deviantART: by:MariahAcorn

N E W Z

Hey there~ c:
Man, I know it's been quite a while since I last updated something.
So first of all some big_{, late} MERRY CHRISTMAS to you!
To me it was pretty nice, despite the fact that - of course - I'd so prefer to celebrate it with the one I love the most: =BURNinNightmare. But as so often, it shouldn't have been.
Yet, I got pretty much everything that was left from my wishlist: tons of sweets and other cute stuff (okay this WASN'T on my wishlist

), a Wii Balance Board, even TWEWY from my sis, which I so didn't expect anymore! owo And additionally my parents, my boyfriend and his father have thrown their heads together to build a new computer for me~ <3 Perfectly designed onto my personal needs. We already got all of the parts except for the DVD player and the box, so they only need to be put together and I got a new PC, yay~ xD Simple as that~ o^o *cough* XDDD

But that's exactly where I get to the problem: My current PC has turned a whole lot slower the past week, for no particular reason. Thus, I don't really manage to get done anything because I really don't mean to face my PCs limits over and over again and take ages for one single thing. SO yeah... that's pretty much the reason why I don't do anything besides chatting on MSN and ICQ. No message-checking, no NosTale-playing, no video-watching, no nothing. Not to mention that DA itself doesn't work properly on my at the moment, either.
Usually I'd just go downstars and pwn my dad's PC and that's it. But as if it wasn't already enough, his PC faced some weird problem over night (also for about a week) and it's unable to connect to the internet or to our other PCs in anyway. Even though it's the one directly connected (via wire) to the internet and simply everything. Neither my BF's dad nor a real computer tech knew any answer for this. We're like DOOMED concerning PCs atm.. .__.;;
So all I do is wait, wait and again wait for us to finally get the last parts, so that my new PC can be put together and we got at least one properly working PC in our house...
Until then... see you... at the most on MSN or something.. -.-

Birthday gifts I still gotta comment:

OUR WINNERS

1st

~NinjatheSpy
We chose Ninja because she did more than just one great entry, both with a great idea and a completely different drawing style from all the others... I mean how many people here do watercolor work?

2nd

=Roxo89
Chosen for the great job on the drawing both on the scene and the background, with an original idea and a great sense for detail.

3rd

*Honey-laurel17
Chosen for her Absolutley Stunning art and original idea and a great and very detailed background.

-- SKETCH AWARDED --

~LooneyAE

We chose this entry to get awarded a sketch request, because it's the only entry with a story along with the picture to give it the special feeling.

and

*xWraithx

This entry got the second sketch request because it has a really unique idea connected with the summer theme.

We will Notify the Winners Shortly.

NEWS

!!! EVERYTHING IS CLOSED !!!
_{Except for commissions. Scroll down to read more!}

Hiya!

_{I have started taking commissions for a while. All I'm waiting for is for you to come along and ask for one (via note)! Further down you get all information about it.

Another important thing:
Sometimes I'm not sure about certain details concerning requested pictures, or I just ask what people want to have as their prize.. in such a case I usually send a note. If there is no reply after several weeks I will simply remove the request/trade/prize/etc. from my list!

Thanks for your attention!

Maria}

COMMISSIONS

Commissions are now completely open.
Who ever wants to commission me may note me anytime.
You can send the money by mail, paypal or - for the german ones - by normal bank transfer.
The prices aren't that sure yet, I might talk to the first commissioners about a good one.

Sketch :: around 1-3 Â (2-5 $)
[base price]
_{depends on amount of chars, details and difficulty}

Lineart :: + 2-5 Â (3-8 $)

Colored :: + 1-2 Â (2-3 $)

Shaded :: + 2-5 Â (3-8 $)
_{depends on the shading style}

Background :: + 3-6 Â (5-10 $)
_{depends on difficulty, realism and the amount of details}