deviantART: by:encore http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:encore&section=today deviantART RSS for by:encore en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:22:05 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png I'm not dead, no I'm not dead http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/26341811/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/26341811/ Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:34:45 PDT
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...just wandering around the good, the bad and the boring things of life.

I totally messed up my TRF portraits project (not submited here btw) because I started doing a drawing that's really bugging me and taking a lot of time but hopefully when that's finished I'll do some more portraits. The drawing is my "annoying boyfriend" of the last couple of weeks. I'm always struggling with it but it's my baby. :ohnoes: Coloured pencils are so fucked up to use... Damn.





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]]> *encore Ughghhhhhshhd http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/24020871/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/24020871/ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:10:44 PDT

Edit: Thanks for the comments guys, I'm feeling a little better after the doc gave me some stronger meds, I'm still very tired and crap but at least I can work and play video games and stuff, I don't have to lie down all the time. :p

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]]> *encore Life on "repeat" http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23953993/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23953993/ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:39:58 PDT FAIL!!! I was rejected! Back to square one!! Argh!!!!



In the meantime... My painting is now about 80% done. Now that's some epicness right there. I think I'm gonna open some champagne when it's over because it has been so hard to make it.
But totally worth it.


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]]> *encore No updates? Here's why: http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23770741/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23770741/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:09:21 PDT Watchmen much like everybody else aparently. At first I was a tad disapointed with the boring parts it has (I mean those romance related :yawn:) but the many great parts obviously grew on me, because the next day I started making a related digital painting with my recently acquired Corel Painter X.

Now, it was suposed to be fun and of course just a practice with the new program, yet it ended up becoming something massive. In fact, I can't believe I've been working on the same painting for one week now, taking up most of my free time, and not even 1/3 of it is finished. WHAT THE HELL?? How do these brilliant digital artists over here can make a gorgeous work in like 4-8 hours?!?!?!?! :cries:

Maybe I'm just too obsessed with the details. Or maybe it's because I work with a huge resolution, thanks to my recently upgraded pc, which is something I normally wouldn't do (I mean back in the days I was into digital painting).

Anyways, this is gonna take me a while and my traditional drawings will have to wait I supose. :o

Here's a tiny incomplete little fragment of this WIP.


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]]> *encore Ring The Bells http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23338329/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23338329/ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:08:08 PST When you let me fall
I grew my own wings
Now I'm as tall as the sky
When you let me drown
I grew gills and fins
Now I'm as deep as the sea
When you let me die
My spirit's free
There's nothing challenging me

James - Ring The Bells

Probably one of the best bits of music lyrics I ever saw :)


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]]> *encore WIP http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23102053/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23102053/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:55:52 PST I don't like it personally. lol. I think it's why I can't rest until I get a drawing or painting finished.







]]> *encore Christian Bale shouting at someone!!! http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23016940/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/23016940/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:50:34 PST :crying:

:|

Seriously, this is what constitutes the news in the entertainment business these days?

[link]

So Chris had a bad day. So he was pissed off. So he exploded at someone. So he was extremely rude. SO WHAT????

I can't believe some people's reaction to this news, as if suddenly he's the biggest asshole in the whole industry. And as if THEY, the commenters, never once have done something wrong, had a bad day at work, or were rude to other people. No. Aparently the internet's full of saints...


It disgusts me that in this day and age, just because someone is famous, it somehow gives everyone else the right to judge him and to expect absolute perfectness and flawlessness from him. Suddenly he's not allowed to be human, with all the stupid mistakes humans do every day.

This is more evident with Chris because I've been a fan of his for many many years but he only really became mainstream popular with the Batman movies, so the shift in the public attitude became quite clear for me: before, no one really cared about whatever he said to his family or to someone at the set, but afterwards, there's suddenly a bunch of news (this one including) portraying him as a psycho with an attitude problem.

More importantly than all of this is how this obsession with celebrities' personal lives influences people's apreciation of their work, which ironically should be the ONLY thing we're suposed to judge in the first place. This has something that has angered me in many other ocasions, a major one being Tom Cruise and how society decided to fuck with the career of a talented actor solely because of his personal beliefs.

Personally, I admit that when I am a fan of an artist, I don't even wanna know about his/her personal life. I supose I would care if Christian Bale did something so terrible that it would be impossible for me to see him the same way, but anything less than that extreme doesn't affect me the slightest. It's his talent that I admire.

But in today's celeb culture this doesn't make sense to many people, because they have daily contact with the most sordid, tragic, pathetic, cute, trivial realities of celebs' lives through the tabloids, pink press, etc. So they somehow just can't disconnect the person's work from his/her life.

To me it's ridiculous. There is only one major diference between a talented actor and the average joe, and it's that actor's legacy; which is not that actor's wealth, adventurous personal life or shocking tastes or attitudes - it's only his work, that will live on long after he dies. This is what matters. Well, to me anyway. :roll:

]]> *encore WTF randomness http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/22908319/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/22908319/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:35:43 PST
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hahahahaha I totally love this one :lmao:












]]> *encore Concerning sketches http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/22690857/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/22690857/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:18:26 PST
And then it doesn't. :o

I learned this mostly when painting portraits with acrylics on canvas. You see, I hate drawing on the canvas. It seriously annoys me. So most of the time I just slap the basic lines on it and off we go. And often, this isn't enough!! :no:

When making portraits the sketch is actually the most important thing of all! In all my latest works it was where I spent the most time. Because this is when you'll outline the position of all the features, and of course you're trying to make this look like someone real, so features are EVERYTHING! A dislocation of mere milimetres and the whole face will look diferent instantly.

Basically, now my sketches look very detailed in where it matters because I became so obsessed with this. If my sketch doesn't look right, I might just start all over again. Sure, shading and colouring will add depth and make it look much better, BUT, it won't help if the features are placed wrong. :thumbsdown:

My latest sketch here:


]]> *encore So this is the new year... http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/22608072/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/22608072/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:15:12 PST
Now, every single day we all get bombed. On the TV, on the newspapers, on the radio, you could sum up half the info they are giving on one single word:

This fucking CRISIS!!!!

(3 words but let's move on)

Aparently, 2009 is going to be the worst year ever, the apocalypse is coming, everyone is sticking their heads into the sand, I hear "unemployment, unemployment, unemployment". Some hundred people got fired last week, some more hundreds will be fired next week, etc. etc. etc.

OK, now I just finished my college degree. It was suposed to be the greatest time ever: the start of my independance. Of course, I've been looking for a job and sending out resumes for the past 3 months with no luck...... While at the same time I keep getting brainwashed with this crisis shit. Basically I keep hearing that I gotta get ready to accept any job and screw my degree, right?



And all of this combined really pisses me off, so now, I'm making one and only one resolution for 2009:
To return here, one year from now, and be able to write that 2009 was the best year I've had EVER!!! And I don't even care why or how that will happen. I'll just go with the flow (and of course with one plan in mind, to get that damned fine arts degree started) - and someway, somehow, I promise all them media assholes that I'll be laughing when they're whining.

Hahaha
I'm weird..

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P.S.: Israel, seriously. Learn your place.

P.P.S.: This is the day I get to say I TOLD YOU SO!!! And today I really want to say it:

Mickey Rourke still kicks ass!!!
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]]> *encore Ugh.....birthday.... http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/22072900/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/22072900/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:29:25 PST
It's my birthday tomorrow - actually it's 2.21 am here so that makes it today - and that means I'm completely DEPRESSED at the moment. I fucking hate my birthday. I'm 24 now, I'm one year away from being closer to 30, and I am such a LOSER who hasn't done ANYTHING with her life!!!

*breathes and counts to 10*

...But, it's OK. Some years ago I seriously reached a point where I couldn't imagine I would survive until 24. So I guess the fact that I made it this far through all the crap and completely alone (as always), has to count for something. I just can't figure out what exactly is the purpose of surviving.

...I'm rambling here. See ya, and thanks for stopping by :wave:

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 ]]> *encore Subscribed?? http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/21425606/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/21425606/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:18:25 PST
:?

Anyway I'm ashamed, because I don't have time to properly do artistic work right now. :( Most of my free time is spent studying to conclude my degree November 20th, and with what's left, I don't have the creative energy to draw/paint anything.... Just PC gaming and swimming, really. :( What a CRAP, I wish this stupid degree was over and done!!!

Anyways, I just want you to know that I have faith in that I'll make it through and that I will draw tons of things afterwards in revenge, and that Mourinho will be champion in Italy. (hey that was random)

Thank you to the dear person who bought the subscription, or the site bug, or whatever it was!

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Yesterday was the big "D-Day" - that is, The Dark Knight day (as we all know, this movie sadly arrived in Europe one week later than in the US).

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS SO DON'T READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE.

I've been eagerly waiting for years for this sequel to arrive, since Batman Begins was absolutely outstanding and left such a brilliant open end.

The Batman is one of the best super heroes ever created, specially his darker approach (mostly through Frank Miller and others).

Christopher Nolan is also one of the most talented directors out there (me being a fan of both Memento and The Prestige), and Christian Bale is my number 1 favorite actor, so you see - this was all shaping up to become probably my favorite saga of all time.

Now that reality is even more obvious. After a 2h30min long trip into the "heart of darkness" of super hero movies, all I could say after leaving the theater was..... OH MY GOD. My friend laughed at me for that...



I just can't believe that the movie could be THAT intense, for SO LONG. The pace and the way things build up, is just so awe inspiring.

I'm fascinated by how the people who created this movie were able to put together things that I didn't know could coexist in cinema:

:bulletred: A-class acting performances;
:bulletred: Lots of high adrenaline action sequences;
:bulletred: A super hero in a costume;
:bulletred: An intricate plot full of little twists and shock fests.

I mean, seriously... when was the last time we saw a super hero movie or an action movie that could make you feel - literally - like this one does? Probably Batman Begins (imo) but it was a slow, emotional, kinda melancholic approach, compared to the fast, agressive, dramatic and sometimes terrifying effect of The Dark Knight.

Sometimes you almost forget you're watching a movie based in comics. This script and the direction, should inspire all the super hero movie directors out there; it totally thinks out of the box, it aims higher than just sticking to the genre formulas, it dares to claim: Yes, this is a comic book based movie, and we still want to make it one of the best movies of all time.

The whole opening sequence for instance, could leave many regular gangster/crime movies envious. And some of the most shocking scenes with the Joker almost brought me back to scary crime movies like Seven.

The surprises and twists along the way (mostly related to the Joker's brilliant mind) is where you can mostly see the "Nolan touch". He really knows how to introduce surprise into the viewer... And the regular flow of these situations kinda reminds me of The Prestige. It's like you have to keep yourself on edge, "watching closely" at all times.



And you can also see his touch in the human side of the whole movie. With the Joker portrayed as pure evil and Batman himself doubtful as to how far exactly he can go, Bruce Wayne swallowed in his alter-ego - I thought the story of Harvey Dent and how he was described was absolutely amazing and the most human, emotional element of the movie.

Aaron Eckhart did wonders here. Two-Face being one of the most interesting villains out there (in fact, I often think the best villains are from the Batman universe...), I was pretty confident Aaron could pull of a great portrait of him and he surely did.

Christian Bale now became a guarantee for all Batman fans. His second take on the character is even more solid and convincing than the first, and if we have this dark, agressive, more anti-hero type Batman now, it's mostly due to his take. I am confident that only a really SMALL minority of people aren't accepting, by now, that he IS the definitive Batman and that replacing him in future movies should be legally defined as a crime. ;)



Of course, there's one thing a person who'll watch this movie can take for granted: all the hype around Heath Ledger not only is justified, but it isn't even enough to give yo... ]]> *encore Everything Must Run Its Course http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/19260208/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/19260208/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:16:44 PDT

I love the Summer because all your shitty problems in your shitty life, look pastel-toned under the July sunlight and a nice Tiësto music.

Though often I repeatedly wonder whether living like this is really worth it, since I've decided to accept the building of my independant life taking my loneliness for granted.

I know I can do it.
The big question is, do I want to? Is it worth it?

Everytime a friend comes to me and says kind words, telling me it's OK and that sooner or later I will find someone and live this big romance - I know people only want to be kind and I apreciate them for that, but it just brings me lower and lower because friends (and family) have been telling me that for years.

As the years go by and rejections accumulate, I can't possibly see anything ahead but a big dark cloud. I'm fighting to never return to depression ever again but I often wonder that once I move out, get a fixed job and a place of my own, my life will be lonelier than ever.

I actually see myself in about 5 years coming home from work, talking to my cat or my dog, playing computer games and surfing the internet and getting drunk until I fall asleep and then another day begins just like the previous one. It's so painful to imagine a pathetic scene like this.

My dreams to start everything all over again in another country have been slashed because it's impossible financially and I'm not exactly ready to go be a bum across Europe. The only thing that keeps me together is the prospect of taking an art course, and basically dedicate myself to the art, which more and more seems like the only useful thing to ever come out of my life!

When I was 10 or 11 years old, this is not what I thought my life would be at 23. The idea that someone would come along and I would be in a relationship and then get married, was not something I questioned - I took it for granted, because that's how normal peoples' lives are.

Yet here I am.... And nothing's turning out the way I planned, as the song goes. Leaving me wondering whether I will even be here in 5 years, talking to my cat or dog, or whether I will simply have given up by then.



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Magnolia Bud by *classina



:music: Musical hype of the moment :music:


Tiësto In Search of Sunrise 7 made me love trance music again.


The Music Strength In Numbers (Japan Edition)

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 ]]> *encore Out of job.. Exams here I come... http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/18666926/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/18666926/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:38:24 PDT

Well, that's about it; I'm officially unemployed! :ohnoes:

I was working, since last October, in a video rental store. Truth is, ever since I started there I was apalled at how BORING it is, because at the most, and excluding particular periods like Christmas, the average was renting 10-15 DVDs per day. Some days, it was 6 or 7! The biggest challenge of working there was knowing how to pass the time... Because it was hours and hours of doing nothing.

In face of this I knew it was impossible that the store was giving profit at all. Seriously... renting DVDs is a dying hobby!! Unfortunately.

So, there it is, the store is closing next weekend and I'm out of a job.Bleh. I do have to finish my college course anyways, leaves more free time to "WORRY" and "STRESS" about that... :no:

(leaves more time for drawing :evileye:)


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300 by =richardmichaud
I can't believe this isn't swarming with favourites, but there you go, I don't understand devART anymore so I give up complaining on that. The lighting on this work is amazing. The fluid shapes and shadows combine into forming a work that doesn't just aim at being a complimentary copy of the source, but aims at expressing the emotion itself that fills the scene. Also, I can't resist a work that retains the feel of a brush flowing through a canvas, even in digital work.

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 ]]> *encore Gallery Fully Updated! http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/18483204/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/18483204/ Sat, 24 May 2008 17:48:24 PDT

So it's finally all in there, all my [presentable] works. :)

Soon I'll start uploading my current drawings. I'm in a "minimalistic" phase, drawing mostly portraits with pencils and charcoal.

It's just a matter of practice, plus I've been losing a lot of touch with this technique. Because it's very tempting to play with colours on a canvas (and I love it), BUT, drawing is the basis of any other form of visual art.

In the meantime here's some amazing inspirational features, artists who's talent I can only HOPE to achieve one day. ;)







So I went to see Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and I'm so HYPED! :typerhappy:

It has been a while since watching a movie at the theater was so entertaining; in fact, the only movie who made me feel as such this year has been Cloverfield and for completely diferent reasons.

It's kinda lame that it takes a 20 year old series and three veteran hollywood guys to come back around and "teach" the establishment again what entertainment means...
It's all about the dosing. Put in just the right amounts of action, mystery and storyline development, humour, and wrap it up with a charismatic enough leader hero. And, if you're especially lucky, an almost as interesting villain; Cate Blanchett adds so much more to this movie.

Basically, it was the perfect popcorn flick! Fun all the way through.

Considering the other movies I thought it was at the same level as The Last Crusade (specially because the relationship between Indy and Mutt kinda reminded us of Indy and his own dad). Temple of Doom has a dark edge that makes it stand out too much (it's still my favorite because of that ;)), and Raiders of the Lost Ark had unique features of "the first in a series" type...

I'd give it a solid 4/5 :w00t:

Plus, I couldn't believe my eyes, that the goofy little kid from Transformers I always liked so much - as a goofy little kid - was suddenly so incredibly HOT. I absolutely love what they did with his look! I'm gonna have motorcycle fetishes for the rest of my life.

:o

* wishes she'd never said that *



]]> *encore Gallery Renovations http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/18432202/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/18432202/ Wed, 21 May 2008 14:16:46 PDT

This is because it's important for me to have my stuff online. Specially now that I have about a year until I can apply to Art School - my life long dream, yes, I'm finally decided to make it come true.

I probably won't allow comments though. This is not because I don't like hearing people's comments on my work. But for one, hardly anyone ever gives good comments here anyways; like I said I'm doing this only to have my stuff hosted somewhere online.

And besides, this is all old stuff I've finished a long time ago and it's not like I'm open to critique on stuff I won't ever touch again.

:bye:

Edit: more recent works now allowing comments. :)

]]> *encore Holy macaroni!! http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/17777069/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/17777069/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:34:35 PDT

:-O


... I think I'm lost in dA.

]]> *encore A Christmas statement of sorts http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/16082192/ http://encore.deviantart.com/journal/16082192/ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:18:55 PST
Well, I do attend college and work. But it's not just that.
This year lots of things have changed inside of me, and I have given up on many many things and lost many of the hopes I had.

I given up on dreaming about doing something "special" in my life. I've acknowledged that I'm nothing more than just another piece of flesh and blood with a conscience, and that my presence here will mean absolutely nothing to this world or to anyone on it.

I have given up on searching for "love", if it does exist, I'm obviously not meant to know what it is.
I have given up on trying to be "normal". I'm not normal, I'm a freak and I will always be, might as well assume myself as one.

Well, among all of this, I have also given up on Art. I just don't feel I am talented enough for this and it seems like I'm fooling myself insisting on it; also, I often feel I can't express my feelings on my paintings, and it frustrates me. Many canvases went to the garbage in the past few months as I cleaned up my room.

I know nothing about life and how it's going to develop for me this next year, I am really tired of it and even though I've only just turned 23 I feel old, apathetic, lonely, cold and cynical like there's nothing up ahead. I guess if I ever decide to paint again, I'll post, but right now that seems very unlikely.

So, that's pretty much it, in case anyone has wondered. I wish anyone who comes here a great Holiday season and a great 2008.
I'll see you around, since sometimes I come here to browse for wallpapers and the likes.

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