Hey, everyone! I'll be at APE this weekend with my sister, along with , and . Come visit us at table #276 and #277! We'll be selling prints and our book, Chromagination. There will be free postcards to be gotten!

Here's a map for the quickest route to our tables:
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I'm so sorry for being really inactive, real life's been pretty crazy! I do update my blog pretty regularly though, so if you're curious to know what I've been up to, do drop by!

Ask me anything and I'll do my best to answer your question(s) as honestly as I can.
(Questions can be art-related or not.)

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What have I accomplished in the first 7 days of 2010? Nothing yet, but I did update my website.
Go: ciaee-art.com

I will be sharing a table with a friend at this year's Comic Fiesta. If you're in Malaysia, do drop by so that we can bump shoulders and stuff. Be warned though, I'm kinda awkward and socially inept but I'm always happy to meet new people. In fact, once I start talking I usually can't stop.

Booth name: JimJamJum (D2-4)
Convention Map: [link] (that's us in pink!)
Date: 19 & 20 December 2009
Venue: Sunway Pyramid Convention Center
Walk-in tickets: RM15/day

I'll be selling prints and badges and I'm super super excited!

EDIT after Day 1:
First time ever having a table in my life. Thank you so so so much to everyone who dropped by at my table! You guys totally made my day. Totally. I squeal in nervous delight (like a silly schoolgirl) once I'm out of your cone of vision. For every signature that I was asked to give, I felt like a star. It matters so much to me that you find value in my work. THANK YOUUUUU.

Thank you so much to who made me an absolutely adorable sock plushie! I love the thing to bits. And thank you also to my booth partner, and also , who both helped me out a whole lot!

EDIT after Day 2:
Today was even more EPIC than Day 1. A few people wanted my entire set of prints, and I'm really really grateful for all the support! was so sweet to come over to give me a print of hers. And with a short message written at the back of it too! THANK YOU, KIDDDD (I really hope you like my print too T^T). I got to hang out with a student of mine (fun fun fun), and my instructor from art school dropped by to get some of my prints. There was a guy who believed that my paintings were photo-manipulations. I told him otherwise, but he just looked at me and went on to say that some parts of my paintings looked like photos. I didn't know what to say other than, "Well, it's not." Obviously unconvinced, he stared hard at my prints for a while, put them down, and then left without saying a word. Um, wow. O-kay. I have no idea what to make of this.

There's one thing I'm really embarrassed to bring up. I sold a defective print by accident! If anyone has a damaged print (slightly dented) of , with a tiny 'D' written at the corner on the back of the print, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I will send a signed replacement to you by mail, at my cost. I'm SOOOOO SORRY. I didn't realize that I had sold it until I couldn't find it anywhere.

Note to all who dropped by:
, , , , , , , , , , and , THANK YOU. For others who stopped by, please comment on this journal so that I know who you are! 8D

I recently ordered 2 canvas prints of my work without doing all the measuring work I should have done, and they turned out to be too small for the walls of my new house. So I've decided to sell them here, for a little cheaper than the regular price of my dAprints.

Click on the images for larger view.

Because I Carelessly Wished
[99USD] _{(original print price on dA - 135USD, w/o shipping)}</i>
Printed area: 24" X 36" SOLD:

Closeup:

Deviation: [link]

Freedom Perched Upon My Finger
[30USD] _{(original print price on dA - 36USD, w/o shipping)}</i>
Printed area: 17" X 17" SOLD:

Closeup:

Deviation: [link]

* Printed on Artist Canvas with UV protection.
* Prints are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
* Preferred form of payment: Paypal.
* Free shipping in the U.S. only. If you're from a country other than the U.S., leave a comment and I'll come up with an estimate for the shipping cost.

If you're interested or have any questions, send me a note or leave a comment to this journal.

Fanime was awesome! I got to meet lots of people and some other artists on DA I wasn't expecting to be there. I'm kinda shy and was really scared to approach people at first, but I'm happy that I somehow managed to force myself to do it. was the first person I found, and she's a very sweet and friendly girl. I kinda forgot to ask her to sign the prints she gave me though. (And thank you for the fries, girl!) She introduced me to who's also from Malaysia. I also got to meet (thank you for those cute little stickers!), who was very nice to me and gave me a print and her very cute and excitable friend . was there too.

I also met , , , and , and managed to force them to accept some of my prints.

I was sad that I didn't manage to find and though.

I took lots of pictures, but I'm too lazy to upload them all so here's one. I'm the one on the right with the newspaper scarf. (I'm not sure if the artist would like me putting her picture up, so I won't be telling you who she is. But isn't she adorable? )


Random Fanime experience: I went to the video room where they screened hentai after midnight, and found out that hentai is very similar to bad comedy.

UPDATE:
I just got my prints (6" X 8") and I'm quite happy with how they turned out!


Trade/Meet list:
~leaunoire: Fairies are... , Rasen , Random X1
*ethe: Fairies are... , Rasen , Pink Marbles , Tuesday Wistfulness
~poftd: Fairies are... , Freedom perched... , The Loneliness...
=lilythescorpio: Fairies are... , Random X2
~quinkee: Fairies are... , Random X2

_{(No more specific requests because I won't be printing more.)}</sub>

If you catch me at the convention while I still have some, I'll let you have 2 or 3 randomly selected pieces for free. A trade would be nice too. And OMG, I'll be flying in some hours. AAAAAAaaaaaaaa_aaaaaaa.


Hi everyone! I'll be flying to San Francisco in a few days to live there with my sister for 3 months and I will be attending Fanime 2009.

I've never been to a convention other than Comic Fiesta before, so I have no idea what it's like. I hope to meet some deviants there, but I don't know how since I'm not selling. Any ideas? If you have a table, I can probably drop by.

I'm trying to get some of my stuff made into small prints before I fly, so if you want to meet up please let me know which of my work you'd like printed. So that I can shove some in your face. For free, of course.

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Someone posted this on total_health and I had to share. It totally snapped me out of my rut.

Count the cost. It costs you not to change. It costs you to stay the same. Until you can see the pain before you in black and white terms, you will not understand how much you are selling yourself short by keeping things the way they are. Get alone, with a pen and paper, or with your laptop, and list at least 10 ways that you are causing yourself pain by staying the way you are. Take some time to feel the pain: then say good bye to it!

_{Off to bed with Milk Cheeks.}

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Some podcasts (and videocasts) have literally change my life forever. I love listening to them when I paint and it always amazes me how both sides of the brain are able to do this without really fighting for attention. These podcasts are usually quite motivating, so they keep me painting very spiritedly. Some aren't as 'life-changing' as others, but even so they're usually filled with lots of useful information - insights and experiences. I'm going to link to some that I listen to. Please help me expand the list! If you like them, please let me know.

SIDEBAR
The hosts, Dwight and Swain, are very fun people! There's a very longggg list of Sidebar episodes, but here are some highlights.
Jon Foster Part 1
Jon Foster Part 2
Cathy and Arnie Fenner (Editors of Spectrum)
Jason Shawn Alexander (My fav episode- the hosts were getting wasted drunk on air. 8D)
James Jean (I think James Jean has such a beautiful voice.)
Bobby Chiu
Marko Djurdjevic (Not new, but I had to add this one because it's HILARIOUS!)
Full list of episodes: [link]

Bobby Chiu's YouTube Videos</a>
Though not strictly podcasts, Bobby's videos have made a huge impact on my life. He made me realize what I really wanted to do with my life, and I got the term 'independent artist' from him. He does pause quite often and sometimes speak a little slowly in the videos, but I think that's because he's painting and trying to figure out what to say at the same time.
Answering Email Part 1
Answering Email Part 2
New Year 2008 Part 1
New Year 2008 Part 2
Digital Painting Video Podcast (On creating your own luck)
Digital Painting and Podcast (On positive thinking and 'karma bank' )
Painting Princess Mononoke (Bobby talks about financial freedom)
His YouTube channel: [link]

Ninja Mountain
These guys are as funny as hell! They are a bunch of freelance fantasy and sci-fi illustrators, joking around and sharing their experiences in the industry. Thank you to =HowlSeage and *AniaMohrbacher for telling me about them!
#1 - Introduction
#2 - Getting Freelance Work
#3 - Client Relations
#4 - The Dreaded Dealines!
#5 - Process Talk
#6 - Photo Ref & Marvel talk
#7 - A Guest! (Illustrator and designer Von Glitschka)
#8 - Ninja Army ATTACK!!
#9 - Spinning Ideas into Gold!
#10 - a Milestone!
#11 - Ninjas gone WILD
#12 - Effortless Efforts
#13 - Ninjapocalypse NOW
Blog: [link] | Website: [link]

WIP
This one's quite new and hosted by our fellows deviants- ~One-Vox, !somniturne, and my friend, *AniaMohrbacher. I was kinda sad that I can't find their old episodes anymore, but the new ones are great.
Episode 1 (Guest: Jason Manley of ConceptArt/Massive Black)
Episode 2 (Guest: Steve Belledin)
Episode 3 (At CA's Workshop, 'Reverie'; Guest: Charlie Athanas)

ICON5
ICON5's website died. O_O Or maybe it moved. Here are some I found on Steven Heller's website. He hosted these. I haven't listened to all of 'em, but they're saved on my computer and I will soon!
Gary Panter
James Jean (Ah, his voice!)
Mitch Nash
Stanley Hainsworth
Stephanie Plunkett

Other
An Evening with Jon Foster [download MP4*] (I highly recommend watching this. Very inspiring.)
Words of Wisdom from Jason Manley (Not a podcast, but one of the best advice I've ever heard from the man who founded ConceptArt.Org. Thank you to ~Cok3ster for the link!)
An Evening with Ian McCaig Part 1 [download MOV*]| Part 2 [download MOV*] (Thank you to `memod and ~stupidlilgirl for suggesting!)
"Making Fairy Tales" with PJ Lynch Part 1 | Part 2 (Thank you to ~stupidlilgirl for the link)

*Thanks to ~gekitsu for suggesting that I put up the download links to better quality files.

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