http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:nakri&section=today deviantART RSS for by:nakri en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:27:31 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/28665047/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/28665047/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:34:40 PST The military start the part with artillery.

So, it seems nowadays I'm doing so much I don't actually have time for my artsy or designy stuff other than at work. And at work I'm making catalogues for the masses, so still nothing much to show here.

I'm doing a lot of modeling, though, it seems. While some of those pictures might end up here as photo manipulation, I kinda want to have my dA full of stuff mainly coming from my head. I use a lot of stock images, but these are all edited, and any photographs of me are either self-portraits or heavily directed by me.

If you want to see my modeling portfolio, I suggest you go to ModelMayhem

I'm also doing some game reviewing, but only in Norwegian for now. Might post links to that whenever. And I'm kinda trying to learn the bass again. Well, I am trying to learn the bass again. And I have a great friend giving me actual lessons.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/27481242/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/27481242/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:47:13 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

Whoopdedoo, it hit 10K now. Does this mean I actually have to do stuff?

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/26674977/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/26674977/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:49:15 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

I just realised my pageview count is 9515. This is pretty damn close to the 10K-mark if you ask me, and that should maybe kinda be worthy something.

I might make a celebratory macro or something for myself, but if you actually get the 10000 screenshot and send it to me in some way, I'll make you something. Within reason, of course. But still something. MMmmmMMkay?

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/26497318/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/26497318/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:33:05 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

I haven't updated the journal since my birthday. That is ... wow. Just wow. So here's what's been going on since then.

I got a job doing personal interviews for a statistics company, stayed there a couple months, started planning a webdesign company with a friend (yeah selling my soul to the devil that was), did a logo or two and finally got a job as a graphic designer. Now I work at Norsk Chokolade Import and make all their graphics while rolling around in candy. Sweet!

I've also moved house. Still living in Oslo, only not in stab-central.

Aaaand there's probably more, but nothing big. I'm just more relaxed, don't hate my walls anymore, have good friends and all that crap.

Ohh, and I've been frequently more active on twitter and mostly blog on my own site now. (Not that I've ever blogged that much here)

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/23608059/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/23608059/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:01:44 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

I am now 23. I have never had any problems with zitz. Now I have a huge deep one that can't be removed on my chin. Fuck.

Anyways, today is NOT my unbirthday. Happy NaKriday!

Also, my subscription is running out this week. Should do something about that. Maybe. We'll see.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/23383984/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/23383984/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:29:54 PST The military start the part with artillery.

Life is good.

Now I've got time AND energy for my lovely stuff!

I'm back in shape, and ready for commissions again, so anyone in the want of a norwegian designer, gimme a shout!

The blog at [link] will also be back in business soon. Here's to a new everything!

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/22822433/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/22822433/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:09:22 PST The military start the part with artillery.

Status right now:

Money: Hardly any.
Life: Hardly any.
Work: VERY MUCH!

At the moment I'm in Bergen (yay! Less taxes for working a noteable distance away from home!). A bit miffed about not going to Skien last week, though, but I think we're gonna have another go at going there. And not to Arendal this time.

If anyone in the area feels like having sight enhancing laser surgery or something, feel free to drop by Bergen Storsenter, next to G-Sport, and I'll set you up with something.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/22655504/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/22655504/ Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:56:49 PST The military start the part with artillery.

I have a job! It requires a lot of travelling and the next couple weeks I'll be in Skien and Bergen. It's a six days per week-job, and I'll be away for a couple weeks at a time some times. Let's hope it settles down to being a "mostly Oslo-job" now, shall we?

Also, I HAVE THE WORLDS PRETTIEST DRESS EVER! Went to Tønsberg to get it today to get it and now I want to wear it for ever and ever and marry it and stuff. And I got to freak people slightly by playing on my DS and reading Edge with the dress hanging next to me on the bus.

Aaaand apparently there's a snowstorm here.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/21777792/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/21777792/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:51:35 PST The military start the part with artillery.

I fail at being a housewife. I should just get a job soon. Got plenty of time to work on my portfolio, though. Aahhahhaha, you might see something soon.

I think I kinda miss being in uni and whining about my projects there all day.

Here's to a wonderful job hunt!

Hey, wait, this means I have actual time to learn how to play my bass properly!

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/20698685/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/20698685/ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:30:52 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

I think I'll just end up loving this city real much. There's only a bare few people I miss here, but that's ok.

Went out on the town yesterday and ended up having an amazing time (and apparently I drank the last bit of jäger, oops much?).

Oslo's gonna do good.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/20548083/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/20548083/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:12:00 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

I just realised I've got 6600 pageviews. Something evil for whoever brings me the screenshot og 6666. Or cake, or whatever. I'll make something for yah, ok?

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/19986320/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/19986320/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:19:32 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

So, summer, what's happened?

Moved to Oslo, that's one thing. Living it large in the ghetto, so to speak, with ~Sturmpanzergrenadier.

We had furniture, then we didn't have furniture and now we have a TV (need the aerial cable, though), a mini stereo, four dining chairs, lots of kitchenstuff (no mixing bowls or bakeware, though), an inflatable bed and a good few boxes.

And now I've got a job. I'll be situated somewhere outside of Oslo with the fancy title "mac operator". It's ok, though, I'll earn more than my gran did right before she retired from her job for 30+ years. And I'll be working indesign/quark the whole day long.

And now I should get ready to go out on the town. Wooyay!

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/19149704/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/19149704/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:30:28 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

This will be the last post I make from this spot where I live now, so:

Dear England,

I've survived you for three years. You have approximately 9 hours left to try killing me.

Best of luck,

Nadia.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18786309/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18786309/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:39:57 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

So...I've been thinking about managing some kind of a blog from my own domain for a while now. You know, a bit more structured than my livejournal one an the journal I have here. I finally managed to find out how. I've installed wordpress, managed to find a decent layout and started using it. You can find it here: [link]

On there you may see WIP, examples from some of the shoots I'm doing as a model, something I find inspiring, etc. We'll see where it goes.

Oh, and there's some other news as well. Me and ~Sturmpanzergrenadier finally have a date for officially moving in together! We've found ourselves a decent place in the centre of Oslo, and now we're just waiting for 11th August to come so we can properly say we're living together. Yay!

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18362283/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18362283/ Sat, 17 May 2008 06:08:32 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

Theres still a photo of the Jante Law series in the pipeline, I just need to get it taken. I've got the model(*Avalancha), an idea for the shot and a photographer(~BatPrincess).

Haven't been too able to think too much about this for the last couple days now, though, since the dentist was a bit mean and yoinked my wisdom tooth on Thursday. Everything's getting better, though, and soon I'll be all fine and shit again.

Anyways, todays a day for happiness! It's Norways Constitution Day, and me, ~BatPrincess, ~Gard-Helset, *Avalancha with friends are going to celebrate with some playing on the beach (unless the weather gets worse, I guess) including making the Norwegian Royal Palace in the sand and parade in front of it. And then there'll be some kind of a bar crawl in the evening no matter what else happens.

Happy Norway Day to everyone!

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18180971/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18180971/ Mon, 05 May 2008 13:26:58 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

About the piece I just uploaded... It's a part of a series, but each single object is made to stand alone as well as in the group. You will see the rest of the series, but I'll upload one per day instead of the good-old "let's upload everything we've done at once!". Why? Two reasons. First one is a publicity-reason. I want every single piece to be seen on its own, and every single piece to have enough solo-space in the spotlight to be noticed. And the other reason is just that I want to keep any watcher a bit on their toes and not shower you guys with designs all of a sudden.

There's a box designed to fit the cards as well, and when I'm done with the printing and fitting stuff together, I will photograph everything properly, and if you're really lucky, I'll upload that as well. When you've had a chance to see all the pieces by themselves, that is.

So, the next 10-11 days, you'll get a typographic piece per day from me. Enjoy?

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18137614/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18137614/ Fri, 02 May 2008 18:03:32 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

So, ~Sturmpanzergrenadier was number 5000 to look at my page here. So sorry about him not requesting some pretty artwork for you guys to look at. Well, actually, no, I'm not sorry. And since he's my boyfriend and stuff you won't hear about his gift either.

In other news: My FMP will be done soon. Which means more time for me to play around with my own stuff. You'll just wait and see!

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18074164/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18074164/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:42:48 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

So, I'm still alive, still in uni, and I managed to survive that thing last week (just) after ditching Dreamweaver. So, Dreamweaver: I'm sorry, but I need a break. We're just not as good together anymore.

Anyways, I just noticed I'm about-ish to hit 5000 pageviews, which, to some, can be a bit of a biggie. So. Since I'm in such a lovely giving mood these days, I'll give you something you want which lies within my skills and abilities if you give me a screenshot of pageview 5000.

That's not actually a proper contest. I make stuff for deserving people all the time. Only this time someone gets to ask for something.

In other news: I'm still doing my FMP and I've got this other unit-thingie as well and at the same time I'm doing some hours every now and then for this printer-guy. Crazy! Also, if you're in or around Bournemouth, rumour has it I might be on the catwalk for the fdA fashion show in the Opera House in Boscombe twice on 27th May. If there's any interest, I'll post info on how to get tickets later, when I find out myself.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18009050/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/18009050/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:59:50 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

I know we haven't exactly been on the best of terms lately. I'm obviously referring to my row at you earlier, and me generally avoiding any work meaning I'll have to use you. But you must understand that I get really frustrated when you don't do what you're supposed to do.

If I put an image in a predefined imagefolder in my site, and then link that image to one of the pages in that site so I can make something pretty good looking, that means I want you to show that image when I preview it in the regular browsers. I do not want to upload this until it's done.

However, I did try to access my external server to make a testfolder to upload stuff in to see if it's working, but no. You wouldn't give me a chance. And when I had gotten around all the problems you already had been giving me, you gave me a new one. You started treating my site menu buttons like text and gave them a black box around them.

You know what, Dreamweaver? Fuck you. I'll win you over somehow. You'll just wait and see!

Sincerely,
Nadia.

P.S: Could you please tell Indesign I'd like my align-menu back, please? The grey panel without the buttons is starting to get a bit boring.

P.P.S: If you guys don't start to begave properly soon, I'll have to consider drastic measures. Just saying.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/17774750/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/17774750/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:22:06 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

I'm a bit tired of all the negative stuff around everywhere at the moment, so how about everyone seeing this post comment with five (more or less, but five's the goal) positive things in their lives. They can be completely superficial like how you don't have any pimples or deeper, like how great friends you have, or maybe something environmental like how sunny it is outside or... You decide what's positive in your life. I just want to hear about it.

Selfish as I am, I'm using this to perk me up a bit.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/17474616/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/17474616/ Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:27:54 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

...or Easter, as some people might call it. Hope you're having a good one. Mine's mainly been consisting of relaxing with ~Sturmpanzergrenadier and watching films. And now's the time for some actual designs! I might put something up soon. Maybe tonight, but we'll see.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/17296354/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/17296354/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:44:14 PDT The military start the part with artillery.

Do you ever get people faving those weird images in your gallery? I have that thing going a bit with my misery loves company-image.

This is not one of my personal favs. The time I made it was one of my best and worst times. I was in that grey zone some people get between two relationships. I was doing my best to get away from the guy I was officially dating at the time, and I was in the process of getting together with my ninja. So, as I said, best and worst. In my view, this image is a violent representation to some of my feelings. I'm surprised there's no actual blood in there. So, my point being?

Since I put this piece up, it's gotten 18 favs. Most of them not surprisingly from Emilie Autumn-fans. That's nice, I love people enjoying my artwork.

A month later, I made my second most favourited one, Pink Asia Rings.

Now, this is more to my liking. I was much happier, floating around on my pink sky up in the air somewhere, and really wanting to get to play my bass properly and stuff. I still can't play the bass properly, but no worries about that. It's still here and it's still mine. Pink Asia Rings shows more where I want to be, and has more focus on the happy side of life.

So, why am I whinging about this?

Well, the other day I was looking at people whining about "why does no one ever fav my artwork? I've had it up there since yesterday! boohoo!" Now, both Pink Asia Rings and Misery Loves Company has been there for a year and a bit. The first fav for Pink Asia Rings did come the day after I produced it, but that was from the girl whose brushes I used. The next fav? June. Pink Asia Rings was published 23rd January, and apart from the girl faving a piece she's kind of have been contributing to, the first fav came five months later. Misery loves company got favs a bit earlier, though, and had two during the first couple days, before waiting a month to get any more. But my point with that one is that the favourites didn't all come as soon as I put it up. They've been coming from random people seeing my gallery, people who've been searching for certain keywords and so on.

It's good to see people taking a liking to your work, but it doesn't necessarily come instantly. This is as much a reminder to me as it is a pick-upper to new artists. If you want to be noticed, notice people. If you want more pageviews, the only way of cheating would be to actually be active, write some posts in the forums, comment on other peoples galleries and not be such an egocentric fool.

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http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/17086058/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:01:59 PST The military start the part with artillery.

Some of you might have gathered from my deviation descriptions that I actually do stuff for other people, and they are being used. I have a couple stills of my designs, but I'll show you the one saying the least about the film, and when I get the rest, I will put a separate page on my website for the Eva-stuff. I did more than two posters, but I only chose my two favourites for deviantArt.

Anyway, here's a still for you guys, showing the two posters from the brief I put up here:


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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/16993737/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/16993737/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:41:51 PST The military start the part with artillery.

So, I was sitting in the lounge playing The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass yesterday, and I came to this conclusion: games like Zelda are not good for your sanity.

Why, you ask? Let's look at an instance which should take less than half a minute of game time. By less I mean 15 seconds max.

You're in a temple. There's unbeatable phantoms and unbeatable swift phantoms. By unbeatable I mean: you can't kill them. They stop for a few seconds if you shoot an arrow in their back, though, but that's irrelevant now, because you're not in the right position or have any time for it in this event. You need to get across a gap. Luckily, there's a platform going back and forth over this gap continuously. Unfortunately, the entrance to the platform entrance is blocked by fire. Now, the really fun thing about this temple is the fact that it drains your life. If you die, you have to start from the entrance. The part I'm ranting about now is in the 7th or 8th basement or something. Far down, anyway. At this stage in the game, you have an hourglass (like it says in the title of the game. Clever, eh?). As long as there's sand in the hourglass, the temple won't drain your life. There are safe spots every here and there where you're safe (as implied by the term "safe spot"). Now, for the fun.

To get the flame barrier to the platform down, you need to flick a switch. This can easily be done if you have a boomerang and stand close enough. However, in front of the switch, there's a stationary regular phantom who will beat you and take away some of your time if he sees you. You can't reach the switch with the boomerang from the nearest safe spot. No worries, there's a red jar for you to smash and make a safe spot wherever you need it available. The phantom is only able to look in one direction at a time, and he looks in one direction for a couple seconds before turning to look in the next, so you can sneak past him and break the jar close enough for you to throw the boomerang (which can be thrown in a curve you draw yourself) and hit the switch. So far so good. Now, when you've hit the switch, you need to go round the block to reach the platform. Should be a piece of cake, eh? No. About half of the way, you'll be walking on a floor that will call on the nearby phantoms if you walk too fast. This shouldn't be a problem if only there weren't a swift phantom patrolling the area who will only be away for a few seconds at a time. And the fact that the switch will only keep the flames down for 15 seconds or so at a time.

To recap: To get to the platform, you need to make sure you're not in the field of vision of any of the two phantoms, you need to get from the switch to the platform across an alarmed floor in less than fifteen seconds and you need to make sure you get there while the platform is close to the access point, because you won't be able to wait for it to come before the swift phantom will notice you or the flames come up again. As soon as you're on the platform, you're safe, though. As long as you stand in the middle of it, so you're not pushed down because you're standing too close to a wall the platform passes.

Funny thing is, as soon as I managed to do this once, it's actually not that hard to do.

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=nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/16918744/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/16918744/ Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:35:31 PST The military start the part with artillery.

I hardly ever update this thing. I might start mirroring my arts/design related posts from LiveJournal on this thing. Who knows. I've put up some new designs lately. Looking forward to hearing from the Eva crew about how they got to use my prostitution-related bits.

Since last time, I've been catwalk modeling twice and started properly on a brief about taboo. In fact, I've done a questionnaire on taboo as well. And then, thanks to people being interested in my "cunt" t-shirt (a part of my taboo inquiry), I finally mustered enough energy to open a couple spreadshirt stores. Links will be up later, when I've got enough energy to do stuff about it.

All in all, I've been pretty active. I'm mentoring a few students, and they're all nice and sweet with completely different needs and stuff. And then I'm doing lots of stuff on the side. And I'm doing lots of reading for uni. Like psychology.

And then I went and ruined it all by buying a nintendo DS lite. But it looked so sweet! Gimmegimmegimme! Been playing Super Mario 64 all day now!

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/16408923/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/16408923/ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:42:37 PST
The military start the part with artillery.

I decided something else should go here, since the moose doesn't apply anymore. The hand in was on Friday, and I'm free! Well, almost. Got two new briefs today. Big, important ones too.

In 12 hours, the time will be 1337.

I'm only saying that because I'm mindless.

If anyone's got any suggestions as to what kind of design I should focus the next three months on, feel free to share.

And everyone should play Sam & Max series. Season One is out on DVD and is hillarious. Season Two even more so, even though only two episodes are out yet. It's highly recommended for anyone into point-and-click adventure games and an extremely insane and incoherent sense of humour.

Next week I'll officially be a mentor. I better see if I can refresh my memory before being unleashed on my students.

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/15510681/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/15510681/ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:26:44 PST
If any of those apply to you, please read on.

I'm currently doing my dissertation on moose as a symbol of Norway and Canada, and I need some replies to a questionnaire. The questionnaire is on LJ, replies are confidential unless people let me unscreen them ans show them in public. You don't have to be a member of LiveJournal to post a comment, and you don't have to tell me anything more than you want.

All in all, there are seven questions. The post is in both Norwegian and English, and you can reply in any of those two languages. Whatever you find most comfortable.

If you want to help out a poor student with her dissertation, head right this way: [link]

Edit: I decided I'm tired of my layout and that stamps are cute. Therefore: If you've got suggestions for a new journal layout: gief plx!

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]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/15128938/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/15128938/ Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:50:13 PDT
One of them is about painting the world pink without going through the clichés. Sounds pretty interesting. Anyone else have any thoughts on that concept?

I posted an editorial design the other day. Before I knew it, two people I haven't seen before had faved it. That might be a record. It also might mean I'll post more of my editorial stuff up here instead of just hiding them on my website and hardrive.

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http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/13410208/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:57:23 PDT
On Saturday I'll be going back to Norway for the summer, and I won't return until October. Ahh, the goodness! Just relaxing with my boyfriend and dog all summer. My summer will be made of win.

Speaking of boyfriend, we made another piece. Check it out! The account we upload common stuff to is still ~ReKri and there's a grand number of two pieces there since my last journal. His skills at drawing still amazes me. As does everything he does. Oh, and tomorrow (21st June) will be the day we've officially been an item for six months. Yay us?

I'm starting to force myself into CSS now. So, as a practice through a bunch of tutorials and shite, I made this journalstyle. With more practice and stuff, I will probably change it. But for now I'm happy I managed to make this. A couple tutorials had to lead the way, but still. I'm getting there, aren't I?

Now, this is weird. I'm counting days until I get off this island, while a couple people in Norway are counting their days until they move into this actual house. Yep, when I come back in October, *BatPrincess and ~Mercuryshade will be living in my house. They're worth checking out, by the way. Like all of my friends.

...which reminds me. Haven't I thought about doing a friendsthumbfeaturethingy in ages now?

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/12877264/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/12877264/ Mon, 07 May 2007 14:54:54 PDT
Lately we've started to do some collaborationstuff together, and now we've decided to have an account for those stuff here (and no, we're not doing it just because you're cool and doing it, ~tvillingsjeler )

I've added some of you to the watchlist of that account already, and I'll keep adding, I guess.

The first thingie is up on both this account and the collaboration one. The collaborationaccount is ~ReKri

And for your pleasure, here's a thumb of our first piece ;D


]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/12839400/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/12839400/ Fri, 04 May 2007 12:00:31 PDT
So, now that we've got that clear, it's time for me getting really ranty again. In my uni, we've got something called The Arts Bar. A pretty cool place for students wanting a drink between lectures or when having a break from working in the studios and the library and stuff. In the Arts Bar, there's a machine providing hot chocolate. And what can you see on this machine other than a "fancy" logo saying "BØD". ...excuse me? What's up with that? How can hot chocolate be bød? or bod? Or what are they talking about?

Ok, so it's a cool name. Then we go down town. And find the club named "Censø". EVERYONE in the whole of Bournemouth says "Censo". So why use the letter ø? "Because it's fancy". Yeah, that might be right, but it's still a letter in its own right. Maybe not in the English alphabet, but still.

And then, in lots of clubs and other places they sell alcohol you might find a vodka drink by smirnoff called "Nørsk". The Norwegian word for Norwegian is "norsk". Is the drink supposed to look exotic and Norwegian? No? May I add that the word for the very same drink in Norway is "Nordic"?

I might look a bit angry over this, but believe me, it's a design issue. It annoys me. I get annoyed by small things. I should also say that I get annoyed by people using chinese writing all over the place without really knowing what it means. If I were a tattooist, I'd find the chinese character for "buttwipe" and draw that on every trendwhore coming into my shop wanting a special message in whatever the alphabet is. I'd make money, and the buttwipe would get a fancy tattoo while making me happy. Everyone wins. Even the snickering chinese.

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/12391155/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/12391155/ Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:01:59 PDT
Other than that, I've been fine. Been slightly kidnapped about three times the last week. Once to see a variety show with the very day I came home, the other was wanting me to go shooting with him. And the third was yesterday, when came and picked me up for the making of delicious home made ice cream and some chasing of horses and rats.

All in all, it's been a great week, and a nice time relaxing from everything related to school and most sources of stress I may have. I've also managed to get a completely new hairstyle this week, and seen lots of friends and family. And of course, my lovely doggie.

So to anyone who might be wondering how I am, I'm great. Might not be that active the next few days or whatever, (not that I usually am), but I am checking up on all my watchees every now and then to see what you're all up to. I might not comment all the time, but I don't always have stuff to say.

I'm also slightly uncontactable due to lots and lots of Worms Armageddon You all better try it!

Oh well. I'll go back to enjoying these quiet days now, before all hell breaks loose again.

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/12113599/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/12113599/ Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:38:37 PST
Well, if you want to see pictarz, step right this way: [link]

I just levelled up one notch in the game we call life. There will be cake.

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11871480/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11871480/ Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:31:44 PST
Won't be this week, though. In an hour from now, I'm off to Berlin, and I won't be back until Friday. So please forgive me for not being that active, ok?

I'll see you guys when I'm back, and I hope you all will have a good week!

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11637861/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11637861/ Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:34:15 PST r0sie

RULES!
"The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits/things/hates about yourself" and people who get tagged MUST write a journal about their 6 weird habits/things/hates as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their devpage comments and tell them to read yours..."

Not really got any hates at the moment, so here's six quirks/habits

1. It always amazes me when someone comes up to me saying I'm pretty. And lately it's been happening more and more. I've actually been teaching myself not to blush.

2. I'm incredibly passionate about design. I love it, live it and breathe it, pretty much.

3. My sense of morals are pretty weird compared to everydays conventions.

4. I actually feel like a goddess at times. And I do my best to make others feel great as well.

5. I love my life at the moment. Even my achy back. Sure, I've got problems like everyone else, but my life is purely amazing.

6. People are never to touch my belly button at all. Seriously. Go there, and I'll hurt you really badly.

Oh, the tagging thingy. Don't really like telling people to do stuff, but since this is a tagging-thingy: How about I tag those who comment me?

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11364496/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11364496/ Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:47:17 PST
I've always been more than happy to help put friends in whatever way I can, but I'm starting to get the feeling people are using me. Designwise, that is.

For 2-3 years ago I was on a designteam making a website and deciding on bookletdesigns. The team got about £14-1500 for the job. Well done, huh? At the same time, I designed a website for an arts organisation for £200.

During the past year, I've made bandlogos, posters and lots of other misc stuff for various people for free. The designs are way better than the webstuff I got paid for.

I got paid when I had just about no clue about designs at all. I'm in my 2nd year of a BA degree in Graphic Design and people expects me to design for free.

And I accept, knowing it will make my workload at school signifficantly bigger.

But enough is enough.

I will not accept any more "freeloader" briefs unless I get payment in some way or another. By payment I mean the "you scratch me-I scratch you"-deal. From now on, I'll design for you if you're willing to offer me something back. If you don't have anything to offer, bugger off.

My time is precious. I wouldn't expect me to work completely free for you, no matter who you are, fool.

(at the same time, I'm not expecting people to do free services for me. This is a two-way deal)

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11322162/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11322162/ Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:31:52 PST
But at least I'll get visiting next week, and she'll stay for about a week and we'll have tons of fun

Going back to Bournemouth feels a bit more stable now than it did a year ago. I'm happy.

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11292059/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11292059/ Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:50:20 PST
New year, new beginning and all that shit. It's a bit cliché really, but some clichés just might be allright.

I feel good, and I hope the rest of you lot are. Cheers to us

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11219533/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/11219533/ Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:03:44 PST
And I spend my day waiting for my dog to wake up so I can take her for a walk.

I have no idea what's going on at the moment, so yeah.

I guess you can say I'm bored, but have no energy getting up to shit at all.

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/10867226/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/10867226/ Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:30:19 PST will get the responsibility of poking me until i start bleeding/posting whenever I make something he finds deviantArtworthy. Anyone else seeing something I post anywhere else is hereby also allowed to do the same. Or something.

This is just a ranty rant, really.

I need to get shit done. If anyone's got any suggestions to what I can make, or want a commission or anything, feel free to tell me, k?

Oh, and I tend to be more aktive on LiveJournal than here, so feel free to check by there as well.

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/9285806/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/9285806/ Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:32:51 PDT
I've had some rough days since I came home to Norway again. It might be better, but as soon as I start thinking that, the situation will flip and give me a nice kick in the butt again. If I had balls, they would be really painful right now.

So yeah, I've got some ideas for posters and stuff to try out, I just need to get the energy and stuff again, and relax a bit. Going to different hospitals almost constantly because of one person is NOT relaxing, no matter how you put it.

I need something to occupy my mind.

Projects currently on their way:
"food poster" (rusty nails, hell yeah!)
Her Ethic logo
Something with water again?
Reworking on some old stuff.

And I still need suggestions for new stuff!
But hey, I'll get to it! ]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/9158701/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/9158701/ Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:15:50 PDT
From then untill september/october I'll be based in Norway!

I'm going to miss the Bournemouth people, but it will be nice seeing the Norway people again!

So yah. Goodbye Bournemouth, Hello Norway!

(by the way: To anyone who has my Halls address, can just delete it right now. I'm not going to use it ever again. If you need my new one, send me a note or something)

]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/9079338/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/9079338/ Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:53:38 PDT
I just realised my pageviews thingy has passed 1300. It would be really cool if whoever got that one would take a screengrab and send it to me! (you know... that "prt sc"/"print screen" button or whatever and where you stick it into paint or photoshop or something)

I'm not offering anything in particular, but if you have a request of some image or something I can make you, feel free to ask!

Just use my e-mail if you want to ( nakrissimo[at]gmail[dot]com ) ]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/9037428/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/9037428/ Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:43:22 PDT [link] and if you put me on your friendslist, I'd like to get a comment or something just so I remember to see yours as well

But that's it for now. i was tagged by ulvar, and frost might have added me if ulvar didn't beat him to it

I was tagged by ~Galatea13 ^^


Rules Tentative Guidelines:
1. Must answer every question.
2. Be honest.
3. Pass onto 6 of your DA friends.
4. Have fun and let us grow together as a community.

Tell me about yourself:

Name: Nadia
Birthday: 9th march
Birthplace: Norway, Drammen
Current Location: England, Bournemouth
Eye Color: BLUE!
Hair Color: Blond not dyed, all natural
Height: about 170 cm?
Right handed or left handed: Right.
Your heritage: Father side: AO Vinje, apparently, and some gypsies Mother side: numedalskjempen, and my great grandfather who used to be a baker and a boxer
The shoes you wore today: Some £5 shoes from shoe zone
Your fears: kids.
Your perfect pizza: ham and pineapple, or beef, or something!
Goal you would like to achieve this year: get some firsts, and some freelance jobs.
Your most overused phrase on an instant messenger: hehe or
Your bedtime: when I'm tired
Your most missed memory: I have many memories!
Pepsi or Coke: coke! ;D
McDonald's or Burger King: neither.
Lipton ice tea or Nestea: both, really
Chocolate or vanilla: chocolate pudding with vanilla sauce, or vanilla ice with chocolate sauce!
Cappuccino or coffee: neither
Do you smoke: nah
Do you swear: ...yeah
Do you sing: All the time it might get annoying soon
Do you shower daily: Not if I don't need to. If I've been swimming in the sea, I take a shower to get the saltwater off me.
Have you been in love:
Do you want to go to college: I'm in uni
Do you want to get married: not at the moment, no, but later, maybe
Do you believe in yourself: I do!
Do you get motion sickness: nah, not really
Are you a health freak: like, actually thinking about what you're eating and stuff? nah
Do you like thunderstorms: if I'm inside under a blanket with a good book and some hot chocolate, yes
Do you play an instrument: I used to play clarinette, I know some piano, want to play drums, and am currently trying to learn the bass
In the past month have you drank alcohol: yeah. karl might say too much.
In the past month have you smoked: nope
In the past month have you been on drugs: nope. Not even ibuprofen!
In the past month have you gone to a mall: earlier today, actually
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Never tasted oreo, even though I know I can get them at the store down the road
In the past month have you eaten sushi: in the past TWO months: yes
In the past month have you been on stage: nah
In the past month have you been dumped: not in the past month

In a boy/girl:

Favorite eye color: whatever fits the person
Favorite hair color: look above
Short or long hair: not too short, not longer than fits the person
Weight: whatever looks best on that person! (I never really mind the weight)
Best clothing style: unique.

Back to me again:

Number of drugs I have taken: None if you only count the illegal
Number of CDs I own: original cds here: 36, I think, and if you count the ones I have in Norway and unoriginal: LOTS
Number of piercings: in my ears only
Number of Tattoos: None
Number of things in my past I regret: none. ]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/8650887/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/8650887/ Tue, 02 May 2006 10:35:54 PDT
I have no idea at the moment when bakoyma tagged me, but hey! Let's just call it 'the graphics disease'!

Bakoyma quoted Gold-Seven on something I think I'll steal aswell. I R cROOK.
"Okay, I just got tagged by ~Fikriyya to list six weird things about me. While I usually ignore things like "You've been hugglified! Go and huggle fifteen people, or you'll be ugly for seven years!" (and after that?), I found this rather funny. So I need to tag six more people and spread the weirdness... whooooo!"

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed my little burst of madnessenjoying moment?

1. About every second word I say in Norwegian while I'm in England is offensive.

2. I keep having discussions with people I know in my head about just about anything. And while people thinks that "hey, at least you'll get the answers you want", that's not always the case. This can be about anything, and the replies I get in my head is usually freakishly like those I get when I actually talk to the person.

3. I keep wanting to sing, and start, and then feel embarassed. I kind of want to join a band or something, and never get the nerve to do that. After all, I haven't been singing for real since I was in Celebration.

4. I'm not trying to be polite when I say I'm stuffed after a tiny portion. And I'm not joking when I'm saying that I loose weight easily. And I'm not joking when I'm saying that I managed to gain 10kg from about mid-january to about mid-april.

5. I don't hate people. I just don't trust them.

6. I hate everything I do at times. And you'll probably never get me to admit that some of my work is good.

I suck at finding weird stuff about me. If you can think about anything, it would be fun to see what you find! Comments are good!

Taggathlon is moving. Just tagging random people now...
Ulvar
l33tfrost
darthyogi (HAH)
InsaneFish
Misssch
BatPrincess ]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/8375839/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/8375839/ Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:27:11 PDT
Rules : The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits/things about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a journal about their 6 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their devpage comments and tell them to read yours....(riiiight...)


1 I'm way to scared of children

2 I have the world wildest hair

3 I'm easily annoyed, and I take it out on the ones that annoy me, and then I feel bad

4 I love Norway, and I grew up there, but I feel more strongly that England is my home

5 The stuff I do at school, is also my hobby

6 I'm in love.


Now I tag:
darthyogi
sivlillian
batprincess
insanefish
ulvesang
n0one ]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/8311030/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/8311030/ Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:30:09 PST
My guarantor will just be kind of a figurehead, someone who says "I agree" and then won't hear much more, since the money for my rent comes from the Norwegian government. They are reliable. They will give me money in august and january to cover stuff like that.

I'm absolutely desperate. If anyone can help me in any way on this, please?
If you want to e-mail me, please do... nakrissimo@gmail.com is my email, and I'll reply asap.

I'm going to get through this in some way, but I have absolutely no idea how. At all. ]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/8109298/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/8109298/ Thu, 09 Mar 2006 04:49:48 PST ooh. And he gave me a muffin! And the muffin tastes grrrreat!

I am no longer a teenager! ]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/5853534/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/5853534/ Wed, 06 Jul 2005 03:52:27 PDT
So, if you want to read my ranting mind, just visit [link] ]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/5642540/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/5642540/ Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:06:27 PDT
I don't know why, but the book 1984 by george orwell seems to get to me. That and my former best friends have been pushing me away for the last year. I know I'm right. They used me, and I started to stand up for myself, and they threw me. Kind of...well. I just know it isn't right.
But my friends at the moment does not treat me that way. And I hope I may keep them. What is a girl without friends?
I just feel so sad about those who used me. I cared about them, and I kind of still care of them. But I don't want to be the one that needs to do the contacting. I don't want friends that reminds me of my dad. I know I'm whining, but I needed to let out some steem somewhere. I hope you can forgive me. Thank you.

so there ]]> =nakri http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/5616876/ http://nakri.deviantart.com/journal/5616876/ Sat, 11 Jun 2005 08:53:52 PDT
Have you ever/do you:
( ) smoked a cigarette
( ) smoked a cigar
( ) been high
(x) been drunk
(x) made out with a member of the same sex
(x) been in love
(x) been dumped
(x) dumped someone
(x) shoplifted
(x) been fired -(Once, I got the choice between quitting and getting fired)
( ) been in a fist fight
(x) snuck out of your parent's house
(x?) had feelings for someone who didnt have them back (a year after I found out that he actually HAD feelings for me)
( ) been arrested
(x) made out with a stranger
( ) gone on a blind date
(x) lied to a friend
( ) had a crush on a teacher
(x) skipped school
( ) slept with a co-worker
( ) seen someone die
( ) had a crush on one of your internet friends
( ) been to Canada
( ) been to Mexico
(x) been on a plane
( ) thrown up in a bar
( ) set a part of yourself on fire
(x) eaten sushi -(funny taste!)
(x) been snowboarding -(one knee was blue. The other of the size of a large mango)
( ) been moshing at a show
(x) been crowd-surfing at a show
( ) been in an abusive relationship
(x) taken painkillers
(x) love someone right now
(x) miss someone right now
(x) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
(x) made a snow angel
( ) had a tea party -(thinking of, though)
(x) flown a kite
(x) built a sand castle
( ) gone puddle jumping
(x) played dress up
(x) jumped into a pile of leaves
(x) gone sledding
(x) cheated while playing a game
(x) been lonely
( ) fallen asleep at work (almost, but not yet!)
(x) fallen asleep at school
( ) used a fake id
(x) watched the sun set
( ) felt an earthquake
(x) touched a snake (it was slippery, and rather funny)
(x) slept beneath the stars
(x) been tickled
(x) been robbed -(on our national day!)
(x) been misunderstood
( ) petted a reindeer/goat
( ) petted a goat
(x) won a contest
(x) ran a red light
( ) been suspended from school (I have been pretty close, sprayed some 1.years with some water)
(x) been in a car accident
(x) had braces
(x) felt like an outcast
(x) eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night
(x) had deja vu
(x) danced in the moonlight
(x) hated the way you look
(x) witnessed a crime
(x) questioned your heart
(x) been obsessed with post-it notes (my screen at school!)
(x) squished barefoot through the mud
(x) been lost
(x) been to the opposite side of the country
(x) swam in the ocean
(x) felt like dying
(x) cried yourself to sleep
(x) played cops and robbers
(x) recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers
(x) sung karaoke
(x) paid for a meal with only coins
(x) done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(x) made prank phone calls
(x) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) danced in the rain
( ) written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) been kissed under a mistletoe
(x) watched the sun set with someone you care about
(x) blown bubbles
(x) made a bonfire on the beach
( ) crashed a party
(x) gone rollerskating
(x) had a wish come true
( ) humped a monkey
(x) worn pearls
(x) jumped off a bridge (it was about 1 metre tall, fancy that)
( ) ate dog/cat food
( ) told a complete stranger you loved them
(x) kissed a mirror
(x) sang in the shower
(x) have a black dress
( ) had a dream that you married someone
(x) glued your hand to something
(x) got your tongue stuck to something metal
( ) kissed a fish
(x) worn the opposite sexes clothes
( ) been a cheerleader
(x) sat on a roof top
(x) screamed at the top of your lungs
( ) done a one-handed cartwheel
(x) talked on the phone for more than 6 hours -(phone saleswoman...)
(x) stayed up all night
(x) didn't take a shower for a week
(x) pick and ate an apple right off the tree
(x) climbed a tree
(x) had a tree house
( ) had a club house
( ) are scared to watch scary movies alone
( ) believe in ghosts
(x) worn a really ugly outfit to school just to see what others say
( ) gone streaking
( ) played ding-dong-ditch
( ) played chicken
(x) been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on
(x) been told you're hot by a complete stranger
( ) broken/fractured a bo... ]]> =nakri