deviantART: by:illyria http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:illyria&section=today deviantART RSS for by:illyria en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:55:56 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Refurbished Wacom Tablet http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/26833217/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/26833217/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:29:42 PDT
But I come bringing some (hopefully) useful information. My old 8x10 Wacom Intuos tablet was finally starting to glitch out after 11 years of use. That was daily use. Heavy daily use. I had worn off the coating in the center of the tablet years ago and had gone through many, many replacement nubs for the stylus. I knew it wasn't giving as smooth a line as it used to, but I stuck with it until it finally started to have outright errors in pen placement now and then.

After reading some positive reviews, I gave a refurbished Intuos 3 tablet a shot. The low price (I went through Academic Superstore, so that was another price drop) meant that I was able to move up to a 9x12 size, which was an immediate benefit. But then I was a little worried about whether the quality would be up to par.

I shouldn't have worried. It was like taking a brand new tablet out of the box. Not even a fingerprint.

If you're considering getting a tablet, I've been VERY satisfied with the Wacom brand (11 years of daily use, no lie) and this decision to go refurbished has thus far looked to be all upside.

]]> ~illyria Making progress http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/25674644/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/25674644/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:44:44 PDT









...oh god so many pictures still.

]]> ~illyria And I'd feel safe making this wager http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/25565428/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/25565428/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:33:48 PDT
Sketch inspiration is weird sometimes.

]]> ~illyria Yeeeeaaaahhhh, bitches! http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/25555628/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/25555628/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:28:53 PDT
HELLS YEAH

I cannot seem to form proper sentences.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOO

]]> ~illyria Waaaaaaagh! http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/25318536/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/25318536/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:06:13 PDT
I have almost two thousand pictures to go through from my watched artists, now! Oh man this is going to take a while.

(And one of these days I should renew my subscription. But first: TWO THOUSAND PICTURES.)

]]> ~illyria Made it http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/22113919/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/22113919/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:07:30 PST

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I was barely able to keep my head above water this term... one reading-heavy seminar, one on structural equation modeling, an independent research class that had me running 200+ subjects through lab work, three more research projects, and working as both a teaching assistant in one class (with two sections) and a research assistant for another professor.

But I've been sleeping in for the past few days and it has been glorious.

GLORIOUS.

]]> ~illyria Holy crap! http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/21053418/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/21053418/ Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:16:58 PDT

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Long story short: this semester has been WAY more intense than anticipated, though that's due in large part to a bunch of good, productive stuff going on.

I'm still alive!

Just busy!

Future news to come.

]]> ~illyria Short Break http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/19577150/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/19577150/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:22:27 PDT

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Hi all! I'm taking a trip over the next few weeks, and although I'll still have internet access I'll be away from my desktop and its tablet and graphics programs. Have fun arting in the meantime. :)

]]> ~illyria Pimpin' Out My Friends, Yo http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/19240899/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/19240899/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:23:10 PDT

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Here is where I point to two of my best buds back in high school and their awesome artwork they've been putting up on DA.


terryblas

:iconterryblas:

Awesome mostly-traditional media pieces, with a particular interest in costume design and illustration. Samples:



(Yes, he needs to get a user avatar.)

kimballgray

:iconkimballgray:

Clean, vector-driven (and vector-looking) pieces like whoa. Samples:





]]> ~illyria Thanks all! http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/19227071/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/19227071/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:48:37 PDT

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Thanks for the comments on the stream of Wheel of Time pictures. I really appreciate them all. :) I have some extremely stupid sketches sitting next to me right now that are already assigned to places in the list, so the inspiration is -- for now -- still a'comin'.

]]> ~illyria Wheel of Time Fanart100 Listing http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/19202543/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/19202543/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:49:34 PDT

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The fanart100 community over on LJ is currently on hiatus for approving new claims, so I'm just gonna start my list here and submit it there whenever they finally open up once more.

Yeah, I really do seem to be on this Wheel of Time kick. :)

Obviously not all of the prompts are easy fits, so this should be... interesting.

001. Beginnings.
002. Middles.
003. Ends.
004. Insides.
005. Outsides.
006. Hours.
007. Days.
008. Weeks.
009. Months.
010. Years.
011. Red.
012. Orange.
013. Yellow.
014. Green.
015. Blue.
016. Purple.
017. Brown.
018. Black.
019. White.
020. Colourless.
021. Friends.
022. Enemies.
023. Lovers.
024. Family.
025. Strangers.
026. Teammates.
027. Parents.
028. Children.
029. Birth.
030. Death.
031. Sunrise.
032. Sunset.
033. Too Much.
034. Not Enough.
035. Sixth Sense.
036. Smell.
037. Sound.
038. Touch.
039. Taste.
040. Sight.
041. Shapes.
042. Triangle.
043. Square.
044. Circle.
045. Moon.
046. Star.
047. Heart.
048. Diamond.
049. Club.
050. Spade.
051. Water.
052. Fire.
053. Earth.
054. Air.
055. Spirit.
056. Breakfast.
057. Lunch.
058. Dinner.
059. Food.
060. Drink.
061. Winter.
062. Spring.
063. Summer.
064. Fall.
065. Passing.
066. Rain.
067. Snow.
068. Lightening.
069. Thunder.
070. Storm.
071. Broken.
072. Fixed.
073. Light.
074. Dark.
075. Shade.
076. Who?
077. What?
078. Where?
079. When?
080. Why?
081. How?
082. If.
083. And.
084. He.
085. She.
086. Choices.
087. Life.
088. School.
089. Work.
090. Home.
091. Birthday.
092. Christmas.
093. Thanksgiving.
094. Independence.
095. New Year.
096. Artist‘s Choice.
097. Artist‘s Choice.
098. Artist‘s Choice.
099. Artist‘s Choice.
100. Artist‘s Choice.

]]> ~illyria Tidying http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/17325174/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/17325174/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:56:03 PDT
The awesome thing about DA is that when I inevitably come to loathe some pictures, they can get shuffled off into scraps. And when I am just meh and blasé about others that have been around for a while, well, they'll still be at the bottom of the gallery page, under the new stuff! Which I have actually been working on; I'm just fiddling with about four pics at once.

Also, you should go check out some adorable WoW art here: :iconsihu:

]]> ~illyria Happy New Year! http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/16192413/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/16192413/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:54:47 PST
]]> ~illyria Moving sucks :( http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/14006022/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/14006022/ Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:59:04 PDT
YOU ARE NOT MAKING THIS EASY, CANADA.

But! Once up there, I will have a whole dedicated studio room, eee!

So I'm not dead. I'm just on a hiatus that will continue for a bit longer.

]]> ~illyria I AM around! http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/13525975/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/13525975/ Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:25:44 PDT
]]> ~illyria Done! http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/12930080/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/12930080/ Sat, 12 May 2007 13:41:51 PDT
]]> ~illyria Catch-up! http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/12697108/ http://illyria.deviantart.com/journal/12697108/ Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:04:21 PDT
MADNESS!

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