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I'm writing a paper for my advanced English class that features the pros and cons of both Traditional Art and Digital Art. And since we're all artists on here I'd like to hear if any of you have a preference for either medium, or just your opinions on the Traditional VS Digital debate.
I'd love to hear your opinions.
Any and all responses would be greatly appreciated and helpful :]
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Books of 2011

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I kept a record of all the books I read over the course of 2011 since one of my "resolutions" was to read 50 books within the year.
I'm sharing this list because I'm proud of myself for succeeding and also because I would recommend most of these books to any other readers. Also you should let me know if you've read any of these :]
These aren't listed in order that I read them but by author's first name.

1. The Last Summer of you and me – Ann Brashares
2. 3 Willows- Ann Brashares
3. My Name is Memory- Ann Brashares
4. Interview with a Vampire - Anne Rice
5. Dracula – Bram Stoker
6. The Zombie Night Before Christmas – C. Moore and H. Parker Kelley
7. Sleeping Freshman Never Lie- David Lubar
8. Escape from the Carnivale – Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
9. Cave of the Dark Wind- Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
10. Blood Tide- Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
11. Mister Monday- Garth Nix
12. Grim Tuesday – Garth Nix
13.  Drowned Wednesday – Garth Nix
14. I am Number Four – James Frey
15. Eggs – Jerry Spinelli
16. Saint Iggy – K.L. Going
17. My Bonny Light Horseman- L.A. Meyer
18. Before I fall – Lauren Oliver
19. Guilty Pleasures- Laurell K. Hamilton
20. The Laughing Corpse – Laurell K. Hamilton
21. Circus of the Damned - Laurell K. Hamilton
22. The Lunatic Café - Laurell K. Hamilton
23. Bloody Bones - Laurell K. Hamilton
24. Burnt Offerings - Laurell K. Hamilton
25. Blue Moon - Laurell K. Hamilton
26. Obsidian Butterfly - Laurell K. Hamilton
27. Narcissus in Chains - Laurell K. Hamilton
28. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
29. So Cold the River – Michael Koryta
30. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
31. Anancci Boys- Neil Gaiman
32. Neverwhere- Neil Gaiman
33. The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman
34. The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman
35. The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman
36. Water Ship Down – Richard Adams
37. The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan
38. Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
39. The Titan's Curse- Rick Riordan
40. Battle of the Labyrinth – Rick Riordan
41. The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan
42. Lock and Key – Sarah Dessen
43. Along for the Ride – Sarah Dessen
44. Pretty Little Liars- Sara Shepard
45. Flawless – Sara Shepard
46. Perfect- Sara Shepard
47. Unbelievable – Sara Shepard
48. Wicked – Sara Shepard
49. Killer – Sara Shepard
50. Heartless- Sara Shepard
51. The Lying Game- Sara Shepard
52. Never Have I Ever – Sara Shepard
53. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer- Seth Graham Smith
54. The Outsiders- S.E. Hinton
55. V for Vendetta – Steve Moore
56. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
57. Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins
58. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
59. Boneman's Daughters- Ted Dekker
60. Lolita – Vladimir Nobokov
61. The Life of Pi- Yann Martel

Eleven over :]
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"Hey kids."

"Hey Abbey! Where have you been we thought you were dead."

"No I'm not dead, I'm murdered" hehehe

I'm sorry that was cheesy. Anyways I'm sorry I haven't posted anything lately I've been busy with finals and there have been a lot of people dropping life changing news on me. Most of which I am not happy with. So I've relapsed into my angry Nirvana listening angst ways.

So I'll be posting art soon. I have a lot of book illustrations to be critiqued and I'm slowly working on my pieces.
Speaking of my own art work I realized a couple days ago that I did not put a photographer in with my little artists in Beneath Our Exterior
WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?

I am very pissed off at discovering this. So I'm sorry to all photographers out there in case I made you feel left out. I think when I have time I'll make a sequel and have at least two photographers.
I feel so ashamed.



Well in other news :iconendlesssecrets: tagged me. I've never been tagged before so I figured I would give this meme a whirl because I'm bored. Bored on Christmas Eve? Yeah, go figure.
Here we go-


Rules:

1. You must post these rules
2. Each person must post 10 things about themselves on their journal.
3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create ten new questions for the people you tag to answer.
4. You have to choose 10 people to tag and post their icons on your journal. Not going to tag 10 people.
5. Go to their pages and tell them you have tagged her/him. Not going to do this either.
6. No tag backs (That's included for VWB's)...I know that's a crappy joke.
7. Don't include a "you're tagged because you read this" thing.


EndlessSecrets: My Questions:

1. Do you like doing memes?
I like doing memes in my head but I don't post them because I didn't think people would read them, but then I realized only about ten people read my journal anyway.

2. Do you like any sports?
Yes, actually I am fairly athletic. When I was little I wanted to be a professional volleyball player, and I made MVP on the team I played in high school, but I don't meet minimum height requirements for a lot of colleges. But I've played nearly every sport throughout my life.

3. Have you ever wanted to be famous? If so, for doing what?
I had the delusion of being a famous novelist, but now I know that's ridiculous.

4. What's the worst homework assignment you've ever had? Ranting time!
I hate giving speeches so I would say the entirity of my speech class was pretty obnoxious, but I may not have a DD if it weren't for that class.

5. If you could vacation anywhere, where would you go?
New Zealand or maybe Australia, but I'd really like to visit Europe also, so it's a tie.

6. Hey, do you have any OCs? If so, name them! (And describe them, if you'd like)
The only two OCs that have survived my teenage years are Ryan and Thomas. They've evolved a lot, but I still love them. There will probably be more upcoming art work of the two of them.

7. Hot chocolate with marshmallows or whipped cream?
I don't like whipped cream so it would definitely be marshmallows.

8. What's your favorite thing about the holiday season?
I've been told four times this week that I'm a Grinch so it's not Christmas :b

9. Which mediums do you prefer for drawing?
Good Ole Pencil and Paper. But you need a good scanner with those.

10. Quick, you've suddenly turned invisible! What's the first thing you'd do?
Obviously I would rob a bank, and then get the heck out of America.



10 Things About Me

1. I have not eaten anything today.

2. I'm irritating my sister by not allowing her to watch the 25th episode of Death Note because I can't bring myself to watch her cry. :p

3. I've never read nor seen any of the Harry Potter movies/books. (You may stone me now)

4. I live on a farm of 170 acres, and if I were to jump out my bedroom window I would land in the woods.... and die.

5. I like the cold. I have my window open and it's about 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

6. My best friend thinks I'm a lot like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. I think this is frighteningly true.

7. My real personality and internet personality don't really coincide, I'm a lot nicer online :b

8. I actually do have A.D.D. and I hate it when people pretend to have it and end their sentences with: "Ooh look a kitty" in an attempt to be funny.

9. I have been in four fist fights and won two of them.

10. If I were to ever cosplay I would go as Fionna from the Adventure Time gender bender. Because we have the same body shape, I would just need a blonde wig.

My questions:
1. Kill or be killed?
2. Can you play an instrument?
3. What's your favorite possession?
4. What is your current desktop background?
5. What are you afraid of?
6. What would you change about the world if you had the power to do so?
7. Do you have a real life arch enemy? (A mental one is also accepted)
8. If you could either stop sleeping or eating and still live which would you choose to stop doing?
9. If you could choose an imaginary world from a movie or book ect. What world would you choose?
10. If you could choose an age to stop aging at what age would you choose?

I am going to actually tag a few people (not that I expect them to do it)


:iconfingerpokeplz::iconorchestra-of-regret:
:iconfingerpokeplz::iconkhdork:
:iconfingerpokeplz::iconliwow-chan:
:iconfingerpokeplz::iconmelkyrion:
:iconfingerpokeplz::iconohohohohohohoh:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDSbsb… me explain before you listen.

That book I'm illustrating, yup that one that's going to take about fifteen years off my sure to get cancer life span. Oh you forgot about it? Hmm well I haven't. :stare:
Anyway enough of my snarky mood. This song is written by my friend Emily (the one I'm illustrating the book for) she also sings it while playing her ukelele. It has pictures from her trip to China where she met Frankie (the little girl they are adopting) you get to see some of her in the pictures (1:07). I'm pretty sure Emily also put together the slide show.
The story is actually pretty touching. I'm of course going to make you buy the book if you want to see all the illustrations and read the story. But in a nutshell Emily tells how her family has always felt like they were missing a child, but they weren't able to have more children, and Emily ever since she was a little girl had wanted to go to China. So she gets a huge break and is able to go to China on a mission trip to an orphanage where she meets Frankie, and falls in love with her. When Emily comes home she convinces her family to try and adopt Frankie, and for several months they didn't think it was going to be possible, but then they discover that they are a match, and ever since they've been raising money to bring Frankie home. So yeah it's a cute story. The sad part is they still need over a thousand dollars to finish the adoption.
You can go watch the video now. Or at the very least listen to the song. You'll get kudo points with me if you listen to it ;]


In other news. I had a pretty good thanksgiving, except for those parts where I stepped on a piece of glass, caught a horrendous head cold (which I'm still harboring) so I feel pretty awful right now (this also explains my bad mood), when our house lost power midway through my shower, found out one of my friend's grandpas has cancer, and another one of my friends was physically assaulted while working on Black Friday. I just love the holidays... :sarcasm:

BUT IT'S FREAKIN' SNOWING!!!!! :happybounce:
We're supposed to get 4 to 8 inches tonight :] Maybe school will get canceled heh heh ;]

I feel like I'm forgetting something that I wanted to mention........ hmm

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So I'm home alone with the youngest. My parents left for the weekend, and my other siblings are on a retreat that lasts from Friday to Sunday evening.
This does not give you permission to come murder me while my family is away :b I have a whale harpoon in my room. Remember that.

Being alone kinda leads to the fact that I'm bored.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that it's also my fall break. This brings me happiness. :]

Anyway back to the subject of being bored, since the craziness from the Daily Deviation is dying down, I've discovered that I have a ton of new watchers. I'm sorry I didn't thank you all personally, but I love you all for watching me.

Normally I would've thanked everyone of you, and tried to start a conversation to get to know you better, because I like knowing the people who are watching me.  So here is your chance to talk!
Tell me something about yourself! (All my watchers can participate, not just the new ones ;])

So do you have any secret talents? If you're in college what are you studying? When you were little what did you want to be when you grew up? What's your favorite television show? I love OCs so you can tell me about yours if you have any. Can you play an instrument? Who are your favorite bands?
Tell me anything, and I'll do my best to reply to all of you :]



I am aware of the fact that if no one comments it will make this journal look ridiculous....

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