Ok, so being the creative, expressionist person I am, I had to jump on the free journal CSS thing. That's basically why I'm doing this, besides the fact I've been meaning to update for a while.
So...uh, where do I start? Well, lately I've had a pretty bad case of art block. I'm really hoping that's cleared up after my latest deviation. I tell you, I almost get a hernia every time I think about all the stuff I want to draw. Here's just a sample.
Teen Titans Robin, sketched
Chibi Hoshiko, almost done, struggling with shading
Me and four of my friends in a Teen Titans pose, contemplating (let me know if any of you are particularly interested)
A Zuamber I started on several months ago, need to redo, was done with infernal markers
Several random SpongeBob stuffs based on episodes, some sketched out partially
Colored drawing of "Zuko is NOT Impressed, need to figure out shading
Katara, almost forgot about it
Zuko, nearly skipped my mind
Requested by a friend, G.I.R from Invader Zim waterbending thinking
The rest of the main characters for Life Star, don't even have a mental image of most yet
Hoshiko teaching me how to fly, thinking
The last few Irko themes for , racking my brain for the funniest/sweetest ideas I can
All the Gaia avatars I've had so far, haven't given much thought


Yeah, I know what you're probably saying right now... "Thinking, thinking, TOO MUCH STINKIN' THINKING!" Well that's what I do, I think. What more can I say?

On a more positive note, I'm feeling much better about my artistic skills. I mean, when I first started out, I didn't know how to draw folds, nor did I want to try. Same goes with shading and several other things. Now, I feel like I'm truly getting the hang of it! I know I still have a VERY far ways to go til I'm a professional, but that's my goal, and that's what I'm going to keep working towards. Sure, it's really hard sometimes, but hey everytime I think about that nice, cushy animation office they have at DNA Productions, that alone makes me keep going.

I noticed that several of my watchers have Deviantart families. Then, it struck me: Don't I need a family too?! So, if you wanna join my official, shining, glorious family just let me know! You can be my mother, father, sister, brother, random pet, or anything else you wanna be!

Well, that's pretty much it for the randomness. To make up for all the ranting I've been doing lately, I've decided that at the end of each journal I make, I'll put a random funny Youtube video. And hey don't worry, all the stuff I put is family friendly. [link] So, enjoy, and have a wonderfultastic day/evening my friends!

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CONTEST!!!

The categories are:

Dork and Mindy
Zuamber
Caramelldansen

Dork and Mindy refers to Patrick Star and Mindy, from the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. I always thought they would be such a cute couple, but so far Nickelodeon has failed to give them a reunion. So, here's your chance to bring our unlikely twosome together again.

Some of you I know are already QUITE familiar with what a Zuamber is. It's a Zuko/me slash, which mostly has involved Zuko running for dear life from an obsessed fangirl. Now, I wanna see what goes through your head when you hear, "Zuamber." Do you imagine a romantic walk down the beach, or perhaps an energetic sparring session? I'm sure any entries into this will give me MAJOR squeeage and ROFLcopterage. If you need another picture of me for reference, I'll try to rustle up one that isn't... well, I'll find one anyway.

Do I really need to explain the internet meme that's EVERYWHERE these days? I don't have time to explain EVERYTHING, people! Just draw you, a friend, or your favorite character dancing the Caramell!

Your entry can be any artistic medium or a literature deviation. That way, if you wanted, you could enter art into one category, prose or poetry in the next, and art into the last, and so forth. To enter, send me a note entitled "Contest Entry" with a link to your deviation. The judges are and . I still have to round up another two or three, so if you're interested let me know! For now there is no deadline. It will be established once I have enough entries, so stay tuned!

PRIZES!: There will be one first place winner for each category. Each first place winner will get a feature and three requests.
There will be one second place winner for each category. Each second place winner will get a feature and two requests.
There will be one third place winner for each category. Each third place winner will get a feature and one request.
Best of all, everyone who enters automatically gets an honoralbe mention! Everyone will get one request also.

One more thing to address here, then y'all can get busy!! Just as this is a contest for my wonderful Deviantart family, so too must the entries be family-oriented. I'm talking rated G, no gore, suggestive content, or any of that stuff. Also, for the requests, I do not draw horror/macabre, ghouls and ghosts, demons, yaoi, yuri, or gore. Nothing against people who do, that's just my preference.

All right, I guess that's about it! If you have any questions, or if I left out some important contest detail, don't hesitate to comment me. And remember, this contest is all about having fun and expressing yourself, and EVERYONE is a winner! Now get out there and show me what you're made of!!!