Please go check this out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [link]

Well, I don't think I will be able to go to A-Kon after all. My art teacher gave me an assignment of five portraits to do on 18x24 inch paper by Monday!!!!! If I were to go to the con, it would be impossible for me to finish all five drawings before next week. I REALLY REALLY!!!!! wanted to go to. My sisters and I have been looking forward to this for months and we have been pre-registered for at least two months. My mother got us a hotel already to. Darn you art class! I do like the class though. For those of you that are going, you better have tons of fun and tell me all about it when you come back.

Classes are keeping me so busy. I go to school from 9:10-4:20, Monday through Friday, and once I get back to my apartment a majority of the time I work on class assignments until it's bedtime. What a summer, huh? I will be finished with class at the end of June, well for the summer at least. I like my classes, but I can't wait till they are over, so I can work on some of my own drawings.

The artist table at the other con didn't go to well. I made a profit after buying the materials and the cost of the table, but not as much as I was hoping. The two ladies in charge of the con said none of the artists sold a lot. How sad. There were several very talented artist there, yet no one wanted to purchase anything. Oh well, better luck next time I guess.

I'm sorry about the recent lack of comments on your art and journals. After next week, hopefully, I can get caught up on them.

Tanuki I promise I haven't forgotten about your kiriban!!!!

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to give you a heads up that in the next few days I will be posting a new drawing I did for a contest. I would have posted it today, but, since the deadline has been pushed back, I will take extra time on it. It is taking a good deal of time and I really hope you like it. When I do post it, I would really enjoy it if you gave me your honest opinion about it I am very open to critiques. Every artist has their own way of seeing things or their own style and it would really be helpful to me if you gave me some pointers. Many of you are much more experienced with digital art than I am.

I can't wait to see what you guys think of it!! Here is a teaser [link]

I'm working on drawing for a contest that's due Friday and I thought I started it in plenty of time, but I can't seem to make any of it look the way I want it to I've been working on it for weeks on and off. I'm starting to get a little sad about the whole thing because I've worked on what I've done for a long time and still can't get it to look good. This is one of the first times I've repainted something three or four times and it still doesn't look right!!! It's beginning to bother me slightly.

Does anyone know how to paint water in Photoshop? I need help.

Congrats to Tanuki for winning the kiriban!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone!!!

Well, I will reach 5,000 pageviews sometime soon, so I'm going to offer a kiriban to whoever is lucky enough to grab the 5,013 pageview. 5/13 because that's when my birthday is

If you catch the 5,013 pageview, take a screencap of it and note me. I will draw you something nice!!! You can choose anything your little heart desires and it can be traditional or digital art.

Good Luck on snagging it

And a huge thank you goes out to my amazing friends here at DA!!

-a special thanks to Vampiresmiley and TanukiTanuki for all of their support and
encouragement