Dream City

Self healing. Oh what a powerful experience you are.
But I'm not here to bore you all with details Instead, I'll speak of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings.
Or, how completely in love with traditional art I am. Maybe because it actually works for me. Hah. Seriously now, time to get a scanner and upload my recent work. Photographs just don't cut it, no matter how much editing in Photoshop it takes . I think the healing has helped the art block.

Shit happens. I hate that saying. But it does.
And it's hard to remember to breathe.
But I do breathe.
And I listen.
and I keep running with life

Kinda works.

In any case, I just didn't want this to be a quiz only journal. But *Winzer tagged me soooo. Here we go

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
"The woman pressed her palms into my fifth chakra and said 'you need to remember to let go right here'" -- My journal.

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What are you touching?
Depends on the direction. Straight ahead is my monitor, to the left is my shelf, on the floor is a camera, a shoe, and a half finished painting of something I am currently unfamiliar with.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
House

4. Without looking, guess what time it is?
11:42 PM.

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
11:16PM WAY off. haha.

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Cars buzzing down the freeway, late night chirpings of insects, my fingertips on the keys.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
A few hours ago, on the way to the coffee shop. I was thinking about life, about the odd things that continuously happen. The strange coincidences that follow me. The people that turn up. The people that disappear. What I want. What I need. How much I love being scared by people. How much I love when unexpected things turn my world upside down. When the norm gets shaken and my shell cracks open.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
My recent deviation, but in it's real form. The paper on which the drawing exists in it's non yellow photographed form.

9. What are you wearing?
Blue lace bra, gray tank top, and beige pants with lots of pockets. I feel like such a girl, eating chocolate sorbet and taking quizes at night.

11. When did you last laugh?
Talking to ~tabbykit on AIM, when she refrenced an RP we had YEARS and years ago, one in which her character, Siona, stabbed himself in the foot. Hehe.

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
A lot of artwork that *whirl-wind has mailed to me or given me when she came to visit. There's also a wind chime, glow in the dark stars, bells, necklaces, prints, bracelets, and my own paintings

13. Seen anything weird lately?
Few things weird me out. Though I did see a beautiful young woman picking at her butt. That made me laugh though. I also saw an elderly Chinese couple picking out lube at Target. That made me laugh as well, but not at them. I was more happy for them. They looked so excited!

14. What do you think of this quiz?
Same old. I'd like some deeply psychological questions that challenge me and make me really consider who I am. This kind of stuff I can just spew out.

15. What is the last film you saw?
Hm, film. I'm not sure I remember. I think I left the movie theater liking it. I know I had ice cream... Um. I was with my dad. Let me check fandango. I think it was Zombieland?

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
Land, a little cottage, 6 swans, an adult sized playground, make sure my friends and family are taken care of, then probably donate what I can to a legit charity.

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know:
I am absolutely and completely fascinated by things that society shuns. Dark things. Twisted things. Not necessarily things I would do, but things that other people do and the mental processes that surround them. The human mind captivates me to no end. Ever since I became aware that we only use a small portion of our minds, my curiousity has been ever present. And this is not limited to the dark things. Anything. Anything that isn't today's standard of Normal, I find myself loving.

I also adore trees, and often name them, tell them stories, and think about what would happen if they lifted their roots and started to dance.

Now what do you think of me?

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Abolish money, revamp america's school system (possibly others' though I don't have much knowledge about how other school systems work), probably make the world more like "Ecotopia" (read it, great book). Encourage the arts and music. Those sorts of things.

19. Do you like to dance?
Yes. I need to do it more.
A wise little thing explained a world where wars didn't exist because they danced their anger when it arose.

20. George Bush:
Oh politics.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?:
Many things. Ruby, Ira, Lotus, Feather, Aruna, amongst others.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Orion and many other names that shall be secret as well

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Absolutely. I'm not tied to one place or another.

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
"This isn't what you think it is. Do you see me? Do you see you? Are you listening? Turn around. It doesn't work like this."
Because that's not what I believe in. Though I'm open to any possibility.

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Dream City

This is a first come, first serve deal. At noon Pacific Standard Time, I will open up five commission slots for $15.
I am in an incredibly tight place right now, as far as money is concerned, so I'm offering this deal to you

Here's how it works.
After paying the $15, you can tell me what you want me to draw for you. It can be a landscape, a personal character of yours, gift for a friend, a portrait... any subject matter you want!
But
I am leaving it open ended as far as exactly what kind of image you will get. I need to keep things interesting for myself and in order to get these done before the holidays (goal I'm shooting for), I'd like to have some freedom with the image. So, you could get a head shot with a detailed background, a full body character image with a minimal background, etc. The only exception is for landscapes.

Examples from previous $15 deals under the same circumstances:


I am always happy to send the full resolution image w/o watermark via email!

1. ~jk-art
2. =EvilCheese2
3. :devmamato6:
4. ~pintos-bellaserum
5.

To those of you who are still waiting on art from me: worry not. You're still top of the list, and if you need me to keep you updated, I am happy to note with updates and WIPs.

Inspiration

=Wolf250 placed in *Ilyana88's contest so she won a feature from me!

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Dream City

Hey guys! Rough week. My mom fell down the stairs and badly sprained her wrist and ankle and the bank charged me for an overdraft that didn't exist x_x bleh.

On the bright side, I found some video footage from when my monster cat, Savvy, was a kitten! For those who don't know, Savvy is HUGE. Not fat huge. Like, lion cub huge. He's still growing after 3 years, weighs 17 pounds, and is part bobcat . He's bigger than most small dogs! So I was playing around and threw some of it together to make a movie!

Also, I know some of you wanted to hear a sample of my music, so I included a tiny chunk of a song I'm working on called "Meteor Shower." It's kind of an electronic innocent scifi sort of style

Here's the video link!
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Also, another little quiz stolen from *Winzer

Who are you?
Ashley! Or Cricket! Almost 21 years old, student, and adventurer. I love the books Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland. I play video games, draw, SING, compose instrumental music, dance, act, and LOVE watching movies! I have a huge cat, a big appetite, and endless amounts of love

What is your artistic passion?
Vague. Well, I love creating. I'm passionate about creating... anything. I like to write, I like making music, I like dancing, and of course, art. I am a big animal/fantasy fanatic, so I really get a kick out of portraying my view on reality into my images.

Why did you get into art?
Why? I have no idea. When I was tiny I drew all over the walls and my hands and feet and other people and it kind of never stopped

How do you inspire yourself?
Music, Nature, and Meditation!

Where would you like to see yourself in 5 years?
Somewhere else with something new and someone special and a lot more memories

Your Portfolios /Personal Websites?
ONCE WINGED! Go to my website! [link]

Some Personal Favorite Works of Mine


Now you people get some real hard lovin'.




Inspiration

*Eviecats placed first in my contest so she gets a feature!

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Dream City

I am all for those crazy little tricks that get the inspiration going. Especially making some up, on the fly. The other day I was in Starsucks (starbucks) with ~Oakwitch and we started playing a game. It involved a newspaper, shouting out a random number, an much word circling. The result were some very funny and abstract sentences!
For example:

That on of, the Of Of.
The Of Of being, as we later decided, a creature of fuzzy residue. (Fuzzy residue was a clue in the Crossword Puzzle)

A favorite of mine was:
But comes do the to,
Are trying you you,
to I

Sounds like an E. E. Cummings poem, no? haha.

Livability to three bathrooms, transportation provides many Iron.

And I later decided that these things would be immensely fun and challenging to draw. I might just do that


And now that quiz that's been circulating!

Why did you join this site?
My first account, ~CrickWing was created in 2004, I believe, after much prompting from friends over on Neopets. I have since lost the password (and email) to that account. Ah well. No more club

What does your username have to do with you? Is it a combination of your favorite things, or a character of yours?
Well this is a variation on my original username, which was based on the children's book of the same title. However, I started going by "Cricket" at a similar point in time, and after I moved "CricketWings" seemed to fit Most still don't know that my real name is Ashley, and I don't mind being called that!

What is your current icon of?
It's my character, Delirium (aka Dil). It is a shared icon with the lovely *whirl-wind, designed by *Diikae

How many watchers do you have and how many people are you currently watching?
"She watches 113 people, while 1,020 people watch her." Ah, and like most, only about a third of those watchers are actually active, and maybe 20 or 30 actually bother to comment. Except on that big watcher feature, everyone came out of the closet. That kind of bothered me :/ I felt a little used.

Do you have more than one account?
- Used to explore my deeper creative side and not draw horses. I've since decided to just post all artwork here. That account will still be used for Photography, however.
~CricketStock - My lame ass stock account in the works

Name 3 of your favorite artists on DA.




Which deviants do you admire because of their personality?
We mesh pretty well A new friend of mine!
She takes a lot of bullshit from people and still brings a ton of love to this place. Love yuh, Michelle.
My god, Liz really knows how to crack me (and many others) up! She's amazing. I hope to get to know you more in the future, my jelly bean

How many people on here do you actually know in reality? Post their avatars.


Do you comment, fave, or both?
Both, as often as I can. Commenting especially, unless the piece has a great deal of comments already and I feel I have nothing to add that hasn't already been said.

What do you typically post on deviantart?
Fantasy Realism

Do you participate in clubs or contests here on DA?
Contests, but not usually clubs.

What is your most popular deviation?


What's your favorite submission in your gallery?


What are the things you wish you could draw better?
Forest scenes, backgrounds in general. I love trees so much, but I have a terrible time drawing them realistically.

Are you a subscriber?
Yes! Thank you to everyone who donated!

How many hours a day do you spend on DA?
Um, usually not that much. I sign on frequently through out the day, but never for more than 5-10 minutes at a time. The most time I spend is writing journals. Other than that, checking messages and replying to comments hardly takes any time at all

Are you a fast, slow, or medium typer?
I consider 90 words per minute pretty fast So yeah, I'm fast!

What is your favorite emoticon?


What is the most annoying thing people ask you?
I love helping people, I really do, but it bothers me to NO end when I get comments where people ask for help and expect me to do all the work for them. "I need help with ideas"... I can't really help you there, because I have a hard enough time coming up with my own ideas. I can point you to helpful resources, no problem, you just have to take the time to learn yourself. I can't fork over my brain for you to pick through x_x I learned most of what I know from tutorials here, art classes in school, and my own hard work. I don't get too many annoying comments, which is nice.

What is the most annoying comment you get?
See above! Also, I really don't like it when people comment with one word. "Nice," "Pretty," "Awesome," "Cute," etc. I appreciate that, and I know sometimes it's hard to word how you feel about a piece, but I like actually being able to reply to comments, and those don't give me much to work with... So I just say "Thank you" and move on. x____x

What inspires you?
My dreams and my unconscious mind! Some of my best pieces have come forth from just letting my hands do what they want to, and working from there

Do you use any traditional media?
Definitely falling in love with graphite! Hopefully I'll have a scanner soon to show some of my recent work.

Have you ever suggested a Daily Deviation?
I've suggested many, but this one is the only one that actually got a DD:


Everyone has considered leaving DA once or twice. Have you? Why?
I've had no reason to leave. Everyone has been really wonderful to me, through all my lame jokes and random vulgarities. I haven't had too much trouble with copyright infringement. I see DA as a great resource! If I ever do disappear, I doubt it will be permanent. We all need breaks every now and then.

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Dream City

Get on my horse. I'll take you around the universe.

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Shut up woman, get on my horse.


lol oh god. I can't stop laughing. Also there's some dirty stuff in that animation, but I'm sure you all can handle it

Inspiration

Featuring =Phandomido for winning in my contest!

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