Nice! I don't think I logged in for going on a year and a half! Still alive, still randomly dabbling in crafty/artsy stuff. I just became a Permanent Resident of Canada on April 29th 2008 and I became a Mummy on December 22nd 2007. Life is good.

Feel free to drop me a line - dese@shaw.ca

I updated with a couple of things I've been doing in sim contests. Yeah, that's about it for my creativity at the moment, but it takes more effort than you might think.

Guess I might as well do this silly art tag thing, though it's going to be dull!

Tagged by *Ten things about my art*

1. I basically can't create something from nothing. In every stage of 'art' I've been in, it's been based off someone elses work. Furcadia Patches were usual adaptions of pre-existing stuff... my digital coloring mostly involved coloring other people's art work, and even the current stuff I do, sim contests, is using other peoples custom content (the sim equivalent of furcadian patches). Heh.

2. I procrastinate EVERYTHING.

3. I want to take erotic b&w photographs... but I have no subjects.

4. With the sim contest pictures I do now, each picture tells a story. It may just not be apparent. I'll have to submit more!

5. I appear to know more about photoshop than I actually do.

6. I can, I think, offer decent critique's on other people's art when I myself can not draw at all.

7. I don't think I can think up 10 things.

8. I would probably still be playing and making stuff for Furcadia if they didn't have such a horribly limited color palete. Seriously.

9. I always see perfect pictures when I don't have my camera with me.

10. I'm very vain. I don't like to take pictures of myself that are in color, only B&W. Also B&W of everything is pretty much the main thing I like, unless there are intense colors in a scene.

So yeah.. Very boring. You were warned!

I can't believe it, but after 6 months of being behind on my deviantart watchlist, I'm finally caught up! Yesterday I had about 300 deviations/messages/journals, etc, to look through, and now I just have the 11 current responses to various comments I made. Phew.
So on a more art related subject, I've been racking my brain as to what I could post here, since I'm not exactly making much these days.
I figure it'll be either avatars that I'm making for contests, or pictures I've taken while playing the sims - which could be nicer than you might think. Especially if they are contest pictures.
So, maybe I'll post some sometime.

Stolen from rei-jin ... I still don't remember how to thumbnail people. Augh!

[x] my fingernails/toenails are almost always painted
[x] during the summer the only shoes i wear are flip flops
[ ] my favorite toys as a child were barbies
[x] my favorite colour is pink or purple
[ ] I did Gymnastics
[ ] I love skirts
[ ] hollister is one of my favorite places to shop
[ ] tight jeans are the only jeans i'll wear
[x] I've never had a real job

TOTAL: 4

[ ] my hair is almost always straightened
[ ] I have at least 8 myspace pictures
[ ] I usually go shopping once a week
[ ] I love to hang out at the mall with friends
[x] I have a real diamond ring or diamond necklace or earrings
[ ] I've gone to a tanning salon
[x] I've gone to the beach to tan - not to swim
[ ] I have at least 10 pairs of shoes
[ ] I watch either the OC or Laguna Beach
[x] I change my icon weekly
[ ] I wear a shower cap

TOTAL: 3

[x] I don't shop at Hot Topic
[ ] my cell phone might as well become a part of me
[ ] I wear mascara everyday
[x] I've been or am on a diet
[ ] bathing suits are adorable
[ ] I don't know the difference between a sheep and a goat.
[ ] big sunglasses are hott
[ ] I have gotten my nails done before
[ ] MTV is one of my favorite channels

TOTAL: 2

[ ] all I want to do at sleepovers is talk about boys
[ ] I love to have gurls do my hair
[ ] I give and recieve hugs from all my friends
[x] I hate bugs
[ ] carnivals are so fun!
[ ] Summer is THE best season
[ ] my swimsuit has 2 pieces
[ ] I'm waiting for my knight in shining armor
[ ] musicians are so hot
[ ] you write me a poem and tell me im beautiful and im all yours

TOTAL: 1

[x] I am self-conscious
[ ] I cry often
[ ] my car smells like vanilla or cherry
[x] my dishes get washed more than once a week (Hell yeah, but not by me)
[x] I don't do sports
[ ] I HATE to run
[ ] I squeal when i am surprised or angry
[ ] I eat dried fruit as a snack
[x] I love romance novels
[x] Drew Barrymore is so cute

TOTAL: 5

[ ] I dance a lot.
[ ] usually spend an hour or over to get ready to leave my house
[ ] I only have like 5 billion hair products
[ ] I love to get dressed up.
[ ] every part of my outfit needs to match
[ ] I talk on the phone at least once a day to my friends
[ ] I would love to have a photo shoot
[ ] I apply lip stuff 50 times a day
[ ] I wish I were a model (... But only as in pretty enough to be one)

TOTAL: 0

[ ] I wish I could meet Paris Hilton
[ ] I have been something that was semi
[x] I own Uggs
[ ] Hip Hop is the best music
[ ] I pop my collar
[ ] I like to be the center of attention
[ ] guys with Mohawks are crazy
[ ] horses are beautiful
[ ] id rather not pay attention in school
[x] Cats are adorable

TOTAL: 2

[ ] I write my own music
[x] I would love to visit Hawaii
[x] Valentine's day is so cute!
[ ] white is better than black
[ ] I wouldn't be caught dead in all black
[ ] my closet is STOCK FULL of clothes
[ ] hate the grunge look
[x]I love to read magazines

TOTAL: 3

[x] I love to gossip (I hate gossip.)
[ ] I had Lisa Frank folders/posters/notebooks as a kid
[ ] I love Celine Dion
[ ] my bubble baths are 1-2hrs long
[ ] My wedding only needs a groom because it's already planned
[ ] My friends and I are in a strict group. We mostly only hang out with each other.
[ ] I like little kids (I just don't want any of my own)
[ ] Diet drinks are the best
[ ] I'm all about being vegetarian
[ ] I refuse to eat at McDonalds

TOTAL: 1

[ ] I check my myspace everyday.
[ ] I love life!
[ ] I have a lot of jewlery!
[ ] my screen name(s) have x's in them
[ ] either one of my myspace names has/had <3's or in them
[ ] I would never want to be the opposite sex
[ ] It's not what he/she said it's the way he/she said it
[ ]I have more than 3 pillows on my bed

TOTAL: 0

Now add up all the total points and put "I am __% girly" for the subject if you steal or get tagged.

What did they do to the layout? I hate it! Ok, maybe I'm just resistant to change, but this is initially very confusing.