Tavis Harts

Ok... decided to order chinese food to go today because Clint’s car is down for the count.

So we ordered from Chef Cao’s II. Food was pretty good, it’s killing Clint at the moment however.

Of course we got fortune cookies after dinner. Yay for fortune cookies. I used to have a page dedicated to the ones I got… Well after these cookies I may have to bring that page back to life.

Mine:
“Your luck is just not there. Attend to practical matters today.”
Learn Chinese: Thank you: Xia Xai ne. Lucky numbers: 48,27,39,10,37,5

Clint’s:
“There may be a crisis looming, be ready for it.”
Learn Chinese: convenience: fong bien. Lucky numbers: 14,5,27,39,45,22

The fuck….?

Well… Titles like this never start well do they?

I got the shock of my life several weeks ago when I discovered a breast lump.
At first they thought it was a cyst but then discovered that it was a solid mass with and ultrasound.

Isn’t that just fun? Nothing like having the though of “cancer” stare you in the face right after your father died from it.

Needless to say I was a wreck for a bit and my mom probably wasn’t doing too well either. They mentioned that it could be benign (and most likely was) so they actually asked me if I wanted to leave it in. The answer to that was an astounding “no.” Both me and mom didn’t really want to chance it. I actually wavered a bit on the idea just because I didn’t like the idea of surgery.

Surgery went well and I did get the results back. It was a tumor but a non-cancerous one like suspected. It was about 2cm round and was strangely rubbery.

Ah well… at least it is gone and I don’t have to worry about it anymore.

This event did spawn this image http://tavisharts.kamiki.net/original/webpages/techno.htm
It’s sort of an odd leap but I actually figured out why the image came to me right before the surgery after I was done coloring it.

Well… A lot has happened as you might have suspected.

Dad finally died. I blame hospice of all things for a lot of his suffering and death. :/ In the end they actually tried to shoo my mom and I out of the room so that we couldn’t even give him water. Poor dad was actually going insane from dehydration.

I guess the worst part was when they decided to pull a bullshit lie on the two of us (mom and myself). “no no.. it’s ok… after a certain point in dehydration you actually start to feel better.” Let me make this point clear, that’s a lie. Whoever came up with that is a moron. After seeing and reading far too many accounts of people stranded at sea I can say with absolute certainty that NONE of them reported a feeling of ecstasy during those trips.

How the previous part came to be where dad just did the dramatic drop in health is pretty interesting. He was allergic to morphine, the day his health declined was the day we gave him morphine from hospice. It was almost funny that they yelled at us for stopping the morphine when we put two and two together. Took a few days for them to realize as well that it was the morphine that caused all this.

And then there was denying us the IV. That was just low for them. He couldn’t drink, he was dehydrated and we were trying to make sure that if he was going to die it WASN’T going to be because of hospice decided to euthanize him. Took us a little over a week to get it (meanwhile dad was drinking from a spoon). The main nurse actually put a block to keep us from getting the IV and constantly talked around dad and about his slow dieing like he was a vegetable (despite the fact that he would actually make full sentences from time to time). Mom actually found the workaround and got ahold of the bag. The deal was done when dad himself said “yes” to wanting the IV in front of the nurse.

Night of the IV: also known as the night dad actually slept peacefully for the first time in weeks.

Sadly it seems like the IV came too late or perhaps the morphine and cancer finally won. He did die a few days later.

It was a nice funeral. Dad was a mason so they participated as well and dad got an army salute for his days served in korea.

I suppose the few things that make me feel better is the fact that he is no longer suffering and we actually made sure that his last days were actually peaceful once we got the IV.

Sleep well dad.

As many of you might know my dad was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago. It’s been an uphill battle and so far we have been loosing. It moved to his lungs and just recently broke the blood brain barrier. The brain tumor was one of our few victories in this war, but I don’t think it will help too much. (No brain damage or sign that it’s growing back)

It has spread to other parts. One is now growing in the bone of his pelvis and three or more are in his lungs. When I came in December my dad was still doing somewhat well, the chemo hadn’t fully knocked him down and he was able to move short distances with a walker. The main difference I noticed was that his hair had finally left after a major dose of radiation. During the few weeks I went back to college station things changed. The chemo took full effect and kept dad from even standing. He has to be moved everywhere in a wheelchair and even short distances of moving him from the wheelchair to another chair is a major event that takes most of his energy.

Sadly, even though the chemo was quite efficient at killing dad it had no effect on the tumors. They continued to grow.

On January 15, 2007 he was declared terminal.

The doctors felt that there was nothing else to be done. The chemo was no longer effective against the tumors and was doing far more harm than good. We were then told that it would be better to go onto Hospice.

Hospice is both a good and a bad thing. The good thing is that we have nurses on call that can come be with him, help give him meds and take care of him. The bad part is that any aggressive treatment to heal things that aren’t even connected with the cancer has to stop (Like if we find another clot in his leg). The nurses aren’t even allowed to do CPR if they see that the patient is dieing. Their entire job is to see to it that the patient is comfortable until they die. That would be the bad side.

In the past few days they have been both a blessing and an aggravation to me. When I first came home a little over a week ago dad was seeing hallucinations. Most had gone away but he was seeing the cats wherever he went. Apparently one of the medicines he was taking caused rather bad apparitions. One such occurrence he sat in his chair in horror as the walls sprouted a thick coat of fur. After that about on Thursday of last week he started to experience a LOT of pain. So much so that we have had to call out the nurses from hospice several times. It started off as just his ankles and knee hurting (understandable, they were swollen beyond belief).

They gave us some morphine (a light amount) and it doesn’t seem to do too much. The most it seems to accomplish is knocking him out like a light. According to my mom that’s just what morphine seems to do. Currently this has left me wondering WHY people get addicted to this stuff if it seems to function more as a sleep aid than anything else.

Despite the fact that he was gaining more pain I was hopeful that he was getting better. As the chemo started to leave his body he gained more and more of his appetite back. He was as sharp as ever and I was hoping that maybe he would be able to beat this and start walking again soon. Once he regained some of his energy of course. With nurses helping him it should be a quick recovery.

As for how hospice was a bane: They sent a bishop out to try to comfort dad if he needed advice for passing on. Then we were dragged into another room and told that we should probably start making funeral arrangements now (while good advice jeez >.<). Another time a nurse gave us a pamphlet describing the stages of death a loved one goes through before finally passing on (the damn sinking ship on the front does NOT ease me at all).

Dad seems to be rather nervous. He doesn’t like it when we leave him alone for long and has cried a few times. Yesterday was the first time I ever saw him cry. I left before he knew that I saw, I didn’t want him to feel worst.

Today is when things really got worst and now I am very worried. We had been looking forward to today. Because it is my birthday it was a big event for me as well as my father. I wanted him to be happy today and to enjoy it. He didn’t think he would live through Christmas so getting to my birthday was a big achievement. When one of the nurses woke him up today he was tired, this wasn’t anything new so we let him sleep so that he would heal more. Later on at about three he woke up disoriented. He’s been unable to talk to us and seems to be in a constant panic. He moves about restlessly, gasps for air as if he ran a marathon and talks very little to not at all. Most of the conversation has been a single word from him maybe every 20 minutes. He seems conscious of everything that is going on around him but we have no idea what to do with him. We don’t know if he’s in pain, we cannot get him to eat and he cannot tell us what he wants or needs at this moment.

Currently we have called a nurse out and we are hoping that another one will appear soon to watch him though the night. :/ I don’t know what to do for him right now however.

We did try to include him in on the birthday still. We showed him the cake my grandma made (it was a devil’s food cake with chocolate frosting and little flowers around it. Grandma put 23 on it even though I am 24. I’m not going to correct her right now, I don’t want her to feel bad after all the work she did on it. I’ll wait until she forgot what she put on the cake before I start reminding her how old I am. Besides, why would I complain about being younger? )

She also got me a rather long red shirt that can function as a dress. I may use it as such. I showed it to dad I have no idea what he thinks of it.

I am hoping that tomorrow he starts to do better. If anyone has any advice I am open to hear it.

Yep Susan Kelly, the costume design teacher was run over Tuesday at 4:00Pm in the frikken parking garage. O.o Who drives as fast as they can in a parking garage anyways? The driver can't blame it on weather or anything, they were indoors for crying out loud.

I never suspected that place to be a dangerous part of campus.

But anyways, she is alive but in the hospital with compound fractures. Today she should be getting some surgery done. Most likely she will be out for the rest of the semester.

(Scariest part is that this makes her the 3rd theater person to be in the receiving end of an automobile accident in the past 2 weeks O.o )

I am going to have to see what I can do about getting several of the theatre students together and making a large "get well soon" card for her. So for everyone in theatre who sees this or has taken a class with her feel free to contact me and contribute to this card.

http://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/kevin.binfield/RubensAllegoryOutbreakWar.jpg

We went over this in class and I think that it’s fully applicable for the times, more so that we might like to believe.
It’s from Rubens from the baroque era if you are wondering. It was created as a protest to the 10-year war. Rubens actually wrote his own summary of his picture.

It features Mars, the god of war, storming off into battle. Even the goddess Venus with her caresses and pleas cannot stop his rampage showing how war shirks off peace. Opposite of Venus pulling on mars and leading him into battle is a valkyrie. The Valkyrie is holding up a torch showing the destruction and violence. On the ground by Mar’s feet are people being trampled by war. One being a girl with a broken lute showing how war destroys are and music. Directly beside her is a woman clutching a baby showing how war has so sympathy and no place for family and love. Below the mother is another man being destroyed and killed by the war. Directly under Mar’s foot is a book showing how war destroys both intellect and reason. On the far side is a noble woman with all her jewels torn from her with her arms thrown up in sorrow. She is England herself as she was being ravaged by a long drawn out war.

I don’t think I need to point out too many similarities with this ancient picture and today.

>.< And I am disappointed in the government again. Sometimes I wonder where this country is heading.


First for new developments that I don’t like.
(from the batt September 29, 2006)
Senate OKs Detainee interrogation bill
WASHINGTON (AP)
The senate on Thursday endorsed President Bush’s plans to prosecute and interrogate terror suspects, all but sealing congressional approval for legislation that Republicans intend to use on the campaign trail to assert their toughness on terrorism. The 65-34 vote means the mill could reach the president’s desk by week’s end. The House passed nearly identical legislation on Wednesday.

This compounded by the fact that Bush intends to interpret the Geneva Convention with what he finds to be cruel. Unusual or outrages upon human dignities you just know that a lot of bad things are going to be endorsed by our government on these people.


I am not against terrorist being interrogated however I want them to have a trial AND to be assured that they won’t be tortured, maimed or forced to go mentally insane. I think we can find ways to get information out of them without resorting to barbaric methods. Furthermore, if we torture them they might get the idea that they can torture our people that they captured. Not to mention when you hear that another country is torturing your citizens then you aren’t’ as apt to like them, work with them or come to any sort of timely agreement. >.<
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(next from the batt same day ect)
House approves warrantless wiretap law.
WASHINGTON (AP) The house approved a bill Thursday that would grant legal status to president Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program with new restrictions. Republicans called it a test before the election of whether Democrats want to fight or coddle terrorists. “The Democrats’ irrational opposition to strong national security policies that help keep our nation secure should be great concern to American people,” Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a statement after he bill passed 232-191.

Great >.<. Now, I am not against terrorists being wiretapped. However, if we know one of the parties is a terrorist we can get a warrant for them FAR in advance before the conversations we would want to hear happen. The main reason I am worried about this isn’t that I have stuff I talk about that I am worried they would hear. I could care less if they pay attention to my boring life. I am just worried we are going to have something similar to the FBI’s wonderful screw-up.

The FBI was given approval by Hoover to go after the KKK and try to destroy them. And to their credit they did a good job. However, after dismantling most of the KKK they went after other groups that had views that conflicted their own. (Martin Luther King) being one of the targets and this probably contributed a lot to his murder.

While keeping track of the terrorists is good and very applaudable and the end mostly justifies the means, the LAST thing I want is for them to have another power trip and start harassing groups like GLBT because Bush just doesn’t like their position on things. I want something VERY carefully watching over these people to make SURE that history doesn’t repeat itself. I know there’s restrictions, however, I want an separate organization looking over their shoulder to make sure that they stay within their bounds. Sadly, I don’t think that this is going to happen.

Well, the world proves yet again to be made up of squeamish idiots. A Dallas art teacher was fired for taking students to a museum when one of them happened upon an artistic nude. For this, for taking them to a MUSEUM, with several priceless and beautiful artworks the teacher was fired?! Heaven help us, it’s not like the David wasn’t nude or anything. It’s not like the child never takes a bath and notices that he is indeed nude when he does so.
You know what I think the problem is? The Dallas school board, this parent and several other people don’t seem to understand some of the different aspects of museum art. There is a difference between NUDE and PORN! Nude just means that said figure happens to be wearing no clothing. If the subject isn’t aroused, isn’t in the act of coupling with another being and/or isn’t provocative then it isn’t porn. Simple as that. The human body is beautiful and you should be proud of it. After all, god made it for you; you weren’t born with a sweater! Furthermore, it’s ok for your children to see nudes, most of our great artworks happen to have naked people in them. It might help your children to be cultured.

Furthermore, if you are worried about your child knowing about sex and the body than it might be time for you to sit down with them and give them the whole birds and the bees speech. Trust your children to understand and deal with things that are a part of basic biology and life. Take the time and explain to them why some nudes are unacceptable and others appear in a museum. Stop being gutless drones that expects society to raise their children for them and actually take an active part in your child’s education. How do you expect your actions effected those children anyways? Now you convinced and entire group of children that the museum is some dirty institute where bad people put bits of artwork that will get them in trouble if they see it. Congratulations, the future is officially uncultured. I guess little Timmy will have to go back to that wonderful hip-hop and rap that will teach him so much more about culture and life.

Graaaah >.< Sometimes I hate people.

As several of you may know my dad has had cancer for a while now. After all the chemotherapy it still managed to spread and migrated its way up to his brain. I am sure that the news that he had a tumor near the reptilian part of his brain wasn’t at all what he was hoping to hear. But it did explain why he was dizzy, had massive headaches and vomiting.

His original appointment for brain surgery was set for Thursday but due to the fact that he became slightly anemic from all the chemo the doctor postponed it for a day to allow more blood to be put into his body. On Friday, at 8, he began the surgery. From what I hear it went really well (I sadly didn’t make it down there to see him because I have no car and I couldn’t find a way back if I did find someone to take me down there.)

Currently he is still in the hospital, His neck hurts a lot, but that is to be expected. In the next few days he should be back home. From what I hear though this comes none too soon for my dad’s dog. Poor thing managed to put two and two together that my mom to my dad away and he hasn’t returned and has been frantically trying to get the neighbors involved to find him.

I went and got a new toy last weekend. It’s a Game boy advance Sp. I LOVE this little thing. It’s easily portable; it’s screen folds keeping it from being scratched and the screen lights up. I can actually SEE what I am playing for once. (I also love how big the screen is.) Because of this I have been going through and beating games I had before but never finished. I am almost done with Zelda and beat final fantasy 1.

My boyfriend has insured that I will be playing it even more. He has been buying me games for it. So now I have a new Castlevania game (circle of the moon) which plays a lot like super metroid meets RPG. Because of that I haven’t put the game down. @.@ It’s too much fun.

For good news I got a new computer before school started. Poor Zel has been retired and the new computer, Sephiroth (yes I’m a dork) is proving itself to be a very fast computer.

The battalion hasn’t hired me back for this last semester, however, the theater department has. I am being paid a lot more than what I was at the battalion and able to surf the web whenever I want and draw whenever I want (of whatever I want). So far my job consists of delivering papers across campus, answering the phone and making copies. Rather nice I think.

Currently on campus everyone is getting sick (including me). I am not quite sure what is at the moment. It couldn’t just be bad sinuses (however, I have made the mistake of assuming that before, I nearly killed my old roommates with a horrible cold each time I have done so). Currently my symptoms are runny nose, coughing and no longer being able to talk above a whisper. Blargh @.@ I hope this goes away soon.

It’s sad how quickly diseases spread around campus.

Artwork.

Going slowly, I have discovered how to get my scanner to scan at 300 pdi and so I have been working with a HUGE image in open canvas. It’s 70% done so far. I started with the background first and learned a new way of handling painting a background.

I also have a lot of other images I need to scan in. I am in a design class and I have been using that class to draw whatever I feel like drawing.

I will need to buy a new bit of software for my computer tho. Apparently my e-mail doesn’t like to open up the old archives/backups. I have had to reset my system twice so I have two sets of backups that are COMPLETELY unviewable. So far I haven’t found ANY free programs to allow me to view them. Looks like I have to break down and actually buy something now that I have some money so I can actually E-mail all the people who commissioned me and show them what I have made. @.@

Damn e-mails.

Rather bad way to start the day yesterday. I heard over the radio that Steve Irwin (the crocodile hunter) died.

At first I couldn't believe it, especially sense the announcer stated that it was from a stingray of all things. After hearing from some other people, seeing it in the battalion and reading it on several websites I had to accept that this wasn’t a wild rumor. Even now I can’t quite fully grasp the fact that he is dead. He was basically invincible, even with cracked ribs he was still willing to wrestle Crocs.

I am actually very saddened by his passing. He was one of the few stars I would have loved to meet in person, perhaps even the only one. He was always so excited about everything. His energy knew no bounds. Steve used it to promote the environment and stir people’s interest in animals and animal programs. He was one of the few great defenders of conservation. This didn’t end his family life either; he was just as excited and dedicated to them as well. Not many people could be described as this.

Steve Irwin was a great hero and he will be sorely missed by the world.
RIP

XD Every so often you find something that just makes you realize how much you love the internet.

http://www.cowabduction.com/

I don't think I need to go into too much detail about this site. It's one that is easier to see than to have someone describe it to you.

I want a cow crow by the way.

I love my guest book on my site because of the comments I get on it. Sadly, however, it appears some bots have stumbled upon it and made it their home.

One or two have been sex bots.. but they left quickly.. however, what seems to be plaguing my poor little guest book is drug bots. Yes.. Robots who are desperate to see me doped up on so many over the counter medications I will be swearing I can actually see infrared and ultraviolet wave lengths while slamming into walls as all my motor skills collapse at once.

I just got done deleting 28 (yes 28) different posts by these bots today in my poor guest book.

Now then, this makes me wonder, what brought the bot to my site.. and more importantly, why is it staying? Does for some reason the companies that send this bot to me think I have their target audience? Seriously, did they come to my website, look at my artwork and go "Ack! Well, these people are going to need medication now"?

And for that matter, why are they sending me so many e-mails? Who told them that I was in need of a chemical rebalancing?

@.@ Anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of the bot(s)?

On the upside, me cleaning my guest book is a sign that my site will be updated soon. I got several nice pictures for the update too.

You know... every so often you manage to find a professional hypocrite that
manages to get under your skin. Amy Brown has managed to get on this list.



Yes.. THE Amy Brown. Famous little pixie artist herself.



To put it simply she has a nasty habit of ripping people apart that want to be
like her and try to teach themselves from her artwork. She will berate them in
front of SCORES of other people about how horrible a person they are and how
they committed the greatest sin an artist ever could: creating a work similar to
another artist with only a few changes. She beats this into her fan's brains so
that they go out and act as her watch dogs keeping her on a pedestal.



And all the while she copies the ideas of other people. Brian Froud being one
of the main one's she copies. Brian FROUD!



Don't believe me? I probably wouldn't have believed it until I ran into a thread
on gaia that actually showed her artwork in comparison to other artists.

FROM THE THREAD:

By DaftPunk.     For original thread go to http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13034944&page=1

NOTE- For Examples of Amy Brown's Copying, Scroll down to the bottom of this post for numerous links that are updated when new pieces are found by people who post in this thread. Yes fangirls, it looks as though Amy Brown can be undeniably called an art thief with this image: Initial Proof: http://xs73.xs.to/pics/06123/AmyBrown.Theif.Overlay.jpg The small box is a crop of the original work of Brian Froud, overlayed onto an "original" piece by Amy Brown. Brians work pre-dates hers for those of you who want to talk about the timeline involved. Unfortunately many people ,with no sense of art, are not swayed by one very definitive image, so, we need more. If anyone out there who has suspicions or proof of more copying, please post it here, Im trying to get a collection of all her copied work with the comparisons so I can upload them to another website. Please try and make sure she copied someone, rather than someone copying her, that would be a rather embarrassing situation. I had several other links, but they have stopped working, so please, if anyone knows anything about fairy art and can spot a copied image in Amy Browns gallery, please post it here. If anyone has posted proof in the past, please repost, especialy whomever the link above is linked from. I want to be able to organise and give credit to each person who sets up a comparison. Thank you for your time, and Im sorry for shattering any of your aspirations to be "just like Amy Brown." Update: Dear Art Cafe-i-ans? Considering how fast the rest of this site moves, I was hoping to set up a resource thread where all comparasons of Amy Brown ripping off Froud and other artsts could be posted. Some of the links ive had before are actualy outdated. If someone here had say a picture hosting account somewhere that they dont use, maybe someone could link comparasons here, and they could mirror it there so it at least stays on a site and wont be deleted from someones webpage as they do some redecorating. Any help would be appreciated, and hopefully this can be a rather informative thread to allow people to link others to the shame that is Amy Brown. Now, asside from that, some of you may be asking yourselves: "WTH does he mean by 'Shizno'". I think this is best explained in the form of a Knock-Knock Joke. I'll start, and the next person will continue with the Knock-Knock lines, I'll reply, etc till the punchline. Me:"Knock-Knock" Image Comparasons We Have So Far: Overlayed Images: http://xs73.xs.to/pics/06123/AmyBrown.Theif.Overlay.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/raeraesama/theft_proof/brown_royo1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/raeraesama/theft_proof/brown_froud1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/raeraesama/theft_proof/brown_froud2.jpg Non Overlayed Images: http://i2.tinypic.com/vg4p6p.jpg http://i2.tinypic.com/vg4pi0.jpg http://i2.tinypic.com/vg4ox2.jpg http://i2.tinypic.com/vg4md4.jpg http://www.amybrownart.com/images2_306/litho/enchanted_journey.jpg http://www.nenethomas.com/chanceencounter.shtml http://i1.tinypic.com/rwl1u8.jpg http://xs73.xs.to/pics/06123/AmyBrown.Thief.jpg http://www.amybrownart.com/images2_306/originals/bella.jpg http://www.dreamweaverstudios.net/images/knowin.jpg http://www.amybrownart.com/images2_306/originals/blue_faery.jpg http://xs73.xs.to/pics/06124/faefroud.jpg Now, some can be questioned as "refrenced" and some can deffinately be called "COPIES" but even so, theres no doubt who she copied and never gave credit where credit is due.

 

Now.. before some of you fangirls bounce about and try to protect your god
and say that froud and others copied from her Here is one of my posts on this
subject.

I am a huge Brian Froud fan. I have collected a few of his books and can look for you. I personally side on her stealing from Froud. All of Froud's images are based on actual folklore and mythos where as Ms Brown does nothing but pop-artish pixies that she knows will sell with little to no regard of the actual stories of the wee folk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "from Good fairies/bad fairies printed 1998" The first picture marked on your list is Dark Queen by Brian Froud. It doesn't have a side note but on the image itself he signed it and appears to have marked 92 on it. Can't find Amy's version on Amy's site. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://i2.tinypic.com/vg4p6p.jpg Pixie Pincher by Brian Froud: Exact date of creation unknown he didn't sign and date the image, it was created before 1998 just from the fact that it is featured in Good fairies/bad fairies. Nyn by Amy Brown Done in 2000. nothing more needed to be stated there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://i2.tinypic.com/vg4pi0.jpg Appears in Good fairies bad fairies. Dubbed "The Faery of transformation" in the book and also appears in his oracle cards. Has to predate 1998. (@>@ Brian... you are making this difficult. Sign and date your work~. ) Amy's butterfly queen: Doesn't state on the website but her scan does show her signature along with the date: 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://i2.tinypic.com/vg4ox2.jpg Goblin market by Brian Froud appears in a book intitled "Fairies: described adn illustrated by Brian Froud and Allan Lee" and was published 1978. Additionally, Brian actually signed and dated this picture (something I am discovering is a rarity for him @.@) It's marked 1978, the same date the book was published. Can't find the image at all on Amy's site ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://i2.tinypic.com/vg4md4.jpg Unknown. It's not in the books I own. It looks like some of his earlier works from the 70s or 80s however, sense I don't have the book it comes from I can't say exactly. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.amybrownart.com/images2_306/originals/blue_faery.jpg http://xs73.xs.to/pics/06124/faefroud.jpg Brian Froud's Melancholic Faery appears in "Good fairies/bad fairies" It isn't signed or dated but it has to precede 1998. Amy's is dated 1995. This one we can't say definitely if she copied Froud or not because I can't find a date on Brian's work for when it was created. Both were created before 1998 and that's about all I can find on it. @.@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.amybrownart.com/images2_306/originals/bella.jpg http://www.dreamweaverstudios.net/images/knowin.jpg Brian's is found in Good fairies/bad fairies. Image is undated. Has to have been created before 1998. Amy's was created in 2000. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*HUFFS* ....

Now then... I could probably forgive her... if she was
nicer to other people who showed her their work when they were just trying to
learn from her work. They didn't want to sell those pictures... they didn't want
people to think that was their original work most of the time... just people
trying to learn to get better. She has the NERVE to tell these people how
horrible they are when she does the same thing?!?

 

Now then.. my opinion on copying. After a while of
practicing one should stop and move to the next level art has to offer them. It
is a practice tool. I am fine with it if you copy with the intent to learn. I am
not ok with it when you don't credit the original source and then try to
sell it as your original work. That is just disrespectful to the
original artist. You are potentially hurting their career by doing that.

Parodies.. I am fine with that... as long as it is a
parody and obviously enough of one so that people can compare it with the
original and make a visual allusion between the two pictures.

What this woman is doing isn't any of the two options
mentioned above. And on top of that she is crushing potential future artists who
just needed a push in the right direction. From all that I can say I find this
person to be a singularly disgusting individual.  A person who does this to her fans isn't worthy to have loyal
fans. Go find real talent with artists who care about their fan base and are
willing to help you.

Well. @.@ Aggie con came and went.

I had a lot of fun, I was selling prints in the art show. Sold a few, the funniest part was when I went to officemax to buy prints after printing out my work the employees bought 4 of them and asked me if I would like a job.

So I signed up for the production desk. There is no garantee that I got it yet. There's three other people looking at this job too. By friday I will know if I have the job or not.

Other than that I have been doing more drawings.

As far as the new things go.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/30380838/
phoenix and the apples.

Once I get ahold of alex I am going to show it to him and ask if I can't sell prints of it. >.> It's turned out so nicely that I want to.

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/31112855/
Kaioto

She turned out really nicely as well :3. I am not sure if I am going to ask if I can sell prints of her or not tho. XP I am really proud of her tho.

Other than that I have a theater project I am working on and finished several batt assignments this week @.@ busy busy.

*scampers off to do more work for theater arts. *