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# Statistics
Favourites: 104; Deviations: 221; Watchers: 241
Watching: 33; Pageviews: 35044; Comments Made: 622; Friends: 33
# Interests
Favorite TV shows: Whoooeeeeoooo...Favorite writers: Terry Pratchett, obviously
Favorite games: Myst series, Little Big Adventure 2 (my childhood!)
Favorite gaming platform: PC. Never had a console growing up. I wasn't raised right.
Tools of the Trade: Mainly Photoshop, it's less messy
Other Interests: Languages and stuff. Also food.
# About me
Just your average nerd woman with an itchy pencil.I draw a lot very quickly and with just the minimal amount of effort required, especially when it comes to fanart. That way I can delude myself that I could totally make awesome detailed drawings if I just wanted to.
Currently in an intense Doctor Who phase, but I also have other things in my gallery though they tend to gather dust a bit.
When people ask me if I would like to draw professionally, I say "YES but..." The but means: I know it's really difficult, I'm not sure I'm good enough, and I'm terrible at self-promoting, which is like 90% of the job.
In real life I pretend to be a serious teacher though my students are probably the more level-headed and mentally older ones...
In case you're interested, 'Alda' is made of the first letters of my first and last names, and 'Rana' is Latin for frog, no relation to the pasta brand. Or the fact that I'm French, though it's a nice coincidence. Also coincidentally, both 'alda' and 'rana' are Quenya words, meaning tree and moon, that correspond to a letter in one of the tengwar modes. In case you're interested. Sorry.
If you like my art and fanart I recommend you follow me at alda-rana.tumblr.com ; there's a lot of stuff there that doesn't make it to this page.
# Comments
Comments: 93
King-Van [2016-06-11 04:27:25 +0000 UTC]
Happy Birthday!
Here's your gift: www.youtube.com/watch?v=huxvxPโฆ
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LittleOph [2016-06-10 11:30:04 +0000 UTC]
Un trรจs bel anniversaire ร une trรจs belle dame ! ย
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CaptainLizzz [2015-02-14 23:04:30 +0000 UTC]
You have some very nice stuff on here, I approve!
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AmetrineJewel [2014-11-21 19:32:53 +0000 UTC]
Belle galerie !
Le dessins sont gรฉniaux et les dรฉtails incroyables ! J'adore la coloration trรจs bien faรฎte avec en plus le jeu de lumiรจre totalement gรฉrรฉ.
Bon travail et hรขte d'en voir plus *W*
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friendfry [2014-08-11 15:47:02 +0000 UTC]
You totally deserve WAY more watchers holy crap!! Your art is fantastic!!
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Alda-Rana In reply to friendfry [2014-08-13 09:24:07 +0000 UTC]
Thank you ย I'm probably too bad at playing the social game to have many watchers, I'm happy sitting in my corner posting pictures ^^
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friendfry In reply to Alda-Rana [2014-08-13 11:35:16 +0000 UTC]
Haha, thats totally fine with me ;D
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deathchrist2000 [2014-06-18 02:13:56 +0000 UTC]
I didn't know you were a Phil Sandifer fan.
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Alda-Rana In reply to deathchrist2000 [2014-06-18 06:42:57 +0000 UTC]
I don't know if I can call myself a fan, I read what he writes from time to time and I'm afraid a lot of it goes right over my head ^^ What I can understand is usually very interesting though. It was just the first time a somewhat 'big name fan' reblogged me so I felt like squeeing a bit
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valwyrie In reply to Alda-Rana [2014-06-11 15:18:02 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome! Hope you had a great day!
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Alda-Rana In reply to Limey-Boy [2014-06-10 12:20:02 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!
I'm too young to be this old *sobs*
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Limey-Boy In reply to Alda-Rana [2014-06-10 13:23:38 +0000 UTC]
no worries, besides: age is how young you feel, not how old you are.
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Alda-Rana In reply to Limey-Boy [2014-06-10 16:31:52 +0000 UTC]
Right, besides, I got mistaken for a fellow student by a 20-year-old guy recently so things are not too dire yet ^^
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Alda-Rana In reply to Teatime-Assassin [2014-03-27 11:58:29 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! And thanks for all the comments <3
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Alda-Rana In reply to hrfm78 [2013-12-13 18:12:32 +0000 UTC]
You're very welcome! I love your drawings. They're like traditional ink drawings with a modern twist, I like it a lot!
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TiliaofAnkh [2013-11-10 19:55:37 +0000 UTC]
It's a thing I have to do...?? Read till the end it's adorable! I sent an angel to watch over you last night, but it came back and I asked,"why?"...The angel said,"angels don't watch over angels!" Twenty angels are in your world. Ten of them are sleeping, nine of them are playing and one is reading this message. God has seen you struggling with some things and god says its over. A blessing is coming your way. If you believe in god send this to 14 friends including me, if I don't get it back I guess I'm not one of them. As soon as you get 5 replies, someone you love will quietly surprise you... Not joking. Pass this message on. Please don't ignore it. You are being tested and god is going to fix two big things tonight in your favor. If you believe in god drop everything and pass it on TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. DON'T BREAK THIS. SEND THIS TO 14 FRIENDS IN 10 MINUTES IT'S NOT THAT HARD. WHOEVER SENT THIS TO YOU MUST CARE ABOUT YOU
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TiliaofAnkh In reply to Alda-Rana [2013-11-10 20:10:18 +0000 UTC]
Sorry, I've been tagged, I hope you're not angry with me!!
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Alda-Rana In reply to TiliaofAnkh [2013-11-10 20:13:26 +0000 UTC]
Not angry, don't worry I just find this kind of thing ridiculous...
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TiliaofAnkh In reply to Alda-Rana [2013-11-10 20:19:19 +0000 UTC]
Phew, good!
Yes, me too, but I just didn't want to dissapoint the guy who sent me this ...
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Alda-Rana In reply to TiliaofAnkh [2013-11-10 20:24:47 +0000 UTC]
It's all right. Sorry I was a bit snippy. No way I'm sending this on though^^
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TiliaofAnkh In reply to Alda-Rana [2013-11-10 20:27:53 +0000 UTC]
Ach, that's okay
Aww, that's great, you're so awesome!
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