http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:TasteForInsanity&section=today deviantART RSS for by:TasteForInsanity en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:53:13 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://TasteForInsanity.deviantart.com/journal/26871069/ http://TasteForInsanity.deviantart.com/journal/26871069/ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:15:38 PDT Coffee & Moonshine (The Grayscale Comic) is a continuing comic I work on whenever I feel like it (which is quite often at the moment). The main characters are mostly Norwegians from various places in Norway, which means they'll have different hobbies, opinions, traditions and words from one another.
To keep people from dying from an overdose of Norwegianness, there are also some (4,5) people from other countries, including a Russian, a Russian-Norwegian, a Frenchman, an Englishman and an English-Australian, who interact with the Norwegians.

It sounds kinda boring like that but I try to make it entertaining if not amusing. Anyway, onto the profiles.

Amount of comics so far: 40.


Small, flat and red-headed, she is the definition of red-head anger and self-consciousness. She likes making herself known by visiting new places and making riots or parties.
When not in a wild mood, she has creative hobbies to keep her occupied.
Referred to as: The little red-head.
Hails from: Sarpsborg (Østfold).
Comics: Lock the door


A rather short man with lots of hobbies and hardly any money. He is a part time police officer, but although he gets a decent salary he uses most of his money for tools and materials for his carpeting hobby, rather than actually prioritizing. He is convinced that he will get better paid as soon as more people hire him as their carpenter. This, however, is less likely considering he rarely wants people to pay for his work! He usually says something along the lines of "I'm doing it as a friend, don't worry about it". Even though he's only a part time police officer, he takes every chance he's got to keep people on the right side of the law, almost ridiculously so. Nobody dares let a flag drop to the ground when he's around!
He's best friends with the man below, and can't always see the bad things about him that the others can see. One would almost believe that he's his short friend's self-proclaimed personal bodyguard.
Referred to as: The carpenter; the policeman; the poor guy.
Hails from: Bærum (Akershus).
Comics: In de summertime | Go avay, I'm poor | How to give gifts | It has a switch


The very shortest of them all with his 150cm. He is known to be outgoing and often rude, whether he means it or not. When he speaks English he has a heavy accent, even compared to the other Norwegians. For some reason he has problems understanding what some of the other Norwegians are saying...
He does not understand why anyone would say that his taste in clothes is awful. But even if he's small and rather childish, he knows how to handle responsibility very well, and looks at a problem from many angles before doing anything about it. He is rather old compared to what he looks like, and is considered to be rich, even though he doesn't think so himself.
Referred to as: The short guy; the badly dressed guy; the boss; Sossen.
Hails from: Oslo.
Comics: En erupshion? | Rude cherries, vat? | The queen is a tall one | In de summertime | It is a stick | How to give gifts


Although he may not look like it, he is of the sami people and speaks Southern Sami. He is fully aware of his heritage, but does not consider himself a particular friend of the other three sami guys (although said three often jokingly include him in various conversations and interactions just to annoy him). He is very interested in the subject of Death, and he finds pleasure it other people's pain - unless he hurt them hims... ]]> =TasteForInsanity http://TasteForInsanity.deviantart.com/journal/22784962/ http://TasteForInsanity.deviantart.com/journal/22784962/ Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:16:54 PST Read absolutely everything, because even if you didn't win, you get something, so keep reading...

I just finished drawing each and every character that entered my contest, adding information about them on the paper as well, so I could compared them more easily. I drew little hearts on the ones I found to be my favourites, even if they had less or more effort put into them.

I drew big hearts, smallers hearts, and little stars. Silly, probably, but I found it useful.

It was hard for me to decide between the ones I liked the best, mostly because there were so many good ones! It will hurt me not to grant everyone first prize! (Don't get any thoughts here, I'm not that rich! )

Here's what I will NOT take to consideration when voting!
* I will not make a character win only so I can keep him from being taken back.
* I will not make someone win only to give them the money they're short on.
* I will not make a person lose if I don't like their personality. Same goes for the character's personality.
* ... That's probably it.

But all right. Here are the winners.











THIRD PLACE GOES TO...







~SkrzydlataSchiza!
With all her three entries, Marjane, Łucja and Arrigo!


This is mainly because it seemed like the creator opened up my head, sat down inside my brain and snooped around in there to find what I seemed to fall for and what I would most likely... like! Rather dark and mysterious, and all of them have a signature I have never considered before!
I am glad to announce that Marjane Schragenheim has made it to the eleventh generation, along with Henri, John, Alex, etc.!
The other two are still to be placed.







SECOND PLACE GOES TO...











~deadstuffgrum!
With his character Gregory!


Also a dark character. I'm not generally a lover of the dark and mysterious, because I'm honestly terrified of it, but I completely fell in love with this potential alcoholic psychic dude with Dennis the Menace shirts, and his father as well. I could find so much things to do with this guy, but it would require him to live five times the length of a regular person's life to fulfill my thoughts!
Oh, Greg. I'm proud to say that Greg made the twelfth generation, meaning his father made the eleventh (but he's not too present, only a little).











AND FIRST PLACE...









IT GOES TO...















*ThisViciousCircle!
With her one and a half character Vilkkaus and Vignette!
=TasteForInsanity http://TasteForInsanity.deviantart.com/journal/16069495/ http://TasteForInsanity.deviantart.com/journal/16069495/ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:04:16 PST
Here's a lot of people!

God jul, Vanja!
God jul, Cathrine!
God jul, Liv!
God jul, Randi!
God jul, Saman!
Merry Christmas, Mikala!
God jul, Atle, and happy birthday!
God jul, Dana, and thanks for the Christmas card! XD Luffy looks terrific!
Merry Christmas, Yomi!
Merry Christmas, Angela!
Merry Christmas, Andrew!
Merry Christmas, Angeleena!
God jul, Helle!
God jul, Frank!
God jul, Vanja!
God jul, Stian!
God jul, Toril!
Merry Christmas, Kenny!
Merry Christmas, Reuben!
Merry Christmas, Emma!
God jul, Tomas!
Merry Christmas, Maggie!
God jul, Linn!
Merry Christmas, Lo!
Merry Christmas, Italian Cowgirl! *feels bad for not knowing your name*
God jul, Silje!
Merry Christmas, Geeles!
Merry Christmas, Amanda!
Merry Christmas, CiaraKaida!
Merry Christmas, Laura!
Merry Christmas, Courtney!
Wesołych Świąt, SkrzydlataSchiza!
Merry Christmas, Aimee!
Merry Christmas, Neko!
Merry Christmas, Lindsay!
God jul, Julie!

If you see your name in here, then yes, I have mentioned you. If not - H'OH SHIT.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate Christmas! And to those who don't, have a really pleasant day, and enjoy the upcoming low prices in the shops! ;D

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Have a nice whatever-you-celebrate, people.
Me, I celebrate Christmas. Because I like presents. And I wish a Merry Christmas to all other people who do.

And for the one person I know who also knows who she is, I only wish to have a nice day. Have a nice day, dear!

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December 24:

Woah. Presents. Because, you know, I open my presents on the 24th because of some confusion our ancestors made (not really because today used to be another holiday before Christianity came here, but I can't say that for sure).

I got a frying pan from my mother and her husband. They always give me stuff like this. I appreciate it, but it's not exciting.
However!
I love the toaster and the sandwich maker! Like, seriously! I'm just sad we don't have cheese in the house.
I got money from my mother's parents, and soap from my youngest brother. Living and Loathing in Las Vegas from one of my best friends, and a bag and confectioneries from the job.

But this is awesome. From my father I got a black t-shirt with white/yellow text and drawings of a devil with cookies, and guess what? Yes. "Come to the dark side, we have cookies" and the thing glows in the dark.
But the clock I got is even better. The numbers have "fallen off" the clock itself, and are in the bottom left corner, and in stead of any numbers at all, it just says "WHATEVER."
This is not a clock you teach your children the time with.



I'm having fun. TV shows a lot of Christmas shows and, I suppose, a lot of regular shows, too. You might wonder why I'm watching a Barbie movie, but in all honesty it's better than the other kiddy shows that run right now. AHAHAH PINK HORSE. That's silly.

Stamps
=TasteForInsanity http://TasteForInsanity.deviantart.com/journal/10007474/ http://TasteForInsanity.deviantart.com/journal/10007474/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:49:01 PDT All the money paid for my art will be used to complete any incomplete collection of either books or TV-series!
Currently hoping to get money quickly enough so I can buy Mutant X on DVD and the Animorphs books, since they are both out of production.


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1. Different kinds of work with prices
   
2. Extra prices
   
3. Samples
   
4. Will and won't draw
   
5. To order
   
6. When ordering...
   
7. Payment
   
8. Orders
   
9. Finished orders
   
10. Don't you have any money?
    


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1. Different kinds of work:

- Traditional work (will be sent to your house unless you don't want it to)
--- Sketches -- $5
--- Coloured sketches -- $6
--- Outlines -- $11
--- Completed works -- $20-25
- Digital work
--- Sketches -- $3
--- Coloured sketches -- $4
--- Outlines -- $8
--- Completed works, simple -- $15
--- Completed works, difficult -- $30-40

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2. Extra prices:

- Group pictures
--- $1.5 for each other character in the image, excluding the first character.
- Backgrounds
--- It will cost you at least $4 additional dollars for a background. This is negotiable.
- Animals
--- Not my best subject, so goes for an additional $1 for each animal.
- Cars, trucks, boats, planes, trains...
--- ... will cost you $10 more, except it it's just in the background, which it will then go for a background prize.

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3. Samples:

Sketches, traditional:


Sketches, digital:


Coloured sketches, traditional:


Coloured sketches, digital:


Outlines, traditional: