zarry In reply to melodicscore [2021-03-09 18:26:50 +0000 UTC]

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zarry In reply to Aeonofthelight [2020-04-10 19:17:51 +0000 UTC]

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Aeonofthelight In reply to zarry [2020-04-10 20:41:20 +0000 UTC]

If i could forgive Auto for sinning, then i can forgive you too!

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zarry In reply to ScryTime [2020-03-14 03:58:25 +0000 UTC]

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ScryTime In reply to zarry [2020-03-14 04:56:52 +0000 UTC]

:3

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zarry In reply to melodicscore [2018-10-03 23:15:14 +0000 UTC]

June 27th, when's yours?

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melodicscore In reply to zarry [2018-10-03 23:17:02 +0000 UTC]

aw man i'm DEAD late, for some reason I was just imagining it was in October or November   well happy super-late birthday though! XD
also, mine's on August 29, I just turned 14!

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zarry In reply to melodicscore [2018-10-04 02:00:39 +0000 UTC]

Hahha no worries, and congrats :3 Happy birthday! Does that mean you've been on dA since you were like, 10? O_O Because that's amazing hahah
I'm an old lady, like two of you plus a handful more. But it happens to everyone eventually. >_>;

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melodicscore In reply to zarry [2018-10-04 02:22:57 +0000 UTC]

thank you!! and haha, 8 actually : P
somehow I didn't realize I was supposed to be 13 to join since I always used my mom's birthdate to sign up for things, so I unknowingly but blatantly announced the fact that I was underage in this journal About Me...I am only 8 years old! I was adopted from China when I was 15 months old and I live in the United States. I'm a professional child model and my mom says one day I'll win an Academy Award for best actress! My stage name is Caia Mei. Mei is my Chinese name. My full name is Caia Jade Mei... plus my last name, of  course! I could draw all day long! I love to work on animated projects, and digital art. One day I'd like to work for Pixar, but my dream is to have my own animation production company and theme park... like Disney, but BIGGER! I hope you like my artwork! and got banned like a week later XD 
I'm actually glad this happened though. If I stayed on deviantart and kept making my art the way it was at the time I don't think I would have ever improved. atleast I had more time to play the games you made beautiful art for : D

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zarry In reply to melodicscore [2018-10-04 04:19:57 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha that is a very brazen announcement of your age in that journal! When I was little I very intentionally misrepresented my age to get better accounts, since kid accounts were usually super limited. It was simply what everyone did xD

dA can be a force for good or evil when it comes to influence on one's art, but I'm sure you would have improved anyway You upload stuff at an impressive clip, keep it up!

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melodicscore In reply to zarry [2018-10-04 16:02:56 +0000 UTC]

wait, but (oml I'm so sorry if this sounds rude in any way) judging by what you said before about being twice my age ill assume you're 28, so that means you were born in 1990 but as far as I know there weren't many games on the internet those days (if internet even existed?) and whenever you turned 13 would be in 2003 when stuff like facebook and deviantart and some web games were created in 2001?? I'm not sure if what I said makes sense but it's like how wouldn't you be old enough to sign up for those if you were already 13 unless at the time you were supposed to be 18?? maybe I'll put some research into this after school but I think I just felt my brain break XD

but yeah, very true! but I see a lot of dead accounts on deviantart from like 2013 and I can kinda see some of their art progress wasn't amazing, and I'm not trying to brag but I feel like if it wasn't for the feedback and helpful criticism I got on other websites then I wouldn't be where I am now, since DA seems like a laid-back website with mostly kids running around these days so I barely get or see anyone get advice :/ even if they ask for it! but I guess that's just the nature of learning on your own XP

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zarry In reply to melodicscore [2018-10-04 17:10:54 +0000 UTC]

Naaw I'm older; saying two you plus more was vague, but I'm 32. Since you seem curious I'll elaborate!

I started playing games online mostly at 11 or 12, started on dA at 16 I think? I had been messing with computers since way before that, but the internet wasn't a huge place to socialize for kids at that time. That's obviously totally different for people around your age and younger, which I have to admit I can't totally imagine. My neices talk about playing Roblox with their elementrary school friends and it sounds awesome, haha.

Around that time there was AOL chatrooms and a few online games, but flash games weren't booming yet and Facebook didn't exist. There was an online game called "The Palace" I really liked, where you could chat in a 2D flat room with avatar art. It was actually pretty unique for its time, but now tons of games have a similar feature.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pala…

Even before that when I was REALLY little there was this game called Habitat by Lucasfilm that was kind of like an MMO... now THAT was a long time ago. Actually, it's been brought back online as a piece of gaming history very recently. Check out this mad retro video. The idea of an online game was so bizarre they had to try and introduce it to people slowly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVpulh…

If it makes you feel any better dA has always been a place with a LOT of young artists, I think. But, that's kinda why I love it. dA being so laid-back and approachable means there are all kinds of artists here, just doing what they like and sharing it with the world - and I love seeing people's authentic passion. But yeah, you won't get a ton of heavy critique... and some of the websites that have more of a critique culture can get really harsh, haha. I went to an art school so that's where most of my skill growth happened, then after that working professionally forces continued growth in different ways.

I'd say the no.1 tool for growing artistic skills is definitely life drawing/life painting. It's not as exciting as creating character designs and finished drawings but it's the best way to sharpen your skillset.

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zarry In reply to melodicscore [2018-06-09 03:49:00 +0000 UTC]

Aw really? I'm glad you got to see them then! It's a shame most of them arn't available for download anymore, especially Tiny Pets - that was my favorite to play AND to draw stuff for, hehe. Thanks for the favs!

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melodicscore In reply to zarry [2018-06-10 19:06:15 +0000 UTC]

I agree!! just seeing these makes me awfully nostalgic and it's just very moving to me to see them all in one place again. I didn't really expect to see most of these again since they were removed from the store which makes it even more a surprise; keep up the good work!!

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zarry In reply to Naiuou [2017-08-08 22:21:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! You've got some really cute colorful stuff yourself.

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zarry In reply to Jotie-Tamaro [2011-06-04 03:12:30 +0000 UTC]

We've been on quite a few RO servers together, you played characters with the Tomaro last name. You may remember I played Anuka, and Gale Giovanni. Not all that weird to run into people who run in the same circles, heh. My current MSN is zarrybanana or zarrybanana@hotmail.com.

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Jotie-Tamaro In reply to zarry [2011-06-04 03:55:49 +0000 UTC]

Hah! Wow, had you on MSN. I just have so many contacts, it's hard to keep track of everyone! You should probably easily spot me, being Jotie Tamaro. Or krystal_tamaro@hotmail.com as my general e-mail. ^^

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zarry In reply to CodyLycan [2010-10-12 02:59:40 +0000 UTC]

*ears bleed*
Ow.

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CodyLycan In reply to zarry [2010-10-17 18:01:34 +0000 UTC]

D: *stitches ears back up* All better

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zarry In reply to kaourika [2010-10-11 02:34:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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kaourika In reply to zarry [2010-10-12 06:21:53 +0000 UTC]

<3

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zarry In reply to blitzhellion [2009-09-02 16:08:21 +0000 UTC]

I do remember you! But this comment is the first time I've touched (or even checked) DA in months. :[ My e-mail is bungypcf@yahoo.com. I check & reply to my e-mail every day -- so feel free to bug me there.

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Awsomeking14000 In reply to zarry [2010-04-30 21:02:31 +0000 UTC]

I like your drawing of windwaker link in markers. Would you be able to do toon link in his engineerclothes???

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