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Hello. Artsy posts are kept public, personal posts are friends only.

If you're adding me to view my private posts, please at least drop a comment here telling me a) who you are b) where you found me and c) why you want to add me.

I don't bite!

This picture shocked the hell out of me.

Er. Did that really happen?

(Drawings-wise, I'm working on them as we speak.)

Hi guys, in the process of getting my 'art groove' back:

Does anyone want me to draw a picture for you? I WILL DO IT FOR FREE. JUST LET ME DRAW SOMETHING FOR YOU PLEASE. XD*

*Adding an XD to show you that I may be possibly desperate but Do Not Pity Me.

I know this sounds silly, but I figured I should have some fun with drawing, like the old times when I drew for people on Neopets and felt good because people actually liked them. LOL

Hmm. Yeah. I will seriously draw anything for you, except fulfill your hentai fetish. But yes, anything, if you'd like to see yourself in cartoon form POST HERE. If this is the time that you want me to put a Victorian dress on you and do it in watercolour, POST HERE ALSO.

If you want me to draw a character that you've always had in your head, I will do many sketches for you and correspond with you through email until I get the character exactly the way that you want it.

I would prefer to do things that are from imagination, that means preferably no portraits or copies of real life, but referencing designs from photo is fine with me.

The only thing that I will not do is porno. But if you have a panty fetish and want to see your designs put on paper, I will draw as many underwear for you as you like.

And I guess... you can ask for as many drawings as you want me to draw. LOL. This might be something I will regret later but whatevs... right now.

The only thing that I ask for is that you give me some time to work with your ideas.

So. In short. Pity this wannabe artist and make her draw something for you. For srz.

Edit: Oh, err, I don't have many works on DeviantArt but you may like to check it out to get a rough idea?

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHY IT TAKES ME SUCH A FREAKING LONG TIME TO UPLOAD TO DEVIANTART? -_-

The drawing is fun, but the uploading is ... whoa, forever is such an abstract concept.

Anyhow, I've just finished my first digital painting from imagination. Does anyone feel proud of me? Because I am. *pops confetti and celebrates with self*



( Yabber yabber yabber )

OH MY GAHHH LATEST ONE PIECE AND NARUTO CHAPTER

i really am gonna @#$$@DSAD next week pls come faster OMG

It feels like I haven't updated this thing in eons. Which, in reality, is probably just a span of a few days. LOL

I've finished the book Crime and Punishment. I think... it is amazing. I am bereft of comment. Any review I post up will be woefully inadequate to the hundreds and thousands more professional reviews already floating around the internet. If, however, you want my opinion, Crime and Punishment is a must-read for all. The psychological depth and characterisation are beyond this world.

"Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist, more than Gauss!" -- Einstein

Apparently, Einstein agrees with me.

Anyway, the next classic novel that I'm going to begin on is War and Peace by Tolstoy. Or The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky. No idea yet, because I've got a bunch of other books that I've already borrowed, and promised myself to finish before I begin on anything new.

I've been working on this digital painting for over a week. I really want to get it done ASAP, because another day of looking at it will drive me nuts. :/

I need to get my tablet fixed! I miss the feeling of drawing!

And I wish to God someone would teach me digital painting.

I think this story is amazing.

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20011022/cruel_brother.shtml

!!

Go read it.

I love Jay Chou. Even if he doesn't wear underwear.

Normally I'm quite shy about putting my thoughts out there for the entire world to see (and people I can't keep track of, too, reading them) but lately, with fic writing, I thought I should be more involved in fandom, and the whole writing process. What better way, also, to discuss it with people who are infinitely more knowledgeable in this area? What better way to discuss it with people in general?

I think I've kept my thoughts and this journal to myself for too long, zealously guarding them as if they belonged solely to me, which of course they do, but they also hinder my progress a lot and I can never quite get out of the box that is mine, and mine alone.

Anyhow: lately, I've thought quite a lot about characterisation, and what it means to write a multi-dimensional character. What it means to stray away from a Mary Sue. What it means to write a Mary Sue. How some characters are have so much personality to them, a whole range of emotions, while other fall flat on the page.

I'm the last person anyone should ask on the topic; in fact I'm as sensitive to characterisation as I am say, to... kerning a letterhead. I probably can't tell the difference between a well-rounded character and a flat one even if I tried many times over. A lot of my writing is based on intuition, or the lack of, without really thinking through about the personalities of my character(s). Doing without thinking about what I am doing: this is not a good habit to maintain, and I'm looking to change that.

So anyone who is reading this entry, as readers, reviewers, fanfic authors, hopeful writers, bibliophiles, stalkers (HAHAHA!):

What would you say divide a well-rounded character from a flat, one-dimensional character? What is your understanding of characterisation in general? Etc. Examples (especially of one-dimensional characters) would be very helpful. Heck, anything (information, opinions, discussions...) about this topic would be very, very helpful.

I said I'd post these up, but somehow never did.

Stuff I did for my class.



( Paintings and drawings )

Sorry for the picspam, guys.

elena

Sketch. Watercolours and pencil.

You may like to visit my DA here.