http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Shadowdhrt&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Shadowdhrt en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:13:19 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/24274240/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/24274240/ Wed, 20 May 2009 10:51:47 PDT
I came across this in a friend's journal and was lucky enough to be featured. I thought it was a great idea and am keeping it up!

The first 10 people that replied this journal have 3 of my favorite pieces from their gallery featured here. In return they are required to make a similar journal with me in 1st position. That was the deal, now I hope they keep it

=rakastajatar



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Just a sampling of the wonderful photography by a wonderful friend. There's something there for everyone.

*JadeJenkins



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Though I chose these three, there is a plethora of amazing shots in her gallery.

*TalentedChild



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A deviant of many talents, her name is most fitting. An accomplished writer and photographer. Please delve deeper into her work!!

*mstargazer



-----------http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/22841946/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:48:01 PST
And away we go...

Well, I can't seem to find a good place to self-publish a hardcover book available for mass distribution. So we're going to go with this.





I am published. Available for purchase in hardcover. Working on resizing the cover for a paperback to be available also. That will take some time. The paperback may also be available mass-market.

I am proud of my accomplishment but am continuing to press forward in an attempt to complete the project in the fashion I dreamed.

I am quite happy with what I've got though. It was worth the time and effort put in.

I am still working on the special edition. Going to shop it to a few real publishers and see what I can come up with. Hopefully someone will have something good to say. But only time will tell.

Thank you for all the support and help with these projects. It is wholeheartedly appreciated.

]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/22487831/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/22487831/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:23:58 PST
There is some good news and some not so good news.

Good news first. My book is about ready for print and should be available before the end of the month barring ISBN acquisition. I am happy and proud of this fact. It has been a long time coming and thanks to several friends, is almost come true.

The not so good news. As I've said before, I am working on a Special Edition of this project to be sold to generate proceeds for a local domestic violence charity. In looking into this project it has become increasingly more difficult to find an affordable avenue for this project. I don't doubt the quality of my work, or people's want to be charitable. I doubt the feasibility of someone paying over a certain amount for a book of art and poetry, no matter the contents. It appears the lowest price I've been able to find without putting a large sum out of pocket is $51.49. It would be 250 pages and full color trade paperback. Hardcover seems to be upwards of $75.00

This is very disheartening. I'm holding out hope that some of the people I've contacted today will be able to do better, but it doesn't look that great.

If anyone can be of assistance, I'd greatly appreciate it.



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I may have to sacrifice hardcover, but I may have found a place that can publish for me for a reasonable cost. I am in communications with a new company. There is some upfront cost, but nothing too bad. Cross your fingers for me. It may be a year for completion, but it will be well worth it.

]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/22277942/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/22277942/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:54:58 PST
Finally!!! Brian has come BACK to dA!!! :laugh:

I hope everyone's holidays have been fantastic. Mine have been good to say the least. Now that I finally have my laptop back, I'm doing ok. My book didn't make the Jan. 1st deadline I was shooting for, but it will be ready to go before the month is out. I lost 3 weeks due to a faulty laptop keyboard. The Special Edition will be a bit longer in coming do to some issues I've discovered along the way.

I hope to catch up with everyones deviations now that I've got my beast back. I've got several hundred to get through. I haven't been ignoring anyone, just been lacking computer access. It's good to be back.

I have to thank Ang, for helping with my wishlist and giving me permission to use her art for my book. Thank you sooo much! I owe you a deep debt of gratitude for being so kind and generous. In the very near future I will be doing a feature Journal on all of the artists that have allowed me to use their work to accomplish my goal.

I am always keeping an eye out for new pieces that would fit well. if anyone else would like to be featured in this project for charity, please let me know!

Hope everyone has a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!

]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/21765887/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/21765887/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:42:38 PST
CHRISTMAS WISHES!

taken from


Step 1.

Make a post in your dA journal. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

If you wish for real-life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.

Step 2.

Surf around your friends list (or friends friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

Step 3.

The list:

This is really hard to do, I was never good at making a list of wants.
Some of these might not be possible for others to get, but it's what I'm shooting for for myself.


1. Acquire more art to include in my special edition book to print for charity.

2. Sell many copies of my special edition book to help support victims of domestic violence.

3. A trip to AZ to see some very important people.

4. A Happy New Year

5. A new computer to help create more

6. a small photography studio

7. My debt paid off

8. An affordable apartment

9. A new car

10. My friends home from the front safe and sound.



Onto some more news. The standard edition(non-illustrated) book has gone to proof. I was hoping to have had it in my hot little hands before I updated, but some people have been asking what is going on. If it turned out right, all I need to do is get my ISBN and it will be ready for sale. I'm a bit torn at the moment as to what to do though. I have made great progress on my Special Edition (illustrated) version but it is a bit of a ways off from finished. I would like to release them at the same time, but I also want to make what is done available to everyone. Kind of a catch 22 I suppose. I'm sure I'll make a decision when the time comes.

Thanks to everyone for your support! Hope the holidays are magical for you!!! Merry Christmas!!

]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/21244259/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/21244259/ Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:18:10 PDT
Life takes more turns than there are hotdogs consumed during competitive eating. Someone wanna kidnap me for a bit?? Please??? :laugh:

School is going well, just a lot of work. Working and going to school full time really wears a fella out...

That and having your wisdom teeth forcibly removed isn't very pleasant. I go for an MRI on my knee soon, hopefully that'll get straightened out soon. Whatcha gonna do? But all is snot bad.

Got some good news on my book! I've gotten permission to use some more art for my book! That's a big step in getting it completed. I'd like to find a few more but some people just don't want to share. I think it's a nice chance for some extra exposure for some very talented artists. I have also come to the conclusion that some, possibly all, of the proceeds from the Special Edition (containing said pictures) is going to go to charity. I'm not sure which yet, but I have a few ideas. I will hopefully have a decision by the time everything goes to print. Now, not only will these wonderful artists get added exposure, but they will be supporting a good cause.

If any of you are reading this, feel free to make suggestions where you'd like it to go. I'd like to know your ideas.

I wish everyone the best of holidays!

Happy Halloween!!!

]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/19966556/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/19966556/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:37:28 PDT
Life has been all over the map lately, but not necessarily in a bad way. Many things are making progress.

Going to see Disturbed and Dragonforce tonight!!!


College is brutal.
A semester worth of work in 8 weeks. (fun fun)
4.0 GPA so far for the semester. (workin' hard for the money...)
First class session is almost over.
Work is a madhouse and we're shorthanded(Understatement of the century)
Home is... well.... Home
Standard edition book is uploaded.
The cover is in the works. (Thank You Cheeky!!!)
Special Edition book is coming along well. (Thank You Heather!!!)

My shooting for late August isn't going to happen unfortunately. As much by my own doing as not. I'm trying to put them both out at the same time, but it may not shake out that way. We'll see how impatient I get. (Mutters... Patience is a virtue...)

Now only if I could beat this insomnia...

Wishing everyone well. Much Joy and Happiness to you all!!

]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/19768501/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/19768501/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:17:39 PDT
... Gotten by

Here are the rules:
* Choose a singer/band/group.
Shinedown

* Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group.

* Tag 6 more people (let them know they've been tagged).

1. Are you male or female?
Simple Man
2. Describe yourself.
Burning bright
3. What do people feel when they're around you?
Shed some light
4. How would you describe your previous relationship?
Fake
5. Describe your current relationship.
Lady So Divine
6. Where would you want to be now?
Beyond the Sun
7. How do you feel about love?
All I Ever Wanted
8. What's your life like?
Sound of Madness
9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
Better Version
10. Say something wise.
Fly from the Inside

]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/18516713/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/18516713/ Mon, 26 May 2008 19:03:10 PDT
Thanks to a wonderful friend of mine, I have come to find a new site to publish my book. I have decided to change the idea some and am making two editions. One will be a Special Edition/ Limited Edition version. I will be including pictures from some of my fellow deviants. If any of you are interested and I haven't approached you first, feel free to let me know you're interested. I'm not expecting donations, and am open to discuss terms. I think it'll be a great opportunity for some extra exposure as well as a benefit to adding some finish to the book. Now that I've gotten some of the glitches worked out, I'm shooting for August to go to print.

On a lighter note, I'll be in TN for 9 days the beginning of June. I can't wait for a vacation!

]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/18140413/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/18140413/ Fri, 02 May 2008 21:30:26 PDT
Apparently I've been tagged. I don't normally do this, but I'll give it a whirl.

Once again here are the rules:
1. Post these rules
2. Each person tagged must post 10 random (hopefully interesting) facts about themselves
3. Tags should write a blogpost of these facts
4. At the end of the post 8 more bloggers are tagged and named
5. Go to their blog and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

Joy, this will be difficult.

1. Clutter is my friend when I'm upset or stressed. I seem to make a mess to create a barrier between me and the outside world

2. In my workspace I can be a little nuts about organization. Other places it's not so bad.

3. I'm a cuddler. I'm a huge touch person. Without it, it feels like something is missing.

4. I'm an outdoors junkie and not-so-closet pyro. I love to sit around a fire, either in a fireplace or outdoors. Sitting by a lake or waterfall is heaven

5. I give all I've got and more. I'll give in spite of myself. I know I'll survive, but don't want others to have to feel they're only surviving.

6. I'm quite a shy person, though I can make friends easily

7. I am very protective of those close to me. I was quite possibly born in the wrong era

8. I am a music nut. Maybe even an audiophile. I listen to everything, if I can feel it I like it. I like to sing every chance i get.

9. I have an affinity for sharp and pointies. I have a collection of swords/axes/daggers/ect. I could probably outfit a small army.

10. I would love to be out in the country running a wildlife refuge, but I couldn't take being hours from civilization. I love the calm and quiet, but I am not a fan of isolation.

I think I'll tag...:










]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/15927038/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/15927038/ Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:16:30 PST
A very dear friend of mine posted this and it gave me pause. You can't help but think upon it. Thank you much KL! Love you to pieces!



What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday and our present thoughts build our life tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind.


Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)

Life is a journey so it has been said and we are the creators of our paths. Our minds, a mass of electrical impulses firing information through the gelantinous grey matter, is the master of what lay among the directional course before us.

At times in my creation I have placed large boulders in my way. So large that some have caused me to get bruises as I stumbled over them and tried to move them. I have allowed nasty weeds with thorns to tear my skin and cause me to bleed. I have created enormous potholes black and seemingly endless in their abyss. The trickles of water I laid across my path at times became torrents of smashing waters almost drowning me. How many times did I almost succumb to the depths of despair slip off into the darkness? Too many to count...

However somewhere in the creation of my destiny I kept having the faith that there was a light of hope at the end.

Most of us long for acceptance and to be found whole with peace- a journey to find finality, wholeness, completion a family that works as a unit to guide itself and one another with joyous times and hard times- but at days end nonetheless a family that is whole.

Since I was a young child I have been creating in my mind a balance of completion of honor of honesty of acceptance of peace of love... no not perfection... but ulitmately I would call it balance. For me, for my partner, for my children.

One of the fold is still on the outskirts as at times we deceive ourselves and do not understand due to lies and manipulations or perhaps due to our own veiled desires we create our own outer residence by choice.

Moving forward will there still be large stones, thorn laden weeds, deep open holes and harsh running waters? Yes there will be- that is life. But now, there is the missing piece of our wholeness that has joined our circle and together the creation of our minds we can lift the large stone. We can cut through the thorny weeds, we can fill in the deep holes and we can build our bridge as a whole family over all of lifes raging waters to cross over to the otherside as one.

"Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm {alone?} And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three {strands} is not quickly torn apart." Ecclesiastes 4:7-12

]]> *Shadowdhrt http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/12840024/ http://Shadowdhrt.deviantart.com/journal/12840024/ Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:49:27 PDT
It's official, I'm putting a book together. It will be a few months at least, but I've decided it's time to get it done. I'm also working on a website for poetry. I'm more than happy to add pages for fellow writers, but right now this project will be the longest coming. I'm trying to find some help with design and layout as I don't know enough html to do anything but put my name in colors... But funds are short for this so it will be some time before it happens.

The pieces are falling into place. Working on a layout for the book, whether there should be a breakup or give it a title and throw them all in. I don't have a title yet, but one step at a time. I'm hoping to have it in print for the fall. ~Crosses fingers~ That about covers it for now.

Until the next update...

~Update~

I've joined a new forum I'm proud to be a part of. If you'd like to make some new friends, have some fun, get some advice, lose yourself, or just rant, feel free to stop in and sign up, we'd love to see you there.

A Place of Wonder

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