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Misunderstandings and ProcrastinationsHi guys, Shin here.
I've just finished the last batch of commissions yesterday. Some of you may be wondering why I take so long with commissions. :iconpluehunter: and I we did discus about this issue. To sum it up, please watch this video:
Procrastination is the fear of not able to get things done.
Both plue and I are college students, I'm taking degree in Graphic Design and Illustration. Comments that I often receive from my friends who are taking finance, psychology, dentistry, mass communication, IT courses are:
"You're so active on social media, you're not busy at all!"
"Art? How hard can it be?"
"What is such a big deal about it?"
Maybe some of you thinks the same as well, to be honest taking degree might not make me as good as diploma art students as they are very skill trained. Degree drains my brain (I should be completing my 2500++ words essay instead of writing this journal) and sometimes I wish why am I doing this? I never draw manga art in college, so you can imagine

Is it that difficult to understand?Ok, so you all know that the Internet is full of persons that make commissions. They might be cheap, they might be expensive, they might be very talented, they might be not so talented, price might be worth, price might not be worth...
But, HOLLY FUCK, IT'S STILL THEM SPENDING THEIR FUCKING TIME OF THEIR LIFE TO DO SOMETHING FOR YOU.
Really. It's annoying of how immature can people be (not only in Tumblr but deviantART itself!!) by saying "how come this artist is full of commission when I'm better and nobody asks me for one?". Well, if you don't have enough commissions, you know the possible answers: You're not popular enough or you're not good enough. I can't offer any solution for the first case because I will still think it's just a matter of luck (and promotion, exposures, etc), but I DO CAN offer an advice for the second one: If you're still not good enough, try lowing your prices. I know it wouldn't be economically worth in the begining, but it will be worth for EXPERIENCE

5 things...... that any BL/yaoi MUST have to make me it enjoy (they're in order of preference):
1- MANLY MEN. I'm especially talking about UKES, which tend to be ridicously effeminate. Girls with penises. It pisses me the hell off.
2- PLOT. I don't want "decorated" porn, neither cute boys acting like 15 yo girls. Give me an interesting plot (especially suspense/action) and I may give it a chance.
3- REALISM. No, I don't mean I don't like alternative universes or fantasy, but REALISTIC CHARACTERS. Sorry, but the "rape-me-and-I'll-love-you" is old fashioned and wrong. Not to talk about the uke being treated like a woman. WTF.
4- CREEPY THINGS. I mean, blood, gore, guro, violence, wounds,maybe some mutilations... forget about bestiality. I want HUMAN-LOOKING men.
5- BAD ENDINGS. I hate fluffy stuff. Not only in BL but ANYTHING in general. I've already enjoyed some BLs with "happy" endings, but they don't use to be my cup of tea, really. Also, if they've got a happy ending, please, put som

Just a small sort of rant.Well, if you could even call it a rant, since I'm not really angry or anything, I just want to get these words out of my system so I can stop thinking about how to phrase it.  For the few who are hoping to get to know me better, here's a bit of help.
I've been on DA since 2005, so that's like...7 years?  I'm not as talented as some of the younger artists, who draw wonderfully when they are only 16.  Back when I was 16, I was only a beginner in digital art, and I've made progress and improvements rather slowly.
Now, I have 600k some pageviews and 15k+ watchers. I guess you can call me semi-popular on DA, and I've even got a small fanclub as well as a great number of people who liked RE:A, the first game I've completed.
Of course, I couldn't have gotten this kind of fame without you guys, people who appreciate what I do.  I'm not a fanartist, I rarely have the time and dedication to read/watch popular manga/shows and I've always got an inferiority

Facebook... ugh... so lame!

I rarely enter my facebook account because I only created it to follow some sellers and well, I also added a few friends later.
Few days ago, I tried to enter my facebook account. I've always needed to write my email and password to enter.

But this time Facebook started to ask for my real name. I wrote my name and my first surname (in my country we have TWO surnames, dad's and mom's surname). They didn't validate what I wrote and blocked my facebook account because they thought I was lying or something...

The question is: why they even started to ask for my full name like if they were trying to verficate my true identity if I only used to write my email and pass to enter? The only reason I could came up with is that perhaps someone thought that I wasn't the real account owner (?) (I dunno but I'm aware that a lot of people report art submitted without permission around facebook because I've received a lot of notes about people telling me "

Why people think art should be cheapI mean some people even think that digital art should be cheaper than traditional, because there is no original.
Its funny when people ask tons of things in a drawing, like 30 characters fighting a 12 dragons, and they think they can get it cheaper than a pencil drawing, because in the computer there must be a secret brush that makes all of this in 2 hours.
Sadly, painted style in digital takes more time than traditional. Artists says its easier, because you have more control. But sadly textures are cooler in traditional, and easier.
I remember 4 or 5 years ago when started thinking bout digital, i said damn if i learn digital, i will skip drawings and paint directly, this will make my life easier, it will take me less time to finish a product, like i can even finish 3 drawings in just a day, yeahhh i should try that.
5 years later, i was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo wroonnngggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.
So i used to think the same about speed, but not about price.
So wh

Practical Strategies: How to be more popular in dAThank you all for always participating in my polls/surveys, and sorry that I can't reply to every comment personally, but they are indeed helpful and interesting, each comment has brought me new ideas and inspiration, so here, I have some strategies to share with you, content based on the results of my latest poll. http://kelly1412.deviantart.com/journal/poll/2995299/
It is true that your artwork is the key to all the attention you receive. However, there are still some strategies that could help you get more attention, in terms of comments, self-achievement, favorites and watchers. In this journey I'll share with you some strategies that I've discovered through my own personal analysis and observation.
(they've all been tested, but no guarantee if it will work for everyone.)
And it will not directly make your art better, only you have that ability within yourself!
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For people who are waiting for COMMENTS
--Want others say something to

[Pre-Order] Shadenea Concept Art bookWell,this is the book I ever printed in 2011.
It is the Shadenea concept art, My original world and this project I made for my art thesis.
In that time I just recive order and sent the book for my local only.
Now,some people want me to re-print again, so I decide to open pre-order for collect the names who want this book before send order to the printery.
But in this time my family want me to recive order and sent to the foreign...Okay all of words in this book are thai, How they can read? /sob
Anyway, they want me to try so I try.
- Size A4
- hardcover and thread sewing
- 92 pages including shortly story, sketch charecter and a little landscape and concept art
- price 50 USD , not includ shiping price, The ship price depend on local
(you can check the ship price at this http://www.thailandpost.co.th/rate.php the weight is about 1000 g. )
Pay by paypal after the book finish. The book will finish around middle or late of February 2013.
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Dysfunctional Systems (Visual Novel)Journal Entry
Announced a visual novel: Dysfunctional Systems. Release Date: April 4.

check it out here: http://dischan.org/devblog/2013/01/dysfunctional-systems-announcement/
Opening:
http://youtu.be/2Ho1vyo8lKk
Synopsis:
Dysfunctional Systems is an episodic visual novel chronicling the life of Winter Harrison. Having long become comfortable with her utopian society, Winter is surprised to learn that there are other worlds in other planes of existence. These worlds are quite different from hers, ranging from troubled, to dystopian, to futuristic or fantastical. However, they are all riddled with problems that, if not resolved, may adversely affect her home world. She is chosen to become a "mediator", charged with the maintenance of order in these chaotic planes, and so enters a vocational school for training. Episode 1 details her second shadowing of a seasoned mediator, only a few weeks into her first year. She and her mentor enter a world seemingly

please check out this contest :)

If You're interested of course!

so I wanted to buy some books and art supplies...And I'd like You to ask do You know any worth buying books about 3D/2D animation/ digital art/ photography/fashion and traditional art supplies You're really happy with? Sketchbooks, color pencils, anything else? I don't have much of these and I'm currently browsing ebay to do some shopping >3>

Commissions [$900/$1500] - December + UpdateEdit:December slots are open! ALSO, PLEASE READ FOR UPDATE!
Okay, so I might have mentioned this to a few of you guys individually, but I'm caught in a bit of an emergency. From now (August) to April, I need to raise $1500 for a trip with my friends, some of which I most likely won't ever see again. I wanted to be able to spend some time with them before we part ways. To do this, I'll be doing commissions to raise $100 each month. The amount I currently have for the trip will be in the title of the journal and will be updated as time goes on.
EVEN IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD A COMMISSION, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. Any amount of help is appreciated!! ; U;
What the Commissions Will Look Like:

For this month I'll be changing how I do the commissions, due to holidays and midterms.
$25 for 1 fullcolor character + simple bg
+$10 for an additional character (max chars. = 2)
OR
$50 for your choice of:
1 character, lineless painting + simple bg
or
Fu

If I were a citizen of the US...If I were a citizen of the US I would take this quiz: "http://www.isidewith.com/" to become educated about which presidential choice is the right one for me. I'm not american, but I still find it educative and the people who "don't care" should be banished. It's your future and the quality of your living conditions we're talking about. e_e
I guess I would be voting for Jill Stein for a good wellfare system. My results: "http://www.isidewith.com/results/26828122"

NOT ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERSfor the longest time i have been trying to be popular, doing every thing to get hight statistics. but from this week of not posting i have been thinking i have been striving to get big numbers but by doing that i have lost some of my creativity and imagination. i had such a big imagination to start out with, but i did learn a bit when i was in this stage in my life, in my coloring and drawing. but that is pritty much what i got from doing that. so im no longer really going after to be popular just to have fun drawing and to show the best i have in my imagination.
but from this week also was feeling a bit down to. and was thinking on not drawing agin. becose i felt i was not really getting any were in my art, putting things off try to get things done and not turning how i want it, procrastinating.
but i know how much my art means to some of my watcher, so doing that will be hard to do if i even wanted to try.
im probly in that artest slump agin and thinking every one is better then me,

Anime Expo 2012 Report!Shhh, I'm only a week late on this ;;
wehhh so I don't even know where to start! Every day was really fun *___* I got to meet so many amazing people!!!! Wahhh/// Shout-out to you all, I love youu! ; ~ ; thank you for making my experience so wonderful. Even certain artists I just briefly got introduced to by mutual friends, it's an honor to meet you all ///
:iconmoosmic::iconnaguri::iconameru::icondr-jiin::iconjackettt::iconhi-ci::iconseiracchi::icontwitchhhhh::iconkomplexity::iconf-wd::iconriingo::iconaeriim::iconraburabbit::iconruby-heart::iconzearyu::iconb-snippet::iconsqu-chan::iconhakiru::iconminevi::iconkirostyle::iconperirowinque::iconnio-sama::iconvan-reille::icontimecompass::iconlo-wah::iconrondeau::iconnyanooman::iconnebokeru:
oh man I feel like I'm forgetting someone ;;;
I'll just try to do a quick day-by-day report of my week BUT IF THAT'S BORING TO YOU THERE ARE A FEW PHOTOS AT THE END IF YOU WANNA SCROLL PAST ALL THE TL;DR:
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which I think it's gonna be next writing manuscript.
I try so hard to communicate in english.
Hope my language will not confuse you.

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past time I've ever wonder that how could we measuring anyone successful?
Honour?rich,Pride or any factor that we use to measuring success
For me There're people ever asking me that.
Do you think you're successful yet?.It's hard to answering this
question because I success somany
thing but I don't think I'm successful.

Success is subjective.It's depend on people.
If you ask me,How could you measuring success.
I've to question you back.
What you really want in your life and what's the most thing you value?

My sister ever said about 'OSHO'.He's philosopher.He said that
people who being president is like they climb the ladder higher
and higher then they can't go further nor they can going down
because they don't know what it's gonna end.
so every successful people have suffering also,even president
who's the country leader.
That's why I believe successful didn't always bring you
happiness,success is addictive
you want more salary,higher position,some cool gadget,honour occupation,fame,house,car
because it's 'success meter'
That's how this world can
translate what's successful mean.
Then we believe that if we success then we're happy.

Past time I've ever believe,
to feature in media,have my own pocketbook release.
That's how I call I'm success.
I've ever thought about featuring in more media,have more
pocketbook release,owning house
and car full of wish like other people.
It's like I'm now walking in to the ladder with no end,
I've ever thought If I'm more success,richer,then I'm happier.
I value myself from what I earn each month I'm still hunger in
success.Then one day I start to realize that I'm not happier.
Then something wrong about my thought I didn't understand
happiness quite well until recently.

I do less work.
Do something I enjoy such as reading,writing,spend time with family
in book happiness advantage said that people always
misunderstanding that successful will bring you happiness,
actually happiness will make you more success.

talk about happiness,then
I've something to said about my work.I've ever thought about stop
drawing comic because I would like to focus on illustration
work,I've ever thought that comic isn't something I'm good at.

Finally,when I've got spare time I end up drawing some scribble
comic because it's little happiness.I just thought that
comic isn't something I'm really good at so I would like to stop
drawing then my sister said
"Why people think we should stop doing this or that,just doing
something you feel happy is ok enough,isn't it?"
There're some junior asking me this question also,whether she
want to stop photograph to focus on illustration they I reply,
no need to stop doing something
because you want to focus on other thing because sum of it
make you being 'you',
you may be a photographer who really good in drawing,or
illustrator who really good in photograph.

Late time I've time to considering about myself more.
I do less work because my feeling that I've to compete with myself
to be better is gone,I just wanna draw,wanna write because it
make me happy,the joy when I'm being child comeback again.
If you asking me.
What's mean success to me.
I'll answer 'having job that I
love with stable financially,have some freedom to make choice,have
time for family,got happiness and enjoy life when I didn't care
about fame or successful,
something I use to measuring success isn't a lot of money,big
house,fancy car,designer cloth,or honour job but it's 'freedom' and
'happiness'

Different people have different meter to measuring successful.
If you have more need,you will got high meter,
you'll get tired to snatch those thing and didn't even realize
where's happiness,
we're all eagering to catch thing that symbol of being successful
because we believe that we'll happy if we success,
but true is the more you tied yourself with those symbol which
is social meter for success,the more you attempt,like a rat who
spining in a wheel didn't realize that if it stop running the wheel
also stop.

If you'd like to success,
you need to reset how to measuring success,
it's not higher salary,
higher position,
big house
being rich
but settling at being happy in each day of your life,
Easier you happy with yourlife,the more you success.
Stop thinking that being rich
first,have more fame,have
girlfriend or boyfriend,got love back,get married then you will be
success and then you'll be happy
because those thing isn't always end up with happy,but bring
suffering to you also,suffering from scare you will
lost them someday,suffering from saving those thing to be with us.
the day you stop chasing
successfull is the day you being
success,asking yourself you're
running on some wheel or you stop already.

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I really like your journal

It often takes me quite a time to find some nice minutes to read them but you express often really well what I believe. I enjoy them so much, I'll be looking forward your next entries.