http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:fegie&section=today deviantART RSS for by:fegie en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:35:48 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/28398869/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/28398869/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:29:04 PST our car died & the new one is probably going to be a cr-v. i don't like big cars like that; they look gross & wasteful. i'm already embarrassed.

i have a bad feeling that i still don't know what to do for my history paper.

i woke up at 4:30 pm today, & i still feel tired.

my stomach doesn't like me very much right now.

i wish i could go somewhere to see the leonid meteor shower.


]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/28329453/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/28329453/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:39:23 PST The monoprint i spent ages on came out better than i expected~. I pretty much grinned like an idiot when i took it off the press OTL

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/28287943/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/28287943/ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:49:10 PST Does anyone know if Dürer's 1519 painting of Maximilian I was posthumous? I mean, Maximilian died in 1519, in January, but was the portrait simply finished in 1519? Or was it a posthumous painting?
OTL CURSES, HABSBURGS, FOILED AGAIN!

...& researching Habsburgs to K-pop. C: (POMEGRANATES ORIGINATED IN KOREA, MAXIMILIAN I! -shot dead- dcdsvchds Hetalia) And i keep getting distracted. :\

Meanwhile, reading. |D

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/28014251/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/28014251/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:16:46 PDT ....art stopped being "fun" a long, long time ago.




oh well.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/27969717/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/27969717/ Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:36:37 PDT DA won't let me change the mood icon, once again. So i am simply tired at the moment. Ta da.

Yoinked from Other Me!

Put your name in this thingie [link] and get an answer for this thingie.


1. What do you say to yourself every morning?: It's the Caitlin Fizz that Does the Bizz. (wut)

2. What do you want other people to say about you?: The Caitlin goes straight to your head. (ffffff, whaat?)

3. Someone asked you out, your answer is...: Did somebody say Caitlin? (Apparently, i am hard of hearing.)

4. How would you answer a booty call?: Pardon me, do you have any Grey Caitlin? (Errrr)

5. How would you introduce yourself to someone you really like?: Let's face the music & Caitlin. (That's not really an intro, is it)

6. To someone you dislike?: Have you forgotten how good Caitlin tastes? (WOAH, WHAT? I'm thinking this & #5 need to be reversed.;;;;;;;;;;;; )

7. You're in a conversation and you suddenly feel the need to pee, how would you excuse yourself?: Prepare to want Caitlin. (XD Excuse me?)

8. Your parents ask you why you got home late, you say...: Pleasing Caitlin the world over. (I... wait. What?)

9. You're failing a subject, you say...: Crunch all you want. We'll make Caitlin. (What? I... what? XD)

10. The love of your life asks you to marry him/her, what do you say?: I can't believ it's not Caitlin (WRONG RESPONSE WTF)

11. Your bf/gf is breaking up with you, you tell him/her...: Mama's got the Magic of Caitlin. (.................huh?)

12. Someone told you you're a jerk, you tell them...: My anti-drug is Caitlin. (the helllll?)

13. What are the best words to describe you?: A Caitlin works wonders. (OHO~)

14. If you're going to have a movie about your life, the title is...: Mamma mia, that's-a spicy Caitlin! (WHOA WHAT XD)

15. Your last words before you die...: Caitlin tested, mother approved. (What, death?)

16. Your message to a special someone..: Not just nearly Caitlin, but really Caitlin. (huh whut)

17. Title of this post will be..

A Caitlin Works Wonders. (didn't i already get this? XDDDD)

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/27783361/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/27783361/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:52:10 PDT I hate it when people go on about things they don't even know about. Put succinctly: Cubism =/= mental illness; one's artistic style (regardless of whether you like it or not) is not exactly linked to prescence of a mental illness. Picasso did not have one, thank you very much, i looked it up. If any work could be said to be touched by a mind in a mood, i would have assumed it would be his Blue Period pieces. Just because his style evolved the way it did does not mean that he had a mental illness. And do not mention "that artist who painted only haystacks" as if there was something wrong with them. If i am correct in assuming that it may have been Monet, hm, let's think, they're called studies, though they're also finished paintings. He was studying the way light affected things at different times of day, because that was his style, that was his "thing": he worked with light. He wanted to capture the impression of something in his stroke style & his use of light. Just because someone paints multiple pictures of a haystack, or of the same cathedral does not mean they have a mental illness. Or, if they do, it doesn't mean that that is how it manifests. I fail to see how painting haystacks shows signs of a mental illness. Oh, & for the record, Luther had 95 Thesis, not 42. And why did he have to be manic to put them up on the church? Why couldn't he just have been fed up, plain & simple, & finally decided to actually do something about how he felt?

I'm not saying that people, especially, it seems, a lot of "creative" people, aren't affected by mental illnesses (everybody's going to think of van Gogh first), & i sure as hell am not trying to make people who do have mental illnesses out to be anything negative. As in, i'm not trying to say "these people were not sick" because i think that would somehow taint their name, the way people seem to think a suicidal death would somehow taint the name of Meriwether Lewis. Honestly, if someone thinks that mental illness & suicide is blot, a crime, a sin (i think that idea pisses me off the most), i am sure as hell not going to listen to that person because to me, they don't fucking understand & are being ridiculous fools. What i am saying is no, these people didn't have mental illnesses, & please shut up because you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I hate to sound elistist, but i have been doing the art thing for a real long time now, so i've kind of learned just a few little things along the way. Like how, actually, Picasso seems to have been rather egotistical & got pissy at some guy for doing cubism too, if i'm not mistaken, so couldn't you then make the argument that that was why his style evolved the way it did? Not a mental illness, a natural evolution of a very abstract kind of art style. IMAGINE THAT.

Just. Really. I didn't open my mouth to correct her, even on the Martin Luther thing, because i'm a coward; i just ended up seething silently. It frustrated me beyond belief, though. She was so wrong & generalizing so much & crap that i felt like snapping. It would be like me pretending i can explain daily life in mediaeval Muslim Spain or something. Or me pretending like i know anything of composers, or playwrights, or authors. Yes, famous & creative people more often than not seem to have mental illnesses, which is obviously going to influence their work, but not everyone does/did. Don't mistake little eccentricities or just style for manic-depression, don't assume. Actually inform yourself.

It just aggravated me. And i'm tired & stressed & moody, so the irritation is magnified.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/27690400/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/27690400/ Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:40:19 PDT Dear DA, you need a "Seasonal" emoticon for Hallowe'en. Because that is totally my mood at the moment. I want to read Poe, Dracula, watch old school Halloween specials, & go on a damn adventure. RIGHT NOW. SOLIDARITY! STRENGTH! DAMN THE PUMPKINS! FULL SPEED AHEAD!

Er, anyways, have a survey thing.

Why did you join this site? Um, that was ages ago... Probably just wanted a place to put up my crappy stuff.

What does your username have to do with you? Is it a combination of your favorite things, or a character of yours? It's a nickname from a friend. I suck with coming up with usernames, so it ends up kind of being a default one, more often than not.

What is your current icon of? Waterhouse's "The Lady of Shalott." She's still green for Iran.

How many watchers do you have and how many people are you currently watching? I have 134 watchers (!), & i watch 457 people. xD

Do you have more than one account? No, i see no point in doing so.

Name 3 of your favorite artists on DA Just three? Errrr, well, if i watch people, it means i like their stuff... But three at the moment, i suppose, would have to be:

Plus more, of course.


What deviant do you admire because of their personality?
comes to mind first. And

How many people on here do you actually know in reality? Post their avatars.
(ish) (ish) http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/27496358/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:06:59 PDT Help the Philippines.

_{: ( I keep trying to donate to the Red Cross, but it keeps telling me that the daily transaction limit has been exceeded.... But there's a lot of other links on the journal entry i'm linking to, so. Spread the word.}

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26925393/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26925393/ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:23:42 PDT So Friday was the hanging of the alumni art show at Carver. Also got check from the Bursar's at Towson, then went & mailed the box & two commissions, so they've scooted on out & i can really get on the others. In starting to walk from the university to Carver, i ended up talking to another girl, who had asked if i needed help with my painting when i stopped to take a ladybug off of it. She likes to randomly wave at people, which, she said, usually makes the people she's with freak out. I just laughed. We parted ways at Book Holders, & so i was in something of a good mood.

So, got there with everything (i am so articulate) &, of course, there were already people there. Got to talk to Ms Helfer & Ms Schweitzer, saw Mr Wineholt, Ms Lesilidze... y'know, stuff. It felt fine at first, though i didn't know anyone there personally. Though, seriously, Abdi Farrah (the infamous Abdi) is one of the nicest people i've ever met. Funny story, actually: he had this poster he'd printed that he wanted to hang in the show, of a guy holding a huge gun & a girl, & these humanoid creatures attacking.

Key words: Huge gun.

Mrs McDaniel's Shovlin's face fell. They couldn't put it in, she didn't think, because of the gun. "What, really?" Abdi asked, genuinely shocked. Mr Cypressi was called upon (with Mrs McDaniel-- er, Shovlin-- pulling an exaggerated sad face), & he kinda looked at it, sitting there, & went, "Ooh, yeah."

I mean, not only was it a huge gun (can i emphasize this enough), but everything was pointing towards it. It was like the focal point; there were even action lines. Then there were the suggestions: "What if you stick wings on it & make it into an airplane?" "Can't i name it... 'The Hope Gun'...?" "'Hope dispenser'? Draw a heart on it? Grab a Sharpie...?" "Put a little bit of water coming out of it!" In the end, it obviously didn't go up (i think Abdi went upstairs & asked Mr G), but Abdi was a good sport about it.

We started to hang the show, eventually, which also involved taking staples out of a wall. Some fool didn't have the common courtesy to remove their own blasted staples from the wall, so a bunch of us were using wrenches & screwdrivers to extricate the things. I'm all achy from it. A girl from my year (i forget her name) was telling Mrs McShovlin that whoever did it should be given an F, but i think it was for a senior show, so they're gone by now. We were all not best pleased.

Also, still need to see Inglourious Basterds. Abdi saw it. Cypressi saw District 9. XD

The thing about hanging the show with one's own crap in-- as opposed to last year, when i was helping hang with nothing in-- is that one begins to look at the other stuff-- especially these-- & one has to crush the urge to take one's own shit & kick a goddamned hole in the canvas, which, i suppose, is horrible to say/think, but there it is. Next to all this utterly amazing work, my shit just looked like shit. Instead of making me want to better it, it makes me want to stop. I am pathetic. This is nothing new. On top of this is the sheer, utter lonliness & feeling of not being wanted, even when your once-teacher takes you all out for pizza, as is customary, & a friend shows up. And it doesn't help when one feels guilty about feeling lonely even around said friend, & then of course, talking to teachers about how one has absolutely no direction despite being a college junior, but everyone else seems to at least have goals, know who they are, where they're going, what they want to try to do. And you, you are just this idiotic little fool, with no talent in anything whatsoever & so you really just ought to take your crap home & not even try.

This despite the amusing conversation popping up over lunch, in which Orpheus claimed that Michael Jackson had no balls ("Why do you think his voice was so high?") & Abdi ("I'm a Michael Jackson aficionado.") told him he should do a book of MJ conspiracy theories.

"And illustrate it," he said, then-- "No, wait, don't--"

"It would be a very graphic novel," said the woman sitting next to me, & i laughed.

On top of that is the looming fact that, come 2012, this building will no longer exist. They are building a new school on what were the fields we used for gym classes on good days. Hell, we even painted out there. Supposedly it's going to be "green" & all, but i really can't get over the deliciously cynical fact that they are tearing up green earth & tearing down trees in order to build a "green" building. It also doesn't help that... the Carver i know, the Carver a bunch of classes knew, will simply be gone. No, it's not the same as when we were there, but at least you can still walk in & know w... ]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26348075/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26348075/ Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:27:46 PDT (as of 8/29/09)

graycat21:
-Loss screencap print
-Battlefield b/w print
-Phantom of the Opera print
-commission (Delaware expressions) almost done
-commission (SuFin sexy times) need to start

phantasiagirl:
-commission (Leti yelling at Al) finished & sent

kalisona:
-commission (Good Dad Spain w/ little Romano) started

blueLudebar:
-commission (America & England salute) finished & sent

whitesin:
-commission (femPirate England) need to start

Let me know if i got anything wrong.

if interested: Prints may be seen here. Commissions are $20.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26276923/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26276923/ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:11:45 PDT super cheap prints, & also some i haven't put up. They're all old, i know, but all the more reason to try & get them to people who might actually like them! I have a color print of Battlefield, a print of the James & Lily Halloween painting, one of Angels Fall First, & also some other ones i can't recall the names of... If anyone's interested, just let me know, & i can show you them. The really simple ones will all be $5, & the ones with slightly more to them will be $10. Nice and cheap~.

ETA: Here are all the prints for sale! c:

And if anyone wants me to draw anything for them for money? _{I'll draw porn for you! o3o} You guys can look through the gallery; you know what i draw if you watch me. Hetalia is definitely my main thing at the moment, but there's other fandoms lurking within. c: Or OCs?

And in the meantime, i have a few applications to fill out & the like. Hire me, peoples, you know you want to. >D Fufufufufu~.

_{And in collecting the apps, i hung out with Maggie & we bought french bread! I am so fat OTL.}

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26222453/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26222453/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:43:25 PDT Just an fyi; i'm not ignoring anybody's Deviations or anything: i have 471 of them (at the moment) that i'm still trying to go through. |D;;; So that'll take a while. I think i have things to look at that were submitted a month ago, if not more. So i apologize for that. > <;;;;;; Awkward turtle....

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26120991/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26120991/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:44:23 PDT So i decided to put things in my Etsy shop again. It's only two little things for the moment-- Christine Unmasks Eric & a print of Battlefield-- but i thought i'd give it another try. I also thought lowering the prices might help. But sriously, i've still got prints from my high school senior show; i'd really like to sell them off.

I also might put up something that's totally original & not a print at all; i was going through My Pictures & found, at least, this that really, once i find it, i might put up. I was also thinking about maybe putting this up, too? I did it for the book that supposed to be compiled for JKR. I would have to find it, too... But yeah, i was thinking of it. The first is probably a "definitely"; the second's a "maybe." (So i guess you guys can have first dibs? Ehehe.)

Is there anything anyone would like to have a print of, by any chance? I've still got some fancy-ish paper left; maybe i could find some more. Or anything commission-y?

This, by the way, is the shop, if anyone is interested at all. =3=/

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26057789/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/26057789/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:33:49 PDT And now am back from Otakon. |D;;;;;;


Such exciting journal journals; I KNOW!

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25786435/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25786435/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:03:58 PDT Back from California. : )

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25432935/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25432935/ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:58:30 PDT
A girl who wasn't even protesting was shot & killed instantly by Basiji. She wasn't even protesting; she was just watching with her father.

The hospitals aren't safe anymore. Embassies are taking in the wounded: British, German, Dutch, Finnish, etc.

I haven't slept at all.

This is much, much bigger than the election now. This is a revolution; ignore whatever CNN is spouting.

People are dying for freedom & democracy. How can you not care?

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25416429/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25416429/ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:30:51 PDT
-Information
-And some more
-ontd_political most recent thread on the bullshit.
-"Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed."

"If I sit silently, I have sinned"
-Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
-Edmund Burke

GET INVOLVED & REPOST THIS & ALL THAT GOOD STUFF THERE. It aggravates me how people are uninformed/don't seem to care. There are people of all ages in Iran who are fighting for freedom. The least we can do is spread the word, let them know that we hear & see them & have their backs. From here: This is so much more than about a rigged election.
This is about basic human rights: the right to protest, the right to vote, the right to have a decision in your country, the right to have an opinion about your government.

If you were in this situation, wouldn't you want to know that somewhere else, people gave a fucking damn about what happened to you?

SO SPREAD THE WORD. I am SO sick & fucking tired of hearing about how people just don't give a damn, & of people who are saying, "It's in Iran, why should YOU care?" UM. WELL, I DON'T KNOW, WHY DO YOU THINK?

Especially in THIS COUNTRY? EXCUSE ME, I'M NO HISTORY MAJOR, BUT HAVE YOU EVER, EVER, EVER READ YOUR OWN DAMNED DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE? There are people in Iran fighting for their own freedom; the least we can do is let them know that we hear them & back them. How can you sit back & say, "Why should i care" & bullshit like that? How can you turn a blind eye to what is going on? Yeah, i know everyone's got their own shit to deal with, but for the love of all that is good in this fucking world, will you just GIVE A FUCKING DAMN?

I don't know what's worse/annoys me more: the people saying "Oh that's nice/Why should youIanybodyelseoutsideofIran care," or the lack of mention that this is getting. I only have this LJ & my DeviantArt, so i don't know how well Facebook & the like are doing, but seriously. People, come on. There are people dying for what most of us take for granted. How can you not see that?

And don't bitch at me for "spamming;" i'm going to spam this as much as i bloody well want to. I'm sick of people not caring about this.

OH OH OH AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE UK IN JOINING THE SATAN CLUB. WELCOME TO THE "EVUL EVUL WESTERN WORLD" CLUB, YOUSE GUYS! HERE, HAVE SOME COMPLEMENTARY DEVIL HORNS. 8DDD Don't you feel special now?


<sub>And no Obama shouldn't be doing more than he is already. The Iranian gov. could then use that against the protesters. So the House of Representatives being all, "we condemn this" is really actually not that good a thing.

And still can't change mood; net connection being idiotic.</sub>

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25384806/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25384806/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:04:41 PDT [link]

دنیارابگوییدچطورآنهاانتخاباتمان دزدیده اند
Tell the world how they have stolen our election


Fingers crossed. Please spread the word about this! Seriously, you guys.

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
-Edmund Burke


_{DA won't let me change mood; explanation FYI.}

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25245982/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/25245982/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:39:55 PDT I wish it was October.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24930468/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24930468/ Sun, 24 May 2009 19:20:37 PDT It is with great regret that i must inform you all that.......











.....I'm going to California.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24883140/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24883140/ Thu, 21 May 2009 23:30:38 PDT Okay, let's be a little more coherent.

Get the real story on The Senator theatre here. The media, the City, is lying, or at least misreporting a lot.

Watch this.

To lighten the mood after that, watch this.

And, above all, SPREAD THE WORD. This is more than just a theatre, & about more than losing a movie house.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24846935/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24846935/ Tue, 19 May 2009 20:18:24 PDT
]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24752683/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24752683/ Thu, 14 May 2009 11:55:58 PDT I was waiting for a computer and so i sat down in the stacks and found the Leonora Carrington book i checked out a while ago. Then i looked up, and saw a name that looked familiar & wondered why, so i looked through the two books.

I like finding new artists whose work i end up liking.

Off to Barnes & Noble to hopefully meet up with someone & see if the bookstore still has Juxtapoz's 100th issue.

Commissions are still open.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24626599/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24626599/ Sat, 09 May 2009 22:59:27 PDT I am really trying to see if this Summer will Actually Work Out and Maybe Be Good Somehow. Fingers are crossed.

As such, i would like to offer commissions. They are open. For a flat rate of $20! You can look through my gallery & see what i do; the only thing is it shall be on paper, not on canvas. (That would be ridiculous! And more expensive too, i might add.)

Also, i still have prints from my senior show (read: 2007, people) that used to be on Etsy, but their time there expired. But i still have them! There are two copies of Battlefield (one color (kind of greenish), one B&W), there's one of Angels Fall First, there's one of the Phantom of the Opera, one of Christine Unmasks Erik, one of The Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe.... There's a bunch~. Generally, i had them range from $10-15, but if that's too high, a bargain may be struck, if you so desire. Though i am severely tempted to bring them with me to The Senator & see if anyone wants them.... Hm.

So yes! Commissions are open for $20 & shipping within the continental US of A should be $1. As for international, if you want something, we can cross that bridge when we come to it. c: You can pay with check or PayPal, or really well-concealed cash, if you really want.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24578608/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24578608/ Mon, 04 May 2009 05:58:26 PDT I like looking through other's Favorites far too much. I have this bad habit of going through their pages, neglecting my own Watch list, & faving a bit myself. My own Favorites is huge; i don't know how many pages. I wish there was a more convenient way to go through them, or at least a way to show how many pages there are. Granted, some people organize theirs, but i like to keep everything together. Besides, there's the "Browse" option.

I think it would be more worthwhile than all the other junk DA keeps doing. Like the "critique" thing for people with subscriptions? That's ridiculous. What happened to the varying comment degrees? Why not give a critique in the regular comments, like you should be doing anyway?

Another thing that bothers me is how they changed how you feature a work on your front page. It used to give you a drop-down menu, which was easy to use; now it opens up your gallery, which means that you have to remember the name of what you want to put up, or go rifling through your gallery, which is time-consuming, aggravating, & slow, especially for those of us with dial up. Actually, the entirity of trying to manage one's Profile page is slow for those of us with dial up, & just really aggravating. It was a million times easier to handle & execute before, when there was just a page that let you choose what you wanted for what.

In short, to be blunt: Stop putting in pointless bells & whistles, DeviantArt. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. They have no value, no point. They are clunky & they slow things down considerably. I don't know what you're trying to do or prove by dumping on a lot of pointless frills, but i'm really honestly getting tired of them. Why can't things just be kept simple & the way they are if they already work?

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24481060/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24481060/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:55:03 PDT [link]

Not sure how long i'll keep it. But there it is.

4/29 edit: There's two things in my Etsy, both for cheap: [link]

Don't know if i'll bother relisting anything anymore... I've only made one sale, anyway.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24339634/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24339634/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:39:39 PDT IT HAD BETTER BE NEXT WEEK! PLEASE BE NEXT WEEK oh my heart.

P-- pardon my utter spazzing. Words just don't work right now. How am i supposed to concentrate on anything at all today? (ehehe)

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24286475/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24286475/ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:01:35 PDT ...but i don't want to screw anything up.

Is there anyone from England who can tell me about seaside towns there, or direct me to any helpful sites/pictures via the internet? I have an idea for a little comic thing, & i want it to take place somewhere like that, but seeing as i'm unfamiliar with any.... I don't want to screw up royally & then have a bunch of irate Brits on me for being ignorant.

So if anyone could help me, it would be most appreciated. I'm not entirely sure about typing "seaside british towns" or whatever into Google. :\

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24165883/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24165883/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:43:41 PDT There are a lot of tornado warnings popping up in Tennesse & Kentucky. These cells look mean. It's like a line of storms going through, all tornado warned.

Art:21 is awesome. And Janine Antoni has such a lovely voice, & i like her concepts. Especially the one behind the rope piece... the title of which escapes me. Not the tightrope; that's "Touch." The one that consists of the material she braided together into a rope that included things like one of her grandmother's Christmas dresses. And Ursula Von Rydingsvard's "Weeping Plates."

I feel nauseated & achy & so tired.

[link] Look.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24128143/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24128143/ Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:30:52 PDT I don't know if i know anyone in Italy, but are people all right? It's a stupid, stupid question, i know, but still. Words are kind of pointless here, because they're so unhelpful..

(Meanwhile, i look very stupid.)

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24048182/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/24048182/ Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:44:08 PDT So, DeviantArt..... another modification, i see. ...i rather liked my comments just where they were.

And the way to choose the featured deviation, i don't like. I do not want to wade through my gallery, trying to remember the name of whatever it is i'm looking for. I preferred the list, thank you very much.

....Whatever.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23846360/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23846360/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:48:45 PDT I have to return the favor; i read what she typed up about me & ahhh, i'm still all flustered over it. And so:

First 14 to comment on this journal, requesting a slot, will get 3 pieces from their gallery featured by me!

(You don't necessarily have to do this part, but it's an interactive game, folks!)
In return, those Deviants featured, if they so desire, would create their own Feature Journal, placing me in the first slot; leading to a total of 15 Featured Deviants.

1)~LadyElleth
I think i actually may have come across her work during the thirtiesth anniversary of The Silmarillion, because she made icons of her own work. Needless to say, this then led to an inevitable Watch, especially since... i mean, come on. I suck with words; just look at her gallery because it's amazing. Her photomapis don't feel manip-like at all, which i really like. They don't feel false, or forced, or dead; they feel like art. They don't feel like she took stock & used it; she makes the stock hers in a way that i feel very few photo manippers do.
Silmarillion: High Hope | The Grandparents | Silmarillion: Many Journeys

2)~allete
(I'm sorry, i just had to show the sheep. It was either that, or Twinkie Cat. xD)
I'm having a difficult time with organizing my thoughts & using words right now... But Rachel is one of my friends; we got a lot of "bonding time" in senior year, up in Studio. (Haha, even though we weren't in it. We're in your Studio, DOING OUR WORK!) Her art in her gallery has this brilliant graphic kind of feel to it, with just the right amount of detail while not being overworked. There are character sheets, silly things (please just go find Twinkie Cat), and then works that are fully rendered. So go & look~.
arcxehl-atlantica form | sheep | math just got more interesting


3)~ShadowFalcon89
It generally takes quite a bit for me to interested in abstract work, to be honest. Most of the modern, "oh look have some lines" stuff that i think most people associate with the word "abstract," i find boring. But this guy, no. There is layer upon layer in his pieces; sometimes even writing. You can see such thought in them; they're the kind of things i wish i could manage at times.
tiny painting 06 | the Descent | Stranger

4)~Qitian
Once again, another awesome artist of The Silmarillion. (As well as some ace photos.) Her style is somehow indescribable (or maybe that's my lack of proficiency with words). It feels ancient, somehow, as though her pieces came straight from a tapestry depicting the scenes & characters. They always just feel "right;" that is to say, true to the events & people. The amount of care & detail is enviable, & her ongoing series of kick-ass women of Middle-earth most recently highlights these points. (Haleth! Who depicts Haleth?) And there is always an underlying sense of narrative in all her works, some long thread that runs through them. ...if that makes any sense.
Luthien | Spring has come | Logistics of a Rescue

I... i hope no one minds what i wrote about them. It's so difficult!

Eleven open spaces; comment if you want one! (Please?) I'm going to keep spamming your inboxes with this until all the spaces are filled~.

Please visit this site!

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23737726/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23737726/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:10:08 PDT Please read.

And now: Please visit this site!

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23674859/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23674859/ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:28:35 PDT Merlin starts up? Gggghhh. Show is so not good for my heart...!

_{(Why, yes, i did just finish watching season one; why do you ask...? MY BRAIN, I THINK IT EXPLODED. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.)}

eta: Ohhh my goodness, the cast video diaries. I found them on YouTube. Pfffff, i'm sitting here giggling now. Why so awesome, Merlin cast?

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23606914/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23606914/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:30:35 PDT x for yes, / for half.

North Italy (Vargas Feliciano)

[/] You were bullied a lot in your childhood (ish?)
[x] You adore pasta, pizza, cheese, and fruit.
[] You're very happy-go-lucky
[] You constantly have a dozy look on your face as if you're always away with the fairies
[ ] You have a long curly strand of hair that always tends to stick up
[x] You're a good artist (eh?)
[x] You can be clumsy at times
[ ] You have a friend you always depend upon if you mess up something
[ ] If your life was in danger, you would do the typical Italian thing and say: "PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I HAVE RELATIVES IN YOUR COUNTRY!"
[ ] You would surrender in a war situation

(3 & a half/10)

Germany (Ludwig)

[ ] You're very stoic and serious
[ ] Sausages are your favourite foods.
[x] You like to walk dogs/your dog (if i had one...? that counts, pfft)
[ ] Your boss/principal/tutor/home-room teacher is a nut-case.
[ ] You love rules and think they should always be followed to a T
[] You think the world would be better if everyone played by the rules
[ ] You work very hard
[x] Your alone time is your 'happy time'
[x] You can appear tough but be very considerate towards people (..?)
[x] You've had issues with money once or twice

(4/10)

Japan (Kiku Honda)

[ ] You're very mature
[ ] You think everything over before saying it.
[x] You believe in ghosts but aren't phased by the experience when you see one (?)
[ ] You isolated yourself during childhood
[ ] You became very successful in a short amount of time
[x] You are somewhat inexperienced when it comes to the outside world
[x] You can seem cold/aloof to other people
[ ] You're good at practical tasks
[x] You need time to adjust to new people

(4/10)

The Allies

The United States of America (Alfred F. Jones)

[/] You love hamburgers (cheeseburgers, really)
[ ] You think you're awesome
[ ] You love to invent things
[x] You love going to the cinema/watching films/making films
[x] You can seem to be very brash to other people
[x] You have a tendency to stick your nose into other peoples' business
[ ] You're terrified of ghosts
[x] You know aliens exist
[x] You tend to wear a bomber jacket all the time (I would if i had one~ so it totally counts)
[x] You wear glasses

(6 & a half/10)

The United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (Arthur Kirkland)

[x] You like tea
[] You were quite tough and troublesome as a kid
[x] You're very sarcastic and cynical
[ ] Your cooking is awful
[x] You love spiritual magical stuff, such as fairies, ghosts...
[ ] ...But you refuse to believe in aliens.
[ ] You have tried doing black magic before
[ ] You get drunk quite easily. (no idea. yet.)
[ ] When you are drunk, you tend to be very unhappy
[ ] You're good at embroidery

(3/10)

France (Francis Bonnefoy)

[] You're very affectionate
[ ] You think you have a great fashion sense
[ ] You like wine
[ ] You're the master of whispering romantic things into peoples' ears
[ ] You love red roses
[x] When it comes to l'amour, you don't mind men or women
[ ] You're very proud of yourself
[x] You love culture and the arts
[] You're very flamboyant
[ ] You say you're a gourmet

(2/10)

Russia (Ivan Braginski)

[] You had a very sad childhood.
[x] You're very tall (ish?)
[x] You have a tendency to switch between personalities
[] You wear a scarf all the time
[] You love sunflowers
[ ] You love vodka
[x] You can seem intimidating to other people
[ ] You're very strong
[x] You have a big nose (it's a Remus nose)
[x] You have a strange laugh that can scare people

(5/10)

China (Wong Yao)

[ ] You're very mature (...i have no idea)
[x] You're very superstitious (ish)
[ ] You're very religious
[ ] You love pandas
[ ] You love cooking so much that you nag if food has a certain pattern of tastes
[ ] You love Hello Kitty
[ ] You try to be a role-model for your brothers/sisters/whatever, but are never taken seriously.
[ ] You work hard
[x] You're good at drawing (?)
[x] You like sweets

(3/10)

And now for some other countries!

Austria (Roderich Edelstein)

[ ] You are very well-raised
[x] You're polite
[x] You love classical music
[x] You like cake
[ ] You have a mole on your face
[x] You dedicate your time to your hobbies rather than what needs to be done right away
[] You are a virtuoso/play very well on at least one... ]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23540535/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23540535/ Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:15:34 PST The sexual tension just rose by about a billion points. Like, i mean, wow did it ever.

Or maybe that's just me? Whatever; it's priceless no matter how you look at it.

/ambiguous

4:26 edit: OK, no, NOW it's--- phwoar. xD

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23381045/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23381045/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:52:39 PST Although i will: rainbowsheepplz

/lame, singing off.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23304818/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23304818/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:26:16 PST And then shit happens.



Nngh.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23241168/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23241168/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:05:42 PST A-- apparently, this is for me?

asdjefihughjlksn (sob) Uwaa. xD

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23126192/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/23126192/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:32:07 PST just---


(incoherent noises here)

Nnnnngh. I'm like thisclose to just crying. Like, it wasn't enough that people replied to my art dump post-- that made me all grinning stupid-- and that there were people who were like, "OMG TAPS!" which made me grin even harder-- but--- but---- the person who wrote this heartwrenching fic actually saw the drawings i did after reading it, &--- ahhhhhhhhh.

---
one_go_alone
2009-02-10 04:36 am UTC
I- You- ;_;

Oh god you drew art for it. I- They're perfect and heart-wrenching and now I'm crying a little. Thank you... I...don't really know what else to say. ;_; _{Is it okay if I link these with the fic?}

And you did knight!Lithuania, pirate!England and cowboy!America. ^_^ I am so weak for that. I remember your fic, too, I liked it a lot.

Thank you so much for sharing all of these.
---

I just-- i just--- nnnngggghhhhh. I just can't help but be so, so glad they got noticed. The overall post is rather lighthearted until you get to the end, & i provided links, as opposed to posting directly, simply because. But... seriously, the fic broke my heart. I've never actually cried over 9/11; this finally got me to. Drawing after reading just had to be done. These drawings, someone might dismiss them because they're fanart, because they're anime/manga style, but for once, they're something that actually means a lot to me, as well as the one i did after. I just-- i can't even express how i feel right now. I just, just... i don't know. Nngh. <sub>And i just absolutely love, love, love the fact that America is a pilot. I don't know why, exactly, i just do.



Sign if you haven't already!</sub>

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22981257/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22981257/ Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:44:04 PST god, the Hug Project for Himaruya. Grinning like an idiot here (in the library, no less); ohmygod ohmygodohmygod!! すばらしいだようーー! _{Here's my lame little offering for it; ahah.}

And remember the Hetalia Petition!

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22858416/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22858416/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:32:53 PST Hetalia Petition! "Considering this community has over 5000 members, if each of us managed to get 2 friends, not only could we build a giant robot, but we could make this petition into something of a success." Apparently, it's not just enough to have the anime not air on TV, some people even want to stop the mangaka from even drawing Hetalia...?

You don't need a LiveJournal account to sign.

(eyelash flutter & this face)


_{And p to s: Remember to not blame the whole of Korea & all Koreans, mmmkay? This is the fault of a select few people, & stupid racist comments are going to hurt more than help. Plus, you'd think that anyone who reads Hetalia would be a little more open-minded about these things...}

2199 signatures & counting! D

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22848984/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22848984/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:37:45 PST So is anyone else having issues looking through their Watch list? Mine won't let me go to any pages other than the first; if i try, it bounces me back to the page that shows only three of the things & then replies & journals & junk.

And seeing as i have a little less than 200 to go through, still, this is really kind of sort of pissing me off. :\ So is it DA, or is it DA's darling new whatever it is messing up? Because it doesn't even work on a fast internet; it even causes things to freeze on a fast connection.

edit: Wow, look i got through 200 Deviations in, what, half an hour? Something like that? Even with DA being special?

Lala.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22817463/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22817463/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:07:28 PST


O YES.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22729688/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22729688/ Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:19:21 PST help. Yeah, i know, "elected official"= politician= person who sits on their ass doing nothing. But people getting that kind of thing done are doing more than the lame-ass media, who was there sighing, swearing, rolling their eyes. I came so close to killing the little indie poser sitting behind me from The Sun. DON'T READ HIS ARTICLE. He was being a total annoying fool. Keifaber said that if The Senator doesn't get help ASAP, closure is imminent. The Sun jerk was all, "What's 'imminent'?" An older man said, "Does it matter?" Sun jerk says, "Well, yeah--" "No, it doesn't." Nobody knows WHEN, you thick-headed cretin, just that if help doesn't come it. Will. HAPPEN. We don't know when exactly the world will end, but we know it is imminent; it WILL come. Get a clue. Idiot.

In 2007, the crisis was financial. The internet helped then. Sweden, Switzerland, & the UK sent money to help. (You have. No idea. How happy. This made me. I tried to hide my idiotic grin at the mere thought of it.) People from everywhere helped, saying things like, "This can't happen," & "If it's going to happen to The Senator, then what chance would our own little theatre have?"

The Senator ran itself into debt helping out the surrounding area, & now the city is going to let it fail? People have to just write people & make them listen; grab O'Malley by his ears & tie him down & make someone do something. This theatre has been around since the late 1930s & is the last single screen theatre left in Baltimore, if not Maryland as a whole. I've been there for Trilogy Tuesday, for the midnight & final shows of The Revenge of the Sith; i've seen Goblet of Fire & Order of the Phoenix's midnight shows there. Simply put: You will not have the same experience at a lame multiplex theatre chain. You won't have people waiting in the Line, you won't have the person running the theatre getting into it. The community needs this theatre as much as the theatre needs the community. This theatre helped the surrounding community get back on its feet, & it got into debt as its reward.

People may say, "Well, the economic crisis..." Um, excuse me. The Great Depression. People went to see movies. It was an escape, it was something they could do for a while. Not only that, but the above mentioned midnight shows are literally geek fests. People drive by & hurl ice & sling insults; they're the immature ones; who cares. In an economic crisis, what better time to keep something like this alive? Not only will it help the community & the surrounding economy, it might even help boost people's spirits. Only the "historical facade" is protected; if The Senator is lost, anybody can come in & completely & utterly ruin it in anyway they like. Keifaber (the owner) put it pretty well when he said, "And if you're a Star Wars fan: The Rebel base is under attack."

So, seriously, people: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

Mayor Sheila Dixon 410-396-3835 mayor@baltimorecity.gov
Council Pres. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake 410-396 4804 councilpresident@baltimorecity.gov
Gov. Martin O'Malley 410-974-3901 governor@gov.state.md.us
US Congressman John Sarbanes 202-225-4016 [link]
US Congressman Elijah Cummings 202-225-4741 [link]
US Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger 202-225-3061 [link]
US Senator Barbara Mikulski 202-224-4654 [link]
US Senator Ben Cardin 202-224-4524 [link]
Sen. Joan Carter Conway- MD 43rd District 410-841-3745 joan.carter.conway@senate.state.md.us
Delegate Maggie McIntosh- MD 43rd Dist. 410-841-3990 maggie.mcintosh@house.state.md.us
Del. Ann Marie Doory- MD 43rd Dist. 410-841-3746 annmarie.doory@house.state.md.us
Del. Curt Anderson- MD 43rd Dist. 410-841-3291 curt.anderson@house.state.md.us
Robert Curran- 3rd Dist. City Council 410-396-4812 robert.curran@baltimorecity.gov
MJ "Jay" Brodie, Baltimore Development Corporation 410-837-9305 info@baltimoredevelopment.com

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22691800/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22691800/ Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:14:52 PST

slept through


the most


historical


Presidential


Inauguration


thus far.

<sub>And some kid's "advice" to the new President, as broadcast on Cartoon Network? "Change the world"? Haha, America is not the world, hon, that'll piss people off. IT GAVE ME A HUGE, HUGE HETALIA MOMENT. Oh, Alfred.

Speaking of which, the fact that people like this makes me grin like an idiot & yet feel really... ah. I don't know.</sub>

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22643593/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22643593/ Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:24:41 PST [link]

It would be nice if it worked out.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22593769/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22593769/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:52:14 PST I thought that China was blocking DeviantArt... But someone (a pair, actually) i'm watching has recently uploaded a few things, & they're from China. So did they let up or find a way through? And am i horribly late in finding something out (again) & am i going to piss people off because of that fact (again)?

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22552324/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22552324/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:53:58 PST The main group of pirates in Porco Rosso, if anyone is interested, are named "Mamma Aiuto."

It means "mamma, help!" in Italian.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22479315/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22479315/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:59:30 PST [link]

<sub>This makes me ridiculously upset. Just-- go fuck yourselves, you ignorant, idiotic bastards!

Aaaaagh.</sub>

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22424302/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22424302/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:21:10 PST I know that one way to make a positive from a pinhole camera is to take the negative, lay it on top of another sheet of paper, expose it to light, & then develop the blank sheet. But that creates a mirror image, which is something that i don't really like & am kind of uncomfortable(?) with.

I know there is a way to take a picture with a pinhole camera & have it come out as a positive, with no mirror image whatsoever. I have such a picture that i took in ninth grade. But i cannot remember how to do it to save my life.

It's not imperitive; i don't have a pinhole, photo paper, or any place i could develop photos (i don't think Towson's photo department would let me in to develop random pictures). But it's been on my mind on & off, especially after coming across the two pictures recently. I know the one is a reversed image of reality, & the other isn't. But i can't remember how to get an unreversed pinhole positive.

(Note that pinhole camera means camera made out of a box/oatmeal container/acorn/whatever can be sealed up against light. Camera obscura. The most basic camera one can have. I make a note because i know such things as pinhole Polaroid cameras exist, but they sound very expensive, with bells & whistles-- the complete opposite of a box with a hole in it.)

ps: Etsy sale till end of the month, & also trying for a picture a day thing. Also, five hours-- seriously-- to enroll in classes (thought i had; i was wrong) because of a hold i had overlooked. Five. Hours. Later. That's how long it took for me to get someone who was helpful & removed the hold. It was beyond maddeningly stupid.

And i bit my tongue & am all achy.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22344120/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22344120/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:58:56 PST So here's 2009. I am under no illusions that it will be ohmygodamazing; i have no expectations & am looking forward to nothing. But at least New Year's was good.

Hope everyone else had a decent New Year's.

Another Etsy sale! Can you tell i'm desperate?

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22191086/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22191086/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:06:35 PST worst fucking birthday ever, simply because caitlin is a selfish bitch whore.

sorry to everyone who said happy birthday at me & who is less of a selfish bitch than me.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22064828/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22064828/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:51:30 PST My birthday is next Thursday; what're you guys getting me? )) Elohel.

Updated this. But no public stuff about drama llamas; that's just asking for it.

IMPORTANT! Save Handmade! Also info here. Spread the word & write a letter & everything you can to keep this from passing!


]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22026901/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/22026901/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:46:57 PST 8:09 am: [link]

What the fuck, China.

8:44 pm: [link]

Always knew they were rather off their rockers, but i never knew they were outright liars. Fucked up.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21994594/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21994594/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:48:17 PST I never thought i would see the day where i would be glad to see Monday come. This past weekend has been hell, & just so much crap has happened, it's not even funny. I don't want to post anything publicly, though, so. Don't need any more unneeded drama. The drama llama is riding forth & having enough fun as it is.

In other news, i don't know if i've ever mentioned this. It's mine, & is sometimes updated. But generally only on alternate Wednesdays when the Moon is in the second house & Jupiter & Neptune get friendly.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21956244/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21956244/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:19:30 PST I hate this night.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21911115/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21911115/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:17:42 PST So the final has been turned in & i have to pick it up next Tuesday. Which is fine; it's wet, & with the fact that there seem to be random showers outside, i was not looking forward to trying to power walk carrying the heavy portfolio & a wet painting. Not that it was raining when i left anyway.

So apparently i paint better when i care less about the subject. At first i kind of bristled at that, but i definitely see the teacher's point. In better light, i can definitely see the formal problems much better. The plane changes i'm still not too sure about, but i know that i'll have to fix the values & just a lot of the colors. They somehow managed to come out very similarly, which shouldn't have happened. This especially on Fingon's forehead; very flat. So it needs lighter tones.

It'll most likely be dry when i pick it up (everything dries in that room), which is both good & bad-- bad because i won't be able to really go back into the skin tones, but maybe that's actually good? Because then a lighter tone won't mix right in & get muddied. So need to fix tones, any mixed media aspect &... there was something else that i can't remember now. Pretty sure it was important, too.

Also watered the plants sitting around the room. Many of their leaves were dead, & their pots were dry.

[link]

[link]

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21887547/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21887547/ Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:28:51 PST Drei sounds like dry, so i keep counting at my painting, essentially. Horrible joke.

So am going with a mix between narrative & more on the collage-like side, & am doing the thumbnail from the lower left of the paper. Which is from Tolkien's The Silmarillion. So it should be interesting, because there's drips on it right now (most of which will be painted over, but i may make some more later, after i've got the figures down), so it's like... Tolkien, but with an artsy twist?

When i say "collage-like," i'm looking at Viggo Mortensen's work (ie. [link] , [link] , [link]), though what i've done thus far doesn't look too much akin to his ideas. I can exactly put in photos, for example; it would detract from the actual subject matter. Only have some paper down, & will probably try some more stuff as time goes on, so. And will incorporate some writing into it, the way he tends to in his paintings.

The clear gesso is indeed clear. It's a bit like Elmer's glue, in that it dries clear, though it may be white when it's wet.

...I don't want my family looking at my art. Why is that so bad/weird/wrong?

Subliminal messages... zoop.

]]> ~fegie http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21810764/ http://fegie.deviantart.com/journal/21810764/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:24:48 PST Other stuff.

For once, my problem with doing a painting is not that i have no ideas, it's that i have too many. And they kind of don't gel too well.

Here are some ideas i drew. In other words, it's either "artsy" & "indie" or whatever by incorporating collage into it (since i now have clear gesso), kind of reminiscent of collages i've seen in the galleries at school & Viggo Mortensen's paintings. Or it'll be narrative, like i like, & probably something Middle-earth based, unless i do decide to do The Crucible one. Though right now, am kind of leaning towards Maedhros & Fingon. The problem there is that i would have to go online & find stock photos. I hate working from photographs. Every time i have ever done so has been a total & utter aggravation. For the collage idea, it would still incorporate observation into it, probably a figure from sketches (which could hopefully be more tolerable than a photograph), since there's no one exactly available to model.

So, any ideas? As soon as possible, please? I just can't decide.

And, erm, sorry to the perhaps one person who has seen this about a million times already. > >

]]> ~fegie