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*kalicothekat:iconkalicothekat:

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  • Deviant since Sep 7, 2003, 5:12 PM
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Digital art? + Birthday in 6 days! + new CSS

Journal Entry: Sat May 10, 2008, 4:55 PM
  • Mood: Artistic
  • Listening to: The World Ends With You soundtrack
  • Playing: The World Ends With You 8D
  • Drinking: Diet Sprite (=my life)
Currently Playing:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Heck yes! Note me for FC!
Earthbound: Near the end of the game :(
Okami Wii: Shinshuu Fields 8D
The World Ends With You: Ch. 2 of Beat's Chapter ;;. ITS SO GREAT!

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First off, new CSS!! How does it look to ya'll? :D
The header's from , by the way ;D.

Oh, and I'd really love any feedback on that picture! On the character designs, etc. So, please comment, guys! I'm being slightly hypocritical...but I get tons of fave notices everyday and maybe one or two comments |D;...so I'd really appreciate anything you could say ;u;.

Secondly! It's my birthday in 6 days! (May 16th) I'm pretty excited, whooo! You only get one a year 8D! ...|D

THIRDLYYY...So, digital art these days! I love doing it, but more and more am being frustrated by the reactions of non-deviantART people (aka, those who don't know what it is XD). I'll show someone one of my phoenixes and they'll say, "Woah, how'd you do that?!" And I'll respond, "Yeah! I used my tablet blah blah in photoshop blah blah" and then they'll say, "Oooh, I see. So you didn't draw it. kbye." And I'll try to explain, but it's a lost cause even if I bring in my most useful analogy--"a tablet is like the thing you sign with at a grocery store" |D.

It's becoming increasingly frustrating, and all the professionals and teachers I've met pretty much don't get it and tell me to move away from it. But...something about it is just so fun D:. I don't know what to do. How can we educate the world about digital art? Sure, some people use filters, and sure some programs are "cheating"...but at least the way I personally do digital art is just as hard as RL painting. I've been doing a lot more real media stuff over the last two years to make up for this problem, so I do have a pretty big portfolio of "real" art. And I can at least hold a digital picture next to a real media one and say, "THEY'RE SIMILAR, take that." but it's still annoying.

Do any of you have this problem? Any thoughts on this? I wonder how digital art can become more accepted and understood by the general world...
k, that was kinda tl;dr but if you read it, then you rock 8D.

Oh, and lastly, I'm playing The World Ends With You and it's a REALLY great game :D. I recommend it highly!!
AND also, has anyone else seen the anime Code Geass? I watched all the episodes and I'm now a fan! Good stuff!!

Now back to studying u___u. Finals for the lose D:.

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Trades: Closed for pretty much forever, unless I ask you :C.
Requests: Closed. You can't have one xD Don't even bother asking, cuz its not happening. So sorry. =P I'm too busy to do stuff for free D:.
Gifts: I'd love gifts from others! :lol: XD; For others, from me? Friends only, when I feel like it :D
Commisions: Open: ^o^ price list: [link]
:new: Pipe cleaner commission info: [link] -- Currently OPEN.





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Devious Information

  • Current Residence: TX
  • Interests: Art~
  • Favourite movie: Donnie Darko :P anddd Harry Potter
  • Favourite band or musician: Coldplay :D, The Fray, Snow Patrol, RHCP, Lifehouse, Jimmy Eat World, Gorillaz
  • Favourite genre of music: Alternative Rock
  • Favourite artist: Alexander Calder--he's TRULY gifted and Andy Warhol :) and Norman Rockwell, tho he's an il
  • Favourite poet or writer: hmmm...LOTS OF THEM! JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien...
  • Favourite style or digital art: My wonderful tablet in PS 9.0 CS2 or watercolors!
  • Operating System: Windows XP!
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod
  • Favourite game: OKAMI, KINGDOM HEARTS, Final Fantasy X, Savage Skies, Animal Crossing, Nintendogs, Magic Pengel :D
  • Favourite gaming platform: Wii, PS2, or my DS
  • Personal Quote: "Just do it! ...tomorrow..." -- The quote of procrastination :D
  • Tools of the Trade: Photoshop 9.0 CS2, Painter 9.0, Open Canvas 3.1, watercolors, oils, colored pencils, and Copics

Devious Comments

*kalicothekat:iconkalicothekat: 6 days 5 hours ago
Of course I don't XD!! Thank you so much!!

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*kalicothekat:iconkalicothekat: 6 days 5 hours ago
:'D Thank you so much!!

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*kalicothekat:iconkalicothekat: 6 days 5 hours ago
aww, thank you!!

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~XxDenaexX:iconXxDenaexX: 6 days 21 hours ago
you...are...AMAZING!!!
I love your phoenix pictures!!!
~FlailingPyro:iconFlailingPyro: May 3, 2008, 8:12:06 PM
Whooo I gotta say, your pipe-cleaner figure/sculptures are simply amazing! Love 'em! Ditto with the artwork too. Veeeery pretty deviant gallery you got here Miss. :giggle:
*Vieve-Kethrun:iconVieve-Kethrun: Apr 20, 2008, 10:38:15 AM
Gods, you are incredible! Hope you don't mind if i watch?

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*kalicothekat:iconkalicothekat: Apr 17, 2008, 7:30:15 PM
.......that WAS pretty low of you, hyun.

how dare you make such a pun on my page
how
dare
you

.........actually, it's a rather fine pun :nod:
XD :heart:

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*ProjectKuraiOkami:iconProjectKuraiOkami: Apr 17, 2008, 6:42:51 PM
thanx for the watch n lovely work.

Keep it up.

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*Hyunthesosarian:iconHyunthesosarian: Apr 15, 2008, 9:04:40 PM
Dang. I noticed it too and went, "Snap, I recognize that!"

I then pwned myself in the head with a desk clock for indulging in such low punnery.

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*kalicothekat:iconkalicothekat: Apr 15, 2008, 6:35:16 PM
YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO COMMENT ON IT since i changed it a few months ago XDD
...i was wondering if anyone got the reference or if it was too obscure lawl, BUT IM SO PLEASED :'D <3

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*Blue-Fox:iconBlue-Fox: Apr 14, 2008, 10:57:03 PM
AWWW YOUR WEBCAM IS ADORABLE OMG ;;;;
POKEMON SNAP OMGomg ♥ ♥ ♥

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~Durihan:iconDurihan: Apr 12, 2008, 2:14:19 PM
Wow, those pipe-cleaner figurines are remarkable! Your animals are great. The proportions are just spot on.

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~thebananaofdoom:iconthebananaofdoom: Apr 12, 2008, 8:41:00 AM
wah!
i found you!!
:D

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~Curliee:iconCurliee: Apr 10, 2008, 8:08:18 PM
KALI
I thought I was watching you why am I so stupid and forgetful grr
love your art c:!!

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~Jax-and-Nix:iconJax-and-Nix: Apr 5, 2008, 1:04:59 PM
Hey Kat! Check out :iconice-kuniochi: when you get the chance. She's a friend of ours from school who I always go to with art because she = awesome and I = Do Want Her Approval! :3

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*kalicothekat:iconkalicothekat: Apr 1, 2008, 4:19:36 PM
Thank you :heart:!!

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*hono-masao:iconhono-masao: Mar 30, 2008, 10:20:45 PM
Hullo^_^. Thankyou for visiting.

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*kalicothekat:iconkalicothekat: Mar 29, 2008, 9:42:15 AM
Thank you!!

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~driada-Goth:icondriada-Goth: Mar 28, 2008, 5:07:53 PM
woww you have an amazing gallery!

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*kalicothekat:iconkalicothekat: Mar 24, 2008, 9:41:10 PM
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed looking at it :).

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~MADCATs:iconMADCATs: Mar 24, 2008, 9:14:16 PM
I love your work, your very talented!

Cathy.

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Deus Beatus! :love:

Hi, my name is Cathy. I hope you enjoy my work, I enjoyed doing each one.

God Bless! :love:
~reiinbow:iconreiinbow: Mar 23, 2008, 5:40:27 PM
I just wanted to know how old you are, cause you are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. :D

I just wanted to know, cause if your my age I'll get really depressed, cause your so much better. C:

Keep up the good work!
~UmbreChan:iconUmbreChan: Mar 19, 2008, 11:46:57 AM
HSDTDTE
I FUKKIN KNOW YEAH ; A;

im doin' good thanks~~
you~?~ :heart:

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