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I am so good at quests. Like, finding pages or things online. There was this artist whose page I went to a loooong time ago, and I loved their work, it was how I'd like to paint and stuff, and I realized I never marked the page. And that I could remember almost nothing about the person, except that they had an extremely simple and very nice site layout. What I did remember is that I'd found their site through a forum.
However, it was not a forum I frequented--the time I foudn this site was the only time I'd gone to it. I couldn't even remember the name.
I did, however, remember where I heard about it: Kapolo Club. I didn't know what post, but I knew that someone had told an artist (either Kuren or Miri was what I was thinking) that they shouldn't be afraid of going to this forum, that they were plenty good enough (cos like, it's discriminating about the artwork you can post). I was pretty sure it was Miri. So I went to her profile and did "show all posts by miri" (they link to each thread they've posted in) and Miri has over 400 posts. I figured this was on an art post by Miri herself, so I started to work through them. (I found a picture I'd seen before and loved, by Miri's friend TurnipSue-- http://www.genesoul.net/junkpile/art/robegirl.jpg it's huge but the head is all you need to see--I'm in love with this person. lol. I think she's gorgeous.) Finally I found the post. They only gave the name of the forum (Sijun). So I did a search in google for Sijun forums. It was the first thing up and stuff, no trouble there. So i go into the forum, and I go to the "finished works" section.
Now I have a problem. I have absolutely no idea what this person's name was, I hadn't been there in a while so I didn't know where they'd posted. (a while--quite a few months) So I started working through the posts. I figured their posts would have several comments because I, at least, thought they were spectacular. I went to anything that had a decent amount and who's name sounded vaguely like a possibility (I figured it wouldn't be anything that would have stood out in my head, and I didn't think it had any numbers). I also looked at the ones where someone says "hey, everybody post any drawings you have of _____," hoping I'd recognize something. I would keep clicking on people's homepages.
No luck. There are twelve pages of posts. I guess they don't save really old stuff or something. I'm up to page 11. uh-oh. lol. I try a few things, and then at the bottom--the very last thing on the second to last page-- I see something like "goache drawing of a girl" by thickpaint. I remembered that this person used paint almost exclusively. (and pencil and ink--but not cged stuff). So I checked it out--AND THAT WAS IT!!!
http://www.kresoja.com/
wooo hoooo!!
anyway, I love their style--the way things aren't blended. And the people he draws have so much character. And I love the use of color.
It was funny cos I'd told my mom at the beginning of the quest how hopeless things were, and she was very impressed when I found it, and wanted to see the person's art. The first thign I had up on the screen was this: http://www.kresoja.com/paintings/Crayola.jpg
And my mom sees it and says, "oh, photography". And I'm like, "No, it's a painting". My mom still doesn't understand. She says "So this is their home page?" thinking that they had a photograph of their tools as their splash page or main picture. I'm like, "Mom. He painted this picture, this is a painting!" XD She was very impressed--so am I, I really like this picture. And all of them, actually. :D
So anyway, that was the story of my quest of the evening, and a link to a beautiful page of art.
oh yes, speaking of art, I'm sketching my room. I'll prolly scan it when I'm done, so far it's turning out kinda nicely (but very sketchy)
I am so good at quests. Like, finding pages or things online. There was this artist whose page I went to a loooong time ago, and I loved their work, it was how I'd like to paint and stuff, and I realized I never marked the page. And that I could remember almost nothing about the person, except that they had an extremely simple and very nice site layout. What I did remember is that I'd found their site through a forum.
However, it was not a forum I frequented--the time I foudn this site was the only time I'd gone to it. I couldn't even remember the name.
I did, however, remember where I heard about it: Kapolo Club. I didn't know what post, but I knew that someone had told an artist (either Kuren or Miri was what I was thinking) that they shouldn't be afraid of going to this forum, that they were plenty good enough (cos like, it's discriminating about the artwork you can post). I was pretty sure it was Miri. So I went to her profile and did "show all posts by miri" (they link to each thread they've posted in) and Miri has over 400 posts. I figured this was on an art post by Miri herself, so I started to work through them. (I found a picture I'd seen before and loved, by Miri's friend TurnipSue-- http://www.genesoul.net/junkpile/art/robegirl.jpg it's huge but the head is all you need to see--I'm in love with this person. lol. I think she's gorgeous.) Finally I found the post. They only gave the name of the forum (Sijun). So I did a search in google for Sijun forums. It was the first thing up and stuff, no trouble there. So i go into the forum, and I go to the "finished works" section.
Now I have a problem. I have absolutely no idea what this person's name was, I hadn't been there in a while so I didn't know where they'd posted. (a while--quite a few months) So I started working through the posts. I figured their posts would have several comments because I, at least, thought they were spectacular. I went to anything that had a decent amount and who's name sounded vaguely like a possibility (I figured it wouldn't be anything that would have stood out in my head, and I didn't think it had any numbers). I also looked at the ones where someone says "hey, everybody post any drawings you have of _____," hoping I'd recognize something. I would keep clicking on people's homepages.
No luck. There are twelve pages of posts. I guess they don't save really old stuff or something. I'm up to page 11. uh-oh. lol. I try a few things, and then at the bottom--the very last thing on the second to last page-- I see something like "goache drawing of a girl" by thickpaint. I remembered that this person used paint almost exclusively. (and pencil and ink--but not cged stuff). So I checked it out--AND THAT WAS IT!!!
http://www.kresoja.com/
wooo hoooo!!
anyway, I love their style--the way things aren't blended. And the people he draws have so much character. And I love the use of color.
It was funny cos I'd told my mom at the beginning of the quest how hopeless things were, and she was very impressed when I found it, and wanted to see the person's art. The first thign I had up on the screen was this: http://www.kresoja.com/paintings/Crayola.jpg
And my mom sees it and says, "oh, photography". And I'm like, "No, it's a painting". My mom still doesn't understand. She says "So this is their home page?" thinking that they had a photograph of their tools as their splash page or main picture. I'm like, "Mom. He painted this picture, this is a painting!" XD She was very impressed--so am I, I really like this picture. And all of them, actually. :D
So anyway, that was the story of my quest of the evening, and a link to a beautiful page of art.
oh yes, speaking of art, I'm sketching my room. I'll prolly scan it when I'm done, so far it's turning out kinda nicely (but very sketchy)
