arrogant teacher than Mrs. Eliasson.
I've never had a nicer, friendlier teacher than Mr. Klingner.
I've never had a more apathetic long-term sub than Kenzie


And there's more, but my dad's yelling at me to get ready for the party....

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okay, back from party and updating this thing, cause I didn't get to finish it before.

It was a good year. I mean, you can't expect a transition year like 9th grade to go SUPERFANTASTICEXCELLENT.... I mean, it was good. I'll be more prepared next year.

Some good times:
-Marching Unit trips
-that one trip to Toronto... i should have taken a picture of Emily sleeping...
-Homecoming... even with the cheesy ghetto music
-US History group. it was fun... up until the end when we had to rate people...
-"Put your hands on the desk, Eric!"

(disgusting, horrifying, scary, yet funny)
-Mr. J complemented me on my hot pink skirt!
-People trying to touch my hot pink skirt... some of them inadvertantly felt me up.


and, you know, a bunch of other crap that i can't think of atm.

I think I'm def. overrating this whole "end of year" thing... I've gone a long time without a rant is all. I'll stop now.

Have a nice summer ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5562901/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5562901/ Sun, 05 Jun 2005 17:44:02 PDT
Well, anyway....

it feels like forever since I've updated. School's coming to a close, which is definately awesome. I gotta get studying on those finals. I'm hoping that more teachers will give me study guides.. i only have one for U.S. History, and my bio teacher just said to study... everything... so helpful
On another note, I'm enrolled in a contest to draw the cutest thing in the world. It'll be a challenge... I haven't done *cute* in a while... maybe I'll do some wittle baby animal. I'm thinkin' a deer, a baby elephant, a group of baby ducklings and momma, or bunnies. I'm liking the deer and the ducklings idea. Maybe I'll incorporate them both... well, the winner gets a three-month subscription. it may not be two years like some people (cough Morwin cough) but hey, it's all good.
And on another note, I am working on some other drawings/paintings. I just put up a columbine painting, and I'm thinking of doing something similar to it later in summer. Only with canvas and acrylics.

that's all, folks. Or... to anyone who really reads this. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5413340/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5413340/ Fri, 20 May 2005 15:43:46 PDT
but anyway:

-only one idea for a painting (sigh). I would do it now, but this headache's killin' me.
-proud new member of G-l-o-v-e, the newest community for traditional artists

It makes me happy! XD
-I love fourth quarter--it's when all the easy projects come, and you get good grades despite the extreme lack of effort
-One day, I'll get a good sketchbook and relinquish this computer paper! I figured out I liked the grainy paper, rather than the smooth type.
-fluttergirl7 made the border on Indigo Pulchrity cool It makes me happier! yay! ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5350541/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5350541/ Fri, 13 May 2005 19:10:38 PDT
Any other news? Why, yes there is! The weather's warming up! Yay! My venus flytrap broke its three-month fast with a spider from my basement! yay! The flowers are coming out! Lovely LOVELY flowers, actually. We have columbines in our yard that are bloomin' like crazy. They're really very pretty and i wanna do a 'for you' picture on them. We have a vine whos flowers refuse to bloom (they're really big so they take a rather long time... grr). And the daylilies are coming out. This makes me happy! HAPPPYYYYLALALALLALALA

k. Done. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5275372/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5275372/ Thu, 05 May 2005 14:06:47 PDT Okay, i wore a skirt today. Actually, only one person whined about it-- I got more complements than insults. But the basic thing that's trying to be conveyed here is: Big. Whoop.
You know what I JUST LOVE?! When people expect you to be something. And I LOVE IT EVEN MORE (eyetwitch) when they get angry if you suddenly go do the unexpected. Not meant as an insult to the world, but i'm using this journal more as a *news flash*.

I mean, Why be abnormal if you can't accept normal in the first place? Why do people celebrate abnormality and hate regular, plain old average normality. So what if it's not *above and beyond*? So what if it's not *cool*? I mean, can I be normal and average and NOT psycho one day? Or will I be shunned? If normalcy was not jumping off cliffs, are people gonna get so angry and just do the opposite? Sometimes, that's what society feels like to me-- they're just trying so hard to be abnormal that it's JUST STUPID and POINTLESS. not only that, but being weird has become such a commodity that it's expected of others. So maybe in some cases, being weird truly sucks. And people shouldn't have to concentrate on being weird just to keep up appearances. If anything, you shouldn't be weird at all-- you should be yourself. Being yourself is probably the easiest way to go: you don't have to worry about a *face* or *expectation* that you have to live up to. You don't have to care if your weird friends think you're... different in a negative way. it's just you. After all, you should impress yourself before you set out to impress others.

And my newsflash ends with this: For all who haven't already noticed, I stopped with that whole "yeah, that's Sarah, she's a freak of nature" thing and started with the whole "be myself" thing. Sorry for all those people who truly loved the weird Sarah-- I just wasn't impressing myself like I thought I was.

and for all those who care to insult me on it. I know what I'm doing. I've known since the beginning of highschool. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5175453/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5175453/ Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:57:23 PDT

in other news, i went to my old house yesterday. The peoples that originally had it got evicted () and they messed up a lot of our stuff. (I wouldn't dare upload pics of it when it was trashed and dirty... (barfs)). So we had to go fix it up. I met a friend.... apparently her tree got cut down cause she and some others were chucking crabapples at their neighbor's doorstep(they thought their neighbor had moved, but apparently they didn't... ). Great times.

And now it's rainy. And i'm wearing a short sleeve shirt and capris. And it's rainy. and cold and wet. but I DID get all my hw done!


and it's cold. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5096323/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5096323/ Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:55:45 PDT
Ok, so, not much to update. Just using this journal as a means of sorting out what I'm supposed to do over this weekend....

-Watercolor painting of elf to be submitted
-Painting of Hyacinth flowers(Since my canvas I got is rather large for a small flower painting, I've come up with the ingenius idea of painting around it a matte and putting the flower in the middle-- doubling as an art project and a decorative piece for some bland white wall in our house)
-Do a watercolor of Gromph, my venus flytrap... it's flowering! And I just fed it an ant! It's funny how it struggled. Even half an hour after it was trapped I saw its antennae waving frantically...
-Homework. Lotsa long-term stuff. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5060731/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/5060731/ Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:24:50 PDT
-I learned that the Cavaliers don't know the meaning of being tired in the morning. Now I have their voices in my head... (groans)
-the CN Tower was very grandeur. Would like to jump off it, if it didn't involve dying at the end...
-THE ASIAN CANADIAN GUY LIKED NAPOLEAN TOO! AAAHHH! There ARE more like me!(faint)
-Pretty hawk i saw on the bus ride home. Would have to look it up.
-Arby's is good
-Broadway shows really ARE more than just people running around in cheap costumes. Had a revelation now that I am opened to the world of plays.
-Hard Rock Cafe could be better
-Everything in dem Canadian Malls is expensive.
-only one person I met said 'eh'
-Toronto is clean. Unlike these American Cities.
-Am rather booda'd



In other news....

The flowers bloomed while I was away, so I went outside today and snapped photos which I will be putting up soon. I might do a painting off of one of them. or two. Or all.
And I can't seem to figure out how to work this camera-download thing! i asked it to download last time and it just copied everything on the computer instead of actually sending it there. Jerks.
I could use some Napolean right now. I wish i had that movie....


GOD.... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4990466/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4990466/ Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:35:27 PDT Ugh.

But I did go to the Zoo! I have a feeling I won't be able to turn those pics in time for extra credit in science... but that's okay cause i still have an A in that class...
I wish my OTHER classes would be generous enough to practically HAND OUT 100 points of extra credit....

Anyway, I did some nice pics at the zoo and two of them i cropped and submitted. i kinda like the first one... I doubt i have any more good pics to do more of them, though.

And what's with this agreement every time i submit something? It says DA has the right to use my stuff and possibly delete it without reason...
(bangs head on wall and does the napolean) GOD!
Well it's not like anyone's actually gonna do that... but now i feel exposed! waaaahhh!



And His name was AHAB the ARAB...!!! ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4907739/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4907739/ Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:12:32 PST ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4847217/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4847217/ Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:40:44 PST HAHAHAHAHAHAno

Um. Yeah. I've been thinking about drawing things whent he flowrs pop up-- that's probably what's holding me back. COME BACK, SPRING! WE LOOVVEEE YOU.... AND MY VENUS FLYTRAP LOVES YOU TOO!!

(listens to some Fellowship) Strangely calming... or maybe I'm just obsessed.
(attempts to chant along with Enya)
(Goes horribly off-tune)


I think i'll get to work on those acrylic stuffs.... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4729344/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4729344/ Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:18:19 PST
It was COOL! AAAHH (squeal)!

I'm gonna do some! In Acrylic? Maybe-- most likely watercolor. It'll probably be like one of those 'For you' paintings. the only thing is.. it won't be symmetrical... so it's not exactly *Islamic Calligraphy*.... more like *Painting with Arabic words in it*....

...

Acrylic stuff progress: I haven't had time! This week's soooo slooowww... anyway, i'm looking to paint flowers from all these birds and Blooms magazines-- they're definetly good excercise for color mixing and blending and such.

MARCH 9, 2005: New acrylic thing int he scraps section. Never got around to that whole Islamic Calligraphy... I'm thinking on it, though. Will be fun. I have an idea to maybe make it more than a design-- like, paint a little frame around the words or something. Perhaps it'll have more than just watercolor- acrylic?
Who knows (shrugs) ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4669090/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4669090/ Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:10:31 PST I can't seem to get in contact with my friends, since they tend to migrate a lot... so I'll just post a journal.
Yes, i'm lazy. Not going out when it's snowing?! Oh, shut up.... I'm going skiing tomorrow..
Anyway, If you want to see my latest practice with acrylic paint:
[link]

Go there. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4637226/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4637226/ Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:00:52 PST But i DID manage to finish my homework all in one day! So Now I'm completely free... and my stomach's starting to ache from that oven-heated pizza... should have put it in for five more minutes...

Anyway, I played around with my acrylics earlier this day, and was very happy! I mixed blue and yellow, and got green. Then, starting adding more yellow, and it became this yellow-y green. Then i added so much blue that i couldn't add any more-- it was a soft, teal-ish color. I compared these greens to the regular tube green that i could have used-- and it was ten times more different, especially because there was so much color i could get, with just some mixing. I made blotchy effects with the brush and realized that i was really bad at highlighting things... . If I wanted to put white on something, like backlighting, the white lines came out really thick and un-dramatic. Ugh. I need to work on shading with other colors than just white and black, too. Later today, i think i'll do an actual painting.
Hooray for eventless weekends!

I feel generous today:

Morwin: congrats on first commision-- Subscriptions are fun
feelinhungry: work on them watercolors-- they're fun when tamed ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4589527/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4589527/ Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:25:31 PST Ok, I was surfing through some DA galleries, and i came upon kedralynn's. I like some of her concepts, so sometimes i vist there. but i saw one, and... well at least you couldn't see... oh, forget it i won't describe it....

I don't WANT to trash people, but no. Just. NO. For her boyfriend? I mean, a little innocence! Please! I don't have problems with the nude thing, as long as I think you're sophisticted enough. I always thought if you wanted to do the nude thing, you had to have a higher level of thinking. A bigger understanding for it... NOT giving something of you to your boyfriend.
How old is she again? ugh! If you want to do nude art, don't relate nudity to sex! it. just. doesn't. work. Have some understanding.

Ugh! What's this world coming to?(shakes head) ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4571492/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4571492/ Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:11:25 PST
(spasmodic barfing)

Not much into the Valentine's thing-- it's nice, and you get good chocolate. Not like the crap you get on halloween that eventually goes stale. People tend to make it a really big deal, though. I guess love is a big deal-- i mean, on what other circumstances would you kill yourself for someone else?
Love is fun!

Enough of that.


I'm bored. I found some art boards in my closet-- they're really big, but i cut one down to a really tiny size, and i wanna paint on it. I have a feeling it'll turn out well, seeing as it's not as textured as canvas. I don't know if you really need to gesso it, though. I mean, what if the paint won't stick to the regular surface?! WHAT IF THE WORLD ENDS!?

No, I'll be fine. Just... gotta.... relaxxxx.... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4513251/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4513251/ Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:37:17 PST However, The flu has subsided in a record two days. Booda! I am now happy. And it was just in time for the Solo and Ensemble Festival. Kinda like a band competition, but without a whole band. And you're not competing against other people-- just... the grading system (shudders)

I don't know what to do. I want to wait until green stuff shows up and i can take happy pictures-- because usually that's when the frogs come and bask on our garage... (evil smile) I'll get them froggies...
In the meantime, i have my happy Birds and Blooms magazines with pretty pictures of crap!


Oh, the philosophical message. Friend of mine obviously looked at my gallery-- anyway he IMed me a very eloquent message on how he loved my art, yet was afraid. of what, I think he was afraid of jealousy.
BOODA! Ok, It doesn't help if you QUIT drawing anime, Dougie! Art is no God-given talent-- it's something that you DON'T QUIT at. Ask Yanran, and she'll rub that in too. I mean, you think it hepls if you undermine yourself and say "All i draw is little doodles, but i can't shade!"
What kind of atttitude is that? "I can't shade"?!?! Well, you're not gonne get anywhere when you say "can't"! If you want to be satisfied with what you do, then fix the thing that's wrong! If you can't shade, then practice. Get some sort of object and place it in front of a light source and just draw it. And if you really think you suck, then don't dwell on it! That doesn't help either!

Ok, done with the philosophicalness.
It wasn't very philosophical.
But i got my point across. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4439754/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4439754/ Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:44:03 PST ... ok, i will. I realized that it's hard to do such fine lines, like tree branches, on asuch a textured surface. how DOES Jerry Yarnell do it?!
I got two more canvases(they're pretty cheap), so i figured I'd try something original-- not out of a book. I'm still thinking....

oooo my happy horse for you drawing is soo.... HAPPY! I love it! And it turned out the way i wanted! ee!
Yeah, The "for you" drawings, and just how you draw them, are fun and easy and effective all at once.

Yeah ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4391565/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4391565/ Sun, 23 Jan 2005 07:28:37 PST
woot'd! Got a new set of brushes and a canvas to start paintin'! (dances)
Although, it worries me. I mean... what if something goes terribly horribly WRONG?! aaahhhh! Well, any suggestions on how to clean up acrylic mess would be nice.

i made myself an easel by propping up the canvas on a cardboard container.... i feel so resourceful ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4344300/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4344300/ Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:42:42 PST
My mom said after midterms she'd get me more art supplies... i got acrylics, and it's kinda hard to use them without proper brushes and a canvas... i mean, come ON!
yeah. Since my aunt was lazya nd only gave me about eight colors, I;m gonna have to do some mad mixin'. man.

Can anybody tell I'm bored...

I drew a picture of a Yuan-Ti priest with his god, Mershoc. I might put that up someday. Then maybe in a week or two when i get stuff i can try a painting. Who knows. might turn out well.
ugh... i have all these 'new ideas' popping into my head. i need to write them down somewhere... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4302824/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4302824/ Wed, 12 Jan 2005 13:15:10 PST Stuff I'm working on:
-getting more photos from Florida up
-a watercolor of a horse, which i hope will go well....
-i wanted to do another demon, based on a dream a friend of mine had of a three-eyed demon girl... but i dunno if I will.
-The red dragon from 'demon stone'! ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4247837/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4247837/ Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:05:29 PST (noticed my journal titles deteriorated to 'boop' and 'blah'?)

[x] Name: Sarah
[x] Nicknames: None

[x] Screen name: HA!
[x] Sex: I'll let you guess
[x] Birthday: 10/24
[x] Height: 5' something.
[x] Hair color: black. Brown on some occasions
[x] Is your hair long or short: That awkward length... right at the shoulders...
[x] Eye color: dark brown
[x] City born in: MD
[x] Location now: Maryland.
[x] Siblings: Nadia
[x] Parents married/divorced: married
[x] Who are your closest friends: lots. as in many. as in over 15 that I don't bother to name.
[x] Who makes you laugh the most? Rachael, Emily, Lauren.
[x] Who knows the most about you? I dunno. You go ask them.

--> f a v o r i t e s .
[x] Day of the week: they're all the same!
[x] Thing in your room: My gollum statue... that talks... (drool)
[x] Cousin: They're all good. Cant play favorites, now can we?
[x] CD: I'm removed. I dont listen to those high-tech cds, or whatever you crazy kids call them...
[x] Song(s): Concerning Hobbits
[x] Animal: Bird
[x] Ice cream: Chocolate
[x] Drink: Water
[x] Thing to do: Draw, Flute.
[x] Movies of all time: LotR, PotC, anything that's funny.
[x] Hangout: Computer room...
[x] Pizza topping: Black olives
[x] Where do you see yourself in 10 years: looking at DNA.....
[x] If you could live anywhere: Alaska
[x] Dream house: anything that's cozy
[x] What age do you want to get married: 25-27. Or how about this... NOT AT ALL!
[x] How many kids do you want: one... or NOT AT ALL!
[x] Girl's names: Gollum...
[x] Boy's names: Drizzt

--> h a v e y o u e v e r
[x] Been in love? ah, but what is love? (rubs chin)
[x] Lied? yes... no... maybe..(suspicion)
[x] Cheated on a test? And what would YOU consider cheating...
[x] Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfriend? I Wouldn't say I had any
[x] Tied your shoes together?: nope
[x] Eaten something with a lot of fat?: yes.

--> f e e l i n g s .
[x] Worst Feeling in the world: Angry, but you can't do anything about it
[x] Best feeling in the world: the kind of high THAT DOESNT COME FROM DRUGS....
[x] Can you define love? Love is one big heaping portion of Gollum. There ya go.
[x] Do you get along with your parents? fairly enough....
[x] Are you ticklish?: it goes on and off....
[x] Where? I dunno!

--> o p p o s i t e s e x .
[x] 1st thing you notice about the opposite sex: that just depends on the person
[x] Perfect "dream" date: I'm foreign to dating....
[x] What do you look for in the opposite sex? ... booda?
[x] What does the opposite sex not know about you? heeheehee.....


--> e i t h e r / o r
[x] Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi
[x] Sing or Dance: Dance! Wildly!
[x] Hug or Kiss: hug
[x] Italian or Chinese: Italian.
[x] Fire or Ice: Gollum!

--> f r i e n d s .
[x] Person you can trust the most: Tinie. But then again, I don't care what really gets out to the public... unless i do care...
[x] The best qualities of a friend: Funny, interesting, smart at some level(really stupid people annoy me...), respectful.
[x] What friend do you have the most fun with: I kinda make my own fun...

--> s h o w e r
[x] Shampoo you use: ...
[x] How long are your showers: 15, and an extra fifteen to dry hair
[x] Do you sing in the shower: Nope.
[x] Think about anything unusual in the shower: anything weird worth thinking about... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4230436/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4230436/ Mon, 03 Jan 2005 15:24:53 PST
Feeling a combination of sick, impatient, angry and tired at the same time. Got back from Florida(is relieved). I'm sorry, but I HATE VACATIONS. They're more stressful than everyday life, if you think about it. And i hate hotel rooms. ugh. I have some pictures i took at Florida that might be of artistic value, however. Just need to wait for my mom to upload them...
Feel not so good about pastels, lately. The latest snow leopard pic didn't go all that well.... I don't think I like that particular type of style. It only looks good when done by a professional. Ergh.
I'll put pastel away for a little bit and calm myself. (takes deep breaths) in... out... in... out.... pastels make me angry...

But guess what tomorrow is?! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TOLKIEN! AND MO!

and back to school... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4222327/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4222327/ Sun, 02 Jan 2005 16:20:33 PST Feel not so good about pastels, lately. The latest snow leopard pic didn't go all that well.... I don't think I like that particular type of style. It only looks good when done by a professional. Ergh.
I'll put pastel away for a little bit and calm myself. (takes deep breaths) in... out... in... out.... pastels make me angry...

But guess what tomorrow is?! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TOLKIEN!

and back to school... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4119205/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4119205/ Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:30:28 PST
I really don't know why in the world i don't want to go anywhere. i'd just feel a little better if we stayed at home. more comfortable that way. Vacation for me isn't really vacation... there's more stress than there is on a regular day.


Yes. Well. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4003604/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/4003604/ Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:22:14 PST
Does that suggest anything? The band teacher likes torturing me, maybe?


Anyways, today was a fairly good day. Considering the fact that i was dead until sixth period. And right when i start to get hyper, the Latin teacher spoils it by not letting us talk. At all. I'm saying that she snaps at us if we simply whisper... grr. She's knowledgable, but strict. Much too strict. Meh.

The good students should get special treatment....

Have bought and read a new book: High Druid of Shannara; Jarka Ruus. i miss those shannara serieses... Terry Brooks is a very talented writer, and he really knows how to put suspense in his novels. No wonder so many of them have been on the best seller list for months. This one in particular has a sort of boring start-out, but nevertheless, I hope for a better plot later on.


I'm waiting for my christmas gifts, so I really have nothing to draw at the moment. I might expand on watercolor, seeing as i have a book on watercolors that i never had the chance to use. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3956830/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3956830/ Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:41:16 PST Still taking suggestions on where to find this ever-elusive "velour paper". ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3925759/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3925759/ Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:10:59 PST
Anyways... did get two books that i will be receiving for Christmas. For all you people who know me-- yes, i celebrate Christmas. Our aunt's Catholic, her house is big, and she cooks good. Thus, we have christmas parties.
Anyways, the two books look intriguing.. one is an animal anatomy reference, which i've been drooling over since i set eyes upon it, and the other is a pastel book.
And, my god, are the pictures in it beautiful or what?! it was the book i was looking for, from the first time i saw chalk pastels... (angelic music)

Anyways, if any deviants out there know any type of paper that's similar to veleur, i would like to know. Thank you. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3909160/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3909160/ Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:19:32 PST
Yes. Roses. Of all the flowers I've ever done, I've never managed the rose. It mocks me, and i must dominate it.... ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3894004/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3894004/ Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:57:23 PST Again, many thanks to the peoples who've dropped me a message. Happy Thanksgiving to anyone who celebrates it ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3884699/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3884699/ Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:21:56 PST (dances frantically) i love this place! ]]> ~HappyDrizzt http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3878440/ http://HappyDrizzt.deviantart.com/journal/3878440/ Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:31:42 PST Welll.... nothing else to say. ]]> ~HappyDrizzt