Lol, I really didn't think these would go to demand but it seems some folks actually liked them and want to commission me for them!

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These are custom pitcher plants (nepenthes) designed after your character! They're made out of polymer clay and are about thumb size and weigh about as much as 4-5 quarters depending on additions and size. They can have horns, eyes, spines, vines and other such features to help it more resemble your character. After painting they are heavily coated in glaze (satin or gloss for your choosing) so that the paint doesn't become marred.

A small metal loop/clasp is baked into the back so you can put chord, chain, lace or ribbon through it and wear it as a necklace, in your hair, on a broach or as a corsage or something xD

The price is between $15 and $25 depending on complexity, which is all your choice, like the additon of horns/tail/eyes/wings.

-$15 for the simplest pieces like the Left example in the pic, with only coloration and a stylized lip/ridge/petal.
-$20 [/b] is like the example on the right, with one feature/add-on like thorns/wings or an eye
-$25 is like the example in the middle with multiple features/add-ons like eyes and horns and thorns and tail etc etc

I only have 5 spots open right now, just to test it out and because I have other commissions to work on too. Slots will open up after I finish this set :3

Ship is free to anywhere in the US and $5 USD extra to anywhere else

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Note me with:

1. Who/what it's of
2. Ref pics or high detailed text
3. What features you want (which dictates the price)
4. If you want a specific nepenthes design, link me to a pic of the specific nepenthes

Mmk folks, here's all that's been going down.

In case you haven't noticed, I don't update here much anymore. That's because I have a FA gallery that I use a lot more. Why you say? Well, for one, I happen to draw porn now, and DA isn't so hip on the porn fad. For two, it's where a majority of my commission art is posted because the majority of my commissioners happen to be furs. And lasty, because I get more recognition there by the arty community and I participate in that particular community more often. Linky: [link]

Which means most of my traditional media is also posted there, since I recently got a scanner for christmas :3.

Also, I can't wait till you get here Fawn OMGOMGOMG <3 <3 <3 mutant waffle heart.

The new Anita Blake novel sucks. Blood Noir... take a pass on this one :/

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Rules:.
1. Choose a few of your own characters. Five at the most
2. Make them answer the following questions
3. Then tag three people.

Characters:

Yashendwirh (OC)
Rowendrah (OC sister)

1) How Old Are You?
Yashi- 23
Weny- 22

2) Height?
Yashi- 5'5" -_-
Weny- 5'11 :>

3) You Got Any Bad Habits??
Yashi- I tend to zone out when someone's talking if they're not quick to the point.
Weny- Dramallama >.>

4) You a virgin?
Yasha- I can reproduce asexually and I lean towards women (And I might have breifly had a fling thingy with my sister >.> <.< and I've never touched a man in my life. Why would I want to? And more importantly, why would I need to? (That's a diversion technique. In other words, I'm not going to tell you >.>
Weny- Maybe :3

5) Who's your Mate/Spouse?
Yashi- Not atm, but the bones say I do in the future >.> (Tristan <.<
Weny- Ew. Man-kooties.

6) Have Any Kids?
Yashi- I currently question my ability to reproduce asexually, like my sister has, but the bones say I will have assistance in the future, and end up with twins. ._. Doublewhammy.
Weny- A daughter who, at age 7, names herself Shessax (ShES-oz)

7) Favorite Food?
Yashi- Fish plates and breakfast foods. Eeeeeeeegggggssssss o_o Oh yeah, and chocolate stuffs >.> Or wait! Fruit too. Yeah.....I'm not too picky. I like everything.
Weny- Freshly baked bread or pastries :3

8) Favorite Ice Cream flavor?
Yashi- I've not travelled enough to experience many flavors. but I enjoyed the deset cream with berries I once had in the local village o.o
Weny- Same >.>

9) Killed anyone?
Yashi- Several harpies, whom invaded the temple and slew many of the temple mistresses, children and I assume my little sister, a manticore and my would-be rapist, and a few in the Thragjiit Wetlands battle.
Weny- Several at the temple invasion


10) Hate anyone?
Yashi- Whomever the leader is of the group that invaded the temple, my home, thusly the one responsible for my sister's possible murder (Is she really dead? I dunnoooooooo T_T)
Weny- I love all :3

11) Any Secrets?
Yashi- I may or may not have engaged in sexual congress with my sister <_< >_>
Weny- My favorite color isn't really blue.... it's pink. ._. I didn't want to seem too girly...

12) Love Anyone?
Yashi- My sister, of course, and her daughter, who ends up leaving my alone, where I eventually stumble across Tristan and maybe kinda sorta >.> yeah.....
Weny- My sister and my daughter of course :3

13) TACOS?
Yashi- What the hell is this elusive and exotic 'taco'? o.o
Weny- .............????Whu...?

14) Ever slept in All day?
Yashi- Sleep is for the weeeeeeak -_- Or pregnant sphinxes....cough
Weny- Most of the time I did while I was carrying my behbeh :3

15) Eye colors?
Yash- Venom green
Weny- Coppery gold

16) Hair?
Yash- Black-purple, fucked up, and some lilacish for the front. Somewhat curly, layered, and bushwhacked. Yeeeeah B3 Like a Jerith mullet from the labyrinth
Romen- Black-green, sexy full curls cut into a somewhat bob. :3 I sexeh

17) Fat/Average/Slim?
Yashi- Average, leaning towards a short pear-shape.
Weny- Slim and tall :3

l8) Rain, sunshine?
Yashi- Rain and storming and thunder
Weny- Warm spring sunshine x3

19) Pool, Beach?
Yashi- If it was a natural pool >.> Of naturalness. Salt-water fucks with my feathers :E
Weny- E've never seen the beach, nor swam in a pool o.o

20) Camping, staying home?
Yashi- My home is distroyed. I have no home. I'm a vagabond(angst) ._.
Weny- Hooooome

21) Dog, Cat?
Yashi- Cat ._.
Weny-Same

22) Believe in aliens?
Yash- ILLEGAL aliens
Weny -Ugh, I have enough secies to worry about locally ._.

23) What do you do to relax?
Yashi- Bathe. In running water. Listen to soft string or wind instruments. Or chimes.
Weny- Read or fly

24) Car or Ship..?
Yashi- Ship. The wooden floating kind. Anything with buttons or gears or made of metal I tend to...ruin
Weny- I've never even seeeen a car o.o

25) What is your job?
Yash- Soothsayer, fortune teller, temple mistress
Weny- Temple mistress and soothsayer

26) Any Unusual Things about you?
Yash- I'm a sphinx.....that can reproduce asexually.....whose a bone tosser and a rune caster.... Is there anything about me that is 'normal'?
Weny- I can do the pretzel!


27) boy or girl?
Yashi-Girl
Weny-Same


28) Favorite Place?
Yashi-The Sheriithen Woods. That was my home ._.
Weny- The woods or the temple.

29) do you like pancakes?
Yashi-.....maybe?
Weny- Never had the pleasure ._.

30) last words?
Yashi- Angst ._.
Weny- Fooooooooood ._.

The first week of school is over and I got paid today....but couldn't pick up the check. Go figure. That's how life works for you when you have to rely on others for your needs.

Also, I pinched about 400 poinsettias on thursday. Interesting ne? I got white goo all over my hands, and it smelled like rotton milk. Anyhow. I have three classes now. Originally, I had only signed up for Identification of fall plants and Horticulture fundamentals, but then I decided to squeeze my way into a morning class for Floral Design. All the classes are turning out to have pretty hefty moneterial donations. I have a $75 dollar lab fee for my Floral design class, and then other tools and whatever the costs for extra flowers/ribbon/wire/foam blah blah blah. But the book alone for the class was $150, which made my jaw drop through the floor. Luckily It's reccommended, not required, so I can actually get away with not having it. I plan to. My Fundamentals class turned out to be my cheapest class. I don't really need to many tools that I don't require for my other classes.

What shocked me is my inibility to take advantage of financial aid. But I did get a BOG waiver. While I'm all happy about that, I'm POed that children living with their parents are getting $500 dollar checks in the mail this week and I'm not. I find that laughable concidering my ONLY parent made about.....700 dollars that you. That's right, my mother is basically deralict, and I didn't require any family expected contribution, so why the hell am I not getting a check? I'm a part time student, a part time worker, and I live with someone elses family, without any personal means of transportation. But some punk kid with a nisan and free room and board with their parents is sitting on 2 grand... Is anyone else asking "WTF, mate?"

On the brighter side of life, I have 5 new rats :3 They are sooo friggin cudly. I wuv dem :3 I have two males and 3 females, housed seperately of course. But I suspect one, or maybe two are already preggerz :/ Figures. Anyhow, The males are named Gwyddion and Jasper, and the girls are Ridley, Belladonna and Quartz. x3 I know, I have a strange name policy for my pets. Don't ask.

Also, I finally FINALLY got a fire lighted under my ass about art. I had recently gone into like....art repression or something. The entire time I've been here, I haven't felt in the least motivated due to emotions and stress. Those of you who know I'm going through a whole 'niglected and abused' thing with my former (or assumed former) friends, and my uncomfortable situations in the household I'm living with, along with relationship and personal problems blahblahblah. You know, the basics.

I really have to thank my friend Nabs for this :3 He came to me to commission me for a piece. At the time I was doubting my talents as an artist, as well as niglected simply for my preference of media. I work mostly with traditional medias and my inibilitiy to utilize computer programs kept me from delving too far in 'referred' or 'fad' forms of art. Don't get me wrong, I love my style. It's always developing, always shifting some way or another. My style is very....temporal, if you will. But recently, since I don't delve into compy arts deeply, I feel that it's the only reason I'm niglected. Nabs proved me wrong :3 He helped me to realize that if what I do pleases me, and whoever I initially intend it to please, then who cares? It's not like I'm aiming to be on everyones favs and watch lists. Don't get me wrong, I do want recognition for my work, or else I wouldn't be here. Noone would. But I don't need to feel jipped because someone's doing anime, someone's doing graphic arts, someone's drawing furries raving. They're all themese, and they will come, and they will go, and new fads will come in and out. Mucho heartsa dn hugs to you, Naburus :B <3

On shittier notes, I feel outted by my friends. Or former freinds, as they don't really seem to care about me anymore. They don't try to contact me at all, not even just to say hi. I know they all get online every once in a while, I know they all have phones, and I know they know I have a phone. For a while, I was trying to keep in contacts with them, but then I didn't see any....what's the word....reciprocal actions. So I stopped, and thusly proved my point. That they had moved on and forgotton about me. But I still held on to whatever I thought was left of our friendship. Now I think it's about time to call it quits. No phone calls, no emails, no nothing. I'm tired of being the only one trying to apply mortar to out crumbling bridges. I feel deeply wounded, betrayed even that I don't even get an effort. I reply to any of their messages, their journals, but nothing. Nothing comes back to me. Prevarication used to be what gave me hope that maybe something was still there that made me think they gave a damn, but now, it seems to be what hurts me the most. Call me distant, call me cruel, but fuck that :/ I love you lot, if you're even paying attention to this and not skimming, but I'm tired of being the only one trying. I have other concerns in my life, concerns that involve me, and whatever empathy or humbilty that was in me to try and make this work out is being diffused too quickly to reignite. I had a lovely time, and I'll carry happy memories, but this is where I say enough is enough and move on, I suppose.

And and other finality stuffs

Yes, that was a randomly generated title.

Not too many people read my DA journal, but, eh, I write in it every once in a while anyways. I haven't really been inspired to do too much artwork latey, as you can see from my lack of updates. In all honesty, as much as I love the art world, I'm really lacking in it, and completely left wanting.

Instead of attending a college for art, I decided to go to a JC for a certificate in horticulture. Why? It's probobly my best chances at excelling in a form of art. I figured I like flowers, I want to use them in odd ways, why not make a few bucks while I'm at it.

Also, it's a lot cheaper than attending an actual college to try and get a job somewhere I will probobly hate doing something I thought I loved and then grew to hate because it's no longer fun and/or creative, but just work. Also, seeing as how few artists actually thrive in ways easier than paycheck to paycheck, and since I don't really know what I'd like to be as an artist of traditional media, there won't be much hope of my success because I have a lack of certainty.

I'd be happier if I had more inspiration, that's for sure. There's not really any competitions that I'd like to participate in at the moment, but competing seems to be the best way for my creative wheels to crank. Or trades, or themed artwork. But I'm lacking in all those areas too. With the burst of desire for digital art, I seem to be on the backburners for anyone wanting art trades and/or commissions.

Onto worse matters, my bank account might be closed because they can't verify my SSN. Funny that when I first went there, they were quick to the draw in making a checking and a savings account for me. But now they decide to verify all my information and decide theres been an error/fraud. And tell me again why they didn't take these steps in the first place? If they really are trying to pretect me, then they already failed miserably because I've had my account active for over 3 weeks, and upon the first deposit, that could have been enough time for one person, who really was a fraud, to go in and deposit or cash out in my name. Funny how that works.

Anyhow, now it's MY responsibility to go to a SS office to have them verify my social and then send it to the bank for them to process. Tell me again why that's my responsibility when they're the ones that didn't take safety steps in the first place?

Yeah, it seems like something small for me to complain about, huh. Well, it's a little more complicated than just going to a SS office and giving them proof because I', lacking a birth cirtificate. That's right. My brother and sister in law have YET to send me my birth cert over the length of 3 or so months. One has reason to believe they're not going to concider it in the least.

So, now I have to get my birth cert. from the vital records office from where I was born. Sadly, I don't exactly live near it anymore...and sadly it's not as easy as dropping everything in my life to say "ROAD TRIP" and be merrily on my way. So I have to send a request and a check by mail to get my birth certificate.

Another bad piece of news? I could only get a week extention to do all this before they close my account. So:

Mail in BC request>Get BC>Take to SS to verify>Have them mail to WamU to verify-Success. And exactly with all these mailing days, it should take me about....10-16 days to complete the maze. Sadly, that's a few days longer than a week....and not quite possibly to someone without a car or an abundant source of income. Yeah....Can anyone say rediculous.

Really now, why would they give me a bloody debut card, and then activate it, if my account is suspended and they couldn't verify my Social? This is ironic to me.

Also note that, supposedly, a social security card isn't sufficient proof to verify my social...I don't know whether to laugh myself to tears or to scream in ire and punch babies.

So content to comment on:

Suggestions for inspiration other than art begging

Suggesting themes or competitions to hold as a small group effort

The irony of my needs.