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LookshyLily
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[2011-05-11 02:19:03 +0000 UTC]
"Linda Smith"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 317; Deviations: 45; Watchers: 3
Watching: 37; Pageviews: 3931; Comments Made: 238; Friends: 37
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Frida Kahlo, Jean-Michel BasquiatFavorite movies: Lots!
Favorite TV shows: Family Guy, American Dad, Mythbusters, Taboo, What the Ancients Knew, Black Butler, Ouran High School Host Club
Favorite bands / musical artists: Lots again!
Favorite books: Too many.
Favorite writers: Holly Black, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Stephen King, L.J. Smith, Barbara Hambly, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, William Shakespeare
Favorite games: BioShock, American McGee's Alice, Assassin's Creed, Haunting Ground, Rule of Rose, Phase 10, Rummy, Gin Rummy, Uno, King's Corner, Spades, The Sims
Favorite gaming platform: PS3 and PC
Tools of the Trade: Camera, Photoshop, Pen, Pencil, Colored Pencil, Acrylic Paint, Aida Cloth & Embroidery Floss, Paper, Found Objects, Vinyl Records, Yarn... My friends say I can make something out of anything!
Other Interests: Way too many to list....
# About me
I have been an artist since I was about 3, when I drew a donkey on the wall for Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Donkey in crayon. Mom was not pleased that I did it, but from then she and my dad always encouraged me to express myself artistically, whether it was with words or images or minor construction projects in Legos. Many thanks to my parents; my dad bought me my first camera (still got it!) and my mom helped me build my imagination and vocabulary. Also, many thanks go out to: my various Art, English, Psychology and Physiology professors/teachers; my grandmothers on both sides for teaching me to crochet; Mama Kelly, Mama Linda, Frieda the Costume Nazi, and all the other influential women at the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire for teaching me to sew, tatt, do blackwork, spin my own yarn, dye fabric, weave, and sing dirty dirty songs while I do it; my mother-in-law, Rachael, for teaching me the calming art of cross stitch; all the wonderful people in my chapter of the Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society (including the guys) for helping me realize art doesn't have to be conventional-- or serious! If it weren't for all of these people, I wouldn't be able to do most of the awesome things I can do now, and I'm very grateful, especially to those who have passed on.# Comments
Comments: 54
As I said on your FaceBook page, your work inspires me! I've already been working on some jewelry plans, but they need tweaking before I'm ready to make them and take photos....
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Bon du coup vu que tu parle français... hahaha!
Que fais tu comme bijoux?
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J'adore bijoux! I find that it's one of those things that can make or break a look... something as inconsequential as an earring can turn heads. I enjoy making jewelry because it's a physical part of my art that anyone can integrate into their daily lives. It's harder to do that with, say, a painting. The things we wear are the art in our everyday lives, and I enjoy being a part of that.
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You speak a bit french? = )
I like jewelry too, but I don't know how to make! haha!
Not my thing.
I would like to see your creations!
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I've been meaning to post some here for a while. Ma camera est agissant des maintenant. As soon as it stops chopping photos in half so they are unusable, I intend to take updated pictures.
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Ok!!Let me know when it's done
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Thanks for 
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It's a beautiful color job. Did you use a program? I just collected it from a page and didn't really get a chance to read the info.
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Thanks! I use the GIMP for my digital work
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Thank you for 
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You're very welcome; it's absolutely lovely. And thank you! I mean it, too... if it weren't for having certain people in my life (fortunately I'm a Renaissace Faire Brat) I wouldn't know how to do so many of the things I can do now. Every time one of my "old-fashioned" skills comes in handy I silently thank the people who taught me how to do it!
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You're welcome! And thanks for the ones from you to me, too!
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You're very welcome. Haha, I love your signature quote. :3
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thank you for the favorite on litttle red ridding hood
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You're welcome! Your watercolors are beautiful!
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thanks! 
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Oh, anytime! I loved it, (: & Yeah, I've had a few of those immediate faves too haha.
Thank YOU for the faves, also!
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You're quite welcome! I've been kinda busy so this is coming a little late, but if I don't seriously like it, I don't fave it.
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No problem! Your work is cute!
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Thanks for the fave of Rave! and for deviantwatching me! ^vv^
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LOL, no problem. I find I appreciate those with the patience to use oil paints.... I can't be bothered to use anything other than acrylic, myself! (And yet I make 18 X 24 drawings with hundreds of thousands of little itty bitty pen strokes? Odd...)
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oh yeah I can understand why you pefer acrylic..because it dries a lot quicker almost like watercolor! no thats not odd it must be your style. Do you like impressionistic brushstrokes? Im gonna check out your gallery now. heeehe
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Impressionists aren't really my favorite, but there are some Impressionist pieces I like. I've always prefered artists like Kahlo and Basquiat, the ones who have that kind of visceral gut feeling to their work.
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It isn't so much about emotion... I dunno, it's kind of hard to describe. If a piece doesn't really give the impression of having a piece of the artist's soul expressed through it, I'm not usually very fond of it. Most Impressionist works are too calm and placid, like the artist didn't have anything left to give.... so I'm not really a big fan. Is that weird?
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yeah those artists do show more of their feelings in their art than Impressionists do.
Impressionism just tried to captured a moment
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Thank god for Digital Photography. It's easier to catch a "moment" when it only takes a moment to snap off a photo. XD
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haha I bet monet feels cheated
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I bet Monet feels dead. X3
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yes but his ghost haunts all of his art!
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And yet most of his pieces still suck. Hrmm.... A total mystery. (LOL, never really liked Monet, for the same reason I'm not fond of Jackson Pollack-- too blobby in close-ups.)
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In my opinion Monets pretty good. lol so you dont like the effect of dabs used in impressionism..I like that when one walks away quite a distance from his paintings one can see the entire picture but when one walks closer to examine it ..its only brush strokes of color....yeah any one could paint like Pollack..by just throwing random paint on a canvas.
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Monet had good technique and an interesting style, but no soul. Plus for a gal with an astigmatism little blobs of things hurt the eye.
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lol monets not a robot!
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No, he's a "Robet." XD
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Thank you, I'm here all week. *bows stage left, then bows stage right... drop curtain*
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