Got any?

I need some.

Gosh I feel like an unintelligent idiot today. I've been like that all week. I'm so tired... nearly keeled over in Art today too. I was painting something and when I stood up to clean the brush I felt ill. Good thing I didn't faint or anything, that would be awkward.

Back to the markers. I need more of them. COPIC sketch anyone? The only place I can get them around here is a store in Toronto, an hour from my house, depending on traffic, and they're $8 a pop. Sets of 12 or more run in the hundreds, and even my part time job doesn't pay that well, and my parents just bought me a bunch of art supplies (not including markers), and they have to pay the deposit on my trip to Concert Band Nationals! I'm poor , they're poor, and art supplies aren't on the top of their list. Too expensive for the grandparents and my best friend isn't going to Hong Kong anytime soon, where I can get them for $3 cheaper.

I'll just have to suffer through learning how to paint XD. I'm thinking of doing a watercolour piece for class, but I haven't touched water colour since... I was 10? And I wasn't very good, or motivated. Hopefully this'll be better. If the smaller one is nice, I might just make a larger version in acrylic. I'm lazy though. And I need a beach ball (randomest thing I'll ever need in art so far).

I'm done ranting, time for sleeping.

Gimme markers *crazy look*.

-Cielle

To defame other people.

Honestly! People go to great lengths to attack the efforts of others at any point, especially if they are talented or just better than the defamer. Sorry, I know I'm generalizing, that is not always true.

I've seen people go to the point of gathering and searching for pictures with similar traits to that of the artist's just to make a point. Who has that kind of drive or effort? Gosh, I must be lazy. Sure, if I'm striving to make a point, I do a bit of research, but I hope in arguing with another that I knew enough to start the argument to begin with. It's amazing what kind of time these people will put in to defame others. If you're so determined, put that effort into something that will better yourself! Work on becoming a better artist, a better writer, a better person!

Ok, I know, I'm on my high horse today. But honestly, people should find more productive pursuits.

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Well, on another topic, it was a sad day in the Canadian/International art world today. Ken Danby, a famous realist artist and Canadian died today. People outside of Canada probably dno't understand the importance of some of his works, but almost everything he did was amazing. Of course, to Canadians, "At the Crease", one of his paintings, might as well be our flag, it's that iconic.

Truly sad, he was an amazing artist, condolences to his family.

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Well, school has started guys, anyone else as bored as I am. I'm finally taking art, and it's awkward, since in Grade 11, most people in the class aren't considering it seriously. Of course, I never took the course in Grades 9 and 10 as I should have, but still. I love art! I hate math.

Math is the worst. I doubt I'll do well, not because I don't understand, just because I'm lazy and getting more and more disinterested in it by the day. I am being forced by my parents to take University Prep math, so of course, it's the hardest course. Not that it's difficult, but still. I feel bad for being there and knowing I'll never go into math or science! It's silly.

World History is the perfect course, if we didn't have so many idiots in my class. Have you ever met a person whose every word just irks you? I have one of those people in my class, and gosh, does he love to voice his opinion. In the span of about 10 days, he's already provoked two debates. One was on the fact he believed having a Muslim Student Association (MSA) in our public school as discriminatory, and how he thought religion caused people to do bad things. Of course, this set off a friend of mine who happens to be one of the executive of the MSA, and of course, a kind and devout Muslim.

People are morons. I'm not religious myself, but I have all sorts of respect for devout individuals. Personally, I just can't stand worship. I attend public school, I think it's cool that we have the MSA, and the Christan Club. I think people should just learn to live with things as they are.

All I have to say is: Get over it!

That's my point for today. Nighty night kids ^^.

I also apparently can't spell XD.

First journal entry I guess, so woot. I really have to update this, since all my art is on my desk (not finished mind you, but there), and none of it is on here. Since my tablet, inking has become less tedious. I haven't decided on a name for my tablet. It's Tab for now. I'll find a nice one. And make some sort of decoration to slip between it and the photo holder thing that I like ever so much.

As to why I'm annoyed/frustrated. I'm a Gaia member, like many people. I'm more active than I thought, especially since I have fallen in love with the GD and the Picture Post! Problem. I post in the Picture Post (PP for short), and I've stopped getting any feedback. I hate making noobish titles like "OMGZ LOOK HERE LAWLZZZZZ!!1!1!!!". Obviously there's a taboo around my name, my titles REALLY suck, or my art is just uncommentable. I might jsut start posting my DA gallery URL and leave it. I did get comments from Gaia here, how I do not know. Somewhere I have my DA link, I don't' know where.

So I posted some stuff, and I was asking for anatomy advice since it seems to be the only place I fail miserably. MISERABLY. I need a goshdarn book. Got money anyone, or titles? On to the point, I got PMs from heaven, someone helped me. I was happy, to say the least. I also got a request for a commission, so I was happy. Commissions = gold = cool stuff. Why dont' people comment? I'm sick of the usual "OMG You rock! Lol". I want QUALITY COMMENTS PEOPLE. I comment you, comment me back.

Ok, I'm done now. I have found a new artistic passion until I buy more markers... PASTELS. I love them. I only have 24, so I'm sad, but I only just started with them, so it's cool. I jsut did a piece with them today. Problem I found was doing details. Small details are impossible with my chunky kindergarten pastels (Oil Pastels I may add). Hands are more impossible for me than usual, but I like the piece overall. It's pretty, and I like the paper. My grandmother bought me some nifty Mi-Teintes paper a few years back, and not knowing a thing about art herself, it's pastel paper. So it's perfect. I love it. It comes in nice colours too. I just need to buy fixative I think. Any recommended brands? (If anyone reads this, lawl). I can't put it in my scanner either, so I'll have to take a picture of it. It's A: too big, at 12"x17" and B: done in oil pastel, which will probably kill my scanner XD.

Thanks for listening to me rant ^^. Hopefully I'll have a nice new digital pic, and the pastel piece done and up soon. Biiz!