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Welcome to my journal!
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"So... how's your life?"
Hum, it's on hold at the moment. That's why I'm here.
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I came to the conclusion that I only really come here when I feel like my life is on hold or when my art has hit the rock bottom state of non-creation. It's like this website attracts me at those times when I'm non-productive, like saying in big letters "FIX ME".
So the news about DA being bought by WIX has actually given me a glimmer of hope for this website, even though we know close to nothing so far, but hey, change has to be better than staying stale right? And looking at my previous journal, that has been stale and salty for way too long - not that I've changed my feelings about what I said, I still oppose and refuse to buy Core (my comments HERE, display the why perfectly).
So, it's time to change that. Get rid of all the negativity in my front page and make it more presentable. Will make do with the non-Core resources at hand (and believe me there are a lot of them, check UszatyArbuz gallery) and will try and make my front page more my own. Maybe even create a few resources myself. That would be neat.
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So what have I been doing with my life? Well despite being on hold now, and the lack of artistic creation, I have to say the last year was full of self-growth. I had a job opportunity in the fashion retail market that I never imagine I would, thanks to that one Uni homework in Fashion Design 15 years ago. Who would have guessed that all that stress would pay off decades later, even though in a far different direction than my master degree? This job did a lot for my confidence and perspective of life which I so desperately needed. I still love architecture, but times and market change and if that doesn't give me job opportunities, then it's not meant to be. The downside of the said job is the busy schedule that it came with that left me no time nor energy for art.
The big upside is that it provided me with the funds to take care of my wedding for this year AND get a cat!
I am now a mommy to this beautiful, adorable black boy that you see here. His name is Anubis and he just melts my heart. And he's the other reason why my art is non existent at the moment, even though I have time now, in that, he's always on top of me AND my keyboard.
My cat Anubis
Cute and distracting, this kid is! But well, time to overcome all of that and get productive, starting by changing this journal into something more eye pleasing! I still have a lot of old pieces that I want to post and hopefully that drive recovery will work!! Fingers crossed that I won't lose track of of my objectives!!
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Isolation Creation and Dreaded Eclipse
My Original Characters
Game Characters
Contests and Gifts Art
Swarovski Jewelry
Life and Art Status Update:
It has taken me AGES to get the html in this journal to work
and EVEN then, I had to give up on things that worked before...
... I wonder WHY they don't work anymore huuuum???...
Rant about Eclipse down below.
But First, some positivity!!!*
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I'm sure a lot of people deal with this quarantine in different ways. Some are distraught by the situation, by not being able to go outside. Me, I'm putting this time-out-time to good use.To be fair, I very much needed a "break" from the chaos of normal daily life when I can barely afford so
Halloween Scavenger Hunt Feature - part 2
My Original Characters
Game Characters
Contests and Gifts Art
Swarovski Jewelry
Life and Art Status Update:
***Is it too late to make a goals for 2019 journal?***
So 2018 finished, seasonal holidays are over, people are out of money, so no more crazy rampage on sales like there is no tomorrow and the stressing late shifts until 10 pm are finally done for, PHEW!!! There is no "new year, new me" for retail workers, only "new year, old tired me"...
Anyways...
Looking back at the last year concerning my art, it was a year of experimenting. I didn't do as much art as I wanted (sometimes, I didn't even managed to complete a piece per month),
Halloween Scavenger Hunt Feature - part 1
My Original Characters
Game Characters
Contests and Gifts Art
Swarovski Jewelry
Life and Art Status Update:.
***dusts the webs out of this page***
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It's been quite a while since I have posted a updated journal here, even though I have been more active in this account in this past year. A few of things happened since the last journal.
I changed jobs, but still work in Fashion Retail. This new household allows me to make use of my university skills from Fashion Design and Interior Architecture in a way that it feels gratifying, even though it's not the same area. I've been learning about Tailoring and Visual Merchandising, and find both o
Welcome to the DA's (wh)ore
Dear DeviantArt
Thank you for the AMAZING changes you just did in the last 24h without ANY previous notice.
I will enjoy the rest of my 6 month premiumship and after that, it's over. I refuse to give in to this "core membership" bullshit. Granted I haven't been active for the past 5 months. Real life problems and all that. I have been trying to get back and yet, all around, already I had the feeling that the community seemed.... dead? No updates, no contests from the artists, a lot of those I've followed just disappeared or went to patreon. Now with this?
Double the cost of the membership? For the exact same features? Oh no wait, we got a
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I wonder if the cat knows it is the name of the most famous dog in the entire history of mankind.
Great name for a great cat. And a very beautiful owner.
Great name for a great cat. And a very beautiful owner.