About Me Official Beta Tester Deviant of Many Talents Melissa FindleyFemale/United States Groups group avatar #LesFantastiques
 
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Formspring, Ustream, and Ninja Mountain

Journal Entry: Sun Mar 7, 2010, 6:56 PM


Links

FAQ
My Website
My Sketchblog
Buy Prints

My Tutorials

Referencing from Photos 101
Time Lapse: A Sharpened Heart
Painting Ears
Extracting Images in Photoshop
Soft Focus Backgrounds in Painter
Blending in Corel Painter


Current Projects

Art Order Challenges
EMG site branding and redesign for *ellenmillion
EMG-zine 2008 Anthology layout for *ellenmillion
My own website redesign



Ask Me Anything

So... I signed up for Formspring, because the idea of answering random anonymous questions really amuses me. So go ahead, ask me anything: [link]

Ustream Sessions [Update]

If you're new around here, you probably don't know that I do weekly, scheduled live streaming Every Wednesday at 1 pm EST. You can drop by and chat and watch here: [link] . Sessions are recorded and saved, so if you miss one you can always go back and watch later.

I came down with a nasty cold last Wednesday and ended up spending Thurs and Fri in bed with a mound of tissues. So I didn't get to stream those two days. I'll be making up for it tomorrow through Wednesday. So stop by tomorrow at 1pm EST and check it out. Here's a sneak peek at the image I'm working on.



Ninja Mountain

A couple of weeks ago I was at Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. While I was there I got to attend a really awesome painting seminar with Patrick McEvoy of Ninja Mountain Podcast fame. He did a little interview with me (it's not much), and they've put it up here (it's the last ten minutes or so of the podcast--though the first part of it is well worth a listen).

Check it out:
[link]

Painting, Work, and Commissions

I've been finishing up a lot of commissions this last month, many of which I can't post due to NDAs and such. When I can, I will. This hasn't left me a lot of juice to work on my own stuff, so I've been writing instead. Hence the reason for the unnatural quiet from my corner of dA and the lack of updates.

Additionally... with only a few exceptions, when I look back at my work from last year I'm pretty dissatisfied with the level and quality of it, as compared to the year before. That's something I'm going to work on fixing. I'm not sure why, but I feel like the work I did in 2008 was a lot stronger than 2009. I have some theories on why that is, but nothing concrete. Mostly just a feeling.

I'll be posting a poll about some ideas I have for upcoming personal work pretty soon. Please come back and vote and let me know what you think?


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  • Current Residence: Tallahassee
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: XL (comfy for sleeping)
  • Interests: Art, Writing, Poetry, Movies, Pets, Books, Books, Books
  • Favourite movie: Labyrinth, Amelie, Shawshank Redemption, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean Fight Club...
  • Favourite genre of music: Rock
  • Favourite artist: Brian Froud, Linda Bergkvist, Boris Vallejo, Dan Dos Santos, Scott Fischer, Matt Stawicki
  • Favourite poet or writer: Robin McKinley, Melissa Marr, Neil Gaiman, David Eddings, Clay Holliday, Billy Collins
  • Operating System: Mac OSX and LOTS of Caffiene
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod
  • Shell of choice: Conch?
  • Favourite game: geNeverwinter Nights, Lend of Zelda, Final Fantasy XII Dungeon and Dragons Online
  • Favourite gaming platform: All of them
  • Favourite cartoon character: Wacko Warner
  • Personal Quote: "Nevermind, I was just trying to be funny."
  • Tools of the Trade: Corel Painter IX, Photoshop CS

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Comments


:iconnightangel1282311:
I love your art, it is very beautiful! I can't wait to see more of it later on! ^__^

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:iconvyrsharen:
I really like your gallery. Good Job ^^
:iconxtanitx:
Your stuff is _amazing_! Thanks for the watch! :thanks:
:iconmercuralis:
I like your work, too. I know... totally different subject matter and style but I still really like it.

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:iconxtanitx:
Well, I'm immensely flattered, thank you! And I feel exactly the same way. :)