Commission Info

Well after much consideration.. I'd like to start doing commissions, but you know start out small first.
I do appreciate suggestions and wouldn't mind making other deals based on the artwork you want.


Full color CG
I'd like to offer single full colored CG character w/simple graphic background ( colors, shapes, patterns,etc) for $16.00 usd ( with paypal fees I only get $15.24 ).

I will send you a sketch before I ink or CG it for you to confirm or suggest any changes. When I am done, I will send you a preview or watermarked version. You MAY send payment as early as when I show you the sketch, but please pay as soon as possible after I send you the preview. Once payment is received, I will send you the high-resolution original version.

Here's something you might expect from a commission( You can also look at my gallery, my style varies a bit from art piece to art piece):



Sketches
I offer sketches for $7 usd. These will not have a preview sketch, because they are the most basic forms of my artwork. I will send the finished product with watermark, then you send payment. I will then send you the full version, no watermark. These are digital sketches.

What you might expect:



You can click here to note me.
P.S. Thanks to those who encouraged me for a while to do this. I'm giving it a try!!
Note me if you have a variation you'd like to that offer and we could work on a price together.

List

- 2nd character 10% of 3
- 1 character 10% of 2 (prepaid full)
http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15696368/ Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:52:49 PST

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

Updates

Just updating my list for commissions. Please check back here or note or mail me if you are wondering before updates

A kind thanks to and her dear friend for featuring me in their journals for taking commissions. Also they passed some of their commissioners my way <3 I'm very greatful!
I've also tried to add some more sections to my journal, like commission info and the list as well. I'm adding sketches to my list of commission stuff! <3
Life has been extremely busy lately. I guess it's going to be like this till holidays are over ^^

Commission Info

Well after much consideration.. I'd like to start doing commissions, but you know start out small first.
I do appreciate suggestions and wouldn't mind making other deals based on the artwork you want.


Full color CG
I'd like to offer single full colored CG character w/simple graphic background ( colors, shapes, patterns,etc) for $16.00 usd ( with paypal fees I only get $15.24 ).

I will send you a sketch before I ink or CG it for you to confirm or suggest any changes. When I am done, I will send you a preview or watermarked version. You MAY send payment as early as when I show you the sketch, but please pay as soon as possible after I send you the preview. Once payment is received, I will send you the high-resolution original version.

Here's something you might expect from a commission( You can also look at my gallery, my style varies a bit from art piece to art piece):



Sketches
I offer sketches for $7 usd. These will not have a preview sketch, because they are the most basic forms of my artwork. I will send the finished product with watermark, then you send payment. I will then send you the full version, no watermark. These are digital sketches.

What you might expect:



You can click here to note me.
P.S. Thanks to those who encouraged me for a while to do this. I'm giving it a try!!
Note me if you have a variation you'd like to that offer and we could work on a price together.

List

- 1 character 100% of 3
- 1 character 7% of 2 (prepaid full)
http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15353253/ Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:27:21 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

Well after much consideration.. I'd like to start doing commissions, but you know start out small first. I don't know if anyone will commission me anyways.

I'd like to offer single full colored CG character w/simple graphic background ( colors, shapes, patterns,etc) for $16.00 usd ( with paypal fees I only get $15.24 ).

This is from *StarMasayume's commission thing, I emailed her and she said it was okay to use the same kind of commissioning deal. I think I've seen this other places as well:

I will send you a sketch before I ink or CG it for you to confirm or suggest any changes. When I am done, I will send you a preview or watermarked version. You MAY send payment as early as when I show you the sketch, but please pay as soon as possible after I send you the preview. Once payment is received, I will send you the high-resolution original version.

Here's something you might expect from a commission( You can also look at my gallery, my style varies a bit from art piece to art piece):



You can click here to note me.
P.S. Thanks to those who encouraged me for a while to do this. I'm giving it a try!!
Note me if you have a variation you'd like to that offer and we could work on a price together.

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15267049/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15267049/ Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:24:20 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

OH MY GOSH. Sorry. I was trying to apply myself to some freelance jobs I found online. Unfortunately, my whole portfolio is lost to that harddrive crash. Even real work is gone too! I'm lucky one of the place I did still have a website using my logo up, but my brochure for them is lost in that danged harddrive. I also lost my graphic novel pages for tam lin and other short stories are gone!! It took hours upon hours of painting and drawing to complete pages. I had to make it huge too. They were 16"x22" sized pages, to open up as a vertical format. So depressed. Sorry. I keep finding out each day how much I lost. I keep remember things that were really cool and took a lot of work.. I go searching for possible things on my pen drives or disks.. and found they are just totally and most regretably gone.. They are a few years worth of work.. so it'd take much time to replace them. Also the ones I did for jobs are kind of gone forever in a way. Some of them went out of business and I've lost contact.. Makes me feel ill. Sorry I'm going to try and not bemoan them so much.. but it's a fresh loss when I remember something else that is gone due to needing it. I realized I have to redo my whooole portfolio. I don't even know where to start. Especially my annual report took much cutting out of what would be die cuts. Oh well v.v I'm still on stun for that graphic novel thing. I can see it in my mind.

Okay I'm going to stop crying about it for now.. cause that doesn't bring it back or anything.

Curious how much do you think I should charge for an illustration for a card game ( think magic the gathering )? Do you think I could complete a work of good enough calibre?

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15209673/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15209673/ Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:39:41 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

This is a real life update again. So you'd know it wasn't another tag or quiz. I do want to do Nyu Meme that I saw on gaina's gallery. It looks very fun!

Lately I've been swimming in dept because of my hospital stay. A couple months after the stay they slapped me with a $1000 bill. Of course I can't remotely afford it. I'm still trying to figure out what to do because I asked them not to keep me so long because I didn't think it'd be covered for that whole stay.. Too late. I also have to get new glasses. Due to my high pescription and due to my job, I need the highly break-resistant lenses so it ends up being about $200-$300. I also need to finish medicating my guinea pigs.

Debt is the never ending hole. I was so hopeful about this job leveraging me... In a way it has because it's much better since I've moved. Even my mood has lifted in ways I never imagined.. I just wish I had a way to save some money so I can do my neccessaries. I still need to go back to my optomitrist about my condition. I don't know where it's at this point, but I can't afford to go and find out. There's a small black spot that sometimes won't go away. Some days I can't draw because of it.

Anyways as for good things.. My guinea pigs are hanging in there pretty well! I'm doing lots of gaia art for free to sharpen my skills and imagination. I was thinking of trying $5-$10 rl commissions, but I still feel weird selling pixels ( cg work). I mean I guess it's art too.. but I feel weird. I'm going to surf the DA and check out what people do for commission stuff. A little research.

Anyways that's all that's going on. Work & Art. Also I did find a few tv shows that are cool, but canceled >.<;; And 'Dead like me' might come back. I hope they won't change it or the characters.. I like that show! Another is " The lost room" which was an awsome mini series that leaves some unanswered questions. Then ' Dresden Files' though I could probably start reading the books.. I would miss that main character and his support characters. They all fit their parts well

♥♥♥ I would love to hear from people and what they are up to. Some of you update journals, but some of you don't.. I really miss everyone. I wish I could be as dedicated to this community... *hugs all around* ♥♥♥

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15043886/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15043886/ Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:43:38 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

I was tagged by :
Rules:
1. Post these rules
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random (hopefully interesting) facts about themselves
3. Tags should write a journal of these facts
4. At the end of the post 8 more bloggers are tagged and named
5. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

____________________________

1• I like that show the hamhams, because I love hamsters so much!

2• I feel like I've lost my imagination. I get stories in my head about things I can't draw. I better practice drawing zombies?

3• Obsessed with zombie movies and scenerios. The fact that they were once people makes them all the more scandalous. It's kind of like a way of showing us war but letting us detach to see the situation. After watching such a movie, I will start planning in my head of what I would do!

4• I think I'm being clever, but other people see it as a mistake. So sometimes I begin to believe it's a mistake too. I tend to experiment with sizing parts of the body oddly. I've seen this cleverly executed by very popular artists. People see this as their imaginary genius. When I try this.. people see it as a mistake T__T I think it's because for a while I tried hard to get every thing neatly proportionate.. Or maybe I just can't pull it off.

5• I have weak lungs since I was a child. Prone to illness.

6• I used to draw horses all the time and would try to get my dad to buy used horse rather than a used car.

7• I like classical instruments in modern music.

8• I love cute things so much, I have a cute-melt down. Heh. So if you're ever with me, watch out! I'm loud and squishy and squealy when I see cute things!

I tag whoever wants to do this!!

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15024033/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/15024033/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:22:57 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

This was taken from Jinglestan's journal.. I just thought it was so odd I had to try it? o.o;;

Natural Hair Color:
[ ] Black = $100
[ ] Blonde = $50
[ ] Red = $75
[x] Brown = $15
[ ] Bald = $5
[ ] Other=$2

Total: $15

Eye Color:
[ ] Brown - $150
[ ] Green - $75
[ ] Blue $50
[x] Hazel $100
[ ] Other - $15

Total so far: $115

Height:
[ ] Over 7' - $200
[ ] 6'8" to 7' - $175
[ ] 6'0" to 6'7" - $150
[x] 5'5" to 5'11" - $75
[ ]4'9" to 5'4" - $50
[ ] Under 4'9 - $45

Total so far: $190

Age:
[ ] 41 to 50 - $150
[ ] 31 to 40 - $100
[x] 26 to 30 - $75
[ ] 21 to 25 - $50
[ ] 19 to 20 - $25
[ ] 0 to 18 - $100

Total so far: $265

Birth Order:
[ ] Twins or more than twins - $300
[x] First Born - $300
[ ]Only Child - $250
[ ] second born - $150
[ ] Middle child - $100
[ ] Last Born - $200
[ ] third born - $100
[ ] fourth born - $100
[ ] fifth born-$375

Total so far: $565

Drink?
[x] No - $400
[ ] Only Holidays - $250
[ ] Sometimes - $215
[ ] YES - $200
[ ] only weekends - $300
[ ] Every other day - $50
[ ] Once a day - $15
[ ] I live from the bottle

Total so far: $965

Vision?
[ ] perfect vision $300
[ ] need or have glasses/contacts but don't wear them $200
[ ] No correction $100
[x] Glasses $50
[ ] contacts $25
[ ] Surgical correction -$135

Total so far: $1,015

Car Color [or familes' car(s)]:
[x] White - $2,000
[ ] Maroon - $800
[ ] Gold - $700
[ ]Gray - $600
[ ] Blue - $900
[ ] Pink - $475
[ ]Black - $450
[ ] Red - $400
[ ] Green- $350
[ ] Silver $300
[ ] Purple- $250
[ ] Metallic - $200
[ ] Yellow - $100
[ ] Primer - $75
[ ] Tan- $20
[ ] Rusted - $15
[ ] No Car - $0

Total score: $3,015

Shoe Size:
[ ] 13+ - $300
[ ]12 and a half to 13 - $250
[ ] 11 to 12 - $700
[x] 7 to 10 - $600
[ ] Under 7- $550

Total so far: $3,615

Favorite Colors (three):
[ ] Green-$750
[ ] Black - $600
[x] Red - $800
[ ] Yellow -$475
[ ] Brown - $50
[ ] Purple - $225
[ ] White - $400
[x] Aqua - $350
[ ] Orange - $300
[x] Blue - $300
[ ] Pink - $100
[ ] Other - $ 50

Total so far: $5,065

Did you use a calculator to add it all up?
[ ] Yes $0
[ ]No-add $1000
[x] on some- $750

Total so far: $5,815

how many people are you going to tag?
[ ] 100-150 = 250,000
[ ] 90 - 80 = $100,000
[ ] 70 -60 = $50,000
[ ] 50 - 40 = $10,000
[ ] 30 - 20 = $5,000
[ ] 20 - 10 = $1,000
[x] 10 - 1 = $500

See How Much You're Really Worth!

Total so far : $6,315

now add your number of pageviews

Total: $32,076

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/14357606/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/14357606/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:37:26 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

Here's a general update. Just doing lots of overtime. Also next weekend I will only have one day off. It kinda sucks.
I am going to go out with a workmate who doesn't drink We have birthdays close to each other! Mine is sept 10th and hers is sept 7th. So we are going to go and enjoy our selves at Laughs comedy club. I look forward to it.
It's more relaxing to be yourself and not 'normal.' Normal being what is the common attitude and beliefs and social activities of the general population at work.

ANYWAYS! I did try a new thing with my latest picture EXENE.. Let's see if anyone notices ^^

I have too many watches.. I can't keep up with any comments at all. *grunt*

Still in money troubles. I can't figure out what to do. I wish I was more confident to do irl commisions ; I need more practice.

I miss you all.

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13920979/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13920979/ Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:28:50 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

Shot at 2007-07-28

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13789594/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13789594/ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:39:06 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

Just been working a lot of overtime. I haven't had much time to do art lately. I might be taking some days off next week. I might have more time then.. Been a little exhausted. I need recharge my creative batteries. I am almost done with art for Mayshing. Pretty soon it'll be ready for color. I changed a few things that I thought were pretty solid at first.

I do miss all my DA friends and their art. I just hate telling them 'yah that's good' without anything specific to their art. And I think some people resent it, so sometimes i admire but I don't say anything at all. Please forgive me. This whole 'commenting' thing can be so delicate in subject you know?
<3 I miss you all<3

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13714578/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13714578/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:41:10 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

This is not illegal stuff being supported. It's internet radio. You just listen, like you would to the car radio! Now they want to make it super expensive to get money out of people who just want to get unknown music out there. You can't even download it form Pandora, they encourage people to go buy the albumns and there are direct linkage + full credits to the creators! I bought music because I heard it off of internet radio! It's a shame to see internet radio disappear for the greed of corporations! Remember these radio stations are doing something perfectly legal and the company wants to charge outlandish royalties that could destroy internet radio ! Below unfortunately is reps for Arizona, but it's happening everywhere. I signed up in the first place for a petition so they sent my rep for my state.
Please visit this site to contact your rep for this!!! and more info on saving internet radio! [link]

Letter from Pandora Internet radio:
Hi, it's Tim one more time...

Disaster looms! Yesterday a federal court denied a plea to delay the massive increase in rates webcasters must pay the record labels. This means that, absent immediate Congressional action, the new ruinous royalty rates will be going into effect on Monday threatening the future of all internet radio.

This is a very dire situation and I'm writing to ask one more time for your support. The effort you've made over the past four months has been extraordinary and has forced the rapid introduction of the bill, but the committee process has been sluggish and we need to once again remind the representatives of the urgency of this issue. This is perhaps the most important phone call you can make for us.
Please call your Congressional representatives in the House and the Senate and ask them to force immediate action on the Internet Radio Equality Act and bring the bill to a vote. It is critical that their phones begin ringing off the hook starting early in the morning. If it's busy, please try again later.

Congressperson Ra+l M. Grijalva: (202)225-2435
Senator John McCain: (202) 224-2235
Senator Jon Kyl: (202) 224-4521

I'm sorry that we have to keep asking you for this - but it's our only recourse. We are no match for the legal and legislative strength of the RIAA and we need your help.

Thank you again.


Gratefully,



-Tim Westergren
(Pandora founder)

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13493260/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13493260/ Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:08:30 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

If you don't know what it is, pray you don't find out! Tonight I was working on some artwork finally and I timed out to check out Para Para that I saw on a tv show from years back.

...

Needless to say I was entranced for 2 hours watching videos of famous Para Para dancers and amateurs. The movements are so methodical and hypnotical. Save yourselves >.<

*Cries* Another night I didn't finish due to being distracted!!

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13375655/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13375655/ Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:00:20 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

T_T My main big harddrive died. It had all my school work and art and photos of my family.. well EVERYTHING on it. It was a huge harddrive too. 400gigs of stuff lost forever. I want to cry, but I'm just numb about it... I keep hoping it's a mistake.. But it makes a whirring sound ( like the spindle is messed up ) and it won't show up at all. T_T It's gotta be a bad dream. The harddrive didn't even give any indication it was going bad. It just quit. Ugh.. Really really sucks. Anyways.. v.v *sigh*

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13349670/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13349670/ Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:42:33 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."-N

Things have been rocky and such, but alright I guess. I have a new piece in the works. I'm painting all over the lines, so it's very different. I was ready to trash it and call it a failure, but I think this time I should just go ahead and post it. I want a record of my growth as an artist and I have to be honest with myself by putting my attempts up. The main failure on these no-line painting type art, is the face! I sketch the face to look okay but when I paint the face really falls apart! It just looks alien and crazy weird. The last picture I tried creating this way, just wouldn't look good. I kept painting and painting the face over again. I painted it at least 25 times if not more, not an exaggeration. I have tried reference ( won't fit on the body properly), tried tutorials, tried more involved sketches..
I hope that I can make it work. I like new painting techniques. So soon you'll get something, but please have mercy on me because I know it's not so hot.

<3 <3 <3 Soon loves! I miss you all.

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13237539/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13237539/ Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:01:16 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

Please go and sign the petition to protect internet radio. Internet radio actually introduced me to a lot of new music that made me go buy the CD. The industries are afraid there'll be even more pirating due to internet radio. They have to look at the fact that people did it with regular radio, but it was much harder to track ( ie put tape in and record radio time ). It didn't cause that much of a drop in sales and the radio helps get people excited in new music, giving new bands a chance to become known in the further reaches of places. Oh yes and go international too! <3
Also it seems that people like to do the forbidden, so locking this away even more will probably just put up an extra challenge that people will want to overpower. Anyways please say no to getting rid of the internet radio! <3 Go to link below to Save Internet Radio !!

[link]

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13075154/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13075154/ Thu, 24 May 2007 11:33:02 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

I got tagged by !

Three weird things I do
-I really like zombie stuff and obsess over zombie movies.
- I like sniffing things a lot and it earns me weird looks.
- I like ice cream all year round. Even on the coldest day of winter.


Three behaviours I hate about myself
- I also get tired easily and lose steam to do things.
- I get things to start a project and end up keeping those things brand new for years, never quite getting to that project.
- When I have a particularly important project, I tend not to get it finished because I get nervous that it won't be good enough. ( like my bestest friends I have not finished artwork for them because I keep hating everything I draw.. that it's not good enough and I want it to be the best).

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13032576/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/13032576/ Mon, 21 May 2007 00:29:38 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

Wednsday night I ended up in the ER of TMC. Tucson Medical Center is pretty good.
Well... so what happened was that I couldn't breath that well. I worked 7 hours of my 10 hour shift and was allowed to go home. I started to get sweaty and out of breath. As well as that my kids were going insane. I wonder how they'll be when I get back to work tomorrow. I probably could of used one more day of resting, but whatever. The doc wanted to keep me for another 1-2 days for rest in the hospital, but it kind of drove me nuts anyways. I manage to get him to let me out yesterday (Saturday) afternoon. I had to wait till my nebulizer got delivered so I could self administer my breathing treatments, 4 times a day + as needed. I have a ton of medicine. I'm pretty well into debt. *sigh* It should get better in a few months. I just need to make it through the next 3 months since I'm paying my deposit in pieces.

Oh yah if you didn't know.. I moved this weekend. How? No, no, you didn't get it wrong. I was in the hospital heh. Everything was set to move on the 18th, a few days ago. My blood pressure and heartbeat wouldn't keep down in the hospital as I got only phone contact with my father and ~ATurner-Design moved the rest of the large items into the new place. I couldn't believe how big the new place is compared to the old place! All the stuff fit in here with space to spare! The guinea piggies are on the floor at the moment. They might be transferred to stands when there is time. That way they can look at each other. Makes me worry because Kiki keeps making puppy dog eyes at Meeko. Meeko just calmly does his thing. The utilities were were also transfered 18th too.

So all this is costing an arm and a leg, hospital, moving, deposit, paying the last of the rent for the old place. I'm exhausted. All day it was hard to do anything like go get some guinea food + juice. The orange juice helps me feel much better. The steriods for my lungs and antibiotics are messing me up royally. Hopefully I'll make it through work the next few days.

I did wash my piggies for the first time today. They got angry during the move and peed all over the place. So I washed them up. They seem much happier. I also used the crap out of my washer and dryer YES. I love having something to wash without paying $2 just to do it. Plus no worries about people stealing my clothes. I just ease on out and wash. I started washing stuff the first day back from the hospital, just dropping stuff in the washer and then the dryer. It was lovely. I could lay down and then go back over to the wash. I'm grateful most of it is done. There's still quite a bit left at the old place, but that's for another day. I'm hoping my energy comes back up. I feel quite pastey and sickly. Can't even walk through the grocery store without feeling like someone beat me the crap out of me and put a load of motion sickness in my tummy.


Why was I there at the hospital? I still don't know. The paperwork says a responsive respitory condition. They asked me a million times if I had asthma or smoked. In the end it was a wishywashy 'bronchitis' / 'allergic reaction'. I really don't know. That Wednsday, I had gone to urgent care who gave me a breathing treatment that helped minimally, plus an inhaler. But then I went downhill quickly after that. I stumbled out the door and drove myself to the ER. I didn't know if the ambulance was going to cost too much so I just took myself. I crawled in and they took me in right after the lady with chest pains, so it must of been pretty important. What's dumb is a guy asking you questions when you can't breath enough to talk. Yah they did that. Then the guy got irritated because I couldn't talk loud enough for him. Anyways. They got me on a bed with breathing treatment + oxygen in me. Later they wheeled me to another area of the ER with mini room stations. They gave me some steriods for my lungs and I had a bad reaction. The nurse said it might of been a mucus plug. As soon as she hooked me up tiny pins and needles spread from all over my body to my lips. I then was totally unable to breath. I could not wheeze or make a noise. I just became rigid and thrashed. It was lucky because the nurse was right near by and she happen to turn. It was a slow-mo horror turn and everyone ran to my aide. They started getting sulfate and she hit my back hoping to losen whatever could or might be there. My oxygen level ( normally supposed to be at least 94) went down to about 60 at that point and my heartbeat went wild. I made it through, but since then they put the heart/... ]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12856732/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12856732/ Sat, 05 May 2007 20:39:32 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

I found the place! What a weird coincidence. I am flabberghasted! I still can't believe this place will be my home! It has this really cool sunken roman bathtub! It has washer and dryer. More closets space than I can shake a stick at ( two walk in closets!!)! Plus a storage unit and backyard! I love it! I can't wait to move in. Was it only yesterday I found this place by driving along??
I was driving back home, but decided to try and find that realty place one more time. I drove down this street and saw a huge "For Rent" sign! My heart is wildly beating just thinking about it! There happen to be the previous tenant cleaning and painting the place! She really vouched for me to live there and is an artist. She said she had been napping in the back when she had told the place to pick a person to live in it. Lo and behold in the next moments I popped up! Someone else even came to see it while I was there, but I got it! I couldn't thank her enough! Plus I have a ten day grace period to pay my rent! Isn't that wildly awsome?! The gentleman who owns it makes custom cabinets and is really kind. I can't wait to get set up and take pictures for you all <3
Also she left me in charge of the kumquat tree she planted and all her little plant friends in the front! I love plants. Mine will probably happy to spread out! I can't wait to get a few more! She also left us this huge mirror to brighten up the room ( It is bigger than a person!). I feel overwhelmed with joy! Could this really happen?! I can also get a bike finally because it'd fit in the storage instead of getting stolen! So for the next few weeks I'll be moving!!
I also made my portfolio case tonight. It's alright! ( for once my craft worked out a bit, usually I mess it up).

Okay I have lots to do! Move, change of address forms, etc. Wish me luck!

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12785441/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12785441/ Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:03:46 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

The great game of life! Roll the dice of risk and find what could happen!

On Friday of last week, I broke my lease! It was not easy mind you. I thought I could nicely speak to them and find a way to be mutual, but the manager lady was pretty brutal. She was the boss of the apartment manager. She scraped everything she could to try and charge me. Finally I had to mention big words such as "negligance," "safety issue," "doctor," and the such. Then her tune changed fairly quickly to letting me out of it ( as if it was her generosity and not the idea of me suing her).

Anyways I have til the end of May to find a new place and get moved in! I found a lovely huge apartment but the neighborhood is scary. When I went to put my application in, a crackheaded lady that reeked of alcohol stumbled about yelling for a lighter. I might still go for this place but I'll look this week and see what I can come up with. I'd actually really like to have my own washer and dryer, but I'll make due with what I have. I can't believe that I'll have a dishwasher too! A lot of places I looked at had dishwasher! Also I'm aiming for 2 bdrm, so I'll have a guinea/computer/art room.

I'll be a busy bee! This week will blow me away! Then the moving >.< OMG! Moving is relatively evil when you have to do it yourself!

If you have any suggestions for a Tucson, AZ apartment/house/plex around $650, 2bdrm, AC (not evap), and no upstairs neighbors! (washer/dryer hookup a plus) in central area. Let me know!

Guinea pigs are doing great. Meeko felt unduly betrayed when I removed him from the girl's cage but he is doing alright. He is gaining weight and looks forward to human companionship. The girls are a bit fighting sometimes, but okay as well. If you want pics I have some of them in their new cage.

That's it for now. It might be a bit of time till I post any art. There's just so much to do!!

<3 Missed you all.

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12357258/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12357258/ Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:58:37 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

Hi guys, maybe you noticed I changed my fav picture to fallen star!! GUESS WHAT?!?! NO GUESS!! Okay I'll tell you! The book that inspired the picture is coming out as a movie!! Is that wild or what?!?!!

Here is the link to the site!! [link]

Just so crazy!!

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12291477/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12291477/ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:03:25 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

UPDATE: I went ahead and ebayed. It should come fairly fast because it's one state away. Since canons are just more expensive ( usually around $100 + dollars more ), I decided finally on Sony. I know I know.. I should try new things. But this looks like it could be okay. I couldn't find any w80's at all on ebay o.o I was sad! It's the one that has image stabilization. But I'll live. I got the w100. I'm really nervous because well.. it's ebay! o.o And that took a chunk of cash out of my pocket.. I'm wondering if I should of waited >.< *pokes self* No regrets!!! *cling* Decided to leave up the rest of this entry to help others, because the sites are very useful for finding a camera

OLD ENTRY:
So these are the cameras I narrowed it down to. Each one seems to have advantages and disadvantages over one another. Here's side by side comparison:

[link]

I decided to go compact for availability on the go, due to size of the camera. And speed in which I could whip such a small camera out and take a picture. The sony's have an advantage with faster shutter speeds I think.

Also I found flickr has samples of photos from the cameras!

[link]
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Sophie is doing well. No babies popped out. But today I swear I felt two babies in her tummy. One was on each side like a saddle bag. She didn't feel up to running around for floor time.. Maybe she's going to have some. I was happy today because I found that Wild Oats ( store that sells organic stuffs) had dandelion greens and live watercress and live wheat grass( for much cheaper than a pet store!). She was very happy about the dandelion greens and couldn't get enough of the grass. I also got some mineral oil for her one dry ear. She squeak happily, which was not the way I expected her to act. <3 Shes a dear love. I hope I'm a little less allergic to her when she is not pregnant anymore. Never was allergetic to guinea pigs. The vet said maybe she's giving off hormones that are making my body act up. I still cuddle her, even though my eyes get itchy and red.

Sophie: " Ack! What are you doing back there! "

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12213873/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12213873/ Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:56:30 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

Random picture via yahoo.com ~!
I thought it was cool that Thailand had a national elephant day! Yes that is an elephant painting!

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12210907/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12210907/ Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:19:51 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

Sophie went to the vet's today. She was awsome ! She didn't pee everywhere, which is what happened to my other scared gp. She was curious and explorative. The Vet said that it felt like there was only one baby so far. I hope it's a girl so we can keep them together. <3 She should be due any time possibly. The vet was super nice and thought Sophie was the sweetest little guinea pig! I also looked up how to make C&C cages so it'll be cheap to make more room! If you are curious here's the link! [link]

Anyways the vet said she seemed very healthy and happy. I was quite happy when she started making happy squeaks as soon as she was across the threshold of the apartment! I was so surprised she knew where home was! Right now she is lazing about in her pigglo. Propping her tummy to the side because it is huge!! XD Oh lovely Sophie! It was fate that we met! I got her pet grass too I'm going to figure out how to grow it myself so she can have plenty in the future! <3 Oh yah and I feel very blessed for finding an awsome vet place like right away. It's not even the closest place to my home either. I just randomly picked it. They already saved the life of one guinea and they are awsomely gentle & kind!

Other than that I'm lazing too. I feel like doing art but my head feels empty. I feel like hanging with friends, but I don't know anyone here ( after all these years I haven't made a friend in town). I also have homework T_T But you know how homework is.

Oh yah! I got accepted for one of my figure arts to be in a publication! I wish I could show you a picture, but they have the original and I have nothing to show it. Since my camera broke I haven't taken many pictures with the old one except for Sophie <3 I hope if I save for a while I can buy a new one very soon! I need one for the birth so we can all have warm fuzzy memories of new born guineas! <3 I wish I was bold enough to do commissions. I actually still have one in the works for someone, but it's been months. v.v;; I get too perfectionist about it and end up never doing it( I do this even when it's free or very special gift arts for friends o.o;. I wish I could break that habit, anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12189129/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12189129/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:59:11 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

Another picture of Sophie with not so good camera o.o :



I tried to oekaki tonight but windows vista hates jtablet T_T I was sad, because I like Jtablet and others have figured out how to make it work! o.o If you figure it out, let me know PLEASE!!! <3

Otherwise updates on Sophie..

Still no babies. She just squeals all day for different types of food. I think she is having guinea pig cravings. She also eats a ton in just one day! I thought they had to get used to veggies in their diet, but not her! She eats a ton of it and her poos are quite regular. *shrug* Anyways she has gotten bold, though she still growls at loud noises, like neighbors slamming their door or noises from movies. She is temperamental about noise. I figure it might be because she has babies in her belly. She also hates when I just touch her, unless I take her out and cuddle for at least 10 mins. Then she makes contented happy noises and I can feel her babies do kickies against her tummy. I haven't been taking her out a lot because I don't want to have her on the bed when she pops babies out. They supposedly eat the bedding left over with after birth ;/ She'd die if she ate a whole blanket lol. Also I don't want to harm her belly and stuff, so I've been handling her less for her sake. She looks like she is ready to pop! o.o I keep running over when I hear rustling, just waitin' for babies to start shooting out of here lol. I'm pretty excited if you can't tell! One more day till her vet time o.o!!

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12158940/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12158940/ Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:38:41 PDT

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

I haven't been doing much art. Been ill again, this time stomach problems. Plus I don't think I'll be getting that new camera any time soon. Sophie is pregnant! Most of the info I find on pregnant guinea pigs is DON'T. That's it >.<;; Guinea lynx did have some nice info. Unfortunately I didn't breed Sophie. I think the pet store thought she was a boy so she was scurrying around with a boy piggie. When we got her home we were peering at her closer than before and noticed she was quite round and very much a girl. Today I confirmed her pregnancies with 'quickening.' I felt very forceful little baby kicks from above and below her stomach. I sat there for thirty minutes just feeling her babies kick. So within the next two weeks she should be having some babies. I can't take her back nor can I abandon those babies.. So most likely I'm keeping them some how. I don't know where I'll find the space >.< Anyways I just wanted you all to know something is in the works! o.o Sophie is a mommy piggy!
T_T And also I'm home early from work because I had some food poisoning >.<


Oh yah Sophie has an appointment with the vet on Friday. It's at the same vet place, but my regular vet is on vacation T_T. I didn't want to wait since she is preggers. Kicks mean it could be any time now o.o

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12134330/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12134330/ Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:39:52 PST

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

I shouldn't have but I did. This is my new guinea pig Sophie!

(found an old camera to take a picture of her with I should of bought a new camera and stuff.. can't believe I suckered myself into another adorable guine pig! I'm insane.)

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12088152/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12088152/ Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:54:48 PST

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

I just finished the book "I,Freddy". It doesn't take long for me to devour books! It's about a golden hair hamster ^^ Omg I love hamsters so much. I love Kitania's Billy. I'm dying to get another hamster. I long for the touch of a warm furry critter. I wanted to get a bunny or guinea pig, since I can't have a dog right now. But I think I need to stick to small critters like hamsters. My vet does small animals like that so I think hamster would be good. Plus I rarely have problems with any of my hamsters. I don't do so well with rats, mice, and occasionally guinea pigs. They all tend to get some kind of medical problem. I paid lots of money for my guinea pigs in vet bills due to mites and such. I did take them to the vet regularly too, but they hated it so much! One peed several times all over the place in hating that place

Anyways enough of that. I'm feeling much more tip top. I have a paper due for my english class. I'm really behind now because I had been sick. ugh! Now I feel lazy too ;_; *pokes self* Tomorrow I'm going to class though! I look forward to doing my art class. Two more days till the weekend for me! I have to go get my car tested for emissions so I can register it.

Also terrible news T_T My camera broke. It was my slr digital! I got lucky on ebay a few years back and got it. But tonight I pulled it out of it's nice thick case to take a picture of the stripped gardenia tree that the apartment management mauled to death ( not pruning it well and killing it ). It flipped it on and the pictures are stretched and blurry T____T NOOO! I worked so hard to get that camera too. I'm so sad. I can't even imagine why it's like that!!>,< I have to figure out what to get next and I'll have to save for it. I was also going to trying take a trip to comicon in California in July. I really need a vacation. My job never has any holidays. We get paid for them, but we can't take them off. Not even Christmas. Also my birthday will fall on a work day for the next 5 years, because I started work on my birthday( they set that up;/). Anyways I'm pretty crushed. My camera has managed to capture the injustices of this apartment management ( a hole in my ceiling from someone's toilet leaking through EW), the messed up tub( all the coating coming off and dirt sticking to uncoated areas), and so on. I need to move, but I haven't seen a place I really want to move to T_T. Only thing this place has got going, is a few old timer neighbors that are trustworthy and kind ( like they would hold mail of an expensive nature and be trusted). And the wonderfully hot water/good pressure. I also like all the light and airy nature of this place. >.< I wish I could live in a house again. From childhood I miss my canopy bed and hand-made dreamy blue curtains. My little wooden desk that now resides with my grandmother. I remember putting little sticky notes up on it and trinkets. The rose wallpaper me and my mom put up together, because we thought thin blue stripes were boring >.< I miss my mom too.

Anyways I digress ;_; I do hope that anyone might have some good tips on some good cameras. I look for rechargeable lithium battery packs ( I hate AA battery or cadnium batteries. I'll take the kind that you have to buy expensive battery packs from the company of the camera.. the last longer!). I'd like to get something that uses memory sticks ( not duo ), not using internal memory, rather have removeable. Really superb quality. I don't know if I'll go for SLR anymore. Fast shutter speed is good and if it has a setting to allow blurring ( like slow shutter speed or something, or staying open as long as you push button ) would be good. I'd like to take moving pictures and freeze frame people or be able to blur them. To give an idea. Optical ( not digital ) zoom. Size just depends on slr or not. If not, I'd love a super compact sized camera, so I could whip it out of my pocket and just take pictures of the whole world! Don't worry I won't fill my DA with photos XD If I get to go to comicon I might put up a few photos. But yah I have to research and save like a fiend for everything.

Also I'm considering if I should continue my education in art >.> If I should push it over the university. But I feel like such a schmuck. I'll never be a real artist. I'll just get a degree and never really know what to do with myself. I can't believe those amazing cool jobs could ever be for me T___T

Sometimes I feel really old so fast. Yet the future looks so vast. I still ask myself " what do I want to b... ]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12066166/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12066166/ Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:07:57 PST

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

I did wake up for class all on my own. It was weird >.> but I felt too mucky to be going so I didn't. I was very sad though. I laid there for several minutes thinking about how much I would be missing. It made me so sad. I don't even feel like going to work today, but I don't want to get fired so I need to anyways. My supervisor didn't sound so happy when I said I couldn't be there. I just have to do what I have to do I guess. My fever is down. I'm 98.7 right now, so that's a good thing. I still feel a little disoriented and my stomach is rejecting food. I feel ill just thinking about food. I've manage to stuff soup down my throat the past few days when I just feel like not eating at all. Also one side of my head is stuffed up, so it makes me feel unbalanced.

Thanks for all the well wishes ^__^

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12058622/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/12058622/ Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:47:35 PST

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

Hey, I have had a fever for 2 days. from 104 to now 100. I'm hoping it will continually go down by tomorrow. I'll miss class, but I might make it to work tomorrow. Kinda depressing. I hate being so sick. I'll be randomly be commenting every time I get up to eat and rehydrate and take tylenol.

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/11994965/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/11994965/ Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:07:38 PST

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

So I had a portfolio review in my class on Monday ; My teacher says I am a bit lazy and need to work harder on my art. That perhaps success has gotten to my head lol. I tried to tell her that it was hardly that o.o I don't feel successful at all. I feel pretty mediocre. And it's been very hard work all these years. In fact with all these teenagers exceling at such young ages, I feel quite lame in my attempts to continue to learn. I'm on a treadmill while everyone else is running in the distance. Anyways I do agree on one thing, I do need to go back and rework my artwork. And I need to spray fixer on stuff. I tried to today and it looks all dull. I have to continue to fix and rework everything. Also I could be lazy. I don't know. Maybe I'm just afraid of my art and it's holding me back. I really couldn't tell you. I guess it was extremely flattering that my professor said that. Like I'm some hotshot XD I think it's because I take comments very badly. When people tell me I'm doing a good job, I clam up sometimes. I feel like such a sod if I were to agree with any praise lol. A lot of people have thought I'm such a snob when in fact I just get shy when it comes to these thing!<3

My professor also turned one of my pieces I did in class to the local publication that i had once help put together. We'll see what happens. Honestly I don't think they'll chose it, because it's b&w. A lot of people tend towards color when it comes to artwork ( while b&w is very acceptable in photography).

Anyways I'll try to work harder ;_; I feel a little weird.

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/11950830/ http://So-naa.deviantart.com/journal/11950830/ Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:16:02 PST

"You get what anyone gets - you get a lifetime."
-Death from the Neil Gaiman comic Sandman

Today was nice, just a bit windy. The kind of day that makes you feel a bit battered and chilled. The kind of day that tears up your hair and makes your nose run. I got 2 Schmincke pastels. They are very expensive o.o So I could only get 2 They are amazingly soft and go far on the paper. I have a self portrait due soon but I want it to actually be meaningful. Not an 'assignment'.
My shock has worn off finally. I might take a nap, but I'm not sure if I want to create art afterwards if I do o.o;; I haven't been working on any digital atm. Just haven't been feeling all to great lately. I just kind of feel lonely and tired.

Thanks with more than words can express to who sent lots of money for my eye surgery and various things o.o I am still in shock that anyone can be that generous >.> I won't say the amount here.. but zomg, Zeth you are insane!
Craziness! UPDATE! Zeth got me a 1 Year sub for Christmas ;_; He's so nice!!!


Special thanks to who came and saved me from the lifeless ordinary! She bought me a replacement wacom pen! Plus she is just so awsome at honestly critiquing and working with people on their art. She has wonderful 'bedside' manner for an art doctor

Deep thanks to my dear friend for being a dear friend and getting me a Sub last Christmas Still boggling over that wonderfulness~



Thanks to everyone for their kindness and generous comments/critiques/view on life, that keep me going on a day to day basis!

]]> *So-naa