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This is such a beautiful photo it deserves to be displayed in a gallery or on a pure white wall. All the shapes and curves and swirls captured give this piece an astonishing mix of vertigo and natural splendor

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Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone who offered support with my little ipod crisis. i think i've got the problem licked so thank you all for your input!

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It's that time of year again! With christmas peeking round the corner and the season of goodwill in da house it's time to take stock on all the good things that happen all around us. While some see Christmas as an excuse to be a humbug, and others realise that they should use the time to do some make-up good deeds so that Santa won't leave them coal, there are those who do what they do all year through;

Share their good hearts and kind deeds selflessly to help make other's lives just that little bit brighter.

And it's time to honor some of those people who often don't get recognition for their kindness and selflessness.

Here's the deal. Share with us a good deed that you've done recently and post it in a comment on this journal. I'll then feature all the people who post their good deeds in my next journal ( just after christmas depending on how long it takes me to put everything together!).

Deeds don't have to be huge like saving someones life or donating vast sums to charity. It can be as simple as being polite to people, making a new friend with someone who's lonely, doing some volunteer work, giving someone a compliment, buying someone a present for no particular reason except to make them happy.... Feel free to share any big ones too, but don't be afraid of comparing your deeds to others, THAT'S NOT THE POINT. The idea is to congratulate everyone, no matter how big the deed, for just being GOOD PEOPLE...because the world needs people like you guys making little day by day changes to make the world better.

So bring it on! Gimmie your good deeds people, I NEED SOME CHRISTMAS CHEER


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Exciting News

I've been waiting for AGES to tell everyone this, and I was going to wait until after christmas but I can't wait ^-^

....no I'm not getting married

....no i'm not pregnant

....no i'm not leaving DA 4EVAR

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Ok perhaps this isn't HUGE news but it means a lot to me!

My -HEAD series artwork is going to be featured in NEO magazine!!!!

Yes thanks to the help of my wonderful friends *kickass-peanut =thedreamwolf and ~jasoncardy i managed to pluck up the courage to chat to the very nice editor of Neo mag while at the MCM convention in October, and I got a place in the artists showcase of the magazine!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

As you can tell I'm pleased as punch I'm super excited and happy and I can't wait for the issue to come out!

My -HEADS will be featured in the DECEMBER 31st issue of the magazine, so if you buy NEO regularly or have a subscription keep your eyes peeled for me ^-^ I hope you like the pics I've sent in As far as I know NEO is a UK-only based magazine so appologies to my International friends ;_;

THANK YOU so much to KP, Kat and Jason for all their help and support, without you guys i wouldn't have had any nerve to go and chat to NEO. And thank you to everyone who buys NEO ^_^

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Dedications

This journal is dedicated to -

Dedicated to an old friend from Forums past, PW is a total sweetheart who's new to this site so he needs a warm welcome. Go give him a hug and while you're at it have some interlectual banter...he's good at that :3



How do i get dedicated? - By being a nice person, a good friend, a good artist, someone I like or admire, or all of the above

Dedicated but not on this list? Please let me know, sometimes i forget to add people to this list if i dedicated a journal to them in the past

What's with the CSS raye? I'm trying to cut down on the time it takes to load my DA page, cause frankly it's slowing down my compy...as well as a few other people's. And the dedications list is making my journals a bit long and tedious (sorry guys). But i'm not about to just junk it cause that wouldn't be right. So I put in a scrollbox! I hope this works better

**********Raygirl's art of the moment!************

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LOOKIT HIS IKKLE FAAAAAACE, Don't you want to smoogle it?! I just love his adorable expression is general irritation. Utterly ADORABLE on toast!

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Ok, as much as i love my beloved video ipod to pieces, i think iTunes is playing silly buggers with me, and it's really starting to get on my nerves. I would hugely appreciate any help from aspiring techies out there who might have some helpful insights on my problem(s) and how to fix them. Seriously, it would be a MASSIVE favour to me if you could help

My main problem is with putting video files into the suitable format for uploading to a video iPod. I KNOW they should be mpg-4, but for some reason my computer...or itunes or ipod or whatever is REALLY fussy about the type of mpg-4's it will and won't upload. Even if I have a file that's in mpg-4 format sometimes it just refuses to put the video on my ipod

I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong, what's missing from spome mpg-4 files that means they won't upload? itunes accepts them and puts them in my library, but just won't put them on my iPod

It kinda bugs me that apple hasn't releaced something built into iTunes to fix this problem...and if they have PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IT IS OR WHERE I CAN FIND IT. Why doesn't iTunes automatically convert videos into the right format for iPod transfer when you upload them into your library???

....anywho that's my problem...so if anyone can help me or give me some clues (links to helpful converter programs/websites, official info from apple...ANYTHING) I'd be hugely grateful!

Thanks ;D

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Dedications

This journal is dedicated to -

Art is awesome, helping needly children is also awesome. What say we combine the two together?.....well =thedreamwolf already has! Join this club and show your comitment to the generation of tomorrow through art and creativity. It's a worthy cause you must agree!



How do i get dedicated? - By being a nice person, a good friend, a good artist, someone I like or admire, or all of the above

Dedicated but not on this list? Please let me know, sometimes i forget to add people to this list if i dedicated a journal to them in the past

What's with the CSS raye? I'm trying to cut down on the time it takes to load my DA page, cause frankly it's slowing down my compy...as well as a few other people's. And the dedications list is making my journals a bit long and tedious (sorry guys). But i'm not about to just junk it cause that wouldn't be right. So I put in a scrollbox! I hope this works better

**********Raygirl's art of the moment!************

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LOOKIT HIS IKKLE FAAAAAACE, Don't you want to smoogle it?! I just love his adorable expression is general irritation. Utterly ADORABLE on toast!

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Soooo, what have i been up to this weekend? do you care? WELL YOU SHOULD

I was off visiting the ever so lovely and her ben-face over at their new digs in cardiff, and at the same time meeting a BUSLOAD of awesome and sexy people.

particularly sexy people include:
- who is an excellent driver and house-crashing host
- who is the bunny and who is hysterically funny when she laughs so hard she can't talk
- who is the wearer of egg-socks and supreme kitty-noise maker
- who is the headpetter of the above and bear-earmuff spokesperson
- who is sayer of naughty things and mustashe-beard sporter
James - who is fellow Flapjack appreciator and general awesome geek
Tracey - who is the writer of naughty things and suggester of even naughtier things
John - who is the keeper of the rozzi-bunny and another welcome geek
The other John - who is really quiet but seems nice like a nice dude

and a few other people that sadly i can't remember the names of because i'm a hopeless lame-o and i didn't get much chance to chat to them

But there was so much food (I think jen was secretly trying to fatten us up) as well as some DEATH BY CHOCOLATE CAKE that the Jen made with her own clever hands, so a huge thank you to her and her mum for laying on such a fabulous feast. Plus we got to see Jen and Ben's new flat which is one super-fly crib innit...

...sorry, we watched Ali G indahouse too...it's kinda stuck in my head innit.

MUCH LOVE TO JENFACE AND ALL MY BELOVED FRIENDS. getting together with you guys is always so much fun!


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Princess and the Frog:

if anyone is interested in what i thought of Disney's Princess and the Frog (which i saw a couple of weeks ago thanks to the London Kids animation festival), then you can find them all here in my livejournal:

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I wanted to wait until the film had seem some general release, and i'm posting my thoughts on LJ thanks to their 'spoiler block' feature so that no one has the film spoilt for them

PLEASE DON'T READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS...and don't complain to me if you had things spoilt by ignoring this warning

However feel free to disagree, argue, debate, discuss or share your thoughts with me if you don't agree with something I've said. i like that kind of responce! I'm all in favour of it! Just try not to get too uptight if i say stuff you don't agree with, and don't be a jerk about it ^-^

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Dedications

This journal is dedicated to -

Art is awesome, helping needly children is also awesome. What say we combine the two together?.....well =thedreamwolf already has! Join this club and show your comitment to the generation of tomorrow through art and creativity. It's a worthy cause you must agree!



How do i get dedicated? - By being a nice person, a good friend, a good artist, someone I like or admire, or all of the above

Dedicated but not on this list? Please let me know, sometimes i forget to add people to this list if i dedicated a journal to them in the past

What's with the CSS raye? I'm trying to cut down on the time it takes to load my DA page, cause frankly it's slowing down my compy...as well as a few other people's. And the dedications list is making my journals a bit long and tedious (sorry guys). But i'm not about to just junk it cause that wouldn't be right. So I put in a scrollbox! I hope this works better

**********Raygirl's art of the moment!************

See below!

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Hi cats a kittens!

Appologies for the delaye with this, but it's been a BUSY couple of weeks. The good news is that I now have a paid job (YAAAAAY!) up until christmas. but now it's time to thank all the people who watched me last month

Here's a journal for all the gals and guys who watched me in OCTOBER. So if you added me to your watch list in OCTOBER as a way of saying thank you, you get featured here with a pic from your gallery

*ADDITIONAL*

1) Thease features are based on pictures in a persons gallery that I like and catches my eye. It may not be YOUR favorite but if i like it gets featured
2) I try to avoid pictures that are colouring pages, collaborations, desktop screenshots, wallpapers made using official imagery and pictures of other people's characters. I prefer art that is 100% the creation of the artist, but I will feature fanart and fancharacters if they're really awesome
3) Galleries that completely break DA rules (stolen work etc) will not be featured. if I accidently post an image that you think is stolen/traced etc please let me know and I'll either remove the offending deviant or swap the chosen picture for an original piece of work.
4) Galleries that are empty or only have desktop screenshots etc in them will be mentioned but I can't feature them if they don't have original artwork

Lights, camera, ACTION

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And that's a wrap!

An interesting mixture of styles and techniques this time around. Thank you all for watching me and i hope you enjoy your feature!

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Dedications

This journal is dedicated to -

Art is awesome, helping needly children is also awesome. What say we combine the two together?.....well =thedreamwolf already has! Join this club and show your comitment to the generation of tomorrow through art and creativity. It's a worthy cause you must agree!



How do i get dedicated? - By being a nice person, a good friend, a good artist, someone I like or admire, or all of the above

Dedicated but not on this list? Please let me know, sometimes i forget to add people to this list if i dedicated a journal to them in the past

What's with the CSS raye? I'm trying to cut down on the time it takes to load my DA page, cause frankly it's slowing down my compy...as well as a few other people's. And the dedications list is making my journals a bit long and tedious (sorry guys). But i'm not about to just junk it cause that wouldn't be right. So I put in a scrollbox! I hope this works better

**********Raygirl's art of the moment!************

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Lovely character, lovely pose, lovely colouring...this pic is all lovely AND MORE. The lines are so crisp and clean as is the colouring, without detracting anything from the pose or character. All in all it's a fab piece of a quirky character

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First off let me say HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my american buddies. I hope you guys all have a fab day giving thanks for the things in life which are awesome (a great concept for any holiday methinks!)

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Secondly (and stiff important) don't forget you can still buy some amazing stuff from these lovely deviants:

is selling her funkyawesome Scott figure right here: [link]
is still selling her goodies right here: [link]
and is doing commissions, pretty pictures! [link]

Christmas is just round the corner so why not treat someone you love...or yourself!

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Now let me talk about advertising. Particularly TV advertising

TV advertising is everywhere, promoting everything from fancy perfume to the latest family car. It's loud and flashy as the companies vie with eachother for your attention, hailing their product as second only to Jesus. Normally I don't have a problem with this, and the same goes for kids advertising. We've all been suckered at one point by an ad for the latest, greatest toy.

But I have a problem when, through the course of their advertising, companies choose to make something that is patently not wrong or evil into something their product can help against.

My main gripe is this this advert:
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So what's wrong with this ad? My main grieveance is the concept that tying your laces the normal way is = EVIL.

Maybe i'm being melodramatic, but watch the advert. You have our 'hero', the elastic non-traditional laces girl, and the 'villain', a chick who goes around tying up people's laces the traditional way (admittedly she ties up everything). To adults this probably means nothing, but imagine a kid who's on the cusp of learning to tie their fiddly laces, the point where they will learn one of the skills of childhood, and this advert pops up to not only say 'hey you don't need to learn to tie your laces, get elasta-laces!' but also seemingly suggest that 'hey tying up those stoopid laces is for EVIL PEOPLE AND LOOSERS'.

I don't have a problem with elasta-laces, I know lots of people (kids and adults) have problems tying their laces. They're easy to wear and can look smart and yes they cut out the need for tying laces. But I take issue with the message of this particular advert, which is shown often during ad breaks on kids TV. Why is tying your laces suddenly taboo and dorky? When I was a kid learning to tie your shoes by yourself was a HUGE achievement, some kids get rewards to learning to tie their shoes, it's an incentive to learn a new and very helpful life skill. By showing adverts like this surely that's insinuating that learning that skill is pointless and, horror of horrors, NOT COOL. Amirite? o0o

Anyways, i've said my piece. Have you ever seen an advert that you thought was putting across the wrong message?

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Dedications

This journal is dedicated to -

Yay for finding more great artists who are also lovely people willing to accept critique and share some giggles. LaurieB is a fabulous 2d artist with some impressive pencil weilding skills and a unique style. Her female figures are cute and quirky and not your average pinups, and best of all SHE'S CANADIAN!



How do i get dedicated? - By being a nice person, a good friend, a good artist, someone I like or admire, or all of the above

Dedicated but not on this list? Please let me know, sometimes i forget to add people to this list if i dedicated a journal to them in the past

What's with the CSS raye? I'm trying to cut down on the time it takes to load my DA page, cause frankly it's slowing down my compy...as well as a few other people's. And the dedications list is making my journals a bit long and tedious (sorry guys). But i'm not about to just junk it cause that wouldn't be right. So I put in a scrollbox! I hope this works better