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It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that with the help of *Fahlaemee & ~LovesRizz I have come to a decision that the winners of my "it's not a momentary phase" contest are.... Please put your hands (comments & favs too!) together for...



:bulletwhite: :bulletwhite: :bulletwhite: :star: :star: :star: 1st Place Winner :star: :star: :star: :bulletwhite: :bulletwhite: :bulletwhite:


:bulletwhite: :bulletyellow: ~AlexLibby :bulletyellow: :bulletwhite:





{~AlexLibby I'll note you soon for your address & the fullsized image so I get an A3 print printed up for you :) Congratulations hon, really stunningly beautiful piece, thank you so much for taking part!}



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:bulletwhite: :bulletyellow: *RiNymph :bulletyellow: :bulletwhite:





{*RiNymph I'll send you a note soon for your address & the full sized imaged for the A4 print as promised, even though you said you wanted to dedicate it to me I'd like to send you one anyway, it's always nice to see your own art on your wall! :D Thank you so much for taking part and really, I love love love that chain around their noses, such a nice touch - plus beautiful colouring! :)}

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{~xxmagicstickmishxx I'll send you a note soon hon for your address & the full sized image, A4 print as promised will with with your shortly :) Thank you so much for taking part; I really love the scene you portrayed the girlies in, really loving and personal :)}




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:bulletwhite: :bulletyellow: *Shakieth :bulletyellow: :bulletwhite:





{*Shakieth Stunning work to re-enter the manipulation world with Holly! I love the manes especially :) Thank you so much for taking part and I'm actually going to feature those who didn't get placed in my next journal, so watch this space! ^^}

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{~closingtimex Thank you so much for taking part hon :) I really love the way you've done Filine's reflection in this image, and congratulations on getting their colours too, Filine's was exceptionally hard! ^^ I'll be featuring your artwork in my next journal!}

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{~Reminiscexx It was so incredibly difficult to choose the winners of this contest, I really really love the way you did Filine's markings, they are so hard and I realised that when I was making her ref! So thank you so much for taking part :) I'll be featuring you in my next journal! :)}


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I've been tagged by Mrs. *Yewrezz so here goes! :)

Rules:
1. You must post these rules.
2. Answer the questions the tagger set for you, and create new questions for the people you tag to answer.
3. You have to choose 10 people to tag and post their icons on your journal
4. Go to their pages and tell them you have tagged her/him.
5. No tag backs.
6. No crap in the tagging section about "you are tagged if you're reading this." You have to tag 10 people.




From *Yewrezz
1. If you discovered I lived in the house across your street, what would you do? (Ignore me? Hate me? Stalk me? Become friends with me?*we should totally hang out though*)
YEWWWWWWWWW if you lived in my road I would DIEEEEEEEEEE of excitement :giggle: - it would be nothing short of awesome! ^^

2. Have you ever milked a cow before?
I have indeedy, my mother's side of the family are farmers.

3. What is your dream job?
Moonwalker. No... Seriously, it's true! (it's a fuzzy lie that one, I have no idea really!)

4. What are your plans for this summer? (If it's a secret you should note me :3)
Party in the USA! :dance: (And Nijmegen for my :cake: birthday! :party:)

5. If you met my character Morrow ([link]) in real life, what would you do?:
Pack her up into a little box and take her home! D'awwwww she's sooooo cute!!!

6. What's your favorite magazine?
Weirdly I don't have one; though when I was younger and in college it would have been Horse & Hound, or Your Horse - Lately (the last 2 years or so!) I bought one on my camera (Canon EOS 550D)... but yeah I'm boring like that! < this emote has nothing to do with the question or the answer, I just think it's utterly adorable! XD

7. What sort of beauty-products can't you do without?
Mascara & Eyeliner - though I don't wear it daily..

8. If you could invent an animal, what would it look like?
OMG have you not seen it!??? It's as big as a giraffe, with massive donkey ears, a face like a panda's, the forearms of a lion and the hind of an antelope, he's got a big hairy body like a mammoth and his tail is tiny like a piggy's! And his name..... ohhhh be scared.... his name be'eth the DONKRAFFICORN!

9. Where do you prefer to live? In the city or in the countryside?
COUNTRY GAL!!! :D Cities make me cough *ahem* and there's not enough grass to stroke...

10. Have you considered joining Cherry Oak, and RPG which is currently based on Games of Thrones (but less bloodier)?
I... uhm... haven't roleplayed in like 6years+, I also don't have a pretty picture or character to play it with!


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Ma Questions to you.....

1. Are kidneys shaped like the bean, or the beans shaped like kidneys?
2. You can choose one of these colours to paint your nails, which one's for you? Man Overboard >> [link], Funtime Fuschia >> [link] or Round and Round The Garden >> [link]
3. What would your character say to my Orealis ([link]) to win her heart over? :)
4. When was the last time you decided to do something utterly spontaneous, and what was it?
5. What's your favourite season? (Spring, Autumn etc)
6. And your favourite genre of music?
7. You can go anywhere in the world right now, no money worries and no strings attached, where do you go?
8. Given the opportunity to win a 64GB iPhone by doing one of these two quests, which would you choose? (Quest One) Hang out for 24hrs in a glass box with a crazy amount of tarantulas. (Quest Two) Walk on a thin piece of wood between the two tallest buildings in the world!
9. Which song best describes you and your life right now?
10. If I were to organise a "meet up" of deviantART artists (kinda like the ones that already go ahead through deviantart) would you come?


AND I taggeth;;




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Edit - Thank you all so much for waiting so very long for me to decide this; I'm sorry that it has taken me this long to get back to you, leaving you on tenderhooks is kind of cruel I know! >_< I should have an answer for you in the next couple of days or even this evening if my study modules get completed in time. Please bare with me, I'll have an answer for you all shortly! :)

Yep that's right, my contest; "it's not a momentary phase.." Has now ended and judging has now begun! :) I received some truly amazing pieces, thank you for all taking part! :rose:

Contest entries are below in their full glory, check the, out! ;)














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It's going to sound stupid if I say I didn't even realise I had received a DD today right? Actually =alais-photography had to text me and tell me!! :D

You cannot believe how incredibly estatic I am, here's me thinking that all my 7yrs on dA were nothing if I couldn't get a DD in my main artwork subject... (I have one in typography) ~ I still think its a conspiracy from *Yewrezz ;) and I'll add *Fahlaemee to that mix too! Something fishy's going on here! XD

Anyway; my deepest most heartfelt thanks to ^Aeirmid for the Daily Deviation :) you're a sweetheart and I hope you had a lovely day; click the image below to see Tara Shakti Mantra in all it's DD glory...





Lastly thank you for all the comments, the favs and the love, ❤'s and kisses to you all x

 




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... Is what I should have said when I found out the news this afternoon...

What I really said was "oh right...? So where does that leave me now..?"

What I felt like doing was dancing out the office with a "no fucks given" look on my face my hands dancing with me, middle fingers raised...

What I really did was sit at my desk in a moment of "oh crap what now" disbelief.

And I made tea, and I ate lunch like I didn't care, like I hadn't just been told I may not have a job by the end of the week...

And half of me screamed to run, half of me was stuck fast, a few silly tears; the anger, the upset, the hurt echoes around the office and no one wants to talk to anyone, no one even wants to answer the phone... And why should we!? Surely we should be given some time for it to sink in, given a moment to run away if need be and feel shocked, surely we should be given that after such news...

And what's stupid is the religious way I have been looking for a way out since god knows when, and yet when it's given to me on a plate I don't want it... I wanted to go in my own time, through my own rules and my own esteem.

I'm not new to it, I'm not proud to say that I have been through it before and maybe I was naive to think that I would be safe, that because I had been there for nearly 2 yrs, and that because I wasn't the last one in I would be spared...

Redundancy is no laughing matter, but here I am laughing my arse off as (stupidly hoping 2013 would be my year) we're only 2 months in and life has already handed me a shit stack to get over!

It's a fine dirty journey to start I tell you, but now I gotta decide if it's worth the impending stink to stick with it and a slowly dying company or to move the fuck on.

Right now I have NO idea what I'm going to do and the shits and giggles of it all is I have to decide by Friday!

Shit.




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C O M P E T I T I O N


Due to a lot of interest for my contest "it's not a momentary phase" Competition to be pushed back so a few more people could enter, the NEW DEADLINE IS: ~ Wednesday 6th March 2013 ~ I hope that this gives everyone who wanted to enter the time to get their entry in. That's another 3 weeks from tomorrow ladies and gents! :)


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Hey! :wave:

So some of you may have noticed that I now have an "Artwork I Owe" list on the left hand side of my profile page; it's rather long right now, but I'm hoping to clear it up soon, with the finishing of Christmas Competition artwork etc.
Thank you to all the people who sent me notes about stamps, icons, manips etc... yours are now in the works! :D
However, there are some people (with a (waiting for info) sticker after their name) that I have yet to receive any information for, and as it's now February and I want to be done by the end of this month, I'm giving those of you who have not noted me with info one week to do so before the slate is wiped clean. If you know that someone is on holiday or is away for some reason or another and cannot note me, please comment below, I would like to give everyone the opportunity to get something as they did me a favour by catching my pageviews, but I cannot unless I have all the info. I also cannot let it drag on for months and months on end, so NOTE ME if your name has a (waiting for info) sticker next to it!

I'll attach all the info here in this journal for the time being too so everyone can see it...

(Side note: I do intend to add commissions, trades & collabs to this list once everything has been cleared up from Christmas... so hold tight, they will be available shortly.. :))

Artwork Status




waiting for info
info received
collecting stock
piecing together
adding finishing touches
finished

Christmas Contest




:bulletblack: 235k
*saftkeks13 (waiting for info)void
~AbleToDream
:bulletblack: 235.5k
~Chance-STOCK
~crypticFallon
~Supernatantem
~Shiki-Jinrou
:bulletblack: 236k
~Lexxsmexx
~letrainfalldown
:bulletblack: 236.5k
*SiriiTime (waiting for info)void
:bulletblack: 237k
=Mekomiya
*SeptemberStudios (waiting for info)void
:bulletblack: 237.5k
*GhostlyStudios
~aliyaahgrl
:bulletblack: 238k
*NEFUR-STUDIOS
*rakkuu
:bulletblack: 238.5k
~Aelaynx (waiting for info)void
:bulletblack: 239k
=i-mi (waiting for info)void
~16Jasmine16
:bulletblack: 240k
~letrainfalldown (waiting for info)void
=i-mi


It's Not A Momentary Phase Contest



In the process; deadline: 6th March 2013



Other




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*Fahlaemee
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In Other News...


My friend *jendee has started up Runic Studios again :) If some of you remember Runic (back in 2010) was a graphics design studios that specialized in producing artwork free for those who played RPGs. Talent came from all over the world and for all kinds of places (not just dA), Now I'm not saying you gotta join and start making images now now now, just pop on over, take a gander and see what you think; I'm sure that *jendee would appreciate it immensely :) ~ RUNIC STUDIOS


Competition


Got another 9 days to complete your entries for the "it's not a momentary phase" Competition ~ Deadline is: 18th Feb 2013 ~ ~LovesRizz & I cannot wait to see what people come up with! :)


Countdown


7 days
3 hours
50 minutes
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22 seconds
till I get to see my girlfriend; ~LovesRizz!!!
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Everyone does it now and again! Now's my turn! ;)
I'm not half as good as most of the artists out there now, I know that, but I feel these pieces are lacking some love where I spent such a long time on them...

You'll also be pleased to know that I'm working on something new; hopefully it will be finished by tonight..

(PS. Thank you to all and everyone who has featured me this last month; you're all awesome x)



















In Other News...


My friend *jendee has started up Runic Studios again :) If some of you remember Runic (back in 2010) was a graphics design studios that specialized in producing artwork free for those who played RPGs. Talent came from all over the world and for all kinds of places (not just dA), Now I'm not saying you gotta join and start making images now now now, just pop on over, take a gander and see what you think; I'm sure that *jendee would appreciate it immensely :) ~ RUNIC STUDIOS


Competition


Got another 9 days to complete your entries for the "it's not a momentary phase" Competition ~ Deadline is: 18th Feb 2013 ~ ~LovesRizz & I cannot wait to see what people come up with! :)


Countdown


8 days
4 hours
32 minutes
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24 seconds
till I get to see my girlfriend; ~LovesRizz!!!
:D :dance:


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That's right, I'm giving away the above print of a rhino with birds on it entitled "Feeding Time" ~ Although I know it may not be great as it's not a puppy give away, it is something that was bought for someone who I (stupidly) thought was special at the time and now I have no need for it. It's a nice print of a sketch by a UK based artist named Kevin Hayler and it is printed on quality paper, I didn't just want to give it to the local charity store and all my friends here are not interested in rhinos, so... here it is; you can see more images of it here: [link] ~ it's already tubed up and ready to go, I won't be asking anything for it, not even shipping costs, so if you fancy it and would like it, please comment and then send me your address via note and I'll send it your way.

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In Other News...


My friend *jendee has started up Runic Studios again :) If some of you remember Runic (back in 2010) was a graphics design studios that specialized in producing artwork free for those who played RPGs. Talent came from all over the world and for all kinds of places (not just dA), Now I'm not saying you gotta join and start making images now now now, just pop on over, take a gander and see what you think; I'm sure that *jendee would appreciate it immensely :) ~ RUNIC STUDIOS


Competition


Got another 19 days to complete your entries for the "it's not a momentary phase" Competition ~ Deadline is: 18th Feb 2013 ~ ~LovesRizz & I cannot wait to see what people come up with! :)


Countdown


11 days
22 hours
24 minutes
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20 seconds
till I get to see my girlfriend; ~LovesRizz!!!
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From the very beginning and the moment it all started I have tried to stay objective about this. I have listened, sometimes voiced my opinions, but mostly just listened and taken in all the information I can, stored it somewhere unimportant and carried on with my work life as if I heard nothing at all. It is not my place to tell what is not mine to tell. However, that said, given the current situation and the fact that the person in question has probably told more than half the office by now, I see no reason why I shouldn't say what has been building up inside for so long!

Short intro to start, so everyone's on the right page..

I work at a security company where the boss also has his daughter working there. She started off in the warehouse, just something to cover whilst she was at college. A year into the course she dropped out and came to work at the company full time. After a few whining and wingers here and there she was "promoted" to returns staff in charge of everything that came back into the warehouse from our customers. Approx. 6 months later the moaning started again and she was again "promoted" to sales (upstairs next to me). She'd not been in that position for more than 2 months tops before the moan started again and before we knew it last December she was "promoted" yet again to Sales Representative. Now the boss has always stated that "just because she works here doesn't mean she gets special treatment" and yet she's been promoted through at least 3 jobs in the last year to get where she is today.

Now I don't know if some of you know, but I was demoted over the Christmas period in an attempt to "concentrate on sales" I had the role of marketing supervisor stolen out of under me and given a menial job in return; that seems to solely contain me answering call after call after call like a robotic answering machine... "Good Morning/Afternoon *insert company name here*  How can I help you...?" I'm looking for another job!

The only princess (and I don't use that word lightly) that seems to have benefited this last year has been the daughter of the boss. The only one to receive a new car despite all the cutbacks we've been implementing across the board, was the boss' daughter. And the only one to not get caught when doing f**k all is... yep I don't think I need to finish that statement.....

And onto the chocolate top to finish...

So today, when I was getting coffee for the office... she tagged along to "help" me carry the cups, and confided in me, like she normally does (I must have one of those faces!)... princess is going to Thailand travelling... the flights are booked and everything I mean everything is going ahead no matter what. Daddy has already agreed that she'll take the time unpaid and will (probably) get her job back when she returns some 5 months later! Frankly (from my POV) I Don't see how she can afford to go away for 5 months whilst being unpaid from work... but then I don't rely on the bank of daddy I guess so who's the joke here!?

We were also told in our "back to work" meeting on the 3rd Jan that no one would be allowed to take time off work unpaid without a valid reason, reasons being "you're dying" or "actually dead".... so that's when I foolishly realise we're all minions in comparison to princess and I probably won't ever get promoted within the company again due to madame here and her indecisiveness to work for living..

Last thing she said as we're leaving the shop was "I feel like I'm betraying my dad's trust in me... which is the last thing I wanted..."

no shit, Sherlock!


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My friend *jendee has started up Runic Studios again :) If some of you remember Runic (back in 2010) was a graphics design studios that specialized in producing artwork free for those who played RPGs. Talent came from all over the world and for all kinds of places (not just dA), Now I'm not saying you gotta join and start making images now now now, just pop on over, take a gander and see what you think; I'm sure that *jendee would appreciate it immensely :) ~ RUNIC STUDIOS


Competition


Got another 19 days to complete your entries for the "it's not a momentary phase" Competition ~ Deadline is: 18th Feb 2013 ~ ~LovesRizz & I cannot wait to see what people come up with! :)


Countdown


14 days
22 hours
1 minute
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15 seconds
till I get to see my girlfriend; ~LovesRizz!!!
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Got another 27 days to complete your entries for the "it's not a momentary phase" Competition ~ Deadline is: 18th Feb 2013 ~ ~LovesRizz & I cannot wait to see what people come up with! :D


Center Parcs




So some of you know that this weekend passed I was holidaying with the girls at Center Parcs in Longleat Forest. It was freezing! (quite literally) We didn't have any heating or hot water for the 1st night at least... temperatures were below freezing and it was quite miserable. A lot of activities were cancelled, including horseback riding! (just our luck!) the snow came down in fistfuls and before long it was causing havoc no matter which way you turned! BUT it was so so nice to get away and actually ENJOY the snow (I usually have to work through it all!) Here are some photos of the weekend; they all link to the original size (they're worth looking at up close anyway, as the resolution dies when resized for here!) on Instagram so click away! ^^ I may upload some as original photography on here if I get the chance..
















Countdown


23 days
5 hours
17 minutes
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Good Morning from the (snowy) UK!



Just a mini update of where I'm at really (:


Book Cover


Book cover was designed, designed, designed and re-designed (just for good measure!) and we're finally at a point where the author likes it, it's going to the print house and will be published and on the shelves by the middle of the year! (scary thought really; my artwork out there for non deviants to see!) - Keep an eye out "Memoirs of A Legal Secretary" by Carrie Hynes!


Apple iPad Retina


I bought myself an iPad Retina (4th generation) this last week, it was half Christmas money, half my own... I'm hooked (damnit!) Got all these games including "My Horse" (papermacheskies if you wanna add me as a friend!) -- that's the main culprit of not doing anything else with my time! Including other games that I just cannot put down. But not only that it's good for me to be portable. I can talk to my other half and have a decent conversation where we can actually hear eachother during the whole call (it's small but it makes the difference believe me!)



Little Ozzy


We had some potentially distressing news at the beginning of the week. Ozzy (our Golden Retriever) hasn't been well for a while now and following a bought of extreme sickness where he was throwing up blood on a regular basis; he was taken to the vet's and kept in. Poor pup has got kidney disease and renal failure; it's not common in dogs ~ in fact it's more common in cats. Regardless to this fact Ozzy has it and is now on special food, pills & a concoction of visits, blood tests & other appointments with the vet. We were told that the life expectancy is unknown, it has been shortened considerably because of this but they cannot say how long he will live, or indeed if he will die next month or in 3 years. It's a shock. I cried (privately), I wish there was something I could do... that said he's better now that he's on the pills & diet than he was at the beginning of the week... we're ever hopeful.. prayers are appreciated <3


Center Parcs


I'm off with my two besties to Center Parcs in Longleat Forest for the long weekend (18th-21st Jan) -- It's due to snow like you can't even imagine this weekend... (a) we've gotta drive down to it in it, (b) partake in activities outdoors in heavy snow and (c) that includes horseback riding (which of course I do not have a problem with! ;)) ~ My camera will be taking the trip with me (of course!) and I hope to have some connection somewhere to update my Instagram from time to time!


Competition


Competition is still in full swing guys and gals; remember the deadline is: 18th Feb 2013 ~ I have yet to see any entries :( So I hope someone is entering and it won't be a dud...


~ and that's it for now! Hope everyone has a lovely weekend! And I'll catch you later! x

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If you know me, I mean really know me, then you will know Safetysuit is one of my favourite bands in the whole wide world... many a time have they inspired my artwork; many a time have their lyric emotions featured in my pieces... Keep reading... all the way to the bottom for details about the contest...

I'm running a mini contest of sorts, something to chase away our Winter blues (or at least here in the UK, our Flooding blues!)

:bulletyellow: This is a digital art contest (manipulators, painters, airbrushers, etc etc.)

:bulletyellow: It will have ONE winner and TWO runner's up. - Winner will receive their winning image as a full sized print (approx. A3 sized dependant on original image size etc.) to display as they see fit & a 3-month premi from me. - Runner's Up will receive an A4 sized print to display as they wish & a 1-month premi from me.

:bulletyellow: It's a theme style contest with the only must's being based on the below lyrics:

"And with this love song for you,
It's not a momentary phase...
You are my life I don't deserve you,
But you love me just the same.
And as the mirror says we're older,
I will not look the other way.
You're my life, my love, my only,
And that's one thing that won't change"


Snippet from "Never Stop" by Safetysuit << (click to listen to the song!)

:bulletyellow: And the following two characters: (Both characters MUST be present in the image for it to qualify)


Orealis


Orealis


Filine


Filine


:bulletyellow: Please make your original pieces large (at least 3500 pixels across) and at 300dpi for print quality, you can make them smaller when you submit it to deviantART this is just to make it easier when it comes to print if you win! :)

:bulletyellow: You can only enter once, so please take care to put the effort in to make it all worth while :)

:bulletyellow: DEADLINE is Monday 18th February 2013 at approx. 19:00 GMT (you have 6 weeks from this journal! ;))

:bulletyellow: When entries are complete please send them to me in a note with the subject "Contest Entry" with a thumb to your artwork. Please please please remember to save a separate piece as your original or it won't be of print quality and will look bad in the final print run.

:bulletyellow: Lastly, if you have any questions please note me. & Goodluck! ^^

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Frankly I find it exceedingly sad that this far into my artwork life on deviantART I've got to make a journal about people begging me for commissions work. This is not a beef at everyone; plenty of people on here actually have manners and the sense enough to understand that when I state my commissions are closed they are actually closed and I'm not being bloody minded! When I send out a note replying to a commissions request I am being extremely honest with the amount of workload I have going on in real life; I have three jobs people, I work so damn hard all the time and believe me, with that workload comes a lot of stress. I won't beat the cow to death with this, all I am asking is that people be realistic with what they ask of me. I can't "do just one" commission on top of a workload of 20+ gifts and prizes for the competitions I placed before Christmas. It just will not happen. So as opposed to saying yes and taking it on then having to disappoint when I figure out I haven't the time to complete the task, I'm honest with you... "my commissions are not open right now, but a journal will be posted as soon as they are and 3 slots will be available" - And I'm sorry, I cannot offer more than that.
Gone are the days that I can be carefree with my time, I have a full time job that saps the life from me and I work on the side too; I design book covers for up and coming authors, I have a girlfriend and a social life. I LOVE ART; but I don't have all the time in the world to do it anymore, I have responsibilities and it's my Christmas HOLIDAY for christ's sake! I don't want to work more than usual through my Christmas holiday; I'm supposed to be relaxing and be stress free.. (that's not happening right this minute believe me!)
And thank you for your note... I do not have anger issues sweetheart, I have bratt issues; bratt issues from people like you who do not take no for an answer!

Every time I fall in love with deviantART again, I fall out of love with it super quickly.. please god tell me that I'm not the only one who has to deal with these kinds of people and notes from them too!?

*sigh*

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Merry Christmas Everyone!!


Thank you so much for sticking around all these years, your continued support means more to me than some of you will ever know. I'm wishing everyone out there an amazing Christmas time with friends & family, I hope you have a wonderful break and I'll see you all very soon (: (in fact I have something else to submit tonight/early tomorrow morning but you shall have to wait and see what it will be! ^^)

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And then when you follow their "procedure" to report the stolen images to them; they come back with this less than satisfactory answer:



You can click on that to make it bigger to read!

Needless to say I'm little cheesed off; as much as I understand here I'm to waste my time to sign up to their dang website, to report this stolen & illegally uploaded image... only I don't want to have to do that... why do I need to waste my time doing that when it was their member who ignored their TOS and uploaded the image without permission from me (original artist!) anyway!????



You can click on that to make it bigger to read!

I'm sick of people thinking that (1) they can exploit us and we won't find out! and (2) treat us like shit when they were the ones who stole the image in the 1st place! And then (3) the people who are supposed to be "helping" us to remove the images from the offending people couldn't give a rats ass because we're not a member of their website and their frickin' sticky fingered members are ignoring their TOS!

Sick to frackin' death with this shit! DeviantART WHEN WILL YOU SORT THIS OUT AND STOP PEOPLE FROM RIGHT-CLICKING! Prevention is key, even if you cannot stop it all! As ~letrainfalldown kindly let me know; I'm kindly letting you all know, that you should check out this link... and see if your work is here: [link] - I'm not saying that you'll be able to do anything about it given the staff on that site, but perhaps if enough people tell them where to shove it, they'll finally listen to reason... 2225 images in that file... god knows if this is the only file or not..

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:bulletblue: :bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletwhite: ATTENTION!! :bulletwhite: :bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletblue:



Congratulations!! The two that won the 240k slot are listed below! Thank you all for taking part, I will contact you all regarding this as soon as possible to determine stamp/social media themes etc! :) And those who won the big one!
Just a note; don't be disheartened if you didn't win anything :heart: I love you all dearly and be sure to know that there will be a few more of these chances coming up in the next few months believe you me, so just keep an eye out for the journal and see if you're a winner! :)
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Christmas Kiribans! :)



234,567 kiriban >> ~are-we-the-waiting
Finished:


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**NOTE** Okay I'm going to have to limit this; clearly multiple people are going to catch these pageviews - so it is going to be limited to the 1st 2 people who note me with a screenie. I'll let the 235.5k have it's 4 people, but after that it's 1 or 2. Or I'll run out of creative prizes! o.O ALSO re: Prizes, they will be decided when I get in from work tonight! :P
***NOTE II*** Although I believe that this doesn't really need to be said; I feel I also should state it anyway, just so people are clear and don't confuse my actions! I believe it's only fair that if you win once, you only win once - don't take away the winning from another person if you've already been placed in the list below. Thank you for understanding. This is a season to be happy, grateful, and cheerful to all! :)


235,000 kiriban! >> caught by 2 people! :) ~AbleToDream & *saftkeks13
235,500 kiriban! >> caught by 4 people! :) ~Supernatantem, ~crypticFallon, ~Chance-STOCK & ~Shiki-Jinrou
236,000 kiriban! >> caught by 2 people! :) ~letrainfalldown & ~Lexxsmexx
236,500 kiriban! >> caught by 1 person! :) *SiriiTime
237,000 kiriban! >> caught by 2 people! :) =Mekomiya & *K1NGLESS
237,500 kiriban! >> caught by 2 people! :) ~aliyaahgrl & *GhostlyStudios
238,000 kiriban! >> caught by 2 people! :) *rakkuu & *NEFUR-STUDIOS
238,500 kiriban! >> caught by 1 person! :) ~Aelaynx
239,000 kiriban! >> caught by 2 people! :) ~16Jasmine16 & =i-mi
240,000 kiriban! >> caught by 2 people!! :) =i-mi & ~letrainfalldown
Congratulations peeps! :D Thanks for the fun couple of days too! ;)
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Christmas Kiriban PRIZES!!!!


Alrighty, so I've had some time to think about this this weekend, what with getting snowed in here in Nijmegen! :D So here they are; the prizes for the above kiriban slots! :)
:bulletyellow: For every turning of 1000 rounded number pageviews (example: 250,000) I'm offering 2 x animated stamps (of your choice, movie/band/music video/your artwork etc), 50 deviantART points & a set for Twitter (Avatar, background & cover photo from a selection of your own artwork), Facebook (Icon & Cover from a selection of your own artwork) - any other social media account you have, let me know.

:bulletyellow: For every turning of 500 on the 1000 number of pageviews (example: 250,500) I'm offering 1 animated stamp (of your choice, movie/band/music video/your artwork etc) & 25 deviantART points.

:bulletyellow: For the person/persons who catch my 240,000 pageview kiri I will offer a full detailed digital media artwork of your choice! :)

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congratulations


I'm sure you'll all take great pleasure with me in wishing
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and her hubby congratulations and all the best for the birth of their little boy Tristan! :)

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Hoooooooooyeahhhhh beauties, I'm meeting up with
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on Sunday in London!! :D :dance: As she decided she wanted to come to wet, cold England in the middle of Winter instead of stay in the sun of Sydney! XD Cannot wait! ^^

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Weekend in Nijmegen



Here are some (Instagram) photos of my weekend spent in Nijmegen with ~LovesRizz! ^^ ❤









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Hello my friends :) I am an instagrammer now; have been for a couple of months, and whilst my little HTC Wildfire S's camera is pretty darn crap on a scale of good to complete shite, I do upload my Canon images to it once in a while. In any case, I would love to meet more people from here who have it, my name is above ^ (papermacheskies), if you have one too add me and I'll add you :) Here's a collection of things I have already uploaded...






On another note, you can also connect with me on the below sites if you would like to. ^.^

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