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I am no artist...? (Beware of major rant here)Clearing up a few things:

No, my computer does not have the ideas for a picture! (Those grow inside my head... sometimes they are there all the sudden... sometimes it is a process...)

No, my computer does not morph characters all by itself. (I am so picky. I hate the standard base morphs and I spend hours on my characters faces and bodies.)

No, my computer does not create the skin textures of my characters all by itself. (It takes hours to create skin textures, some of them I even made from scratch, without merchant resources.)

No, my computer does not set up all the goddamn lights. (That is me... So many times I feel like a virtual photographer and I can actually spend hours on getting a scene lit.)

My computer knows nothing about composition. (I do however, because not only that I have learned it but I also simply FEEL it.)

My computer does not shader the surfaces. (That is me doing so. Because

The Nature of ArtAfter speaking with some friends and reading some of the responses to my journal of yesterday, I came to a bit of a realization, and would like to share.
Art, to me, is the end result of giving your soul a voice, a face, a story – a vehicle if you will – to go forward into the world. We, as artists, give birth to our creations not as a mechanical process of conveyor belts, cogs and circuit boards. It is, sometimes, a painful and organic process to give birth to the initial spark or impulse which originated in the depths of our soul. An artist does not create to simply create – it is our burden to find a means to convey the majesty of an idea that floats to the surface of our subconscious.
Having come to this realization, I find myself a bit more at ease with my work, and the prospect of how others may react to it. For, honestly, is it not the secret desire of every artist that their work inspire an emotional response in those who view, listen to or read it?

Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition~Torakhan has important information to all WtA fans:
"So, who else here is super-psyched about W20?
For those unaware, They* are making a 20th Anniversary Edition of Werewolf: the Apocalypse, much like they did for Vampire: the Masquerade.
A "Prestige" Edition of the book will be produced through a KickStarter drive SOON (leatherette-cover, special embossment, and that sort of stuff)...
After that, the PDF and Print-on-Demand versions will be available through DriveThruRPG at http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/
W20 attempts to take the best of the "essence" of Werewolf, strips it down to most of its mechanics that were scattered throughout many books and editions and tries to bring it into one massive (430+ pages) book that has most of the Revised metaplot stripped out and sort of sets the clock back to 2nd Edition, but updates the mechanics and setting to "today" and updates some of the mechanics as well.
More information, and some of the W20 artwork can be seen in this Gen Con W20 Pan

Poser/DAZ Site reviewsO hai, guize! /lolcat impression
I was asked by ~DaermonNashezbaernon a few questions about Poser/DAZ and the like, so I'll try to answer them here. If any of you has any questions, I'd love to try to answer those too!
Question:
'DO You HAVE to purchase skin, heads, hair styles, (I think they are called "morphs") in order to come up with a cool model of a person (Male or Female), or is there a way to use the software(s) to completely make a model like this from scratch, including how their hair is, and the way their face is shaped, and body shaped, etc...?'
Answer:
Not necessarily, though I would highly recommend it if you want realistic/semi-realistic results. While you could technically model/sculpt it all yourself, that would be a total crapload of work and highly expensive, especially since the best tool for high quality modeling (Maya) starts at around four thousand dollars. However, if you're a student (like me!

) you can get Maya for free for three years per license

Commission experiences.Talking of my own personal experiences which maybe could help others with their orders/business.
In first line I am saying that I am not professional in this, so don't take my words now like 100% goods. I am talking about my own experiences of bad artists and bad clients both.

Artists.

There are many strange or suspicious clients out there who would do many things to win free art, sketch from artists without paying them.
The best way to put yourself on the safe side if you handle the new clients with a certain amount of distance. Not trust in any client 100% even if they are very sweet and kind or even maybe they show signs that they never worked with artist before, so a bit shy or uncertain.
As an artist be professional; always kind with your clients and patient with them and don't make troubles if your client wish changes in your concepts. It is their work they paying for and the clients' wish what must lead your hand. Make sure that you state with your

Another Fast contest 8DThis time it is totally up to you which character of mine you draw!
To see the folder with them all click http://griffsnuff.deviantart.com/gallery/24055808
All the characters are sorted in folders.
Rules
- Draw only one of my character per entry
- you can enter as many times as you want
- Draw them being outside in a Fall/Autumn enviroment
- Needs to have colors
What would they look like, what would they wear or how would they act during fall? 8D this is all up to you! If you want to design them a fall version you can, if you want to give them acessories like scarfs and so you can aswell! maybe some get uber fluffy, or some have gone to sleep during winter. You decide!
Draw my characters the way you want to, I love it when people draw my characters in their own style!
Prizes
1st 1000

2nd 500

3rd 250

4th100

Judging
I will be judging on how well the character fit into its env

A movie about a henThat's right, a chicken.  But this isn't Chicken Run, that movie didn't make me cry.
This movie did.  Yes, it does have some 'bishie' ducks in it, but the story is very emotional and the ending killed me.  I had a headache after that so bad it lasted all night.
I died, I tried explaining it to my mom and I had to stop.  I love movies like this, not many are very touching to me but this...this chewed right into my feeling box.   ;__;
Lion King x10 for me.  I have chickens myself so this movie hits home.   Animation is fluid and easy on the eyes.  Definitely give it a watch if you're into seeing something a little different!
update on art: I have a few rough drafts sketched up for commissions and may do a livestream session this weekend!  If everyone's out of the house I may have the mic on.

About the Username Change and the Imeji CheinjiI never believed that name change would exist due to many valid reasons, but yet, they made it. Honestly, I've been wanting to change my name since long time. I'm in no ties or any desire with "Pearl" in any way which I named it when I was quite young. Also that name makes me sick sometimes- so a new name change is going to be a great, refreshing start.
So, yes I do plan to change name yet my icon will remain not changed to keep people to recognize me. And here I want to write a journal about being really careful, be smart and think twice if we decide to change name: to not cause that kind of trend where "Oh I got bored with that name, lemme change onto another" and making a'la Japan's trend of changes known as imeji cheinji.
Firstly, try to imagine, if there is artist (or active watcher, popular artist, active friend or even troller which you dislike etc.) which you admire is known under Crystallox2* (and you probably will notice how many people also call that person as "Crys"

Penis(EDIT: Thank you so much for all this wonderful feedback and support! It proves me that I have the best watchers one can have.

Also - check out this journal every now and then since more pictures of this kind are being created at the moment and I am gonna feature them all within this entry.)
You know what makes me sick and tired?
Double standards.
Why is it ok to depict nude women, sometimes quite blatantly (those make it on the front page…), but if you show MALE nudity… some people get their panties in a twist.
I get a lot of positive feedback, don't get me wrong. My watchers are cool and overall very nice and they watch me for a reason... I mean, look at my gallery... men, men and even more men, dressed and (half) naked men.
BUT then there is those people that have never even talked to me before... they send me notes, try to tell me how to do MY art, telling me I create porn and that naked men are ugly... I instantly delete shit like that, otherwise I would have a f

Avatar Contest! and Countdown to the ICDC!!!And the winner is...
~Moonsetta! With our new tagline "S.O.S. Save Our Spots!"
She will receive 50

Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone who suggested taglines! But the fun doesn't end here. Now we are having...
An Avatar Contest!!!
Design a new avatar for #Save-The-Cheetah! The winner will receive 150

! Once again, the primary guideline to remember is that we are about saving cheetahs and we want to respect and honor them in how we represent them to others. And of course, you must adhere to all group rules. The avatar must have the group name. The avatar you create should be eye-catching. Animation is not required, but it might be more eye-catching than a still avatar. The criteria your entry will be judged on are: 1) does it follow the rules? 2) does it have the group name? 3) does it instantly inform the view

Amazing Art Advice PodcastI just recently discovered this website called "Paper Wings". http://www.paperwingspodcast.com/
I would pretty much recommend the podcasts to everyone that wants to make it far as an artist to check it out. If you need one great to start out with, I totally recommend this one

Ten Steps to a Winning Portfolio at Paper Wings
The two people who run the podcast... well, one of them works as a character designer for Disney, and another one runs an amazing successful webcomic. The tips and advice they gave are absolutely AMAZING. Working at Marvel, I can tell you that I've heard all their advices spoken over and over and over in the industry.
annnd on another note, yay! Convergence got into Featured status on Manga Magazine

ERA

Phantom Chasers Crossover Contest(NEW DEADLINE) DEADLINE EXTENDED AGAIN
THE CONTEST WILL NOW END Febuary 24th 2013!

Theme:
Draw/Write a Phantom Chasers Crossover with any story/fandom
The basic task is to draw any type of scene with one or more of my original PC characters with one or more characters of your choice!
They can be doing anything; fighting, walking, hanging out, it's up to you!
Rules~

Must contain at least two characters, one of mine and one of your choice~(the more the better

)

Any media is allowed, comics, stories, traditional, digital- whatever! ((except cosplay/ photography, I think that's be kinda difficult

But hey, if you are a cosplayer it'd be awesome to see an entry of that type! so go for it

))

Contest: Halloween Scene! ONE DAY LEFT!October has arrived, and so has our first contest! Ready to win some awesome stuff? Good.
Updates: Only one day left to get your art in! The contest will officially close at 5pm EST Oct. 31st. The winner will be announced by approximately 10pm EST Oct. 31st.
The Conditions:
You must be a member of this group.
You must have at least one star. (Don't have one? Click here: http://fav.me/d5cd7rb)
Your entry must have at least one OC or OFC that belongs to you.
Your entry may be submitted to other contests as well.
The Entry: "Halloween Scene!"
For the contest, you will be creating a work of art that has one or more of your original characters in Halloween type setting.
Yes, this means backgrounds! The purpose of this challenge is to test your skills in a fun way. Every Halloween contest out there seems to be a "dress up" contest, so lets do something a bit different! You can draw your characters trick-or-treating, at a Halloween Party, in a grav

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Texture Feature :D

by *Tatchit, Aug 19, 2012, 7:54:56 AM
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I love textures and collect them for personal use and commercial use if it is permitted. Here are just a few texture artists I highly recommend:

(unrestricted stock!)

(unrestricted stock! You can also buy sets of textures for a very fair price.)

If you are a stock account for textures, you may comment here and link a few examples for people to see. If there are rules such as 'cannot be used outside DA for any reason' please don't comment. I like to use textures outside DA (I'm on several websites.) No offense to anyone who does have this rule, but I prefer to be able to use textures anywhere (Even if the instance has to be noted to the stock creator-say, used a texture on a website background or banner.)

I also have a few textures I have created myself! They've been sitting in my texture folder for a while now, I may edit to fancy them up a bit. They will be free to use, no credit needed-commercial work is permitted. (: I'll upload them in the upcoming weeks when I have time to put them together nicely.

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~ETHABALT Sep 1, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

why i cant comment in your dA page, because i put something and disappear the comments?

~RocWulf Aug 21, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

NNNG OMG THANK YOU! I can't tell you how many times I wished I had a certain texture and how awesome I thought it would look in the background of an image but lo and behold, I had to do it by hand... and it looked crappy. ._. I'll probably make some into a brush or something. Again, THANK YOU!

~TerhuneLass Aug 20, 2012

THAANK YOUUU. These are amazing. And I'd love to see textures that you've created, too. I like to use them over most all of my art pieces - because I'm an old fashioned early 1900's junkie. Yep.
These are so awesome.