http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:heavenhel&section=today deviantART RSS for by:heavenhel en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:58:23 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/27541846/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/27541846/ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:28:45 PDT
oh, but might lose my job by jan, such is life, ahhh the recession. life is bittersweet, or shite. both. I'm a bit drunk, so yeah. Probably shouldnt be updating online journals like this.

Thanks y'all, for being so encouraging, means so much to me.

Laters homies xx

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/26688313/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/26688313/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:56:30 PDT
I have no idea how to explain my past few weeks to you, only to apologise for my failing to get your artwork to you in a timely way since I know its been foreverrrrr... so so so sorry guys.

Basically, I'm trying to scrape a life in london (home with dad is no longer an option) but I cant get a job, i'm sponging off the bf (he is just the awesomest person ever to put up with my FAIL) aaaaand, yeah. Just trying to get a job and get by, this week I spent a 12 hour day working in a slot machine arcade in peckham in london - nastiest part of london ever, I was genuinely scared working with just a whole ton of leechy pervy unemployed obsessive gamblers.

So sorry guys, I barely have time and I'm suffering huge artblock right now from finding myself in a right proper life mess. I'm sure it'll all work out soon huh.

Catch you kids later, I'm closing the other 3 slots but keep an eye here if I've updated the state of any one of your arts.

so;
1. - werewolf OC - colouring

2. - Kitsune OC - sketched (think I got the right OC??)

3. - some sort of warrior OC - sketching - having a little trouble!

4. - Her pine marten OC - sketched/colouring (thanks for the trade!)

5. - tattoo

6. - 9 tailed foxes

7. - her kitten milo

Anyway, real sorry for being super lame, just gotta get myself out of this funk y'know?

Love you all

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/25511746/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/25511746/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:49:19 PDT
I got my degree result back today, a 2:1, an upper second, in my dads eyes a FAIL becasue my sister got a first but boo hoo, but to everyone else a very good grade, second best. HA story of my life.

BUT ANAYWAY it doesnt matter becuase I am having my GLAM ROCK GUITAR HERO BIRTHDAY PARTY on saturday! WHOOOO! just bought a hideous outfit from an awesome shop by carnaby street in london (you SHOULD know where that is, kids) called beyond retro. The BF bought a black and orange skintight onesie. HOT.

so yeah... quick thought, why do men yell 'hey babe' and variations thereof, as you walk past in the street? Yeah. like I'm gonna stop turn around and have a polite conversation and dinner with a stranger just becuase he shouted some sleazy remark at me with a wink??? I used to be flattered but now it just gets annoying, I think its all the blonde hair, its a mans natural instinct to try and draw attention to himself.

um, I suppose you deserve a relevant update, I've been very busy looking for a job and cat-sitting in somerset (what a riot) but i'm definatly hoping to get cranking through these requests, OH and Cranberrynoodles did this AWESOME trade for me, of my super cuddly cat digby, CHECK IT YO [link]




COMISSION INFO

Here's the dealio, I wanna get out of my conmfort zone, try a few new things, and I need you guys to motivate me to do it!

You CAN request: pets, usual and unusual animals, fantasy, OCs, anthros, fanart characters, digital work, traditional work, etc

You CANNOT request: anything dirty (ahahaha I just cant, ok? too weird) or anime/realistic human charaters unless I get really desperate, you can try asking but I'm unlikely to say yes, I have a massive art block when it comes to humans and I suck.

Because I'm doing this for free I'd really appreciate a little promotion in return? No pressure though, this is about me developing my skills, not popularity. But if you could spread the word about my free slots I'd love it!

Right, I'm gonna call it 10 slots, 7 are taken and I'll work my way down the list from first to last (might not be v. fast, girls got a job to do y'know?) I'm gonna update their statuses right here so keep an eye out.

so;
1. - werewolf OC - colouring
2. - Kitsune OC - Waiting for more info! or i could just guess...
3. - some sort of warrior OC - sketching
4. - Her pine marten OC - sketched
5. - tattoo
6. - 9 tailed foxes
7. - her kitten milo
8. Open
9. Open
10. Open

wooo I love you all, now give me something to draw y'all!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/25212382/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/25212382/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:17:24 PDT
Here's the dealio, I wanna get out of my conmfort zone, try a few new things, and I need you guys to motivate me to do it!

You CAN request: pets, usual and unusual animals, fantasy, OCs, anthros, fanart characters, digital work, traditional work, etc

You CANNOT request: anything dirty (ahahaha I just cant, ok? too weird) or anime/realistic human charaters unless I get really desperate, you can try asking but I'm unlikely to say yes, I have a massive art block when it comes to humans and I suck.

Because I'm doing this for free I'd really appreciate a little promotion in return? No pressure though, this is about me developing my skills, not popularity. But if you could spread the word about my free slots I'd love it!

Right, I'm gonna call it 10 slots, 3 are taken(?) and I'll work my way down the list from first to last (might not be v. fast, girls got a job to do y'know?) I'm gonna update their statuses right here so keep an eye out.

so;
1. - werewolf OC - Sketching
2. - Kitsune OC - Waiting for more info
3. - some sort of warrior OC - sketching
4. - Her pine marten OC
5. - Something she has yet to decide XD
6. - 9 tailed foxes
7. - awaiting info
8. Open
9. Open
10. Open

wooo I love you all, now give me something to draw y'all!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/25084769/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/25084769/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:34:41 PDT
SO BIG NEWS TIME!!!! hope that caught everyones attention

I finsihed my degreeee!!! YAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY! So I'm in london, moved in with my man (GASP VERY EXCITING) and I've decided to get my art up and running again!

SO .... heres the big point I'm trying to make... I'm taking requests! Freeeeee ones! PLEASE! I'd just love to get comissions going, but I realised I really dont think I have much of a representative sample of what people want, and people cant see what I can do. SO (again) please feel free to request whatever you like for a limited time only, I really enjoy making art for others if it makes them happy, and just share some love!

Plus I'm very poor and have no job so if afterwards you might wanna spread the word and help me get started on commissions in exchange for free artwork, it would really be much appreciated!

Come on everyone! request your favourite pokemon, send me a photo of your pet, show mw your fursona, whatever it is you crazy DA kids are into these days I'm drawing it, so spread the word! You can think of it as giving me a challenge if you like, ask for a particular style or digital or pencil, whatever you want, I need to get out of my comfort zone and get motivated.


I'M SO OVEREXCITED ABOUT MY FREEDOM ITS REDICULOUS...

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/24494949/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/24494949/ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:42:13 PDT
Its that lovely lovely revision time of the year where I stress out and procrastinate and then stress more, made all the harder by the bf's constant 'get a job' hints... I'm so bad at this, whyyy did I decide living with him was a good idea....? Oh yeah, becuase his constant hints help me sort my sorry mess of a life out, hurray! Thanks to him I got to taking comissions and i believe my art made a big leap then, and thanks to him I finally got my project in! whoot

Anyway, I'm hoping now my project is in, I'll have a bit more time to draw nice things. After all, people cant revise every hour of the day, amirite??

Oh-so-boring journal update I know...

Oooh! I had my final shoulder x-ray and they've released me from the clutches of the trauma clinic! Whee! Only physio to go and I'll be swinging my arms about like a pro... no more kites though. not yet.

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/24389020/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/24389020/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:39:19 PDT
I hate my life sometimes. God, I am in soooo much pain! And all i can do is spew academic vomit at the keyboard and hope someone thinks it sounds clever enough to give me a nice flat hat and a scroll and send me on may way.

Not long now kids, not long at all. Graduation on the 15th of July, hopefully! Just gotta get this piece of life-wrecking junk on the percieved reliability of object movement (I know, i thought i was doing a psychology degree too) finished, bound and signed, do 3 exams and bid bon voyage to education for the forseeable future!

Wish me luck....

yesterday I drank so much tea i started twitching.

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/24003000/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/24003000/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:59:50 PDT
Ahh the melancholy... Its just replaced with that funny box I get when theres a symbol I cant see, like japanese or chinese or kanji.

I want snowmen too

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/23762812/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/23762812/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:20:59 PDT
only 3 more weeks before I can move my arm again... surely a little deviant doodle wouldnt hurt, would it?

Need more to do than just search the internet for funsies... Its such nice weather.

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/23749943/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/23749943/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:10:53 PDT
I thought, I'd love to hear what everyone else has for the songs that embed in their lives, and I'll tell you mine... Ironically most of the songs in this are not my favourite songs, they were probably someone elses or passing phases thanks to circumstance, but they mean a lot to me all the same

I think my first real experience was moving from my home in cheltenham to somerset when I was 9. Oh, the glorious 90's. Praise you, fatboy slim, takes me to my old home in the summer, with the house becoming bare and myself enjoying the space where the furniture would have been witout realising at all what exactly was happening, that I would never live there again. I remember the dust from the furniture playing in the sun through the window...

The next real example is my last year of school and my first real CD i stole off my sister, it was More than you think you are by Matchbox Twenty, yeah I didnt realise that everyone else I would meet thought they were lame, i loved them then and I love them now, I'm so cool... When my mum was first diagnosed with cancer, the song Downfall was the only thing that stopped me from losing it alltogether, and it's still my favourite song today for that reason. some tough times were to be had in the next 2 years.

Later, at college, lets get retarded - the black eyed peas, takes me back to some wild house parties we had at my house when we were 17, really awesome house parties with lots of drama and excitement and underage drinking and music. I feel the euphoria of some of my first real parties when I hear that, as well hiding in my garden in the dark and cool air hiding from all the bustle but loving everything and everyone

At uni, old classics like 'summer of 69' take me back to the adventure, and the total social anxiety, of first year uni and nights out. It also brings me the smell of my dorm kitchen i shared with 7 other people, the winter sun and chatter of students, and the sound of trains

The circle of life, the G4 version, always reduces me to tears. Not only was lion king my favourite childhood disney film since forever, it was played at my mums funeral when i was 18. enough said.

the clash, patrick wolfe and placebo were the tunes of my second year uni house. Idlewild's album make another world (if it takes you home in particular) makes me feel like I'm back on my bed in harriet street revising for my exams, the taste of chicken 8p noodles, enjoying the sun and sneaking off for a cheeky pint of cider in beer gardens. Good studenty times. That and the strokes.

Dream catch me - newton falkner - my first boyfriend. And, 2 months later - hide and seek - imogen heap - the very end of my very first relationship, sat on my bed the day i first arrived alone in london, confused and overwhelmed.

But also, the beginning of my new life. I lived with a crazy 58yr old scottish woman in a filthy council flat where she got very drunk, ate all my food and demanded her rent early in cash - she is a whole other story. But how far we've come - matchbox twenty (yes, still a fan, saw them on this tour live, loved it) takes me back to watching the busses on abbey road while I ate my breakfast on my windowsill, the cold cold trip to the train and the bright colour the leaves were that autumn was beautiful.

I escaped from crazy lady, to live with kiwis in kensal green in london, and it is there since then I have called home. When I first moved in I discovered deathcab for cutie, reminds me of when I had the room downstairs, how clean and light it was, and the cat that used to come through my window.

Jimmy eat world - 23, i realised I had really fallen in love and it was a massive risk i was scared to take. alongside that inexplicable feeling I remember my heart thumping in my chest when sat in my room, reading my messages at night, and the taste of tea and toast.

Punk was discovered (and camden, thankyou camden), and it was after an anti-flag concert the boys took me to, and 'the press corpse' and 'I'd tell you but' were not only heralds of my new life but I took that risk, and I'm so glad, I've never looked back.

Anyway, these are a few major points in my life that songs remind me vividly of, theres a ton of other songs that take me strongly back to nowhere in particular, I love discovering them, like going back to my past for a holiday (good or bad). I just really wanted to write them down because they mean a lot to me. They've been sat in my head for a while! I think its so important to keep remembering them because they make me who I am, some make me stronger and some make me love and some just make me remember things that need to be remembered.

So, tell m... ]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/23606992/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/23606992/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:37:52 PDT
I was hoping to be on a roll artwise until I broke my shoulderblade yesterday... AWESOME way to do it though, got carried away on a giant kite after a gust of wind at about 10mph, only to drop 6ft and crash into the ground about 10m further ahead. I call it surprise paragliding. wheeeeeeee!

So, unnecessary information - just had 3 xrays at a&e and I'm going to trauma clinic tomorrow so they can decide what to do with me. Man its been sooooo fun, oh yeah, except for the unbearable pain. whoo.

Peace kids, remember, any of you who are small and light like me... NO power kiting in high winds without some kind of anchor ok??

I'm sure you'll all pay heed to my wisdom... now off with you and have a lovely time in the spring sunshine!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/22856846/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/22856846/ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:36:43 PST
I knowwwww I have been VERY dead recently, absolutly NO time to do ANY drawing or even any DA at all! I had 4 of my final year exams, my dissertation and my coursework, which all got extensions till after new year becuase I had a MAJOR BREAKDOWN and gave up on everything for a few weeks...

But I did have a lovely lovely christmas in a castle in scotland to forget my worries

And I have now recovered! Hurray! All of my exams are done for now and lectures have only just started so hurrah I have very little to do! I dont have a scanner right now... sooooo probably not much of a chance of uploading some of my traditional portrait comissions but I might be uploading some lovely digital stuff on account of going back to london and back to the boyf and getting my sticky paws into Photoshop CS3 whoo!

So.... yeah... just a quick update on where its at, but i might not be back up to commenting and the like for a little while, although I always check my watchlist no worries

Peace out

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/22274159/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/22274159/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:36:36 PST So heres to the upcoming year, i think it actually might be a good one! No year is ever good through and through, you just have to persevere. I already had some of the worst years of my life (they couldnt have got much worse, but lets not make assumptions) and now I think i've just had the best, I hope next year will be as awesome! And i hope you will have the same, all the best for the lot of you!! x

I confess that in the year of 2008, I...

( ) stayed single for the whole year
( ) got your first kiss
(x) kiss someone new.
(x) made-out in/on a car
(x) kissed in the snow
(x) celebrated Halloween
(x) kissed in the rain
(x) fell in love/met someone amazing
( ) had your heart broken
( ) broke someone else's heart
( ) mooned someone
(x) went over the minutes on your cell phone
(x) had a good relationship with someone
(x) suffered
( ) someone questioned your sexuality
( ) came out of the closet
( ) gotten pregnant
( ) gotten someone else pregnant
( ) had an abortion
( ) gotten married
( ) had a divorce
( ) dated someone you'll never forget
(x) done something you've regretted
( ) lost your true love
( ) lost faith in love
(x) kissed under mistletoe
( ) got a promotion
( ) got a pay raise
(x) changed jobs
(x) waited until one day before to begin a project
( ) lost your job
(x) quit your job
( ) dated a co-worker
( ) dated your boss
( ) dated your boss' daughter/son
( ) got fired from your job
(x) took an honors/advanced class
(x) broke the dress code
(x) did something you were proud of
( ) discovered a new talent
(x) proved yourself an idiot
(x) were involved in something you'll never forget
(x) painted a picture
( ) wrote a poem
( ) ran a mile
(x) seen a live concert
( ) shopped at Hollister or Abercrombie and Fitch
( ) posted a blog on MySpace
(x) listened to music you couldn't stand
( ) went swimming
( ) skinny-dipped
(x) went to a sleepover
(x) went camping
( ) threw a surprise party
(x) laughed till you cried
( ) laughed till you peed in your pants
(x) flirted shamelessly
( ) broke in a line of waiting people
(x) volunteered to help out others
(x) visited a new state (and country!)
( ) told someone you were busy when you weren't
( ) partied to celebrate the new year
(x) cooked a disastrous meal
( ) drove the car drunk
(x) lost something important to you
(x) smoked a cigarette
( ) lied about how old you were
(x) got a gift you adore
(x) got 'shit faced' on alcohol
( ) took a nude picture of yourself
( ) almost got arrested
( ) prank called someone
( ) saw a college football game in person

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/21205070/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/21205070/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:18:52 PDT
Just to let you know I wont be about (or really SHOULDNT be) for the next month or so. I'll be checking back every now and again, i know I'm not really one for spreading about too many comments but I still look at every piece on my watch list! In fact, thats what is eating up my time, so that'll have to be put on hold too

basically I've got an awful lot of uni work to do (my dissertation, my coursework, my final year) AND i'm being naughty and running away to new zealand for 2 weeks with my boyfriend, so i've got a lot of work to do to make up for that!

Anyway, peace out, all the faves and comments are very much appreciated!



]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/20963653/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/20963653/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:46:48 PDT Do the "Letter MEME". Tag no less than 5 other people, and leave them a comment, informing them that they have been tagged. Then copy the "How-to" Letter Meme, and finish your Journal entry.

-> How you do the Letter Meme:

Dear*rhunel (haha sorry :s) :

I don't really know how to tell you this, but you're a loser. I think I realized it when you put cuffs on me at the mental hospital and I saw you sit on Manchester Uniteds goalkeeper. I'm sure you're senile enough to understand that santa doesnt exist. I'm returning your love letters to you, but I'll keep my virginity as a memory. You should also know that I will tell the authorities about hating the Boston Celtics .

Greetings to your frog Leonard,
Heavenhel


Hahahah that sounds rough. I dont mean it, they were actually a very nice random visitor! How to do this: [link]

Yeah, anyway. after spyed's journal (and plenty before that too come to think of it) I was contemplating DArama. I'm not a popular face on DA, I dont get involved in big flame wars or art theft, even though I've come accross it plenty and had more than a few things to say to some people - that I never actually say at all. Anyway, I had no idea how much there was on here, until I stumbled upon encyclopedia dramatica. Yeah its vicious and OTT, completely, but most of the drama it described between deviants on here was real and very public.

Aaaanyway, artists are passionate people, and there are a lot of teenagers (read: hormones, need I say more?) so theres bound to be words flying between parties, I guess. And a lot of public emotion, loads of people spilling out their heart and soul. Now, I'm a private person, and even I feel compelled to join in! If only to try and keep the peace sometimes. Any drama for me? Umm, boyfriend went to romaina for a week or so... i miss him...

see how much I suck at this!? haha. Anyway, this community has a lot of great things about it, theres nowhere else I could get my art so well seen, given critique and encouragement and help and support. More of this please!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/20092309/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/20092309/ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:45:23 PDT
Still doing commissions *HINT*! Come get them while theyre falling off the table like lukewarm biscuits

Thought a feature might be in order (Well i do have a sub...) SO...

*drumroll please*

The first feature goes to my long suffering and unfortunatly currently injured, twin sister ~riazzz

She was clever enough to end up under a train the other day and fractured her spine so i thought, although she's living with me and I'm doing everything for her from changing her dressings to washing her hair, I'd do something more. She doesnt have anywhere near enough attention for her skill, and if theres any time she needs some love its now - so go share it!

Heres some of my favourites:



Go share the love DA and make her feel better!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/19804465/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/19804465/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:03:33 PDT
Sorry theres not been much activity recently, update is, I dont have a job jet and I'm not very good at finding one, seems no one wants a psych student for a month and a half...
SO - commence operation somethingorother - I'm offering sketch commissions (starting with just traditional pencil or digital painting) for whatever spare change you can find in your pockets. I guess I'll say individually priced, depending on what you want, I'd reccommend animals (like pets), but in reality I'll draw whatever as long as it doesnt involve a detailed realistic human face, ANYTHING else is fine, at the moment I'm working on a classic car with 2 people and a dog. But yeah, anything.

I wouldnt normally dream of asking for money for my pictures, but as a few requests have come in from friends and so on, i thought it wouldnt hurt, desperate times call for desperate measures!

Anyway, i apologise for the fishing, dont feel sorry for me cos i'm alright but if you want a pic uber cheap i'd be happy to! Finer details (such as delivery and payment) to be dealt with if anyone is interested.

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/19512262/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/19512262/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:36:37 PDT
Aaaanyway, I'm hoping to get a few more drawings to you in the next little while, i think that Paddy (kitty in 'Sunny afternoon', to those of you not personally aquainted with my cat) will require a background, any personal critique or helpful commentary before I start wrapping that one up would be greatfully appreciated.
I also got an animal anatomy book, so I've done some horse bone structure sketches I might put in scraps for any of you interested. Although if you wanted to learn properly it would be best to use a book yourself!

Right, I'm getting a new lease of ambition for my drawing these days (possibly caused by my present unemployment) so I hope to be bringing you more ASAP! Peace out

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/17759107/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/17759107/ Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:10:22 PDT DA is not the only thing i've neglected for parties and the bf, i've also not spoken to my dad or sister for days and my room is actually hard to make it accross without being swallowed by dustbunnies and abandoned towels.

But i do have some stuff for you! yes the colour version of the cheshire cat is coming along - i have photoshop now though so its going slowly as i have no idea how to work that beast of a program. I also have a little traditional piece for you which acted as art therapy while i was doubting myself and needed something to prove i dont have 2 left hands.

So enjoy! I'll find time to get round and comment on all these works i havent seen soon enough, but right now i've got some uploading to do and some food shopping to get on with! All i actually own right now is an industrial sized crate of teabags and half a cucumber - an elderly cucumber at that.

BTW CSS is coming along, i'm still testing it though, by the time its done my sub will have probably ran out!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/17373632/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/17373632/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:41:07 PDT By the way, to all you londoners, i went to an awesome art shop called Cornlissons, its so cool, reminds me of something out of harry potter. Plus it was the only place in central london to be stocking scraperboard at the time, trust me i visited every one (not that i minded). Scraperboard eh, yes, what must i be planning.....?

Oh and happy st paddys day to all you celts out there

I really need to drop by to work now for the last time in a month...

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16962994/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16962994/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:04:12 PST

My sis ~riazzz came to stay with 3 other friends and i didnt get anything done and had even less sleep oooh and i saw jimmy eat world last night in brixton and it was awesome <3
Anyway, i've been slowing on the arty front and ended up having a big drawing craving today, but its all in pencil. for some reason, arty craving was angling towards traditional, layers, and detail. Realism is now my mountain to climb for whatever reason. So anyway, when i get the chance, i'll maybe upload a few sketches, however i'm upping standards this year, so if i dont get bored in the meantime i'll do more and more work on this stuff first. Time to take my sketching more seriously, i've been taking references for anatomy and spending more time exploring layering and technique.

So yeah... uh... i have a research meeting tomorrow at 8.30, yes, eight thirty. I have to be in work by 8.30. And i have to sit through an hours meeting about variables and ethics for research projects that arent even mine - thus is the life of a placement student. Bah i was having a great time thinking 'oo havent i done well working in london with a whole new life for a year'. Naturally i go off and talk to someone who totally pees on it by having a much better one going on skiiing holidays in canada and hopping over to europe several times a year. Hah even my dad's in florida right now for work and i'm freezing my ass off in the streets of london, earning no money whatsoever for my time.

just slipped into a little rant there... no matter... i'm just hungry. Actually after my traumatising time with crazy lady i've taken to hoarding food and not eating it - i do own food, i could be eating a bag of malteasers right now, but i'm not becuase i wont let myself for some bizarre reason. I even know i'm doing it, whyyyy!? I just dont want them enough obviously. Hah i used to go home every weekend when i was living with her becuase i couldnt stand spending a whole weekend in a manky flat hiding alone in my room, but now i'm in my new house i havent gone home for 3 weeks - i'm a big girl now

wow this turned into a long journal. Did you read it? did you read it all? sorry about that... Later!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16653542/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16653542/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:58:52 PST
joy and happiness! well its not the bucketful of awesome I was attempting but my mastery of a simple background and heading picture have calmed me down somewhat. I have time now to work on the next one...

Anyway... where was I? Oh yes i have a stinking cold - my work sent me home yesterday and i've been officially told, yes TOLD, to take the day off today (hence all the DA activity) SO iPod is on shuffle, pencils are liberated, and I'm off on a scribbling spree.
I've got some big projects on the go at the moment, =CranberryNoodles kiriban turned into something pretty detailed, and theres a few other things that I began scribbling which will be scanned in for more fun and games. I was also very tempted to draw the 2 mice in our house, we named them Captain Planet and Captain Midnight. Although then Captain Midnight chewed into 3 of my chocolate biscuits, a sachet of porridge, and a sachet of soup. My food! This is war captain midnight....


Anyway I really just did this so y'all can have a peek at my new journal CSS even though it only looks good on my main page and not in the journal page - but I'm a retard and dont know how to fix that... Later!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16613682/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16613682/ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:01:21 PST
- Journal CSS has been attempted, pictures drawn, and FAILIURE has occurred. I'll try when i'm not so lazy/tired/hung over (dont ask...)

- =CranberryNoodles your prize has been sketched but it needs colouring - and this is where you find out just how obsessive compulsive i get about art i draw for other people...

- I had a damn good party on the weekend but that means i've been incapable of drawing a straight line since... Give me some time...(and a dark room)

- I was tagged by ~Benathorn ! Here goes!

Here are the rules:
1. Post these rules
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves
3. Tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts
4. At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named
5. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

1. I love tea ^^ I have up to 3 cups before lunchtime
2. I cant chew rasins, peas, or baked beans, they make my teeth feel funny, so I swallow them whole becuase I still like the taste
3. I tend to drift off into a daydream at work in meetings and then spend the next hour paranoid that anyone noticed, or if i talked to myself (it could happen)
4. I will travel anywhere, over any distance, for any amount of time, to meet my friends at a party
5. I'm a cheapskate and I never buy anything unless I have to... and then its the biggest deal ever
6. The beginning of the Lion King makes me cry like a baby. As does Spirit and film trailers for random films (for example, the Golden Compass. Just the trailer mind...)
7. WRITING IN CAPS LOCK GETS ME OVEREXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING I'M WRITING - AWESOMECOOLSTUFF!!!!!!
8. I never pick up a free paper on the tube, but I do spend my entire 20 min journey trying to read someone elses over their shoulder

There you go, arent you glad you read this? Well I'm off to catch up on my sleep and hopefully I'll have nice things for you soon!

Now, to tag!


well theres a random selection of peeps for you, dont worry you dont have to do it if you dont want to! Later!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16429454/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16429454/ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:36:06 PST
Now I know all the rest of you have more than about 5 times that amount but I think I should celebrate the small victories. Much love to =CranberryNoodles for winning that, your prize is coming up, thankyou!!

I owe it to you guys who watch me and comment and fav, it really means a lot!

I am also preparing myself for some stuff to draw, for a start a journal css to go with my pretty new subby (i gave in, i'm so weak...) and some other stuff. I was going to do something with my chars luna and solar but then I got a bit sick (read: lazy) drawing pegasussuses. Theres also about a hundred pencil and paper sketches I've started that need digital painting including (but not limited to) some wolves, cats, and some super lame attempts at people. Oh, and some fanart (guess what it is and i'll give you a cookie )! Also theres a little 1000pv thankyou thing I'll draw for the lot of you .

Now, how does this CSS thingy work I wonder?

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16299167/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16299167/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:49:08 PST
I am bad at chatspeak but it amuses me greatly. I never use lol, mainly because when people type it, it throws me into some kind of crisis of reality - are you really laughing? out loud?? ARE YOU!? *twitch*

aaanyway. Getting closer to the kiriban guys! so close! I'm not gonna post anything for a while, as i've decided I suck and need to get better, well at least I know I can do better if it werent for the fact that I'm impatient and have the attention span of a chicken.

oh hey, my new house has a visitor cat, yay! it scared the life out of me in my window the other day and then i couldnt get it to leave. nor would it leave this morning, i tried to make it and it bit me. owned by a cat. new house is great though! no more crazy lady and a shower where you can adjust the temperature and a kitchen you can cook in, luxury! Does mean i wont spend so much time holed up in my room though so reduced art production result. From now on, its slower better quality artwork i've decided.

wish me luck!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16181747/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16181747/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:05:39 PST
It's been one hell of a year for me I know, I've laughed and cried, loved and lost, taken massive life changing oppertunities, moving miles away from anyone I know and meeting so many new people. I've learnt a huge amount about myself, some of it good and some of it bad, all of it very useful. I'll travel for hours and miles just to see my friends for one night but that travelling will never effect the distance from those I care about to my heart.

I know i'm not really one for sentimental journal entries... but I hope that everyone can look back on such a year with gratitude and forward to the next one.

New years resolutions anyone?

Thanks to all of you for making my year what it was, I wouldnt have changed it for the world! Oh, and keep an eye out for the kiriban, 1000 P.V here I come!

Happy new year y'all x

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16150274/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/16150274/ Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:41:29 PST
hehehe

anyway I was wondering as I'm close to the 1000p.v mark that I would offer a kiriban (although I know it would be gutting if no one cared and I missed it) and if you catch it I'll draw something for ya, or not if you'd prefer....
man I sound pretty sad...

aaaaanyway, hope you all had a lovely lovely xmas I got given a feminist history of the emancipation of women in britain between 1910 and 1971 from my professor at work. I have absolutely no idea what hes thinking... what an odd man. maybe he expects me to return to work a new woman? hah I think i'll do okay... on the extra extra plus side I got a scanner for xmas so I'll be doing more traditional stuff, hurrah!

later! x

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/15968678/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/15968678/ Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:09:52 PST
but heli cant have a subscription becuase she is saving up for a trip to california in march... mmmmm holiday. tastes like sunshine ^^

i am home for xmas though, and wild and free and dressed up like rudolph so woohoo!

merry christmas ppl, i'll submit some lovely christmassy deviations for you all!

also... much love to ~cranberrynoodles for featuring me in her journal, and to my 18 (!?) watchers <3

take care! x

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/15847835/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/15847835/ Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:50:34 PST
its been so long! I lost all tinternet access in my miserable london flat, but i've come home for one weekend to reveal to you, my loyal watchers, the fruits of my lonley labours!

ahaha i make it sound sad, its not really, just that i have no tv, no internet, and i cant leave my room for fear of my mad scottish landlady accosting me for rent in the hallway (shes not getting any more though, i run away in a week, woohoo!) so i sit about in my room drawing away quite happily drinking tea (when i'm not out in london town, i DO have a life!) aaaaand you lucky bunnies, i have some more traditional stuff coming depending on getting my grubby paws on the scanner so its not that sad at all, and i've got a new room in january with some lovely lovely young people and 's all good!

anyway basically what i mean to say (in my irrelevant long winded way) is that if you do comment or something it may take me a while to reply but i am incredibly grateful and i do value every comment, and i'd love to return the favour but theres no time these days, i'll catch up soon!

later! x

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/15229206/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/15229206/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:45:04 PDT
i was pondering... speculating, if you will... on the wild idea of commissions. obviously being an amateur i would do it simply for your love and respect (hahaha - but seriously, it'll be free). Just so i could have a chance to draw something that maybe i havent thought of for someone else which would naturally make me try a lot harder than scrawling something for my own amusement. but, uhh, unless you want to be sorley dissapointed, animal characters only pleeeease?

on the upside, i have some traditional stuff (pencils are so old school) that is ready and waiting for the scanner, but sadly it tales an extortionate train fare and 3 hours to reach it. expect it soon!

I know theres been a lot of deviations recently you lucky, lucky people, and hopefully this will continue although i am in the process of finding somewhere in london more bearable to live so dont be offended if i'm AWOL for a bit, i'm probably trapped by a russian woman in a council estate in hackney like i was last night...

I also would really like to thank everyone who's been commenting and being nice and faving and watching, its so exciting!! i know at the beginning of this year i was posting stuff that not even my good friend owen himself (the legend ) was commenting on, and now i've got like 15 watchers and more favs and comments and its really great, i know not much compared to some of you awesome people, but i want to thank you all for your kind words and its just really nice, thankyouuuu

later!

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/14424781/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/14424781/ Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:43:07 PDT 1. Post these rules.
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves.
2. Tags should write a journal/blog of these facts.
4. At the end of the post, 8 or more persons are tagged and named.
5. Go to their page and leave them a comment telling them they're tagged.

okay these arent gonna be too interesting to people who know me (owen, pete aaaand... ria, wow i have so many friends...)

Random Facts:
1. i have spent the summer doing other peoples DIY for money because i cant be bothered to get a real job
2. i had to go to the police station this morning
3. i once sleepwalked out of my bedroom window and woke up on the lawn
4. i have an unidentical twin
5. i still sleep with the toy i've had since i was about 5 and his name is biscuit (hes a purple duck )
6. i really really like heights
7. i dont like feet very much
8. uuuuummmmm... i talk to my cats. and, when i'm alone, i also talk to other peoples cats

bah now i have to tag people...

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/13291109/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/13291109/ Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:55:32 PDT
I knew i shouldnt have started the whole journal entry thing now... i feel obliged to update it even though i have very little to say...

oh, that guy still doesnt have the picture of his dog. its in a cabinet. i need to do something to its eyes... I'm going to take the whole business as a sign that i'm never going to make a great comissions artist... nah never mind.

later x

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/12580760/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/12580760/ Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:12:37 PDT a....
long....
time....
but the dog is done, not that anyone but the guy i'm drawing it for really cares.
meh. Well exams are coming up, whoop! (a lie) so i'll be attempting to buckle down! (another lie). Anyway i have nothing better to say but i'm unabashedly procrastinating and i should probably be ashamed of myself, but nah!
cheerio x

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/11334420/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/11334420/ Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:18:59 PST i know i havent done anything in a while but give me some time, i've got a lot of work to do but once my exam is over i have some dogs to draw for some people, watch this space! and i'll add a few scraps...

]]> ~heavenhel http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/10560171/ http://heavenhel.deviantart.com/journal/10560171/ Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:10:11 PST
Amazingly enough, something nice happened in my quiet little life, deviantArt gave me a free weeks subscription! In my greatfulness, i will share the love...

(hugs) lots of shared love to you all...

hel x

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