http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:digikelli&section=today deviantART RSS for by:digikelli en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:31:47 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/16782444/ http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/16782444/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:47:35 PST Mom bounces them exactly...once a day...just kidding...but it's frequently.
Yeah, yeah...stop saving her ass.
I would really like to.

Speaking of asses and Mom and saving...I need to get off my bum and get to Mom's and give her some gas money and oil change money so she can come and take Becca to her Girl Scouts sleep over. I am not leaving my sick husband alone all night. I also need to find them both sleeping bags.
I got the healthy snack, the pretzels for something called "Gorp" ...which sounds very unhealthy, and I would like to buy her some trendy PJs...like I said, I am watching money. I allot myself a certain dollar amount each week. I have more in the bank...but I don't bother it. If I am out of the allotted amount...I am out of money. Please think about that when you are saying how lucky I am ...blah, blah...no fair...blah... It isn't anymore than most people make in a week of working an office job...possibly less.
I am careful with it.

I am also trying to help my girlfriend out. Her guy left her for another woman...well, actually he was hoping she would let him have her AND the other woman. She said she didn't think so.
All he left behind was a ton of bills including a mortgage. But it is a small one and nearly paid off. I am trying to get it completely paid off, and then she will not have that hanging over her head.
She wants to pay me back, but making another debt would defeat the purpose of paying off the house in the first place.
But anyway, between that and Mom's 500 dollar check writing spree...I am a bit short.
And yeah...I had to break the rule of not spending anymore than allotted...emergencies don't count. And I feel keeping my Mom out of jail and getting the checks covered and/or paid before extra charges are applied, qualifies.

Again...I don't want her to try and pay me back...I would just be giving it right back to her because she cannot afford to pay me back.
That is the big secret nasty about loans...if you need one then you probably cannot afford whatever you are taking the loan out for.
This is in many cases...not all...but definitely many.

Have a good day.

I am drinking coffe, eating Buffy, and watching jelly belly beans, I am listening to my own creation that I made in Audacity ...fun little free program.
I can sing a little bit i guess...

ah...something my Mom actually gave to me! Mom sings too...both parents draw.
Ah...something else. I needed that.

If you don't watch my other account...I have a lump on my breast...and I'm scared ...I'm really scared.

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]]> ~digikelli http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/14644320/ http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/14644320/ Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:23:50 PDT I dont sleep much.
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I am officially in a proper drawing class.

And I think I am going to try my hand at skinning.
I will start out simple with some objectdock backgrounds and icons.
It let's me indulge my love of coordinating things, and my love of shiny.
My ultimate goal is maybe to do a dark theme that is legible in all applications.

]]> ~digikelli http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/14117052/ http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/14117052/ Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:21:43 PDT I dont sleep much.
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My daughter cracks me up. We have a circular path in our house...it was built with an uninterupted circle as are many houses. Donna gets the urge several time a day to run around it at full speed. I just get stuff out of her way, espeically if weather doesn;t really ler her go outside. And believe me...over 90 degrees is just too damn hot in my opinion to go out AND to run.
I love her intense expression as she makes her rounds.
I am very happy she will have a HUGE circle in the new house.
Not to mention several acres outdoors.
I think I have a future track star...of course I thought that when she was a baby and ran from me as soon as she started walking...and I couldn't catch Miss Speedy.

]]> ~digikelli http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/14107857/ http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/14107857/ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:47:20 PDT I dont sleep much.
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I have to go fast...so please forgive any errors in spelling, etc.

I have to talk about digital painting and the absolute crap that is in the DA digi paint gallery. I am mostly talking about things that are NOT digital paintings...and I think people are very confused as to what exactly that is.

What is digital painting NOT?
By MY OWN humble opinion, digital painting is not;

painting over a photo
running a filter on a photo
cutting and pasting elements of photos and arranging them on a new canvas.

Where do photos come into digital painting?

As a reference to LOOK at. Not to use in the piece, although I would say it is probably fine to trace the photo for line work only This is done a lot in traditional work. Not my own...but it is done. That's one reason I take awhile to update. I have to work out the proportions and such. But I dont see it as cheating to get your line work and then you do the shading, etc...thats the toughest part in my opinion anyways....But it is not ok to paint over a photo using the photos to support your poor painting skills.
( I could use your opinion if you haoppen to be a very experienced traditional artist...like you, Ron...please....and I am working on Photoshop..I too need a copy, damn it!)
Sorry...was talking to my friend.

Anyways...

If you are getting the look of your painting by running filters or by letting a photo support your weak shading, then that is in my opinion a photo manipulation and you really need to stop putting your work into the digi paint gallery!

Other sore spots.

People who don't understand what a technical drawing is.
People who don't know what a still life is.
Before you submit to those catagories again...go read the description.I will clue you into one thing...a photo of your girlfriend does not go into the technical drawing catagory nor the still life catagory.
But the plans to your new kitchen DO go into the technical drawings gallery and so do medical illustrations...usually.
A still life never has an animated living thing in it...if it can walk around and isnt a tree, then it isnt a still life. Trees of course go under landscape. ( An exception to this would be something like a bonsai. It isnt out in nature but it is not animated...it and flower arrangements would fall into the still life gallery. They have been brought in from the outdoors, so are not landscape material.)

Why does it matter?

Because some people like to view art and cant for having to wade through all the crap in their chosen catagory.
And others have children to feed and they need their art to be easy to locate.
And I am sorry to say this...but because it is the right thing to do. It helps this wonderful site that has given you unlimited space to show your art and unlimited opportunities for friendship, to run better.

According to Firefox spell check I am spelling catagory incorrectly. I will fix it when I am not about to actually go feed those children I mentioned. I fear they are about to eat me.

]]> ~digikelli http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/14015921/ http://digikelli.deviantart.com/journal/14015921/ Sat, 04 Aug 2007 13:55:52 PDT I dont sleep much.
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I wanted to show my drops...not a big deal, but something about stuff not being seen in my scraps bothers me. I mean, if I didnt want it seen, it is a simple matter of not posting it at all.


Unrelated but I saw a funny commercial( funny because I see the distorting of reality and facts as a way to influence others as something I have to laugh at...or cry about. I suppose it isn't funny when the truth is that most people buy into ads like these, especially when they use statisitcs to make their point...which this one does not...but the wording used to explain the statistics usually dont have much to do with what the stats really say. But have worlds to do about your opinion on the subject and the emotional impact as a result.)...in Spanish for some reason even though I wasn't watching a Spanish language chanel...anyways....( and dont get me started at the way Spanish speakers are treated by advertisers...just lets not go there!)
this young girl puts up a picture of herself in a supposedly risque pose...fully clothed, not a thing showing and maybe by the most absolutely largest stretch of the imagination it might be slightly sexual in content...but it would have to be a big stretch. The ONLY cue that it could be sexual is the fact that she was laying down...on her tummy in a way that NOTHING was showing, and by the tone of the commercial itself. And she does have a tank top on that maybe could be seen as being scantily dressed...
Anyways, the young girl has a sort of smug, proud of herself smile on her face...like someone naughtily showing off their body?
Then the trouble starts!
That billboard is turned into an analogy for other public places...like the internet.
One by one all kinds of people come and take the photo down. Sometimes they look like they are taking it straight to the nearest bathroom for some fun and frolick of the one handed kind...other times just merely taking it down from the billboard for unimplied use.
The picture keeps magically coming back for more and more people to take a copy of.
Finally the poster comes and tried to remove it and cant. With anger on her face she walks away in frustration. Just as she is approaching the simple fact is made by an announcer that, when you post a photo online,it may be that anyone can see it...
Then just as the janitor...an old ( and implied DIRTY ) man , takes his own copy, they emphasize again "ANYONE".

Nevermind that janitor and anyone else in public...at school, in grocery stores, wherever, can see her from ALL angles and far more completely than that photo ever could.
I dont disagree with the general idea or message...I think that trying to make the point like they did was crappy.
It smacks of hysterics and deception...if you have a valid point, then why not make it in a straight foward way?
I also think they should have been far more specific as to what kinds of photos are damaging or that you dont want people seeing.
But then I have always been very confused about people who think that posting a normal everyday photo of themselves online is such a huge invasion of privacy...do they cover their heads and faces to go out to drop off the laundry? One's face is public inless you are knocking over banks or living as a recluse....moslems excluded...I am talking about western society where the face is commonly seen and comparing that fact to people's odd secrecy when it come to the internet.
I chalk it up to a feeling of being watched...I imagine when telephones first came into use people felt they were on display somewhat!

ok...I'm done....

I am just trying to open eyes to the manipulation that is done on us by the media...dont buy into phases like "studies say" or "statistics show" or 60 second tugs on our hopes and fears.
Find the basic message and then research the issue or product on your own...then decide for yourself.
Dont let the television, radio, newpapers...or internet, ( or your mentors, friends, family or foes!) make your opinions for you and do your thinking.

Yeah, people will say you think too much...but that is better than being mindless.

oops..I firgot my drops!
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Tact is far more graceful than just blurting out every single opinion you have.

Coming soon...The Borg Queen.



I have a gripe

why do people lump abstract and surreal together?.....

they are very different things.

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I do art swaps.
My original art done in traditional media for your original art done in traditional media. No digital or prints please. I only buy or trade tradionally done originals.

I also take any kind of request except for any depicting child pornography ( let me clarify perfectly...no art depicting any children or children in any type of sexual situation or anything that could be interpreted as a sexual situation( in fact asking for it will put you on my shit list) ) or beastiality....not even anthro character to anthro character.
I do not do manga, anime, or anthro art.
Nothing personal against those who do, or who like it.

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I didnt think I was going to make it through June 3rd...then June 14th.
Dad died June 3rd, his birthday would have been the 14th.
I think I totally blocked out Fathers Day...every year, June is hell.
And my husband...bless his heart, took the girls on an outing Sunday, and left me to my mental haze..saying nothing...

My children are little still...I didnt have my first until I was 33..was told I couldnt or at least shouldnt because of my health. ( yes folks..all art is done under the influence of pain..screw pain killers...they dont work..and under the influence of nueralgia...yep, I draw with numb hands....and those are just starters.)
I detoured , eh?
Anyways...a bright spot.
I mentioned we should go get "Uncle Bill" a gift and card.
Becca thought seriously about what to get...her 7 year old brain is funny.
First.
"Shoes?"
then
"I know...some pants!"
and then
"Sigh...a tie?"

After explaining again that he loves his plain wardrobe of white shirt and grey pants...his uniform as Becca calls it..she comes up with.

"I know...cooking lessons!"

It is ironic and funny.
The last thing that man needs is one more task.
He is the ultimate Father and husband....and to children not biologically his.
He is tireless in his quest that we want for nothing.
He gets chocolate...

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