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About Me Deviant Member Laura21/Female/Australia Groups group avatar #The-Artist-Lounge
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Hi everyone, thanks for checking out my page!

The deviations I add to my gallery are there to show you the steps I'm taking to improve myself and my style. Luckily, I've improved quite a lot this year!

For now, most of the images in this gallery will be either of body practices from the tutorials in the great starting book "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Manga", or from several of the manga books I have in my posession - I'm trying to draw as many styles as I can in order to gain experience.

It would be great if I manage to put up some art that you like, but I still hope to become better in the future!

Feel free to check these out! :heart:

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So, how was your Christmas?

Mine was pretty interesting. One of my aunts started a heated discussion for a moment there. It wasn't really a discussion, more like her and my dad shouting their opinions at each other. XD

And I'll learn for next year to keep out of my parents' way, as they get stressed out when preparing things for the Christmas lunch... let's just say that when I tried to help, they let all their stress out on me and I found myself being called "useless," among other things. And being nit-picked for every little thing. :facepalm: My mum spent most of the time after she'd finished cooking, and had time to calm down, apologising to me! (But my dad... he was/is just a jerk XD)

I got a new printer for Christmas! I know, it's not really an exciting present, but it means that I can scan my drawings in whenever I want to, and I don't have to deal with a really old and buggy printer/scanner. Also, it's much easier to get to - I just have it next to me on my new desk. Oh yeah, I finally got a desk - I'd been getting sick of leg cramps and sore knees, so I'm glad that I don't have to work on my bed any more!

I've been meaning to write a new journal entry for some time, but I really wanted to finish my Secret Santa gifts before doing so - otherwise I would've been procrastinating! (That didn't stop me from procrastinating through other means, though. XD)

So now that I've finished my gifts, I have so much free time! *Looks over "To Do" list*
Uh... on second thought, I'd better get drawing! ^^;

I'm hoping to open point commissions for headshots sometime soon (when I've finished everything else), so keep an eye out for those! I'm not sure about doing digital art, as I seem to muck up the inking stage. I might try inking traditionally for a bit, or practicing with my mouse, but it takes me ages to ink digitally because I have to first decide which of my messy lines to ink, and then spend all my time clicking and adding paths, which takes a long time for me. I'm thinking of only doing traditional for now, and doing digital works when/if I get a tablet. What do you guys think?

Of course, I'll still do colouring with my mouse, so there will be some digital work being done. I'll start colouring collaborations when I open commissions, so please tell me if you want me to colour your work! (It will be for free!) :dance:

Anyway, Merry Christmas to you all and I hope you have a happy new year! :la:

Here's my "To Do" list if you're interested:

:bulletgreen: Coloring Contest - [link]
:bulletblue: Request/gift for *Nokiramaila
:bulletblue: Birthday present for my sister (~CodeTurtle - she doesn't really access her account, though. :P I will make her put her work on DA!)
:bulletblue: Late Birthday present for *Mang0l0v3r
:bulletred: PRIZE Coloured Manga-style headshot for ~indigo-moogle: Yuki Onna from the manga Nurarihyon no Mago
:bulletred: PRIZE Manga-style headshot sketch for ~Sandra-xD: Chester Bennington
:bulletred: PRIZE Chibi headshot sketch for *Miranthia: M+F's characters in a cuddly wintery theme
  • Reading: 30 Books For University... O.O
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Hey guys! I will be opening point commissions soon - probably after December as I have several drawing projects to get through at the moment. I'll create a journal about it when I'm ready, and I'll make some sample pictures for you to look at, too. So keep an eye out for that!

(Commissions will probably start as headshots at first, until I get better at anatomy and perspective.)

You may donate your points to me if you feel like it, however, as I would like to raise some to help other Deviants, fund my future group contests, and perhaps get myself a PM. (I hate looking at my journal! I need pretty CSS! XD)

Oh, if you donate, you will receive a llama from me, and perhaps even faves and watches if I like your work!

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Laura
Australia
I'm currently a full-time University student, focusing on Creative Writing, English and Theatre Studies. I have some idea of what I'd like to do in the future, but all my interests require a lot of luck and talent, so I'm not sure of where I'll be when I graduate. I want to be a writer in various mediums - novels, comic books, playscripts, you name it! But it's going to be hard to get into the industry! Everything I'm writing at the moment is either for assignments, or work I'd rather keep and not be made available to the public, so I hope that I can come up with some practice stories for you to look at in the future.

If I haven't been online, I'm probably working on assignments, presentations and exam revision, or I'm just being lazy.

I really started trying to improve my art this year, and already I'm proud of where I've come! So, I'm hoping that, when I'm not studying, I'll be able to keep up my drawing and colouring practice and improve myself. If I get better, I may even try to draw and write my own webcomic - the emphasis was on the "try" there!


"To Do" List:

:bulletgreen: Coloring Contest - [link]
:bulletblue: Request/gift for *Nokiramaila
:bulletblue: Birthday present for my sister (~CodeTurtle - she doesn't really access her account, though. :P I will make her put her work on DA!)
:bulletblue: Late Birthday present for *Mang0l0v3r
:bulletred: PRIZE Coloured Manga-style headshot for ~indigo-moogle: Yuki Onna from the manga Nurarihyon no Mago
:bulletred: PRIZE Manga-style headshot sketch for *Sandra-xD: Chester Bennington
:bulletred: PRIZE Chibi headshot sketch for *Miranthia: M+F's characters in a cuddly wintery theme
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:iconmang0l0v3r:
*Mang0l0v3r May 16, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Laura :D
Hope uni isn't killing you >A<! Hahaha just dropping by to say hello and that I'm halfway done with our collab XD

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*PencilOfGlory Apr 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
you're tagged [link]

sorry ;O

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:points: doing commissions[link]
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:woohoo: :party: :iconcakelickplz: !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! :iconcakelickplz: :party: :woohoo:

On behalf of the *birthdays team, I sincerely apologise that your greeting has arrived late this year.

We hope you had an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!

Many well wishes and love from your friendly birthdays team :love:

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Mood: Adoration ~DreamON-Mpak Apr 8, 2012  New member  Digital Artist
Happy BirthDay.. let the Art be with you :huggle:
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Thank you! :tighthug:

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Mood: Affection ~DreamON-Mpak Apr 10, 2012  New member  Digital Artist
Your Very Welcome :meow: I'm glad I made this special for you day a little more happy with my comment :huggle: Let the future year be filled with pleasant surprises for you :aww:
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~xmcq Apr 8, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
happy b-day
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:iconwyrd-sister:
Thank you! :iconbunnyglompplz:

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~guelpacq Apr 8, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
:party::cake::iconhappybirthdayplz::cake::party:

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Thank you! :iconredbullglompplz:

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