http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:chibi-muse&section=today deviantART RSS for by:chibi-muse en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:16:44 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/25732489/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/25732489/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:05:44 PDT I took a trip to New York and Washington, DC with my girlfriend and her family. New York was my favourite, we could have spent two more weeks there and still not have seen everything I wanted to see.
After that it was visiting family on vancouver island, and immediately after returning we bought a kitten off of craigslist! His name is Pickwick, he was a very tiny 7 weeks old when we got him. He's now more of a cat and less of a fluff ball at 12 weeks old. He's black with a white belly and paws and a little white streak on his forehead. He looks like an Orca.

I visited my family in Calgary, and attended the general meeting of the Canadian Federation of Students in Ottowa as a representative of the Emily Carr students union. Too bad I didn't get to see more of the city while I was there, it was my first time there. Next was a skills development weekend at UVic for the provincial body of the CFS. There were baby bunnies everywhere! :3 I took so many pictures.

As far as work goes I am working as a film extra. I did a day shoot for the TV show Psych! Coming up is a longer shoot for the film adaption of Percy Jackson, the Lightning Thief. I get to be a punk kid from the 90's. I have terribly tight black faux-snakeskin pants and one of those shirts with the shoulders cut out!

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Since then I have been traveling for the holidays, but had the great luck to have my laptop die after left home. It seems to be beyond repair, so now I am just waiting until I can get home to buy a new one and rescue the files off the fried one.

Hopefully the new comp will mean I can start posting my schoolwork from this semester! I have been doing so little drawing outside of class because of all this crazyness, I am excited to get back into it this semester, but at least I have some half decent school stuff to post.

]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/19341028/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/19341028/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:15:31 PDT I am NOT HAPPY.

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They change the classes around pretty much every year, so things may be different next year when you start, but here's how mine has been going:

Well for one thing, you probably won't be doing the specific kind of art you want to until at least second year! They have a pre-set stream that forces you to try new things, which is great for giving you a wide breadth of experience of different art styles and medias.

First semester you choose either Design or Sculpture, no other choices. With that comes some bog standard drawing, english, and art history. Plus a course called creative process where the teacher pretty much teaches whatever they want to, in theory about the process of making good art.

Design funnels into communication design and industrial design, and involves a lot of conceptual thinking and building of little bristol board sculptures, as well as focusing in on the real basics of communication design, like line and form. Presentation is really heavily emphasized, and the ability to communicate a concept abstractly.

Sculpture is also pretty conceptual (concept is big at emily carr), but also gives some intro into ceramics and other types of sculpture building.

I took design, and really liked it, I'm even trying out industrial design next year. Many of my friends who were planning to go into animation or even more like traditional painting type stuff really hated design though, so it's kind of based on the person.

Second semester you choose three options, one being either drawing, design, or digital media (Digital media is like photoshop and computers for dummies). Why isn't sculpture one of the three? This totally screws over the people who took design first semester from taking sculpture second semester if they want to try out other options. I'm taking drawing.
So you choose one of those three, plus two other options, and english and art history.

I am branching out and trying new things, Print Media (like old printing presses, stamps, woodcuts, etching) which I adore, and Animation which I find really difficult, but I just wanted to try it. I don't ever plan to do animation for a career, but it's a good thing to understand. We start with really basic flip books, move up to drawn animation, then puppets, and then we get more freedom in media to try and communicate feelings and a story.

haha wow that was long, but hey I hope it helps! I'll try to answer any other questions anyone has.

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The first month of uni has kind of overwhelmed me! I can't believe the semester is half over already, I have a midterm coming up in two weeks!

But my new living space (Roomy one room apt shared with my beautiful girlfriend) is looking nicer and nicer, we're putting up posters now! It took us a long time to get all moved in, but now we've got decorations and curtains I sewed myself and we've even made some repairs! I replaced a tap handle by myself, very big for me.

I'm trying to ferret all my various piles of stuff into corners so I don't look like I own way too much stuff (which I do). Art supplies take up room, it's necessary I swear!

Cooking for ourselves and washing dishes by hand is a bit arduous, but I'm getting better and better at cooking as a result!

My classes are really exciting, we're learning all sorts of history and things about design and the environment. I have two days off in the week because of my small number of classes (I have a credit for drawing 100 and English 100 because I took IB courses in high school), so it lets me get things done around the apartment. I have wednesday and thursday off, it's perfect.

]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/12187245/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/12187245/ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:20:05 PDT *dances with JOY*
I am so excited! I wasn't expecting the letter for another month, yay!
I love being accepted, so much less to worry about! I'm so dropping physics.

YAY!

Have I said yet that I'm EXCITED?

<3

]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/11280287/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/11280287/ Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:53:44 PST I'll try and post some of my other smaller works soon.

]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/9754207/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/9754207/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:29:34 PDT Hopefully that will mean more updates from me! Wish me luck!

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the point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist. After 100 pics who wouldn’t be better. Please forgive me if this in any way excludes you from taking the challenge.

The rules

1.) Make 100 pics each pic having a theme listed below. Each pic should have ONE and only ONE theme to it, for it to count.

2.) No time limit so have fun

3.) The main picture should be drawn but not limited to. for all fair purposes, people are allowed to use their paint programs and photo shop to create the pic.

3a.) pics should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the Da etiquette policy. Your pics can be anything from sketches and doodles to great master pieces. Just have fun with it.

4.) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that......
A.)You are in the challenge
B.)What you have completed

5.) make sure to update this list and check off what is done and make a link to the pic

6.) In the comments for your art work note if it is part of the list and what ONE theme it is.

Now the good part. CHALLANGE YOUR FREINDS.

THE LIST
1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/9656447/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/9656447/ Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:21:59 PDT _>
I feel like when I accidentally wander into the prints section of DA, (I never go there) and everything is suddenly sleek and floaty yet hard to navigate.

Not sure if I like the changes or not yet, nothing I HATE yet anyways, but nothing I love either. ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/8703842/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/8703842/ Sun, 07 May 2006 18:47:23 PDT
***Ground Rules: The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits of yours" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their 6 quirky habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 6 people to be tagged and list their names.***

1. Saying "what?" after somone asks me something, then understanding what they said and answering about 5 seconds later.

2. Putting my hands in the 'prayer' position when I say thanks. Like flat together infront of my face, and then doing a mini bow.

3. Eating dry twisty noodles. Sometimes I just get the urge to crunch away on something, and they taste good too. So I'll grab a big handful of them and sit there munching away on them.

4. Not so much a habit as just a quirk; not being able to eat slimy, squishy foods. This is also why I hate pie. Cooked fruit is the devil! I'm sure it tastes great, but I would still throw it up.

5. I have to have a heavy blanket on me when I sleep, and it must be pulled tightly around my neck, so that I can feel the blanket all the way around. Even on hot summer days I can't sleep with just a light sheet, or (uhrg) no sheet at all.
I hear this one's extremely common.

6. When drawing people, especially faces, I imitate them unconciously. Like I make faces and shift my arms into funny positions and such. Which is why it's really unnerving to have people watch me draw, because I know I'm making funny faces XD

I'm not tagging anyone, this is the third time I've been tagged for this and I want it to die! XP ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/8202286/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/8202286/ Sat, 18 Mar 2006 22:33:49 PST Free cookies for those who know what I'm talking about!
Sorry for being so dead lately! Busiest/shortest term ever at school, art IB homework and english IB essays up the wazoo! So before I leave for spring break to Italy and Greece (so happy to leave the two feet of snow currently on the ground mussing up traffic) I'm going to try and scan a bunch of stuff and draw lots.
I'm not dead completely, I swear!
*giggles about "he's dead, Jim"*
*Is a HUGE nerd* ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/7339826/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/7339826/ Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:44:59 PST I. AM. SO. HAPPY.
*runs around screaming in joy* a BIG tablet, a freakin 9 by 12 inch! Thats two inches bigger than a regular piece of paper!
It's an almost new, worth almost $5000 laptop, a mac G4 notebook, 17 inch. My dad's buddy couldn't sell it because nobody wanted mac cuz they all have pc, and he needed the money so my dad did him a favor and bought the laptop, and since my bro and him both already have one he says "Here, have a shiny new laptop! I hear it has nice grahics programs. Lets buy you a graphics program while we're in the mac store buying a mouse. A tablet comes with this 'Painter' program? Oh, well then lets just get a tablet. My daughter, ohh she's so artsy, I should show you her pretty art! I can't draw stick people..."
I will colour and make wonderful pretty art and it will be wonderful! They're shipping my tablet next week and I will have it and I'm so excited! And then I'll have my very own computer in my room instead of doing things in my kitchen where everyone is like "whatcha doin, whatcha drawin, what's that, huh huh huh?"
Now Ash and I both have tablets and we can have joyful tablet parties! Ash, use your tablet more! ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/7134896/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/7134896/ Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:52:13 PST Join The Challenge!
You are hearby challenged to an artistic duel!
Come on, lets all see how much we can improve in a short amount of time! Because if you can do it in december, the motherload of busy months, you can do it any time. Improve your weakpoints, draw new subjects, and make lots of art!

For those of you too lazy to follow the above link (SHAME!), I've quoted the challenge here;

"I am challenging the artists on DA, including myself, to see how much they can truly advance their technique/skill/speed within a month and/or how much they can achieve in a month...you could regard this as some sort of contest, but in truth, tis a challenge, and not an easy one at that...

After practising my musical instruments(flute and trumpet) rather often due to upcoming concerts, i was surprised by how much i improved in such a short time...15-20 minutes a day of just running over things...so I wondered if it would be possible to advance that much in art...

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--->THE CHALLENGE: From December 1st to 31st, set aside 15-20 mins just to draw...do not approach it as a doodle, but as an actual piece or advanced technical exercise...this means that by the end of the month, you should have 31 drawings...

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--->THE TERMS:
- you can't miss a day...in truth, there are no excuses as you can always find 15 mins of free time at some point in the day...
- you have to do a new piece each day...if you don't finish something and you want to finish it, scan in what you managed to finish in the 15 mins and continue it at another time
- try and work on the things you aren't quite as good at (ex. proportion, expression, animals, people etc.) for you can't get any better if you don't work on the things you're not as good with
- use any media you wish, and if you have a tablet you can use that too...

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If you choose to take on this challenge, leave a comment saying that you have accepted it and I'll make up a list of those who are attempting it...also, since i want to see how many people i can manage to get to attempt this, put this up in your journal and see if you can get anyone else to participate...

And I believe that is all...if there any questions please leave a comment...

good luck!

dead
("it seems that his madness keeps him sane...")"

That sounds fun doesn't it? So head on over to Dead's journal and join! ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/6611881/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/6611881/ Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:38:46 PDT I am doing fine, life is good. over 2,000 page views!!! YAY! Thank you to everyone who even took a quick look at my art, I love to hear from you.
My vacation was loverly, spent partly in Vancouver (sooo much nicer there than in Alberta) and partly working at the chinese restaurant where... I work. duh. We got a trailer this year, so I got to work at the fringe and learn how to deep fry! Yay, except for all the burns aquired while doing so. The funny thing about hot oil is that it isn't actually hot to the touch, it doesn't start to burn until you've had your finger in it for a little while. So I'm putting in the green onion cakes and dip in the tongs to grab a sinking one, and wouldn't you know it I immerse 3 fingers completely in hot oil! I don't notice at all, and then suddenly look down and see that my fingers are in HOT OIL! XD ooh they burned. My boss laughed, the bugger. But I got paid lots and I now have money for the trip to Europe (Greece and Italy) that I'm taking spring break.
And that is what is up in the life of Jo. ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5860899/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5860899/ Wed, 06 Jul 2005 20:47:16 PDT Hopefully I fare better in the rest of the course.
The exhaustion is pretty bad, I go straight to sleep when I get home after 4 hours of gym and 4 hours of CALM.
The point is, there will be little to no art while summer school is on. it goes until the 22nd.
wake me up when we get there.
*sleeps* ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5737728/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5737728/ Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:42:44 PDT quotes:
"Imagine what I could do with your EYES!!"
"Crazy old lady with a shovel!!"
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! There's no point in living if I can't be beautiful!!" *ooozes*
"What a pretty fire!" *stares freakishly*

Today was my last exam! I have a whole week of freedom before I am condemned to summer school! Uhrg, gym all afternoon, either raining and cold or boiling afternoon sun. No way to be elegant doing that.
so long for now, dollies! Yarrrrr! *sails away while wearing top hat* ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5559822/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5559822/ Sun, 05 Jun 2005 11:16:35 PDT I hope you'll enjoy them, despite their outdated-ness! ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5279747/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5279747/ Thu, 05 May 2005 21:49:33 PDT
I randomly won a free one week subscription to DA!! XD
I am SO HAPPY!! I will now be on my computer ALL day for the next week! I can search! My messages come with previews, as do my comments! Joy, Joy Joy!!
Since I am cheap this is something I never would have done on my own, so YAY!! ^___^
This and next weekend I get to attend a workshop with a well known artist! Two whole days, and we get to do projects and everything! I am tres excited!
Also Otafest is coming soon, and it's the first time I'll have been to it! It will be the first anime convention other than Animethon that I've been to!
So YAY for me and happy life!

*stands on chair* Don't you see? THIS makes me God. ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5038216/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/5038216/ Fri, 08 Apr 2005 21:37:08 PDT ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/4419106/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/4419106/ Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:40:13 PST _< damn artists block. Life is so stressful right now and the art is not coming easy. *le sigh*
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be glad to hear them.
The only good things I've drawn in the last months have been while trying to do math 0_0
Why is it I find math so inspiring?
maybe I should go study math.
MATH! ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/3768131/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/3768131/ Sat, 06 Nov 2004 12:08:08 PST My computer was dead there for a while (Entirely my fault of course). This was the second time I killed it by trying to delete adware. ^_-;; now we have this super strict adware program! yay! but now we have a nice new one and I can start updating again.
I've been feeling highly un-inspired lately, so I'll post all the old stuff that I really like in the next week or two.

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay CHEESE!

Edit: DAMN! I totally missed my 1000 page view! well, yay 1030! ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/3053730/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/3053730/ Thu, 05 Aug 2004 22:46:40 PDT _< they all say the equivalent of meow after every sentence! Run awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! visit [link]

"And God created the artists anatomy book, for them to live by and protect. But they held up the How to Draw Manga series, and God commanded his servant to throw down the artists anatomy book, and it broke apart upon the ground. And so, the people were doomed to wander the desert, bearing on their backs the pieces of anatomical knowledge for forty long years."

I'm skinny! I lost 16 pounds! Ulcers suck! Cheese!

(And incase you didn't notice this is a ploy to get that poem off my main gallery page. Wheee!) ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/2766226/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/2766226/ Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:11:21 PDT
Hope

Hope becomes hard to find among the tattered shards of myself
I go to the places I used to find her,
But find only the shadow of her wings
I know she’s in here somewhere
I will not give up or end this fight
Though I haven’t the strength to defeat this
Still I hold my ground

I pick up the scattered shards and piece them together
But the glue that once held them has been torn away
So I wander, holding the broken shards
Unable to find my way
I have good companions to guide me
But even together it is out of my reach

They know where to find her
But they cannot give her to me
She decides who uses it and who does not
I have no power over it
No strength to stare her down

I trust the gentle guides and don’t wish to make them sad
But still I lack the thing I need
And it’s taking all I’ve got
To keep on smiling

Sometimes I dream that it’s right there in my hand
I grab madly for it
But still I wake without it
And the pain begins anew…

The glue, I need it back. ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/2374252/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/2374252/ Thu, 06 May 2004 18:51:28 PDT
You can only beat a dead horse with a carrot on a stick for so long! -Glitch

They say dreams are your subconscious telling you something, but I think yours might be trying to distract you while it robs a bank-Ozy and Millie

Could you give me a hand? Commander Ernest and I aren't having much luck seeking the taco of death. -Ozy and Millie

Shh, I'm testing the hypothesis that comedy equals tragedy plus time. -Ozy and Millie

In about 2 minutes I'm going to get that and roll my eyes-Ozy and Millie

OH FINE JUST THROW UP ALL OVER THE UNIVERSE! -Ozy and Millie

Welcome to earth. We've been expecting you. -Ozy and Millie

Even if he superficially changes his stripes... he's still dork colored-Ozy and Millie

She will remember you when men are fairytales written in books by rabbits-the last unicorn

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes.

I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know
little, to cure diseases of which they know less in human beings of whom they know nothing.

"There are two tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want. The other is getting it." - Oscar Wilde ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/2173885/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/2173885/ Wed, 07 Apr 2004 18:10:53 PDT Its ma birthday tommorow! *does a little happy dance*
AND I thought you should know, so there.
know you know.

*continues dancing*

Did you know that its a proven fact that the more birthdays you have the longer you live? ]]> ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/1411398/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/1411398/ Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:33:37 PST ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/1277045/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/1277045/ Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:10:11 PDT ~chibi-muse http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/679311/ http://chibi-muse.deviantart.com/journal/679311/ Thu, 01 May 2003 19:34:15 PDT I'm compiling a list of my favourite sayings.
My very favourite: "Keep it simple, stupid!"

"If life gives you lemons, throw them back at life and say 'I don't want your freakin lemons!'"

Hmm, I must go find the others. I always forget the wording.I hope you'll come and inspire me again soon
-Joey
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