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Oct 19, 2009 Update
Thank you all for notifying me about the art thief, I've already reported the listing.
(Didn't know this until now when I was trying to find something on DA...=__=;; )

Anyhow, thank you very much (whether via comments or notes)!! ^^

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God, I don't think I can call this a journal anymore, last entry was like almost an year ago...Call this annual instead, I guess..XD;;

Life have been extremely busy, so that why it's forever on hiatus here...Sometimes I still got emails or notes asking questions, and I thought I will keep a Q&A page here so everyone can be answered right away instead I get back on you after several months...;

So here it goes:

1) Can I use you art for signature/projects/coloring practice/online album/something else?

Yes, you can use my art for NON-PROFITING purposes as long as you put credit/a link back to my page somewhere so people can see it.  If you can do that then premission is granted freely.

2) Why are you constantly on hiatus? When are you free?

Basically life is busy; I have a regular day time job plus freelances at night.  So I am overworked without a life now LOL. Having this in mind, I do not have so much time now to hang out online anymore since I would like to get more rest or hang out with my close friends instead when I am free.

3) Will you update your gallery/Do you have a new piece?

Yes, I have new stuff, and I do want to update my gallery or webpage sometimes.  Just I never find a good chunk of time to do it.  I will someday, maybe just not now XD;;

4) Do you accept link exchanges/Can I link to you page?

Yes, you can link to my webpage without asking me.  But I cannot accept link exchanges anymore since they take time to maintain.  Sorry about that.


5) Do you take commissions? Do you take requests?

Reguests: Sorry no, because I have stuff I want to draw for myself and I already don't have enough time for it.

Commission: Maybe, it depends if the content is tempting to me or not LOL.

6) Can you teach me how to paint?

That's a very broad question...but basically I draw a sketch with a pencil, scan it, then color it with Painter and final touch up with Photoshop. Other then that, bascially it's all about how to improve your art skill: it's always study others artwork and practice.  I don't think there are any short cuts for this (please tell me if there's one LOL).

I think that's all for now ^^ Back to work...So see you next year folks (j/k)

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Dear Secret Santa,

This year I have been a good kid (yeah right), so would you please draw me a character (one is enough, but the more the merrier of course, LOL) from any series listed below in your style:

1) Sengoku Basara (I think it's translated as "Devil King" in North America)
2) Devil May Cry
3) Lamento
4) Togainu ("True Blood" in North America)

I don't mind male or female character, but please choose a hot, sexy and stylished character since I am stressed out from my life so I just want an eye candy to drool all over it (LOL).

Thank you, have a nice day XD

Elf

Em, yeah, so as you know by now, I go join up a Secret Santa group thing....XD;;;

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Hello everyone XD

It's been a while since I've posted anything, and just letting everyone know that I am fine and I am just super busy with a lot of stuff (as always...LOL) XD

Recently informed me that she participated in a multi-artist artbook.  From what I've seen, it looks wonderful, can't wait for it to be released XD  So below is the info and please feel free take a look and support them! : D

ps. Just on a side note, I am not part of this project, and just helping them to spread the news, LOL XD


Le Grand Grimoire Visuel

A full color art book featuring over sixty brand new illustrations from female illustrators and comic artists from around the world!

Preview of Le Grand Grimoire Visuel

13 of the hottest young artists from around the globe have gathered together to present this full color art book filled with their own unique renditions of classical mythological monsters and demons.
Over 80 pages in length, hardcover and case bound, Le Grand Grimoire presents all new never before seen artwork from some of the most talented female artists on the scene today!

Headed by comic artist [RE: Play, Next Exit] and featuring cover art by Eisner-nominated artist Becky Cloonan [Demo, American Virgin] Le Grande Grimoire features original illustrations from:
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As a special bonus, the first 200 orders will receive a limited edition dust jacket! For $35 (US dollars, S&H included) you can reserve your copy today at www.lithe-apathy.com/LGG_artbo…

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In anticipation of Le Grand Grimoire visuel (shipping January 2008), members will be promoting the artbook by selling limited edition postcards, giving you a sneak peek of what's to come. Check back here for updated schedules of where you can pick up these postcards and talk to some of the artists behind this very special project!

Our current schedule:
Yaoi-con- October 26-28th, San Fransisco, CA
Artists in attendance: Dee (artist alley)

Nekocon- November 2-4th, Hampton, VA
Artists in attendance: - C.Lijewski  (dealer's room)



IF YOU CAN HELP ADVERTISE, PLEASE DO!!!

A banner to to help with this is can be found HERE

please! a lot of time and effort went into this book from all of us!

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Never imagined I will write some sort of rant journal on DA....but here it is..XDllll

Well, I don't know where to start actually, but I am somewhat annoyed at people adding my email into their msn.  Frankly, I have a seperate email account I don't publish it at all that I use for msn only because I am the type of person that treats msn email similar to my phone number. So I only add people onto my list only if I have some sort of basic understanding about them (ie, not some random people online I don't even know where they're coming from).

But sometimes I log onto msn for my email when I am waiting for an email to arrive (so basically I use it as email notification).  Then there will be msn dialogue boxes pop up, saying someone is trying to add me.  And interestingly, there are quite a lot of them ended up msning me asking who I am...XD  which is a big turn-off for me...since I thought they are the one adding me to their list in the first place and now they forget about that?!...XD  But ya, that makes me feel not repected, and they are just trying to slap in emails they see online into their msn, not really caring who it is they are adding in the end...XD (and it actually gives me creeps to see people adding me without telling me so before hand...= = I mean...there's a reason I don't publish my msn email in the first place right? XD)

Hmm, anyhow, all I am trying to say is basically it's waste of your time and my time trying to add my published email into msn....= =;;;  So if you ever think about adding that one, please don't, you will be better off reaching me via email..XD (and I guess I should stay offline with that one from now on..=_= )

Eh, I guess that's all XD  
(Somehow I have this feeling writing this out won't really help at all...Orz)
So sorry if this journal doesn't make any sense to you...since too many thing happened to me lately, my brain is not really working at all ~XD

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First things first..XD
I've done masses of updates on account (tired), most sections have been clean up and updated, so they should look better now.  So go straight to if you haven't! XDXD

Also while some people might have already noticed, I have not just finished doing layout for my personal site, www.elf-art.net, but also added big pile of art I have done in the past into the gallery.  I don't think I will bother upload everything again in DA, so please just head over there if you want to see it...^^

And onto recent stuff~
I know I wasn't so active for the past...8 months or so...XD, and I am very thankful for those of you who drop me notes, mails, or even ask Mkage (lol) about why I am not so active ^^ll.   It's just that I am very busy with my stuff, so I start to neglect my DA account.   And finally, I mange to finish most of my projects on hand, and I am starting to make contacts for next projects.  There are too many stuff for me to say about  what happened in this 8 months, so I will just not bother with it..XD

So in another word, I am free for a while. XD  LOL

And also I have been playing FF12 for a while now (already dumped 70+ hours into the game and I haven't finished it yet...XDll).  The game battle system was pretty interesting, I guess it's sort of like online game except they have implented a battling bot into the system (LOL).  But the good side of that is you will react faster (since it's the computer that does the job), and you don't do much work for leveling up.

The music, just like past FF's, is great, but the story line on the other hand....just not that dramatic compared to past FF's.  So I really think the main focus of FF12 is more on the game system (after all there are so many side quest and mission you can complete! XD).

Did I say I love Basch, Vossler, Balflear and Fran? >///< ....I think I will want the FF12 on NDS more if the story is about those 4 characters I mentioned instead of Vaan and Penelo (LOL).

Other than FF12....I heard SE is going to release a FF7AC:complete  on Blu-ray...Orz SE you really know how to recycle your products don't you? LOL

Anyhow, that's all for now..XD