xAccidentalArtistx

So I seem to have been on a bit of a hiatus. But I certainly havent stopped doodling. I uploaded 10 deviations just now and I have many more to go. Especially doodles I've been talking about uploading for months now. It will get done eventually. But tonight I submitted my 100th deviation! Cant believe how quickly they add up. I recently purchased a Wacom Bamboo Create. Ive been messing around with it for the last week. I'm still getting the hang of it. I've never used the programs that come with it. I'm so used to my MS Paint and Irfanview. This is a very big step up.lol. I'm hoping with the tablet I can finally start adding what I feel has been missing from my work. COLOR! But thanks everyone for your continued support. Knowing others take an interest in my work is great motivation. Im leaving for New York friday and I wont be back for a week. But when I do return I'm going to upload a lot more to my gallery. So keep checking back!
-Justine

Well, at the end of January I wrote about how I felt I was in a creative drought. Its so discouraging when it happens and everytime it happens it feels like its never going to come to an end. But on the otherhand, everytime it does end I feel like I come back stronger. I knew I was back when I created fav.me/d4o5o1d . But the funny thing with that doodle is that I made it during my "drought" and I was really displeased with it in the beginning. So displeased I was going to throw it out! Then one night when I sat down for what I thought was going to be another disappointing drawing session, I came across this doodle in my pile and felt the urge to work on it. It is still a work in progress today but it pulled me out of my funk for sure. I still have some more doodles that I plan to submit to my "unhappy and unfinished folder". Now that I feel that I'm back I'm more comfortable submitting them.lol. I also found an old journal from when I was 16 and I have some doodles in there that I may share. I think itd be fun to share them to show how much I've grown since then. Because I must say I really have. My skills are much more refined and im only getting better. Every doodle is practice for me. & I dont ever intend on stopping.

Another thing I'm excited about is I'm almost at 1000 views! So thanks everyone. I know it says Ive been a deviant for 6 years, so it may seem silly to be excited about just now reaching 1000 views. But I really only started using my account avidly this past December. I submitted some works I believe in April 2011, but soon fell of the bandwagon for who knows what reasons (I can reassure you that wont be happening again). But because of all of that, 1000 views is a first milestone for me. So thanks again! To me, pageviews isnt about popularity. I know many deviants on here see it that way. I see pageviews as appreciation for my work. Which is the reason why I'm excited. Afterall, that is the main reason I started submitting my work, to see if others would appreciate what I do. So thanks again everyone. =]

So I know I've been neglecting my page a bit for a few weeks now. At first I just had a lot going on but as of late I feel a lack of creativity. I guess how writers get writers block, Ive been having a doodlers block. lol. I have been drawing, just havent been happy with what I've been making. I'm going to submit what I've been making the last few weeks anyway. They are all really works in progress. & since I'm not very crazy about them, they will probably stay that way. But I wouldnt mind hearing what you guys think of them anyway. Just be easy on mee! lol. They will be in the cleverly titled "unfinished and unhappy" folder. =]

So, Ive never made a journal entry. Figured why not?

So I've been messing around with colored sharpies for about an hour and a half now. & I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty discouraged. The colors just aren't coming out the way I want them to. & I think I'm getting high from the fumes. haha. I'm kidding (I think), but the smell from the colored sharpies are much stronger than black sharpies. Feel like I should be wearing a mask. Might be killing brain cells right now! lol. I see a lot of people use prisma markers. I think thats what theyre called. Maybe I should give those a try. But I'm a sharpie girl. Feel like I'd be cheating. lol. If anyone has any tips for coloring with sharpies I'm ALL EARS. I mean I'm sure more practice is definitely needed, I've only had them since Christmas, and only tried using them the way I did like tonight twice. I just think what my art is missing is COLOR! I see all these beautiful pieces on the site, whether they are colored with colored pencils, paint, markers, or digitally made, color just makes such a difference. & i feel its the next step for me with my art. Okay, I vented. Thanks for readinggg. =]

**& thank you for everyone that has shown my page love and support! It means the world to me! I started putting my stuff up on the site to sort of get validation as an artist. Wanted to see how other artists took to what I do and the feedback has made me feel like DeviantArt is my new home and you all are my artsy family. =] Thanks for making me feel like this is where I belong. Love you all. <3**