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About Me Member Pencil Artist Amyshambles20/Female/United Kingdom Recent Activity Deviant for 4 Years
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  • Current Residence: London / Warwick
  • Interests: Philosophy, Literature, piano, art, photography, reading
  • Favourite movie: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, The Matrix, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine.., Donnie Darko
  • Favourite band or musician: Snow Patrol, Foo Fighters, Alexisonfire, The Veronicas, Placebo, and a bit of pop never hurt nobody
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod.
  • Favourite gaming platform: Either my Wii or my PSP!
  • Tools of the Trade: A biro, or pencil, or charcoal
  • MSN: andrews_amy@hotmail.co.uk

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Mon Jul 27, 2009, 1:50 PM
I've been trying to break out of the ol' comfort zone and give pastel a bit of a go. Never thought I would, mind: dabbling in it for GCSE put me right off - I couldn't control the medium at all and as a result it was just a powdery mess to me and I didn't take it seriously (is that like the equivalent of swearing in the art world?). Then - ha - I joined dA, and i'm like okkkaaaaaaaaaayyy pastel has something to offer the world. you people and your crazy talents! My reactions are always sitting somewhere between awe and self-pitying sorrow and thus the incentive to try as hard as i can and at the same time just enough dejection to quit altogether. so it balances out in the end and i just plod along as usual lol. anyway, so I tried. And the first time I try, the first time I have a decent stab at pastel and all it's colourful craziness, I get more faves for that piece than any other piece of art I've ever submitted ever. Does that mean I'm destined for the pastel? Or does it mean I'm just not as bad at pastel as I am at everything else lol? Or DOES IT MEAN... i should perhaps ignore what gets faved the most and put it simply down to the idea that the number of faves received purely reflects what's most attractive at first glance and NOT what is the 'best' piece of work in a conventional sense. YOU decide. I think I'll insert a LMAO right about now.


“The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love” - William Wordsworth.

  • Listening to: Evanescence
  • Reading: HP7
  • Watching: out
  • Playing: with your hearttttt

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Comments


:icondkelabirath:
You draw beautifully. I love your pencil and charcoal works :)

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:iconbfoflcommish:
great work! where is one of a nice blue chelsea logo? hahaha
:iconamyshambles:
Lol! A chelsea fan then I take it!
:iconbfoflcommish:
yep! one of my best friends lives/d in warwick and we he comes to the states he brings me chelsea gear and I get him gear of my fav teams here
:iconlackasleep:
Beautiful gallery. I admire your charcoal technique very much!
:iconyasinos-rocking:
Hi,
very nice gallery ^^
you have time Please visit my gallery

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:iconjpfeasy:
where have you been princess.......?..jp
:iconkennington:
real cool stuff

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:iconjuancitoacevedo:
thank you so much for the :+fav: !

your drawings are beautiful i love your technique youre so talented!
:iconim-a-black-rainbow:
Just like I promised, your fantastic work is featured in my journal :aww:

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