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So if you're wondering who on earth just faved something you made or left a random comment...I suppose you're just as confused as you were a minute ago. Oh well! I'm sure you'll survive.

]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/3556157/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/3556157/ Sun, 10 Oct 2004 10:14:19 PDT
*ponders deleting this damn thing* ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/3307113/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/3307113/ Tue, 07 Sep 2004 10:11:09 PDT
There's just been something nagging away at the back of my mind that my imagination can't fulfill... ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2636074/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2636074/ Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:02:20 PDT here), and I'll be able to read the books now thanks to a loaning friend.

I'm not doing as much art as I'd hoped I would. I was planning on taking a whole bunch of photos at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, but I ended up only going for a few hours (it was icky), and took a couple of snapshots. I could probably upload those. As far as drawing, I'm in the middle of a trade with ~charisangel, which is going alright. I actually had the sketch and some inking done within days of our decision, but being busy lately has meant that's as far as it's gotten. I should finish that soon.

I want to get to know more people on here. So far I've just been striking up conversations with friends of my friends, and commenting a lot on random deviations...but that doesn't seem to get me on anyone's devwatch list. So I've been looking at clubs - is there anyone that would recommend a club to me? I just have no idea how clubs work on here, or how to join, or WHO to join. Advice would be appreciated. Some of you are in my art harem, you're REQUIRED to help me with these things. ~_^ ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2630195/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2630195/ Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:41:37 PDT 's page, and now she's going to draw me something, anything I want! And I'm sooooo confused. She's ridiculously good, and this'll probably be the only time I'll get to do a trade/request/whatever with her, and I don't know what to request. (I'm trying to avoid the usual "art harem" gag - I don't want to offend her awesome and talented boyfriend, ~ceremono )

Uhmm...c'mon, brain. You're always overflowing with ideas! Don't fail me now... ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2542528/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2542528/ Sun, 30 May 2004 12:09:03 PDT Stats for ~zionite

I have 415 pageviews total and my 27 deviations were viewed 323 times, with 269 fullviews, for a grand total of 592 views.

Overall, people left 99 comments and added my deviations to their favourites 3 times, while I commented 169 times, averaging 0.71 comments per day, which means that I gave 17 comments for every 10 that I received.

My most commented deviation was Kate 1 with 16 comments, receiving an average of 1.14 per day in the first 2 weeks, while my most favourited one was Streamers, with 1 favourites, averaging 0 per day in the first 2 weeks. My most viewed photo was Kate 5 with 39 views.

0 Favourites were given for every 10 Comments.

Every 8.7 days I upload a new deviation, and it's usually on a Friday , with 56%/15 of my deviations.

My favorite time of the day to upload is at 12pm with 6 deviations and my busiest month was October 2003 with 12/ 44% of my deviations.

The majority of my deviations are uploaded to the Photography gallery (16 ), while my favorite category in it was Drawings with 10 deviations

Comments per deviation: 3.66
Favourites per deviation: 0.11
Views per deviation: 21.92
Comments per day: 0.41
Favourites per day: 0.01
Views per day: 2.5
Pageviews per day: 1.75


Stats provided by *micahgoulart @ Ingenial.com / GalleryStats ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2520001/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2520001/ Thu, 27 May 2004 09:38:55 PDT
DA really should send me comments/etc in the e-mail like LJ does. ^_^ *wishful thinking*

So I started an image of Justice for a set about the Four Cardinal Virtues and the Three Heavenly Virtues, but drawing legs are annoying and that's seven pics (at least four) I'm committing myself to...I dunno. I'm just not as talented as a lot of you folk, I might stick to a trade or two and do some photography in the meantime. ^_^ ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2510290/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2510290/ Wed, 26 May 2004 00:58:11 PDT
Second, the description of anything that belongs as an actual deviation is "A deviation is a polished, refined, and completed work of art - something you want to showcase, to exhibit." Does that sound a bit lofty to anyone else? Except for the fact that I couldn't give a crap about what DA Admin would prefer my art page to look like, I'd never submit anything as a deviation under those terms!

It must be because categories like A/A and other drawn art are obviously either very good or very amateur. I mean, you can look at mine and tell that I haven't put as much time or talent into my art as some of the people on here who do it for a living. It's still got a white background, sometimes elements are left unfinished, etc. It's different for other categories - the photos that I took and posted on here are really just snapshots that I thought were framed a lot better than the others I took. They're the result of literally HOURS less work than the drawings of Talia, Metonnika's Apollo, or Tondrael. But they still look like finely finished deviations. I remember a program I had once upon a time that would generate random fractal images in any scheme of colors and image size that I picked - with that program, I could literally make a deviation that looks like a finished CGI deviation in four or five mouse clicks, rather than the hours of work that someone in high school with aspirations of being an artist put into a drawing that might come off to others as a "doodle".

As if that wasn't frustrating enough, for some reason there's the further "reminders" only posted to the A/A drawing categories. Bleh. I know this was badly phrased, and I'd explain myself better if anyone was actually reading this, but they aren't, and I'm not. I just felt like venting.

P.S. - Anyone notice you can't favorite scraps? I think any faves are removed if you make something a scrap as well...that sucks, because some of the pictures that I've found to give the most insight or inspiration would probably be labeled "Scraps" by their authors.
My bit of advice: Don't make anything a scrap. Seriously. It's complicated and pointless, and you never know when someone will fave something just because of the value it contains between artists. Not all of us are so focused on commercialism and selling prints, DeviantART. Get over yourselves. ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2488861/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2488861/ Sun, 23 May 2004 07:45:11 PDT
I'm working on a picture for the end of my In Nomine campaign that'll hopefully be finished Friday. Well, I mean, the campaign def. will be, but hopefully the picture is so that people can see...yeah. That. I've put a lot of thought and time into it. Maybe that's my problem...I can't SKETCH. Either it looks like a stick figure that another stick figure pooped on, or it's a complete drawing. *sigh*

Nobody even reads this anymore. That's what I get for about 6 months' lack of updates. Maybe that'll change...I'll have time left over from running the INC, so that could probably be devoted to drawing. Who knows. Who cares? ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2370928/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/2370928/ Thu, 06 May 2004 10:31:06 PDT
So here's the status: I think I want to commission someone to do a set of three large paintings/drawings for the new house whenever we move in. At the very least I want to see what it might cost to have them done. I've got some rough ideas of what I want the images to look like (I already posted them in my LJ), but I'm just doing some investigating into prices and willingness right now.

So here's where I need your help: I need to find a really good artist that does commissions and could pull off the set that I'm thinking of. I'm searching DA for someone, but with limited success. Who's your favorite artist on here? I don't mean personality-wise, I mean who do you honestly believe is the most talented artist you know? This is your chance to altruistically promote someone you really think is underrated and/or deserves a break.

The images would be fairly simplistic, with very limited backgrounds (clouds and buildings), and two of them will most likely be light, while one will be dark. They will however be large, in color, and suitable for framing. If you need more info, you can either AIM me at Zionchild7 or e-mail me at: zionchild(at)eml.cc - so what do you guys think? ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1682524/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1682524/ Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:46:42 PST
Okay, what I need to do - 1) Give Lunar: Eternal Blue back to Mike. I'll just never finish it. 2) Complete FFIX and give it back to Noel. I'm very close to the end. 3) Give FFVIII back to Mike - I'll probably never start it. Not for a LONG while, anyway (years at least). 4) When all that's done, put the PS1 away. I don't need it. 5) Focus on reading the Darkover novels and drawing, and practice guitar, especially now that I'll have a class in it. 6) Keep up the nightly prayer thing. Calms me a lot. 7) Go online maybe once or twice a day? That should be enough unless I have an arrangement like ~charisangel and I getting together on Thursdays or something.

Hmm. Y'know, I do have a couple sketches that I could ink and upload, but I have a problem. I bought a smaller sketchbook to carry with me because the bigger one's binding was splitting badly due to carrying-wear. I've sketched a couple of small things in the smaller one, but I don't think it's going to scan right because it won't lay flat on the flatbed. How do you folks get around this, if you have bound sketchbooks? (Or even if you don't, any ideas?) I hate to cut the pages out - they're not like spiral notebooks, they're all nice and stuff, but...any help, guys? ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1586181/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1586181/ Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:16:11 PST
(ADD moment: Al Gore's official honorific is now "your adequacy". How weird.)

Soooo...my parents have yet to visit, but they will, and I'll work more on the things I have to, like getting three smooth stones from somewhere (anybody know where I can get some?)

I also got drawing books. Which I'll have to experiment with, because I feel like I've hit a sort of development block in my drawing...I want to grow more and draw better, but I'm not sure what to work on next. Any ideas? ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1553826/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1553826/ Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:23:33 PST
I'm thinking that I'm gonna go make a desktop for meself. That might take an hour.

Merry...Christmas, everyone... -_- ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1504092/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1504092/ Sun, 07 Dec 2003 19:37:44 PST
Yeah, so the majority of you have already heard about the whole DTF-Anime/Anthro issue. I read about it today. And it really weirds me out. Whoever said how favorites HAD to be used? It seems to me that the A/A community just uses it differently than others do, and I don't see a problem with it. The only faves that I've gotten have probably been as encouragement, sort of "this is a good direction to go, I really like this from you, keep working in this area". The ones that I've given are for very good reasons, but not all of them were because I think they're worthy of publication/cover art/TV syndication. Then why do I add favorites?

1) Raw creativity. I DO have what $jark would refer to as a "scribble" as a fave - "I Won't Say I'm In Looooooove" by ~ emeraldrae. Though it's well-proportioned and well-colored, it's on lined paper that isn't perfectly straight. It's obviously drawn on a small scale. It was drawn in a class. But it approaches a level of cuteness that I really adore. It's wonderful. So I faved it. I'd fave others that give me the same reaction.
2) Reference. I have a couple devs faved that aren't necessarily book material, but contain elements that I would realy like to have in my own art, and I want to know where these devs are when I draw something like it. ~ emeraldrae's ears, the aquatic wings and features of ~daemonchan's Mizu No Tsubasa, and the proportions of ~Ajinryu 's Bikini Jen are all things I'd like to incorporate eventually.
3) Trades/Gift Art/etc. I always fave these because I think it's just good farking etiquette. Plus, I've LIKED every single one so far.

If everyone outside of A/A simply faves stuff that's somehow representative of " perfect art", then obviously things aren't going to look the same across the board. Now - A/A faves like this would make for a better and more encouraged art community, while the way I percieve others' faves simply make for a prettier front page for DeviantART. Which is better?

Questions I'd have about this entire issue:
-What are the amount of A/A submissions daily compared with other seperate categories? Whenever I load up the main page, "Recent Deviations" always seems to be around 50% A/A submissions. This would seem to say that there's a bigger, or at least more active, A/A community than other categories. If this is true, then what's the problem with there being more DTFs from this category?

Overall, I think that what the admin did is probably among the worst things possible - it encouraged the already prevalent animosity between A/Aers and other Deviants, and discouraged people just trying to do a likeable enough work to be a DTF. Either removing the DTF system altogether, or only allowing one DTF from each category would have been much more effective, and the former could have been done immediately. What they've done hasn't even removed A/A submissions from DTF entirely - looking at them right now, I see one out of the five that actually loaded that should probably be classified as A/A.

Which brings me to my final point - is THIS what should be the primary concern for admins? I mean, come ON! Thumbnails still aren't loading up, DA will occasionally forget that a comment I made ever existed IN THE PROCESS OF POSTING IT, and I'm sure this isn't the full list of major functionality problems. Isn't there better things to focus on than a popularity contest? Anyhoo, I'm done. How's that for a long journal post? ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1425754/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1425754/ Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:58:00 PST
Uhmm, yeh. Other than that, nothing new that I haven't posted on my LJ. (Right Here)

Can't wait till these papers are either done or failed. then maybe I can do another trade - this one was muy fun. ^_^ Anyone up for it? It wouldn't be for a while! ~_^ ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1387595/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1387595/ Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:58:38 PST
Artwise, I've really appreciated the couple comments that I got on the trade pic with ~metonnika. I hope to keep improving, and feedback's vital to that process. I've been working on a new char named Talia that seems to be doing well - I have no idea how I managed to pencil realistic legs, but I guess it has to happen randomly at some point. I'm sure I'll mess it up in ink. ^_^ Eh, that's really it at the moment, cept for this mess-up doodle that I inked to have some practice shading. I'll probably upload that as well once I'm done botching it. Hmm - maybe I should do a DevID, eh? All sorts of wonderful ideas for the next time I have free time. Later! ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1379944/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1379944/ Sun, 09 Nov 2003 23:35:05 PST
Anyway, I guess it's traditional or something, so if you get my 100th pageview let me know and I'll do something. Photo, drawing, dance around like a monkey...something'll give you a good laugh. ~_^

And then we'll just hold off until 500, 1000, etc. If it ever GETS that far. XP ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1311649/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1311649/ Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:02:22 PDT
I like anime and some of the furrishness, but it just seems like I can't get the casual style of that sort of art down in sketches. I wonder if I should be focusing on comic art. ::shrugs:: I guess it'll be comicanime for now, and we'll see what it mutates into. I'm only a beginner, after all. I guess I shouldn't pin down a style after like 3 months of drawing. ~_^ ]]> ~zionite http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1286486/ http://zionite.deviantart.com/journal/1286486/ Thu, 16 Oct 2003 20:33:27 PDT

This whole DA thing is picking up a lot slower than I thought it would, so I've come up with a wonderful idea. I've decided that I'm going to do a trade pic with myself. I'll do a drawing of one of my chars, and in exchange - get this - I'll do ONE OF MY OWN CHARS. ^_^
I'm so brilliant, my dad calls me son. Who needs you people. ^^ ]]> ~zionite