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I made a Tumblr : ) It'll be an alternate place I can add scribbles and works in progress more easily.

   pieces-of.tumblr.com   

'Pieces-of' will include my works I've completed and my works in progress that I've been working on for a while.... By a awhile I mean on and off, here and there as I'm just a hobbyist : (
Hopefully this tumblr will motivate me to finish them xD, and maybe get advice?
I do have a twitter but I don't update it at all since I don't own a smart phone etc, so it's not really necessary for me.

Thanks for reading, hopefully I'll see you soon. xD

Also, if you want to read more...
Maybe you've noticed I sign my name as Narelle. Well only those who read this get to confirm it.
Narelle backwards is Elleran, hence I plaster that everywhere I go. It's quite a common nickname.
There is even a lingerie store called Elleran.

If you have any questions about art, feel free to message me here on DA, tumblr or email me at:
   
   pieces.of.pastry@gmail.com

These two weeks I have half-yearly exams so I'm procrastinating (learning Japanese) and cramming as usual, but still simultaneously aiming to sustain a balanced lifestyle that my PDHPE teacher raved about in my junior years. Don't get me wrong, balance is the key to many things... forgive me for my corniness?
So what I'm really saying, after around 2 weeks of hell I'll have holidays, which should really be labelled study period without school for my trials woot!
Therefore, I'll possibly be finishing some drawings during this time to show you all, which I'm looking forward to even though they're still far from finished D:

Besides that, I had abandoned my journal for quite some time as I know how boring my entries tend to be, and I still didn't challenge that thought with this come back. haha

Also since I'm Australian, and SMASH is apparently on a great time this year, especially for grad. class this year, I would love to go, considering it's easy to get to this year. I'm thinking of volunteering in something otherwise, haha maid cafe? (it could work.. maybe lol), I'll just enjoy the event trying not the spend too much on the awesome artworks and countless figurines... *drool D: (despite my obvious desire to impulse buy every useless pillow case and plushie made from anime) - Yeah I'm not great enough to sell art/too lazy, so hyping up my thoughts in going to SMASH is pretty uninteresting.

If not, poor time management would have prevented me from enjoying this occasion. Also you have probably heard of ANIMANIA, but that's during a problematic time, Japanese speaking final exams!! very important....unless somehow my exam centre becomes the ANIMANIA location!? Impossible...

I realised I've been going backwards in time... since now I'll talk about the beginning of the year.
I was pretty interested in making cute bentou boxes, being inspired by awesome bentous by yet with school it was too time consuming.
I did take some pictures of my amateur creations but their too dodgy to share.
I'm more excited to show my latest artworks which take a super long process of painting and painting.. =.=

An another note, if you're also learning Japanese, this website is very beneficial for motivation, general info, fun. learning and resources etc. www.tofugu.com

Also... I just got fooled thinking I could have a journal skins, as I was surprised it could be so...having known you would need membership of some sort. Oh well, something to look forward to in the future perhaps. My own customised journal skin. : O However my journals entries just join the tide of forgotten data.

For me it is... in AUS. I can't seem to finish any of my artworks properly since I don't really have my own style of drawings, sketching, linearting, colouring etc... I tried colour pencils, it is fun but when I think about how hard it is or how long it will take I get discourage and give up. =.=

At the moment I have ... around 100 unfinished works. I wouldn't be suprised if I actually did as that was a guess. Most of them I look back on and think are crap. Then in the end I have nothing new to put up since I think it's all bad and not worth finishing as all that practising has made me better somehow.

I keep my unfinished works for future inpsiration. Sometimes I think I'm the sort of person who doesn't ever finish anything they start - when it comes to art that is. I usually give up half way and show it as an end product because I'm too lazy to put any effort into fixing it and finishing it properly.

When I'm not drawing and most likely reading manga or doing school homework, in the back of my mind, I'm usually thinking that I don't have enough time to draw. The best time for art is to do art as a form of procrastination in my opinion. When I think I have free time and decide to use it for drawing or something, it comes out really bad. Also after looking at other people's "pro" artwork I'm inspired and try to draw something cool and comes out as the total opposite.

So technically it wasn't an artist block?

drawing and sketching is the only think I can really do well - in a sense.

Also my internet has been cutting out. Maybe my slow internet or crap internet is due to my dodgy internet service provider. However, it could just be late payments or something. =.=
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This just leads up to: All the work in my gallery is OLD. Well most of it anyway.
So perhaps in the holidays I'll make an effort, which is what I always say and end up jsut reading manga instead.

I discovered and interesting anime: Time of Eve. It's pretty good but updates every 1-2months because of how good it is... perhaps? I won't hype it up otherwise you'll be discouraged to check it out. Examples of overhyped things: twilight... wait I can't think of any others.

I'll just be early for earth hour so I don't forget. Lights OFF 5 minutes earlier. : D

So its the 8/8/08! wait i'm late by an hour dammit.. Oh well

I finally got my new computer. It is very snazzy and ultra fast. Although I'm kinda sad my vista hates my scanner so I can't scan anything anymore and my photoshop won't work... -.- So even if I did want to add anything, I can't. Unless you want to see some of my crappy MS Paint pictures. You don't want to see, trust me.

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Yay Olympics! The opening ceremony was wonderful!! Although one of the commentators was somewhat annoying...

Twas Simply beautiful.

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I still have been drawing though, only realistic. I can't draw anime anymore, it's impossible now. But since I couldn't draw it very well to begin with I guess I shouldn't be seeing an improvement anway.

Art project for school lead up work due soon. I only have 2 days to do it -.-. Since I was so lazy I left it up until now. I'm not very creative anymore... so my art diary is so...so boring. Pah and my sister keeps on stealing my coputer without asking because she knows if she did ask I wouldn't let her. Yeah but I'm those type of people who can't say no very well unless I'm really angry. And when she does "homework" on my computer she's playing granado espada instead. She already has her own computer but apparently it dies Well she can deal with it. Gosh now do I sound mean. But it is unfair still I mean she has never been on my copmuter until now and coped fine, I mean it really is only for playing GAMES.

-.-"

hmm... well

Hope you are having a happy day?

Yay... I might get a new pc !!!
At the moment I have a pentinum 4 with 480 mb ram.. and not even 20gb of space.. ahhhh It's so obsolete. -.-

Well I've only been looking around and i've heard that acer is the worst brand. Also that I shud get an intel processor with 4 cores (quad). Apparently they're good, probably...
A friend told me I should just order a supercomputer from Japan. Not a bad idea but it sounds too troublesome and expensive.

I went to some local computer shops but nothing really caught my attention.

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Stayed at home the whole day today. Playing granado espada for a bit and reading manga. Manga mainly. Granado Espada has become boring because its just basically levelling up and I just want my characters to have pretty clothing. That's probably the only reason I play.
You have to be level 72+ to wear pretty costumes... my highest levelled characters are only 29. o.o

Oh yeah my winamp died! Must be because I refused to download the latest version. *sigh... That must be the reason. Now i've resorted to using windows media player. I never use it but I'm starting to like it although I miss my Winamp skin which has Goku from saiyuki on it.

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I'm currently working on a few drawings and CG things. 3 of them maybe? One I left at school.
Well I haven't been sketching much; I've found it hard to lineart and colour. Especially If I were to try cell shading and stuff on photoshop.

I have a few ideas I want to see on paper, which means I need to get a move on.

I can't even tell when I'm finished. For example, I've been working on 1 artwork for months and months and I've been changing it again and again. Hopefully improving it.

So that's why I haven't added anything -.- I don't think its good enough. ahhh well I hope I can finish sooner or later. I should draw random sketches and just add anything although it looks like i'm lazier

Plus if anyone knows any good blonde hair tutorials? I've been avoiding the colour blonde and have been giving everyone black hair. I should try brown but then I think of Raito. Or if you know of any good tutorials then just comment back or anything to do with contacting me.

Ok besides typing out a journal entry I should be drawing!