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Super Llama: Llamas are awesome! (15)
birthdAy '10: decade of deviousness
Totally Normal: What could be more ordinary? (1)
My Bio
Current Residence: the outskirts of a rural Australian nowhere
Favourite genre of music: Acoustic folk
Favourite photographer: Still too close to call, but Marion Skydancer and Ansel Adams make the short list
Favourite style of art: Sketching, multimedia, and tablet-based digital art
Operating System: Windozzz... *snore*
MP3 player of choice: RealOne
Shell of choice: Cowrie, Nautilus, and Dentalium... ;)
Wallpaper of choice: Rotating, always a nature scene
Skin of choice: my husband's epidermis *wink*
Favourite cartoon character: Eliza Thornberry - reminds me of my childhood...
Personal Quote: A word of wisdom, heeded at the right time, can save one a wealth of experience.

Favourite Visual Artist
I still can't pick just one, sorry! Not in a world shared by Picasso, Dali, Escher, Georgia O'Keefe
Favourite Movies
I can't pick just one, sorry!
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Ken Linder *grin*
Favourite Writers
Me! ;> Oh, and R.A. MacAvoy and Elizabeth Scarborough
Favourite Games
Pente will do, for today...
Favourite Gaming Platform
Varied - I like a wide variety of games.
Tools of the Trade
Graphite pencils, coloured pencils, digital art programs, digital camera, and a graphics tablet
Other Interests
Art, music, reading, writing, learning, teaching, handicrafts, and creativity of all kinds
RIP Terry Pratchett You were there. There is no need to ask why we wear the lilac. How do they rise up, rise up? https://www.deviantart.com/botanystock/art/Lilac-06-448327575
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Someone recently commented on my previous Journal entry, about "The nerve-wracking business of offering comments and critique", saying that I seemed to be a "no bullshit" kind of person.  :lol: I have to admit that that wouldn't be entirely inaccurate...  ;)  ...although I do lean more toward being as tactful as possible, and packaging critique in a "sandwich" form. So, since my original reply to their comment was so long that it seemed to merit a Journal entry of its own, here it is: "How to Make a Critique Sandwich" First I try to comment on the piece's strength(s), *then* on the areas that would probably be the best place to focus on i
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I found myself writing the following in a reply to a comment on someone's artwork recently, and realized that it really belonged in my journal, as a Journal Entry.  So here it is (I particularly hope that you'll read it if you're here because I commented on your artwork...): I'm always nervous when making suggestions to an artist for the first time, lest they take offense, or think I'm being over-critical of a piece which it's just as likely that I totally *love* in its existing version, regardless of whether I think it's possible to improve it, or in other cases, to work on a certain element in order to improve future artworks of that type.
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Hi there, I really dig your artwork! 
I happened upon one of your comments. It's heartening to see a deviant who puts genuine thought into their criticism.:thumbsup:
hello der...did you now how to animate fractals from apophysis...?
Thank you for the criqiue!
Thanks so much for the comment and the :+fav:
wow you surely write a lot in one comments... lol