http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:manaborg&section=today deviantART RSS for by:manaborg en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:47:31 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/26721596/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/26721596/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:58:40 PDT
Anyway, yeah. Still alive. You can email me or find me on twitter/facebook/myspace/livejournal/flickr/mixi/wordpress/etc if you look hard enough. Or you could just contact me for the links. There might be a couple of current ones in my last journal post.

Does anyone even still keep up with my account here?
Heh, my 7th dAnniversary is coming up next month. Crazy!

]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/22910778/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/22910778/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:02:02 PST
I am still jobless and living in Ohio with my dad, stepmom, and little half-sisters. My mom is still living in Tennessee with our adorable cat who will be 1 year old at 12:59am tomorrow.

I haven't made any real art in a while other than some random doodles and crafty handsewn good luck charms. I think a lot of the reason I haven't drawn much over the last few years is similar to Moko's---> lack of a good COLOR printer (see: [link]). I got so much inspiration from the internet and other artists but I'm very visual and while yeah, I spent a lot of time at the computer, it was mostly for school stuff. It's a lot different to have something pretty on the screen and to have a hard copy in the flesh. I like to surround myself with my inspiration and it was pretty much impossible to do at school. Now I've got 2 decent color printers to work with BUT a lame internet connection and my own laptop has been non-functional for holycrapTHREE MONTHS. Reason #875 why I need a job. :/

Also didn't get an interview for the JET Program but still looking for other ways to get to Japan.

I swear, every time I come back to dA there's a new interface. Pain in the butt. :<
I promise that this year I'll make more REAL art though. So much I've put off or wanted to do but couldn't...well not in 2009. *determined*

If you'd like to keep up with me elsewhere (since I'm rarely on dA), here are some links:
Twitter: [link]
Flickr: [link]
Mixi: [link]
I'm also still kiwi_escapism @ livejournal and magicaldingo @ wordpress.
I don't use my Myspace & Facebook very much.

Alright, done now. *love and kisses to all*

]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/20831762/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/20831762/ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:14:18 PDT
I'm probably going to start going through old journal entries and deviations and clearing things off. Belated spring cleaning, you know. I meant to do it over the summer but just couldn't be arsed to get onto dA, especially with the new format change AGAIN.

Life updates:
I'm on the tail end of a sinus infection.
Still jobless & living with Dad.
My life is pretty boring.
I really don't know what to say anymore.

If you'd like to keep up with me outside of dA, email me.


Congrats to Teresa & Jack on the birth of their darling daughter Dahlia!

]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/19067289/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/19067289/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:22:34 PDT _< I'm in kind of a spring-cleaning mode at the moment...

Anyway. College is over and I'm still jobless BUT I can very faintly sense the artist part of me creeping back. I hope my intuition is right...feels like that part of me has been gone all too long.

Also, went to Disneyworld and had an epic time. Still looking to work in Japan at some point in the future, though far from permanently. I'll be applying for JET again this next year so we'll see what happens.

I don't know if anyone still keeps up with this, but I miss some of you very much. (._.)

]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/18123815/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/18123815/ Thu, 01 May 2008 19:47:18 PDT
Best wishes for a safe and happy summer to everyone~

]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/17173869/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/17173869/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:13:45 PST A failure is me.

I refuse to lose this part of me though, just need to make more of an effort...

Now go look at these sweet deviants, I dare you!
&

While you're at it, check out the art of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.



Oh yeah--school is going, post-grad is foreboding, my kitten is absolutely adorable and *ferocious*, and Tokio Hotel was indeed amazing to see in concert. That's about it.

]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/16684115/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/16684115/ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:06:56 PST She started opening her eyes today!

I should be graduating in May if everything works out. I did not get an interview for the JET Program but will be applying with ECC and Interac. I've also been doing art a little more lately but it's been very sporadic and crappy. I swear I'll try to get up some new stuff and maybe delete some of the older, lamer stuff.

I will be seeing Tokio Hotel live in concert on February 10th. Mom and I are road-tripping up to Toronto for it. Ell-oh-ell. I will also be going to DisneyWorld the last week of May with Dad & co. So, lots of fun trips on the horizon to places I've never been...

あぁ、私へんなの?

]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/10467339/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/10467339/ Sat, 21 Oct 2006 15:52:41 PDT
Real from Ergo Proxy for
Ulala from Persona 2 for Deb
finish Princess Mercury for Erik
something for Heather, possibly fashion/Jpop/FF-related
...and all the random ideas I've been itching to doodle.

Haven't used colored pencils in ages so need to brush up on that, and want to do more work with crayons & watercolor. Jer brought up the idea of making a childrens book about robots so hopefully we can actually do it. I've been so ridiculously out of the art loop and keep wanting to get back in and not succeeding. Maybe that only makes sense to me, but hopefully it'll work out this time.

This mood avatar thing is entirely too ME.

]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/10172498/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/10172498/ Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:54:22 PDT Just answer the following questions.

1) What is your deviant-name and what does it mean?
manaborg, it was one of the many nicknames Christy (cyborgagent0017) & I came up with for each other in high school.

2) Why did you join this site?
Christy & I were sitting around in the comp lab and randomly decided to join I think, because the internets are cool :B

3) What fandom were you obsessed with when you joined?
none

4) Were any of the fandoms you have currently brought about by this site?
none

5) Look into your stats. What is your:

- Most Favorited Deviation: Kinkakuji Temple

- Most Viewed Deviation: Yet Another Christy Portrait.

- Most Commented Deviation: Kinkakuji Temple.

6) How many watchers do you have at this moment? 61, my art isn't fab and I lay low

7) First ever watcher?
Christy

8) How many pageviews do you have at this moment?
18, 840

9) What is your artist's title shown beneath your "status"?
Long-Time Deviant

10) What is your most "meaningful" work?
Object as Metaphor: d20

11) Best COMPLETED piece you ever did?
Of the traditional art I have, probably MahChikInATreeFromAdvancedArt

12) Work that took the longest?
see previous; it was for an art class

13) DA artist who has influenced you the most?
most of the 131 artists I watch here have influenced me in some way

14) What is currently the funnest thing to draw?
random crap-chibi things with funny facial expressions, and at times in kigurumi

Easiest thing to draw?
stick figures

15) Your first ever giftart was to:
Moko (tomoko-nyo), she and Justin (senorrandom) are the only people I've ever gift-arted here

First ever giftart received was from:
Moko fo shiz, I still have the chibi Mana she drew for me ages ago X3

16) How many clubs are you in?
too many, and I've started a few as well

17) How long have you been here?
September 16, 2002

18) Are you on any other art sites?
no

19) Can you remember the old DA layout?
hell yes, and I used to be all over the shoutbox when I first joined. XD

20) Are you still as passionate about art/poetry/prose as when you joined this site?
sadly no, but a lot of it is due to lack of time & energy and the fact that I couldn't major in art BUT I have been slowly getting back into it

]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/9197986/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/9197986/ Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:50:12 PDT
1. I have a hard time finishing what I start, thus my sketchbook is full of partially drawn people. The same goes for inking/coloring.
2. I would love to get a tablet and try doing digital art because then I might actually color stuff.
3. I'm very anal about details and love working with mechanical pencil sizes smaller than .5mm.
4. I wish I could do realism better but I have neither the time, energy, patience, or persistence to practice.
5. My drawing supplies are among my most favored posessions, and I ALWAYS have a pen or pencil on me.
6. I miss having a burning passion for art, spending hours drawing without so much as looking up, when I would forget to eat and would forgo sleep just to work on a piece.
7. I don't like being known just for the cute things. I draw other stuff too..
8. I'd like to try drawing anthro but don't because I don't want to be labeled as a furry.
9. Most of the things I've been drawing lately are based on hairstyles or clothing styles that I find interesting.
10. I'm glad things didn't work out for me to be an art major, because I enjoy what I'm doing and I know that had I become an art student I would've lost what creativity & passion I have left. Srsly, the few art classes I took this last year were helpful but creativity-draining. I like having basic guidelines to go by but we had to follow extensive guidelines to the point of bein ridiculous.

Have fun with that, I'm going to go get ready for work. Hopefully can scan stuff soon~ ]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/8249455/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/8249455/ Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:04:41 PST One of my 4 cousins on Mom's side of the family was killed in a head-on collision. He was 28.

A group of friends got me a Nintendo DS; that had NOTHING to do with why I dropped my 2D art class.
Beat Trace Memory, nearly neglected my Nintendogs,
got my genki on with Osu!Tatakae!Ouendan! and am still trying to beat it,
and lost my soul to Animal Crossing. I need more people to visit though.

Gained an awesome boyfriend, despite the drama that led to us getting together.
Life is funny like that...throwing the unexpected right in your face.

Oh, what a productive month is has been. ]]> ~manaborg http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/7681912/ http://manaborg.deviantart.com/journal/7681912/ Mon, 23 Jan 2006 03:31:39 PST
posted this:
i think my drawing class my first semester at college kinda ruined it for me. don't get me wrong. i really enjoyed it and i improved greatly, but after that, i just cant draw the way i used to. i used to be able to sit and pchat with people for fun or sit for hours with my niece and draw anime together. but now... my creativity has gone down the drain, and i get bored when trying to think of something to draw because i almost always draw a blank. i have lost my passion for something i wanted to do for the rest of my life. now im not so sure. maybe i didnt lose it. it could be just hiding away for now, at least.. that's what i hope. this whole college thing doesnt leave much time for any creative outlets. whenever im not at school, im at work. whenever im not at school or work, im doing homework.
i cant wait for this summer. then i can draw to my little heart's content. if i get inspiration that is...
maybe i will actually finish my paintings i started a couple years ago...

My response:
I know exaclty how you feel. :s It's hard, but you can get through it fo shizzle.
I still feel like that most of the time, that's why I have so many inspirational/creative pictures on my laptop.
I think our only difference with this situation is that I began to feel that way after my portfolio was rejected during my senior year of high school. That's why I went into Asian Studies, and even now I'm not sure if it was my best choice. However, later *today* I am going to march into the Admins building and add Art as my 2nd minor. I can finally take a step in the right direction...

Honestly though, don't get disheartened by these feelings. Just do what makes you happy, even if it means switching majors or taking a break from art classes. Sometimes you just need to take a break from the things you love, like "absence makes the heart grow fonder" and summat.

It saddens me to see someone with such amazing talent get so disheartened about their passion.
I know there are others out there who have gone through the same thing, especially when it involves college.
It's just mildly depressing, but something to think about and try to find a solution for I guess.(?) ]]> ~manaborg