Hi Guys

I was hoping it would never come to this, but it's recently come to my attention that my artwork is being stolen. I had never had this problem before, and it's suddenly been happening a lot.

I really don't want to have to reduce the size of my artwork so that you can barely see them anymore. I like keeping my artwork large enough for you guys to be able to see the smaller details, as many people have asked me about how I do certain things, and having very small pictures makes it even harder to teach. I don't consider myself an expert artist by any means, but I love sharing what I do know with people who are interested.

Also, I would prefer not to watermark my drawings, because I hate the way that looks and I'd like to think I can trust people to not steal my work. If you like my style enough to want to claim it as your own, I'm flattered and I will be more than happy to try to teach you. However, claiming my work as your own not only violates copyright laws, but it's an extremely low thing to do.

So here is what I will be doing: I'm not going to reduce the size of my pictures, and I'm not going to watermark them...YET. I like sharing my work with others, and as I mentioned above, I'm, actually somewhat flattered that people like my drawings. However, if you do plan on using my artwork on your MySpace, Facebook, or whatever, you must credit me and link to my deviantArt profile page. If I find any of my artwork elsewhere without this credit, you can be sure I will do whatever I can to take not only my artwork off your page, but your entire profile off of the website, if possible. I know for a fact that Facebook (and likely others) have policies against plagiarism that can have you eliminated from their site forever. And I hardly think that it is too much to ask for a credit. I don't care what you do with it (unless you're doing something illegal with it...I dunno what, but I'm sure people could find something), as long as you link to me!

And I'd also just like to restate the following: I'm definitely here to help you. If it's my style that you like and would like to try, please message me and I will do whatever I can to help you out. I haven't submitted anything new lately due to...a variety of reasons, but I'm still checking my account frequently.

Don't plagiarize! You'll feel so much better knowing that something is your own creation, and deep down, that you're not a thief.

Keep on rockin' in the free world, kids.

Hi everyone!

I just figured I should let you now I'm not actually dead. I've just been living under a rock for the past 8 months.

So I suppose I have some explaining to do. I noticed a few weeks ago that my last piece of artwork posted here was uploaded on THANKSGIVING. And that's the Canadian one, not that end-of-year snow-on-the-ground American one. So you would expect me to do something about that, now wouldn't you (or maybe you wouldn't considering how many journals I've written apologizing for my lateness)?

But this time I actually DID try to take action. I began working on something a little different, right around March. That didn't work out, it was almost like I couldn't remember how to draw. Then once school ended in May, I tried again, something a little more my style, and it was still BAD. I almost cried, what the hell is wrong with me?

Then it dawned on me. Since going to university, my hands have been slacking off (it's at this point that I remind you I'm NOT a man...hahahaa...I'm dirty). They rarely come into contact with any writing utensils anymore, since I use my laptop to take lecture notes and write all essays on my computer like a normal person would. You should see my handwriting right now, it looks like a right-handed 2-year-old is trying to write in Hebrew with her left hand. I mean, seriously. I've been trying to write more by hand so it can get back into the habit again, but I suddenly feel all my tendonitis from being a cashier typing on an awkwardly-angled keyboard for 4 years coming back to me. Which is odd, I've never had that result from writing before. In university, I also didn't bring my art supplies, since I figured they would be either stolen or destroyed (I lived in co-ed residence), and even if I HAD brought them, I had no scanner. You wouldn't have seen them anyway! Not until like, now anyway.

Basically the intent of me even writing this is to let you know that I'm seriously working on getting my drawing abilities back. I also quit playing piano since I couldn't bring it with me, and I almost lost that too. But THAT came back with some practice, so I'm sure the drawing abilities will too. There's no way I completely lost the use of my hands in 8 months. I also work full-time at a Nuclear Plant now, so I don't have as much time as I used to when I was a stinkin' cashier.

Mwahaha maybe I'll have like, bionic nuclear mutant drawing abilities in a few weeks. I suppose we'll see. Don't lose faith in me yet, I'm trying!!

I just wanted to say that I love you, as the title clearly suggests.

I skipped class so I could study for a midterm, but decided to check my Deviant account before doing so and I was like wha? HOW many messages? Something is busted. Awesome. But then I noticed I was in the Daily Deviation row. And all I can say is BEST. DAY. EVER. I have always wanted a Daily Deviation since I joined over 2 years ago, but I never thought I would actually get one. You have made my life, I love you, how can I repay you? Unbelievable honour for someone like me, i can't even describe it.

On a side note, I'm going home this weekend and I'm bringing back my art supplies. Meaning new submissions soon hopefully. I'm suddenly extremely motivated, I needed this.

So thanks again, x100000000%. I suddenly don't care about my damn hell ass midterm, which I probably should. If I fail...I blame you. But luckily I can't stay mad at you...not after this. Yay! Thanks again!

Aw, my gallery looks so empty now . I guess that should just motivate me to draw more...? In case you haven't looked yet, I've cleaned out a ridiculous amount of drawings I did when I first started drawing. If you hadn't seen them yet...you weren't missing anything. I felt like they were conflicting with my current style and technique, and while I don't normally like sweeping the old, in-the-process-of-learning stuff under the rug, they were really bothering me. I didn't feel like they were decent examples of what I can do, and they were dominating my gallery. There are still a few in there that I'd like to get rid of, but I would have almost nothing in my gallery if I got rid of everything I'd like to. But PS, thanks to everyone who gave me pointers and supported me during the learning process...of course I'm not done yet so don't stop, but by getting rid of those deviations I got rid of a lot of helpful comments. Deleting the comments along with the drawings was much harder for me than deleting the drawings. I'm just glad there is a place like this with so many helpful people...that sounds cheesy and cliche even to me, but it's true. Without the exposure and criticism I get on DeviantArt I would never learn anything because my work would always look decent to me. And my mom...my mom says I'm cool.

So all that is left now is to get a new deviant ID. I was going to delete that too because I'm so sick of it, but I left my camera at school and I don't want to go ID-less. Soon! There's a word you've never heard out of me before.

Anyway, I've also submitted a new deviation in case you're blind or a first-time viewer. Please check it out and tell me what you think.


Peace

Black-Rose-Immortal

So I'm still here and full of excuses as usual. I'm attending university and have no time and no art supplies with which to draw, although I'm considering bringing them back after I go home for Thanksgiving.

I actually do have something on the go that is looking alright, and I was going to post a WIP of it, but decided not to since it would have been a long time until I got a chance to finish it. So hopefully after this weekend (Canadian Thanksgiving for you Internationals) I'll have something new for you guys.

I'm also going to be redoing my ID because I don't like it and want something better. Once I get a few more new drawings up, I will also be moving my older ones to my scraps because I feel that they take away from the rest of my gallery. They'll still be around, they just won't be in my main gallery.

And last but not least, thanks for all the pageviews! I was about to post a "Commission for the 10 000th page view" but when I got to my page it had already rolled over. Quite a bit over. I don't know what's been happening lately since I haven't posted anything in a while (comments, art, journals or ANYTHING), but my views have really been picking up speed. So thank you all very, very much, I'm incredibly grateful. It's hard to get noticed on a community as large as Deviant Art, so 10 000 page views means a lot to me.

And now I have homework to do, but I PROMISE new work sometime in the next week. Unless I break my hand or suffer some other debilitating injury, then you understand I hope. If you don't then...too bad.

Thanks to you all again!

Black-Rose-Immortal