~Kiri-aki

I've started a photo blog at Paper Mist.

I'm using it to help motivate me to take photos and because it doesn't feel like every photo I'll upload has to be perfect so that it might appeal to the general community and hopefully get a +fav or something of the like. That doesn't mean that I won't still upload here but less frequently (besides, I don't have a photo class so that'll mean less photos to be taken in general).




I'm copying the 100 Theme Challenge List in hopes that I might one day start to use it.


THE LIST

Introduction, Love, Light, Dark, Seeking Solace, Break Away, Heaven, Innocence, Drive, Breathe Again, Memory, Insanity, Misfortune, Smile, Silence, Questioning, Blood, Rainbow, Gray, Fortitude, Vacation, Mother Nature, Cat, No Time, Trouble Lurking, Tears, Foreign, Sorrow, Happiness, Under the Rain, Flowers, Night, Expectations, Stars, Hold My Hand, Precious Treasure, Eyes, Abandoned, Dreams, Rated, Teamwork, Standing Still, Dying, Two Roads, Illusion, Family, Creation, Childhood, Stripes, Braking the Rules, Sport, Deep in Thought, Keeping a Secret, Tower, Waiting, Danger Ahead, Sacrifice, Kick in the Head, No Way Out, Rejection, Fairy Tale, Magic, Do Not Disturb, Multitasking, Horror, Traps, Playing the Melody, Hero, Annoyance, 67%, Obsession, Mischief Managed, I Can't, Are You Challenging Me?, Mirror, Broken Pieces, Test, Drink, Starvation, Words, Pen and Paper, Can You Hear Me?, Heal, Out Cold, Spiral, Seeing Red, Food, Pain, Through the Fire, Triangle, Drowning, All That I Have, Give Up, Last Hope, Advertisement, In the Storm, Safety First, Puzzle, Solitude, Relaxation.

This sounds like an interesting idea and should hopefully motivate me to do some art while I'm in college:

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The point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist. After 100 pictures, who wouldn’t be better?

The rules:

1.) Make 100 pieces each one having a theme listed below. Only one theme per piece!

2.) No time limit so have fun!

3) Pieces should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the DA etiquette policy. Your pieces can be anything from sketches and doodles to great masterpieces. Just have fun with it.

4.) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that...
A.)You are in the challenge
B.)What you have completed

5.) Make sure to update this list with a link to your deviation.

Now the good part. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS. CHALLENGE ME.

THE LIST

1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

Well, my first year at college was fun and a lot of work. Architecture isn't that bad.. so I think I'm going to stay with it for four more years. Hopefully I'll get better at designing buildings.

At college I haven't had time to take many pictures, but I'm currently archiving all of the pictures that I've taken since I've joined dA and I might post some in August. I will finally be taking a course in photography this comming fall, so hopefully I'll learn something new from that.

I'm also thinking of posting some of my other artwork here before school starts up again to get advice on how to improve because I really need some input besides me trying to critique myself.

Anyways, next journal entry'll probably be in another years time xD

Ciao

During last summer I started to really lose interest in deviantArt. I love this site, true, but I couldn't keep up with viewing and commenting everyone's deviations as well as posting deviations. So, I stopped posting and commenting. I still check out artwork and I read a lot of the blogs, but I'm not very active here. (And I apologise to *lordstench because I never got back to his question he asked me!)

Let's see.. well, I finally decided on where to go for college. I'm going to a technical college in my state and I'm going to major in Architecture. I hope I do good (because I have never taken an architecture class). The main reason I picked it was because art is a hard area to do well in (as in find a good job) so I decided to find something that had some math, physics, and art all together. But, while I'm studying architecture, I hope to minor in art from another college near by. (I really hope I love architecture.. especially if I'm going to be studying it for five years.)

I'm not taking as many photographs with my camera as I used to. The main reason for this is because in school I decided to sign up for two art classes- Painting and Drawing I, and Composition and Design I. I've learned a lot from those classes about art and I think I've improved artistically, but I'm not sure how much of that can be shown through a photograph (since I work with pencil, charcoal, acrylic and.. watercolor in those classes). Actually, after taking those classes I took a look back at the photographs I did take and put up on deviantArt and I've taken a second look at most of them- compositionally and such. I want to try and now improve my photographs compositionally.. create more interest, movement, etc.. I also want to expand the type of photographs I take. Most of them are of nature.. and are macros. I want to try and get out more, take more shots with people in them, or buildings, etc.. because I have a really limited 'gallery' so far.

School is slowly wrapping up.. next month is finals (which I never look foward to). I'm graduating! But, after school, I'm planning to get a job.

I'm also working on an art site with a friend (who doesn't have an account on this site). The website is called SobersInk ( [link] ). There's only one page up saying that the website is under construction as of right now. What we (my friend and I) are trying to do is sell artwork. We have a basic layout, some webspace, the webname... now we're working on getting up a system to sell the artwork in an easy manner. Hopefully we'll have it up in a few weeks (although, I have my doubts..). If you have any tips or pointers for the site, I'd be glad to listen to them..


Sophia