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...-brick'd-

editedit--
There is now a reason.
-mourns the loss of the spiffy journal skin-
;^;


---[everything in a nutshell about artwork]---

---

Conquered Artist's Block in one day. Ha, take that!

In plain English, I've basically found out why I struggle with the motivation to draw. I'm lacking in the recommended dosage of daily sketches. Yes, sketches. Lately, it seems like everything I'm (forcing) myself to draw are completely CG'd, refined artwork. I think we all know the difference in effort between rough work and refined work, so...

Basically, I've just been sketching things at random, to practice and put less pressure on myself to draw.

I've also discovered that drawing things that I am not familiar with at all (i.e. ALIENS), I've been a lot more relaxed and happy with. When I draw wolves, cats, humans, or the like, I guess my subconscious self nags me about proper anatomy, but haha, aliens don't exactly follow "proper anatomy."

Thus, I continue to draw random things I have never drawn before.
...starting with a SHEEGOTH, from Metroid Prime, because they are funny-looking. ;D
In an interesting way, of course. xD

Anyone have any suggestions on RANDOM THINGS that I may or may not draw?

(I'm still going to be doing Christmas presents, by the way. It might take me longer than usual, but hey, I've already started on one!) <3

And now, your daily dose of random!

LANDDD HO!

YES. Takara is an incredibly optimistic captain.


---[music]---

---

To no one's surprise, I'm still listening to Owl City. I wonder why that might be (other than the fact that I think his songs are really unique and calming).

Recurring addiction: OWL CITY
+ The Saltwater Room
+ Fireflies
+ Hello Seattle
+ The Tip of the Iceberg
+ Vanilla Twilight
+ On The Wing


---[life & school]---

---

I fell into a ditch the other day.
I crawled back out a little while after.
I lay on the road, muddied and tired.
I fell asleep.
I woke up and decided to clean up.
Then I continued on my way down the road.

...
I hope you didn't take that literally, guys. It's an analogy. c:

If you still don't get it, here's the translation:

I felt terribly depressed yesterday.
It took a little while for me to try to get rid of it.
Even though I tried, I failed and gave up.
I actually did fall asleep. xD
I woke up and felt better after sleeping.
Now I feel fine again.

...life is weird. |:

But that wasn't even the important part.
This is:

I LOVE YOU GUYS.



---[kes' art boutique/art stand]---

---

_{Lilikka - haven't started}

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/28422961/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/28422961/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:38:54 PST
People of awesome.
_{You should give them cookies. ;D}


~Suxinn


~winterxstar


~YukikoSama

--::--

My Gallery
Subeta

--::--












+ Wolf
+ Sonic
+ sometimes Marth xD






http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/27820694/ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:18:42 PDT Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do for a persistent, dry cough that refuses to go away?

Alright, here's the deal: I've been "sick" at home for a week. All week I've felt mostly fine, a little dizzy and unhungry here and there, but that's usual for me when I've got a cold.

However, I have a persistent dry cough that REFUSES to get the hell out of my throat.
It's gotten so bad that I've almost thrown up on multiple occasions for the mere reason that I'm coughing too hard.

Any ideas on how to stop this?

So far, I've tried:

- drinking hot water (The taste of tea is highly unappealing to me)
- drinking hot honey water
- eating plain honey
- taking cough medicine
- eating Halls cough drops
- drinking orange juice/other fruit juice
- eating oranges/other fruits
- taking a warm/hot shower
- taking a warm/hot bath
- drinking chicken noodle soup
- getting plenty of rest (if I sleep anymore, I'm going to permanently be hibernating)
- not talking
- really-disgusting-tasting-throat-lozenges-of-some-Chinese-brand (it tastes like it shouldn't even be edible)
- eating salt(y stuff) to kill germs

I'm not going to try gargling with salt water again because last time I did that, I gagged right after. o-o

Everything I've tried doesn't cure my cough, and it's getting to the point where I'm going insane.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/27569698/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/27569698/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:32:28 PDT Commissions: Closed.
Art Trades: Closed.
Brain: Has farted.
Life: Is rollin' _{for now...}

|| editedit ||
Hey guise (this seems to be my favourite opening phrase), due to my enormous list of people whom I watch, I have discovered this journal, on the subject of Common Sense.

It's a good read, and I highly recommend that you take a look at it and reflect on whether or not it holds any truth.
|| endedit ||

Hey guise,

I'm tired. Tiiiired. Tired with a capital T. :<

School is a killer, to be sure. Hasn't it always been? But it's even more lethal and deadly this year. I'm just about ready to fall over from sheer exhaustion, but hey, it's only been a month!

Oh dear. I am doomed.

Anyhow, I found a little bit of motivation to continue drawing through traditional art. I guess I haven't drawn with good old pencils, paper, pencil crayons, and ink, in a very, very long time.

Basically, this means a hold on any digital art I was previously working on (which would probably turn out better, whoops~)

Although I have gotten over my slight fear of drawing things traditionally due to the lack of a handy CTRL + Z at your fingertips.


I would really, really like to start selling art online in my spare time, since I plan on doing that way later into my life as a secondary source of survival (whoa, alliteration!). However, this requires Paypal.

I've been asking my dad about it for the past while, but he's always avoided the question entirely and just asked me more questions in the way of answer. He tells me that you need a credit card to create an account with Paypal, but is that really the case?
_{(I don't think everyone that has one actually has said credit card, and it is not linked to their parents' either).}

Also, if I ever did manage to get Paypal, where would be the best place to sell art?

Certainly I am much too unknown on dA to find any interest.
And I'm only an amateur, sadly. There are much more talented artists out there. =b


Anyhow, I am very tired and I think I should go sleep soon. Silly boy takes so long to go to bed so I can say goodnight to him. xD Ah wells.

Oh and, I appreciate you all very muchly~
_{(you know Kes loves chuu, just like Wernaldo the jellyfish does~)}


]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/27458575/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/27458575/ Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:52:20 PDT Commissions: Closed.
Art Trades: Closed.
Brain: Has broke'd.



What is your motivation to live?

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/27368251/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/27368251/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:06:17 PDT Commissions: Closed.
Art Trades: Closed.
Brain: Has disappeared.

editedit:
_{Rewrote journal...}

...I am reminded of just how quickly life stops for a moment before us, a split-second until it passes us without a second thought.

There was nothing special about today. Another day at school, learning various things in a half-awake state. Another day with friends, laughing at every joke we created, and even those words which were not meant to be silly, but somehow were. Another day spent staying up late, expanding my previously-antisocial-boundaries and completing homework for when the sun rises and the cycle begins anew.

Picture this perfectly ordinary day in your mind.

Then imagine that the dog you've shared four years with, you found at the top of the first flight of steps, lying on his side with his eyes glazed and wide open, mouth gaping in an everlasting last breath, tongue lolling out unintentionally as he clung to life.

This is the scene that awaited me as I tiredly staggered up the stairs toward the bathroom. Every nerve in my body jolted with shock as I saw him lie there; the blank expression on his face, his teeth glinting in the one light I had just turned on, was enough to startle me into wakefulness.

Shock. So I did the first thing that became possible for me to do. I said his name.

There was no response. I said it again, knowing that he was half-deaf and partially-blind due to cataracts. Nothing. For a moment, I thought he was dead. Then he twitched. Once. Twice. Motionless. Again.

Convulsions.

I hurried up the remaining stairs as fast as I could. My other dog, much to my surprise, though I didn't really think about it until just now, was lying quietly in the hallway, immediately sitting up and staring up at me with wide, dark eyes. She made little crying sounds quietly, and watched me enter my parents' bedroom.

Yes, it's 1:30AM in the morning, and yes, everyone is sleeping. But this is my mom's dog; he is more important than missed sleep.

Both mom and dad rushed down to my dying dog, realizing as I did that he did not respond at all. Dad went to check the phonebook for emergency veterinarians open this late. Mom didn't want to put the dog down, just in case he would miraculously recover. Dad looked anyway. I couldn't watch anymore, felt my mom needed to be alone with her beloved pet of 15 years.

When I came back down, he was gone.

He's gone.

We will bury him tomorrow, when it is day and my sister is awake and she and my grandparents will be ultimately stunned that he is gone.

My other dog, the female, she immediately went outside as soon as I woke my parents. She's sitting still like a statue out there, in the dark. I wonder if she's keeping vigil for his passing. They were best friends to one another. I wonder how she will deal now, without company.

My mom is devastated; he was her first dog and her main company before.
I think I'll draw her a picture, even if it's not much.

The only solace I can offer now is that maybe he is chasing FedEx guys across the clouds, finding delight in exploring his boundary-less new territory. No more blindness, no more deafness, no more flashes of pain or trouble climbing stairs. Have fun, little guy. You can bark all you like up there.


R.I.P. Won Won, the World's Bravest, Cowardly Doggy.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/27141961/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/27141961/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:03:28 PDT Commissions: Closed.
Art Trades: Closed.
Brain: Not functioning fast enough!


...fa-la-la-la-laa, la-la-la-la~

The days of trudging dismally toward your impending doom, defined by back-breaking textbooks and never-ending assignments, has returned. That's right, it's school again.

Phew, I think I can drop the epicness now.
What I've mostly stopped by here to say is that the dreaded age of homework and study has returned, and as such, I won't have time to check my dA four or five times a day regularly like I used to during the holidays. If I take forever to reply to your comments, notes, or such, please do not be alarmed and think that I am dead, for I am (most probably) very much alive, but struggling under the pile of schoolwork that landed on my head.

I've been attempting to sleep earlier, though, so my mind feels much clearer than last year. Sadly, it still doesn't register things fast enough for me to possibly figure out the intense algebraic equations in my homework, thus I am glad for my friends superior smartness in figuring these things out (you math pros). =b

However, I have managed to finish all my commission requests a few days before the beginning of school, so yes! Self-achievement is good. I feel good that I actually managed to finish all requests that I committed myself to. And, and, I think my art is getting better too!

Unfortunately, you'll be seeing a lot less artwork and things from me now, since I'm trying to keep up with other things in real life. However, I might upload some sketches I draw during -cough- after class, if I have some idea what to draw. xD


For some reason, I suddenly have this urge to listen to older songs, hence the song I am listening to right now (actually, it got stuck in my head after playing on the radio; did you know that there are 29 "yeah"s in the lyrics?). xD

East of Eden is an awesome book. I highly recommend that you read it. Or maybe I just like the themes in it. Anyway, it was the crazy 600-page book that I successfully read for my English class. Hope no one else picked the same thing as me. That wouldn't be cool. =b

...vanilla yogurt is yummy. I also highly recommend that you freeze yogurt and eat it. Healthy, frozen treat! -thumbsup-
_{(or at least, it's healthier than ice cream)}


But yes! That's all for now, cyaz~

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/26133830/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/26133830/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:13:41 PDT Commissions: OPEN!
Commissions Journal
Art Trades: OPEN!
Brain: Dead. :3

Stolen Borrowed from =AshiAshi. Yes, I do occasionally read the journals of the people I watch. ;D

Taking a break from cleaning out the mountain-load of deviations and messages that have accumulated since I've been gone. Also procrastinating unpacking, but you didn't read that part. ''OTL

P E R S O N A L:
► Real Name: It begins and ends with different letters of the total 26 in the English alphabet. 8D Therefore, it is safe to assume that my name is not, in fact. . . "Hugh."
► Nickname: Kestrel, Rosuto, Rosuto Reikon, Inkshadow, Osprey, and I guess Lyreia/Arcaia if you want to count fursonas too. . . Pretty much anything under the sun except for anything along the lines of "Pink Unicorn Princess." Yup. "Hey There" works too.
► DA name: INKSHADOW. (but I feel the need to pick something else)
► Country: Kanata. (O Caaaanadaaaaaaa)
► Gender: La femme. (Although I have been mistaken for a guy before) ‘’OTL

F A V O R I T E S:
► Food: Maaango, watermelon, cherries, grapefruit, blueberries, plums, nectarines, apples, oranges… PATTERN! …fruit = yum. ;D
► Drinks: …juice. Fruit juice. …and strawberry lemonade. Which, I suppose, is technically fruit juice. xD
► The moment (one only): Unfair. D; My life is full of favourite moments~ 8D
► Song at the moment: Granado Espada - Violin of the Death (listenin’ to it right now, kekeke)
► TV Program (one only): I watch a total of zero hours of television per day. Week. Month. Year. n_n (yesIknowI’mweird)
► TV Channel (one only): -snore-
► Book: Pleeeeeease don’t force me to pick just one… TT^TT

V E R S U S:
► What do you like most?: In terms of what…? Emotions? Activities? ...MARSHMALLOWS?! (also, how does this even fit in with the “versus” theme?)
► Sweet or Spicy?: Sweeeeeet~ (spicy fruit would be a bit odd, wouldn’t you agree?) xD And uhm, I don’t like the idea of running to a fire hydrant to save myself from the intense spicy-ness.
► White chocolate or dark chocolate?: Can’t they just all get along? :< (Dark chocolate, it’s bitter)
► Desktop Computer or Laptop?: DESKTOP LAPTOP? O: Both, I like the sound of laptop keys being tapped but I make a gazillion typos using them. =x
► Ice cream or cake?: Ice cream + cake = ice cream cake. Best of both worlds! 8D
► Anime or cartoons: Anime = a form of cartoon. But anyhow, I don’t watch anime, so... that would be a very biased answer.
► PSP or PS2: ...whichever dies the least often~ ;D
► Sony or Parasonic?: ...UM. Let me grab my Dad and ask him about all things electronic...
► RnB or Pop?:. POP. RnB makes me gag. To each his/her own, of course.

D E V I A N T A R T:
► What is your most favorite deviation in your gallery? Tough race between "My Dream Come True" and "Panda Jumpjump!" (darn adorable panda) :<
► Who is your first watcher? ~Suxinn, of course! 8D (you’reawesomedon’tdenyit)
► How many watchers do you have right now? 25. And I appreciate every single one of you. x3
► How many deviations do you have? 138. I need to stop uploading junk.
► Whom of your watchers do you talk the most with? ~Suxinn, ~YukikoSama, ~winterxstar. Y yas, behold the people of awesome win!
► Are you a subscriber? Sadly, no. xD I don’t get to have a spiffy = beside my name. :<
► When did you start using Deviantart? Uhh... sometime in late 2008. (hey, that rhymes!)

T E N . A R E . Y O U S:
► Are you single? Noooope! Unless you mean am I a single entity, in which case, yes, I am. I don’t think I have two people living in my head. |D
► Are you happy? Yeeees! (or maybe that’s hyper-happy...)
► Are you bored? Yeaaaaaap. (aren’t we always?)
► Are you sad? Not really, unless I think of how fas... ]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/25521352/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/25521352/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:58:39 PDT Currently opened/closed Art Shops:
Subeta.net, Ichumon.com, deviantart.com


<sub>'Ello, Kestrel/Rosuto here.

I decided it was high-time I used a portion of my summer to dedicate myself to commissions. I mean, what better way to improve than by continuously drawing?
And, of course, since they're commissions from people, I really have to get them done (unlike my personal works where I only spend time on them on occasion). <3

Here, I'll update on the various sites I'm offering commissions on, as well as the progress of my orders and who's ordered them.
This is meant to make it easier for myself and my customers to keep track of my progress on each order.

You may NOT resell/alter (i.e. colour)/claim as your own work/enter in contests the artwork I draw.

--::--</sub>

What I can draw:

<sub>-- quads (real-life animals, fantasy animals, etc.)
-- humans (to some extent, please be aware that humans are incredibly difficult for me to draw and I am still working on improving these)
-- inanimate objects (usually for custom items and such)
-- other (please discuss with me whether or not something is possible for me to draw)

notes: **I will NOT draw anything that requires a mature warning**
**I am currently not designing characters for commissions, sorry!**
**Please provide a reference sheet to avoid mistakes in your commission**
**Apologies, I'm currently unable to mail traditional artwork to the commissioner, so only the scanned version will be available to those who request traditional art.**

I will send screenshots/pictures of the work while in progress so that any changes can be made before I complete the final version.

--::--</sub>

What I am offering:

--- Custom items
_{full-sized [200x200, etc.] AND item-sized [64x64, 80x80, etc.]
Examples: [x & x] [x & x] [x & x] [x & x] [x & x]
note: **I can add animations to these**}

--- Animated Icons
<sub>Pixelled [50x50, 64x64, 80x80, etc.]
Non-pixelled [50x50, 64x64, 80x80, etc.]
Examples (pixelled): [x] [x] [x] [http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/25317042/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:29:57 PDT
(that seems to have become my own personal journal-greeting, huh? xD

Basically, this journal was written mainly to brag about my ice cream appease my friend Kay, who keeps checking his journal in the hopes that maybe, I've written something different. xD

(if you're reading this, make a dA account naooooo~) D:

Also to announce that, hooray! It's summer!
(or at least, it will be once exams are over and done with)
I have no idea what I'm going to be doing this summer, probably volunteering if I can find a place. I'm hoping to hang out with my friends Akina and Takara, maybe Kay if I can too.

I'm hoping that maybe I'll do something more productive with my summer than last year. XD I mean... it's not gonna be too long until I have to worry about adult-y things. =/

...LIKE TAXES. YEEEECH.

---------------------------------------------On Art---------------------------------------------

As always, this list always expands but never shrinks. D:

To-Do:
- animated panda emoticon for Corey
- drawing of my friend's pet lovebird
- reference sheets (Lyreia, Arcaia, etc)
- 'special' picture I still haven't finished (yes, I know I fail)
- other personal art

...on the same note, by 'other personal art', I mean somewhere in the range of 10-100 different pieces of art I want to draw for myself. xD;

--------------------------------------------On Music--------------------------------------------

Basically listening to a mixture of whatever I've listened to in the past year. I guess I'm just looking for anything that suits my mood. xD

--------------------------------------------On Books--------------------------------------------

Ah, I'm really quite terrible with finishing books lately. xD
-still reading Impulse-

------------------------------------------On Activeness-----------------------------------------

...I really need to motivate myself more to log into things like dA on a regular basis.
Maybe the thought of not having to face 600+ deviations and messages at once due to lack of activeness will help.

----------------------------------------On Relationships----------------------------------------

It's hard to care about someone who doesn't care about you.



...short journal entry is SHORT. o_o
( I almost typo'd that as 'shot' )

]]> ~Inkshadow</sub> http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/25062707/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/25062707/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:52:37 PDT
Once again, I find myself swamped with tedious, real life things (like that project I've procrastinated for over a month).
It's due next week and I estimate... I'm only 25% done. =/
Got all that content to do.

Other than that, yes, beyond stressed by this point.

I hope life's been easier on you than it has been on me. D:

---------------------------------------------On Art---------------------------------------------

Still have plenty to do in terms of art, neh?

To-Do:
- animated panda emoticon for Corey
- drawing of my friend's pet lovebird
- reference sheets (Lyreia, Arcaia, etc)
- 'special' picture I still haven't finished (yes, I know I fail)
- other personal art

There's probably more, I've just forgotten by now.

--------------------------------------------On Music--------------------------------------------

Hokai, well, taking a break from soundtracks, awesomely pwnful music from my friend, and Fox Amoore to listen to... anything else.

Mostly I've been listening to a lot of sad songs, but eh, that's kind of understandable at this point. Actually, I was just looking for something that's calming, but isn't so cheerful to the point where I feel like throwing up because of it. ;3

In plain English, music hasn't changed too much since the last time I've written an entry (I'm trying to keep this one shorter than last time's entry too, so heh, less information and ramblings for you guize to read).

--------------------------------------------On Books--------------------------------------------

Haven't finished Impulse yet, mostly because I've had to read books for English; right now, I'm reading Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before, by David Yoo. It's rather funny, and to be honest, the main character really reminds me of someone. XD

------------------------------------------On Activeness-----------------------------------------

Uh... sorries.

If it makes you feel any better, I haven't really been online ANYTHING besides MSN lately. -shot'd-

----------------------------------------On Relationships----------------------------------------

To-Do:
- deal with depression

I miss you already.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/24746925/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/24746925/ Wed, 13 May 2009 23:38:11 PDT
Life been as busy (or at the very least, stressful) lately as mine?
I really hope not.

All I've got for today are some thoughts I figured I might as well share with you guys.
I mean, all of my more personal stuff is on my own (hidden) blog, so I won't really be all angsty here. Good idea, neh? (it was four pages long on MS Word, size 10 font)

Yes. Uber stressed right now.


---------------------------------------------On Art---------------------------------------------

I'm still working on that super special piece that I told you about nearly a month ago. Sadly, I'm lacking the time and motivation to continue its progress due to many, many factors of this evil thing called real life. On the other hand, I'm quite pleased with the fur that I've done so far (although I think it could have been done much better than what it is right now), so I definitely won't quit midway like I do with some of my other works of art.

Aside from that, I've also been doing some vent art again (ohohoho, you know what that means...), which is, very sadly, the best art I have done in months and months of drawing. It looks like I just proved myself right again, when I said that my artwork was much better developed while I was sinking into depression. Har-har.

(don't worry, I'm fine. Just feeling under-the-weather at the moment)

Aside from that, I've also been designing some characters for a webcomic that I'm creating, solely for the purpose of a course I am taking that requires me to build my own website. Me, being the impossibly difficult person I chose to be, decided to do a webcomic, of all things.
Gah, it's killing me~ _{I can't design human characters for my life...}

Hopefully it's not too cliche. I haven't seen this idea around yet, so I think I'm okay.
I'll probably upload the few pages/character sheets I do on dA later on in the month, maybe early June. C=

--------------------------------------------On Music--------------------------------------------

I usually listen to music that reflects my thoughts, I suppose. Subconsciously, of course. But lately, my friend has gotten me addicted to one song in particular (his taste in music is very unique in comparison to the majority of my classmates, and I actually enjoy it):

D'espairsray - Paradox 5
D'espairsray - 琥珀 (Kohaku)

I never thought I would like music of that genre. xD
Apparently, I learned something new about myself~

That song aside, I've mostly been sticking to the same songs, although I've also been recently addicted to Fox Amoore's compositions as well. They're more similar to what I'm used to, soft instrumental music (usually done by keyboard). <3

--------------------------------------------On Books--------------------------------------------

Finished Crank a few days ago.
Now I'm onto Impulse, which actually, I like better than the other book I read. Probably because it's more of a friendship-related situation near the beginning, and I suppose I like how the three main characters in this story... well, okay, I won't say anymore. x3

------------------------------------------On Activeness-----------------------------------------

Ehmm... yes. As you may have noticed, I hardly have time to come on dA any more. It's not quite that fun to return after a long hiatus and find that you have hundreds of messages and deviations awaiting your eyes. I'm slowly working my way through the backlog, but again... lack of motivation strikes again and forces me to abandon my task after no longer than five minutes. -guilty-

----------------------------------------On Relationships----------------------------------------

我的心脏停止跳动。。。我知道那是因为我想念你。
_{(forgive my lmae Chinese sk... ]]>} ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/24438087/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/24438087/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:46:49 PDT
How's it going? =3
Good, I hope. C=

So umm, yes, just a few little things to say, while I'm still at least half-awake.

---------------------------------------------On Art---------------------------------------------

I'm actually working on a very important picture right now, something special for those of you that I hold REALLY close to my heart, yes? x3

I hope you guize will like it, once I finish and upload it. I already like it, even though it's only a sketch at the moment. With some unfinished lineart, of course. ;O

I think I'm going to soft-shade this one, wish me luck (and, well, mostly patience)!

--------------------------------------------On Books--------------------------------------------

On another note, I got a chance to visit the bookstore today with my family, and bought three new books:
- Crank (Ellen Hopkins)
- Impulse (same as above)
- A Great And Terrible Beauty (Libba Bray)

I was looking for Burned and Glass too (both by Ellen Hopkins again), but they were nowhere to be found. I saw Identical, but it was only available in hardcover, which I would usually buy anyway, but since my hardcover books seem to get totalled more than my paperback books (people borrow them and the book jackets get ripped, plus the cover dented), I decided to hold out on it awhile until they release paperback versions of it.
_{(not to mention that paperback books are much cheaper!)}

Anyway, I started reading Crank as soon as I got home (which was pretty late), and I'm on... p. 142? A little more than a fourth, but a bit less than a third of the way through the book.

I have to say, even though the content is of what I generally tend to avoid for weirding-out reasons, it's still very well written. I especially like how the author has chosen to write it in verse, rather than the standard prose.
It's also possible to read parts of the text by itself (for example, the text on the right-hand side of the page), or with the rest of the text on the left. Either way, it makes sense. I kind of started reading the text by itself first, then reading the whole page. xD

I find it has more effect that way. =3

But yes, all in all, I would highly recommend you guys to read it (if you haven't already, I think it's pretty popular and well-known).

Impulse kind of burned my eyes out, when I bought it. xD (it's a really vivid, intense shade of red)

And A Great And Terrible Beauty was recommended to me by a friend of mine in my English class, so I figured I'd give it a try.
Ohyes, I was also looking for Uglies, but I failed to find it (I'm wondering if it's even being sold still, somewhere). ;O

------------------------------------------On Activeness-----------------------------------------

I am faced with the daunting challenge of cleaning out my inbox of New Deviations and Messages. Let's just say that watching so many admirable artists is finally taking its toll on me.

I am somewhat busy nowadays, trying to stay off the computer more and develop other aspects of my life. x3
_{(needlessly to say, I'm failing dismally)}

I am, however, going to be working on going through that particular backlog of messages... eventually.

But yes, please be patient.

[/endrelevantness]

----------------------------------------On Relationships----------------------------------------

Right now, I'm going through that stage in life when you start picking out who your friends truly are, who the ones who you can really count on to be there for you are. And perhaps, maybe even the ones you know you love with all your heart regardless.

I'm beginning to think I'm wasting my time with my (current?) boyfriend right now.

And that's all I'm going to say about that.
The rest is history.

But I'm still going to include him in the picture I was drawing. Because 1) it's... sort of my way for saying thank you for all the good memories, and 2) because I already drew him in and erasing him would mean I have to redra... ]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/24266617/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/24266617/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:52:26 PDT

On another note, pixellizing that random avatar for Akina-chan made me remember how much fun it is to make animated avatars. x3 I think I'll try to make more of these, when I have time. Any friends have any requests for me to make for them?

Main things aside, I really don't have too much to say right now. I'm pretty busy with tests, quizzes, and projects pouring out of every teacher's list of assignments, so I'm getting less sleep than usual. Ah, I've been telling people to throw things at my head/whack me/poke me if I fall asleep, so I think I'm covered. xD

I'm kind of behind in finishing personal art that's been on my mind for a while, but only because I've been lacking the motivation to start or finish any of those things. =X

That's about it for now. I might edit this later, but for the time being, I should really go and study now.

Cyaz for now~ <3


---edit-----------------------------------

Hokai, so after poofing from dA for a couple of days or maybe more, I finally finished going through the 120+ deviations and 77 messages waiting for me. xD

-survived-
-triumphant-
-celebrates by sharing cookies-

So yes, I'm still busy.

But I really want to do more of those avatars, harhar~
Requests, requests, open to requests from friends only, sorries. D:
Liek... very good friends.

Friendsfriendsfriendsfriends!


Ahaha, Akina-chan probably wouldn't be requesting though, considering I just made her that avvie. x3
Unless she would like another one, just for the luls.


Oh, other things on mai mind at the momentt~
I would liek to have a pet snake, or maybe a gecko of some sort. <3
Mice/rats/gerbits/degus/hamsters/etc are all pretty pro too, but my mom wouldn't liek them. Except mini hamsters (those really tiny, tiny ones), but I find them too hard to pick up. But I guess that's since the ones at the pet store aren't used to you. D;

Or maybe a bird of some sort. x3
Or even a hedgehog, maybe? ;O
I considered a dog before, but they take a lot of work, time, and dedication to raise properly, none of which I can imagine that I will have in a longgg while (if ever). Also, bf does not like doggies much. xD
And I'm allergic to cats, so that's out of the question.

But yes, considering pets, yup, for sometime in the future when my mom's doggies are gone. D:


Man, I wanna improve my archery more, but it's hard to find a place somewhere where you can practice that. And still looking for a place to take horse-riding lessons, because seriously, that sounds really fun to me. =3


The other day, for a project, I had to create a book of sorts, and I found out... Book-binding is really, really fun. <3 I think I'll try to do some more of that during the summer, maybe even purchase materials to do so instead of using things such as file folders an... ]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/23823460/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/23823460/ Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:34:29 PDT Hogeez.
I never realized how much I hate, hate, hate shading.
The technique drives me insane, seriously.


I ADMIRE ANYONE WHO HAS THE PATIENCE FOR IT.

And I thought lineart was the most tedious too...
Well apparently, I thought wrong. >>;

Bah!
I've done lineart + flat colours, but I can't get myself to do the shading and highlights. No wonder the amount of unfinished works on my computer is growing.
T_______T

...now I dunno what to do. =u=;;


-----edit-------------------

Okay, seriously, for all you pros out there...

How did you learn to shade?

I'm getting through it... albeit with very bad technique. But it's too irksome to be bothered with now. There's gotta be some way to do this, though.

I mean... I have no idea where to shade. xD
I'm just shading along wherever it /looks/ okay. Which is probably not right in any way...


Also, what's the best way to get rid of a small ant infestation?
It's not nice going to the bathroom with little ants crawling around your socks.
...and in the bathtub, while you're showering. =X

...and having them in my room, on the floor, on my bed...


Yes. Any help with either is greatly appreciated. <3


-----edit II-------------------

...did any of you notice the RED trend in my gallery, recently? o___o;

And I'm seriously craving an orange right now. =<

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/23722949/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/23722949/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:44:27 PDT In more ways than one.

First off, I'm going to be writing this journal backwards.
.siht ekil naem t'nod I oN
Not like that.
I meant more along the lines of order-wise. In this case, I'll start off with anything art-related, or anything I feel that needs to be said first.
_{Then I'll continue to the angsty stuff, which you're welcome to skip if you like. I don't want to bog you down with details of my life.}

--::--

Okay, so I found a new technique that I rather like, and will probably stick with for a while. Basically, I sketch out a picture (and you should know by now that my sketches are almost always clean to begin with) with a standard HB pencil (the wooden ones no one uses anymore), and then go over the entire thing with my lead pencil (the lead is labelled 'black', apparently).

The character sheet of Dezrael I just did was drawn in that way. In fact, you can hardly tell that the lineart is pencil, and not fineliner or something of the sort. (hooray for multiply layers!)

Secondly, I suddenly got this urge to draw reference sheets for my characters (or at least, the major ones I still want to keep), and Dezrael is the first of them. xD
Mech's up next.
Then Talmourn.
...mannn, I love Mourn's name. <3

I probably won't start commissions, even though, yes, I know I said that before. I keep switching between wanting to do commissions, and wanting to stick to personal artwork only.

I've also got an idea for a visual poem, but whether or not I'll end up doing it is questionable. It requires humans, and humans... I still need to work on.
I've also got to draw something for Akina, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
Also gotta draw a lucario for these guys in one of my classes, to prove to them that I did draw some of these other things (they don't believe me).


Umm... currently on my shopping list are:
- Sakura Micron Pen (it looks like it finelines pretty well, or at least, better than my current Pilot fineliner)
- White gel pen (I want to experiment with shiny lighting and whatnot)
- Paper... to paint on?
- Possibly something to sculpt with, I need to work on that

--::--

WARNING: May contain angst.

My boyfriend's(?) mad at me again, this time because I didn't have much to say to him yesterday (ran out of things, sadly...). I mean... I talk to him 7-8 hours of my life every single day... eventually, I'm bound to run out of things to talk about, right? =/

So he's gonna leave me now, and uh, yeah... wheeee~
-epic fall-

I'm kinda worried about my mental health. You haven't seen what I've been working on, aside from Dezrael's reference sheet there. (well, okay, you did see one in my scraps)
But the other one's worse. Takara comments that it looks emo, lawlz.
And no, I'm not emo, nor am I suicidal in any way.
I'm just one of those backwards people who ease their pain by drawing sad/vent art.
(ohwow, another way this journal is backwards)

Heh... I mentioned that I think I'm the most devoted girlfriend in the entire history of girlfriends. Takara agrees with me. And I've lost count of how many people have said, 'You deserve someone better than him.'

But to be honest, I still think he's pretty awesome, when he's not... being... like this...

Akina's pretty neutral on this, as usual. But the support from both her and Takara is nice. Dreamz gave up long time ago, I think.

But yeah... I'm still clinging to him like he's the last person on Earth.

...geez, I must be crazy.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/23334396/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/23334396/ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:03:59 PST just skip this journal entry if you don't really want to listen to me being a typical angsty person, heh. _{We all have our moments...}

I have... absolutely zero motivation to create any artwork, and possibly negative motivation (if possible) to finish my schoolwork.

Artwork, mostly due to the fact that my drawings feel as though... they have no emotion or thought put behind them? Basically, I feel as though I draw and sketch just for the sake of doing so, not because I am expressing a thought, or an emotion, or any sort of reflection into them. What I find ironic, though, is that despite all the things that are bombarding me in real life, I haven't felt the need to, or the sudden urge to draw vent art. Interesting. Sorry, I'm digressing here. To make a long story short... I feel as though my artwork has no meaning in it anymore. It's just... there. =/

Schoolwork, I haven't felt like doing because it reminds me too much of my overly jealous boyfriend. Believe it or not, his cause for jealousy is me. That's... kind of sad, and yet really upsetting at the same time. He's seriously mad at me right now because he is of the opinion that I'm too smart for him, a.k.a. that I achieve better grades than he does. Apparently, that's all he cares about. I did not know that until recently. (what I find even more ironic than the artwork thing is that he is at least 10x more athletic than me, and I seriously wish that I was more so) But in any case, I think my relationship with him has stretched out as far as possible, and is most likely going to snap in a few days. Maybe it'll spark some emotion for some vent art. -rolls eyes-

我不知道我爱不爱你。。。可是我知道我想你。

Yes, please excuse my terrible Chinese skills. But I felt like putting that in there.

Takara-chan has been trying to convince me for the past few days to dump him, because after exams (those truly malicious creations that teachers and the government came up with), he's suddenly changed from being all-around the sweetest person I've ever met, to the most moody, unpredictable person I've ever tried to put up with. For most of the past month, I've been trying desperately to reconcile the edges from his sudden bouts of anger and whatnot.

I don't know what the heck has gotten into him.

Akina-chan, on the other hand, is mostly neutral, but has lately been switching to agree with Takara. Huh. Maybe I should listen to them (though, obviously, I don't really want to).

I have come to the conclusion that I am either a) Completely insane, or b) Too devoted to people that I care about. Take your pick.


Okay, so aside from all that junk up there, what else is new?

I haven't been doing much, to be honest, save for completely stressing out over the truckload of issues and situations piling up over me. I shouldn't have procrastinated so much over the past couple of weeks, but what can I say? Been spending all my time (including before I've finished my work) to talk to him. >.>;

I'm thinking of creating a secondary fursona, by the way, because Lyreia is rather girly in my opinion, and to be honest, that doesn't really suit me completely. I mean... I'm kind of between that and a bit more, uh, okay-I'm-at-a-loss-for-words. But you know what I mean, just not so floaty-and-airy-like. xD _{Yes I know I fail at describing my thoughts.}

Considering a fursona with blacks and greys as her main fur tones, and then silver and dark blue, maybe, to compliment that? I haven't really decided yet, but ideas are welcome (though to be sure, I suppose that since a fursona is basically a representation of oneself, I should do all the deciding on my own).

I'm kind of thinking of drawing a group picture of myself, Takara, Akina, Emily, and Dreamz (actually, I've been considering that for the past year, haha), but sadly, I keep ending up putting that off. I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever finish it, lawl. I fail very muchly at keeping my self-made promises to draw artwork of us. xD I'll get there... someday. Although Dreamz STILL doesn't have a fursona, so I guess I'll be sticking with the white bunny (I think it suits you, anyhow).

Maybe I'll stick in Dreamz's PC in the background, just for the sake of lawlz.

About possible comic ideas, they might not ever come true, because creating a comic is a long-term sort of thing, and as far as I'm concerned, I'd probably lose interest in it after a few months/weeks/days.

I'm also trying, but failing epically, to get more sleep. I should be going to bed right about now. Keyword: Should. As in, I probably won't end up doing so.

Cyaz~

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/23207954/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/23207954/ Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:18:07 PST --BEGINNING V-DAY RANDOM STUFF--

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAYY~
For those of you who treat it as a special day. (=
And for those of you who don't, maybe focus on cherishing the relationships you have between friends and family. =3

And yes, I know I'm a slightly late.
_{(Blame it on Putt Putt Penguin, rofl)}

In my opinion, really, Valentine's Day is overrated.
I guess some people need the day to remind them to let their loved ones know how special they are to them, but it's just plain awkward for most single people, you know?
Not to mention how commercialized it is... seriously, getting close to Christmas-like proportions (okay, maybe not that far). xD;
But ah... whatever floats your boat, I suppose. n_n

...Dreamz calls my boyfriend cheap because he didn't buy me any roses or anything, haha. xD
But hey, I gave him his present and he liked it, so there~ x3
And then he gave me an even better present; getting this guy that's been bugging me every single day of my life for the past three years to finally stop. Awesummm~ 8D

On another note, I'm not materialistic either, so I don't really mind that he didn't give me anything. d=
Unfortunately, I couldn't spend time with him today. =[
Had icky lessons and such today.
I got to go and eat sushiiii today~ -happy dance- And, and, chicken yakisoba. Tasty, very tasty. x3
...and procrastinated homework by playing Putt Putt Penguin on iminlikewithyou.com.
n__n;

Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed their day today, or at least, survived it if it bothers you.

--END V-DAY RANDOM STUFF--

So, uh... I'm going to be getting busier and busier, I think, from this point on. =/
I'll try to get on dA as often as possible to check up on deviations and messages, but eh... I could possibly fail and not appear for a while.
So yeah, just a prewarning. n_n;

Also wondering if I should start commissions, but for real money, if anyone would seriously consider buying art from me for that. I think I need more improvement beforehand, though, but we'll see. Real money is much more of an incentive than virtual money, I think, especially with all the stuff coming up ahead of me in RL. o_o -gets dizzy and faints-

Anyway, I've been having dreams that I don't remember, only I wake up feeling as though I just saw all of my life flash by in a few seconds. It's getting kind of creepy, to be honest. ._.
Sometimes, thinking about the future has the same effect on me too.
Anyone else have that happen to them?

Lately, I've also been wondering what meaning I have in my life.
It's starting to bother me, actually, when I can't come up with much.
...I seriously need to find more things to do.
All my life consists of right now is schoolwork. That's it, really.
It's kinda making me unhappy thinking about it. =X

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/22375793/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/22375793/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:26:39 PST -jerks awake-
Ah, I fail at writing this on time. OTL;;

It's 2009 now. And me, obviously still failing, is writing this on January 3rd because I was busy the past few days. 8D;;


---Review of 2008----------

Accomplishments: (from earliest to latest)
- survived midterms
- survived finals
- survived everything in between midterms and finals
- survived (energy-draining) work during the summer months
- learned how to colour fur by traditional means
- taught self how to colour fur by digital means
- began adding backgrounds to my artwork
- finished first digital painting (and hasn't tried it again since, LOL)
- was able to keep up with commissions (for a while)
- finished first custom item (plus many others after that)
- wrote 30 pages of one story (that's as far as I've ever gotten) xD
- took over 80% of all the housework
- finished learning how to play "To Zanarkand" (I never had time to practice it very much)
- actually finished all birthday presents/Christmas presents that I wanted to give out
- had her artwork [Innocently Devious] featured
-

Things to Improve On:
- not cramming for midterms
- not cramming for finals
- not cramming for everything in between midterms and finals
- practice using traditional materials more
- practice drawing landscapes and scenery
- practice drawing realism more (I... procrastinate doing this)
- do more digital paintings
- keep up with commissions long-term
- PRACTICE PIANO MORE -fail-
- get more sleep (lol... he keeps telling me that) xD
- work on 100 Themes Challenge (O.O I almost forgot about this...)
- stop uploading sketches so often
- stop procrastinating. Or at least, procrastinate less
- drink moar water! ;O


All in all, not a bad year.

I'm really surprised to see the number of pageviews and watchers grow over the year. I really appreciate it, everyone~!


I was also incredibly surprised to see that one of my pieces of art was featured here.
This news item features OCs from various artists, since fan art is a common thing, to showcase originality. ;]

Thanks again to everyone for sticking with me despite my randomness!

The Cool Ones::


I'm hoping 2009 will be as great as last year was~
-waves goodbye to 2008-

--::--

~Arcnoxem tagged me to do this journal-meme.

Rules:
1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about their self on their journal.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.
4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
5. No tag-backs.

---

1 - I absolutely refuse to pass on chain mails, or I guess in this case, actively going around tagging people. >=] (I think everyone's done this already, at least once...)
2 - I can't actually remember /all/ of my asdfghjkl; number of characters (and I wouldn't know if I've forgotten them, obviously) xD;;
3 - The thesaurus is my best friend. ;D
4 - The coolest thing I've read in a while was Salad Days by the awesome *Tyshea, but it ends at page 43 right now. =[ (and it's hilarious, go read it!)
5 - I like spring above all seasons, even if it does generally mean sniffling due to allergies. ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/22179270/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/22179270/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:37:25 PST accomplished now. I mean, I don't think I've drawn this much in ages. n_n;

Just finished uploading allllll your presents, lul. x)
School forced me to work on them only starting on Saturday (the 20th), so I'm rather sleepy now. xD

It's been snowing like asjfaskfdsf;sf here, seriously, we're gonna be buried. o_o
Then again, right now, I think most of Canada is being buried. 8D;;
I mean, it's pretty and all, but... I certainly do not appreciate being trapped in my house, lol. =[

Put up the Christmas tree late this year too, on the 22nd or something. It's probably going to end up staying there until after the New Year. Again. XD

(oh, and I created a new watermark for myself that I think I'll probably stick with. Two, really. You can spot them in my newest deviations, lol)

SO ANYWAY.

My dad caught me awake at 3 AM yesterday. o_o;
...my bad. That I was awake, I meant. xD
I didn't even notice, lulz.

So anyway, yeah, Christmas isn't really a big deal in this family, but I still enjoy creating gifts (namely art, nowadays) for my friends. =]

I hope all of you like your gifts as much as I loved drawing them for you!

Takara!
Dreamz!
Yukiko!
?!
Emily!

MERRY CHRISTMAS (and everything else, lul!), EVERYONE!

-- Rosuto-chan, Inkshadow, Kestrel (lol, identity crisis much?) xP

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/22167928/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/22167928/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:51:05 PST
Just wait for another few hours...
And then I'mma write a better journal than this.

Haven't been posting anything because I've been busy. C=
(ahaha... my dad caught me awake yesterday at 3 AM. Needless to say, he'd rather that I didn't stay up so late) xD;;

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21656678/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21656678/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:03:50 PST Akatarou.
(luls, speshul thanks to Akina-chan for giving me her opinion on a list of names I shoved at her) xD


<sub>I just need a name for my new character.

Preferably beginning with "Ak".
It's a guy, and his names needs to be pretty masculine. :3
He's a demon, ice-element.
Has a few longish-bangs on the right side of his face, one of them always goes over his eye.
Carries around his katana everywhere. x3
Slim build.
The idiot likes to go around shirtless. Dx
His key skill is in manipulating others.
He dies later on, but he doesn't know that. ;D

So yes. Name ideas, anyone? D:

...this entry will probably be deleted later. xD;;</sub>

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21656649/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21656649/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:00:37 PST 100 THEMES CHALLENGE

Click the links to see each one (even though there aren't any right now, lulz). ;3

1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21543574/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21543574/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:01:37 PST Obviously, my anatomy is off. Especially waist-up to below-waist proportion = BAD.

Besides all that, I'm taking a well-needed, ten-minute break to update a little. =3


Soz, my head feels like it's splitting in two. It's been like that for the past three days, and isn't showing any signs of going away (though it's probably to do with having to stay up so. darn. late. (early?) every single night...), but I hope it vanishes soon. D:

...I has tests I need to pass. Dx
......-gets Mech-the-genius to write 'em for me- 8D


Aside from that, I'm incredibly unfocused on schoolwork and commissions at the moment, because there is a huuuuuuuge amount of personal artwork I would really like to do (aside from practicing humans).


--Personal Artwork to-do List;;
1. Colour Link
---- (8D LINK IS TEH AWESOMEZ) -- painting w/o lines or thin-lined drawing? (painting might be hard because there's lots of detail on this thing)

2. Wammy's House group picccc~
---- Because L is kewl~ Mello isn't that bad, Matt is O_o, and I don't like Near that much. n_n; But I haven't done group pictures for about a year now, so here's a good one~ 8D And uh, maybe I won't tackle this until I practice more humans...

3. LIGHTTT-KUN <3 -squish-
---- Possibly with L in it too. (not yaoi though, geez) o-o; Just a normal friendship kind of thing, kthx.

4. Amaterasu with a wolfie Link--
---- Ammy wolfie from Okami, I don't think I actually have anything much of her uploaded here. Plus, Wolf Link. No, again, it's not a romantic-weird-thing-of-ew. O_o; I have this random idea that I never got around to finishing, which I need to do sometime. x3

5. Meme! 8D
---- YEA, I found a cool meme that I think I'd love to do. If I could find some time to draw it...

6. New character...
---- He needs an "Sh-" name. Preferably Japanese.
_{(LOL I just realized that some people might read the sh- part of that funny, I meant a name beginning with Sh. XD)}

7. A bajillion ref sheets!
---- Yeah, my characters seem kind of... unloved... without ref sheets. So I guess I should start on these too. -makes a face at the thought of trying to draw humans from different angles- xD

8. Chibi-fursonas!
---- Whiiich... I started in the summer and never ended up finishing. ._. I like them though, so I should get on with completing those soon~

9. MOAR FANARTS!!
---- Yeah. Other characters are awesome too, you know. Examples: Cloud Strife, and Rem. Because Rem is so awesome. ;D And possibly the other Shinigami too. ;3


Yes. My list of procrastination-disasters. n__n;
...I really wanna colour Link now.
...that picture would fit into the 100 Themes Challenge, under 100. Relaxation.
...huh. I wonder if I should start a list of that. x3


Later all~ <3
(couldn't help but add that this time)

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21365956/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21365956/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:06:18 PST I meant the little thingy down below that has my 'stats', if you will. My mood's stuck on "spidey sense", although I guess that's not so bad. xD;

Anyway, YES.
Commissions = ON HOLD
I'm really, really sorry if I owe you a commission, but my life's been so busy and full of junk that I haven't had any time to myself. o__e

I mean, honestly, for the past week, my life's consisted of:
1) wake up early to go to school
2) try to stay awake in class
3) get home late and stay up until the early morning hours to finish homework
4) try to get some sleep
5) *repeat*

Sochyeah. I'm a homework-bot at the moment. ;0
...blame my teachers. D:
...also, I failed my test. Or at least, I think I did.
Because apparently it was easy, but I found it hard and didn't get some of the questions. Dx

So. I'm working on personal art for now, because I haven't really done too much of that in a while and I'm not really in the right moodset to do commissions. I don't really want to risk obliterating someone's commission by accident. n_n;

I'm attempting moar humans now. With any luck, I can start getting out of the generic-lol-im-just-standing-here poses soon. xD

Later all~ >3 -nothisisnotmypersonalclosingline- (I think) ;]

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21025183/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/21025183/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:50:08 PDT
1) I'm incredibly tired and sleep-deprived at the moment.
2) School is busier than ever before (sounds like the trailer of a movie)
3) I'm suffering from Artist's/Writer's Block

So chyeah, there you have it.
Still looking for a long-term roleplay, by the way. Akina-chan and I haven't had time to sort out the finer details of our in-progress one, so it probably won't be starting/updating until December, at the earliest.

It all depends on how much motivation we can sweep up before then.
At the moment, I think we've hit rock-bottom.
But fear not fellow roleplayers!
We're not /that/ lazy.
Most of the time. xP

I've also begun to start my human drawing practice, seriously this time. Something like thinking about how I started to draw animals, only this time I'll apply that to humans.
I haven't gotten too far at the moment, any tips you can give to an amateur? XD

Also, Death Note ended up being too crazy for me, so I gave up reading it. However, the characters (L, Light, and Rem especially!) are all very cool.
And I drew an L-Wolf! ;O
...mostly just so I had an excuse to draw his awesomesauce hair. xDD;;
(also because Light's hair defies me!) =X

I've also continued writing my story, but I don't think I'll upload it here. It's currently 30 pages long. ;]

Also,
Happy Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day! xD
Happy Thanksgiving (Canada)! 8D
Happy Birthday, Yukiko-chan! ;3
and soon,
Happy Halloween! >=K

And any other holidays I might have missed. Plus the one coming up. I swear I doodled a pirate-day themed drawing, but I didn't want to upload it because it looked too much like a pirate lupe. XD

I'll probably doodle a Halloween picture sometime.
Or finish that semi-Halloween-looking picture of Alethya that's been on my to-do list for a few months now. n_n;

Anyway, I should probably be "getting some rest", whatever that means.

Later, all~ <3

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/20384274/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/20384274/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:33:45 PDT .> Meaning... it'll be a longgg year. x_x

On a happier note...
BLUEBERRY JUICE FTW
I got my dad to buy some for me, and I love it. It's sort of light, but sweet all the same. Also, tastes very much like blueberries, not like those icky orange-juice things that taste... bland. =__=

I've also created a new character who should be making (his?) appearance sometime soon. Named 'Ureh'. Ureh stands for "Ugly Random Ew-Head" (okay, not if I use (him?) as a character, but that's where I got his name from). (He?) was created when I was practicing drawing humans... specifically, their faces. n_n

...I was actually trying to draw Captain on that sheet of paper. Captain is going to be another new character of mine. Unlike Ureh, Captain has a definite gender. XD

Also, I've rewritten the information for the usable characters for my roleplay. I'm almost 100% decided on using Proboards to host my roleplay, but I would prefer some other opinions on where would be best. ;]

I'm also doing CI (custom item) commissions on a site I'm currently addicted toI've made quite a few friends there already and am planning to possibly stay there long-term. xD We shall see...

ALSO...
If you haven't watched/read ~Unknown-person's Endzone contest entries, you should. They are awesome, and now I'm addicted to them. XD

So yeah. Go lookit!
((but dreamz, you wouldn't like them, so you probably shouldn't...)) o_o;;

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/20087988/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/20087988/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:15:37 PDT
So here it is, randomly, because it's funny how confused my results are.

YOUR BOY SIDE:
[x] you love hoodies (they keep me very warm and comfortable, BUT NOT IN THE SUMMER x_x)
[x] you love jeans (-always wearing them everyday at school-)
[] dogs are better than cats (I can’t pick!)
[] its hilarious when people get hurt. (…no.)
[/] you've played with/against boys on a team (sorta… )
[x] sometimes shopping is torture (…sometimes? SOMETIMES?! –dies-)
[] sad movies suck (I don’t really like ‘em… but I don’t hate ‘em either… )
[] you own an XBOX (NO BUT I GOTS A WII)
[x] you played with Hot Wheels as a little kid. (LOL HECK YEAH. I apparently hated dolls)
[] at some point in life you wanted to be a firefighter
[] you own/owned a DS, PS2, or Sega (nah. But I want a DS!) D:
[] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers (SCARY. The end.)
[x] sometimes you watch sports on TV (heheh… Olympics. And sometimes hockey, with my dad)
[] gorey movies are cool (X______X Badddd nightmares are the result)
[x] you go to your dad for advice (‘cuz… yeah.)
[] you own like a trillion baseball hats (I don’t like them.)
[] you used to/do collect football collector cards (O_o This is a little out-dated… )
[x] baggy sweatpants are cool to wear (-always wearing them at home-) XD
[x] its kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people (I still have them… but they’re kinda weird sometimes. Or maybe it’s just because I’m not used to it anymore, LOL)
[x] green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors (ZOMG they are all favourites!) X3
[x] you love to go crazy and not care what other people think (-cough- Crazy = random)
[/] sports are fun (SOME sports. Not all of them though. )
[x] sometimes you talk with food in your mouth (…yeah, but at least I cover my mouth! –and I don’t take giant bites either, so it’s practically nothing)
[] sometimes you sleep at night with your socks on (O___O NO WAI.)
[x] you have fished at least once (LOL AND CAUGHT A TURTLE, WTH?)

TOTAL = 13
(/ = half)

YOUR GIRL SIDE:
[] you love to shop (unless it’s pets or art/game stuff… AHHHHH!)
[] you wear eyeliner (…maybe when I die.)
[x] sometimes you go to your mom for advice (well… if it’s girl-stuff… O_o;; I’m not really gonna ask Dad about that)
[ ] you consider cheer leading a sport (Definitely not for me.) XD
[ ] you hate wearing the color black (I’ve been looking for my black shirt for days) ;]
[] you like going to the mall (to buy a drink.)
[ ] you like getting manicures and/or pedicures (never got one! )
[x] you like wearing jewelry (bracelets and necklaces, NOTHING ELSE)
[ ] you cried watching The Notebook (haha, I refused to watch it. o_o)
[] skirts are a big part of your wardrobe (……………………….-growls at being forced to wear one-)
[] shopping is one of your hobbies (obviously not, if I don’t like to shop. )
[] you don't like the movie Star Wars (never watched it, ZOMG!)
[] you are/were in gymnastics (nope. I took ballet, when I was four or something. I don’t remember. My dad told me that I hated it though.) XD
[] it takes you around one hour to shower (half that time) n_n
[] you smile a lot more than you should (I’m sorry, you must be confusing me with Barbie)
[] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes (O_o? Do the ones that were /forced/ on me count?)
[/] you care about what you look like (I don’t wanna look as though I’ve been over-killed on the way to school, but I’m not gonna freak out about it)
[] you like wearing dresses when you can (…I like hanging up dresses and “hiding” them so that people won’t bother me to wear them!)
[] you wear body spray/perfume (…gross… )
[] you like high heel shoes (LETHAL I TELL YOU! –although I never wore any-)
[] you used to play with dolls as a kid (Nope, I evicted them from their house and... ]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19918576/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19918576/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:15:10 PDT You have successfully found a lazybutt!

-shot'd-

Please view my previous journal for current information/updates on the Darkeianmas roleplay forum.

I should really be doing/finishing/starting a whole load of things. For example, I am/was/am supposed to be working on some random gift art (which was supposed to be a surprise until the ref I was using confuzzled me and I had to ask the person for details u___u -fail), a commission requested by a fellow roleplayer, and the locations and map of Darkeianmas.

...I fail. In epic proportions. >.>


I wanna finish Okami, but I can't get the stray beads because my game is glitchy and keeps freezing while I'm battling. u_U
Which is evil because I could've finished it by now. T.T

It's three moar weeks and school's staring for me! BE SCARED. D:
Especially because I was wiped out for most of this summer.

So I guess commissions won't be opening.

...or at least until I can kick myself off my lazy butt. ;]


---commissions--------------
One slot left!

1 - AnuieCastiro --Anuie-- haven't started
2 - empty slot

..x..

DO's and DON'T's;;
>> DO give me a reference sheet, if possible. If not, a VERY VERY VERY detailed description. I don't like working with vague descriptions.
>> DO keep in mind that I am more comfortable drawing animals than humans, especially when requesting a human character to be drawn.
>> I DO accept art trades, but you must show me examples.


>> DON'T constantly ask me if it's finished. I will TELL you. You may check the status here or send me a note OCCASIONALLY to ask me about it.
>> DON'T request anthros, please. I don't like drawing them, sorry.
>> With art trades, DON'T feel bad if I decline your offer. I'm pretty picky sometimes. D: -shot'd-


Other things to Note;;
-- Will discuss payment upon request. o_o;;
-- I suffer from Artist's Block randomly, so I apologize if your commission takes ages to finish.
-- I tend to be very sleepy/tired and I don't work on art during then to avoid mistakes.
-- I draw random things like my own characters in between, as a break. Sometimes you just get the urge to doodle your character, you know? XD
-- I'm currently taking part in three roleplays, of which one I am a site admin; in other words, I'm pretty busy.
-- I don't bite... usually. ;]

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19870310/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19870310/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:58:44 PDT edit-------------

I feel like such a weirdo for saying this, but...
MY COMIC GOT INTO THE NT

Even though it's sorta late to be accepted (it's YYB-themed), it was accepted! (earlier I received a NM telling me it was being held in case they decided to put it in at a later date)

I now have a shiny 2xNTChampion trophy sitting in meh lookup, and FOR SOME ODD REASON I AM HAPPY ABOUT THIS. XDD

WEWT! <33
(I hope it appears soon!)

..x..

So I said I would make a roleplay site, right?
WELL I HAVEN'T YET. D:

Anyway, Akina-chan surprised me by making one of her own. She and I are both site admins that are in total control of the site MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-ahem--cough-

It can be found here:

Darkeianmas Roleplay Site

It's not a site where there is a set plot, but rather just an open forum for any roleplays. Currently we do not have any serious ones going on because our members are new to roleplaying, so we have a practice forum open.

Anyone care to join?

..x..

By the way, I am still making a roleplay site. I'm just not sure of the plot and such yet, so I'm not creating one just yet. Needing help with ideas. c:
It'll be human, though.


---edit-------------

Akina-chan told me over MSN yesterday that she had come up with a plot! We worked out some of the finer details from the general story she had, and now we're starting to see some action on the site! (okay, not really)

In the meantime, we are working our butts off (hopefully not literally) writing up things in the information section, so that you people will have something to look at while creating your characters.

As of now, Akina has written up a summary of what is going on in the present time in our roleplay, while I have written a story version of an important event that took place.

If you are on the site, please read Akina's first, thanks. <3


I'm working on the locations now, and I'm going to try to include a little bit of everything. From forests to oceans, towns to villages, there will be a large variety of places for your character to roleplay in.

Sick of one place? Then you may "travel" and head to another forum, and resume posting there. I'll probably make sub-forums where you can post (a.k.a. Route asdfghjkl; that way you can even roleplay WHEN travelling! ;O

Makes it more realistic, no?

I will be drawing a map, though in what style and such I'm not quite certain. But I love map-drawing, so this shall be fun!


There are three species of characters you can play as: an animal, human, or a demon. But I'm not saying more than that. ^.~


We are not accepting character applications yet.
We will be asking all new characters to have applications posted in the appropriate forum for us (Akina and myself) to look over and approve. This is so that we can make sure you are not missing any information, that the stuff you have included is appropriate (we are PG-13, lul), and just for our general enjoyment of seeing how many unique characters you guys can come up with!

..x..

Gee, that was a long journal, wasn't it? ;D

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19719460/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19719460/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:36:57 PDT I won't have Internet access from Saturday-Monday evening, so please wait patiently; I WILL RESPOND SOME DAY! -suspense builds- XD

So like, Yukiko asked me if I could list all my characters. I guess a simple "yes" or "no" would have sufficed, but now I'm genuinely curious how many of my oh-em-gee-too-many-brain-fried characters I can list.

No stealie characters from me, or Baelzark shall make quick work of youuu. >D Also, that's just mean. D:

1 - Kaede (Heheh... he has kewl hair)
2 - Rosuto (she's like a NINJA. But not really)
3 - Naomi (TEH NATURE LOVERR)
4 - Baelzark (LOL ALIEN WITH A FUNNY TONGUE)
5 - Shadowhawk (LOL HERE COME THE WARRIOR CAT RP CHARACTERS)
6 - Lithefoot
7 - Huntingstripe
8 - Autumnpaw/Autumnleaf
9 - Petalstream
10 - Pantherpaw
11 - Adderfang
12 - Silverflame
13 - Dawnfrost (LOL TOUGH KITTY)
14 - Snowleaf
15 - Raggedheart
16 - Balancefoot
17 - Ghostform
18 - Dapplecloud
19 - Gentleheart
20 - Proudheart
21 - Scarface (HE IS SO PWNAGE)
22 - Venomstrike
23 - Swiftsprint
24 - Glacierpath
25 - ASDFGHJKL: LET'S JUST SAY I HAVE A LOT MORE WARRIOR CHARACTERS BUT THIS IS GETTING BORING. ;0;
26 - Lita (FIRST RP CHARACTER EVAAA~)
27 - Secret (THE BLACK WOLF-- ZOMG)
28 - Daemohn (often mistaken for his heartless brother)
29 - Bloodlust (who doesn't care about you)
30 - Kurimuson/Crimson (I changed his name, harhar)
31 - Fennex (LOL HE'S BLUE)
32 - Revenge
33 - Riaro
34 - Thane (the forced leader)
35 - Sierra (the tough wolfeh, haha. Like Dawnfrost)
36 - Katana (SNOW LEOPARDD!)
37 - Shaelnor (lol you know who he is)
38 - Syrrah (Shaelnor's daemon)
39 - Stelara (Shaelnor's sister)
40 - Wesrin (Stelara's daemon)
41 - Terra (the annoying girl who is a know-it-all)
42 - Sebastian (the annoying daemon of the annoying girl)
43 - Tobias (the... quiet dude. From GC too like Shaelnor)
44 - Riellendra (the daemon with the funny name)
45 - Jay ("Bongo" the humming cheetah that tells time, LOL)
46 - Joven (the nervous guy that can turn into a bat)
47 - Valour (the band guy who can turn into a maned wolf)
48 - Kira (fox friend of Reynard -someone else's character-)
49 - Korvan (SUBETA PETZ - Korvan's a cool thief)
50 - Misunderstood/Dray (I created him before I met Akina-chan)
51 - Convey
52 - Kivra (LOL TYTY FOR THE GP YUKIKO-CHAN)
53 - Shaelnor (this time he's a TELENINE ON SUBETA)
54 - Petrify
55 - Seipher (the Guardian)
56 - Detained/Gravedigger
57 - Overwhelm
58 - Avenge (the assassin haunting your dreams)
59 - Aeisren (the lonely/angry demon)
60 - Seya (...the opposite of Aeisren)
61 - Jaivr (the... guy ordered around)
62 - ....too many characters from my story
63 - Jaive (the wolfeh)
64 - Vantage (Jaive's best "friend")
65 - Alethya (Jaive's "mate")
66 - Myriad of Shadows (THE CAT THING, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA--WOOO)
67 - Kasani of Sparrows
68 - ...okay I made up too many of these cat-things too. D:
69 - Talis
70 - Iceblade dragons... too many... @__@

...AND THAT, FOLKS, is when I got bored and gave up.

Let's hope I can post something more interesting after I eat. ;O

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19672153/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19672153/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:23:47 PDT ...or maybe it's because of hitting my funny bone. x3
-based on a random event in RL-
-LOL to ~winterxstar-


Takara-chan wouldn't stop bugging me and Akina-chan to watch mudkips singing "Chocolate Rain".
Don't watch it, ever. Unless you want to have it stuck in your head and keep thinking about it every second of your life (or maybe that's only a side-effect if Takara is humming/mentioning it every couple of minutes)~


..x..


I still haven't opened up commissions, even though I said I would. -facepalm- But uh, I'm still not sure if I want to offer them on Subeta again. I'm not too active on Subeta at all anymore, so there isn't really much to be motivated by except the fact that I'd be providing artwork for other people.

I'd put them up on dA, but I really don't have that many watchers and is definitely NOT well known, so the only people who would commission me are probably my friends, LOL.
(not that you guys aren't awesome, because you rock, seriously)

So uh, yeah, kind of stuck.
I tried Wajas, but I didn't get much interest there. =/


..x..


Anyway, uh, yeah. There was something I was gonna write here, but now I've totally forgotten what it was.
Gimme a second.



---edit--------

Ohyes!

I need a new place to roleplay. Sadly, having going without a lasting one for a year or two now, my skills have kind of deteriorated.
I've searched around for some roleplays off virtual pet sites (which is usually the main reason why I go there in the first place), and unsuccessfully found any to join.

Everytime I create a new roleplay on Subeta, it lasts for about a week or two and then fades into nothing. Even if I sMail the people who showed interest in it, they either never reply/return to Subeta or drop out.
And of course, literate roleplaying on Neopets is hard to come by.

I thought about creating a roleplay board myself, which Suxinn suggested today too, lul.
But to do that, I need:

1) A good, interesting plot that still allows for some flexibility; that way, roleplayers can still create sub-plots in the overall plot and aren't required to follow a path set in stone.

2) A few roleplayers to join initially so that it can at least stay afloat, even if it doesn't become a big site. (LOL)

3) Shameless advertising. People won't find it unless it's advertised, haha. XD


So... anyone up for a roleplay? -shot-


..x..


-facepalms again-
I totally forgot. The main reason why I posted this journal was because of being (tagged? by ~Suxinn)

Just uh, post a comment and I'll (as dictated by this random tag-thingy):

a) Tell you why I friended you
b) Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, et cetera
c) Tell you something I like about you
d) Tell you a memory I have of you
e) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you
f) In return, you must post this in your journal.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19545479/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19545479/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:55:38 PDT


...oh, sorry. I'm addicted to listening to that waffle song now.


I blame Sonic! D:

THE WAFFLE SONG! ...apparently, Shadow doesn't like waffles. =[


Aside from that, I'm just trying to get one last commission off my back and then I think I will reopen commissions.
Sketch ones, possibly traditionally-coloured ones, and if you can bribe me enough, digitally coloured ones. <3


I'm currently working on a piece of personal art of a character of mine; however, I don't have the patience to ink a continuous line (not QUITE straight) with only a tablet and NO PEN TOOL, so I kind of gave up for the time being. >.>


--edit------//--

The BIG QUESTION: Should I or should I not draw people in anime style?

Something that's been bugging me for the past couple of days.


PROS:
- for some reason, my style is already similar to anime (even though I've never actually tried drawing it in my life, lolwut)

- ummm... I stink at humans anyway?

- it looks cool. o3o

- I don't have to invent my own style (it's seriously hard enough to do that for animals, lul)

- 'cuz you can do awesome stuff with anime hair and it still looks (vaguely) normal

- CUZ THEN I COULD DRAW LINK FROM LoZ ^u^

- I dun need to find people to draw my characters for meh. >.>

- because... a lot of my characters (ESPECIALLY ROSUTO AND AEISREN) can only be done justice in anime style (but I am NEVER allowing ANYONE --including myself-- to draw Aeisren, lol)

- LOL CHIBIS ARE FUNNYYY (when they don't have scary eyes)


CONS:
- will it affect the way I draw animals? ('cuz I reeeeeally don't want that to happen; anime animals are scary, I'm sorry...)

- it's so popular now, and I hate being unoriginal, LOL (I have this really weird issue with "falling in with the crowd", which is why a lot of my characters are TOTALLY ((and sometimes too much so)) unique)

- ...in case it DOES affect the way I draw animals >.>

- the possibility of scary anime eyes (which I dislike when OVERLY exaggerated)

- the constant urge to poke anime eyes

- because I hate people coming up behind me and going, "OMG THAT LOOKS LIKE ANIME!" when it's not, and now it would be ._.



But mostly I'm just worried that picking up an anime style for humans would affect the way I draw animals AND MAKE MY WOLVES LOOK LIKE CRAZED, SLAVERING BEASTS (no offense), because I spent countless years developing my own style of drawing (mostly unconsciously changing it over time, lawl) and I don't really want to lose it.

Soooo... whaddya guys think? O_o
((I know this is sort of a personal decision, but if you knew me in RL, you'd probably figure out soon enough that I'm a pretty indecisive person at times))

((I still say that my humans mostly look like anime without me EVER studying anime -- though I favourited some tutorials just to compare, lol))

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19492039/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19492039/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:24:54 PDT
I have three commissions that I was due to finish about two/three months ago, plus at least seven that I never ended up finishing because by the time I got around to them, the requester either left or changed/got rid of the character to be commissioned.

And. I think I shall give up now. o__o
I don't appear to have the ability to focus long enough on artwork to get past the tedious outlining. >.>

EPIC. FAIL.


On the other hand, I got Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii, from my uncle*. I'm trying to get used to controlling the character from random angles, because the darned planets keep spinning while you run around on them. And the view's from space itself, no like MP3 where you're actually SEEING as if each planet was it's own little world.

Seriously, the planets on SMG are tiny. It's laughable, really, how impossible Mario games are. But hey, that's what makes them awesome and unique, right?**

Haven't finished Okami yet either. I'm still trying to hunt down Stray Beads and it's proving to be difficult***.

I'm on my FOURTH**** game of Zelda, which I can easily complete if I actually played it more than once every two weeks or so. x3 I know the entire game by heart now.

It's weird; Zelda's too easy, because 1) you have WAYYY too much health in the game***** and 2) the enemies are seriously pathetic. Though, I guess Zelda: TP being easy was a good thing, since it was the first video game I actually played in my entire life******.

And still no motivation to play YYB, since Zo Junior dropped. WHICH IS NOT COOL. D;

So umm... I'm thinking of opening up SKETCH COMMISSIONS. Mostly because 1) I'm bored since I have two weeks off from my job, 2) I can't seem to be able to get past sketching in most cases of commissions, and 3) ...my sketches are REALLY clean. o__o So they look alright by themselves.

Whadda you guys think?



EDIT:
-is now uber annoyed-
Stupid human is so hard to draw. >.>
And it doesn't help when I have to erase everything two or three times because the first couple of tries ends up just smudging pencil everywhere.
I had a good character name come up at a very inopportune moment, and now I've forgotten it- GAH.
I really liked it too. x__X


*who rocks your socks.
**actually, I wouldn't know because I never played a Mario game before, LOL. XD
***I only have six or seven left!
****Lolol, sadddd~
*****Link is awesome; he can jump off THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN and only lose TWO HEARTS! XD
******Haha, that's kind of weird. I never said anything about computer games though...

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19193426/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/19193426/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:13:22 PDT Because I just am.
So thar. ;D


Aside from the random comment there, I have decided to tell youu...

That I am currently in the process of making a comic for the NT! Wewt~

Because, because, umm...
I just felt like it. c:

Whether or not it's any good, I really don't know.
I like my first (and only) one better. >3
If TNT rejects it, I'll be very sad. Because I'm spending time on it. D;


...yes.
That is all.
-sweeps you away with a broom-


P.S. LOL HW FTW!

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18939369/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18939369/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:22:16 PDT Don't question it's makes-no-sense-whatsoever-ness! D;

Probably has something to do with being in Wawku Shrine on my Okami game (NOES I'M ALMOST DONE!).

Ugh, but I hate running on ice. So when I /have/ to, I keep smashing the A button and leaping instead. XD It's faster.

Anyway, Oki's music is too awesome.
I'm so addicted to it now.

Seriously. I keep listening to it over and over... stuck in my head all day too. Oh wells. It sounds so... I dunno. -shrugs-

You can find it here (YouTube video):
Oki's Theme of Awesomeness

But only the part to the 1:55 mark. That's the bit that's been stuck in my head. Yuppers.

I love that song. Don't even know why, lolz. <3

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18618755/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18618755/ Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:33:37 PDT
Anyway.
My Internet connection ish totally dead, and has been, so apologies for not being around. -shrugs-
If anyone really notices. XD
On my dad's computer, so I'm trying not to be on it too much.

Anyway, hope the deviation I worked my butt off for the past couple of weeks makes up for it.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18423837/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18423837/ Tue, 20 May 2008 22:53:12 PDT
Just added it as a middle name. <3
It made more sense.
And finally looked like what she was originally supposed to resemble.

SO.
I finished teh sketch.
Now let's hope I keep up my surprising work and finish it well! ;3
(hopes she doesn't lose this skill, found out that I like drawing humans after all) XD


**I'm tormented because I wanna draw but I should seriously actually START homework now... @__@

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18298749/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18298749/ Tue, 13 May 2008 01:02:40 PDT
Kay.
First things first; I'm tired.
And half-asleep.
NOT a good combination.

Solyk, WHO ELSE IS GETTING 4 1/2 HOURS OF SLEEP EACH NIGHT? ;D
I can't be the only one. -shrugs-

Sleep deprivation is icky. Seriously.
I've got a whole pile of RL work to be doing before anything else, so yeah.
Gotta get my priorities straight.
[though technically I'm kinda cheating just by being on dA because I REALLY shouldn't be...]

SO. My Internet's pretty dead. Technology dislikes me this week, I swear. In any case, it's being tempermental and refuses to work constantly like it should. My dad checked it out and can't figure out what's wrong with it, but in short, it pretty much just randomly loses connection to the Internet and VOILA!

I'm abandoned in the RL world with no link to the online one.
**yes I did purposely make that sound more dramatic than it really is.

So yes, I apologize for my lack of... er, online-ness?

By the way, I'm on Subeta hiatus again. >.>
Gonna finish one more drawing-thing for someone and then I'm officially gonna be staying off it for a while.
Truth be told, it's getting kinda boring. I mean, honestly, all my roleplays die [everyone involved is still posting on the roleplay boards, just not mine, even after I poked them on their profile]. And like, no time for commissions.

I still got a lotta gift art and personal art to do, if I ever get the chance.
Which I probably won't, since I'm still addicted to Okami and MUSTTT FINISHHH ITTTT~

I'm only about halfway or so, I don't know. x)

My head hurts. Probably from staring down at a poster for too long now. @-@
I should probably get some sleep, but that's not really possible because my project [two of them actually] are due on the same day, and I've gotta finish both. I didn't even start one yet, bad me.

...I've been busy, kthxbai. c:

Too much stuff to do, seriously.

-sighs-
Rosuto-chan is tired. Very tired.
My artwork and writing skills are dropping to a low because I don't have time to practice at all any more. And hey, I just got a digital program to colour in [other than GIMP which I still didn't actually look at properly] not long ago, so I'm really needing practice.
Also, I hate colouring. Seriously. It kills my pictures, so it's not worth it.

Captain Scanner sees through to it that my drawings are ruined, yesyes.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18047332/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/18047332/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:57:29 PDT
Shame on me. D:

Anyway.
Moving on now.
-clears throat-

First off, thanks to everyone for their support a few days ago.
It's very muchly appreciated~ ^^

Now.

...you may want to plug your ears (or in this case, scroll down really fast/blindfold yourself?).




Seriously now.




...





Fine, you've been warned already. XD








OMGYEAAAAA~!!
...!!!!
My dad bought me Okami for meh Wii.
WHEEEEE~
I wants to play it more, LOLZ.
I played for like, nearly three hours.
And then I'm like.
...OHSHOOT.
-forgot about headache-


...gawsh.
Me = sounds hyper. XD

OHNOES A REMIXED SONG.
It sounds weird now.

-kk, back on topic noww-
Yush.
Okami looks so awesome so far.
But the voices are kinda annoying.
Especially at the beginning, with the history-cutscene thing.
And the dragon's voice made me laugh.
OKAY ENOUGH. XD

...SUSANO SNORES SO LOUDLY.
So I tackled him and he didn't wake up. =[
Awwwww.
Oh wells.
Amaterasu looks so awesome though. Issun's just... odd.

Anyway.
Yeah.
Enough said about that for today.


---[[x]]---

I'm proud of myself.
I finished a full-body, shaded, detailed ART CONTEST ENTRY for ~unistar2000.
The contest board is located on Subeta.
Lots of awesome entries, seriously.

...
Well.
I should really get some rest now.
-There are better things to procrastinate than sleeping-

Also.
I wanna play Okami tomorrowwwww~
But I won't be able to if I suffer from sleep deprivation and then get a headache in the morning.

OKAYLATER. 8D

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17995911/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17995911/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:43:22 PDT ...

I've had a really bad day.
Tried to stop someone from getting someone else into trouble on purpose, and now they hate me for it. -____-

Then my doodling made this person comment that apparently I draw like "everybody else"... so I was tempted to draw something really un-cutesy (I had just doodled a plain 'lil wolf) (un-cutesy as in something more evil-like), but settled instead for a random dragon breathing fire.

And the list goes on.
In short, today sucked.

Yeah, it sucked.
This is called... a bad day.
End of story.

(I got shocked by static at least thirty times today)
((if you're curious, I've deleted all my poems of my dA, because I've had concerns with people stealing my work a lot lately))

--I even forgot to mention that I'm actually a bit ill. It worsed over the course of today and now I really shouldn't be doing much anything but rest. =/

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17887061/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17887061/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:45:53 PDT

Now that I think about it, I've always been the "more mature" one of my group of close-knit friends. And then I met some other friends and became more random. I feel like I've just gone back a couple years in age. XD

In any case.
I seriously need to start roleplaying again. My vocabulary takes so long to come to me now, from lack of use. Also, I have problems trying to make my stories flow, and they're usually overfilled with descriptive details since I haven't had a chance to use them effectively in roleplays.
'Tis kind of sad, isn't it?

So.
My list of things to work on (artwise, of course)

(1) Fur details - I can never do these. My attempts end up looking like the poor wolf/cat/furry dragon thingy used too much fur gel in the morning and became all slick and smooth. NOT what fur looks like.
(2) Colouring techniques (pencil crayon/marker/digital) - in all cases, it stinks. I've neglected to practice colouring for so long, I can't do it anymore. That and my scanner kills all colour anyway... not much motivation to be found there.
(3) Proper Backgrounds - I had an idea for a comic-thing a year ago (nope, not about wolves), but I forgot about it until it returned to me randomly a couple days ago. However, I need to do BACKGROUNDS, not only for the series to live but also for normal pictures. I upload wayy too many sketches (so I've limited myself to one sketch a week). x)
(4) Humans/anthros - Still can't do either... I'm not particularly interested in drawing them, but I think it's about time I tried to round my artistic skills.
(5) Just drawing overall - I never studied art or researched for anatomy at any time in my life. Maybe I should sometime.
(6) Open mouthes (a.k.a. while talking) - I'm not sure why, but I could never draw mouthes open as if in speech, shock, or anything at all. They always look unnatural (probably because I have no idea how the animal's jaw would be hinged or something)

Yes. That's my list of things I want to improve right now. There's more, but hey, let's not overwhelm myself with more than that.

I've still got some Subeta pets to finish up designing (haha, I still can't draw Endeavors right)

I'm kind of poor on Wajas (and there are a bunch on hold for me at the moment), and I'd really love it if you commissioned me. ;3 You don't have to, of course. But still, doesn't hurt to ask. x)

---
Even though it already looks overwhelming enough.
Misunderstood's an archer, so I'm trying to draw him just about to loose an arrow.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17823756/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17823756/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:16:26 PDT Back now, kinda. I'm going to be spending tomorrow putting the final touches on that and then I should have more time on my hands.
Sorta. ;3

I've forgotten how, but I stumbled upon some pictures of Digimon [man, I actually used to watch that stuff before] XD And then randomly began drawing some for practice.
I messed up Gatomon ( sorry! =[ ), because I had issues converting to my style. ._.

But I'm proud of Garurumon, yesss~
I'm very proud of that one.
I'm thinking of uploading the sketch, but I'm not sure if I wanna lineart and colour it first, then give it a background and THEN upload it.
I derno.
XD

Also because I'm lazy.
Yes.
And still busy. =[
But I *will* upload it sometime.
Prolly after I find some time to actually colour it or something.
Or maybe I'll just stick with being lazy. XD

Anyway.
I got tagged today. ;o
Since I'm taking a break, I shall do that... thingy. XD

Tagged by

RULES:
1. Write these rules.
2. Each tagged person must write 8 things about him/her-self.
3. And s/he has to write a journal about these things.
4. Finally s/he has to tag other 8 people.
5. Go to their dA's page and write they've been tagged.

-1- I can be extremely literate while roleplaying [trust me, my typical posts have been known to be about two standard size-12 font typed pages]
-2- I'm not that old. XD [but that's all in perspective, ain't it?]
-3- I'm being discouraged from pursuing drawing as a hobby?
-4- I wanna learn archery! >=[
-5- I dislike colouring more than linearting.
-6- I'm more of a canine person than a cat person [cats don't seem to like me, for some reason]
-7- I cannot come up with a fursona that fits me. ;^;
-8- My favourite insect is the dragonfly. XD

Okay, now I tag whoever read this and feels like doing this.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17467573/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17467573/ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:05:50 PDT But I'm stuck on Chapter 2. =[
I think I overused descriptive words and phrases in the first chapter.
Maybe I should edit it. =/

The main issue right now is how I'm not sure how to transition from Aeisren living alone in his grand mansion to coming across Seya.
At the moment, I'm pretty much overdoing describing his lovely, lonely home and life. How sad.

I'm also focusing a lot on his memories and how he continuously thinks of them during the story [which I hope to keep consistant throughout]; mostly myths and legends, as well as other background information, such as his past.

Pleaseplease don't say "It'll be awesome anyway", because, hey, I need critiques too, and I seriously think that this is getting out of hand. @__@''

~~--~--~~

I also failed to create an ID for myself for the New Years. ^__^'' The reason being for this is that I cannot figure out what type of artwork to draw on it. I'm having a slight [normal] identity crisis, and I'm not really sure what kind of fursona suits me at the moment. I'm bouncing between a canine and a feline, which are kind of opposite in many regards, so yes, I'm stuck. Again. u__u''

~~--~--~~

Also, I need help figuring out what exactly to do to IMPROVE my artwork. For example, I swear the anatomy is off far more than anything else at the moment. -___-
But I don't want to take away my own style of drawing by making it too much more realistic. I've looked at a few online tutorials and explanations of animal anatomy and such, but they don't really seem to help me much.
Advice, anyone?
As well, I absolutely stink at colouring using anything from pencil crayons to digital art-stuff. Any ideas for where I can improve on that? I'm at a loss for ideas. Again, online tutorials and similar methods = not really helping. =/
But seriously, my colouring has absolutely no depth. I just don't know how to shade or draw anything properly.
In truth, I just keep scribbling until it "looks right". Which is kind of sad... Precision helps a lot.

In case you are wondering, I've never taken art classes in my life.
So.
I am stuck.
And I need help on where to go for art improvement stuffs.
Ideas, pl0x [sorry, I got that from my friend] XD

By the way, I'd like to point out that any current improvements in my artwork since I first started drawing stuff and posting it on the web [in the form of commissions], were out of accident and I never actually [consciously] thought about them; my drawing style just changed. That's the pretty sad actual true reason why my drawing keeps improving without me having a clue what I'm doing.

~~--~--~~

--{Rosuto}--

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17388555/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17388555/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:56:30 PDT But guess what?
I've accomplished nothing so far.
That's right, nothing.

I'm such a lazy butt. D8

Then again... I DID write the first chapter of my story.
The series title is Fate of a Frozen Heart, but the actual book [1] is called Rebirth. But I might change it; not sure yet. ^w^
In any case, the second book [should I ever actually GET there], will be called Life or something along those lines.
And if I ever, EVER get there, the third [and last] shall be called, simply [as if you didn't see this coming], Death. c:

Chyeah.
How cliche of me. ._.''
So yeah, coming along good so far. ^^
I'm just wondering if I'll run out of inspiration first. =[

Let's see... umm, I'm doodling a picture of Reiki. <3
But that's about it for drawing.
Other than the fact that I'm also doing some commissions on Wajas [though there aren't many takers, and I'm having issues grabbing the motivation to do them, unfortunately].

Been kind of slow on Subeta, sorry if I don't reply. =[
Yes, I play a lot of those sites... >=[
But mostly because of the community and stuffs.

Uh...
I was thinking of drawing Aeisren, but it's probably not a good idea because I'll kill my own [and everyone else's] impression of him. So yeah. DRAW HIM IN YOUR IMAGINATION~

That's about it for now. My hand hurts, so I'm gonna stop typing tonight. =[
NOW.
Back to drawing.
-don't worry it shouldn't be that bad-
On second thought... I think I'll let my hand rest awhile first.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17279339/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/17279339/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:08:22 PDT Bad, bad Rosuto! =[

I got my first custom on Wajas, squeeeee~! <3333
Seriously. She's awesome.
Sadly, now I'm poor again, and won't be able to afford another for some time.
I think I'll wait for CWP prices to deflate again... ^w^''

Since I neglected to do so, here's an updated list of things to-do, generally related to artwork/written work;;

Rosuto's To-do List =3
- rewrite/edit prologue of Fate of a Frozen Heart
- write first chapter of Fate of a Frozen Heart
- actually do something on my adoptable website [sorry all, I wanna learn some more CSS/HTML/Javascript beforehand, possibly during the summer]
- complete ref sheets
- sled-dog team pictures/description
- REOPEN COMMISSIONS
- upload fewer sketches and more coloured work

That's about all I can think of off the top of my head.
Currently, I'm trying to focus on schoolwork, so I've been very busy.
When I've got some time, I'm thinking about making a new dA avatar/literature set.
Unfortunately, me = no time. =[

I've attempted to finish off all the commissions I was set to do.
Buuuuuut... it didn't really work.
So I'm wiping the slate clean again and starting over.
Riiiiight after I get some other work out of the way.
>.>

Apologies again if I never finished your commission. Feel free to nag remind me of our previous agreement if you would still like it. <3

::<<--{Rosuto Reikon/Inkshadow}-->>::

~~--~--~~

GO VISIT MEH LUFFLE LIST. <3


]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/16731636/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/16731636/ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:38:15 PST I am still alive!

And I have...
Lots of homework.
7_7

But mostly I've got more time now. ^^
Trying to get a little more motivated to finishing some of these commissions, lawl.
I'm kind of sleepy a lot right now, and I don't want to make a mistake.
So... they're temporarily on hold.
And I want to experiment with colouring fur.
So yeah.


AWESOME FRIEND AND ARTIST.
Lookit the random pixel art she did of Vantage!
RAWR.
It's so awesome. @__@

...go tell her it's awesome.
Because it is.
And she won't listen to me. >.>

And, and, Akina-chan pwns.

You should say hi.
And then poke her.
Not necessarily in that order.

After that, please go and read Suxinn's awesome [don't listen to her if she denies their awesomeness] story fragments/concepts and give her critiques! <3

But beware of attack Pikachus, I don't know where she keeps them.
Remember to bring cookies.
Because Suxinn likes cookies. XD

And then go visit everyone else that watches me.
Because they're all very nice people.
YESSSS. <3

-okaywillstopnow- XD

||EDIT||
Okay, so I really feel up to writing my story.
Problem is, I'm having issues trying to come up with a name for the main character.
And heck, it won't be a very good story if the main character is known as "that guy" all the time. X3
So here's the deal;
Basically, he's a demon.
Yeah, a demon.
With bluish-black hair, haven't really gotten all the details yet.
He's pretty much been forced to live an isolated life because of something his father had done.
And so... he's been alone for a little over a century now. D=
Anyway, I'm trying to find a name that begins with "Ai" for him, but it's hard.
I mean, there aren't many "Ai-" names. 7.7
And I guess it should sound pretty good with Seya, who's the other main character. Since they'll pretty much be the focus of the story, it wouldn't be very helpful if their names clashed. And sounded awkward.
So... yeah.
Ideas, anyone?

...and I also need a story title, but I'll probably add that a lot later after finishing more to the story; I'm not exactly sure yet.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/16529787/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/16529787/ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:24:25 PST ...but hey, I couldn't concentrate!
KORVAN FORCED ME TO WRITE HIS STORY. D8
I swear it's true.

Does anyone know why any deviations I upload right now do not appear on my "Recent Deviations" box?

Hmm... it seems like it's happening to a few people, I guess. o_O
Well, in the meantime, I think clicking the Browse Gallery button should do the trick, if you want to see the [two] things I've uploaded so far.

...and yes, the snow leopard on the banner is random, oh well.
It was a practice-banner sort of thing. xD

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/16248986/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/16248986/ Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:14:38 PST Current Commission Status;;
[[Catching up on old requests]]

A Short/Average/Long List of the Characters I Created Recently:
- Species;; Iceblade Dragons
- Aztaeln;; 15-year-old teenage boy with osprey DNA.
- Vantage --> information/intro/story/picture in progress
- Aieran --> information/intro/story/picture in progress {possible name change}
- Seya --> information/intro/story/picture in progress
- Rosuto {not "created", she's not a fursona, but a part of me} - Normal Form {drew it}
- Uhh, a sled dog team consisting of one mentor-like dog, five middle-aged dogs from different sledding breeds, and two in-training dogs. {that probably didn't make sense} --> possible comic characters? {I'll try to get a picture and descriptions up of the whole team, they're awesome}
- Tsukiko;; fursona!
- Kyrres;; umm... don't really know yet. XD

~~--~--~~

...yeah...
My keyboard keeps randomly not typing anything... and then I tap the keys a bunch of times and it works again.
I guess even keyboards don't like being poked repeatedly. XD

SOYEAH.
A new year, whoaaa~
Scary. o.O
-ish still not ready for it-
...ahahaha... I keep writing 2007, but it's not anymore...
-shot'd-

YEAH KWELL.
Um.
Yeah.
o_o
-was no point to this paragraph-

YES.
I am doing a New Years picture.
...which I started a while ago, but never finished it.
Because...
I r icky like that.
YESSS.

It's like, two wolves.
You can see their separate linearts in my scraps.
Gee, I have a lot of scraps. o_O;;
Uhh, apologies for the ugly watermarks. >___>

Since I've just recently gotten out of Artist's Block {yay!}, I'mma been practicing a lot, not doing many commissions and stuff at the moment. I need to get back into the, uhh, [mood] to draw. >.> That's not exactly the word I was looking for, but my vocabulary just failed.
And apparently my typing skills, I keep making mistakes all over the place. o_O
I think my keyboard's dying. O___O;;

So yeah.
Practice is good. XD
I successfully succeeded in killing a few characters with bad drawings.
YES.
And I still need to work on humans.
Or maybe I'll just forget about them. XD

...yea.
I've been trying to draw Link from The Legend of Zelda for quite a while now, but I fail at it. T___T
Maybe I'll just draw Wolf Link.
And uhh, I've been attempting to draw Samus, but even in her awesome suit, I still mess her up. SO YEAH.
-practices-
Ahaha, I settled for Rundas and pretty much killed him. >.>;; -shot'd-

Um.
Yeah.
...
Where was I going with this?
-wonders if I lost my memory-

Wow, this journal died.
It deflated.
Maybe I'll update it later when I'm not completely braindead.
YEA.
Good plan.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/16106404/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/16106404/ Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:00:20 PST Current Commission Status;;
[[Catching up on old requests]]

-resketched Ara {for Suxinn} AGAIN. ^_^''

A Short/Average/Long List of the Characters I Created Recently:
- Species;; Iceblade Dragons
- Aztaeln;; 15-year-old teenage boy with osprey DNA.
- Vantage --> information/intro/story/picture in progress
- Aieran --> information/intro/story/picture in progress {possible name change}
- Seya --> information/intro/story/picture in progress
- Rosuto {not "created", she's not a fursona, but a part of me} - Normal Form {drew it}
- Uhh, a sled dog team consisting of one mentor-like dog, five middle-aged dogs from different sledding breeds, and two in-training dogs. {that probably didn't make sense} --> possible comic characters? {I'll try to get a picture and descriptions up of the whole team, they're awesome}

You knows what?
You guys on Subeta are awesome.
Yush.
Nothing more to say than that.

I've been busy. -nods-
So I won't update this now.
Probably later. >__>;;
-predicts self forgetting-

||EDIT||
Hmmkays, well, I've been drawing really late at night for fate knows why but whatever, I'm not actually tired.
-proves self wrong by yawning-
Okay, well, not THAT tired.
-falls asleep on keyboard-
...right.

So.
I was going to do one of those before-after sheet thingys, so you can see how much I've improved in what, the space of two years? But sadly, I think I threw out a lot of those older drawings. RECYCLED. Not threw out. What am I saying here? Maybe I should go to bed, LOL.

The main point was that I'm having difficulties finding old pictures. The oldest one I've found so far was one from two years ago, was hoping to find some even more prehistoric older than that, but I haven't yet. I'll let you know if I have. Probably in the form of actually UPLOADING something. That would be nice. >__>;;

Uh, I also was playing around with a dragon generator. It gives you a description, and I use it to practice my dragons. Except I'm a little stuck on this one, the wings always turn out funny, because they start at the shoulders and end at the end of the tail. Which is like. SUPER COOL. But SUPER HARD at the same time. Sooo, yeah, I'll be doing that.

And I haven't forgotten commissions;;
No, I haven't, surprisingly. I wanna get them done soon {wow, it's been nearly a year}, but grarrr, Artist's Block won't leave me alone. 7_7
But I'll try to complete them soon anyway.
I'm doing some for people on Subeta and Wajas, going to be difficult.
And then AFTER that I'll probably open sketch-commissions. They only take me maximum an hour each. So that'll be better, I think. I've been going on Subeta less lately, been busy with other stuff. ._. -don'tkillme- LOL. XD

Hmm, what else is there to say?
This entry's getting longer than I was originally going to write it to be?
Ah well.

I'm trying to figure out where I put everything. I cleaned up my desk {but hey, it got messy again in under two days, wow} but now I'm having difficulties locating things. You know, I actually can find anything you name that I own in my desk within ten seconds when it's MESSY like something exploded on it, but when it's TIDIED... It's like, ...help. x_X

My dad's getting me my own scanner -yay!-
But I don't know when.
Since I use it more than he does. XD

And he got me a tablet a while back too. WoOoOoOo;;
Watch me asplode it by accident. o.o''
Not quite used to it yet, so the drawings I've been practicing doing with it aren't *acknowledgably* good, so I won't be uploading them. The winter picture I'm working on I should finish soon, having difficulties with the mother wolf. She always ends up the same size as her son. >_>

I think that's about it for now.
Should be.
...
-ponders-
Okay, enough thinking.
My brain'll melt. XD

||EDIT II||
Seriously, you should keep watching this. I swear this journal entry'll keep expanding until it's giganto-somethingorother. YEAH!

OMG I R ESCAPED FROM ARTIST'S BLOCK!
Ha. Hahahaha. HAHAHAHA.
XD
...yup, my brain melted, like I promised. :3
But I think I'm back. For good.
Which meeeeeaaans...
HAHA I SUDDENLY HAVE THE MOTIVATION TO DO COMMISSIONS;;
I'mma finish them.
You'll see.
-it would be sad if it passed the one-year mark- >.>''

I resketched Ar... ]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/15885047/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/15885047/ Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:47:58 PST Main Updates:
--> Still suffering from Artist's Block {at this point, it's beginning to look permanent. o_O}
--> Has a new scanner, isn't allowed to use it.
--> Practicing 100% digital artwork.
--> Making up way too many characters.
--> Flooded with homework and tests, going to be real-life busy.

A Short/Average/Long List of the Characters I Created Recently:
- Species;; Iceblade Dragons
- Aztaeln;; 15-year-old teenage boy with osprey DNA.
- Vantage --> information/intro/story/picture in progress
- Aeison --> information/intro/story/picture in progress {possible name change}
- Seya --> information/intro/story/picture in progress
- Rosuto {not "created", she's not a fursona, but a part of me} - Normal Form {drew it}

GRARR.
Artist's Block is the most icky thing of all icky things on Earth. ;-;
I can't draw anything properly.
=____=
Seriously.
This wolf has serious back issues.
His spine is flattt~
Flat, I tell you.
Looks like a robot.
Or maybe he has a sore back.
Anyway.
Bad, bad anatomy. -_____-

Anyway, still making up random characters.
When I'm not ticked off to the point of asploding.
Been really frustrated lately; apologies to all.

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/15672732/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/15672732/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:21:57 PST A Short/Average/Long List of the Characters I Created Recently:
- Species;; Iceblade Dragons
- Aztaeln;; 15-year-old teenage boy with osprey DNA.

Kaywell.
I lied. XD
Originally, I was gonna write that everyone should expect a sudden overflow of artwork from me.
But that was before I remembered my scanner was busted. ;^;

Anyway.
Yush.
I'm tired of my very bland pencil sketches.
So...
I'm testing pencil crayons at the moment.
Right now, I'm making a dragon character-thing.
Yeah.
Won't tell you any details now, so you guys can go insane thinking over it, lawl, but also because I'm not certain yet.
Still thinking of a base body colour to go with blue.
-ponders-
And a name.
Yush.
I need a name.
Something that sounds all icy and stuff.
'Cause.
He's ice. LAWL.

-probably will edit later, Rosutos are becoming endangered due to excessive homework-

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/15597982/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/15597982/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:49:23 PST To the seaaa.
Where the whales sing and the waves roll...

-clears throat-
ANYWAY.
No point in beating around the bush, unless you want an Awesomely Awesome Pointless Paragraph of Pointlessness, so I will just say this:

I. Need. More. Practice.

Yay!
Maybe I should create a character that can control time. Then he/she could create/slow/etc time for me so I could complete my huge pile of homework. Come to think of it, I was creating a Time Guardian... dragon-thing, since, what, seventh grade?
Hang on, going to look.

I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN FINDING...
The plain white notepaper of IDEAS.
Actually, it has like, five of them... Seriously. If you ever see my desk, you'd see multiple sheets of the exact same square-sheet of paper with ideas for characters, stories, poems, and any other subject that just so happens to float into my empty area of a head...

ANYWAY. -shifts away from randomness-
-randomness shifts toward me-
. . .

OHEMGEE! IT'S ALIIIIIIVE!
Kay.
Maybe I should be quiet now, before I accidentally hurt my brain {or yours}.

What else can I tell you...?
Oh, I knows!
Gee, I'm so smat.
YES.
Smat.


Kaysolike.
Yush, my family does not approve of me spending time drawing.
Why, I do not know.
I think my dad thinks it's useless to be able to.
So...
No practice for me. D:

Scanner's still busted, but my dad'll get a new one soon eventually, plus I might ask for a tablet... Then again, last time I did, he asked me 1) What it was 2) If it was for school 3) If I could use it for school and 4) Why I wanted one.

This... is going to be difficult.

Kay, I was gonna write more, but I should go now...
So...
I'll probably edit this tomorrow...
Probably.
Hopefully.
. . .
Okay, EVENTUALLY.
There.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
says Evil Dr. Munchkins
I'll upload a few of his stupid comic series once I get a scanner.
They're so darn weird. XD
'Cause.
I mainly created the series for my friends.
Who are random.
Phwee~

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/15456667/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/15456667/ Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:45:00 PST My scanner's dead.
My brain is dead.
My homework is making me dead...
Need I go on?

Anyway.
LOOKIT!
I UPLOADED A COLOURED-PICTURE THINGY~
Aren't you so proud?
Yes, yes you are.

Probably going to be missing from dA for a while, since my dad's not going to get a new scanner for months, most likely. I can see it now... @_____@;;

I want my scanner baaaaaack~

LUFFLE YOU GUYS! <333


]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14920258/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14920258/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:46:10 PDT Go hug one.
NOW.
;3

Kaysolike.
Where was I going with this?
-confuse'd-
Oh yesh. I have been keel'd by HOMEWORK.
Keel'd as in randomly writing "killed" as "keel'd".

I'm like, completely stuck.
My creativity is stuck.
My brain is stuck.
Heck, my life is stuck.

'Tis the work of the evil teachers. I haven't gotten more than five hours of sleep for five nights in a row now, and I'm not sure about today either...
My eyes are going all blurry.
o.o;;

Uh, let's see...
Um.
I was going to do a lot of things, weren't I?
Like, for example, I was going to finish one commission a day, which would easily make me finish them, right?
WRONG.
I have no time.
I really don't.
And it's driving me insane.
Even on the weekends.
I've got chores.
Piano lessons.
Homework.
I CAN'T ESCAPE IT ALL.

And it's driving me insane.
Watch me asplode.
-boom-
Yes.
I r not very happy right now.
But I'm trying to pull through.
JUST YOU WAIT!
I need to spam Suxinn anyway.
Gawsh.
Haven't talked to her in AGES.

-goes to spam-

'Neways...
There's LOADS of stuff I need to do now.
Here's a short list... I think. I shortened it. To keep me on track. -nods- Let's see if this works...

1) Scan in Ara for Suxinn, which I was planning on doing months ago.
2) Do around one comission a day, time permitting.
3) Figure out the basic plotline for the comic {I'm thinking of taking Naomi out}
4) Try to have a life. o.o;; Gawd, I need work on this one.
5) Stop saying "dude". I BLAME MY FRIEND! D=<
6) Be able to write poems again.
7) Be able to write stories again.
8) Be able to post roleplays again.
9) Draw a picture for my friends' birthdays.
10) Play the game that I randomly decided to make up.

Okay, there's more, but I'll shut up now.
Anyway.
Yeah.
That'll be all.
D=
Help meeeeee!
-has been doing four hours of homework a day, ON AVERAGE-

[[EDIT]]
I forgot to mention that, if anyone asks, cursed popcorn is made up by me. x3 I'm armed with it, so be on the lookout! ;D

[[EDITED EDIT]]
I just realized that I also forgot to mention that I have a new fursona. No, she is not wolf-leopard based, but rather lizardish... ISH. She's a furry lizard. Which is awesome. And if you say otherwise, well, POPCORN ATTACK! ;3
And possibly Pikachus, depending on whether or not Suxinn lends them. xD

[[REVISED EDITED EDIT]]
Sorry if this is confusing. D=
Anyway, for those of you who are waiting for contest entries, commissions, or just for me to upload something, the reasons are these:
1 - Homework is evil {we all knew that}
2 - I'mma trying to design all my Subeta pets so that I can hold an Art Contest {still needing prizes, ref sheets, etc}
3 - I'm suffering from Writer's and Artist's Block again.
4 - I'm always getting side-tracked {shame on me}
5 - I'm trying to organize my real-life life {is that even possible?}

YUSH.
So please don't kill me.
-shields head-

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14667162/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14667162/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:05:59 PDT = D I am not mentioning any names. XD

Kaysolike, I haven't worked out much yet, though it is going to take place with the pack of Blizzard Point {yes, this is going to be a wolf-type comic}, and Naomi will be one of the characters. Because she r a wolf. But she's not going to be random, because, well, she's just not going to be.

Though I can't really draw her spots... darn. We'll have to work on that. What else is there to mention...?

Oh yes, I'm working on entries for WinterWolf's contest! ;3 Wish me luck!

And say HAIIIIIII to winterxstar, who is a friend of mine from the scary thing called "reality", and, um, who doesn't exactly have anything on her dA because she just joined today. x3

Please drop Suxinn a line {or a Pikachu, it doesn't really matter} AND LOOK AT HER ART. YESH. ESPECIALLY PIKACHU. Pika...CHU!

And. Yukiko hardly ever goes online, so, um, POKE HER. XDDD

If anyone asks, I didn't give you those ideas.
-shifty eyes-

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14325724/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14325724/ Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:12:46 PDT
Anyway... YESH. I felt like randomly giving information about some of my characters! x) Or, at least, where they stand with stories and designs. Stuff like that. Boring stuff. Feel free to fall asleep; this is more of a note to myself.

Oh yeah... don't ask why I'm listening to that particular song. No wait, I'll just tell you why. Okay, so I'm listening to it because I'm switching between all the Zelda songs. And I just happen to be listening to this one at the moment. xD So there.

Back on topic now...

Seipher > Character Design - thought about it, but haven't really found a suitable idea yet.
Story Outline - Finished, of course. ;D
Story - Prologue, Part 1
Profile - Half-done {missing some parts of it}

Misunderstood > Character Design - again, I can't draw Endeavors, so I'm not quite sure.
Story Outline - only about a quarter, lawl.
Story - Prologue?
Profile - Half-done

Convey - Character Design - sorta done, I'm not quite satisfied with it yet, unfortunately.
Story Outline - nothing, yet.
Story - Hhven't even done the outline, lawl.
Profile - nearly empty.

Korvan - Character Design - completely finished.
Story Outline - Halfway there, I just need to think about how I can tie this in with other stuff. Then again, not much happened to him yet.
Story - Prologue.
Profile - filled, except for story and artwork.

Overwhelm - Character Design - nothing yet.
Story Outline - I've only got the first bit, like the setting. And why he is there.
Story - not much.
Profile - nearly empty.

Avenge - Character Design - his head is designed. The rest, well... I'm not so sure...
Story Outline - finished, except for present times.
Story - the Prologue ends up a little too deep for Subeta, no matter how many times I edit it.
Profile - nearly empty.

Detained - Character Design - halfway done, I just need to make a good ref sheet, and draw his other side, because he's facing left on the drawing I have right now.
Story Outline - pretty much done.
Story - nothing yet.
Profile - half-done? I don't remember. xD

Petrify - Character Design - NOTHING!
Story Outline - nothing, yet.
Story - no outline yet.
Profile - nearly empty.

Shaelnor - Character Design - kinda?
Story Outline - a little bit...
Story - nothing.
Profile - nearly empty.

Kivra - Character Design - nope.
Story Outline - a tiny bit regarding Iro, Seipher, and Detained.
Story - nothing yet, still working on it.
Profile - half-filled, I think.

So there we go! Most of the stuff is either in progress or not even existant. xD But I WILL get it done, because I'm stubborn like that. But I need to do commissions. -cough-

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14260216/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14260216/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:14:19 PDT .> But anyway... I'm out of ideas. -headdesk- But I like this song a lot! xD -random-

So... I'm going on vacation for a week after this one. Yeah... =/ Miss all of you guys, but, meh, it's only a week. Without access to the Internet. -twitch- Or my art stuff. -twitch twitch- Or my favourite music. -twitch twitch twitch- OKAY. I officially am going to miss all that stuff, along with you guys.

Yup, just a prewarning. I'm sloooooooow at commissions. -sigh- My pen's ALMOST out of ink! >< I swear I'm going to get a new one tomorrow.

And nah, I'm not meditating. xD I'm not really content either. Just sorta... inbetween neutral and everything else.

OHGUESSWHOBOUGHTAREBORNPOTION?! xDDD

]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14061021/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14061021/ Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:15:29 PDT You deserve a cookie. Now... How to fit that into an attachment...

Anyway, yayy~ See teh plush of DOOM! Ehh, I meant CUTENESS. It's, er... CUTENESS PLUSHIE WOLF OF DOOM! Or a dog. Either way.

[link]

Aww, how cute... Don't you just want to take one home with- HELPIT'STHROWINGSTUFFINGATMEEEE!

I can customize them easily, so yeah, if you want one, just give a shout. Or rather not, I need my ears to hear things. That's what they're for, right? What? They're not? -promptly tries to eat using ear- ...that's not funny guys. D=<

I edited this entry, what, about seven times? xD
Oh yeah, and PAWS/HANDS/CLAWS/ETC OFF ART THIEVES. Otherwise I'll be forced to bring out my army of flying ninja donuts, and I'm sure Suxinn will lend her Pikachus. x3


]]> ~Inkshadow http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14057000/ http://Inkshadow.deviantart.com/journal/14057000/ Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:31:29 PDT
So anyway, I need to work on drawings. I keep drawing things with /extremely/ long legs. Which wouldn't be normal? And I need to work on eyes. Seriously. And yeah. I've made new characters, but I haven't uploaded, because I think my drawings are best in sketch mode. So I'm reluctant to colour anything.

Oh, and my fineliner's almost out of ink, and my dad doesn't want to buy another one, something about it not being 'important' enough to get one. He doesn't approve of me spending so much time drawing. He thinks I need to study more, and wants me to do more math. D= But I'll live, he's already forcing my sister to do workbook homework over the summer. -sad-

I need summer to unwind, because in September, I'll be bracing myself again for the endless school months. I still haven't adjusted to some of the differences. And especially how nice some people are, because, you know, I wasn't aware that so many people hated me for what I am.

Anyway... yeah, HAI!

Wait, why am I saying hi at the end of the post? -confused- Darn, now I'm more confused. So yeah. You may leave. Now.

...

You're persistant aren't you, lawl.

Nuuu, the song ended! ;^;

]]> ~Inkshadow