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Carigwen

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In fact, I've been drawing a lot. I don't really have a choice, being in the fashion illustration department at FIT. They have you drawing figures so much, you wanna kick yourself hard if you eff up you anatomy. Which I have been a lot lately. >.>

Most of it is because I've either been busy with school work or not able to access a scanner. Trust me, I have a lot of drawings I wanna put up on my dA account, but I would still mostly just be filling up my scrapbook, which people tend to not look at.

Anyhow, most of my latests pieces can be seen here: community.livejournal.com/d2th…

I need to pick up my watercolor portfolio so I can scan them properly. Then you'll see a pretty big image dump from me on here.
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Just me reporting back in. I'm in FIT now. Yup yup. Single, sexy (at least in my head), horrifically over aged for a freshman (yay for 40 odd major credits NOT transferring over) and having a horrendous allergic reaction to city air. At least I have access to a scanner now, so I can get proper copies of my work up. Well, if they're small enough/on a medium that will scan.

Regardless of this, I still posted a few drawings that I took pictures of on my camera. I'll replace the non-scraps with scans when I can haul my lazy ass across the street and into the computer lab.

New Projects: Because of how ridiculously big a project the Marchen Intrigues (yes, this is what I finally settled on for a title) is, I'm putting that mostly on hold (still writing, but mostly notes on how to progress the story and not full segments).

I do have a different trilogy in mind now (definitely only a trilogy, and of relatively short novels from where I can see now) about reincarnations and avatars of Greek Gods. I already adore my characters in that. I don't think I'm heavily illustrating, too, which, while making it less interesting from the perspective that I'm an illustrator first, means that it should actually get done faster. Lauren (Centaura-Eblan) already enjoys the ridiculous relations chart of major characters. I'll put it up some time.

I'm also planning to do an illustration project this year of a lolita inspired version of Eros and Psyche, since I've been on such a big kick for that story lately. It'll be interesting to draw Aphrodite in "modest" frills. Not sure how I'm going about that just yet.
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WAAAAHHHHOOOO!

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So, as you may have noticed, I'm finally getting a whole bunch of my portfolio pieces up on here. I'm aiming to get some more of my lolita designs up, too, but I need working-scanner-access at the moment. I got my Wacom out again, too, since the touch screen on this laptop pretty much sucks, and I occasionally do stuff on the older tablet PC, so I'll be trying to get more recent stuff up too.

For now you'll have to settle for my portfolio stuff, though. That shouldn't be an issue though, because as critical as I am of my own work, they're pretty rockin' pieces. At least, FIT thought so.

They accepted me in , by the way.


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Wait for it.



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*yell of glee to rival Narutard fangirls squealing over NaruXSasu*



Yeah, I feel good.
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I've been entirely too absent from dA. I logged on for the first time in over a month and I have 33 deviant watches to check. Well, now I'm down to 19, but still...

I've been mostly busy in a constant cycle of school/not going to class but hiding this fact from the folks, work and running club with snippets of Myspace, booze and passing out in between. The good news is that in this time, I've gotten my laptop with the touchscreen feature and a new combo printer, so I can get more work done and posted. The tablet on this thing is kinda crap, though. I'm going to get Illustrator, though, and probably use this thing for that, once I get the hang of it.

I've been doodling a lot at work, so I'll be trying to get that up soon as scrap in the meantime. Lot's of the Hiding Woods (formerly Folklorique) and lolita stuff. Oh, and I'm currently addicted to Pinky:St, so I'll probably do a whole lot of stuff with them.
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God, I love O'Reiley's. It is our bar. I can't sleep too well due to full of Miller Light and burger. It maketh me happy.

The 21st needs to get here sooner. I needs my new lappy. HP also needs to realize that it's really silly to sell a convertable notebook where you have to actually order the touchscreen hardware (you know, the tablet that it's supposed to convert into) as an "extra feature" for an extended price. It's a great computer, but their business about things baffles and tires me out.

I think I need to back track a bit. The new computer business has worn me out. Everything started off smoothly. The order went in, we got the software in two days after the order and were expecting the computer itself in 1.5-2 weeks. Then, 1.5 weeks later, my mom's tracking e-mail says that FedEx already sent it...to the wrong house. Three days after finding out, we get the computer back and in one, undisturbed piece, only to find that I lacked a stylus. I called HP about this, and they told me that the stylus is only sent when you request the touchscreen feature. I ask, "What do you mean, request the touchscreen feature? It's a convertible tablet PC." "Oh, well I take it you assumed that when you ordered your notebook that it would come with the touch screen." "...Sorry, it wasn't clear that I was ordering a notebook with a semi-useless swivel screen and not tablet feature." So we had to send it back and they're in the process of making me a new computer. I expect it hear around the 21st.

I'm brainstorming again on Folklorique, which I think I'm going to change to being called Woods of Exile, or something like that. I'm blending Elizetta with Cinderella, Tattercoats and Cap-o-rushes, so that all three princesses are hiding/in exile, hence the name. I hate to admit it, but my borrowing of Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers from 4M and hours spent at the kiosk have got my wheels turning in that direction again, much to my glee. For the first time, I drew all four princesses (Blanca/Snow White, Rosemunda/Rose Red, Aurora and Elizetta) side by side while working. and I started brainstorming more on their love interests. I want to incorporate the bear prince from Snow White and Rose Red, but I also want for there to be the seven dwarves. I still haven't figured out how Queen Phoebe to "kill" Blanca, since I want to make the three classic life attempts all failures (for those who don't remember the non-Disney version, the Queen tries to kill Snow White by strangling her with her corset, poisoning her on a prick--usually a comb, but I'm going to change it to a spindle for plot purposes--and then the apple). It'll work itself out, as I'm probably hitting up Word when I get back from work again.

School is blah, but I need to finish and transfer. Finally.
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It's never that I'm not drawing, really by Carigwen, journal

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