Ha, so I still don't have photoshop on my lappy. Sad day. I'm hoping to get some more symmetry art up soon, but until then, I've been occupying my time with my tradition work. I've uploaded a few, and there are several more to come! Also, I'm about to upload all of the jewelry I made over the summer... Well, probably not all of it. x.x; There is going to be a lot. Sorry to flood your inboxes.

So, any volunteers to help with the contest I mentioned in the last journal entry... ? What sorts of things do I need? Prize donations, volunteer judges, and of course, entrants! But I get ahead of myself. Just note me if you'd like to help out. I hope for my next journal entry to be one dedicated to the contest with all the rules and information you need to know.

Oh! I finished Interview with the Vampire. It was an amazing book. I look forward to reading the next one.

Hip hip hooray! The IIT department did manage to fix my laptop! Even better... They managed to save my files. Of course, the news can't be all good - I did lose all of my programs. I have do get Photoshop, Apophysis, even Word all over again. I can't dare complain, though. lol I'm just thrilled that all of my files were saved. IIT had to take out my hard drive and put it on a spare computer and the reinstall windows. I was just taken aback by the wonderful service and care they took in repairing my babeh. So, as far as art goes, I'm kind of stuck as far as my symmetry art goes. I'll get photoshop back on the lappy eventually... I just don't know when. However, with limitations comes creativity. I'm currently working on a painting where I'm attempting to incorporate my symmetry art into a traditional work. I'm looking forward to seeing the results, but am not sure how well it will turn out... Either way, you all will see it sometime soon.

Speaking of traditional art... I really need to take some pictures of and upload the stuff I've been doing for art class. Learning all these techniques and such has me tickled pink and I'm very proud of the charcoal still lifes that I've done in Drawing I. Painting I is a slightly different story... Don't get me wrong - The class is amazing and tons of fun, but I'm kinda terrible at painting. lol We are working with palette knifes now... Oh boy, my stuff looks terrible. xD

I've gotten a pretty good response on my poll regarding a contest... And it seems that there could be a genuine interest... So, if I do a contest, I'm pretty sure I'm going to see what people can do with the symmetry art process that I've outlined in this tutorial: [link] Of course, this tutorial is just a guideline. From step one there are things that you can do differently than listed in the tut and still get the symmetry art affect. I haven't sat down and thought out official guidelines or anything, but creativity with the process would probably be the most important judging factor. I'm going to need a couple of judges and other things (like prize donations) before this is official and I'd like to know if this is something you guys would like to enter. Just leave a comment and let me know.

In random news - We got snow on Sunday! I live in north east Georgia and we rarely see snow... And it snowed for practically 12 hours straight on Sunday. o.o Literally, in 20 years of life, I had never seen this much snow. I spent a good portion of the day just staring out of the window in awe. I snow. Some of it still hasn't melted... It's so awesome.

Again, it's been awhile since I've updated, so there are more 'recent favs' than usual. Please give these very worthy artists some attention!!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Ok, so, as the title of this journal says, my laptop is in trouble. D: I opened it one morning to turn it on, and once it gets through a million error messages and loads up... The only thing that one can see is the desktop background. No icons. No task bar. No start menu. Just... a background. It is currently in the hands of my college's IIT department and I've got my fingers crossed that they are able to fix it. However... I fear that it is very likely that I'll lose everything on my hard drive. Man, it has not been the best couple of months. =/ On top of that, since I've updated my journal last, I've also had my car broken into and my radio and navigation system were stolen. Anyway, this might mean that I won't have any art up for a while. My boyfriend's computer has photoshop on it, though, so when I use his computer I'll try to get some stuff done.

On a happier note, my boyfriend and I decided to open a zazzle store that focuses on internet humor (with a bit of political humor sprinkled here and there). The store is still in a baby state... We haven't customized a theme or anything - but we have a few products up. If you are into gaming/geek/computer humor, you should check it out. lawlWear - [link]

OMG I STARTED READING INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE AND HOLY CRAP IT'S AWESOME. I know I'm like... 40 years late in discovering this, but I can't help it. It's awesome. I may do some fanart for it in the future. I know some of you are groaning right now... Sorry.

Oh, just btw, I listed more 'recent favorites' in this journal than usual. There have just been so many pieces that strike my fancy lately. lol Make sure you have a look!