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theDreamsmith
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[2005-01-31 18:18:56 +0000 UTC]
"Stephen Slaby"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 17; Deviations: 68; Watchers: 5
Watching: 1; Pageviews: 4874; Comments Made: 645; Friends: 1
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Dali, Monet, Giger, and Dave McKeanFavorite movies: Snatch
Favorite bands / musical artists: Cold, Korn, Soul Asylum, Counting Crows, NIN
Favorite writers: Neil Gaiman
Favorite games: Currently- Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Favorite gaming platform: Xbox
Tools of the Trade: PC, Sketchpads, Mechanical Pencils, Drafting Pencils...
Other Interests: Art, Video Games, Movies, P&P RPG's, Writing
# About me
Current Residence: PennsyFavourite genre of music: most everything
Favourite photographer: none
Favourite style of art: Graphite, 3D or Vector based illistrations
Operating System: Win XP
MP3 player of choice: iRiver portable mp3 player or Musicmatch
Shell of choice: ?
Wallpaper of choice: Hallowed Sin wallpaper
Skin of choice: none
Favourite cartoon character: Wiley Coyote, Samurai Jack, Aku, Danger Mouse
Personal Quote: "And who I am... is nothing, just a dream, unattainable, ever changing, ever crafting..."
# Comments
Comments: 42
Hi ! Good Job there. I am working for a Sporting Goods Company . How Much do you want to sell your skateboard design ???
Best Regards.
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Thanks for the crit on my page! I'll really start thinking of exploring bgs now. ^_^
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Yer welcome. Glad I could be of some help.
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thanks a bazillion for the comment/critique! i can understand where you're coming from on the shadowing and shading. i'll be keeping in mind all that you said in my furture drawings.
again...thanks a bazillion!
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Welcome. I was happy to give any suggestions I could.
OH, one thing I thought of after writing the crit and didn't get back to it. Have you ever tried using fine point drafting pencils? Like a 0.3 lead size. I use those for my very fine details where a thick line would just cause to much. I also highly recommend using various sized leads. (That is if you go drafting pencil, mechanical pencil.) If you're using mainly colored and standard number 2... uh... well no suggestion other than keeping a nice fine point most of the time.
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i've just been using reg No.2 pencils...next time i'm out getting some art supplies(if i remember) i'll check it out. 
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i appreciate you looking at my gallery, and moreso the crit. i feel criticism is lacking on this site, and i think it helps one's growth more than praise does.
i completely understand and more or less agree with your observations; and i'm not making excuses, but i don't like to do too much afterwork on a photo. i know i'm a long way from being where i want to be as a photographer, but until i get a better camera, i'll probably pretty much leave my shots as they are. i will certainly keep it in mind while shooting, though.
i do pride myself on my sense of composition, so thank you for noticing that.
again, your comments are very much appreciated - we all need more people like you who take the time to verbalize such observations.
and just incase you're wondering - i'd be glad to return the favour, but i'm honestly not a fan of your particular genre, so i wouldn't be much help. no offense.
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I'm glad you appreciated my view and crit. I do my best to try and give people critiques, as it's the only way I know to help people improve.
I fully get what you mean by waiting till you have a better camera. Often that's really what is needed, or so I've been told. If you develop your own images the touchup afterwards is even less needed. (I never got the handle of doing my own photos, it was a concept that for some reason I just couldn't grasp.) I think as long as you keep it in mind you can still get great images, you have them already. It's just a minor thing what I mentioned, though if rectified would most definetly make the pieces stand out more. So I'm glad you were appreciative of my comments.
As for not being a fan of my work, eh it happens. To each their own. I personally hate pablo picasso and think Andy Warhol was a hack, it's all taste, that's what makes art so beautiful.
Okay, one last thing. What kind of Genre am I? I've been wondering that. I keep getting different answers.
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i wasn't saying that specifically about your work, i just meant the style in general. i only used the word 'genre' because i couldn't think of a better way to put it. you're obviously working in several differrent areas, which is always a good thing, but i'm usually drawn to photography, traditional painting and architecture. so any sort of comparitive crit is kinda out of my reach. i suppose i'd call you a general graphic artist (?).
and i agree with you on warhol... not so much picasso. don't even get me started on mondrian.
and as crap as one person may think something is, there's no such thing as worthless art.
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Ah okay, thanks for clearing that up.
Keep up the good work.
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YOU HAVE BEEN HUGGED!!!
Spread the DA love around! (you can copy and paste this message on their userpage!)
*dingding* RULES:
1- You can hug the person who hugged you!
2- You can't hug the person more than 3 times
3- You -MUST- hug 6 other people
4- You should hug them in public! Paste it on their user page! c'mon..don't be scared of public displays of affection
5- Random hugs are perfectly okay! (and sweet)
6- You should most definitly get started hugging right away!
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No prob, was an awesome piece. Reminded me of the end of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.
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Tks buddy for the 
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No prob, someone on here at least has to give constructive critisism, so I do what I can.
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hey! you were nice enough to view my account, so I thought I'd take a look at yours!
You have some nice artwork~ : ) I want to see what's the outcome of that "Eagle", so far, I like it!
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Okay, well if you don't Devwatch me then I'll notify you when I have Engel (not Eagle, it's the german word for Angel but easy mistake to make
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Cool! Errr..I don't know how to do anything right now! *lol* so...not sure how to fave. people or devwatch..or something. ^ ^() But let me know then! ^0^
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When you go to somebody's page. Up where it has their name, gender, and all things like that. There is a little list. It will say "General" "Gallery" and so on. The VERY last one is "DeviantWatch." All you do is click that and ther eyou go, you put a watch on that person.
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hey thanks for the comment, i used a text called 'porcelain' and just rotated them around in photoshop.
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I like free hand, it's what I'm used to. What I started with.
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*Watches the lonely blue smiley pace on his screen.*
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thanks for the fav.
i really like your artwork!
keep it up!
iยดll keep watching your progress.
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You're welcome. And thanks for the compliments.
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Hey thanks for the favorite with 'bad pickup line' !!!
Nice gallery!
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No prob, I loved the image and concept. Really well done.
Oh, and nice work you have in your gallery. I liked the designs and the photographs were awesome.
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thanx 4 the devwatch!!
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No Prob. I liked yer stuff. Thanks for the devwatch also!
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Ooooh hello and welcome to Devi! If you find yourself needing anything, just note me and I'll do the best I can!
Yaaaay! Devi is teh ubar shibbyness.
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