http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Twinshining&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Twinshining en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:40:06 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/20747076/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/20747076/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:51:37 PDT
fake cigar
candles
magic coin trick
necklace with my name on it
toy tiger
2 Chuck Palahniuk cd's of him reading tour stores
chocolate coins
chocolates in a box
book light
fake finger
tobasco sauce
flower/carrot seeds
crystal
expanding yellow dog toy
"wipe away your sins" hand wipes
and finally, a very nice letter that made my day.

i am posting pics of the care package. I most likely will keep everything in the box, with the exception of the chocolates and the booklight, because i've been needing a book light for the longest time.

Well that's pretty much it for now, I hope you are all having a great time.

bye for now,
Dominique

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]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/18680540/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/18680540/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:46:41 PDT but enough about speaking English, and exciting crowds, back to the reading! - He started out the evening by telling a story about his friends and their cat, followed by a new short story he wrote 'Loser" which was great. I don't want to give any details on them, in case someone reading this is planning on going to his next reading, or wants to watch it on youtube, which you can by the way, there was then a short interview, and afterward audience questions. At the end of the audience questions, there was a second round of blowing up the, well, blow up dolls. followed by throwing of the autograph hounds. (all of which you can catch on youtube)
Finally it was time to get out books signed. Ana, my grandmother, waited with me, for about another hour or so. We were in line with the same group of kids when we were waiting outside. When I reached the front of the line, chuck very gladly sighed all of my books, and I mentioned to him how I missed him during the Haunted tour, and how disappointed I was about that, in my copy of Haunted he wrote "Sorry I missed you in Miami", he asked if I was just visiting GA to go to his reading, and I told him, that no, we moved up here about a year ago, and he accordingly wrote in rant " Welcome to Atlanta!". ha ha. (I'll try and post pics of my books later one, as soon as my scanner is willing to work with me). I told him I was there with my grandmother, and that is was her first reading ever, he apologized saying he was so sorry it had to be his, but I let him know my grandmother enjoyed it very much. He then asked me to go and wait around the curtain, and he wanted to speak to my grandmother. I left, he spoke to her, gave her something, and then called me back for a picture. I haven't an idea what he gave her, he told her to make sure not to tell me. I guess I'll find out sooner or later. Actually when he asked me to leave, one of the young guys I was waiting in line with, I think his number was 62, asked me what was going on, I told him I had no idea, but we'll all find out once I got back. At least I thought we would, sorry blondish guy with number 62 ( I think?), but we all didn't din out, I still haven't found out.
I'm going to post pictures of my books (as mentioned before), and pics I took from my seat. I must warn you though, they aren't the best pictures, so bare with me.

Bye for now,
Dominique


And PS. Thank to Joe, for taking my picture with Chuck, when my battery died, and sending it to me.

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thanks,
Dominique

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/16121662/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/16121662/ Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:03:30 PST ). I first have to say that I have had a blast featuring some of my favorite artists here on DA, and can't wait to do it again. It's been extremely hard to pick these 10, and having to pick just four of their pieces to feature, although you may have noticed that I have bent that rule, just a smidgen'. But now, for my last feature, I thought I should end it with one of my most favorite artist on here. His work is beyond outstanding, his detail is mind boggling, and I can only hope that I will someday be as good as him. And I absolutely love his work with hair, and that is why I have given him the title of KING of HAIR! I'm sure that many of you have come across the work of ~aramismarron , but if you haven't please check his gallery out. When I first saw his page I was in aww. I love that he puts so much detail in his work, and you still get the feeling that, yes this is a drawing, not a photograph, something that not a lot of artist are able to achieve when working with graphite. It was defiantly pretty difficult for me to pick out just four of his pieces to show on here, but I hope you enjoy the ones that I picked. and here they are:

[link] <---- Singing Hurt

[link] <---- A Song For You pt. 2


[link] <--- Justified and Stripped

[link] <---- I'm thru with Love

[link] <---- I Wanna Be Loved By You

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/16027541/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/16027541/ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:53:14 PST EvilxElf Like my last feature, this is a photography feat. I love Evil's use of color in the photos, as well as they way she zooms into the subjects. Every photo is so unique, and I love that she takes photos of the same group of people, but it doesn't feel like a repetition every time, like some other photographers do. Like I've said before, I'm not a photographer, and admire them all. Photography has to be one of the most interesting mediums to use, and I love finding new photographers, and their amazing work. I defiantly felt like that when I first found *EvilxElf So here are my favorite picks, please enjoy them, and add/ fave them, you won't be disappointed!

[link] <---Afternoon Disco

[link] <--- Sticks

[link] <--- My boy Lollipop

[link] <--- Bush baby

[link] <--- Goddess

[link] <--- Sir

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15695943/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15695943/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:59:07 PST lithp , I love his work, his close up photographs make you feel like you're right there, next to the person. I can honestly say that I've never really felt much emotion when looking at photographs (with the exception of my family album of course), but while going through his gallery the first time, I got a sense of happiness and warmth while browsing the gallery. His photographs of his little girl are beautiful, and you can see the love he has for her by looking at them. I hope you all enjoy his gallery and add him, I know that while going through the gallery today to pick my favorites to feature, i added a bunch of photos that I hadn't the first time I went through. So please enjoy!

[link] <--- -hanging on to whats left

[link] <--- -the beauty in her eyes

[link] <--- goodbye ashes

[link] <--- the fragile ones

[link] <--- the four of us.

[link] <--- he's not happy

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15568409/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15568409/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:05:00 PST HackyScott He was one of the first artist I found and added to my dev watch when I began my DA account. To be completely honest, when I first saw one of his drawings, I didn't think much of it because I could have sworn it was a picture, and after enlarging it I realized that yes it was a drawing. The detail he puts in his work is beyond me. I can't imagine how much patience it must take to do his work. I think his work is extremely extremely (yes he deserves to 'extremely's) good. Plus I love getting to see his WIP's. Just getting to see a bit of his process is great. Hope you all enjoy his work as much as I do.


[link] <--- Me and Jessie

[link] <---Bret and Vanessa

[link] <--- Northsiiide

[link] <---Maddy and Grant

[link] <--- D and Mary Emma

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15497373/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15497373/ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:49:01 PST killtheplan I love her work. Mainly because I have been able to see her progress on DA with her portrait drawings. She puts an incredible amount of detail in her work, and is amazing when it comes to shadow play, especially with highlights. She's able to capture the essence of a photo and bring it on to the paper. I think everyone should go and check out her great gallery. And add her! Hope you enjoy.

[link] <--- Gisele

[link] <--- Kate Moss

[link] <--- Drag

[link] <--- Listen

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15358262/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15358262/ Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:20:56 PST IanC83 . I love his paintings, I can only wish to one day be as talented as he. The detail in "Hear No Evil See No Evil" is magnificent. His is amazing at capturing an expression, capturing the mood, feel of a subject. I personally do not know if he uses models or not, so I can't say, but if he doesn't, wow. I also like the bit of comedy in "Hover Not Included". I've seen many artist who are very good, but also have certain parts of the anatomy that they just can't work very well with (I, for example, have a big problem with lips, but I like to think I'm pretty darn good when it comes to drawing hands) Ian is great with the human anatomy, getting every detail in the joints, muscles, but still in a very subtle way. So here are my 4 favorite pieces of his gallery, plus a link to his site.

[link] <---Hover Not Included

[link] <---Hear No Evil See No Evil

[link] <---Twilight

[link] <---Lost In Translation

[link] Cumberland.com

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15313873/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15313873/ Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:34:27 PDT zeldis I love here work, she has to be one of the best artist on here that I have seen work with color/toned paper, and always executing something magnificent. The detail in her work is amazing, she is able to get every single strand of hair, every eyelash, etc. in her drawings. More than anything I love the way she is able to get such great tones using different tones, and highlights, they really make a huge difference in the final piece. I hope you all enjoy her work, and add her, she's just great overall.

[link] <--- This Alive

[link] <--- It Flies

[link] <--- Rain2

[link] <--- Nocturn

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15160367/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15160367/ Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:09:32 PDT
Ok so this is my third feature, and I am very happy to feature ~Eastwest89. He is an amazing artist. His use of color is wonderful, I love that his work is so realistic, but you still feel that it's a painting (an amazing painting at that), and I think that's something that a lot of artist tend to lose. His detail is incredible, and his work with shadows leaves you awe-struck. Please check out his work and add him. He is over all an an amazing artist.

[link] <-----majors piece 9

[link] <-----majors piece 5

[link] <-----The underground state of mind

[link] <-----Majors Portrait

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15071909/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15071909/ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:22:38 PDT mixtapegoddess is a great over all artist. She is great with graphite portraits, and actually that is how I first found out about her. Her graphite drawings are filled with so much detail, and her latest watercolor pieces are amazing, I think I have fav'd almost everyone of them. I hope you all enjoy her work. Here are 4 of my favorites from her gallery.

[link] <--- Elizabeth Taylor

[link] <--- Christmas

[link] <---- Madonna

[link] <---- Marilyn Monroe Two




Sorry, but I have to add another one from her new watercolor pieces, so here it is.

[link] <--- Regina

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15029572/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/15029572/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:28:17 PDT Farfalla-Dea so here are my favorite 4 of her gallery. She is a great artists, and one of the nicest people I've met here on DA. Plus she is an amazing face painter (and yes it is very difficult to be a good face painter, trust me i've tried before, and it's hard). She makes it seem so easy, and what I love most about it is the details she puts into them.

Ok so here are links to my fav four of her pieces, hope you enjoy


[link] <--- Halfbreed

[link] <--- Fairy Mask


[link] <--- Simple Rose


[link] <---Full Face Butterfly


I will post my next feature next monday, and in case I don't have any comments asking to be faved, then I'll just post one of my favorite artist on DA.

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/14969006/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/14969006/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:51:03 PDT Farfalla-Dea Featured me through a tag that I'm sure many of you have seen it on here. Basically you feature the first ten people who comment to this entry. And if you are featured, you have to do the same thing. I, also like Farfalle-dea, am going to feature any one who has/will feature me.

It's ok if i don't get all ten, because i'll keep this going until.... who knows when, so no rush.

Thanks,
and bye for now.


]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/14415131/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/14415131/ Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:21:06 PDT
In other news, remember the drawing I am trying to do without any reference pieces? Well.... it's changed.... just a bit.... well a lot. Instead of having three photos of one girl, the middle photo is going to have a close up portrait of her, the one on the right is going to have a close up of a hand on a guitar, and the last one is going to have a close up of a bass, or drum, not exactly sure yet. But I will most defiantly keep you informed.

Have to get going,
Bye for now

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/14183983/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/14183983/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:11:39 PDT
Ok, this is just a quick update as to what I've been up to drawing wise. I finished my SURS drawing (as you can see it is my latest addition to my gallery). And although I'm terribly ecstatic about the chin/jaw area, I am however very happy with the overall drawing, especially the hands and the green legs. I am now working an a three in one drawing. It's basically one large drawing with what is meant to be three Polaroid pictures within it. The three photos inside of it are a girl performing. One where she is sitting with her microphone, another that is a close up of her face, with her eyes closed, and the third is of her standing singing into her microphone. the background of all of the photos is going to be dark, and I will most likely use my softest pencils (7-9 B) and you will only see the lighter parts of her face. Where as the background of the actual illustration board is going to be done in a muted 4 B (using a woodless 4 to achieve this). The big news on this piece is..... I am not using any type of reference, none whatsoever. This is all I my head, and I am trying my best to execute it to the best of my abilities. I have never really done something* that is just from my head. I have always used reference pictures, whether my piece turns out to be an exact replica or not, reference is always involved. but my mother had mentioned to me how it had been a long time since I had done something just out of imagination. I think the last I did this I must have been a painting of a ballerina sitting on a flower that I gifted to my cousin. So far I must say though, that I am very happy with how it is turning out, I am defiantly taking my time with this; and since there is a lot and I mean a lot of dark in this, I am going to use a workable fixative so that all of the dark that I have already added to it, doesn't get badly smudged with finger tips and what not. I had planned on taking some WIP's of it, but I most likely will just post it once it's done. Maybe, maybe not, we'll just have to wait and see.


*- by "something" I mean an actual completed piece that is meant to be realistic/portrait. I have of course done things that I just imagined before, just nothing I can really consider a fully completed drawing or painting. I know that by just reading the entry I kinda contradict myself a bit. So this is the explanation if you will, of what I actually meant.

bye for now, and please don't miss the boat

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Sleep well everyone & bye for now.

]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/12180690/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/12180690/ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:32:09 PDT Oh yes, before I forget, as you know I work in graphite, but graphite tends to smudge alot, does anyone know how or what I should do to prevent this? I've hear that using parchment (sp?) paper helps by covering the peice, but not sure if I should use parchement or tracing paper? I know of some sprays out in the market that are used to keep graphite from smugding, but have also heard that they tend to make the paper yellow after some time. So not too sure what to do, any advice would be wonderful.

Thanks in advance.

Bye for now.


PS. you all know I'm really bad at making subject titles, so I used a lyrics from Menomena they are a great band too so look them up.

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]]> ~Twinshining http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/11483551/ http://Twinshining.deviantart.com/journal/11483551/ Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:02:15 PST
long time sine i've written. So i think i'll take this time to inform everyone on my latest projects. I recently began my first drwaing on illustration borad (15x20). It is a portrait of the mexican painter Frida Kahlo. I must say that I am very happy with how it's turning out. I've also decided to add color to it by adding red to her head band, yellow to her earings and necklace, and green/pink to the trimw on her dress. I've never added to color to a graphite drawing, so for my first time i think it is coming along rather well. I wanted to post WIP's of the peice, but because of it's size and my small scanner, i was not able to. But hope that i'll be able to post the finished product. So far i've worked on it for 21 hours and 30 min. and have at least 3-4 hours left. Everything it close to done with the exception of her nose and mouth. But i'm not sure what to do with the background. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. Really wish i could post a pic of it so i could recieve better suggestions. Not sure what i want to do after this, but i'm sure i'll find something interesting. I would like to do a large portrait, but still not too sure on who. Suppose i should wait until i'm done with this peice before i start planning the next. Haha.

Bye for now.

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Hope Santa brings you all what you want ( i myself want a new pencil set, but i'll let you know tomorrow)

Merry Christmas!

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