I recently noticed that i'm approaching both 1000 deviations in my gallery, and 100,000 pageviews. This means two things. One is that i'm a terrifying spammer, and another is that you still love me and come to stare at what i spam. Thank you for that, and here's for 100,000 more.

In other news, i've recently discovered the best watercolor paper in the world. It is utterly perfect and has all the qualities i've been looking for - except one minor flaw. It is a Russian brand, and i haven't found it to be sold by any retailer that ships internationally.
So here's a crazy idea. If there's anyone here who likes me, my art, or both, and is from Russia - would you be willing to help me obtain the paper? I can pay back with Paypal, or paint you something large and nice.

Hoping to hear from you!

This journal was in a dire need of an update, so here I am. While i wasn't updating it, i managed to find a dumbass job, to quit a dumbass job, to experiment with various art mediums, and to have amusing encounters with internet trolls, art thieves, and sundry.
I finally started working with sculpey premo. It is perfect and i want to marry it. Which is reasonably odd, seeing as i'm against marriage, on the whole.
But i do love my boyfriend for giving me it. Nom nom nom sculpey nom.

I'm also updating my Etsy shop as we speak! I decided to sell most of the jewelry i have made. Also in store are fantastically pretty treasure boxes, and Harry Potteresque wands, for those of you who have received an owl when you were 11, or haven't but REALLY wanted to.



And new surprises await!

So how have you been?

I want to wish everyone who celebrates a happy Halloween, and express a hope that neither of you and your loved ones was hurt by the storm.
It's finally getting a bit colder here, which is nice. I'm working now on a freelance project in anatomical illustration. That's probably as close as i'm ever getting to medicine, thus shaming 3 generations of doctor ancestors
I'm watching [ok, mostly listening to] X Files while painting lately. I wasnt allowed to see it as a kid, so obviously it was always a goal to watch, someday. Oh Mulder, make me a secret case...




I was tagged by
Since i own one of her mindboggling bracelet, it hypnotizes me to answer the questions!


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

1) What meaning does your art have in your life?
It is something i enjoy making, an occupational therapy and a refuge from my many headmonsters.  I'm trying to create a better alternate reality to what is really going on around me.

2) What is your favorite medium and style of art and why?
My favorite medium to work with is watercolors. I wasted so many years on them i gotta be worth something. They're very nice for fantasy and various dream-art. However, i admire a lot the folks who work with acrylic and oils, since those work best with surrealism, which in my opinion is the king of all styles.

3) If for a day you had the power to change the world, what would you do?
I'd rid humans of their crippling need of religion and grant them the desire to think about their surroundings and deeds instead.

4) Live forever in a world without any other humans or live your normal, finite life in a world with humans, which one would you choose and why?
Humans, i suppose. They might be mostly dumb, but some are great, and what sort of mercenary artist would i make without an audience?

5) Do you think there is such a thing as bad art and good art and if it is, what does distinguish the one from the other?
I definitely think there is such a thing as good art and bad art. When we're learning, our art isn't very good usually. Also, in my personal opinion, most of the self-proclaimed modern art is a pile of shite, something went very wrong back in the end of 19th century. Chaps were probably overwhelmed by the invention of the camera which painted better  than them.
Oh. And...anime. Bad. Bad. Horrible. Crippling young minds.
Basically, what distinguishes good art from bad is the effort invested, and the honest attempt at technical prowess and original thought.


6) If you could keep any animal for a pet, what would it be?
As much as it sound cool to pick a tiger or a wolf, i think they arent made to be very good pets, and nothing, nothing in the world beats a huge furry dog. So my ideal pet is either a German or Belgian shepherd, St. Bernard, or Newfounland dog.

7) What truly terrifies you?
Math!...and...unemployment!
Ok, that was kidding. What truly terrifies me is the realization that if some things won't change radically and soon, the world will slide into a second round of the Dark Ages, of religious fanaticism, disease, lack of education. It's not politically correct, but who cares.  The idea that in the age of artificial hearts and Mars probes humans make their decision based on a bronze age shepherd's deliriums is terrifying.

8) What are three things you absolutely still want to do in your life (and haven't done yet)?
I'd love to live in Europe. Probably in the UK. Not sure how plausible that dream is. Glassworking is something i'd like to consider.

9) Desert island - only one book to take - you know the drill: what would it be?
My go-to answer [favorite book] is Bulgakov's The Master And Margarita, but since i can practically recite it, it would be counterproductive to take. In that case, Terry Pratchett's Nation. A good book for a deserted island

10) What is the most important characteristic you value in your friends and why?
How can i pick between kindness and a sharp mind?

Well, My turn to ask, i guess.
1)Name an artist that has influenced your work and whom you admire
2)If you had an opportunity to master a completely new genre of art, what would you pick?
3)What's your totem animal?
4)Are you happy with the education you've received so far?
5)What is your favorite candy/sweet/dessert?
6)From your burning house, what would you salvage if your family and pets are already safe?
7)Would you make a good ruler of the world?
8)Given a choice between butterfly wings and feathery wings, what would you take?
9)In which fantasy or sci fi world would you like to visit?
10)Who's scarier - Frankenstein's monster or Romney?

The tagged are:




On a somewhat personal note, your self-loathing is quite justified. While you have mastered the victim act, i've been observing it for too long to believe it. It's about time you ceased your little "guest appearances" for good. Go away and don't come back.




Commission info: [link]
Etsy: [link]
FB page: [link]

Yep i've got an Etsy shop now.
[link]
It's still not very large and i'm still learning how to use it. And i still prefer doing my business through DA, but i figured, why not.
So let me know if there's something you'd like me to add there. Though, it might get claimed pretty fast.

My facebook page is pretty alive these days too - [link]

Life's pretty relaxed now, i'm getting some sleep and making lots of jewelry.  And how are you?

So, due to people liking my horse drawing, i'm trying to convince DA to put it on a shirt. Help me convince and vote for it!


I started a large painting with oils. I dont know why i'm doing it to myself really.

Also, i'm opening an Etsy shop soon. If there's something particular of my stuff you're interested in, do let me know =]

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Commissions are open: [link]

Well, i seem to have passed my graduation project.  By a narrow margin enough, cause i dont have the cash for a theatrical presentation, and dont fit good designer girl hipster image, but hey, a degree is a degree, and i'm totally not whining about it!

And now for the happier stuff!
DA is holding a music-inspired tee shirt contest. And i'd be a very happy troll if you could vote for one or more of my entries - if you liked them, of course. It could be awesome if they'd be made wearable.
Look at the shirt and click 'I want it' on the right side of the image.


Also,  i'm now free and trying to get into making jewelry, so in case you missed those,

I really enjoy making them! And if you're looking for a special and cute gift, to yourself or someone else, i can help with that! I'm working on new designs now. So much fun XD.

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Commissions are still open [link]

The thing we've all been waiting for is finally here.
Diablo III!
Ok, that too, but i mean the name change.
Since everyone of note already wrote their pieces of mind about it, i'll just write my own doubts.  
Well, i love my username. I even wrote it with proper capitalization 'n shit. The problem is, that when choosing it about 10 years ago, i had no idea it will become an internet swearword. Maybe in another universe, internet dragons spam and bully, but here and now, my folklore being of choice turned into something bad.
And now i see many artists changing their usernames, correcting spelling, or switching to their real life names. Which might be less whimsical, but more businesslike.
And i don't know what to do.
Well, i know i shouldn't be playing Diablo now because i should be working on commissions and my book. Or they won't give me my degree. The bastards.
But about the username, i don't know.

Commissions are open: [link]

I have too many ideas, and too much slackaroo.
Yes, that's a legit word.
Also i have a fb page for my artz.
Not sure if it will be different from this one, but since when shameless self-promotion is a bad thing?
[link]
Also i want to make tiny clay dragons. It's someone's bad influence, i'm sure.
Anyone wanting to recommend me nice groups or contests is always welcome.
Cheers!

These days, i'm supposed to be hard at work on my final project. You know, the one that will grant me the dazzlingly useless title of Bachelor of design. But in practice, i paint random shit and do hell knows what.
Among which is writing DA journals, apparently.

Random news include my discovery of the wonderfully 8-bittish Homestuck soundtracks, and the hilarious Hyperbole and a half comic blog.
Random musings include the question if we're going to have the ridiculous street circus back in town for the summer, or people already learned that sitting in tents and protesting gives them a big fat nothing.
Random pet peeve - people who have in their username the words art, artist, or studio, while their art and design skills amount to those of a concussed toddler. Well, not really peeve, but it does crack me up.

Not so random person i'd like to show y'all, my talented and perfectionist friend, Licorice!





Now, your turn. Anything you want to talk about?

So my alleged semester is allegedly over, including it's alleged presentations and other vile crap. I have a bit less than a week till another one starts, hopefully the last one.
I'd like to get some art done now, but chances are i'll just potato my time away. Cause i'm lazy, tired, and dispirited.
But hey, they say optimism is good. So i'll try to do artstuffs anyway.
On that cheerful note, commissions are on again. Who wants something?

So here's my fashionably late 2012 journal!
The end of semester comes nigh, this means i sleep less and get high more. By high, i mean, not sleep. Ew, you thought i do drugs? I'm not stupid.
Oh wait...

Overall i think the final presentations will be awlright, though i still have no idea what shall i do for the final project in the summer. Nope, not asking for advice, so don't give any.
On the other hand, if someone is itching with advice, i'd be happy to be pointed towards nice, serious, large groups that in your opinion suit the stuff i do.

I still mostly draw retarded stuff, real painting is sneaked in rarely and  furtively.
But apparently i'm a good enough painter to have gotten my shit ripped off in the famous summer scam. If not for ~Genny-Raskin, i'd remain blissfully unaware. Also i'm a little curious if anyone would buy a 239$ print of my shit, as the fraud site was selling it.

I'm still up for commission, the detail of which you can see slightly lower.

Something else i'm not up for. Critique.
I'm still not sure wtf.
Of course, most people suck at what they do here. We all suck. But how can i know if people really want to be told why, in my very subjective opinion, they suck, and how i think it can be rectified. Views differ. For instance, i kill anatomy in almost anything i do, because i like it twisted and anorexic more often than not. I don't need to be told i kill it. And in the rare cases i don't intend to kill it, i know well enough where i fucked up, and well, i'm still learning, like everyone.
In short, the critique thing is murky and too subjective to do safely.

Also, i'm a little teapot.

Amazingly enough, there's autumn weather here. Usually that doesn't happen.
I had a pretty productive summer, and the most fun one in quite a few years. And soon it's back to the final year of the B.A. I'm going to turn into one of them emo kids who can talk of nothing but their exaggerated pain, betrayal, and despair, and cut themselves.
I'm so going to cut myself. And the table. And a lot of cardboard.
It's not really my fault i dont have a decent cutting surface, and the floor kills knives.
When you study print, you cut a lot of things.
And they better be straight.
So yes, it's going to be less art and more acerbic journals.

I had a pretty good time at the local fantasy&sci fi con. The sales went quite well, and met lots of interesting people of the sort i like. And the lesson learnt for next year - to discover how to make steampunk hats. That sells like a motherfucker.

If you feel i'm worth it, vote for me here [link]
This is an idea, not a requirement

I might get an Intuos 3 at some point soon. And then, the world is mine.

Comic festival's being quite fun so far, many lovely people came to visit, and some things even got sold, though not usually those i expected to
It's very hectic and makes me wish i had 2 heads and 3 arms and my towel nearby, and very cramped too, but i'm lucky to have an excellent table partner!



Also with the kind help of =Inku-inku, here's new commission info:

Payment
PayPal only. You must include the PayPal fee (in case you don't know how to calculate it, please refer to- [link]. Shipping information is mentioned in the bottom of the journal.

Commission types:

ACEO (2.5''x3.5'')- 10$ (20$ for double)
1 character only. Either portrait or full body. Can be monochrome or colored, more realistic or more abstract, horizontal or vertical If you want a specific style please specify it in your order. Double ACEO can include 2 characters.
(double)

Bookmark (~6x17cm)- 20$
Maximum of 2 characters. Ideal pose would be a torso portrait, but I can make exceptions.


No background A4 sized - 25$-35$  A5 sized - 20$-30$
A detailed work of your character on a blank background. Price depends on complexity of character design and pose.


Full background
A5 sized- 25$-30$


A4 sized- 45$-60$


Digital - A pencil/ink drawing digitally edited and textured - 20$
In that case, i will send a high-res file. A print can be arranged separately.


Price depends on complexity of character design, pose and amount of detail. For A5, a maximum of 2 characters. For A4, there is no character limit, however, I charge 5$ for every extra one.

Abstract work - A4 sized: 40$-50$

Shipping info
Shipping costs would be 3$ for small works (ACEOs and bookmarks) and 5$ for larger works (A5 and A4) worldwide. Shipping times vary for each country. I do my best to ensure painting don't fold, but can't take responsibility for lost mail.

The process of ordering
if you want to order a commission, send me a note, or an email - nightroll66@gmail.com. Once I have the commission information you provided, I'll send you my PayPal address. I'll start working on the sketch only when 50% or more of the payment is received. I'll then show you the uncolored sketch for your approval. I'll start painting only when the other 50% of the payment is received.
I retain the copyright to all the works including the commissioned ones. In the event you intend to use your commissioned work for any commercial purposes, please contact me for approval.

Also, there's this!
[link]

How are you, my little minions? I have my computer back for now, and working on a lot of stuff. Specifically on stuff to sell at the comics festival. If anyone's at the TA cinemateque on wed, thu, or sat evening, come by to say hi! And maybe buy something or another.
I sure seem to be spamming a lot recently. Do you prefer it, or wish i'd go back to once a month update?

I'd like to thank for the lovely chance i got. I'm up to my ears in stuff but still working on what you asked!
And here's some pretty things


One of my favorite artists and ppl here on DA has a birthday today! Give some love to !

I'm sick in many different ways of emo kids. The statement includes myself when i degrade to said behavior, of course. All those who enjoy wallowing in all things "dark, twisted, and painful" because it apparently gives them extra depth...oh god, you kill yourself once, but your bad photoshopping, blurred photography, crap poetry, and general overreacting to everything is so tedious, and happens way more than once. Plz to grow up? Life has enough horrible shit without you making it a hobby.

And on that note, here's some beautiful works of an insanely brave person who had to handle one of the scariest things life can dish out, and still has a lot to go through.

i seriously think you rock.

Oh look, 666 deviations! Evil evil gallery.

I really have to work on end of semester presentations, so naturally i thought i'd write something here. So here's random stuff off the top of my head.
How do you act when there's an artist whose style you enjoy a lot, but creates content offensive to your morality, opinions, ethnicity, gender, etc'?
And in an opposite case, how do you act when an artist is your friend, a person you like, even know in real life,  but does crap art, and doesn't seem like practice and advice can help it?
Also my subscription seems to be running out, so if anyone wants to give me one, i'll be pretty thankful and draw you something in the summer
Cheers!

I believe it's time for a journal that doesn't whine, but instead, features people. Cool people!

- Does wonderfully detailed art, i envy her patience, and got to admit her comments are awesome, there's one i keep especially to remind me not to give up


- Discovering her art was mindblowing, i wish her gallery would go on and on.


So, how y'all doin'?

Oof, i wanna paint.

Well, i seem to have spent half a year with the same journal up, and since i dont like seeing other people do it, thought i'd write a new one.
So apparently i finished a semester, and started another one. We have a course with one of Israel's leading typographers. He promises we're going to suffer. He also thinks we're going to enjoy it. My optimism is cautious at best.
I'm still at half an artblock and not capable to produce anything interesting, and that's likely to continue until further notice. However, i have megalomaniac plans to participate in a couple comic and fantasy cons later this year, so i fish around for ideas of stuff to make for selling. Screw inspiration, money is the best motivator.
Also i realized i have no interest replying to all the comments anymore, so i generally dont bother with single-words, poor spelling from english speakers, and general assholery. The latter will be addressed as i see fit, and i see fit to troll idiots.

This is a squid.


Now anyone who feels up to the task is welcome to entertain me.