Artist Alley 101ARTIST ALLEY 101Hi there deviantart guinea pigs! 8D I'm preparing an outline for a panel at A-kon! I have vast experience attending conventions and displaying my work. What I've written here are my total thoughts on how to do your first artist alley. It has not been made into an outline yet. What I'm needing is feedback, questions, and conversations about this information so I can decide what I might add or take away from this discussion before creating a final outline and hand out! Please help me! I'd really appreciate any comments you feel ready to leave! I am not really a comfortable public speaker, I only feel capable once I have prepar
Flash of Lightning, Resonant Thunder:icontechgnotic:The Serenely Powerful Art of `yuumeiIn the top half of an hourglass, a polar bear and her cub perch perilously atop a wedge of melting ice, its dripping water becoming the "sand" that is inexorably drowning an urban couch potato figure in the hourglass's bottom chamber. The beautiful yet arresting digital painting is "Countdown" by `yuumei and it is currently one of the most popular pieces on deviantART. It is "archetypal yuumei" in its perfectly balanced blending of a striking lyrically beautiful visual with an underlying urgent social or political message.Her specialty is digital art in an anime style, but she often employs traditional watercolors and other elements. Her cause is saving and preserving what's left of the Earth's wildlife and its environment; she donates large portions of profits from her artworks to a host of wildlife and environmental organizations and urges all deviants and others to do the same. But what has really been her stand-out achievem
Vengeance"What did she say this time?""How did you-""It's always your mother, and I always know. Now tell me.""…""I'm not going to ask you again. Just tell me.""She…said that I can't draw. I can't sing. I can't act. I can't do anything and I never shall- You're laughing.""I'm sorry. Certain phrases make me want to laugh. 'I can't' is one of them.""I'm glad you find my grief so amusing.""Look, you need to understand something. The word 'can't' is going to follow you around for the rest of your life. History is filled with people who were told they 'can't' do something. You know what makes them special?""What?""They did it
Re doI don't understand the Ramb Bozt,Fancy foreign tongue for lantern.It is as nonexistent as it is conceited,A trainwreck in my chest.An adrenaline rush gone dull.An idea lost in my memory.I need . . . a recharge.New lightbulbs, and power cords.A reshining. Rewiring. Re this re that re everythingJust to restart the grey.It gives hours made of ankissipationAnd rust on the bed sheetsA repeat of last night's endeavorsKeeping and kissing and cloakingThe truth to make it shut upThey want you to thinkMachinery cannot speak, butThey are wrong.For I have seen a lanternDrop a hello and a hey andA mockery of its o
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