So, got behind in a few things again, but staying afloat fairly well. Had to slow down on drawing because it started coming harder, but staying strong at least! Should have a few art updates soonish. The hardest has been catching up on old, promised arts, but I am getting there and HAVE gotten some drawn, which is sooooo friggin’ good!
The most important part, I think, is that I can say I actually drew something for myself! I haven’t done that in a very, very long time. It just feels wonderful! Even if it was nothing special. Even if it wasn’t a dear to my heart character. It just felt wonderful and free!
So, expect some finished stuffs soonish. Yoshi! Anyway, now on to a few links to some awesome stuff while I have the chance.
I came across this in passing and was just amazed by the beauty of the layouts presented in this article. I had been thinking lately of how “generic” most journals were becoming. Mine own being subjected to this fault as well. But I did want the freedom to change things up a bit, do something a little more than the norm. These collected journals are beautiful and stunning and simply inspirational! Magazine style FTW!
Also from NetTuts+, a wickedly awesome bit of coding that I’ve been waiting YEARS for! A way to make one element have multiple borders. No more needing to use background images for just a simple box section! I’m planning on using this for the comments section here, for starters. Since, apparently, I never coded it for the DiS v.15 layout. Um… oops?
When you come across something like this: MMA Fighter Rips Out His Trainer Partner’s Heart. Lol, heard about it on the radio this evening. Here’s another article on it @ daily mail. Beware, there’s a bit of gore involved in the news articles….
Also, still arting! Which is beyond good. Getting some older arts nearly finished to send out and show off. I’m feeling a bit more and more relieved every day. For the first time in nearly two years, I’m finally feeling a weight lifting from my shoulders!
And, on a lighter note, I’ll end with this beyond awesome vid!
So, something has happened that has never happened before! lol! My work got accepted at Epilogue! =promptly dies= I’ve been trying for, well, ever since I joined, but every work I submitted always got denied. I can’t blame them. I mean, they had their evident flaws… but at the time they were my best works. The piece I submitted two days ago is actually about 3-4 years old now, but still one, if not THE best of my traditional art pieces… and it got the green check of acceptance! For the first time ever, thar be art in my drawers! er… gallery! =spazzes=
In case you have missed the memo… I am arting again! =cheers and shouts with joy= To share just what I have been working on, here’s a few… just a taste! I plan on keeping this up…. I must! I can’t go back to long periods of nothing… never again! So, say hello to some avatar arts I’ve done for me and my family, and some WIPs done for my sis and an art trade with Elegant Feather Duster of Menewsha! wh00t!
Finished:
WIPs:
And… I have a few more WIPs that I haven’t even uploaded. It’s a miracle, really! =glows with delight=
And yeah, I know… all different sizes, lol! But hey, I just wanted to show it all off!
Just a little update, nothing much. Kids were home for over a week for Easter Break so we split time up a lot. Trying my best to force myself to draw again. I miss it. BAD. The stress I’ve been under for so long has taken a toll on my ability TO draw… but I believe I can get back on track. Trying hard.
For that matter, I went looking for a reference photo for a piece I was thinking of. I sketched it last night and it’ll be of my Gaia Avatar for her profile page, but the idea is good enough for an art piece, so that’s my initial goal. Then the profile page, lol! Looked through Marcus Ranum‘s stock account on DA today and found a few pictures that will be nice to use to help finagle the more difficult parts of my sketch. I adore his stock photos! Much love, MUCH love!
Anyway, just taking things slowly, eating as healthy as I can, exercising as much as I can, and taking one day at a time!
And, of course, I am SO far behind in my work! IF I can get my ability to draw properly back, I have a few requests I have every intention of finalizing. I’ve got a few drawings I did awhile back that are just sitting in my art folders waiting to be finished. And I want them finished!
So, folks, it has happened. Tas-Tas is back online! Been busy last two days doing ALL number of updates.
One important one was officially moving my journal from Blogger to WordPress. After much deliberation, the notice that Blogger was discontinuing its ftp service made the decision for me. It was quite a bit of a hassle getting it done. I looked all over for a good tutorial/service on blogger-to-wordpress conversions, but most only stipulated that the blogger account needed to be hosted on blogspot. In the end, I found this WONDERFUL tutorial, located here: http://www.labnol.org/internet/switch-from-blogger-to-wordpress/9707/ , that made me realize it’d just be simplest to convert my ftp and personally hosted blogger journal to blogspot, and then convert through WordPress. Painfully stupid, but seeing as how that service will be suspended, =shrugs= there’s no reason to fuss over a one time deal.
Anyway, after all is said and done, you are now looking at the fresh install of Dreaming in Shades, WordPress hosted! Lovely, isn’t it? O_o;;; I have to re-code my layout for WordPress, so it’ll be a few days before it’s back up. For now, I’m enjoying the free WP layouts, lol!
I’ve also been having TONS of fun messing with the plugins/widgets/whatnots. Setting it up for all sorts of time saving things for myself. Expect to see just a few test posts in the future, but I’ll try and make sure they’re content worthy. ^_~
I hope to be more active shortly, but only after I’ve gotten most everything updated, lol! Stay tuned, folks!
…I’ve been neglecting my journal for my livejournal… ^^;;; Anyway, a cause I’ma too lazy to copy and paste the post at livejournal, click on the link to see my newest arts! WAI! ^^
