InuHalfDemon

Hey all,

I've been trying really hard to become more active in the community, make more new friends, participate in contests, post in the forums... I want to become more active on DA and improve my art more as much as I can now. However, life's got other ideas for the moment. Right now I'm struggling with some personal family stuff as well as my own personal health. I've got one family member who raised me from an infant currently in hospice care. She's fading fast and I'm now just waiting for the phone call to tell me that she's passed. It's unlikely I'll ever get to see her again, though I'm hoping she will somehow still be around for Christmas. Then, another family member just came out of surgery due to an aggressive cancer and will be undergoing treatments just prior to the holiday. My family has always been a healthy one, I've never had to face loss or concern like this in the past. It's been hard. Now, I myself am ill. Sunday I returned from work with a high fever and have been sick ever since. I'm pretty sure it's the flu running its course through me, however I've been coughing/hacking quite a bit and have had a fair amount of chest pain. My energy returned a little today. I just hope it doesn't turn into something like pneumonia. I really can't afford the doctor's appointment right now. Work starts again tomorrow and I still have crud. I may not be around much until after the holidays. Honestly, I've been so zapped from everything...I don't have any sort of motivation to draw/paint or do anything but sleep. Just wanted to let you guys know if you haven't heard from me in some time. I haven't forgotten anyone, I'm just dealing with a lot right now.

Hopefully I'll hear from you all again soon,

Jean 

Haven't gotten much of a response for this which is fine. It's definitely a busy time of year with bigger/better contests going on. I admit the theme was also in poor taste. Going to hold off on one of these for now. Got some other stuff I want to do for a time, maybe build up some points/donations if I can and try for another sometime in the future after the new year is behind us. If you were planning on participating and had already started planning/working on something note me and we can figure something out.

Hey all!!!

I recently reached 100+ followers and in celebration I am hosting a contest. It will only be a small one because I don't have many points in my donations to use this time around but here we go with the details:

How to Participate

- Become one of my watchers
- Share this contest in a journal if you would (not necessary, but I would appreciate it. )
- Submit artwork depicting a gift you/one of your characters would give to my OC Jean for Christmas...



Judging

- Thought
- Creativity
- Skill/Detail

If you need any help with some ideas, you are free to note me. However, some examples include: accessories, pet(s), books, music, food, clothes, decorations...generally whatever you normally might think to do for someone. Any medium is accepted, even literature. So you are free to write a quick blurb, make a quick sketch, snap a photo of something or go the extra mile and do a detail drawing or painting. You can even use your characters to depict them giving the gift to her. Whatever fuels your muse.

Prizes

1st Place
- 5 points
- Art Trade/Request: Full color, and detailed background. 
- Month long feature of your artwork of your choice (no mature works) on my page.
- Watch/Llama
- Example of artwork: 

2nd Place
- 3 points
- Art Trade/Request: Color, simple background.
- Two week long feature of your artwork of your choice (no mature works) on my page.
- Watch/Llama
- Example of artwork: 

3rd Place
- 2 points
- Art Trade/Request: Color, very simple background.
- One week long feature of your artwork of your choice (no mature works) on my page.
- Watch/Llama
- Example of artwork: 

Everyone who participates will get a small X-mas gift art for taking the time to join in.

Contest Deadline: January 1st 2017

- Note me or comment below if you plan to participate or are submitting an entry!

Have fun everyone and feel free to comment/note me if you have any kind of questions.

Girlfriend proposed Nov. 17th and we are engaged to marry.   Thoughts are sometime in the next year, year and half. However, planning won't get into motion until after the holidays. Super stoked.

I've got more (DA related) stuff coming you guys, so just hold tight for another day or so. Hope you all are doing well!

- Jean

Happy (belated) Halloween to you all,



I hope that everyone had a fun and safe holiday. I certainly had a good one. I especially loved seeing all of the Halloween art around DA.

Looking forward to seeing more fall/harvest-inspired works from you all. Stay in touch.

Current Projects

- Contest Entry 1: (Rough Lineart Complete, Background Planning Stage...)
- The Stage : (Currently in planning stages...)
- Traditional Tree Frog Painting : (Lineart Complete)
- New DevianArt ID: (Currently in planning stages...)


Contests

<da:thumb id="643258916"/> (Dec. 1st)

Okay Okay Okay Contest TimeSo a lot of you wanted a winter/Christmas themed contest, and a lot of your Christmas Ideas were really specific, so how about
A winter themed contest, you can pick whether or not to incorporate Christmas, and you have until December 25th.
Make sure you submit your entry to the Art-Acceptance Contests folder, and make sure the title has the contest theme somewhere in there. Also, if you want, you can mention me. (Mentioning me is recommended)
Reminder not to submit any non contest related stuff to that folder, it will be set to a vote, and if the art piece doesn't relate to the contest we are holding it will be denied. Just be sure to submit to the right folder.
The reward will be a sum of points. The amount is yet to be decided. (Dec. 25th)

Contest 2016/2017 - [CLOSED]Contest is officially closed!

Theme:
It is simple: draw one of my Original Characters! I have many types and many species so you can choose the one you like the most!
Accepted artworks and rules:
EVERYTHING is accepted! Digital, traditional, black and white, linearts, sketches, crafts, photomanipulation, 3d, animation, pixel art, literature, plushes, sculptures, anything!
I feel it's important to specify that Literature is very welcome! Many writers are worried about their art not being appreciated, but I appreciate literature as much as every other form of art so don't be shy and have fun (just be sure to learn about my characters backstory by reading their comic, see references below)!
Obviously your submission has to be new, I don't accept old artworks from the past year.
Gore and violence are okay, romance too but I'm not accepting porn or anything sexual. Be sure to respect the personality of the characters. You can dr (Jan. 10th)

Hello again,

Once again, it's been awhile since I've last updated you all. Things are starting to calm down. Since my last journal, I have quit both of my jobs both at the airport and at the veterinary clinic I was assisting at. I am currently working for another veterinarian clinic as an exam room technician and have a much more manageable schedule. Still doing a little job hunting here and there though for quality of life/financial reasons, however, I am fairly happy where I am at for the time being. My girlfriend and I are doing very well and I am finding more time to work on some projects. She has a nifty camera that I borrowed to finally upload some photos of what all I've been working on since I haven't been doing as much digitally - sorry for spamming all of your notes with all of my uploads. Planning on working back toward more digital projects here soon. My laptop screen has lines which bother me too much to work on digital stuff. But, we've got an old tv screen that I can hook up to use as a monitor and hopefully get a few things rolling there.

Anyway, hope you are all doing well and will hopefully talk to you all soon.

Inu