deviantART: by:damouse http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:damouse&section=today deviantART RSS for by:damouse en-us Copyright 2010, deviantART.com Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:05:27 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png kiriban is at 12,345! http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/29252009/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/29252009/ Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:27:36 PST
because I know nobody was reading to the bottom of that last journal ;P
Except for :iconkitty-cat-angel:

EDIT

:iconhikari-aka-ryoma-kun: got it.:D

]]> =damouse that was awesome, storytime http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/29248856/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/29248856/ Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:12:30 PST
It was a pretty straightforward and ordinary- day I was facing a deadline for uni, but didn't want to do it, I'm something of a master at procrastination like that. My mom was going to visit her mom, something I would usually not be a part of, but having already washed my dustbin and cleaned the lint out of my entire wardrobe. My stalling duped me into offering to go with.

my mom and I are pretty much best friends, so we were having a good day of it.

as we turned into the hospital I remember steeling myself, I hadn't seen Nanny in a while, not since the last time she was in remission, and I was a little wary as to what to expect. my Mom picked up on this while we were in the elevator. "She's thin" she whispered. " I know" I said, it wasn't true, I didn't know, I was just trying to be stronger before we got there, she grinned at me; I added my anger to my strength.

"she's in room 406" she said as we walked down the passage, not that it made any difference since I was not exactly walking ahead of her.

Some truths are universal. one of those is that no matter how old you are you can't shake the impression that your mother can shield you from anything, and will most likely prefer her to be between you and room 406.

turned the corner, into the room. I remember being surprized by the colour of the room, it was a purple-red, not at all what a hospital room should look like. She looked up, quicker than a person in her condition should have. she smiled widely, her eyes sparkling, looking healthier than a person in that bed should have.The fact that she was much thinner than she should have been was a straggler in the race of information reaching me.

She put down the book she'd been focusing on on the bedside table and held out her arms for a hug as she said hi. it was great day, we talked about cricket and family and school and friends and generally caught up on the last few months, the book was a very tricky book of sudoku, one of those trickier letterreplacementfindawordafterdecodinga ndextramath ones. we worked on a puzzle together. amongst the memories I have of that day, one stands out in particular.

During a quite point in our conversation, my nan looked at me and said " I don't think I have much longer here, and I have something I need to tell you." I looked at her and nodded, I knew what she meant." I want you to make a point of never living in regret" it took me an instant to realize what she was saying " be sure you make decision which are true to yourself, since you're the one who has to live with them afterwards. More than the people around you, more than the people you love, especially the people you love." I smiled at her, nodded, and said "ok." the surrealty of the conversation was keeping me from really understanding it, but I knew I'd get it soon enough

...

I don't believe in resolutions, I feel in a sort of Dr. Phil kind of approach that life is determined more by momentary decisions at critical points than the frustration of calendar points. but I do believe in checking up on my decisions periodically.

and if I look back on this year, I'm impressed, impressed by my growth my decisions and the way I dealt with stuff, it was far from and easy one.way way way far from easy, a lot of it was an emotional rollercoaster of note, it shows in the amount of art I've produced this year.

but yeah, no regrets here

~D

Don't forget: next kiriban is at 12,345!

]]> =damouse A letter for Girlchild http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/28640585/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/28640585/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:34:39 PST
I’m saddened that we didn’t really get a chance to be friends; I remember imagining it would be so one day, that we’d travel together, see the world and paint each other’s nails.

I really feel that you are better off now, I’m so happy for you. The sheer amount of anguish you went through here, nobody should ever have to endure, it was not by consequence of your action.


I’m relieved that you’re no longer here, and the amount of guilt that that brings is unbearable.

I thank God for the time we did have, I feel as though I’m a much better and stronger person than I was before, and although I would hate to reduce it to such an egotistical an end as that, feel that you and the ordeal that was our relationship, may have served in an integral role in shaping the person I’m becoming.

Thank you

Goodbye Micaela, Rest In Peace
Your Big Sister

]]> =damouse Today was... http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/28446719/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/28446719/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:16:11 PST
I think it must be the definition of happiness, a sort of "crushed but grinning" mentality.... admittedly that could also describe several forms of retardation.


oh oh oh oh I'm ssooooooo excited, my parents are coming home this Saturday, after nearly 2 months in India. I'm not sure if a miss them as much as I miss not cooking for myself ;P

that's all for now

except if you haven't yet, do yourself the favour and check out this little project I'm involved in->www.legionink.com, it's the reason behind my absencenessness from DA of late

]]> =damouse I didn't want to geek out about this http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/27662700/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/27662700/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:26:40 PDT
I keep thinking I'll stop typing and hit the "cancel new journal" button up there

especially since it would be a second journal in as many days, this would be entirely superfulous....

gaaah
ok
windows 7

I use a Mac G5 at school and had gotten used to the idea of it eing a bit prettier than my laptop, who ran vista, but I'm sticking out staying on windows for my personal machine because it's not just a work machine, I like to run a game occasionally or leech from a lan and I like the versatility that windows gives me.

Windows 7 has changed that
now I don't think I'd get a mac even for a work only machine, it's prettier without it being as much in your face, more customizable and I still get the versatility of windows except with the stability of XP

I can see some issues looming though,
for instance it doesn't even recognise fat32 which is how I've been tranferring to my mac

]]> =damouse sowwy http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/27651196/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/27651196/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:55:36 PDT
BUT.... I come back with presents!

been really busy:


I'm in the last days
of my last week
of my last semester
of my last year
of my last school ejdumication
:excited:

the projects have not been a lot of fun in the last while, mostly because the particular field I was in in this last bit has not really been my cup of tea, I'm not a web designer which has been my focus this last while.

Another thing that has been keeping me somewhat busy has been the birth of a new online community, Legion Ink , it's basically a South African based community for contemporary pop culture artists, specifically illustrators and as of today, game developers. We launched at rAge last weekend, it was amazing how well it went. Drop by and visit us!!

In the same way as I have been absent from DA, I have been absent from art, besides a few things from work, which I can't show, this ink pen has just about dried up, ut as things start running smoothly again I'm hoping to change this.

I lied about presents

]]> =damouse I have swine flu http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/26641884/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/26641884/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:04:54 PDT

I'll be ok though. If anything I've done my bit for raising the national immunity level. yay?


for those of you who have not yet done your homework:

The medical fraternity of south Africa reckons that the national infection/immunity rate is around 30% -40% already, despite the WHO having under 2000 confirmed cases, it feels and acts like normal flu and you can treat/avoid it the same way. The difference is that if you get it, it will probably affect you harder than a normal flu since the antibodies are a bit different and you should watch out for a persistent headache combined with fever to know if you actually in mortal danger.

personally I recommend catching it as soon as possible before it mutates or some other rubbish, lol. The vaccine/remedy called Tamiflu, which is all they have for it, is nearly ineffective and all 5 strains of the virus found in SA have already shown resistence to it.


Telkom is finally no longer on strike, or at least they've started answering the phones again. Maybe we can get service, maybe I could even get a phone line and a connection soon, maybe after that we get to find out why they stole over R3000 maybe even get some back. I'm not hopeful on that last point :)

]]> =damouse It happened again http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/26394045/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/26394045/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:42:36 PDT

just when I figure everything is nicely settling down and I can make arts, nasty life stuff takes over,meh.


Comission update


dwuff: awaiting details
thegretel: awaiting payment
APB: on it's way, expect it by Saturday
Tauxero: on it's way expect it by Saturday
Rawfish: awaiting confirmation on linework
Rumour: layout done, confirm before lineart
increbres: linework almost finished
Kitty: present-getting details, confirmed
kuriki fox: started, roughed


]]> =damouse South Africa commission SALE! http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/25409295/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/25409295/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:18:12 PDT
Status

STILL OPEN
Working on:
in no actual order
a colouring for ~dwuff
a character rendering for =tHeGrEteL
a character sketch for ~apple-Pie-boy

others to look forward to:
a chibi type rendering of Sinigami Ree
a chibi type rendering of Zaphriel
a chibi type rendering of Brevelan

The Offer


These prices are less than half my usual rate and only open to South Africa

This is for a limited time only, depending on how many I get, I don't expect it to last longer than a few days

a pencil sketch of a character, original from a description or existing/fanart:
R50


Fast digital sketch of Character, original or existing:
R50


coloured piece of a character:
headshot: R100


digital paint from pencil: R150
>>


~
Contact

Interested?
You can send me a Note here on DA (preferred, at least until it is confirmed)
you can email me at dorimouse[at]gmail[dot]com

Wanna help out? please spread the word


]]> =damouse 24 http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/24840434/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/24840434/ Tue, 19 May 2009 14:08:12 PDT
my next post will be useful again, just needed to get this posted before I turn 25 ;P

to celebrate, I went out with my guys on Friday night, including =1behemoth1,~DawidFrederik, ~2of2point4,~TauXero and ~Iwudacus-You guys rock :heart:

]]> =damouse ... http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/24750718/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/24750718/ Thu, 14 May 2009 08:59:28 PDT
*clings Ben*, I'm sorry.

]]> =damouse Commissions + speed feature http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/24215062/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/24215062/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:45:16 PDT


DA Meet!!
*Hello-SouthAfrica is co-ordinating what looks to become a monthly gathering of artists from DA. The next one is set for May 2nd


Commissions

I'm reopeneing Comissions here, the ones that I have on the go at the mo are from private emails and other forums and I suddenly realized I should make a sort of announcement here too :P

Check out [link] fo my new and updated Commission info. Updating that was definitely long overdue

I'm considering opening other types of commissions, screensavers, journal css scripts, avatars. Any opinions?


Speed features

I've done one of these before but still couldn't resist the urge
I'm featuring work from the first 10 to comment on this journal

I was 'infected' by :iconfaroldjo: who is a brilliant colourist whom I admire, seriously, check him out if you haven't stumbled by already




1.
:icontimmiboi:


2. :iconhippiedesigner:
is currently competing in the minispace design challenge
, share some love, add a vote ->[link]


3.
:icongibbo18:


4.
:iconrabies-rabbit: =damouse Alive http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/24086462/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/24086462/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:56:47 PDT


Commission Spaces
4 spots Full
1. Caraneth 2.Shebawolf 3.Maldoror 4.Kitty


The stylus has been returned

unfortunately either something in my driver setup is throwing it off or it's been damaged, now it draws diagonals in a zig-zag, I still need to figure it out, in the meantime I'm clinging to Dawie's for a while longer

Been incredibly busy, while my parents are in Asia we've sort of been in charge of everything, it's been a little rough, and I'm pretty sure that at 23 I shouldn't be feeling quite so attached to my parents...anyhoo.

went to the DA meet last saturday, not as many people attended as expected but it was still awesome to put some names to faces, and meet new names :D

]]> =damouse meh, EDIT http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/23775370/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/23775370/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:07:38 PDT


Commission Spaces
3 spots
1. ~Multiliza 2.open 3.open


It's not a good day...
lost stylus

I don't know where to get a replacement for it, in the meantime *DawidFrederik is letting me use his tablet :hug:

EDIT: I've been through all the places someone may have handed it in at campus, no joy yet. I've called suppliers and found that it's regarded a discontinued line and that the only way to get a replacement would be to special order it. I've ordered one, it'll take at least 2 weeks to get here and cost R1,300; ...

...
still meh



reminder: the kiriban is near

]]> =damouse I Act 27 years old http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/23672998/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/23672998/ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:48:42 PDT


Commission Spaces
3 spots
1. ~Multiliza 2.open 3.open


[x] You know how to make a cup of coffee (???)
[x] You keep track of dates using a calendar (and a diary)
[x] You own a credit/debit card (more than two thirds of my life now)
[ ] You know how to change the oil in a car (That's why I have a brother;P)
[x] You've done your own laundry (since I was 12)
[x] You can vote in an election
[x] You can cook for yourself
[x] You think politics are exciting (more like an absurd form of entertainment, but I figure it counts)
TOTAL SO FAR:7

[ ] You have gotten suspened
[x] You show up for school late (regularly, but usually unintentionally)
[x] You always carry a pen in your bag/purse(and a pencil and a maximarker and a brushpen and a....)
[x] You've never gotten a detention
[x] You have forgotten your own birthday at least once
[x] You like to walk by yourself
[x] You know what credibility means, without looking it up
[x] You drink caffeine at least once a week (week!?!?!? try hour)
TOTAL SO FAR: 14

[x] You know how to do the dishes
[x] You can count to 10 in another language
[x] When you say you're going to do something you do it (let's call it a half point, I'm a terrible procrastinator)
[x] You can mow the lawn (I can also repair the ride on mower for our 2 acres, that counts as 1.5 points )
[x] You study when you HAVE to
[x] You have hand washed a car before
TOTAL SO FAR: 20

[x] You can spell experience, without looking it up
[ ] The people at Gloria Jeans know you by name
[ ] The first thing you do when you wake up is smoke a cigarette
[x] u can go to the store without getting something you don’t need
[x] You understand political jokes the first time they are said
[x] You can type pretty quick
TOTAL SO FAR: 24

[ ] Your only friends are from your place of employment
[ ] You have realized that no one will take you seriously unless you are over the age of 25 and have a job (nope, I'm optimistic like that)
[ ] You have more bills than you can pay
[x] You use the internet every day
[x] You have been outside of South Africa 1 or more times
[x]You make your own bed when you want to
TOTAL: 27

Found this on ~loko3d's journal, looked like fun
anybody you wants to:
repost as: I Act ___ years old

]]> =damouse Short update http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/23344659/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/23344659/ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:03:31 PST


Commission Spaces
3 spots
1. ~Multiliza 2.open 3.open


a short update since that last journal is moot and was waaay too long on my page ;P

I'm living and loving life and making art

...

okay, so it's a very very short update.

]]> =damouse Random fanart selection http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/22915486/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/22915486/ Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:12:52 PST


Missing you
:icondamouse::iconbigheartplz::icon1behemoth1:


found this and thought I'd do sketch fanart of whichever villain came out on top :shrug:, it's odd, I know, I'm ok with that.

Joker
[x] You have a dark sense of humour.
[x] People often tell you you're 'crazy', 'weird', 'a freak' and other words to that effect.
[ ] You like wearing bright colours even if they clash.
[ ] You don't tend to make a lot of sense.
[ ] You are self-obsessed.
[ ] You will do anything for a laugh.
[ ] You can't laugh at yourself very easily.
[ ] You're smiling a lot of the time.
[x] You are intelligent.
[ ] You like to be the center of attention.
[x] You enjoy the work of the Marx Brothers.
Total: 4

Two-Face
[ ] You are a Gemini.
[x] You seem to have two sides to you that different people see.
[ ] You have taken revenge on a bully.
[x] You have/had a burn or scar or something similar visible for over two months.
[ ] You believe in chance and fate.
[x] You tend to be paranoid.
[x] You consider yourself unattractive.
[ ] You feel no-one can truly like/love you for who you are.
[x] You have trouble making decisions by yourself.
[ ] Blackmail is a completely acceptable method to use in getting what you want.
Total: 5

Penguin
[ ] You love birds.
[ ] You consider yourself a complete gentleman/lady.
[ ] You have/had an overprotective mother.
[ ] You always keep an umbrella in your bag just in case.
[ ] You are always dressed smartly.
[ ] You were/are bullied in your youth.
[ ] You consider yourself obese.
[ ] You have a lot of connections.
[ ] You want to work with animals in some way.
[ ] You want to run your own nightclub.
Total:0

Scarecrow
[ ] You like to scare people.
[x] You have a reclusive nature.
[x] Your life is ruled by research/work.
[ ] You are scared of birds.
[ ] You are tall and skinny.
[x] You take/have taken psychology at school/university/college.
[ ] You feel your parents were loveless towards you.
[ ] You were born out of wedlock.
[ ] You used to pick on animals as a child by hurting them or scaring them.
[x] You have/had religious fanatics in your family.
Total: 4

Riddler
[x] You love puzzles and riddles.
[ ] You have red/ginger hair.
[ ] You have OCD.
[x] You are quirky.
[ ] You consider yourself a 'smooth talker'.
[x] You are an intellectual.
[x] You get high marks on your texts/exams.
[ ] Most of your body is covered in tattoos.
[ ] You seldom win in physical fights.
[ ] You complete computer games with ease.
Total: 4

Mr. Freeze
[x] You prefer cold weather.
[ ] You want to be cryogenically frozen.
[x] You have lost a loved one to a terminal illness.
[ ] You go/have gone to boarding school.
[x] You are a loner.
[ ] You go all out to hurt someone who hurt you.
[ ] You would do anything for the one you love.
[ ] Winter is your favourite season.
[x] You have poor blood circulation.
Total: 4

Ra's Al Ghul
[ ] You are manipulative.
[ ] You would love to get rid of everything and start the world again from scratch.
[ ] You want perfect environmental balance.
[ ] Science is/was your favourite subject.
[x] You consider yourself a spiritual person.
[x] You consider your age to not be an issue.
[x] You want a son.
[ ] You keep yourself fit.
[ ] You want to live forever.
[ ] You see the world as decadent and corrupt.
Total: 2

Bane
[ ] You consider yourself as physically strong.
[ ] You go the gym a lot.
[ ] You have an addictive personality.
[ ] You have been to prison.
[ ] When you were younger, you had a teddybear that you took everywhere.
[ ] You had a classical education. =damouse Only 349 Days Left of This Amazing Opportunity!!! http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/22595795/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/22595795/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:01:18 PST


Missing you
:icondamouse::iconbigheartplz::icon1behemoth1:


I am aware that most people post Yew Nears journals closer to the date :shrug: never said I was normal



Here's wishing you all a fantastic New Year, may your 2009 be filled to the brim with fame, happiness, belly laughs and moments you'll treasure forever



New ava
you probably noticed, this has been long overdue. the reason...? mostly the strange collection of fur people who recently started adding me to their networks, it would seem that the last avatar in combination with *1behemoth1's influence is giving a false impression.


not too fond of this one, mostly because I'm not fond of my own calligraphy ;P
so it'll probably change soon again.


What does this year hold anyway?


well, since I'm heading back to class for that one lonely subject kind of determines the schedule, I'll be staying home a whole lot more than I'm fond of. I have itchy feet, I want to travel all the time, I take one of those flight listing pamphlets every time I pass a travel agent.
My Parents are not helping, from what I've heard so far, their year includes Beijing, Hanoi, Saigon, Bangkok, Phnom Penh with a lot of very long train rides, they're also going to be in Bulgaria for a few weeks. Crazy


So I'm taking this year and turning it into a stage play, or a movie (depending on the rights) It's turning into a sort of make or break on the freelance thing and it's going to be tough, but worth it if it goes as I see it now, worth it either way.


I just realized this is only half an update...so much to tell you...
aah well, it would be an overload in any case, so expect another one soon

*chuckles again at the title*

]]> =damouse And now for something a little different... http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/21870745/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/21870745/ Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:17:38 PST


Hmmmm!
:icondamouse::iconlove::icon1behemoth1:


I have returned to my hippy freak ways. Opting for a genuine freelance lifestyle over the grind of the 9am-6pm, and far too often 9am-2am.celebrate with me for being fired. It is exceptionally liberating and I recommend everybody do it frequently to maintain a healthy outlook on life. :XD:

so how's freelancing treating me, I hear you ask. Pretty good thus far, I'm being kept very busy for very little cash...oh wait...

seriously though, I think I can make a go of this, I'm not yet getting the sort of work I'm looking for but I'm expecting to change that fairly quickly.

Last friday I went and saw Pythonesque at Montecasino, I was impressed. It's a history Monty Python in the form of Monty Python, I laughed so hard my face was still sore most of Saturday.

On wednesday of this week, I'll be making my way down to Umicon, Durban's first dedicated Anime Convention, Taking place this weekend, more info can be found here




Artwise:
~Colouring the next Cotton Star ministrip, for a collab with ~1behemoth1 and ~Twak called kudu comics

~Developing my character for the comicworx concept brawl, where I've been pitched against ~razor-rabbit

~Taking a new look at some older artwork, benchwarmer is getting revisited for example

alrighty, I'm out for now

]]> =damouse Devious Journal Entry http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/21870289/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/21870289/ Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:51:49 PST
]]> =damouse Alive...no. Living http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/21414346/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/21414346/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:05:24 PST life was crazy distracting, not going to make you read a blow by blow, primarily because I don't think it fair to depress people like that. It did involve a lot of hospital visits and a lot of stuff that changed my day to day.

A basic summary of current events:

-She's in love and very attached to *1behemoth1

-She gave up her hippy-freak ways(at least partially and temporarily) by getting a day job

-She's learned a lot about surprises in life and how quickly things and direction can change.

this upcoming week, her plans include:

-taking her bike and truck learners license test so she's slightly less illegal on the roads. DONE

-work like a slave doing the stuff she loves but is rapidly learning to hate. ONGOING

-go for surgery (her wisdom teeth are killing her)SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY

she also intends to stand her ground on something important
(Turning out a little harder than anticipated, but a compromise will be reached)
and call up an old friend, make contact again. PENDING

then on Saturday, if she has the correct information and the side effects of surgery don't prevent it; she'll be attending the gauteng comicworx artjam ~~CURRENTLY CANCELLED due to slave labour :P

Photobucket

]]> =damouse I spammed? ;P http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/19765289/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/19765289/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:30:34 PDT

Sorry about spamming you with ugly dressed chuck norrises. I'll try not to do it again.

May as well update while I'm here now.

On the personal front
I'm steadily recovering from my loss (the robbery, see last journal), I'm using a machine from my dad's office, nearly everyday I think of some other dat I had that I lost,less obvious stuff now though, an animation reel mashup I made to inspire me, downloaded Audiobooks of the Discworld, that sort of thing.

One good thing that's coming from the loss of my projects is that I'm starting from scratch, everything's getting reassessed, reprioritised and I find I'm motivated again. which is a really good thing considering how much I want to do.

]]> =damouse And the prize goes to... http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/19602112/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/19602112/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:54:49 PDT
Personally I commend these two one their stealth and cunning.

The prizes:
My laptop pc, the stunning hp tx1000 with a tablet swivel screen, 160GB of my work and data and newly equipped 4gb memory.

my phone, nokia 2600, with my contacts, as well as a bonus nokia 3510i

A Nikon digital SLR,with additional flash, additional lens and gorilla pod

A sony hdd handycam with about 40gb's of footage on it.
etc,etc,etc.

meh, congrats.

It could have been worse, they could have hurt me. They didn't.

I'll recover.

The data loss is the worst part. my personal projects, my collabs, the websites I was building... basicaly back at where I was in January.And yes, I do back up more often than that, but I was sorting through those files for archiving this week and it was taken too.

meh

Mouse out

]]> =damouse so...this week http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/19504608/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/19504608/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:46:20 PDT AAARGH
You remember in my previous journal I went a little bos about Sai?
well the trial ended :/ I'm going to be buying this thing, I'm pretty certain about that, but not right now. It's tough, I lost a few projects I was working on, because I thought I'd be able to carry on working on them with a reset tool I have.

It'll be a bit of a rush to catch up again.
My deepest apologies to my collabing buddie:

*gottschalk, thank you for your patience.

Apologies especially to ~Atuki, ~masterjams and ~Hofling I've been slow with finishing the piece,I was basically done but it looks as though I'll need to restart it now. well, it'll be better ;P


This Week
My Dad and I roadtripping to the coast, in the hope of catching some wind-kitesurfing, I usually surf from my desk and this should be a cool experience. so yeah...not going to be online much, if at all, at least until Friday.

Fangirlll!!
Saw Wall-e yesterday. wow, Pixar certainly delivered in the animation department but I have really mixed feelings about the storyline.

Full review at some other point. :sleepy:

]]> =damouse Journal of Mass http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/19234592/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/19234592/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:52:59 PDT Myself and Art

I have theory that every illustrator goes through valleys and peaks when it comes to how they perceive their own skill level, we tend to swing between “I can’t draw” and “I can do that(despite never having tried anything in that style)”, usually the downward swing is sparked by either a big scary job that makes you worry more about the piece or by focusing too much on an aspect you struggle with drawingwise, an element of anatomy you’re not completely sure about for example.

;P;P something like this:
stupidgraph

Notice however if we reverse the graph, as in flip it horizontally, we’d get progressively stupider as we travelled backwards in time.

Movies

If you haven’t yet watched either the incredible hulk or Iron man, seriously, *shakes head* . I loved both of these more than I have a movie in a very long time. Casting, editing, story arcs, sound, animation, character design, there’s nothing that makes me go ‘eh, that wasn’t so good’, to me they’re broth impressive works of the craft beside being awesome comicy movies. As to the question of which between the two…I’d go with the incredible hulk, for 2 reasons, the camera work and editing seemed crisper (timing of impacts etc,) and I’m more of a questing for inner peace than a spend my money flash kind a girl. I'm most definitely becoming a fan of the new marvel studios.

this pixar fangirl is freaking out about wall-e finally being within reach, but that'll get a journal on it's own, soon as I've watched 6 or 7 times;P

Discovering Sai
Wow, let me introduce you, try it -> [link]
As far digital illustration goes, this has been a process and skill changing discovery.
It’s leaner than anything I’ve worked with (it installs and runs faster than it takes photoshop to open)
It has the blending/real media feel of painter without the clutter of trying to emulate it. Earlier today, my mom offered me some popcorn, and my initial response was “no thanks, I don’t want to put fingermarks on my page”


*warning: geekdom approaches*
I have one other new addition to my toolbox of must haves
My Nintendo DSLite on homebrew steroids. I bought my ds from the UK back in October (yes, now they’re available here, but I couldn’t find a lite here at the time) I’d had it for a week (playing Zelda, phantom hourglass, if anyone cares) when I heard about colors from collectingsmiles.com, it’s a homebrew ‘game’ that turns your ds into a little sketchpad, this is fantastic since the ds screen is pressure sensitive and everything. So while I was in Asia, I picked up the hardware to make it happen. Wow, since then my ds has been a sketchpad, organizer, free voip phone, internet browser, animation desktop, mp3 player and movie player( the screen’s a little too small for subtitles, but works great), I have inspirational images on it to look at when I feel like drawing etc etc etc.(mention the word 'orange' in your comment if you're still reading, heheheh) There are limitations, understandably, it’s not actually a tabletpc apparently, but it’s much much more than a handheld game console now. On top of all that I can play gba roms and downloaded ds games...even before they’re released here. AAAHRR

Speaking of hook handed sea-fiends, :icon1behemoth1: and I teamed up for local comic contest, it was a gruelling sleepless weekend combined with more coffee than is healthy to produce 8 pages of concept and teaser in post apocalyptical pirate theme.



I have a confession to make-I’m a Super Paper Mario addict. There, I said it, I feel all alone, like nobody understands me. I’m sure that when this game get’s to South Africa I’ll find people like me with a particular soft spot for theflat,i cutesy mustached plumber/carpenter game, I just love the game play dynamics....it's....genrebastardness

]]> =damouse moar updates(:) with link) http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/18294631/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/18294631/ Wed, 14 May 2008 09:39:55 PDT
Our plans changed kind of radically when we found out that my mom had/has to have intensive physio and ultrasounds for her shoulder injury, so instead of heading off to do our tour in Laos, our stint in Cambodia and the bike trip we were hoping to include, we ended up taking it easy in Malaysia where we became part of the modern global trend known as medi-tourism. Which was kind of a good thing since I was getting kind of exhausted with travelling.

I love being nomadic , it ‘s just sometimes frustrating, I’ve got very little done creatively while travelling.

On Penang (Malaysia)

I love this island, it is without a doubt my home away from home. We were fortunate to have friends who live here going back to SA during this time so instead of needing to stay in a costly hotel, we rented their apartment, a sweet spot nine floors up with nothing between you and the beach except for the pool and palm trees.
The food is flippin’ fantastic in a ‘I just can’t get enough of that’ kind of way, some of it’s really simple and most of it’s really healthy, although there are a fair few fatty dishes too. Means me and the gym have a pact when i get back and get back to some sort of routine.

For those of you who missed it I’m putting travel pics in a photobucket account, so you can find them here:[link]

This solution was devised while I was subless, now thanks to my good Friend *DawidFrederik this is no longer a frustration. *more hugs*


Art update
There’s a bit of a debate going on internally with me at the moment. When I return to SA, I need to either run full tilt into the creative field and market myself like crazy and hope something will catch me or I’m going to need to get a J.O.B thingy, which I’m less keen on and more sure of. Give me your thoughts on this dilemma.

~~
I might be offline for a while, have some patience I'll answer you soon
forgive me,or laugh at me, I'm fast asleep right now, and I'll prolly end up rewriting this one ]]> =damouse Short news http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/18284906/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/18284906/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:51:38 PDT Really though, it’s a comicbook movie done right which I feel is kind of a novelty. Ok that’s not really news, since I saw it on it’s second day of showing and was just too lazy to let you guys all know


I have the awesomest family in the world.
not news either I guess considering the whopper of the current vacation
They’re buying me a years sub for my b-day, at least they would be if they could get the card working from here. :shrug: still awesome

]]> =damouse Travel Update http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/17952059/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/17952059/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:05:56 PDT ~~
Travelling

Ok, when I wrote last I was in Ho Chi Minh City, since then we spent a month travelling North through Vietnam. We would land in a town find a couple of motorbikes to hire, drive around and find a place to stash our bags and rest our heads, then spend the next few days exploring the town, seeing the sights and generally get acquainted with the people and food until we get a bus to take us to the next town :


Mui Ne: (just north of Phan Tiet if you look at a map, since it usually doesn’t have its own label) This place is Paradise on Earth. You know the postcards with the white beaches, palm trees? Take that place and add great on-the -each cafes with addictive cuisine, economical kite-surf schools and surprisingly few tourists for how amazing it is.

I’m gonna take up kite surfing properly in the near future, along with my Dad the fanatic and maybe my bro.

Driving In Viet Nam is suicide for anybody who is used to driving in the calm of western cities, more than two thirds of the population drives motorbike scooters, mostly Honda Cubs and nobody ever looks in their rear-view mirror, hooting incessantly is considered a courtesy. Just in February Nam joined the rest of the world in requiring helmets for drivers, this resulted in a boom in the plastics industry and a large amount of wacky helmets. In Phan Tiet we each bought our own souvenir helmets of wacky design.

Nha Trang: is a minicity slammed up against a beach strip, it was in a past time a really great tourist destination but gives me the impression of having lost some of that charm in the bustle

Hoi Anis a bubble of old world Chinese Empirical rule , a ceramic tiled, yellow walled, tailoring chain store.

Hue this place suffers a bit of being a grubby grey dorpie, but it has some interesting ancient architecture scattered throughout it which makes up for it and some riverside cafe charm which, bears a striking resemblance European Coffee haunts.

Vitnamese coffee is something to be cherished by anyone with a taste for it it’s brewed dark and thick drip-style from a little tin system on top of your glass mug, which has an inch of condensed milk at the bottom. When it’s finally done dripping and you stir, it remains the colour of tar NOMNOMNOM ;P

Ha Noi is a big chaotic city, bustling to the brim with insane Honda Cub driving. Dog is on the menu at a fair few corner hawkers, We weren’t here long since we only hada few days left on our Visa’s and figured, impersonating arnie, we’d be back.

Ha Long BayYou know those surreal Sumi E paintings with the cliffs and the mist and junk?

Not junk like junk is stuff I don’t want, but junk like old Chinese boat with the fan type sails. We spent three days exploring the Sumi e landscape, the surreality added to by the cold(about 20/22) weather.

You can see photo's in this photobucket [link]

]]> =damouse Returned http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/17217887/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/17217887/ Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:52:36 PST
As promised, a real Journal, grab a cuppa joe though cos it feels like it's going to be a long oneTurns out I was gone less than I was anticipating, I wasn't expecting to get connected as easily as I am in Vietnam, go figure

Traveling

the next journal is intended to be a full up to date travel one so this is just a little current one
I’m in Saigon(Ho Chi Minh) with my family now. So far I’m loving this town, it seems to be a mix of underdeveloped asia and over sophisticated Europe jammed into one place. The French influence is obvious here-baguettes, chocolates, mayonnaise and strong coffee, also in the architecture there’s touches of art nouveau and 50’s modernity everywhere.
I went to the war remnants museum yesterday, it used to be called the museum of Chinese and American war crimes and was changed as not to offend Chinese and American tourists, they should have kept the old name, it would be more accurate. If you’re ever going to visit this museum, don’t do it on a full stomach unless you intend to redecorate the floor, some of the photos and displays are quite heavy. American Tourists are still offended by the museum, they call it biased, makes me laugh.


Creating

Art wise things are changing, I'm focusing my energy to more commercial aspects and I'm not sure what that's going to look like yet but I can see a lot of new influences coming into my work. I've also decided that I want to refine the work I post a bit more before submission, watch the gallery for the new developments soon.

other stuffs

To anybody considering getting a wii, do it. especially if you live with your folks, it's a great opportunity to laugh at and with them. also it is the most fun console out there and can be mucked about with in some of the coolest ways. check these out: [link]

we bought a chipped Japanese wii on this side of the world rather recently :pirate: loads of fun, I got hooked on Trauma Centre and Guilty Gear. Any fan of Bleach will completely :heart: Shattered Blade.


EDIT 19/03/'08: not sure how connected I'll be the next few weeks, just prepare yourself for a whopper of an update eventually.



MaiBro:
:icon2of2point4:
MaiClubs
:icontribe-sa: :iconcomicworx::icona-discworld-guild::icon100themeschallenge:
]]> =damouse Damouse status: offline http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/16384399/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/16384399/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:12:19 PST not permanently though

And I see my subs up too... now I'm gonna be emo :cries:

]]> =damouse Shoes ep01 http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/16298517/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/16298517/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:32:56 PST

Alrighty here is the much awaited first installment of my travel news. drumroll please

The flight including stopovers was 22 hrs. not much by normal standards but the timing made it really tedious, each of the three flights not quite long enough to sleep properly or the timing of food just really messed up. I usually enjoy flying but not so much this time.

landed in Bangkok just before midnight, Taxi to our hotel on the infamous khaosan road, about 2am and we're checked in and figure it's time to get some chow, 3am sees us at a grubby street cafe eating something unpronouncable.honestly the best food i've eaten in months. :p

It's the first time I've been on khaosan road. My impression: it's a lively place, a bit touristy in that you do better in french or english than thai, bit of a dodgy place too but I guess it's kind of expected. Back home a dodgy area automatically implies an unsafe area, here it's not the same. All in all, I like

Things that have made me smile:

Two orange-wrap clad buddhist monks discussing the USB compatibility of their mobiles.

My sudden and clingy appreciation for international branding; I like that I know that that drink is a Sprite even though I can't actually read it and that I know what it tastes like because it's the only one in the shop I can say that of. I take the Sprite thank you, although I usually don't like sprite :/

A shop full of man-girls selling tech hardware; got a harddrive case for half what they were originally asking, cos man-girls don't like haggling apparently. Also got some tips on applying eye make-up.ftw


]]> =damouse Devious Journal Entry http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/16279397/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/16279397/ Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:59:56 PST mine started off...uniquely.. as in I don't suspect I'll be doing that again.
I'll post more on my adventures later.

This journal is just to get this infos to you for the new comicworx comp

My hair:
my hair is really short at the back, long in front(yes, like emo hair except I don't wear it over my eyes,) brown, and with a single braid on my left side that reaches my jawline
Eyes:
brown
Height:
short
A word that best describes me:
curious
If you were part of an elite crime-busting team, what special skill would you have?
A wealth of arb knowledge about any situation
If you were part of an elite team of space pirates, what special skill would you have?
I train orcus galactacus exceptionally easily
If you had a superpower, what would it be?
what do you mean IF? I'm telepathic
Describe the perfect weapon.
small and sharp
Why are you the vixen/villain/sidekick?
I'm the sidekick because I'm waiting for my day of glory :mwahaha:
If you were a superhero, what would you wear?
buckles over baggy, I don't do spandex

Little is known about damouse, she is human and appears to age as normal, she acquired her abilities during her teenage years while she was mysteriously absent from public view. She spends large amounts of her time in quiet contemplation uring which, it is thought, her abilities recharge.

]]> =damouse Jam,my bad, yay for me (updated) http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/15818167/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/15818167/ Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:15:55 PST I am an interwebs junkie and going through some heavy withdrawels

ArtJam

This weekend coming a group of artists and comic fans are getting together to meet, draw, have a drink, talk rubbish and further careers.

Where: Outer Limits Pretoria.
Time: Starting 1pm.
When: Sat 8 Dec 2007.
Extra Info: Bring drawing stuff (paper, pencils, ink, blood, twigs, cheese, kokis, bark, bleach.... and cash for drinks afterwards.

If you are interesting in attending you can note Dawid *DawidFrederik or *forestmoon or just show up. This is our final Jam for the year and the last one I'll be attending for a while, so you prolly don't want to miss it. ;p
-EDIT-

besides this being the smallest jam thus far, it was still fun and we discussed many very important topics such as wolverine's blowdrying techniques.
In attendance:
:iconslinkyonion::icon1behemoth1::iconforestmoon::iconwraithbaby::icondawidfrederik::iconrosefairy007:

:no: I Lied :O

I was under the impression that I would have more time after finishing my classes for the year...well...yeah

as things stand right now:

Versatility project: on hold
100 themes: on hold
every project pertaining to my art stuff, drawing or painting, digital or real: on hold

this status will not change until the end of the year, this saddens and frustrates me intensely but :shrug: what can I do?
-EDIT-
Now to top it off, I don't have a phoneline (yes, again and again and again)

After this

As most of you will know from my previous journal, my family and I are taking a five month trip to South East Asia, It's looking more and more exciting, while we may not be going to India anymore, we are probably going to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and probably Cambodia too, which has been on my Iwanttogotheresomeday list for a while, we're going cheap and rough, my favourite way of travelling, as far as I know, there's gonna be a few days when 'home' will consist of a hammock and mosquito net in a tree on a beach, hmm :/ sand in a laptop anyone?


Clubs
:icontribe-sa: :iconcomicworx: :icona-discworld-guild::icon100themeschallenge:
]]> =damouse This interactive Journal is about you http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/15458943/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/15458943/ Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:40:39 PST
meArt

Several things are happening with my art and illustrations:
Firstly I'm entirely passionate about creating new stuff right now, schools been keeping me really busy of late so all I've managed to get out has been a couple of pencil pages,(expect this to change soon, only 6 days left of the year :boogie:)

Secondly, been on this bender recently about 'my style', it's all hogwash, I don't have one, in fact, I can't even decide which medium I really like, all the way from pencilling little pinups like my recent stuff to vector wallpaper type stuff (which you won't find in this gallery, but trust me) at the same time I'm getting deeper into animating in 3D.

Thirdly, although not unrelated to the above point, I want to push my boundaries, see how versatile I really could be, so I've been thinking of starting a series of 'art after______' in which I attempt to create pieces that look like they were drawn or created by other great artists. This is where the fun begins, because I'm asking you my dear watchers, friends and visitors, for ideas and challenges, in fact it won't work without you because I'll end up creating stuff after art I already know and like.You can see the project's progress here [link]

ArtJam

The Gauteng ArtJam, a joint effort of some of us here on DA and the Comicworx crew, is now a monthly event held the last weekend of each month. A group of Artists basically get together to meet, draw talk rubbish and further their careers.

The idea has been raised that we hold the next one somewhere in Pretoria or preferably Centurion area so it'll be more central between Jozi and Pretoria, right now it doesn't have a new home. We've found that a comic shop makes a nicer environment than a restaurant, my guess would be that a gallery would work too.

Let me know if you want to be kept posted on these developments so you can join us or if you have any ideas for the event's home, please.

Crediting :faint: at last

I kept meaning to do this and never happened cos everytime I've been posting it's been just a short blurby journal or it completely slips my mind:
my avatar was created by my talented friend:
:iconwraithbaby:.
( Sorry aboot that, girl, I think I have a RAM issue in my head)

Featuring

Meet some of my watchers:
:iconnjay:

:iconmooray:
=damouse Fell off the Dark Continent http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/15267185/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/15267185/ Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:53:51 PDT I've once again been left stranded by Telkom, our national telephone network, on the 18th of this month my phone and data line was hit by lighting, for a while I had still had the ADSL connection without a working phone line, Telkom has since repaired the line, now I don't have either :/

So I apologize for not responding to a few notes and not commenting on your posts, etc hopefully I shall return within a few days, I saw some repairmen on our street, not sure yet if that's a good thing :D

-EDIT- Me and my impatient babbling, I wrote this from school, where I 'm technically not supposed to access DA and when I get home, the Telkom repairmen is just leaving, all fixed :dance:


The Gauteng Artjam held last Saturday held at Oracle Comics on Northcliff was quite a success in my opinion, it was cosier and more relaxed than it's been before despite a lot of regulars being MIA (you know you are).

if you were there, please leave your opinion below, if you were not, defend yourself, I want either very valid excuses or very creative ones :D


Commissions are open--- I need to scrape money together for traveling next year, you can get more info ^_^*Here


Clubs
:icontribe-sa: :iconcomicworx: :icona-discworld-guild::icon100themeschallenge:
]]> =damouse green and not so http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/15151545/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/15151545/ Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:04:08 PDT
I was in Paris watching a game with my family and friends, it must have been a big game, cos they'd gathered to watch it.
After about ten minutes I ask my aunt (my parents were in SA)

"aunty, those men, are they very poor?"
"uhm, no my darling" "they're actually well paid"
"oh"

...

"why do you ask, my darling"
"cos I think they should buy all their own balls and stop fighting for one"

I'll admit my opinion hasn't been much revised over the years, I still find it a senslessy brutal sport and overall too technical for it's own good. but my word was I happy when we beat England in the World Cup last night, all the national pride just wouldn't stay put. so YAY for the senselessy brutal sport making everybody happy and making random strangers hugging in the streets.




.....
The force is strong with this young padawan, see for yourself.
:iconapple-pie-boy:




.....

I'm still very very busy with practical finals for uni, so please excuse the lack of artsy and I may be slow to respond etc

.....

Those of you who live in the Gauteng area may be keen to know that the comicworx forum has arranged another Jam for next weekend, all artists (not just comic artists) are welcome to attend, it'll be at oracle comics at northcliff around 1, I'll post up the rest of the info soon

]]> =damouse mmmmmargh! http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/14974831/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/14974831/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:24:06 PDT
I shall return soon, (hopefully)

]]> =damouse End of August, already? http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/14286864/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/14286864/ Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:15:05 PDT







:shakefist: TAGGED

been tagged by *ToxicSquirrel, to write 8 random/ interesting things about me, I've never been tagged before.(baleev it... cos it's true)I'm not going to tag anyone else, regard that as a bonus random titbit.

"interesting things about me"
1. I both crave and hate routine, this has resulted in being nocturnal many days
2. I nearly always walk around home in socks
3. I struggle to believe we can't time travel
4. I'm best friends with my family
5. I laugh in a crisis.
6. My nickname is Mouse, has been since before I can remember
7. I skipped high school
8. I regard cheese as a food group on it's own



:bounce:where am I ?

who invented school assignments?
didn't they know I have better things to do with my university years than university?

yeah sorry about the lack of deviations, hopefully I'll figure out a new way of managing my time soon.

The features you love I think?


by~Beribaby5
by~aon
by*sygnin

A feeling which I really like and hope to someday capture in my own illustrations



Clubs
:icontribe-sa: :iconcomicworx: :icona-discworld-guild::icon100themeschallenge:
]]> =damouse artist for sale http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13922524/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13922524/ Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:34:29 PDT

Food plz
:sad:
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the craziness has set in

artist advert

a pencil sketch of a character: $10
colours of the same: $25
painted from pencil: $25

additional characters $5 for pencil, $10 at colour

happy to answer any questions about this


]]> =damouse End of July http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13862197/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13862197/ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:43:46 PDT

Time to make new years resolutions for '08
:crazy:
~


:worship: Dieties :worship:

This week I'm featuring a few of THE Dieties of Pixel Painting,I'm in awe and shock

:iconblackeri:
She owns Pixel painting, come on, over 9000 faves on one piece?!?!

:iconzancan:

:iconariokh:


Will you there on Saturday?
Gauteng artmeet
Ok, art jam news. The date, place and time is set and here it is:
Date : Saturday 28 July
Place : Brightwater commons (we meet outside of animeworks)
Time : 14:00

quest renewed

I've had the 100 theme list on(although mostly off) the backburner for a while
now there's a club for this challenge.
:icon100themeschallenge:
My List

am I crazy?

I'm thinking of starting comissions, but I don't know if anyone would really be interested, Let me know what you think on this, k? any advice would be appreciated.


Do me a huge favour and drop by Dawid's gallery and fave everything in it, I know how much he'd really appreciate it [link]<... ]]> =damouse I like blue http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13705698/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13705698/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:19:48 PDT

Lookit, I'm finally trying this css stuff out
:crash:
~


:work: sad stuff

Since Monday I have resumed my sentence and I'm now back in class until the end of the year. I haven't done half the things I intended to, but I've done a few that weren't on the list. This last semester looks scary intense, I'll try to stay active here but no promises yet. I still intend to stick to my rule of not posting anything from school, but if it takes all my time I may not have a choice eventually.

btw
this: doesn't count. My rule is about just submitting whatever you happen to be working on, whereas this stands alone. IMO


:worship: the artists

Each Journal I'll be featuring individuals, personal friends or people who's work makes me go "wow", that sort of thing.I tried that feature ten thing, all that happened is I got less comments than usual, it was supposed to be in fun not to scare people:D

anyhoo this journal is featuring:

:iconzano: because I like blue avatars or something




:iconalexds1: as above




:iconcarraman: just because



Will you... ]]> =damouse Some Fun http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13448350/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13448350/ Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:55:05 PDT
Fantastic Four, rise of the silver surfer

After a string of dissapointments when it comes to comic book movies, my hopes weren't very high for this one.Let's face it, the first one was a disaster, it's a sequel and IMO the Four are rather cliched characters; there's the muscles, the cocky one, the thinker/genius, and the girl. I still decided to see it and at a SK Classic, nogal ( I figured if all it's got going for it are the special effects, I'll give it it's best shot).

Story/Characters Each of the characters were more shallow with too many inconsistancies to be taken seriously( I won't go into detail because I'm trying not to post any spoilers). The storyline is very obvious even the smaller arcs follow cliched patterns, which will make it probanly more suitable for a younger audience.

Graphics/fx As expected. Pretty. Believable considering how unbelievable. I was dissapointed with Galactacus, It just didn't feel as real as it should have. I was impressed by the scenes involving a certain character's interaction with 'the beacon'. (no spoilers is really difficult, I'll probably end up updating this later on with details)

Overall It doesn't fair too badly, at least it's not as bad as the first one. The shallow and obvious storyline is being held together by the fx. That being said, it is the kind of movie which you can relax while you watch it.


~The next review will be Shrek the Third

Ratatouille is scheduled for a worldwide release on the 29th, anybody know when it gets to South Africa?:shakefist: I'm waiting for this one, my favourite director since I watched the iron giant, my favourite 3D studio since Toy Story, many of my favourite artists(but specifically Buck Lewis since Tarzan). plus, look at these reviews [link]
:boogie:


Go!!

The next 10 individuals who respond to this journal will be featured in it, but be warned there is a condition, it is contagious, you're then supposed to do it in your own journal.
I caught the bug from :iconannt33k:


a new friend :iconwraithbaby: is #1

2 goes to :icondawidfrederik:

3 goes to:iconliquidwierdo:
http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13382492/ Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:20:19 PDT
Strangers...

A couple of sketchbook carrying oddballs gathered on Saturday at Brightwater for a meet and draw. It was fun with drawing tutoring, funny looks from the waiters, random conversation topics, and a few awkward moments which we tried to capture on camera when we remembered.


The victims/accomplices
I know I haven't got everybody here, but my memory's shot so help me out, okay?
*DawidFrederik, =wraithbaby, *forestmoon,~Aluerne, ~slinkyonion, ~Iwudacus,*damouse and ~karien as well as zoobeans, hobo and andy from comicworx

While we may not be complete strangers anymore, we are all still pretty strange.:D (and for some odd reason our sketchbooks smell like strawberries):blushes:


HEROES

I've just finished watching the first series, wow I love this series. The way the characters are connected, the way their abilities are discovered and play out, the whole feel of it which could easily be over the top in an all too typical superhero/ X-men style. I find it nearly as gripping as prison break without being as intense and while it has a similar questioning plotline as Lost; it feels as though it actually has an answer and won't be as frustrating.
for those of you who have bandwidth or an insatatiable need to know what happens next, you can watch any episode here:[link]
they also have online graphic novels/comics which add to the story

some of the fanart on DA:



and of course



respect SA illustrators
:icondawidfrederik: :iconcobbyman: :iconandy-83: :iconangel-bella-donna: http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/13261913/ Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:59:42 PDT




love/hate relationship

I have discovered that I can't live with or without technology. Ans when things start going buggy with your OS you should deal with it immediately, not wait until it lets you down completely. About a month ago I started to pick up quirks with windows(more than usual I mean), my LAN driver would uninstall itself, obscure error messages, blank autoplay boxes, that sort of thing none of them major or threatening in any way, we have wireless at home so I don't need to use a cable.
Then about a week before moderation(creative exams) aka sleepless crunchtime marathon week, maya won't render (memory exception something blah blah) photoshop takes 11 mins to open, and I can't go online at all ( sometimes maya would be unlicensed because of this) After effects just closes in the middle of an operation leaving me looking at my desktop.

What a nightmare, I handed in within an hour of moderation(technically should have been in a week earlier 'at the latest';).





absence

Needless to say I spent the last week backing up, formatting and re-installing and sleeping in late.
I should be back with new artwork soon as well as updating those WIP's like tea? and decay





respect SA illustrators
:icondawidfrederik: :iconcobbyman: :iconandy-83: :iconangel-bella-donna: :iconannt33k: :iconcaptainunobservant: :iconequilus123: :iconbobthefilterpuppy: :iconsean-izaakse: :iconjimmytheediblewyrm: :iconsilver7rose: :iconmooray: :iconrazor-rabbit: :icontoxicsquirrel:
respect SA photomanipulators

:icondnalor: :iconbazzabent: :iconmike---zilla:

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on age...

just turned 22, it was my birthday tuesday. No worries, I don't intend to grow up any time soon.





on spider-man..

If you've ever read the comic books you would be appalled at how gruesomely they've managed to murder the storylines (even worse than in 1 or 2) .They introduce Gwen Stacey to appease the fans more than to serve any point in the story. By cramming all three villains (Venom, Sandman and Hobgoblin) all into one short movie they managed to eradicate everything of meaning in peter parker's personal, internal struggle, which in my opinion is the significant difference between spider-man and so many other superheroes, this movie would have been better suited for superman, for instance.
The Graphics (yes capital G) are Amazing (yes capital A) the fight sequences are slick, every impact believable, except for some of the sandman's shots ( but I can't imagine how else they could have done them) Venom was far better than I would have guessed (can anyone show me how they rigged it?) and the play with Peter's look was pretty decent as well. Overall too fast, too plastic movie with enough wow to make you watch it again. :D And the intro was phenomenal, I want to download it.





and school

Schools getting nasty(I know I say this every time, but it's really true, it keeps getting worse :P) I'm about a week late with one project and I'm supposed to be on a break! But I'm loving every bit of it, even the flash actionscript stuff which used to be my enemy. I finally know enough to fight back.











these clubs have permission to show any of my work:
:icontribe-sa: :iconcomicworx: :icona-discworld-guild:

The title is only to make you look- no more questions ok? ]]> =damouse Got cheese http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/12364069/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/12364069/ Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:50:44 PDT This in no way means I am a better person than I was yesterday, just a little more committed to getting my art out there than I was yesterday.

I'll try to make this journal useful to you guys with links to artists and sites which I've found useful to me.



the css code is by clairejones [link]

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i refuse to allow the anger and frustration to get to me.

Telkom is in real trouble people, they actually cannot locate enough copper cable supplies to fulfill their service demands. our street has not had a cable for 150 phones for three weeks now.
the only reason I'm back online is that my brother had a long chat with a cables technician and proceeded to string a temporary cable unofficialy legally down the street.I recommend that eerybody learn the technicallities of connecting their own line to the exchanges and buy stocks of telecomunication grade external cable it is the only way any of us will survive the dark and quiet time to come.
speaking of dark: support Eskom and buy an iluvthelordofdarkness sticker at your local retail outlet

in other news
school has entirely sucked the hours away, its gruelling and nasty and so much fun.
this results in having very little to post here.

old news
thought I'd completely lost my mind in the early hours of wednesday until it was realized that you cannot lose something you never had


my first community(if they say so)


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The Offer


a pencil sketch of a character, original from a description or existing/fanart:
character $10
2-3 characters $15
with a bg; add $10



coloured piece of a character:
headshot: $25




full char, with pet or bg etc: $160




digital paint from pencil: $30
>>



watercolour portrait from photo:

from $40 for a headshot to family portraits; $180



Commission Status

Not in any specific order
1.Kitty
2.Maldoror
3.Nul
4.Shebawolf.
5.Carenath

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Contact


To enquire whether I am available for the type of commission you have in mind, as well as getting more info:
You can send me a Note here on DA (preferred, at least until it is confirmed)
you can email me at dorimouse[at]gmail[dot]com


Updated 13/04/'09, ]]> =damouse Damouse reviews Movies http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/10418733/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/10418733/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:48:43 PDT Just grouping these together as putting them on my usual journal is starting to create clutter, I'm expecting to do this more often so let me know what you think. What you think about my opinions here, what you think I should review etc etc.

Coming up
Still looking forward to Transformers and Ratatouille. One of the things I really hate about living in South Africa is that we're so far behind with movie release dates.


Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix

Wow
Truly amazing movie. Watch it.Watch it now. Watch it again
I'll rewrite this into a full review in a week or or so when more people have had a chance to see it

I'm a fan of the books. Every HP movie has impressed me with the adaptation this one is no exception.Sure there are huge chunks missing, have you seen the book? There are places where they managed to condense four scenes into a single line of dialogue, as sad as the requirement to do so may be. The genius in composing the scenes to get the right emotions and story with so little screen time available, wow, really. The biggest problem with this movie is that it is too short, this makes the pacing a little heavy to handle, I think they could easily have extended the time for this story.This is one of those movies where the special edition/directors cut/extended version dvd is going to be worth having.

Graphic and effects are for the most part outstanding. There are a couple of shots in the build up which are not quite believable but they negligible in the whole thing.While I feel that Daniel, Emma and Rupert have outgrown their roles a bit. The casting of the new characters and the adult characters (both new and old) is exceptionally brilliant.

Yes, go see it!

Shrek the Third

Here be Spoilers because I don't care
My deepest heartfelt apologies to any of my watchers who saw this unprepared, I suppose I was struggling to believe how much of a botch up Dreamworks had made, trying to find something good. So if this review feels more like a rant, it's because it is.

Story/Characters
Shrek (the first one) was a great story, unexpected, clever and with well developed characters,when it starts you KNOW he couldn't care less and then as it progresses you get to really watch him grow out of it...anyway I'm not reviewing that one, let's move along shall we? The second one while not as well developed sat well because we got a true appreciation for their new life and the humour carried well enough. This one was abysmal, I can imagine writing going something like this "uh we've decided it would be cheaper to make a movie using the props and characters we've already got so we need a continuation story, anybody got any ideas?"
"they could have a baby"
"they could inherit the kingdom"
"we could give more screen time to the edge characters, like the princesses"
"they could fight some villians"
"hmm, yes I like them all, let's do it"
Somehow they managed to take the Shrek character we got to know and could identify with and reduce him to a generic "this world's too much for me" wimp, besides his appearance and the fact that he carries arthur around on his shoulder, he isn't an ogre any more.
The secondary characters like the princesses were sad, too much time spent on too little,yes there were a few gags but whole scenes for a gag?please don't ask me to take you seriously.

Graphics and scenery
yes, uhm same as Shrek and II? It's one of those great little loopholes in an animated sequel, same textures, lighting and mostly the same scenery. The new scenery, the high school,the ship, Merlin's place and so forth were not very impressive, no depth beyond the area of interest. Even the swamp which we know previously to be part of a bigger scene was somehow flattened down to a single space, I blame layout/composition.

I'm not sure if this is just me but somewhere I managed to lose track of how the swamp, far far away, worcestershire and Merlin's place relate to each other.I suspect there are inconsistancies in the direction's that their journeys take which do that to the viewer (I'm not going to watch it again to check my theory)possibly the creators didn't work it out well enough, which may be why the choice to travel by ship.

is it really this bad?
Yes. Nearly every shot's purpose is just a gag, and you shouldn't string so many gags together on top of such a flaky story and character development. That may work for some kids but the tone of humour pushes it out of that bracket.Of the whole movie I can only think of one section which reminds me of the reason I used to like Shrek and that... ]]> =damouse Damouse's Versatility Project http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/10340142/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/10340142/ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:03:23 PST
Challenge Status: OPEN
so please help a girl out, see below on how to pose a challenge


Challenges currently underway
just starting out, will get started properly once I finish up with the school year.

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1. ~wraithbaby has challenged me to paint a background of a city in painter or photoshop
ACCEPTED13/11/07
STARTED 20/11/07

2.*ToxicSquirrel has challenged me to draw and digitally colour a portrait of his persona.
ACCEPTED15/11/07

2.~jamiebarrow has challenged me to create a piece in graffitti
ACCEPTED17/11/07

4. Any ideas? CHALLENGE ME!


The idea and how to


The idea behind this project is to expand and explore my versatility as an illustrator. So in posing a challenge reach as far as you want, tell m, for example, to draw like your favourite 18th century or modern artists, to capture a certain theme in vector or whatever. Real media or digital or mixed.

Send me a note with your challenge idea

there are some limitations:
I'm limiting things to illustration- 2D pieces, not 3D and not Sculpture, and while I love animating, it'll just take too long to embark on that sort of thing right now.
intense classical paintings are also out, since they take a little too long for all the layered drying, and the materials are a bit on the pricey side for me

Tell me what you think of the project below
the hidden comments are from an older journal


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Commission Spaces
3 spots
1. ~Multiliza 2.open 3.open


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Brilliant!
Latest Submissions

Hullooooooo South Africans!



:hug: So how as the Dev Meet? Success or complete failure? Let us hear those stories. Gossip gossip gossip. Share with us how the day went.We all want to know...everything!

and PHOTOS :eager: yes yes yes, we hope you all took photos. Please send them to the club (in a note) so that we can put them in the journal and maybe construct a news article of it for the world see how beautiful (and fun/friendly/interesting) our loving South Africans are. so please, send in those photos. And do it like right NOW!

Hope it was fun guys. Let us know how it went :aww:



First of Many

April Devmeet

~Next Meet scheduled for 2nd May`



the KZN meet



Yes yes, dont for 1 minute think we forgot about you all. Your Dev meet is most definitely still happening.

co-cordinated by ~D4rkR41n
Location: Pavilion (Firkins)
date: 11 April (Easter Weekend)
time: 1pm (up for discussion)

For this Dev meet to happen, we need know how many people are interested in coming. So just drop a message if you are or, send a note directly to ~D4rkR41n Also, please note that Firkins is just a meeting area. You can always move to where ever from there :)





Rules for Submitting of Art


Where are the art guys/gals? Theyre coming in a bit slow ne :nod: Send in those artsy pieces, old and new. Let us see what you're all capable of.

:star: How does it all work?
Its really simple, just send us a note with a thumb or link of the desired piece that you wish to submit. We will not turn down any pieces of art, but, there is a limit per day.

Once we receive your piece, it will then be added to a monthly collection. It is then up to your discretion to view, fav and love as you like. Although (somehow), we will let you all know whenever new pieces are added.

:star: Rules and regulation for submitting!!!

:bulletgreen: ONLY Members may submit
:bulletgreen: ONE deviations a day (this might change)
:bulletgreen: Label your note as "ART"

Okie dokie, thats all the rules for now :aww:

:star: then what?
For the first 5 days of every new month, submissions will be closed and the club will be open for voting. What this means is means is that YOU ALL get to to vote for your favourite deviations from our monthly collection. The top 5 or 10 deviations with the most votes will then get featured in our journal fo... ]]> =damouse illustration ideas(100list) http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/9680283/ http://damouse.deviantart.com/journal/9680283/ Sat, 12 Aug 2006 06:00:27 PDT
Figured it was time to update this journal and this was a project I could use to really push myself and pad out the folio.

It would be awsome to get several people doing this at the same time, so join in ok... it looks like a lot but remember there is no deadline

The Rules

It works like this, you get a list of 100 topics/themes/ideas and make your way through them, indicating how far you are by using italics to show that your busy with a piece and bold for a completed piece.

Use as many styles as possible to do this from dark to chibi and watercolour to vector.
Except photography, it would be too easy.

Do not use any previous work, each piece needs to be an original, thats the point.

Bend your concepts for variety, if you take the ideas at face value, for instance, you're not going to have barely any action poses etc.

right, well, on your marks.

...

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 01
37. Eyes 02
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

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