~euphoriafish

There's a free sketch meme going around.

Ok, I'll bite. I'm curious as to whether I even have 10 friends or 10 people who would want sketches from me. But if you do, comment with what you want me to draw and I will do a sketch for the first 10 people. Of course, you should also put this offer in your own journal so I can get a free sketch back from you. Quid pro quo, ne? But if you've done it already or are too busy that's totally ok. I just want to take some art direction while continuing to build my chops in Photoshop.

1. Silvervistani - a woman or girl with candy [started sketching]
2. Aracid -- a satyr pursuing a nymph [not started yet]
3. Myself -- A RACE OF ATOMIC SUPER BEES!!! [not yet]
4. Myself -- Akkorokamui [not yet]
5. Myself -- GTA style character art of a female drug lord [not yet]
6. Myself -- cartoon self-portrait at age 15 [mostly finished]
7. Myself -- Panda pixel art [not yet]
8. Myself -- animated avatar [needs to be animated]
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contest Activity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Aw, phooey, who needs contests anyway?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Goals and Personal Progress~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thing I would most like to be better at right now: realistic anatomy in relation to light.
Subject I draw all the time: People
Subject I don't draw enough: Architecture
Personal strengths: Unusual concepts, playful humor, bright colors
Weaknesses: I tend to overwork my images, but there isn't enough method in my shading.

I would announce that I am taking commissions, but I don't think anyone is watching and I don't have a popular style or consistent production of popular subject matter. Oh well, onward ho!

~~~~~~~~~~~~And a PSA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There are lots of bad things happening in the world right now, but the situation in Burma particularly depresses me. Over 70,000 nonviolent, good people have died because of Cyclone Nargis. International aid is available but the military government keeps waffling about allowing the aid to reach its people. Meanwhile, thousands of other people in China died in the earthquake there, but at least China is taking care of their people.

The Red Cross takes donations as small as $10, and if five people would donate $10, a $50 contribution, then according to the BBC:

The DEC is keen to point out that the task has only just begun - it will take years to rehabilitate all the victims. Spending priorities will evolve over time.

It says £25 (about $50; 30 euros) will provide mosquito nets for 10 people to protect from them from malaria.

£50 (about $100; 60 euros) will pay for clean water and water purification tablets for one family for 3 months.

£100 (about $200; 125 euros) will provide household kits for 10 families. A kit contains cooking pots, mugs, plates, cutlery, washing powder, toilet paper, toothpaste and toothbrushes, shampoo, razors, sanitary towels and bath towels.

And if the aid provided by donations isn't allowed into Burma, then it will go to China or somewhere else equally in need.

Here are a list of places where you can donate: [link]

If we have apartments of wood and brick and we can afford $20 in pizza and coke, we can easily afford to send $10 to the Red Cross or DEC or another aid organization to give someone a plastic roof and better food than only white rice.

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