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I know it's all a bit sudden, but I've decided to move accounts xD
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I won't be moving any of my art over there though so... I don't really know what's going to happen with my RPs, I think they kind of died down and that it's best just to leave them, at least for now ^^
I'm sorry to anybody involved with that, I may make more Rp characters in the future, or re-do old ones/re-submit them, but I don't really know yet... my mind's a bit of a mess at the moment.

I've re-added/watched/friended, everybody (I think, sorry if I missed you out!) please don't bother to thank me for a watch xD
You don't have to watch me again if you don't want to (of course) especially seeing as I don't have anything new up yet.

I've decided to get more serious with art. Of course I'll still have fun with it, but really, this is the thing I want to do for my career and I need to take it more seriously and work towards improving myself more if I am to make a portfolio to be able to get into University with.
I know I say this type of thing in a journal every couple of months but... I'm really buckling down now.

I guess I just felt like I needed a bit of a fresh start more than anything, I'm sorry if there's any inconvenience caused by this move at all.

I hope to see you on my new account!
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So, I think it's around time for a new journal!
Excuse me for the wall of text... you don't really have to read any of this. ;_;

Things are going well in college and I'm glad I finally seem to be picking up the pace with the work load, although I'm still worried about being able to finish everything on time. Recently I've been thinking a lot about my future and where I want to go to Uni/what course I'd like to do etc. and after thinking for what seems like a long while, I've come to the conclusion that I should and I will at least try to get a concept art course. My first choice is at De Montfort University in Leicester which looks like it has an excellent program for concept art.  I'm still not entirely sure how I'm going to afford it, or even how I'm going to manage to get there, but it's all in it's early stages yet, and I still have awhile to go before I need to start making more concrete ideas.

This brings me to something else I wanted to say/ask. Would anybody be interested or mind me putting portfolio type work up here? By that I mean things such as realism studies and still life drawings along with things like pose practise and the like. I think uploading that sort of thing to dA could help me get some much needed feedback in order to improve my fundamental art skills. I just thought to mention it as it might mean straying away from the kinds of things I usually upload, though I always think going back to basics before you draw in a certain style is a good idea. I need to improve my versatility as an artist and also work general things like lighting, colour and proportion. Saying this, I've also decided not to actually go for an Artist's Alley at J-Con this year, I just don't think I'm quite good enough yet, and that plus the cost and effort into it would just drain me. I think I may try for it next year if I'm any better.

I'm really looking forward to Valentine's Day this year! I'm working on doing a piece commemorating Ren Jinguji's birthday, a character from the anime/otome game UtaPri that was born on 14th Feb, so that should be fun. Even though I don't have a boyfriend/am not bothered about obtaining one in the least, I'm looking forward to it as a time to share love and happiness in friendship to all the people on dA as well as friends and family I know in real life. It also happens to land in half term, which is great because then I can spend the day in my PJs, pigging out on chocolate, drinking beer, playing romance VNs and watching sappy anime. Seems like the perfect day. :dummy:

Work on my comic has grounded to an almighty halt... I don't really know what's going to happen to it to be honest, so I'm sorry about the delay. I will probably get round to doing it eventually, maybe when other things have calmed down enough for me to be able to just sit down and sketch out a good few pages.

Until next time~

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Confessions~

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Stolen from :iconjaylu:&:iconmeiruuu:  (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧
I am also procrastinating from doing college work... art work... pretty much everything I need to do...
ANYWAY

Confession 1: Your biggest fear.
Probably... that I never end up living up to my own expectations of myself...
or something to that effect.

Confession 2: Worst Nightmare.
It's this one that I can never remember until I have it.
Sounds weird but I get it maybe once or twice a year, and I wake up absolutely terrified, but then instantly forget what actually happened in the dream...

Confession 3: Something you wish you could forget.
Times when I embarrass myself, or know that I said something really wrong or out of place.

Confession 4: Best dream.
I once dreamt that I spent a whole day with my husbando Tsubasa Amaha... it made me so happy, and the I woke up, and after awhile remembered that he actually isn't real ;_;
(yes I am that sad)

Confession 5: Favorite memory.
Probably when I went to the London Comic Con with my mum. It was really fun and the atmosphere there was amazing.

Confession 6: Worst experience.
The other week when I innocently went down at 3AM to get some snacks... I stepped in dog poo, in the dark... and I was barefoot.
I squealed, woke everyone up, and my mum yelled at me.

Confession 7: Biggest pet peeve.
When people eat or breathe too loudly.

Confession 8: Something you're paranoid about.
That something is going to get me when it's dark. D: I am actually scared of the dark still...

Confession 9: What you thought of your current best friend when you met them.
Bahahaha, I thought he was so irritating when I first met him, I actually bullied him for awhile when I was little ;_;
I'm sorry Richard
But now we're the best of friends. xD

Confession 10: Your strongest principle/belief.
That there is good as well as bad in everybody.

Confession 11: What annoys you the most.
Ignorance and arrogance in people.
Also lying.

Confession 12: Something you want to do before you die
Watch/meet kpop group SHINee. :meow: (hrrrrrgh Taeminnie <3)
I would be so so shy if I did actually meet them though, I wouldn't be able to speak. xD

Apart from that I actually want to be able to work on a big/famous game project. That would be really fun.

Confession 13: Biggest regret.
Procrastinating on everything (like I'm doing right now)...

Confession 14: Hidden talent.
I can actually lick my elbow.

Confession 15: Favorite thing about yourself.
Probably the way that I think. I like how I like to learn, and how I have ambition.

Confession 16: One thing you would change about yourself if you could.
Make me actually have the will to do stuff that I need/want to do.

Confession 15: Worst habit.
Biting my nails. It is one thing I absolutely cannot stop doing.

Confession 16: Most important person in your life at the moment.
I don't really have anyone that's important as such... my friends are mostly of equal importance to me.

Confession 19: A skill you wish you had.
Artistic skill...

Confession 20: Biggest compliment you've ever received.
"You'll make a really good artist,"

Confession 21: What you hate most about society.
Just people in general... people who dislike others for absolutely no reason, or for reasons that are ridiculous like "They're gay" or "They're black".

Confession 22: Something that makes you cry.
Loads of things make me cry... one would be when I finish a book or game I really like, I'll burst into tears because I've bonded with the characters so much/don't want to leave them ;_;

Confession 23: Something that makes you laugh.
Daily Lives of High School Boys...
A really funny anime that started running this season.

Confession 24: Most treasured possession.
Like a physical object? Probably my signed sketch from :iconoceantann:. It really inspired me to try to do better and not to worry about the bitches and whores in life.

Confession 25: Something no-one expected you to like.
Not a lot of people know I'm addicted to otome games/have an intense glasses fetish...

Confession 26: Strangest hobby.
I like to analyse every room I go into on how to protect against possible zombie attack.

Confession 27: Biggest ambition.
Ahaha... the likelier one? Become a concept artist. My ultimate dream? To become a concept artist in Japan.

Confession 28: Something stupid you used to believe in when you were younger.
I used to think that I could fly.

Confession 29: A random confession.
I think that Benedict Cumberbatch (the guy who played BBC's Sherlock) is really really attractive.

Confession 30: A few words to, honestly, describe yourself.
Nice most of the time, harsh, whiny, stupid, shy, weird...

 
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Edit: I think I've decided not to move accounts, at least for now.
I've also started to save for an Intuos4 Large. ^^
That is if I don't spend all my money on manga/psp games first :XD:


...I have an urge to move accounts again. It seems kind of redundant but at the same time I don't think my username is very well... marketable?
It'd be a whole other story if I'd've just put down 'Daisy-san' but noooo I decided to do it without the hyphen, so now it makes me look like an idiot who doesn't understand Japanese suffixes. :XD:
I was just thinking about it because of me MAYBE going to be at an artist's alley this year.
I want to have business cards so people can find my dA/contact me, and putting 'Daisysan' as my artist name just irks me because it's not technically grammatically correct.
Also Daisy is actually a name (my middle name in fact) and people could mistake it for being my actual name instead of a nickname/alias.
And then there's the whole issue of losing watchers, the fact that it would be the 2nd time I'd moved, that I could just get bored of my next username...
Then again I've learnt from my mistake so I'd think very hard about it.
Maybe I could start with a side-account and then move onto it later if/when I make up my mind?
Bah. I'm just undecided at the moment.
Please let me know your opinions, it'd be a great help.

In other news...

After looking at melistopheles's journal, I've also been thinking about saving up for a new tablet, since my current one is kind of on it's last legs.
Now, if I won the lottery, I'd absolutely adore to have a Wacom Cintiq, one of the tablets with screens inbuilt, but on the amount of money I get.... that's not going to happen.
As the next step down, but still a step up from my current tablet (an old Bamboo Pen) I'm thinking of saving for a Wacom Intuos4 Large.
It'd be a great help for my college work as well as personal drawings, and would also be great for starting off my 'professional' career.
I don't really know about other brands of tablets other than Wacom though, so any suggestions would be appreciated.

 
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To Do List

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Just thought I'd note down a few things that I know I need/want to do, and to get that New Years journal off of my page, aha ^^

:bulletblack: lazyd3vil's birthday present - I won't say what it is here for obvious reasons...

:bulletblack: Gift for melistopheles - It includes Xanthius and Ciar, and it's a scene we've RPed (kind of, you'll see)

:bulletblack: Comic cover art and first 4 pages - I want at least a months worth of drawings to back me up in case I get lazy trying to do one per week xD I now have my close friend Nick working as my editor (he's done a great job so far). I'm thinking the first page up should be around mid February-ish... So I'm sorry for the wait, I'm just lacking in motivation/skill atm D:

:bulletblack: BL (boy's love) fanart of one of the many BL comics I'm a fan of on smackjeeves.... (sorry I'm a bit of a pervert ;_; )

:bulletblack: Ref page/art of my new character called Theodore Shen (name is a wip), a half Chinese/half English boy who's a chain-smoker because of his anxiety issues (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ He's also short and wants to become a pâtissier, because he loves to bake pastries, sweets and cake. :XD:

:bulletblack: Gakupo fanart because he's a sexy beast.

:bulletblack: Chinese New Year (Year of the Dragon) art.

:bulletblack: Plan the works I plan to do for J-Con 2012 (I'm hoping to have an artist alley space)

I'll add more things to this as I remember.

 
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