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I've given my points on how I view my art couple times on DA, and I thought listening to what other people had to say on that would be interesting.
Please take a moment to answer these questions! Much appreciation to you all!!!

1.) What do you like about my art? What, specifically, do you think are my strengths/what drew you to +watch me?

2.) If you had to pick only one thing, what do you think I do best, artwise?

3.) If you had to pick only one thing [or 20?], what do you think I could do better, artwise?

4.) What does a picture need in order for you to comment on it or favourite it?

5.) Why did you join DeviantART?

6.) How old are you?



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* Comments are to be more than a sentence long, and fully explain the strong points and could-be-improved points on the certain piece of work.

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[WELCOME BACK, ME]
I am finally showing up on DA, or anywhere actually online. My life has been... chaotic in a way and very VERY boring on another hand, depending on the person. I had to go to the emergency hospital because of my migraine and an ear infection. I had to suffer blinding migraines on and off for half a month, and as soon as it got somewhat better, I went to Ohio for Ohayocon for 4 days, road trip driven by me both ways, more than 4 hours per drive. Then I got sick during the trip, had a fever on the way back and as soon as I got home I got a 104 F fever for a week. GREAT I got to sleep even MOAR!!! Then school started. That WOLD have been better if it just started. My financial aid didn't go through at ALL so I didn't get to be in school for week and a half/two weeks. Ain't that sweet? Now I'm finally FINALLY settling down and egtting ready to do some hard core work. I mean art.

[PORTAL WTF]
Well no matter what happens in life, I've been always played at least an hour of some video/computer game in my life since I held that big bulky gameboy (red) except for extreme situations (like having a migraine or some huge deadline is near, NOT HAVING ELECTRICITY etc.) and I FU--ING LOVE PORTAL!!!! I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS GAME I CAN'T EXPLAIN IN MAXIMUM CHARACTERS FOR JOURNAL TO DESCRIBE HOW AWESOME PORTAL IS. As you can see with the new journal design for 2008. I'll be updating the ID pretty soon. PORTAL RELATED I has become a portal fan girl.

Talking about games, I need a better computer so I can play bio shock. I have all the specs to play it even with my laptop; Salvatore, is bought two years ago, except for the video card that is kind of out of date. Still better than some of the standards out there and it reminds me how kick ass Salvatore is. I adore you my lappy <3

[WHERE IS MY REPLIES?]
Those who have been sending me comments, notes, and e-mails, and you haven't heard from me, well the above reason was blocking my way. Don't worry, I've made time to truly dedicate my self online so you will all be hearing from see soon. I was surprised how much messages, +favs & +watches I had! I appreciate them and thank you each and every one of you to none-other. TTYL!!!!!!!

Meaning all of you who are requesting to be in the circle of improving artists, challenging me in the 100 challenge, your names will be showing up on the list soon AND getting some critiques soon. My vikedin (or whatever that's spelled) is helping me numb my nerves so until that runs out I should be ok.

[100 ART CHALLENGE UPDATE]
I have re-started mine since I only had 2 out of the 100 done, and it has been forever since I started it so I'm re-starting it. Anyone wants to join me?

[GALLERY CLEAN UP]
Oh and another note, as most of you have noticed I cleared out my gallery a bit back since, well, they were old or they didn't belong here anymore so it's gone now. When my site is finally getting constructed again, I will definately put all of them up again so please enjoy it there. Thank u!!



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* Those that seek REAL critiques, note me or comment on this journal and I will include you in a list. A list of deviants who I will promise to try and critique their works as much as my art knowledge is able to, in return, I request being critiqued by them as seriously as I will to them.

* Comments are to be more than a sentence long, and fully explain the strong points and could-be-improved points on the certain piece of work.

* NO FLAMMING! We should only "suggest" things to the artists. Accept and appreciate that we all have different thoughts and feelings.

* Have fun, and hope we help each other to become better artists!!!

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2008 BIRTHDAY REQUESTS COMPLETE LIST
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(I'm doing this challenge thing w/ 100% Original characterz!)
100 CHALENGE from:

the point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist. After 100 pics who wouldn’t be better. Please forgive me if this in any way excludes you from taking the challenge.

The rules

1.) Make 100 pics each pic having a theme listed below. Each pic should have ONE and only ONE theme to it, for it to count.

2.) No time limit so have fun

3.) The main picture should be drawn but not limited to. for all fair purposes, people are allowed to use their paint programs and photo shop to create the pic.

3a.) pics should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the Da etiquette policy. Your pics can be anything from sketches and doodles to great master pieces. Just have fun with it.

4.) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that......
A.)You are in the challenge
B.)What you have completed

5.) make sure to update this list and check off what is done and make a link to the pic

6.) In the comments for your art work note if it is part of the list and what ONE theme it is.

Now the good part. CHALLANGE YOUR FREINDS. PM ME IF YOU WISH TO CHALLANGE ME.

THE LIST............................
1. Introduction sketch
2. Love sketch
3. Light thumbnail
4. Dark thumbnail
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away rough draft
7. Heaven
8. Innocence rough draftl
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again rough draft
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile thumbnail
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood thumbnail
18. Rainbow
19. Gray rough draft
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat thumbnail
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking thumbnail
26. Tears thumbnail
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain rough draft
31. Flowers rough draft
32. Night thumbnail
33. Expectations
34. Stars thumbnail
35. Hold My Hand rough draft
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes thumbnail
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork thumbnail
42. Standing Still rough draft
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family thumbnail
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes thumbnail
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody thumbnail
68. Hero thumbnail
69. Annoyance
70. 67% rough draft
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed thumbnail
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink thumbnail
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me? rough draft
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning thumbnail
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement rough draft
96. In the Storm thumbnail
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

Those who are with the challenge with me:

[OFFICIAL ART AND DESIGN BUSINESS]
Yes, on October 24th 2007 (Happy Bday !!) My studio company has been registered and have a commercial account now! Holy crap it's just amusingly nifty!! Now I need to visit the stupid City Hall of the city I live in and see if licensing is available since they don't have the simple paperwork (I filled out ONE sheet) to register my name, and if they tell me to go to downtown Detroit again I'm going to blow up that front door that traps all people in. Then, I guess I need to research about taxes. *sigh* I dunno who to ask even so it's going to be completely new. If anyone has a good idea I would appreciate any help

So, I will be opening up new and improved official site of BlackStarr513, re-designing stuffs like this journal and id, and taking more commissions. I'll be updating you guys with stuffs later on but YAY!! Oh I'm so excited! Yes this is one of the reasons why I was being so busy. Talking about Deviant Art journals, can anyone help me with the CSS codes for DA? Is there a tutorial out there online or something?

[PHP/BB/CGI URGENT HELP]
So, since I'm all PROFESSIONAL now, I seriously need to learn how to do PHP coding for my site so I can upload things a LOT easier on my site. There's this option called hire somebody to code it for me but I want to be a designer that knows how to do anything. So of course I'll be stubborn and say dude, I'm coding it by my self. That's why I need to learn how to code CGI/PEARL too. Those things I can't learn from my school. NO I need to go to a programming school to DO THAT! It's a freakin' web site program they should so teach at IADT.

Also I really need to start up my new forum for my site, since that would be one of my main communications in between people other than here. SO, I need/want to design a forum. What's the difference with PHPBB and VBulletin, I mean which one's better than the other? Also is there any good tutorial for any of these coding gibberish? GAH I NEED MORE TIME TO LEARN ALL THESE! I HATE YOU SCHOOL I HATE YOU!!!Also I'm thinking about putting my own Oekaki BBS on my site but I dunno where I could find one... SOMEONE HELP MEEEEEE

[YOUMACON UPDATE]
YOUMACON OFFICIAL SITE
It's in Troy, Michigan. Hope people can make it!!
I have couple small matted prints printed out and matted, small prints printed, medium prints printed, and the first two designs are supposed to be shipped and received on November 1st. I dunno about the 3rd design yet since I'm still working on it and has to be turned in to the press today. Hope I can get it by the 2nd so I can still sell them on the 3rd and 4th. I'm not going to sell out much variety of stuff since this is my first con and financial issues and what not so hopefully I can sell enough prints so I can have more goodies on Ohayocon. I'll be updating a full detailed report on my LiveJournal.

After this con, these are my con schedules for next year:
Ohayocon
Anime North
Anime Centeral

If there's more cons near Michigan, please inform me and I'll see if I can make it 5 to 6 hr drive from Detroit MI would probably be the max distance though...

aaaaanywayz until I'm back from the con I don't think I can do much of anything because of busyness so I shall see you all after this!!

[REBORN EPISODE 54 - 55]
OMG. You don't know how much I'm in love with this show.
WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS!!!!!

Seriously I did NOT know Hibari would be THAT powerful. I mean I knew he kicked major ass but WOW. Then Tsuna, kicks even MORE ass with his new skills. I seriously fell in love with that guy. This story emphasizes Tsuna's progress and how he gets mentally and psychically stronger and just makes me want to hug him. But I so did NOT see the whole issue with the Vongola 9th coming at ALL. But in 55, I love how Tsuna is so much cooler than he used to, and yea Kyoko! Blush as hell!! You'd better!! Now fall for him 'cause he so deserves you and you guys so should go out. I love Haru like none-other, but TsunaxKyoko is just too cute. Damn so glad there might be some progress in between those two. Anywayz, Reborn, when you said "I'm already pissed off!!" man people should fear him! FEAR HIM!! God he pwns. And I think everyone thinks so, but man Zanzas should die. How can that beast born from a man like the 9th? SERIOUSLY. Well I'm sure he has his reasons 'cause I still don't dislike any of the characters in Reborn. Well, except for the kendo club president in episode 1, and the guy who was faking as the 9th at the Vongola palace...


(I'm doing this challenge thing w/ 100% Original characterz!)
100 CHALENGE from:

the point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist. After 100 pics who wouldn’t be better. Please forgive me if this in any way excludes you from taking the challenge.

The rules

1.) Make 100 pics each pic having a theme listed below. Each pic should have ONE and only ONE theme to it, for it to count.

2.) No time limit so have fun

3.) The main picture should be drawn but not limited to. for all fair purposes, people are allowed to use their paint programs and photo shop to create the pic.

3a.) pics should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the Da etiquette policy. Your pics can be anything from sketches and doodles to great master pieces. Just have fun with it.

4.) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that......
A.)You are in the challenge
B.)What you have completed

5.) make sure to update this list and check off what is done and make a link to the pic

6.) In the comments for your art work note if it is part of the list and what ONE theme it is.

Now the good part. CHALLANGE YOUR FREINDS. PM ME IF YOU WISH TO CHALLANGE ME.

THE LIST............................
1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light coloring
4. Dark coloring
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away rough draft
7. Heaven
8. Innocence rough draftl
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again rough draft
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile thumbnail
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood thumbnail
18. Rainbow
19. Gray rough draft
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat thumbnail
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking thumbnail
26. Tears thumbnail
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain rough draft
31. Flowers rough draft
32. Night thumbnail
33. Expectations
34. Stars thumbnail
35. Hold My Hand rough draft
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes thumbnail
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork thumbnail
42. Standing Still rough draft
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family thumbnail
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes thumbnail
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody thumbnail
68. Hero thumbnail
69. Annoyance
70. 67% rough draft
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed thumbnail
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink thumbnail
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me? rough draft
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning thumbnail
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement rough draft
96. In the Storm thumbnail
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

Those who are with the challenge with me:



+ Xenon44 (main Site) +
+ LiveJournal +
+ Store +


[Circle of Improving Artists]

PLEASE SEND ME A NOTE OR COMMENT ME TO JOIN THE LIST!

* Those that seek REAL critiques, note me or comment on this journal and I will include you in a list. A list of deviants who I will promise to try and critique their works as much as my art knowledge is able to, in return, I request being critiqued by them as seriously as I will to them.

* Comments are to be more than a sentence long, and fully explain the strong points and could-be-improved points on the certain piece of work.

* NO FLAMMING! We should only "suggest" things to the artists. Accept and appreciate that we all have different thoughts and feelings.

* Have fun, and hope we help each other to become better artists!!!

THE LIST OF ARTISTS:


*Copy and paste this section if you like and post it on your jornal to encourage more people to comfortably critique each other!!*

[Proud Member Of]


2008 BIRTHDAY REQUESTS COMPLETE LIST
FEATURED ARTISTS

[BEFORE ANYTHING, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?]
Thank you self, for asking; I'm doing rather fine. Migraine is now down to a headache and I am somewhat functional except for not being able to stare at the computer screen too long (I'm typing this while looking down on my key board) and unable to stand florescent or white lights too long (which I prefer to draw under for details) so yea, hope I get fully recovered tomorrow during school.

[UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRUTH]
Main topic, since my brain is working better now but needing to chill my skull out, it'll be bored out of my skull because of it. Meaning I'm spending time thinking too much. Well I've been browsing through my reference images on my pc just staring at the wonderful astonishing quality artworks thinking they're so much better than mine... I mean, color, design, everything is so... BETTER you know? They're the ones able to do everything I could possibly wish for. So I finished skimming through all of them quickly, and to learn what I'm missing comparing to all the eye burning greatness of the art masters, then I looked back at them, and mine, then the pros, and then mine... and I realized something.

[EUREKA!]
WTF I dunno how I've been missing this point all along, but my art style, has some resemblance to others, but god damn it's fucking UNIQUE!! Like mine looks not-so-well because my art is not so not standard GOOD. I dunno how to describe it. There's PLENTY of things I could improve on, but because my art doesn't fit into any category it's good. Like mine's not that gory, or designy, yet not cute or elegant or creepy. It's not epic yet it's not plain. WTF it shouldn't be good. Like Mine art isn't standardly not good, thus it's good.

[ONE THING TO SAY: WTF]
I'm sure some of you are just staring at me blankly and saying
"...due you're just making excuses that seems like you're not as bad when you can't draw."
"You're just jealous bitch."
true, I just wanted a spoonful of nice words for my self esteem. Maybe. But like I said earlier, I know I have PLENTY to improve. But think about it. My work stands out THIS much compared to others, if I do manage to get my skill points higher, damn I could have potential! I'm not saying the other artists are bad. I truly believe every and each one of you have their own style no one can imitate, but don't you agree there's the same shit ALL over the net? Including all those people with realistic shading and lightning that can draw like renaissance artists to minimalists and abstract artists. You know they're good. Why are they good? Have any one gave thought into that? They used the colors well? Anatomy is perfectly realistic? Why?

[WE ARE IN STRUGGLE]
That's my conclusion. We are all in a HUGE struggle. Every one of you in deviant art, in other art communities, and everyone that lives on this earth this moment and have some creativity in their brains. In history, everything and anything is already been created. Those who disagree with me we shall talk online with AIM or MSN sometime because I have GOOD back-up logic for it. You ask "well what about (insert ANYTHING here)? That's pretty original!"

Let's say, something really popular now-a-days...

NARUTO. Ok, ninjas. How many friggin stories out there with ninjas involved? A LOT. Included ninja school. Ohhh the main character is cursed. How many times do you see THAT? Oh and a bad guy organization that's after the main character. W0000000000000w.

BLEACH. Samurai looking characters fighting with katanas. Oh and it's magical too. It's not magic? Well define reiatu. It's soul energy putting it simple, oh you need energy called mana to cast spells, same thing with different names.

KINGDOM HEARTS. Do I even have to explain this one? There are lots and LOTS of side stories yes, but it boils down to lots of familiar faces from multiple stories combined to one, with an evil organization using powers, and you fight them using greater power, suffering through human drama and reach it's superior goal.

They're all made from bits of pieces of familiar things. But what makes them so original? Characters, and not the main story plot but the twists. The character interaction. The bits of the artists, the artists' life and soul in the works. THAT'S what makes them unique. The first person who created a story with ninja schools got it off of history, including samurais, the whole ghost things been lingering on our minds since human race started worshiping ANYTHING.

My point is everything and anything has a base.

[MY POINT IS?]
My point boils down to this; Since we have so many bases we can work off artists in this generation needs to squeeze out creativity as hell to be anywhere near original. I think I'm trying to get to that point point thus its progressing. Thus isn't not categorized thus its good? I know what it means in my head, my headache is coming back so owwwwwww

TO BE CONTINUED?


(I'm doing this challenge thing w/ 100% Original characterz!)
100 CHALENGE from:

the point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist. After 100 pics who wouldn’t be better. Please forgive me if this in any way excludes you from taking the challenge.

The rules

1.) Make 100 pics each pic having a theme listed below. Each pic should have ONE and only ONE theme to it, for it to count.

2.) No time limit so have fun

3.) The main picture should be drawn but not limited to. for all fair purposes, people are allowed to use their paint programs and photo shop to create the pic.

3a.) pics should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the Da etiquette policy. Your pics can be anything from sketches and doodles to great master pieces. Just have fun with it.

4.) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that......
A.)You are in the challenge
B.)What you have completed

5.) make sure to update this list and check off what is done and make a link to the pic

6.) In the comments for your art work note if it is part of the list and what ONE theme it is.

Now the good part. CHALLANGE YOUR FREINDS. PM ME IF YOU WISH TO CHALLANGE ME.

THE LIST............................
1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light coloring
4. Dark coloring
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away rough draft
7. Heaven
8. Innocence rough draftl
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again rough draft
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile thumbnail
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood thumbnail
18. Rainbow
19. Gray rough draft
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat thumbnail
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking thumbnail
26. Tears thumbnail
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain rough draft
31. Flowers rough draft
32. Night thumbnail
33. Expectations
34. Stars thumbnail
35. Hold My Hand rough draft
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes thumbnail
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork thumbnail
42. Standing Still rough draft
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family thumbnail
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes thumbnail
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody thumbnail
68. Hero thumbnail
69. Annoyance
70. 67% rough draft
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed thumbnail
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink thumbnail
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me? rough draft
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning thumbnail
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement rough draft
96. In the Storm thumbnail
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

Those who are with the challenge with me:



+ Xenon44 (main Site) +
+ LiveJournal +
+ Store +


[Circle of Improving Artists]

PLEASE SEND ME A NOTE OR COMMENT ME TO JOIN THE LIST!

* Those that seek REAL critiques, note me or comment on this journal and I will include you in a list. A list of deviants who I will promise to try and critique their works as much as my art knowledge is able to, in return, I request being critiqued by them as seriously as I will to them.

* Comments are to be more than a sentence long, and fully explain the strong points and could-be-improved points on the certain piece of work.

* NO FLAMMING! We should only "suggest" things to the artists. Accept and appreciate that we all have different thoughts and feelings.

* Have fun, and hope we help each other to become better artists!!!

THE LIST OF ARTISTS:


*Copy and paste this section if you like and post it on your jornal to encourage more people to comfortably critique each other!!*

[Proud Member Of]


2008 BIRTHDAY REQUESTS COMPLETE LIST
FEATURED ARTISTS