Thanks so much for all the amazing birthday wishes you guys!! <:Dc  I had a fantastic day and it warmed my heart right up on top of that omg, thank you <3

Sorry I haven't been around here that much, I tend to keep DA for more finished arts and I haven't been doing much of those recently haha! 6_9  I update my tumblr a lot more often. c:

By ~Dewdropmon

WHAT THE HECK, I haven't been tagged for anything for a very long time. 8D

Each person must post 10 things about themselves on their journal.
Answer the questions the tagger (the one who tagged you) set for you in their post, and create ten new questions for the people you tag to answer.
You have to choose 5 people to tag and post their icons on your journal.
Go to their pages and tell them you have tagged him/her.
No tag backs
Please don't write in the tagging section about "you are tagged if you're reading this." You legitimately have to tag 5 people.

1. I'm procrastinating working on NQN comics right now to do this, thanks a lot, ~Dewdropmon
2. I really need new headphones, these ones are getting loose and fall off my head when I sneeze
3. This is becoming difficult to think of things and I'm only on number three.
4. I like TV shows better than movies.
5. My thumbs and pinkie fingers are double jointed.  S'pretty cool.
6. I am a time traveller.  shh
7. I have the most ANNOYING EYES, they get so itchy and teary and stingy all the time and there's nothing I can do, aahhh ;__;
8. I can't wait until it gets colder out so I can start wearing layers again, haha.  D:  Also Autumn and Winder are my favourite months~
9. I'm pretty sure I have a terrible taste in music.
10. I work as an animator on a cartoon for Nickelodeon, I still can't believe that this is a true fact about me.

Questions!

1. Do you like anime/manga?
Some of it's pretty cool, I guess.  It can be amazingly beautiful sometimes, but for the most part it's not really my thing.

2. Ever had an interest in learning a foreign language? If so, which one(s)?
Gallifreyan!  Or uh... No, other than that, no.  I wish I remember more French from school though. :I

3. What is/are your favorite color(s)?
Gonna be boring here and say ~blue~

4. What's your favorite food?
I CAN'T CHOOSE, eating's one of my favourite things

5. Do you like to read?
HECK YES.  I read before I go to bed.  Even if it's just a few pages, I do it every night.  I'm just a couple books away from finishing the whole of the Discworld series, aaaa

6. Have you seen Hetalia? (If not, shame on you! [link] )
I have not.  Shame on me.

7. I'm going to steal a question from my tagger: Do you collect anything? If so, what?
I still have my Pokemon cards, but I don't actively collect them anymore. ):  Uuummm... I collect gifs.

8. Are you from the US? If not, where are you from?
The land of beaver tails and hockey!

9. Are my questions boring?
Not at all!  Alternatively, are my answers boring?

10. Are you glad I'm done asking questions? Well, are you?
Okay now they got boring.


And my questions to you (I'm not tagging anyone, answer these if you want to.  Link me if you do!):

1. What is currently on your desktop?
2. What was the BEST thing you did this summer?
3. What is your favourite song right now?  That one that you can't stop putting on repeat?
4. What's the first movie you remember seeing in theatres?
5. What's the last movie you saw in the theatre?
6. Turn to page 177 of the book you're reading or one close to you.  Paragraph 2.  What is the first sentence?
7. What gif would best describe how you feel right now?
8. What is your favourite time of year?
9. What is something new that you learned today?  If you didn't, google something, learn it, and tell me about it.
10. Hey witch doctor, give us the magic words?

NO NOT ME

But I know a lot of you are following me for my animated icons, and seeing as how I'm not going to be doing those again anytime soon (seriously, I can't see that I'll be opening again for a loooooong time), my friend ~sketchinthoughts is open for them!

>>> [link] <<<

She does amazing animation and has fantastic drawing skillz.  Go take her up on this offer. (:

I mean seriously, look at this icon: [link] than anything I could do. :D

What does Not Quite Normal mean?  Who are your characters?  What is Shady?  Who is Rodney?

If you're new to watching me or if you've been watching me for a long time (first of all, thank you <3), you might have noticed me mention that Not Quite Normal isn't just a name, it's a story.

Whenever I see people draw original characters, I always kind of want to know more about them.  But most of the time, they're just characters that people draw for fun and I can never find any information on them other than just a name.  

WELLL I've always had a website to hold that information and I hadn't updated it for years.  But I just finished re-doing the whole thing!

>>> A Not Quite Normal Website! <<<

So if you were ever curious about what NQN is about, there it is. c:

Anyway, THANKS FOR YOUR TIIIIME.  As always, I super appreciate you guys taking an interest. <3  ILU ALL

OH, and if anyone sees art that they did on the gift art page and your name isn't listed, let me know!  It was hard to track down everyone's galleries, haha.


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Animated Icon Commissions are Closed

Who has a Tumblr? 8D

This is mine: [link]

I just got it and I love it, it's such a fantastic waste of time.  I like stupidly awesome pictures. :D

Yeah, there's pretty much no other point to this journal.

OH, wait there is something else I can say!

I just finished two weeks of working as a Storyboard Revisionist at Bardel! 8D  It was awesome, seeing how storyboards are actually done.  It was a fantastic experience, even if it was only two weeks.  I can't wait to start on animation!

You all need to watch "Planet Sheen" because it's a pretty hilarious show.  I've had a lot of fun working on it so far!

~FelineMyth made an NQN fan club... group... thing!  What!  I have no idea how groups work or anything but you can join if you want to:



I guess this means I'll have to draw more NQN related stuff!   Which I plan on doing.  I'm also re-doing my website, so that'll be up soon with lots of new NQN stuuuuff.  I'm pretty close to being finished, there are just story and character things that I need to work out.

Also, I got a job!  I'm going to be a 3D animator on Nickelodeon's new show "Planet Sheen"!  I'm working in the studio now, just getting up to speed with Maya for a month, then I officially start in December.  EXCITING.  I've only been practising for a week but I've learned a lot about 3D animation.  It's pretty awesome!

And I'm just going to leave this here:

I am not open for animated icons right now and I don't know when I'll be opening again.  I've been getting a lot of notes asking about them and I just wanted to make it clear that I'm not accepting commissions for them right now. C:

I'm always open for regular drawn commissions though.  Note me for prices if you're interested. :I

A second Daily Deviation?! :I!  Thank you so much to ~AinaShadox for suggesting it!  And of course `BurgerBunny for featuring it. C: <333  

BUT MOST OF ALL =Feyrah for commissioning it, lol.   [link] (I had great material to work with).



<3!

EDIT: And closed again.  Thanks guys <3  From what people have been giving me, this round of icons is going to be a lot of fun to animate. 8)


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... for the last time in a while!  Yeah, after these, I'm done.  I really want to start focusing on getting a real job and finishing up my new website.

Anyway!

I'm now open for animated icons!  Like these: [link]

Jumping icons are $17.  Anything else, depending on the action and complexity of the character, will range from $20-$30.  I only accept PayPal!

ONE per person!  If you've gotten one from me in the past, you CAN get another one this time!

I won't animate anything inappropriate.  It's not like anyone's ever asked me to, and I don't really expect anyone will, but still. x)  I will do pretty much anything else. 8D Like, if anyone were to ask for a Perry the Platypus icon, I wouldn't say no

Also, the simpler, the better!  I mean, I can do your character jumping into frame, winking, looking happy, licking the screen, then jumping towards the viewer (omg please don't actually ask me to do that haha) but longer icons makes the filesize huge and the usable icons will be all ugly and pixelly and have very few colours in order to fit under the filesize limit.

You will be getting the full size animation (usually 300x300), as well as a 100x100 (under 40kb for LiveJournal) and 50x50 (under 15kb for DA).

Send me a note if you're interested!

I'll take 15 slots!

1. ~twitchwolf - Done and paid!
2. ~NeoXIII - Done and paid!
3. ~KelloggCollie - Done and paid!
4. ~brighttail - Done and paid!
5. ~theunknownsoul - Done and paid!
6. ~WolfGrin - Done and paid!
7. ~ekevoo - Done and paid!
8. =Feyrah - Done and paid!
9. ~The-Dead-Fool - Done and paid!
10. ~Garrodor - Done and paid!
11. ~stuffed - Done and paid!
12. ~DemonFox26 - Done and paid!
13. *KennyKitsune - Done and paid!
14. ~lord-shadows - Done and paid!
15. *Quaylak - Done and paid!



Also, I'll be uploading aaaall of them at the end, instead of one at a time. :I  JUST BECAUSE

See look, I printed all your names out and put them in a hat and everything:


(MY CAMERA SUUUUUUCKS)

I decided to pick two.  Just because.  AND THE WINNERS ARE

~Werepuppy26 and *rae-sin!

You guys get free jumping icons yaaaaay   Thanks to everyone else who entered!  I'm just glad you guys like my icons so much. x)


THAT BEING SAID, I'm going to open for more icon slots on August 17th at 3:00 PM PST.  This is going to be the last time I'll be opening for a while, so I'll be taking 15 spots.

Later days! 8D

EDIT: So several people have told me now about PayPal's terms and conditions and apparently I'm not allowed to do this, haha.  It's a form of gambling and I'd rather they didn't freeze my account.

So before I get any more entries, I'm going to refund the $1's that I've gotten.  I feel bad though, so I'll do this:

Comment on this journal and I'll pick a couple of you at random to do a jumping icon for.

For free. c:

Then I'll make a new journal later saying when I'll be opening next.

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Right!  So I got a pretty good response to the idea of a raffle, so here goes!  This is obviously the first time I've done anything like this, so if anything here confuses you, feel free to ask. x)

It just seems like every time I open (even though lately I've been giving you guys notice in advance), people are saying that they didn't see it or are too late or whatever.  I know not everybody lives on the internet like me. XD

So I'm going to leave this open for a week!  Hopefully that's enough time!

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Here's the haps:

Send $1 to my PayPal cartoonz@telus.net to enter your name.  Don't send more in hopes you'll get a better chance because I'll refund it. 8D

Include your DA or FA name in the notes section!

If it's your DA name, put "DA: yourDAname" or "FA: yourFAname" for FA.  Or if you don't have either of those, then what are you doing here.

You're allowed to enter if you've already gotten an icon from me!  I'll be picking more than one name out of the hat.


I'll be drawing winners one week from now: August 18th!


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Yeah!  So entering is only $1 and if you win one, you basically get an icon for a dollar.  And if you don't get it, hey.  It's only a dollar. c:

Let's see how this goes~

EDIT: Aaaand closed.  Thanks guys!


I'm now open for animated icons!  Like these: [link]

Jumping icons are $17.  Anything else, depending on the action and complexity of the character, will range from $20-$30.  I only accept PayPal!

ONE per person!  Also, if you've gotten an icon from me in the past, sorry, but this is only for those who haven't had the opportunity to get one yet. c:

I won't animate anything inappropriate.  It's not like anyone's ever asked me to, and I don't really expect anyone will, but still. x)  I will do pretty much anything else. 8D Like, if anyone were to ask for a Perry the Platypus icon, I wouldn't say no

You will be getting the full size animation (usually 300x300), as well as a 100x100 (under 40kb for LiveJournal) and 50x50 (under 15kb for DA).

Send me a note if you're interested!

I'll take 10 slots!

1. ~Mephis-Takagashi - Done and paid!
2. ~bigbluefox - Done and paid!
3. ~Desmondfallout - Done and paid!
4. ~tiltlongtail - Done and paid!
5. ~KyronTiger - Done and paid!
6. *TaniDaReal - Done and paid!
7. ~Drakior - Done and paid!
8. ~Goddess-In-Green - Done and paid!
9. ~Latrasrooost - Done and paid!
10. !Redbuzzardd - Done and paid!

Now closed. C:

FINALLY, I have my computer back!  My ceiling is painted, my room is cleaned, I'm setting up my new scanner today (11x17 scanning bed! aaaahhh!), and I'm ready for more icons! C:

LIKE THESE: [link]

I'll be opening on Saturday, August 7th at 5 P.M. PST.

Again, this will be only for those who have yet to get one from me.

'Till then my lovelies <3


Also!  ~Stamps and I are offering these cool commissions where he translates your name into proper hieroglyphs and I draw your character next to it.  Like these: [link] [link]

Except with my drawing as the big one next to the glyphs.  Stamps just did that one as an example. 8D  Note him or me if you're interested!  Only $10! C:

They make pretty awesome icons too:

JULY 29TH EDIT: I'll be updating soon on when I'll be opening again!  I'm in the middle of rearranging things in my room and painting it and stuff.  So I won't be able to use my computer when that starts and I'm not sure when that'll be.  But I will open again for animated icons!  So check back here in a few days.

I'll be making a journal again telling people exactly when I'll be opening. C:


EDIT: And the spots are filled!  Thanks so much everyone!  I'll probably be doing another batch after these, so keep an eye out!


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Whelp!  I'm now open for animated icons.  Like these: [link]

Jumping icons are $17.  Anything else, depending on the action and complexity of the character, will range from $20-$30.  I only accept PayPal!

ONE per person!  Also, if you've gotten an icon from me in the past, I'd like you to wait until next time I open if you'd like another one.  This time is just for people that have wanted one but were unfortunately never there when I opened before.

I won't animate anything inappropriate.  It's not like anyone's ever asked me to, and I don't really expect anyone will, but still. x)  I will do pretty much anything else. 8D Like, if anyone were to ask for a Pokemon icon, I wouldn't say no

You will be getting the full size animation (usually 300x300), as well as a 100x100 (under 40kb for LiveJournal) and 50x50 (under 15kb for DA).

Send me a note if you're interested!

I'll take 10 slots!

1. ~darkjaguar01 - Done and paid!
2. ~ranmafan1 - Done and paid!
3. ~LadyEsca1812 - Done and paid!
4. ~thewatership - Done and paid!
5. ~CaptainCougar - Done and paid!
6. ~parrotsnpineapple - Done and paid!
7. ~Red13Nanaki - Done and paid!
8. ~ginvolution - Done and paid!
9. ~Keenora - Done and paid!
10. ~aftersunsets - Done and paid!

Icons are now closed.

SO.  I'm back from camping and ready to animate!

I'll be opening slots for animated icons like these: [link] on July 25th at 12:00 PM PST.

I'll post prices and more details then. C:

I'm doing it this way so that people know in advance.  I've gotten a lot of notes about people wanting me to tell them ahead of time when I'm going to be opening again so I think this is fair. x)

Also, if you've already gotten an icon from me, no more!  It seems like the same people are always there right when I open and I want other people to get a chance!

I'M GOING CAMPING FOR A WEEK WITH MY FAMILY AND ~IHeartVimes, BYYYEEEEE

I know I'm not very active on here that much any more... But this is my attempt to become more active by creating more and more journals. 8D  Especially this one; A journal telling you that I will be very much inactive for a week.  Ha.

BUT!  I'm thinking I might be opening a certain kind of icon commissioning thinger when I get back.  A certain kind of animated icon thingermajig?  Mm yes.  Watch out for that.

I'm not going to come out and say OKAY OPEN though, I'll let people know in advance when I'll be taking spots for

~*~ANIMATED ICON COMMISSIONS!!!~*~

When I get back though.

8D


PS. My friend ~fiora-darkelf is still taking commissions!  Check her out!  [link]

My very good friend and fellow graduate from my animation program ~fiora-darkelf is open for commissions!

She's doing the 3D program next year and any bit of extra cash'll help a lot!  Her prices are super low, so go get a drawing from her! 8D

Here are some examples:



And her journal with information: [link]



(I am also still taking commissions!  Note me for info!  Also, DA has been really buggy with notes, so if I don't reply within a day, send it again!)

(I should also mention that I'm not accepting any animated icon commissions right now.  Sorry!)

1. Go buy my good friend *Falcolf's book!  It's the first in what will soon be a long series of books.  I've had the wondrous opportunity of hearing my classmates dramatically reenact scenes from it and it's pretty amazing, so you should go order it right now.

Info on how to obtain a copy is here in her journal: [link]


2. I am currently trying to learn Toon Boom Animate Pro/Harmony for a job! 8DDDDD  If anyone knows of any awesome tutorial, that would be grrreeeeeeaattt C:


3. Since I'm not working and all I'm really doing right now is trying to learn Toon Boom, I've got nothing but free time, haha.  If anyone would like a commission from me, send me a note with what you'd like and I'll give you a price.  No icons at the moment though, sorry.  Since I'm learning a new animation program, especially one that's so similar to Flash, I'd rather not keep going back and forth between the two.

I'll pretty much draw anything that isn't inappropriate.  :]  Humans, animals, OC's, fanart, whatever.  I need to keep drawing, haha!


4.  Yaaaaay *Twitchin-Pixels gave me a subscription I have stamps agaaaaain! 8DDD  I missed these stupid little things that came with a sub. <3  I gots new onesss~


5. That's about it. x)  Not that much has been going on.  I miss school and my friends. ;;

SO.  Grad Show was yesterday and Friday.  All went quite well. Quite well indeed. C:  And I have now officially graduated from Capilano University's Commercial Animation program.

Oh man, I am going to miss my classmates so much. ;___;  I know I'll see you all again but still. x)  Seeing everyone every day for two years and then POOF.  All gone. :c  You guys are some of the best friends I've ever had. <3

/mush

ANYWAY.

Here is my portfolio: [link]

Here is MY FINAL FILM, OMG: [link] (Watch it in HD!)  I'll probably make a Deviation pointing to this later.

And my demo reel: [link] (Also in HD!) Which I am SO SICK OF because it played over and over and over and over during Grad Show.  I think everyone hates me now for using a Dr. Horrible song, haha.

Journal


Pbfff, had to get that old journal off my page. XD  So... Update!

I've got three weeks left of school (THREEE WEEEEKS).  Got a lot to do before Grad Show!  So very much.  I'm applying for the third year of 3D animation too.   I hope I get accepted because a certain company by the name of Pixar opened a studio here in Vancouver, so.  I kind of have to learn 3D, haha.

Speaking of 3D animation, go see How To Train Your Dragon!  Seriously, `alohalilo just needs to open his own animation studio or something.


Yeah anyway, school is pretty much taking up all of my time.  Which brings me to the fact that I've gotten several notes asking about commissions and those animated icons so I thought I'd let everyone know that it's still going to be a while until I open for them again.

BACK TO WORK, ME


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Website ~ [link]
Blog ~ [link]
LiveJournal ~ [link]

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