Hey, guys. I've been sorting through the massive backlog of dA journals and two of which stood out in particular, so I thought I'd share them with you. The first is a bit depressing, but the second is pretty funny so it should bring you guys back up.

~Alexius wrote a journal about shipbreakers. [link] Actually, I had seen photographs about these at the Grand Rapids art museum a while back, so this is all still fairly new to me. In certain respects, it really does resemble a hell on earth. I wouldn't be surprised if that's where the film 'What Dreams May Come' got their concept with the ships from. (Good movie, by the way. ) When I read it was in India, I was reminded of my world religions class, specifically about Hinduism and their philosophy that living is suffering. A shipbreaker's life truly is suffering.

*StevenSanchez, to bring you guys back up, tends to write a lot of journals that include links to various, often funny, videos. Well, this one in particular made me laugh. [link] "ItsJustSomeRandomGuy" on YouTube made a bunch of comical little videos using, specifically, Marvel and DC superhero action figures. It started out as a series parodying the Mac vs. PC commercials, here as Marvel vs. DC., then evolved into this saga of videos that take place in a bar run by Stan Lee. Trust me, if you like 'Robot Chicken', you'll get a kick out of these.

On a final note, the Night/Day Watch pin-up is coming along, albeit slowly but surely. It got a lot more detailed than I anticipated. This may be the only print I have ready for the Motor City Convention. Nevertheless, it shall be awesome. I'll post the black-and-white drawing when it's done. I anticipate that it will be sometime early next week.
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10 FREE SKETCHES [link]
Remaining:
one of her original characters
Spiral Knight [link]
Xenosaga's Chaos and/or KOS-MOS
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ART TRADES [link] (Want to do an art trade? Just ask and I'll get back to you on it.)

Current:
OC art trade: both doing *Mishuku's Mishuku and my Drew, i.e. Cu Sidhe [link] [link]
OC art trade: dancing Angie & Sith [link] [link] and *Tyshea's Drew the demon dog
Scotty and the Devil (the concept: [link] [link] [link] ) and my Cu Sidhe [link]
OC art trade: ~bigdave2080's Ozymandius [link] and my golem, Adam [link]
fantasy art trade: =NightStorm's Boraeus & Zephyr [link] and my Cu Sidhe [link] with a folklore/mythical creature of her choice

Recently Finished:
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ADDITIONAL ART AGENDA (Some artwork I'm currently working on and artwork I intend to do in the future.)

For Others:
10,000th pageview deviation special: ~CubaNectie's El Pablo Fuerte [link] fighting Street Fighter's Zangief or Tekken's King
The Uniques superheroes
"Jin's tales" girls
3000th pageview deviation special (Ayumi Hamasaki, anime, or rpg-related)
'Beserk' the anime/manga's Gatsu, also R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt Do'Urden

For Myself:
*aeolus06's Peanuts gang
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CLUBS (clubs that I belong to)

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WEBCOMICS
[link]
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LITERATURE (writings of fellow deviants I enjoy reading)
Goth Inc.
Charming and macabre, ~RinLockhart weaves a morose world around the innocent, childlike Rin. Like a light in the darkness, she begins to attract all sorts of characters through a series of events. With the mysterious Agrodolce Mental Institute connected to the pasts of several, only Catherine knows the secrets that link them together. A good read if you like dark stories. Here are the first five chapters of the on-going story:
Chapter I: Mary's Blessing [link]
Chapter II: The Kidnapping [link]
Chapter III: A New Friend [link]
Chapter IV: Reminisce [link]
Chapter V: Sick [link]
A Soul's Tale
Here are the first five chapters of the completed story:
Chapter 1: Soul in the Gears [link]
Chapter 2: Common Princess [link]
Chapter 3: Monster in the Tree [link]
Chapter 4: The Wolf and his Prey [link]
Chapter 5: Changing of the Guard [link]
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dA IDOLS (just some of the many deviants whose work I idolize)

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FRIENDS (some of my friends on dA (if I forgot to list you please don't be mad, just remind me please))
purely thru dA

personal friends

art college acquaintances (classmates, mentors, ...)

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dA FAMILY (Not literal family, but my dA "family". It's for fun. )
my l'il sister
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ARTIST FEATURE
In the spirit of community, I decided to feature a different, fellow dA'er fairly regularly. To the artists: please don't feel obligated to do the same, this is just something I wanted to do. I enjoy your work and I want others to as well.

EDIT: This is a repeat. I'll get to another artist soon.

This journal's featured artist is... (drum roll, please)...

Jmao!
Here is one such artist whose work is good, yet still relatively unrecognized. I thought that it was time he got some extra attention. His drawings of the Kanker sisters from the 'Ed, Edd & Eddy' cartoon were the first that I came across. I've known ~jmao for a while now on dA and his stuff just keeps getting better and better. So go check him out!

And to that end, I salute you! Keep up the good work!

Past Featured Artists:
[link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

Other Past Features:
various artwork feature [link]
first ten feature [link]