deviantART: by:x-vegan-x

Update - 04 Nov 2005

_{Sorry for the serious lack of deviations. I'm working on something now but I otherwise don't have much time. I'm still doing voluntary work for several groups but it's really tiring and I don't seem to have any days off anymore. Working fulltime AND voluntarily leads to serious money issues. Not a good combination but definitely worth it in the end.

Great news on the charity I'm setting up with my friend (Fund for Advancing Makongeni Education) - we should hopefully be having our first fundraising event before the onslaught of capitalism's favourite excuse to make people consume (Christmas). So anyone in the Bournemouth area (South of UK), please keep an ear out! Details announced as soon as it's confirmed... and the money is being raised to sponsor African children to go onto Secondary school.

That's it from me for now. Take care everyone xx}

New Featured Artists

Matt's (Veganvictim) idea is so good it might as well be done twice. After the first featured artists, I realised how many people I hadn't included!

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~Flairy-Fairy

_{I know Claire in real life and she's really lovely! A very warm and friendly person to talk to. She writes some really good poetry, too}

'Perfectionist' - [link]

'Vanity' - [link]

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~Partridge

_{Kev has some really brilliant political stuff that's well worth a look if you like to think about what's going on around you!}

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=opelate

_{I could've sworn I featured Joanna in the last one, but she's not in the list!! So here we are, please look at her brilliant photography, a highly recommended gallery}

http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/6809175/ Tue, 25 Oct 2005 13:27:42 PDT journal header

Interview - thanks to =pixie-queen

1/ What bought you to DA?
_{Firstly my friend at school (=Rikku16) had an account. Then one day I accidentally found the place and recognised it... and joined.}

2/ If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you go?
_{I would go back to Africa.. Ghana sticks in my head for some reason. A long-term ambition of mine is to set up a refuge for women and help them develop their own livelihoods. I would also like to go to some other random places and make an effort against the sex trafficking trade.. would probably get shot for that one, though. Hmm.}

3/ When you work, do you listen to music, and if so, what music do you listen to?
_{I always have music playing.. I get through quite a few CDs, most of which I've stolen from my brother! They normally range from Incubus, Anti-Flag, Inme, Jimmy Eat World and maybe some calmer ones depending on my mood}

4/ Who has inspired you the most in your life?
_{What a question! Let me think..

The Suffragettes have inspired me a lot and continue to do so, because they put my current lifestyle in a historical context. They fought for what they thought was right using means that got results. They too were imprisoned and called 'terrorists' by the media. They keep me thinking about similar times which they overcame, and they now give me hope for the future regarding more current struggles.}

5/ What is the most memorable thing anyone has ever said to you?
_{Wow I really can't answer this one. All I can think of are memorable moments rather than things said to me, often these were silent moments too .. aren't I awkward?}

If you want to be interviewed ... here are the rules:

1 -- Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 -- I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 -- You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 -- You'll include this explanation.
5 -- You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed

Featured Artists

A few days ago Matt (Veganvictim) came up with a brilliant idea to show love and appreciation for some of the people we watch here on DA by featuring a little bit about them in our journals.

So here are my selected people who I thought deserved a mention - please check out their galleries and leave a message. (Sorry to those not here, I still love you just as much!

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*CirceMoon

_{These macro nature shots are really incredible - you're missing out if you haven't seen her gallery yet}

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Update

_{Ive been really busy lately, although becoming nocturnal has definitely helped the situation. (Dont ask, Im not quite sure how its happened, but I seem to have lost the need to sleep that much anymore)

As you can see, my prints are emerging slowly but surely. Eventually I want to submit the rest of my Africa photos and then any other ones I think people might want to part with their money for.

Speaking of which, I keep promising details of where the money will be going. Im actually going to split it between two charities, one of which doesnt exist yet because Im setting it up at the moment (its a scholarship find for African children to continue onto secondary education).

The other is the animal rights group I work voluntarily for, the}Southern Animal Rights Coalition. Their funds go straight onto helping animals in one way or another. I know for a fact any extra money would be very well spent.

In my not-so spare time Im also doing some paid work for Animal Aid to draw random drawings, which is good but I still cant afford luxuries like shampoo or food. Im just going to have to build up my debt with my good ol parents and pay it back somehow. .. or not.

I'm wayyy too addicted to this place at the moment, I swear it's an actual disorder! Anyhoo, beats going to sleep I guess

P.S. I'm going to enter another contest soon but shhh it's a secret

Prints

_{100% of the proceeds from the sales of all my prints are going to charity.}

Tales of Africa - one - Print

The Reality Magazine - Print

Animals are not Machines - Print

Fallen Seasons - Print

Sunshine -- one -- Print

_{more coming soon!}

journal divide

T-Shirts

Check out Animal Rights Merchandise for some cool t-shirts (some of which I designed). New designs are on the way!

]]> ~x-vegan-x Back from Africa :o) http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/6194541/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/6194541/ Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:50:53 PDT
Had a really good time, very tired though, I am deprived of sleep and food ^__^

what can I say... I've been tracking elephants, constructing a bridge, building a nursery, digging a pond, making desks, refurbishing classrooms, helping a sacred forest, cleaning up the beach, teaching coral reef conservation, planting a woodland, giving out supplies to school children and setting up two community enrichment schemes (ongoing). Plus I saw some lions, zebras and more elephants on safari, and a humpback whale while snorkeling (quite far away, though!), along with loads of starfish.

I'll write up the trip tomorrow (yeah yeah I'll keep it brief, promise!). At the moment my luggage (including my diary) is still at Nairobi airport for some reason LOL

it's coming home on a different flight!

My message centre is bursting, it may take a while! 208D, 4H, 38M, 33C, 88J, 5P, 4N...!

Anyway I've missed this place. I'm glad to be back!
Brace yourselves for a lot of photographs!

P.S. Just wanted to say big THANK YOU to all the favs and watches I've got while I was away... I can't say thanks individually as there are so many. I appreciate it!

P.P.S. Wtf?! Everything seems to be kicking off! Yellow alien? Evil corporations? People leaving DA? Someone care to fill me in pleease? O__o ]]> ~x-vegan-x Byeeee... off to Kenya ^__^ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/5923679/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/5923679/ Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:29:51 PDT
I leave at 1pm tomorrow, my first flight is at 8:30pm. eek!

I'll be back on 11th august! You can look forward to some nice photos, a prints account - and also - one of my digital art drawings has been made into an animal rights T-shirt (the skull from the "sxe - take back your life" wallpaper, with an added eyepatch!) - they've arrived in stock but aren't online to buy just yet. So I'll keep you all updated on that

so.. bye for now everyone! ]]> ~x-vegan-x Going nowhere in a dying world http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/5900903/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/5900903/ Mon, 11 Jul 2005 04:12:31 PDT Sorry, its a long one, something I had to say to avoid imploding! Apologies...

As much as I love being on DA I've gotten to a point where it's just... routine. There's no outcome to what I'm doing, and I hate that. Obviously photography and digital art provides a really good outlet for me to express my opinions but it's still doing nothing.

I just feel frustrated sitting here so often wishing for a better world, and then doing so repeatedly day after day. I've met so many wonderful people here and we all agree that we need social change, but what are we doing by sitting around talking about it? It'll never happen unless we make it.

I guess the recent events in London have really pushed this frustration to a new level for me.

These capitalists, in their never-ending quest for financial gain, are reducing the world to a state of irreversible unstability. I could sit here and make a million political statements and deviations but they only strike agreement with those who already agree or create arguments with those who don't. It now feels like I'm throwing away my time when our world is being destroyed at a terrifying rate.
I just look at what's happened in London and think, this is just the beginning. Because it is. And it'll only spiral out of control unless we do something - or at least try - what more can we possible do than try our best?

I also think about the poor civilians that died in the Iraq war, over 100,000, and it angers me that Blair has the audacity to say "real terrorists kill", "we will hunt down those who have done this." Yet somehow 50 british people dying is worse than over 100,000 dying, simply because the british are british and Iraqi people are mere 'civilians'.

Basically, I need to create a point for submitting these deviations. When I get back I'm going to create a prints account and donate any proceeds to animal rights and other good causes; maybe this brings more of a point to submitting. Who knows.

I'm cutting down on Deviantart anyway when I get back, because I'll be doing more animal rights campaigns, and starting to focus on action not words, but I'll still be around.

]]> ~x-vegan-x Still here... although DA has stolen my art! http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/5865233/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/5865233/ Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:03:45 PDT

Apparently my recent political rant, Lord of the Spin, was infringing on copyright, so they've taken it away

Yet somehow showing explicit, offensive and degrading pictures of naked women AS DAILY DEVIATION FEATURES is fine.

Whatever. ]]> ~x-vegan-x FINISHED school! XD http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/5791194/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/5791194/ Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:30:36 PDT

Capitalists beware... unlucky for you I have now got the time to spend annoying you. Hehee.

I'm on a gap "year" now (although will probably be extended into a lifetime). Don't worry, I'm not going to be sitting here ranting about the ills of the world the whole time, I'm off to Kenya in 14 days to spend a month there to (try) to do something. I'll come back poor and happy, with lots of photos and a very long journal entry for you all

The project is 12 days community work at two different schools, 6 days coral reef conservation (+ learning to dive), 3 days helping an elephant sanctuary and 2 days on safari. Yippee!

I'll leave a big goodbye message when I go.. for now, I'll still be submitting any rants that I conjure up. xx ]]> ~x-vegan-x .: Vegans, veggies, meaties... and the like :. http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/4862362/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/4862362/ Sun, 20 Mar 2005 11:20:21 PST

If you've looked around my gallery and ended up feeling guilty about eating meat, I have news. I dont want to hear your whiney excuse, sorry. This is not the place.

I spend most of my life dealing with pathetic comments like "but vegetables have feelings!" and "PROTEIN!". I'm vegan because I looked into everything and found that every single argument, from screaming apples to amino acids, could be blown out of the water.

So, before you try to deflect your feelings of guilt by nit-picking at some bizarre concept which you're supporting anyway (i.e. vegetables having feelings (which they do not)... when you eat them anyway...

), just move on! Get over it! I'd start a debating club if I wanted to discuss every speck in the sky, or listen to a continual stream of ignorant comments.

thankies! ]]> ~x-vegan-x Not long till my 18th! XD http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/4701767/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/4701767/ Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:51:30 PST
Hmm. I will be able to legally... drink and vote! Hurrah, two things I never plan to do ^__^

Lots of vegan food and shopping ahead, yummeh!

I'm kind of excited but mainly not. Ah well..

X tash X ]]> ~x-vegan-x Holidays :o) http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/4087669/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/4087669/ Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:30:19 PST
havent felt very well today but unlike Rikku16 I have no magic medicine, so had to wait for everything to stop spinning before daring to venture outside of the house!

anyhoo.. where is everyone at the moment? Where are the deviations?! Everything's so quiet.. a little too quiet... ]]> ~x-vegan-x Random info nobody wants to kno... http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/4035638/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/4035638/ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:27:14 PST
[ Describe Your ]
x. [Wallet] fake suede brown thingy
x. [Hairbrush] black
x. [Toothbrush] big chunky one!
x. [Jewelry Worn Daily] lots of (permanent) stringy things!
x. [Blanket] err?
x. [Coffee Cup] Dont drink caffeine
x. [Sunglasses] brown
x. [Shoes] normally All Stars or that style

x. [Favourite Shirt] Blue organic t-shirt with stars on it
x. [Favourite Pants] jeans!
x. [CD In Stereo Right Now] One I made, with Anti-Flag and goldfinger
x. [Tattoos] nope
x. [Piercings] nope
x. [What You Are Wearing Now] scruffy jeans and a yellow shirt
x. [Hair] Mid-length dark brown

[ When was the last time you ... ]
x. [Smiled] a minute ago!
x. [Bought] some fruit for lunch
x. [Were Sarcastic] permanently
x. [Had A Nightmare] can't remember
x. [Last Book You Read] The Militant Suffragettes
x. [Last Movie You Saw] Harry Potter 3
x. [Last Thing You Had To Drink] water
x. [Last Thing You Had To Eat] curry.. and then soya yoghurt

[ Body ]
x. [What Do You Like Most About Your Body] err nothing
x. [And Least?] face! LOL
x. [How Many Fillings Do You Have] none
x. [Do You Think You Are Good-Looking] nooooooooooo
x. [Do Other People Often Tell You That Youre Good-Looking] Nope
x. [Do You Look Like Any Celebrities] gladly no

[ Fashion ]
x. [Do You Wear A Watch] no.. I should really..
x. [How Many Coats And Jackets Do You Own] 3
x. [Favorite Pants Color] black or denim
x. [Most Expensive Item Of Clothing] noo idea
x. [Describe Your Style In One Word] shit

[ Your Friends ]
x. [Do Your Friends Know You] some do, many do not.
x. [Are There Traits In You That Are Universally Liked?] being stupid, does that count?
x. [How Many People Do You Tell Everything To] a few, not many

[ Music;Television;Books ]
x. [Favourite Band Ever] Anti-Flag!
x. [Type of Music Most Listened To] punk rock I guess
x. [Type Never Listened To] smelly pop
x. [Favourite Book?] the one Im reading now

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x. [Favourite TV show] little britain

[ General Questions ]
x. [Sunny or Rainy Day] sunny
x. [Do You Consider Yourself Lucky] kinda
x. [Do You Feel Pity For People Who Commit Suicide] totally
x. [Choose One Word To Describe How You Most Often Feel] crap
x. [Do You Own Plaid Clothing] what is it?!
x. [Is There More Than One Zipper On Your Pants] err.. dont think so..
x. [Do You Own Braces] ?
x. [Does Your Hairstyle Exceed A Height Of Three Inches] LOL
x. [Would You Classify Your Hair As A Deadly Weapon] deadly to look at yes..
x. [Do You Have A Favorite Brand Of Hair Dye] any one not rubbed into the face of an animal will be fine..
x. [Do You Own A Bandana] I guess so?
x. [Are You Amused By Safety Pins] completely
x. [Have You Ever Used Duct Tape As A Sewing Substitute] LOL.. no but good idea ^_^
x. [Do You Like Candles] totally
x. [Do You Believe In Love] hmmnot sure I guess so?
x. [Do You Believe In Soul Mates] yeah
x. [Do You Believe In Love At First Sight] hrm.. not sure!
x. [What Do You Want Done With Your Body When You Die] special eco-friendly burial.. its a cool tree thing

)
x. [What Are You Gonna Do When You Get Older] lots of things
x. [How Many Songs Do You Have On Your Computer] not many, deleted them
x. [What Band Are You Listening To] Smashing Pumpkins
x. [Look Out Your Window... Tell Me What You See] annoying mobile home people
x. [If You Could Have Any Animal For A Pet] nah
x. [What Is The Longest You Ever Stayed Up] hmm Im too tired to remember!

[ Habits;Beliefs ]
x. [Are You Disgruntled] Sometimes
x. [Are You An Anarchist?] kinda!
x. [Do You Smoke Cigarettes?] nooo way
x. [Are You A Vegetarian?] of course vegan actually
x. [Do You Think Meat Is Murder] most definitely.
x. [Have You Ever Slept In An Alley Or Park] ummm.. no.
x. [Do You Wash Your Hair Less Than Once A Week] no
x. [Have You Ever Gone A Week Without A Shower?] no!

[ About Me]
x. [Age] 17
x. [Birthday] 5th march 1987
x. [Sign] pices
x. [Location] uk
x. [Status] sleepy.
x. [Crush] no
x. [Natural Hair Colour] Dark brown
x. [Cur... ]]> ~x-vegan-x Busy-ness http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/3924065/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/3924065/ Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:42:17 PST
And by the way, if anyone knows how I can get £1,300+ for my Gap year without having to sell a kidney, please tell me..

or maybe I could steal one..... where's Mr.Parfit when you need him, eh..?

Even worse than possibly losing a kidney, I might have to consider getting a sunday job .... oh the *horror* .. should I really sacrifice my sanity?
I do have one job already but I obviously need more money from somewhere. Except I don't want to end up having to deal with countless old people complaining about the extremely serious issue of a lack of danish pastries in the cafeteria. Or the time someone scratched their car in the damn car park and asked me to move a BRICK WALL because "it's in the wrong place..." uhhh.. I dont think so

]]> ~x-vegan-x Blurb http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/3648766/ http://x-vegan-x.deviantart.com/journal/3648766/ Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:57:58 PDT I shall start my journal.

It's the start of the holidays now, so I'm hoping to start doing some half-decent art to put on my account! Unlikely, though!
I think I should invest in some good drawing software, as Photoshop is really crap for drawing. Anyhoo, I digress...

I'm wondering who's actually going to read this without falling asleep and ending up with their computer keyboard imprinted onto their forehead?

I'll shut up now ^_^ ]]> ~x-vegan-x