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Edit - well a problem came up water marking my older art and a lot of it is broken now... so I have to resubmit the old stuff just to water mark it T.T Sorry for the spamage.

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/15232494/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/15232494/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:57:43 PDT
So let me start this by saying that in any of my photography or uploaded works here on DA I have never once given any thought to the file size, resolution, or its "dpi". I usually just work in what ever image size is easy for me and upload the file with out much thought; and once in a while then editing or cropping is forgone because I just want to get something uploaded to show everyone "Yes I am still alive" I let DA do the work of reducing the image file to the smaller size by simply selecting a smaller upload for the display.

But as I currently work in a Scrap booking store I've started looking at pictures more often, and with the shops new 12x12 printer I even started playing around with digital scrap booking, when something bothered me. On a new blank file in Photoshop 7.0 everything is the size I love working with no matter if the image is a 4x6 or 12x12, but when I transfer in to that file a scan or digital image it never fills in just a small portion (like say a 4x6 into the 12x12) but rather the entire area. So I got thinking why is it a 4x6 in one file shows up so much bigger then a 4x6 blank file in Photoshop. Or really any file to any file.

Now sure we hear all the time that higher resolution pictures are better for prints (not that I print any of my work I just post it all in here for anyone who wants to drool over it for what ever reason) but until just a bit ago I never realized how much a difference the images make in Photoshop when at the different sizes. Its almost as all this time Photoshop is trying to convince people to work smaller when in the world of photography they tell you to work bigger. File wise I mean. I think the largest brush I have ever used in Photoshop is a 46 pixel brush and that was because I was in a hurry. Sure I never have printed out any of my images but if prints are better in the higher resolution and by default Photoshop sets everything in a lower resolution (you can look for your self in a new file Photoshop 7 always sets the resolution at 72 pixels/inch) then by working in a new file for something like a collage or digital scrapbook page and scaling all your images down to fit a pre designed resolution your damaging the quality of your prints?

And you know not once in any Photoshop guide book do I remember it ever mentioning adjusting the resolution or anything of the like when making a new file rather then working off an existing one. Sure print companies will tell you 100x's over use a higher resolution but what do you do when the programs you trust are working against the high resolution printers support? Or is resolution just a hype to make noobies to the field buy into the idea that their work will be better with a higher resolution camera?

For someone with no formal education on the subject and who just ran into this by accident all I can say it while the resolution standards are blurred in thanks to blank files produced by photo editing programs you have to give something to resolution when even a site like DA wont allow for large size prints because a file size and dpi standards. Maybe from now on I'm going to start looking more at the resolution and DPI for my photography and drawings... well at least my photography if I ever plan to set a few up as DA prints.

Well end of rambling.

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/14695297/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/14695297/ Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:01:31 PDT Here we go -

1. Beer: Gross
2. Sex: Where?
3. Relationships: HAHAA wait are we being serious here?
4. Purple: Pink
5. Power Rangers: Sucks
6. Weed: For idiots
7. Steroids: Pass
8. Cartoons: Yes please
9. The President: Never
10. Tupperware: Melts
11. Florida: Key Lime Pie
12. Santa Claus: Dead
13. Halloween: Now please!
14. Alice: In Wonder Land
15. Grammar: I failed
16: My space: LAME
17. Worst fear: The dark
18. Marriage: Never going to happen for me
19. Paris Hilton: Has STD's
20. Patty cake: Pancake?
21.Redheads: Smexy
22. Blonde's: Dumd
23. Pass the: fire
24. One night stands: on the side of my desk
25. Donald: right...
26. Never land: Peter Pan
27. Pixie Styx: So good
28. Vanilla ice cream: I want some
29. Hooters: *impersonates an owl*
30. High school: graduate
31. Pajamas: itchy
32. Woody: Wood Pecker
33. Wet Socks: smell bad
34. Kids: yes please
35. Love: HAHAHAA oh wait are we still being serious?

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/14366286/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/14366286/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:28:38 PDT
I'll probably keep doing the Dork Comics, if not just for the fun of it, but also because they are easy to doodle out and using makers to color them doesn't kill them like the rest of my work. But I am working right now on other things than those comics namely REAL DRAWINGS!

I did a remake to that picture "Break away" mostly because I am back to feeling the same mood as I wanted to portray in the picture. And anyone remember that picture of SnowWhite that kinda looked like a bookmark? Originally I was going to do one for each of the fairy tale characters (Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Repunzel, ect) and I've picked up on it again.. I am aiming for 6 total. If they turn out really nice I might try selling them as bookmarks.

All and all I hope posting this will help me remeber to finish those pictures this time. Though right now I just need to remember to scan the few pictures I currently have sitting around.

~Simple Chestnut

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/14140556/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/14140556/ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:04:48 PDT
Now I know I am a little eccentric and quite obviously mental to anyone who has ever met me, even be it for a few seconds, but the least a person can do is understand that I take some things very seriously.

I am just now coming off freaking out because I mis-placed three brand new books my mother just purchased for me. Now your probably thinking I'm crazy for completely wigging out over something so little as a few books, but I happen to love books very much and even the slightest damage to them sends me into a frenzy. Both my parents know this. I border obsessive complosive over the care of my books.

It wasn't that I was merely worried over the location of my new books but the fact that at that precise moment my bother happened to be taking a shower. Showers mean water and condensation a quite horridly damage to any poor paper laid product that might be in the area of them. Now you can only guess where I thought my books where. Oh sure three where bound in plastic and safe from the water but one, one was not. And if not for lack of tact my parents could have been a little more assisting or at least willing to the fact that my books, my brand new JUST PURCHASED books where quite possibly sitting in that stuffy sweat filled bathroom with my brother obtaining WATER DAMAGE!

Oh right and like I'm just going to waltz in there and snatch them out while my brother is naked in the shower. If I was certain with out a shadow of a doubt they where in there, then yes I would risk a few brain cells to be scared by the image of my BROTHER naked to save my books from damage. But as I was not certain no I was not about to do that and, being a man himself, my father could have been a little more willing to do the check for me rather than sitting there telling me to wait HALF A FRIGGEN HOUR for my brother to get out of the shower.

Do you have any idea how much damage a book can obtain from the steam of a hot shower in half an hour?! Quite a bit actually. Fortunately my books where safely sitting somewhere far away from the bathroom in no harm at all.

But it is still for the lack of tact my parents hold that I am even ranting about this, though the numbers of you reading this is probably very fleeting.

~SimpleChestnut

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/14127371/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/14127371/ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:11:01 PDT
So I went to see the movie Stardust today... I recommend it to anyone. Even with the romantic plot line I think even a "manly" man would enjoy the story, so long as he likes fantasy action/adventures. But really the movie was quite darling. And since it is based off a novel you can only guess what I'm going out to buy as soon as I get my next pay check, a hair cut, and my bills payed off for this month.

Actually bills should come before hair but we will try to ignore that.

Other than that I have to add that thanks to much pressure from family and complete strangers (I would add friends but my only friend with whom I keep contact lives in Georgia and I haven't seen her in ages) I will, come Monday, be calling a local newspaper about maybe publishing my dork comics. I know! "What? You've only drawn 5!" Well actually 7 I just dislike one to much to post here and the other was finished today. Aside from that I don't expect anything to come from me doing, in calling the paper, but it never killed anyone to try (that I know of) even if I know and you know that my try is very premature. Personally I would have waited until I had at least 25 comics behind me before doing something so outrageous; but seeing how I still work for my mom and am having no luck or now found interest in the job market I'm daring to dream on the slight chance this will turn something for me. Don't hold your breath.

Next we come to October 19th... which I hope my memory serves me right as to the day. It is kind of sad that, that day, is what I am looking forward to. I'm a sucker for any sort of social event as my own social life - to put it bluntly - sucks. So if you haven't guessed what that day is it is 's wedding. What? I find weddings to be dreamy. And he invited me! Besides it will be good for me to get out and do something that actually involves meeting people (outside of the customers at work). I just need to find him and his soon to be wife a nice present. I'm thinking a scrapbook, but I work at a scrapbook shop so... that sums that up. Besides I don't know much about either of them and if neither is very crafty then a scrapbook might not be a good thing. Perhaps some Tupperware? Though that's so impersonal. If nothing else a nice card and money is always a good way to go right? Best to let them decide what they want most rather me choose out something they might not like.

Beyond that I am still overly looking forward to AX 08. Even if it is in LA. And still some 10+ months away. I'm pitiful, you'll get over it. I've even started looking at other con's to attend. I hear Otakon is nice, but the travel costs might kill me. Comic-con would be fun too... or perhaps I'll go to that little Dragoncon out in Georgia next year and visit my friend at the same time, kill two birds with one stone eh?

Well what ever happens if it seems exciting to me or I've thought about it much to long you all can expect me to post it here and bore your brains out.

~SimpleChestnut

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13978703/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13978703/ Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:45:43 PDT
So Harry Potter 7 came out and by now either you've read it or haven't. Because of this fact many people are posting OMG DONT SPOIL THE BOOK FOR ME!! and well I'm finding it funny. Personally I like the spoilers. I have yet to read the book and have been looking everywhere I can for spoilers from who dies to how and when, but most people dont like spoilers like I do. So for all those out there itching to say anything about HP7 I say feel free to here!

Spoilers are love for the SimpleChestnut.

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13920413/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13920413/ Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:28:11 PDT
These two ladies today, trust me it was funny, the come in every Friday usually to scrapbook - some days saturday like today. Well I told them about our new punch cards and the each bought one (you pay 2 dollars to get a free 20 dollar punch) anyways well I am punching their cards one of them says "Look at her cute little belly"

I just stare at her dumb struck and dont respond to correct her so she asks "When is the baby due." I said "They are guessing around December." and we get talking about the baby... she never once says "Your baby" and I always respond with "They". Well when my mom came in for her shift I told her about what happened and she kept loudly calling me by my name and apparently after I left Sharon (my sister) and Adam (her husband) came in and the ladies are like O.o and try to figure out that if that is Sharon who I was.

So mom explains I'm krystal and me and sharon are two years apart and the lady who thought I was sharon and said I had a cute belly was all "OMG! I feel so stupid tell her I'm sorry!" Sharon just laughed and said "That's my sister for you either she will say she is having a hippo or just not correct you and let you think she is me."

So far the best case of mis-identaty yet.

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13783747/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13783747/ Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:29:33 PDT
Starting tomorrow I will be in Chicago at a Scrap bookers convention with my mom for work. We even have plans to visit the zoo while there. Gawd I love conventions!!

I'll be back Tuesday till then have fun everyone!

Simple Chestnut

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13686272/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13686272/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:16:46 PDT
Anyways as for updates on my personally I'm still living at home (its depressing ya know?) and working for my mom's shop - which as much as I love it I'm trying (still... as always) to find a new job. I got a new cell phone which is nice. Its a razor. I like it because now when I am down I can listen to McFly with out having to fiddle with cds... I'm just sad it only holds 4 songs and I am to broke to buy an expansion for it.

Oh right so AX. If you haven't read Dork Comic 2 please do! It basically sums up my trip.

Day one was the best... I didn't have to wait in the freakishly long line to get my badge like I had thought because I got to Long Beach so early the day before and was able to get it then. I met some really nice people waiting in line to get my ticket for Skin (cost 50 bucks but was worth it) one person, Justin, was a real sweetheart - I think I creeped his friends out a little as I would kinda pop up out of no where each day and tag along with him for a bit. Back to the concert it was better than I could have hoped and I was sitting so close!! One of the water bottles Gackt threw out landed only a few rows in front of me and when everyone left the person who caught it left the bottle behind - I thought about grabbing it but decided against. I just wish I was sitting closer so I could have gotten one of Yoshiki's drum sticks.

Day two I ran around the con in a towel (when I got out of the bath that morning I was to lazy to change so I tossed on a bra some pants pinned the towel down and went on my way) I would have gone with out the pants that day be the towel was a little short and I didn't want to give anyone pantie shots though it would have been funny to see the reactions. Though I did get a lot of comments on it! I spent most of that day running around the dealers hall but even doing that I still had fun. I think its a noob thing to have fun doing nothing. I also found 40 bucks that day and inside a parking structure when I got lost from my group so I was able to go shopping and buy some art and a butt load of pins that now sit comfortably on my purse. And I got to attend a photo shoot for one of my favorite online comic Pandect.

Day three was a spent wondering around the dealers hall doing more shopping... I did get to see a very funny thing happen that day. I was waiting for the Masquerade to start and was sitting outside the fountains when a Susuke ran by (the same way they do in the anime, arms strait and a everything) being chased by a Kakashi who was holding this paddle that said YAOI on it (I got me one on day four after finally breaking down... it was on sale) everyone was laughing but no where near as hard when they ran by again with Kakashi in the lead and Susuke holding the paddle. The Masquerade was nice but not as funny as I hoped... so of the skits where really dry. The half time show (which was more the end show) was so awesome though I cant really explain it. Hopefully someone posted it on YouTube... it was great really.

Day four only lasted a few hours for me and was used for tracking down people to give out my contact info where I could and saying good byes before the freakishly long drive home... I got back around 1 am the next day and was so dead I couldn't sleep.

Aside from all that nothing really eventful has happened. Hopefully something will. Right now I just need to upload some of my pictures from AX for ya'll... to lazy to do right now.

Edit - Oh I almost forgot... I said its been uneventful right? Well I lied. The AC in my house apparently had been leaking for a while and two nights ago the ceiling came crashing down so now we have a good size hold in the ceiling by the front door which is going to cost way to much to fix so I'm still broke because I'm giving practically all my pay check to my mom not only for bills but to help pay for repair costs. At least it isn't as bad as it could have been.

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13268256/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/13268256/ Fri, 08 Jun 2007 17:09:18 PDT
I bought my tickets for Anime Expo today! I'm so excited it will be my first convention. I'm thinking of wearing my Kimono one day just for the heck of it since I wont be cosplaying. Hopefully my pictures turn out I want to take the nice camera with me but I'm not an expert with it so I'm expecting many of the pictures to come out blury.

I wonder who I'll meet at AX? Oh it is going to be so much fun!

~Simple Chestnut

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12971800/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12971800/ Tue, 15 May 2007 22:33:01 PDT
I got my hair cut today... I let the guy go crazy and do what ever he wanted. It kinda looks like I had a mullet I am letting grow out XD but if I brush it right it looks ok, might have my sister take an inch or two off the bottem or might keep it like this either way I'll probably post a picture of it soon and will have to change my ID to reflect my new hair.

Normally I wouldn't have let anyone cut my hair anyway but how I wanted but the guy trained under Vidal Sassoon so I figured why not I'm bored with my hair right now anyways.

-The Simple Chestnut

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12822479/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12822479/ Wed, 02 May 2007 23:25:47 PDT I am not PREGINANT
I AM NOT SHARON!

Bloody hell - really I mean fuck! I love my sister to death but I'm about to snap. It never bothered me to much before but now I really want to start slapping people.

It really started after my sister announced her wedding date - "So when are you getting married?" "Who is the lucky fellow?" "Congratulations" I wouldn't have mind hearing that all the friggin time if people would only stop to realize they were saying those to me not Sharon, me! I wasn't getting married, there was no lucky fellow, and the congratulations WERE NOT NEEDED!

Now she's married and it doesn't stop. It has gotten worse, add to that she is expecting and people keep touching my belly, asking me how married life has been treating me, asking me if I am feeling ok. NOT SHARON! No matter how many time I point it out they come back again and again and I want it to stop. Her life is ruining mine. I don't even know if she is getting this friggin attention her self or not but if she isn't she can have it.

Gawd all I wanted as people to tell me happy birthday when I turned 21, and the only recognition I got for that was four days later when my mom took me gambling and bought me a pretty dragonfly ring. I knew people would forget my birthday too the instant she announced her wedding was to be 2 days after rather than in August like she originally planned. Now I just want people to stop giving me recognition because it is not even for anything I do its all her attention, her actions, her stupid announcements. I AM NOT SHARON.

stupid people

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12486858/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12486858/ Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:11:54 PDT
I have a new camera! Well it's not mine though but I still love it. My mom got a Nikon D50 today to replace the family snap camera I lost at my sisters bridal shower (I know shame on me) I dont think she would have got it if it hadn't been the last one on stock and there for 50% off (originally 699 we got it for 350!) What makes me the happiest is while it is not my beloved rebel it has raw capablitiy.

So expect some photography updates over the next few days as I play around with the new camera... I want to buy some filters for the lense so I might go do that tomarrow. Down side is its a 55mm camera but I have to get 52mm filters, considering I have never delt with a camera where I can change the lense or add filters that confuses me a little. Ah well I'll learn.

CAMERA!!

Right... in other news I'm on a forced art haitus, my muse left and took all my drawing skills with her. I cant even draw a good ETB comic right now. Hopefully she'll come back and I'll post some new drawings soon. Until then I'll just have to suffer.

~The Simple Chestnut

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12155364/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12155364/ Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:13:00 PDT
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~The Simple Chestnut

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12105491/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/12105491/ Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:26:43 PST
So my mom works part time helping elderly people clean their homes and giving them some company during the week. She used to work for this old Hungarian lady (she was a teenager back when the Nazi's invaded Hungary and had a son by time she fled to America with her husband) who was really sweet and had a ton of old knowledge that you normally only hear from mentally distraught old people so no one believes a word they said. But for being in her late 80's early 90's she was a nice sane woman who enjoyed going to the Casino and hated Winersnitzel (the hot dog place) simply for the fact that they didn't sale winersnitzels (in case your wondering a winersnitzel is a type of Hungarian pastry).

Either way I remember her saying, because we where having a conversation about superstitions (I love superstitious people because its so easy to torment them), that there was an old superstition that if you died in your dream you died in real life. Like those dreams where your falling if you were to hit the ground and die you wouldn't wake up because you would be dead. Go figure.

Well I got thinking about it last night because I recently had a very Battle Royale-esk dream and while I didn't die in it the dream made me think. Out of all the dreams one has that involves people dieing (at least of my dreams) none are ever peaceful. I had a dream once where my sister was eaten by a giant frog, where is the peace in that death? I've had dreams where cursed gingerbread cookies reenacted scenes from Chucky killing everyone. Still no peace in those deaths. Had the dreams where people are standing in a long line to jump off a cliff and die (very Japanese based after the bombings in WW2). Don't see how that's very peaceful. So I was really wondering if dieing in your sleep is the most peaceful way to die and if the superstition was true that dieing in your dream means you die in real life than unless you dream that you died in your sleep you never really die peacefully.

Now my head hurts...

~The Simple Chestnut

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/11767510/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/11767510/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:21:05 PST
Please feel free to read it in its entirety and comment at the end but please realize these are my opinions I will not change them any time soon, and no matter how much you think I should, and I do not care if you agree or disagree so I will NOT be responding to any comments made on this journal.

Now please enjoy the ranting. And don’t take it personal.



Ok who here has not read that e-mail from a year or two ago about "Wouldn't it be great if the president said...." and then went on about how America should basically isolate itself from the rest of the world and everyone else could go to hell in a hand basket for all we cared, (ok the letter was a bit less blunt than that but that was the main part of it I think).

Well I recently read it over again; you know the whole with time comes wisdom thing, just to see how much more of it I could pick out that I didn't the first 300x's of reading it and to see how much my opinions have changed. Truth is they really haven’t. Just defined more now then they where then. But I was thinking about I and really America is messed up, yes it always has been and we are all sick of it (least I know I am) and we don’t do anything about it (thank you democracy), but what can we do? Really a lot of things but most of it we are just too lazy to do.

My first gripe: Paying other countries.
We have be paying foreign countries from wars long past (some people try to deny happened *coughHOLOCAUSTcough* ) for god knows what in most cases that our own nation is so far in debt that the Japanese 100yen is almost equivalent with our dollar and people from England would rather travel to New York to go shopping because our prices are equivalent to their clearance prices (hey Englanders come to Cali the stuff here is even cheaper than in NY). Really I think we need to reevaluate the reasons we are paying these countries and stop paying most of them! Sorry but to me that means Africa, Germany, France, Spain, and many more that I cant list here in one sitting. Unless they are still physically (not financially), emotionally, and culturally hurting from something we directly did to them (like with nuking Japan… twice) they don’t need out help in the form of money anymore. We need to focus that money on our own country like with our school systems and disaster assistance programs.

Second gripe: Military
I think the military needs to ditch their “don’t ask don’t tell” policy because they are removing good hard working solders from the armed forces for no other reason than “they are gay” and to me that’s just sad and wrong. Why not remove people because they clip their nails on a Wednesday? That policy is old and outdated and is hurting us in a slow but sure way.

That leads to my third gripe: War - Iraq
No one is happy with the Iraq war right now, I don’t think anyone hardly ever was. But really with the majority of our well trained troops over seas (not just in Iraq but everywhere in the world) if any country was really pissed off at us and determined to they could probably take us down because it would take to long to bring back enough troops to protect our land in time. And in the case of Iraq that’s a friggen civil war they have been fighting long LONG before we ever sent over any weapons to aid them. I would like to see everyone pull out of there and leave them to their war. I don’t care if we help build it up to what it is. I don’t care what they did to us. All I care about is that we stop sending aid to them in the form of weapons, money, and our friends/family. We’ve done what we can now its up to them to either fix them selves or burn to the ground with out our help.

Forth gripe: Mexico
Ok I’ll admit I’m not a fan of Mexico in fact of all the places in the world I want to see no part of Mexico is on that list. I don’t even like going past LA because it’s to Mexico for me. I just don’t like Mexico, period. But I really don’t like that Mexico keeps imposing them selves on America making many under mind our Canadian neighbors. Sure maybe its all because Canada is full of nationalists and every other Mexican would rather sneak their pregnant women into our country to gain citizen ship but we cant even agree on something as peaty as a national language because of Mexico. American is an English speaking nation if you can’t deal with the fact that we expect you to speak English while living here (be it legally or not) then get out. Spanish is not nor should it ever be considered a national language to the American land and should it ever come to be we should at least have the decency to... ]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/11374251/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/11374251/ Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:19:57 PST The rules
1. Make 100 pictures having one theme from the list below.
2. No time limit so have fun
3. Pictures can be drawn or photographed depending on the persons artistic ablity
3. Do not break any other rules set out in the Da etiquette policy.
4. Your pictures can be anything from sketches and doodles to great master pieces. Just have fun with it.
5. The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that......
A) You are in the challenge
B) What you have completed
6. Update the list and check off what is done by linking the picture
7. When submitting work, somewhere mention if it is part of the list and what theme it is.

Completed List
6. Break Away
22. Mother Nature
61. Fairy Tale

Very Vague Ideas
2. Love
8. Innocence
12. Insanity
18. Rainbow
23. Cat
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
34. Stars
39. Dreams
45. Illusion
48. Childhood
55. Waiting
62. Magic
75. Mirror

Hopefully the second list will turn into pictures and be added to the first list soon. Maybe not...

]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/10993988/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/10993988/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:46:17 PST Kolina of GaiaOnline aka who managed to snag a lovely shot of my DA page as seen here - [link] thats right the 300th page view has been claimed. Much love to Kolina and thanks to everyone for helping me reach the 300 marker.

Next kiriban will be announce after the image from this kiriban is complete. So it might be a wait depending on my lazy-ness. Check back around January for the next Kiriban!


DA Pimpage Rules:
a. First 10 people to post a reply to this journal are listed here with 2 divinations of my choice from their galley.
b. The 10 people listed are requested to do this in their journal.
c. A lead slot is given to the person who you received this from.
d. Enjoy the pimpage of your DA-ness!

Lead -
[link] I like the characters, wonder what their story is.
[link] I'm envious why cant my CG work be at least that good?
Player 1 -
[link] I wonder if she'll draw my ID. To cute!
[link] Who cant love a love sketch?!

Player 2 -
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]]> ~SimpleChestnut http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/10850269/ http://SimpleChestnut.deviantart.com/journal/10850269/ Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:32:52 PST
Before we get started I wanted to post something very important - this account is my new account but I am not new to Deviant some of you might even recognize my art. I made this account because in my 2 years (almost 3) with Deviantart I have changed as a person and an artist and I wanted a screen name more fitting to who I am.

If you are wondering about the screan name I chose that name because when I was in Japan I was told that how I pronouce my name breaks down to Chestnut Simple Respect or Respect the Simple Chestnut. Be this true or not I think the words they chose are also a reflection on who I am no matter how I try to be.

My old account was we are the same person, same level of geeky-ness, so any art posted here is not stolen. Please PLEASE do not accuse me of art theift as I slowly move from one account to another but please feel free to leave any comments you wish on my art.

Thank you,
The Simple Chestnut

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