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Welp, guess who's actually alive and kickin'! :iconmingplz:

Holy molly, but it does feel like an eternity since I've fallen off the face of the Earth! I have no other excuse but, well, life happened. My job has gradually become more and more stressful and before I knew it, practically year has passed, haha orz

I did manage to snatch some drawing time here and there and in my opinion my art had gotten much better since the last time I posted here; Hopefully I can demonstrate that when I'll have something more solid to post than random sketches~

And last but not least, dear goodness did I miss the people I only have contact on here! I know it's my fault for being so inactive, but I really really hope I'll get the chance to reconnect and even get back into roleplaying here on dA. I guess I can call it my New Year's resolution, haha.

But yes! Do tell me, how have you been doing guys? I'd love to hear from you all, even if it's just a simple 'hi'! :iconsupertighthugplz:

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So, long time, no see! My current state is as follows:

- I caught a cold which means a sore throat and runny nose. A bit strange that I have no idea where the heck I got it and stranger still my throat getting scratchy, because usually I just get runny nose only. Makes me wonder if I'm getting sick, as I'm completely brain-dead, which is unusual for my colds too. Do not want .__.
I still abhor having colds with all my being, because I can barely breath through my nose, my eyes are constantly watering, my bedside desk is a mini mountain of used and fresh tissues and my nose is rubbed raw and tender from me having to blow it so often. orz

- I've also been suffering through an art-block for a while now which is starting to get to me a great deal. What drives me up the wall though is the fact that I have my inspiration despite it and ideas I really, really want to draw keep popping up and piling up. Maybe that's it - I have too many ideas/things I want to draw that I end up unable to choose what to do first and do something else entirely like catch up on TV series I was once watching or playing video games. orz
But I think I'm getting better as I'm starting to doodle again, when I couldn't do even that before. Recently bought batch of new Copic Markers might have something to do with this burst of determination too. e u e
But yeah, if somebody has a drawing request or wants to do an art-trade, bring it on! I seem to push through my art-stupors best when there is some duty involved to another person.

I'm... pretty sure there was something else I wanted to write here, but it got lost in my frustration at the points above, ahahaha. If I manage to remember, I'll write it later. orz
Other than that, I'm trying not to let tags to pile up again! To the contrary, I enjoy being tagged entirely too much, I'm just bad working up the brain power to post new journals with them, asdsdfh.

Anyway, this one is from :icon619ver1: (about time, no? >w>; )

1. Which Videogame Genre do you usually play?
Hrm, it's either RPG (from the latest one to those old RPGMaker, pixely ones that I have an incredibly soft spot for), First/Third Person Action games or old classic platform ones.

2. What was the last Junkfood you ate?
Pizza, that didn't agree with my friend's stomach. xP

3. How did you found out about Deviantart/ why did you join?
Oh jeez, it's been such a long time ago, at least to me! If I remember correctly I found out about it through some artist on Elfwood and joined with all the ambitions of a teenage girl for my art to become popular. xD But thankfully I got some sense into my head during my year and a half absence from dA and stayed here to learn and find inspiration from professionals and make friends with other fellow artists.

4. Is it as hot at your place as it is here right now -.-?
Well, I'm not sure if it's as hot in Germany now after all this time, but I still think it's warmer than here. xD

5. Tea or Coffee?
Tea all the way!

6. Is there anything you always wanted to tell me and if yes what is it ?
Bless you for being such an awesome person in general. <3

7. Do you (or intend to) play play an instrument?
Asdsdfggh, I want to learn to play hammered dulcimer and/or flute so bad, I don't even. But I can't help but feel like I'm too musically challenged for that. orz

8. How late is it at your place ?
Just 9pm xD

9. What is the sense of life *A*?
...I just had to decide to answer these questions when my brain is barely responsive, didn't I? orz
Well, one of my guesses would be to experience the mortal life in all of its flavors - joy, happiness, love as well as sorrow, tears and pain. I read somewhere once that 'we're not mortals going through divine experience, but divinity going through mortal experience' and it stuck with me ever since.

10. Are you happy this is the last question XD?
Not particularly, I enjoy these. xD


And this one is from :iconsnow-the-wanderer: <3

1. What's your favourite Boss music from a videogame?
Oh my god, I can never remember these, because I'm too wrapped up in the tension of the battle. xD But a nice one that I can actually remember is final Boss music from Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jXBva…

2. Have you ever had the revelation "hang on! This character is just like ME!" If so who was it~?
With video games/movies/cartoons no, not really; like most, it's just partial resemblance. However with Ribbon-Knight's Mao, it,s like hair-width away from that reaction. xD

3. Favourite weather?
Sunny, but not hot, with those big, white and poofy or light and wispy clouds and warm wind strong enough to flap your loose clothing. :3

4. If you could have any animal as a pet real or not (from a game, etc..), what animal would you want?
Morph! :dummy: (yep, recently watched Treasure Planet)

5. Did watching a tv show/playing a game etc... ever inspire you to do something that you normally never would've done? LIKE PLAYING SPORTS OR <bSKYDIVING!
Aasfdfghfgh, Assassin's Creed and Mirror's Edge with their parkour beauty. WANT. SO. BAD. *makes grabby hands*

6. What's your favourite song to listen to lately?
Ahahahahaha, you seriously don't think I could choose just ONE, do you? But yeah, these are ones that I can't stop listening to ever since I found them, no matter how many times I had them on repeat. xD
Innerpartysystem - Obsession www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCxTcf…
Elisa - A Feast for Me www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9CuPH…
Broken Iris - Where Butterflies Never Die www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGDSWF…
And when I get too moody, this - www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjaZNY… It's simply genius and it keeps sending me into laughing fits even now. >u>

7. Who is your favourite OC? Is it yours or someone else?
WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT? D: I'm like Primmy in that regard - I love OCs, both mine and others' if I get to know them well enough, so there's just no way I can choose one. orz

8. If you could pick a specific book/comic/manga etc... to be adapted into a tv show, which one would you pick?
SUIKODEN III, PERIOD. :I

9. And finally: What do you wish you had right now!
Umm... that's a tough cookie. Let's go with fit, strong and flexible enough body to be a traceuse? ; w ;

Not really gonna tag anyone, as I have no interesting question to ask atm. orz

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Ok, so after reading :iconribbon-knight:'s journal ribbon-knight.deviantart.com/j… I felt inspired too! She decided to offer free sketches of people's OC's or whoever they reqested just to spread the joy in Christmas spirit. So I caught it too and it's a rather win-win situation for since practically, all I do is sketch sketch and sketch in my free time, in between working on gifts that is, and I absolutely love to draw other people's OC. There's this thrill of challenge to convert them into my style but still keepp their defining features, be those physical or personality-wise. So! If you'd like a request, go ahead and comment! Spread the word to your friends as well! c:

Reqests' List:
1. :icon619ver1: - Nijam - DONE!
2. :iconheliondros: - Sisel Braon - DONE!
3. :iconshalkentanari: - Chibi Vladimir - DONE!
4. :iconkowai-usagi: - Pärla - DONE!
5. :iconcrazy10118: - Puppet - DONE!
6. :iconkittenmagic: - Owlswick - DONE!
7. :icontimyxaora: - Phoenix - In Progress
8. :iconoverlordknives: - Reiai - In Progress
9. :iconbrookeveil: - Wanne
10. :iconhoneymochacat: - Tomoya

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And now finally the the blasted tags, both from lovely :iconsnow-the-wanderer:. xD

1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post a song that fits their OCs. And the lyrics that describes them best.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 10 people and post their icons on the same journal.
4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
5. No tag-backs.

I'll also explain why the songs were chosen, so bear with me. ;P

Lilian fav.me/d2sv968 Anberlin - 'The Feel Good Drag' www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Dr5T…
It's not the lyrics themselves that make me associate this song with Lilian, but the seductive, shadowy and amoral feel of combination of both the music and lyrics. That whole is just so her! I can see her smirks and cunningness in the, I dare say it, sexy swag of the song's melody. However what totally got me was the line 'Like the devil's in/got your hand(s).' - it describes her to a 'T'!

Xander fav.me/d2hlgbm American Dollar - 'Anything You Synthesize' www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSU49A…
Xander is not a person of many words, the subtle shifts in his expression doing it for him, thus I think this worldess song is perfect for him. It's really soothing, but also carrying a sense of melancholy with it - just like Xander himself. He may laugh and smile and seem utterly at peace, but, like lovely heliondros noted, there's always a feel of sorrows untold about him.

Murua/Mayuree fav.me/d2u5arg Era - 'Misere Mani' www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Oa0P…
I can perfectly see this song being told from Murua's point of view. Like I said in my SS wishlist about her - she's a person living in the moment, never seeming to be weighed down by anything and finding joy in the simplest of things, seeing something amazing in everyday views. It's even more fitting with the song's video taking place in the desert. xD

Acanda fav.me/d3fjzxz Ryan Star - 'Brand New Day' www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zHRJV…
Acanda always thought his life, fate if you will, has to be something bigger than just his secluded village-tribe. That wish - to see the world, was frowned upon from the beginning, the villagers that were content to grow up and die in this place they were born in. And the lines 'They say that we're dreaming too big, I say this town's too small.' really pin it down. However when Hilda came, so did the chance for this wish to come to life.

Hilda fav.me/d2sv7ki Blue Stahli - 'Scrape' www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcJE6B…
To me, it's like the lyrics of this song are the words that Fire Essence whispers into Hilda's mind whenever she channels it through her psyche. Fire is quite volatile and it gladly responds to her violent core. The song perfectly depicts how it was before she came to Acanda's village, treasure hunting on her own and only Fire Sword and Card being in her possession.

Nixie fav.me/d1syufm I Blame Coco - 'Quicker' www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYKgBo…
I know I posted preactically nothing on her backstory, but the gist of it is that she's a conductor of the pond's she resides in magic, immortal and bound to it. But this song is depicting her before she stumbled upon and got bound to the pond. Her race is a very short lived one, their average life-span being barely a decade in human years. It's not unusual for some of their people to feel like it's barely enough time to live, especially after encountering humans and other long lived races. Nixie was one of them and since she held no responsible role in her community, she left her home to experiance as much as she could. The lines 'If we could only be faster, Then we could outsmart time.' struck me as trully her especially.

Second tag to come later. >__>
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Whoop! I entered Secret Santa again this year, this time hosted by lovely :iconsnow-the-wanderer:! :D
So!

Dear Secret Santa,
I would absolutely love it if any of these got drawn:

The Trouble Quartet fav.me/d2gtlgz
heliondros's Muse, Jericho - heliondros.deviantart.com/art/… heliondros.deviantart.com/art/… sapphirelily.deviantart.com/ar… sapphirelily.deviantart.com/ar… heliondros.deviantart.com/art/…
My Muse, Lilian - sapphirelily.deviantart.com/ar… sapphirelily.deviantart.com/ar… heliondros.deviantart.com/art/… fav.me/d2y5dce
heliondros's Inspiration, Horizon -  heliondros.deviantart.com/art/… heliondros.deviantart.com/art/… heliondros.deviantart.com/art/… heliondros.deviantart.com/art/…
My Inspiration, Xander - sapphirelily.deviantart.com/ar… fav.me/d2vbszs fav.me/d2y5dce fav.me/d2wu314 heliondros.deviantart.com/art/…

- Any of my OCs: Curse my lack of proper references D: Since some of my characters don't have them, you can takes what you can from what i linked and interpret them however you like :3
Murua/Mayuree: fav.me/d314kqb fav.me/d2mk7pp fav.me/d2u5arg
She's one eccentric and upbeat dancer. A free spirit and 'live in the moment' type of person, she enjoys beauty and simple things, taking matters as they come, not really worrying about future or dwelling on her past. Also, that peacock tail of hers is actually a part of her, not just an accessory like she makes people believe it is!

Hilda: fav.me/d314leb fav.me/d2mk7pp (<- Her natural appearance) fav.me/d2sv7ki
At her core she is impulsive, violent and 'take things head-on' person, but her aristocratic upbringing restrained that essence developing in her a sharp wit when dealing with words and political/trading affairs. Following her father's past she became a treasure hunter, focusing more on items with magical traits.

Acanda: fav.me/d2pnc5r fav.me/d2mk7pp fav.me/d3fjzxz
Appearance: Black hair, tan skin, light blue eyes. Go crazy with the colours of his outfit, but do have in mind he's a tribesman.
He's an open-minded, gentle and inquisitive soul though quite hesitant and tends to over-think things, as he was ridiculed by other kids and sometimes even adults since he was little for his wish to leave their tribe-village and see the world. Gets a tad too smug about his victories, especially after being chosen to be Shaman's apprentice. Although his adventures with Hilda and others will tech him many a thing.

Eilwen Celebri: fav.me/d2r0c62 fav.me/d2sghsw fav.me/d36q1q4

Noelani Lihau: fav.me/d3kp669

- A crack pairing of one of mine and yours characters! 8D /SLAPPED

- Generally any of my characters you can find in my Gallery/Scraps

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I'll add the tags I've wanted later. >u>
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EDIT: Okay, so I spoke too soon about my activity *facedesk*. I'm in a bit of a pinch at the moment and I'm not sure how long it will last, so 'till then I probably won't be able to upload much of anything, though I think I'll be able to get out a few comments/replies from time to time. Just thought I'll update this as I finally got my hands on the computer and internet. orz

Oh my goodness, my absence in general and neglect of RP groups (and comments, replies and drawings to comment, ffffffff) on here makes me weep. I feel like I've missed so so much. orz However, I had some major happenings in my life so it was rather inevitable. I have moved to United Kingdom! It's a huge change for me as in the past I was really apprehensive to even go studying to a different city (only 100km from one I lived in) not to mention anything about a different country. But after spending here something over a month here and getting things settled down, I absolutely love this place! All those castles make me shed a tear of happiness. I'm currently staying with a friend and her family, which are absolutely great people (and a great inspiration to boot)! :D

So despite still having some matters to settle, I'm ready to get back into action, with both my art and roleplaying! (Oh man, I have so many pictures to finish...)

(I'll also update this journal with this tag from Snow-the-Wanderer that I wanted to do for ages now. >___> )
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