Who? Me? Deviant for five years?

Since when? !

::Edit:: Also, I'm nearing 10K visits, which is a flattering number. Think I should do a kiriban or something? Last time I wanted to give a kiriban for 4567 visits, I think, I didn't do it and Eddy was generous enough to spare me the duty.

... And my computer just died yesterday, like completely, what if I have nothing to work on?

I started my portfolio with dA's portfolio service. I don't draw for money. I don't draw for fame. I don't draw for your pleasure, though it generally makes me happy if I can make you happy. So what is the portfolio for anyway?

I don't know. Just because, I guess. Besides, resized images on it suck.

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This [link] has had a major effect on several decisions I've been trying to make. The one which is art-related is the kind of hardware I'm willing to buy, which will in turn have an impact on the time-management aspect in my yet-to-come educational life.

I was almost buying the Eee-PC again,the 1000HE this time. It's a good one. However, it cannot stand on its own, so you will need a main computer docked at home, capable of handling your high-processing needs. The other option's to get a good tablet and sell everything else.

Assistantship is in another city, so I will likely need a small laptop for my typing needs during my office hours. In which case I will still have the computer at home. However, assistantship brings along a long-term travel, and this is where a tablet is the best option. Full featured, AND mobile. I will not make use of a home computer if I'm out of the country for six years. On the other hand, good tablets aren't available here, so my best bet is to wait until I'm somewhere else, and then buy the tablet from outside. But that will again mean I will have to spend the time here waiting without a laptop.

Why a tablet and not a notebook? Because being able to scribble can come in quite handy when coming up with an outline for a research paper or a presentation, and because I want to be able to quickly sketch something if I ever have half an hour's time anywhere. If not, I will probably have to kiss drawing goodbye for a long, long time.

I have returned the laptop. I tried sketching on it for a while. It was nice. However, you couldn't go anywhere near any hue but black or white, and or make real use of big brushes, because those were the only two shades you could feel safe about. The monitor sucked. I will get my old desktop back, and if I ever draw again, it will be using the same old tablet, which is good, and the same old monitor, which is bad. And the backache... oh God! It already hurts just thinking about it.

My next attempt at buying a tablet will aim at something that has Windows 7 in it, supports HDD partitioning, AND probably has pressure sensitivity in addition to multi-touch technology.

I miss paper. The idea feels somewhat scary.

Hello everyone.

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News.

My life is not mine. To anyone who doesn't know yet, I'm a postgraduate student doing Masters in linguistics. I have a presentation in phonology on intonation which is due tomorrow, and I still have nothing but the outline finished. Good thing I have the outline. Now I've gotta start writing.

I bought a laptop which I hope should help me in my studies. I chose the HP tx2-1035ee tablet PC because, for one thing, being able to "write" sounds helpful for someone like me, and for another, I hope to be able to use it for drawing sometime. Shame it doesn't support pressure sensitivity. Shame it has the worst monitor that these two eyes of mine have ever seen. And trust me when I say I've seen much.

How eager are you to see me do some drawing?
How eager are you to see me do some calligraphy?
How eager are you to see me do the room meme I've just seen on =whitetrashpalace's page?