deviantART: by:onyxabrasion http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:onyxabrasion&section=today deviantART RSS for by:onyxabrasion en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:16:46 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Back in Canada http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/18323776/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/18323776/ Wed, 14 May 2008 16:22:05 PDT
Always,
Melissa

]]> ~onyxabrasion The sad news http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/15942380/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/15942380/ Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:30:14 PST
This means I must move back to Canada in hopes of a start. However I have nothing. No money, no car, no job and no home. For the first time in my life I am begging for help. I have adjusted my paypal account to take donations of any degree from anyone who would like to help. It's called the " Help Sweet" fund as my game name is Sweetened and nearly everyone knows me as Sweet.

If you would like to donate to help me get my start and not be homeless, please do so. To help, please go to [link] and click "Donate"

I'm very thankful to all those who offer their help and promise I will do my best in my life to pay it forward.

]]> ~onyxabrasion Yet another small update http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/13316254/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/13316254/ Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:23:43 PDT
Be well everyone

]]> ~onyxabrasion A small update http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/12707098/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/12707098/ Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:18:56 PDT
Things have been.... okay. I'm supposedly getting my greencard within the next couple weeks (I'll believe it when it's in my hand) which has been a long time coming and will be a BIG relief.

As a side note, if you get a tetnus shot, be very careful when handling things. A side-effect can be muscle spasm/siesure and movement loss which is temporary. I picked up a pot that had water, milk, butter and salt BOILING and my hand said fuck you, flipped me the bird and let go of the pot (see above movement loss). Thus there was a resulting sploosh of burning baking boiling substances onto my leeeeeg and... naaaaaasty burn. WHO WANTS TO SEE! mmmm. I'll mail you my bandage*.

That said, everyone be well, keep me up to date, have fun and all that jive.




* if you opt for this service you are a fucking freak! =D

]]> ~onyxabrasion ATTENTION WOMEN ON BIRTHCONTROL http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/11829182/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/11829182/ Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:29:53 PST
Why?

Only days ago I went to my yearly checkup to get another prescription for Birth Control. I marked down that I had migraines more than twice a month. AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD YOU ARE TREATED BY NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND NOT DOCTORS! Due to that fact, they have a LOT of restrictions because if you die, they can be sued and thrown in jail, where as doctors cannot (99% of the time), due to all of their fine print. I am NOT disrespecting doctors.

A NURSE PRACTITIONER CANNOT PRESCRIBE MIXED HOROMONE BIRTH CONTROL TO THOSE WITH MIGRAINES BECAUSE IT CAN KILL YOU! Every migraine you get on Mixed Horomone Birth Control, could be the last thing you ever do. IT CAN CAUSE AN ANURISM. There are OTHER OPTIONS.

This news devastated me, and caused me to panic and hope that no other woman gets misguided by doctors who put it off because I had, prior to BC, gotten migraines ONLY AFTER EATING A FOOD TRIGGER.

PLEASE CONTACT A NURSE PRACTITIONER AND NOT A DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE MIGRAINES AND ARE ON BIRTH CONTROL! FIND OUT IF IT'S MIXED HOROMONE AND IF IT IS, VISIT IMMEDIATELY!

]]> ~onyxabrasion Merry Christmas http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/11092739/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/11092739/ Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:42:49 PST
I'm not wishing this Happy Chrismahanakwanza bullshit.

Anyway.

No, I don't have internet back. I can barely afford to pay my bills and if I don't raise $3500.00 US before the middle of February(sp?), consider me homeless. So if you'd like to help, do let me know. I get to check my messages once a week or so.

This Christmas is going to be so hard. This is the first year I won't even be able to afford a dollar store gift for anyone and it breaks my heart. All I want is to raise that money to be able to stay where I am, and continue my life with my family and my wonderful boyfriend.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season.

Happy Holidays, and Merry Christmas

Love always,
Melissa

]]> ~onyxabrasion My Watchers, please read http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/10550541/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/10550541/ Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:09:24 PST
So sadly, I will miss everyone here until I'm able to get back to something even close to a life. If you wish to keep in touch, then send me a note and I will give you my email address, and if I ever can, I'll write back.

To those of you who'll lose interest waiting, I'm sorry, it's been fun.

Thanks a million...
Always,
Melissa A. Richardson

]]> ~onyxabrasion Show me your best work! (DO IT!!!) http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/10131488/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/10131488/ Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:34:01 PDT
Send me a link in this journal entry with your best piece of work, and I'll give you my twenty-five cents on it and maybe even a fav!

I'll post props to everyone who sends me a link to their work in next week's journal entry (Even though I've lost my fan-base)!

]]> ~onyxabrasion About the submission and resubmission of my work http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9996373/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9996373/ Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:04:28 PDT
Because theft of art and literature has become a staggering revelation and hobby, I have designed a disclosure message for all of my art and literature and I am putting it in place. I do not want people to be confused so let me be clear here as well... I WILL SUE YOUR PANTS OFF IF YOU STEAL MY STUFF!!!!!

I do so hope you will bear through the submissions without hating me too much and please note that there are MANY NEW SUBMISSIONS. I'm going, slowly, through all of my poetry and prose in an attempt to revise and renew it. As much of my life has changed, I have lost my attraction to much of my older poetry and prose and because of that, I am in the process of "Retiring" it.

Please bear with me while I get my gallery cleaned up.

Not that anyone reads these.

Thanks ]]> ~onyxabrasion I NEED EVERYONE'S HELP! http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9968070/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9968070/ Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:27:01 PDT
So I've been bored lately.

I want to get back into drawing.

I NEED YOUR HELP.

Please PLEASE

Link tutorials to how to draw (all styles) of art in my journal

NOT ONLY WILL IT HELP ME

But it may HELP PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE

and -don't- tell me to search deviant art for it. I have. I've found some HOWEVER. Many people watch many other people and have seen pieces I am unable to find due to key word issues.

PLEASE HELP ]]> ~onyxabrasion I would like your opinion; Ooother stuff http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9935103/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9935103/ Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:43:13 PDT Journal

First of all, for those who opened this with the "God... what does she want now *readies opinion*" attitude, I have an idea.
Lately it seems, here and there, as though I may be coming (slowly if at all) out of that year+ writers block and I was thinking to keep my vanilla flavor writing juice going, that I could issue a weekly "production" of random tangents and rants that I have that often seem to humor people. And yes, if any of you noticed, that was a -really- long run-on sentence.
That said, any of you who know me personally or who have taken the time to get to know me via intarweb chat, you would know how I love to rant and debate comprehensively over issues, be they big or small. And many of you get a kick out of it. And for those of you who are counting, that's three sentences starting with 'and'.
If you think you would not like to read such ramblings and babblings, please say so. If you feel you may like to hear (read) them for debate purposes, humor, or any other such reason, then please say so as well.
Who knows, I may end up doing it no matter what.

Thats the end of the "I need your opinion" part.

Now for the "Ooother stuff" part.

I have recently taken an interest in Yoga, and with the few times I have done it I feel much better physicly and mentally. I went wandering through my favs and watches and spent a long time thinking. I understand I may lose what little popularity I have by letting this be public and not letting y'all find out on your own, but I will risk it.
I've spent the last couple days working my way through my favs and watches, removing deviations and deviants. The general Deviant population on my list are people that I can see allllll their works when they're submitted via the front page, because sadly, they have become tainted by the mainstream humdrum this comminuty has picked up in the past year. Due to the extreme addition and liquidity of members who join and submit, we have become much like the Atlanta or San Fransisco, or Seattle (etc) of the internet; we have upper class (the popular mainstream people), the middle class (the often unrecognized or unDER-recognized talent), and the lower class (those who submit porn as 'art', and the people who... oh I don't know, shove paint up their ass and essentially shit it out on a paper and say "AHA!! for there is ART! YOU CANNOT SPELL FART WITHOUT ART.") Sadly, the upper and lower class have gotten DD attention etc. etc. Insert Flamemelissashe'sadouchecommentsstartingnow.
Now, where was I. Aaah yes. Sadly, some of the people I watch have decided to follow suit into lower class and their work has become less... visually filling to me. Also, I've emptied out much of my darker oriented favs, albeit they're almost all brilliant masterpieces I still find well composed, they just don't suit me any more. I dont think I could go back doing dark art if I wanted to.
For those of you who deserve to be main stream but aren't, I still watch you. And a couple friends have amnesty, even though they're upperclass mainstream fuck-faces :) *Coughcarrioncough*

So thank you for understanding, or not or whatever.

Have a wonderful week!

-Melissa

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http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9824090/ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:57:23 PDT
A deviation in my messages (which I got rid of without thinking about it), featured a link to a journal wherein people had their work from say... 2004, and their work now in 2006. The difference is absolutely amazing and I was wondering what the method is of such things.

I know many artists say to start with basic shapes and/or lines, but every time I try and do it nothing looks right and I can't follow my ideas through. What I see in my head never comes down on paper. The only way I can seem to draw is if I have the picture in front of me. I can freehand it to look very similar. Does anyone else not use the basic shape figure to start? Do you continue to draw the same image over and over again until you get it right? How did you learn to draw? Also, do you know of any tutorials for drawing hands and eyes?

Thanks Arteests!!!

Always,
MElissa ]]> ~onyxabrasion Bad news on the southern front http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9771533/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9771533/ Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:33:35 PDT
We found out last night that he's a victim of identity theft. If any of you out there are in that business, I hope you burn in a fire, a big fire. Go ruin your life and quit fucking with other people's you ungrateful, slimey, dirty-rotten bastards.

That being said. In my previous journal I mentioned possibly importing Clydesdales from a broodranch. I decided against it after falling in love with a rose-grey warmblood, which I now, unfortunately, will likely not be able to buy unless we manage to sell our truck. And god that breaks my heart. He's beautiful and is going to be MASSIVE.

Again I mention I've been scares because I don't have a membership; not to mention this new Devart sucks. I like the old interface better.

I've felt like writing the past while but every time I sit down to do so it all falls apart, so I give up.

Anyway, that's my news.

PUT A WATCH ON YOUR CREDIT! DO NOT BE A VICTIM! [link] Click this link and monitor your credit through all three agencies. DO NOT let this happen to you. ]]> ~onyxabrasion Update http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9563529/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/9563529/ Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:39:35 PDT
I made the move to Florida and I'm living with my mom temporarily until my boyfriend and I find our own place. I'm currently looking to import a clydesdale from what is essentially a brood ranch in South Dakota. Any non-budweiserlike clydesdales are set out to pasture and are left uncared for, unwanted, and unsocialized. They're not a bad price to import, the chore will be socializing them but I'm willing to try.

Anyway, will update when I move.

Thanks for stickin around

Peace and love. be well ]]> ~onyxabrasion Hokay so http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/8640656/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/8640656/ Mon, 01 May 2006 11:42:15 PDT Journal


Alrighty well, a few things.

I released a new poem. It's the first think I've written in close to about 6 months now? Maybe I'm wrong. Weeellll it's not very good, then again I never like anything I do o.O

I've been alright, for those who give a damn. I've endrenched myself in Everquest II and caring for my new dog. I'd have photography like made except my disc for my camera got broken and I just haven't ordered a new one. On the 19th my subscription expires which means I won't be checking deviations, I'll be deleting them. Why? Maybe I'm lazy. I can't stand the non-subscribed interface.

I'm sorry I've been so late getting around to responding and whatnot. Ever since I lost my will to write, I just haven't been social on here. I really do miss you guys and appreciate those who have stuck with me.

Thanks so much.

Always,
Melissa

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]]> ~onyxabrasion Valentines http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/7892187/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/7892187/ Tue, 14 Feb 2006 07:35:00 PST Journal


HAPPY FRICKEN VALENTINES Y'ALL!!!!

My card to all of you: [link]

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]]> ~onyxabrasion HAPPY NEW YEAR http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/7469858/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/7469858/ Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:39:11 PST Journal

HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLE!

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]]> ~onyxabrasion Happy Holidays http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/7359161/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/7359161/ Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:31:08 PST Journal

Happy Holidays everyone. I'm heading back to Georgia for Christmas.

Have a wonderful holiday season.

Always,
Melissa

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]]> ~onyxabrasion Wisconsin http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/7028353/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/7028353/ Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:26:29 PST Journal

I've decided to stay.

Though I'm missing certain luxeries(sp) in the house (It's being restored), such as Phone, Internet and Cable/Sattelite, I love it and I love the man I'm with.

Miss all of you.

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]]> ~onyxabrasion Life as it is http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/6682349/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/6682349/ Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:35:37 PDT Journal

I know as a deviant I've been quiet lately, neglecting this account and my devwatches but life has thrown me and my family some big-ol' curve balls.

Recently, my family and I have lost the house and are planning to move before the end of this month. The other twist? I may not be moving to the same place. I'm going to Wisconsin with my boyfriend with the option to not come back. Either way, he gains a cat in the process. He gains said cat because my parents can't afford to pay 900 bucks to have 3 pets move to their new house. So we're getting rid of one by bringing him back to Wisconsin when I head up that way.

Other than that really, I've been playing WoW and not much else. Hope all of you are doing well and I hope to one day make a return to writing and photography, even if it's not much or all that good.

Much love,
Melissa

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]]> ~onyxabrasion What? No Deviations? http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/6266974/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/6266974/ Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:24:28 PDT Journal

"Melissa! Where-for did all your deviations go!?"

Into storage, and later when I'm bored, off deviantART.

No, it's not another one of my "I hate deviantART" kicks.

I'm doing this to support :deviantjark:. Until he's back, my work will be cut from here. If you wish to get updates on what I am doing art/lit wise, send me a note and I'll send you my IM name on either MSN or AIM.

Support .

I will be around to check deviations and notes, but little more.

I apologize if I disappoing, but I'm doing what I feel is right.



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]]> ~onyxabrasion Save Jark http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/6113176/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/6113176/ Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:52:05 PDT Journal

Support people.

The email: [link]

This disgusts me. Many of my idols are leaving because of all this. And I understand why.

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]]> ~onyxabrasion About leaving/Special thanks (it might be you!) http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/5888731/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/5888731/ Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:21:33 PDT Journal

Yeah, I've been everything but shipped off of DA.

When I stated I'd be leaving, I lost some Watchers, a couple friends, got bitched at about the reason and about leaving in general, half-pushed out the door by some people, and others just made some good points to me.

Those people are the people I'm going to listen to.

DeviantART, as it grows, seems to be becoming more Commercially Engrossed than it used to be. Now, I haven't been here since it was a 'few' members, but I've been here in its time of great growth. With growth comes deterioration of sectors of interest, like a city. Within a city there is poverty, fighting, gangs, rich people, fancy cars, death, middle class, average, the educated, the uneducated, the foolish, the wise and the young and the old. As is DA. A city, a community. A community which is stricken with the bug of bias(edness?) and diseased with idiocy and stupidity.

However there are the people in this community I'd love to meet, love to speak with and learn from; people I love to watch. Though some of their pieces I may strongly dislike or disagree with, that is what this place is for, to talk and to learn; even, perhaps, to laugh and to cry.

So I'm not leaving, and for the few of you who also know me on WoW, I'm likely not leaving there either, for the same reasons I've chosen to stay here.

I have some special thanks to some people who have supported me and encouraged me through my couple years on deviantART; I think they deserve to be recognized. So without delay, in no particular order, the thanks are as follows:

- Your encouraging words and critique have helped me in my writing endevors, and I appreciate you not keeping silent when you don't like something. You and your works have inspired me and allowed me to try again with my writing when I felt I just didn't have it in me anymore. Thankyou.

- Every once in a while you come out of nowhere with a comment that brightens up my day or gives me a bit of a wakeup call. Thankyou.

- You know I miss talking to you. I hope you are doing well, and I thank you for every comment/critique you've ever made. Keep up the great work. Thankyou.

- I've always enjoyed your company and I miss not talking to you. I hope all is well in love and peace on your side. Thankyou.

- I'm convinced you know me better than almost anyone else I talk to and you read me like a book. Your work inspires me, you inspire me, and I miss not speaking with you. I hope all is well with you, your art, your meatz and your family. Much love, Monkey. Thankyou.

- Every time I look at your photography my heart skips a beat. The beautiful colours and the wonderful composition are always so striking, so amazingly forceful and sharp that I can't help but be inspired. Your comments and encouragement are a big help. Thankyou.

- You have some of the most amazing animal photos I have ever seen. You, too, inspire me. Perhaps my models aren't as willing or calm, or perhaps it is the crapiness of my camera, however I doubt I'll ever capture things like you do. The beautiful intricate way you photography lifes little treasures, be they feline or otherwise, has yet to stop amazing me. I'm honored, in my own way, to have you watch my gallery. Thankyou.

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~onyxabrasion That's it. I'll be leaving DA soon http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/5754557/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/5754557/ Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:13:50 PDT Journal


I've bitched and complained here and on the daily deviations about badly done nudity placed as a daily deviation. Last journal I said I was done commenting on it.

Well I am.

And I'm also done with watching DA sink. Once my website is up, I will be gone along with my deviations. There's a DD today of some woman's tits saying "Expose yourself to art". Fuck you. In the deviation the reffers to a rather controversial post by a deviantART official in which he states, more or less, "If you don't like it, put on your mature content filter, don't comment and don't look at it." Yeah that's great, so I get to miss out on the -good- pieces many of the people I watch produce. How about not? And how about not posting someones tits as a daily deviation. Please, spare me. I'm not going to deal with this any more. Just gives me motivation to make my web page.

Flame me. I don't give a shit anymore.

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]]> ~onyxabrasion God forbid I down a DD http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/5732964/ http://onyxabrasion.deviantart.com/journal/5732964/ Thu, 23 Jun 2005 10:56:49 PDT Journal

It is -very- rarely I bother to make a comment on the Daily Deviations which feature crappy (in my humble opinion) looking pictures of nude females, poorly done and poorly cropped. I saw one of the daily deviations today and decided I'd make a casual comment, because I was surprised the woman looked well fed. If I haven't forgotten, this site is a site where one can express their artistic suggestions.

Due to the comment I recieved in return for my comment, I refuse, I REFUSE to comment on another damn nude Daily Deviation featuring some woman sprawled out for here, below, is every comment I'll ever make to such pieces:

Get a tan
Eat
Don't be so emo
Wear stuff that looks better

*Sigh*

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