~0KA

Hey, everyone! It's .. I just wanted to say my goodbyes. I am leaving DA.

I was going to take down my gallery, but I think I am just going to clean it out a bit.

When I find a new art gallery, I'll post the URL here. Until then, eh.. it's whatever.

Currently: [link]

I am not going to get banned from DA, though-- so my account will still function for a little bit.
You can send me goodbye notes, requests to get my AIM or MSN information, or anything else you may want to say to me before I hit the long, dusty trail out of here.


Bye, guys!

-"Lady"
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has committed DA ban suicide!
has committed DA ban suicide!
has committed DA ban suicide!

was DA ban murdered!



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is a tracer. <3 They've stolen 11 of my pieces and traced from them. Deviantart has only removed most of the deviations that they've traced from my art. Not all of them. Nice. And it took them almost two months to respond to that. They closed four reports on one direct trace before they decided to do anything about it.


My subscription is over and I'mmmm outta here!








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To see why I'm so riled up, look here. : [link]

"Case Log: Art theft or No Permission
First Report: Fri Aug 29 01:38
Case Closed: Fri Aug 29 13:07
Status: Invalid
Comment: No action taken.

First Report: Mon Jul 28 23:48
Case Closed: Thu Aug 28 18:09
Status: Invalid
Comment: A member of staff found no need for action upon review of this deviation."


And then here..: [link] It's not even an overlay. It's a side-by side, and you can tell! :/ The eyebrows, the nose, the shape of one of the eyes, the general pose, the position of the ears.. they all SCREAM trace..


[ DA has closed TWO cases against this deviation. So.. unless something is done, they get to keep a a poor trace of my artwork of 's character up in their gallery. ] She calls him "Theer"-- but I'll only ever see Dmitriy.. because that's who it is, idiot. :/











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In other news..
I had slept in today.. Apparently I set my alarm for 9:25 PM, not 9:25 AM.
I got ready for work and hurried out to the car. I had to be at work in 15 minutes.. I did not have time to stop and get gas.

I got in my car, went to work, worked my shift, and got back into my car.
It was sitting on 'E', and I was like.. OSNAP.. I need gas.

I pulled into Thornton's, and swiped my card at the pump. It said insufficient funds.
I called the bank, and they told me that I did have at least 30 dollars available.
I was like.. wtf?
I hurried home, snagged 15 bucks from my brother's wallet.. [ I left an IOU. :/ ]
I drove to the next nearest station. I tried to run my card inside and outside again.
Nada.
So I gave them the 15 in cash for gas.

I went home and called the bank.

Apparently, gas stations across America are starting to hold 100 dollars from you, every time you buy gas from your debit card. They can hold that money for up a week, leaving you -$100 dollars for up to 7 days.

If you do not have a balance of at least $100 in the bank, you are not able to buy gas with your debit card.

That's flipping insane, and I was really annoyed.
I would like to say they lost my business.. but, with me owning a car.. that is unlikely. ALL gas stations are doing it.. not just those two chains.


Just a heads up from a minor kick in the face.
LEARN FROM MY PAIN!

-Lady

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I don't really have anything else to say.
Badge commissions are wip.
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-Ena
-Creep
-Muse
-Stealth [ need to upload ]
-Celest [ need to upload. ]
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--Vaidya [ Sketching parts.. ]
-- Sper [ WIP.]
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Alpha and Knight - On hold.

I was made aware of art theft/tracing on MONDAY, July 28th.
. It is now SUNDAY, August 31st. Tomorrow will mark FIVE WEEKS ... BARELY anything has been done about 's gallery. They took down ONE picture, but only when I complained, and the person who commissioned the picture reported it.

AS OF September 30th, 2008 I will no longer be a member of deviantart. v6 started the fire, and deviantART's doing nothing about my art theft is just icing on the cake.

AM I SURPRISED? NOT REALLY.

You may call me "butthurt" but, I'm thoroughly convinced that deviantART is one of the biggest pieces of crap running on the dregs of the internets.

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GENERAL ENTRY :

I just got home today. The greeting home was nothing like what I hoped for..

Actually I got hollered at as soon as I walked in the door. Welcome home, me.

UPLOADS SHOULD BE HAPPENING!

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DIGITAL COMMISSIONS ~
Vaidya - sketching
Sper - Sketching! :3




NEW COMMISSIONS:

& - 3 badges and 1 full color.

Half a decade and still goin'!!

Animecon 5 transpired on 8.8.08 & 8.9.09 Wewt

Friday consisted of me picking up and and dragging their skinny tushies downtown. Before that, though.. we stopped to let pick up her car and then we were really off. [Forsrz...;D]

As we were driving, we watched the van in front of us lose their right side mirror to a parked explorer on the right side of the road. My comment was "Oh.. that car is going to lose its mirror... " and I wasn't really sure if it was or not.. but it did.. It was a train wreck, really. Couldn't look away..

We got to the library parking lot and fed the meters as much as we could. I popped on my fursuit for a bit and went inside. It was nice and cold outside, though.

General action was glomping, hugging, scritching, taking pictures with, and making babies cry. XD Yay. [I am a terrible person, and I am going to Hades. I know... ]

I had fun in a Q and A segment..
I taught some workshops.
I signed some posters..
I did some general other things..

Blah. Will expand that later.

Um. Saturday.. went and got and Missed my exit. Got on watterson. Went the wrong way down 3rd street. Went back to watterson, wrong exit. Got off. Turned around, got back onto 3rd street.. Went the right way. All was good in the world.

Got there, fursuited a while. Taught a workshop.
Tried drinking in a fursuit head. LOL. SLUUUUUUUUURP. [It actually worked. Lulz..] Uh..
Went to some work shops.
Watched a neat demonstration.
Judged a cosplay contest.
Signed more posters and things.
Took things down.
Went home.
I am pretty much exhausted.

I got 6/48 hours of sleep.

I got to meet some new, cool people, and talk to other cool people that I had spoken to before.

Animecon 6 is next, folks!


FEAR IT.


[OLD RANT WITH EDITS!**] - I was made aware of art theft/tracing on MONDAY, July 28th.
. It is now SUNDAY, August 10th. Tomorrow will mark TWO WEEKS ... Not a thing has been done about it. 's gallery is still up and running.. 9 out 11 pictures are traced from my art work.. DIRECTLY.

DEVIANTART? HI! It's just me, here... What ARE you doing? What could you be doing that is more important than reprimanding ART THIEVES? Are you sitting there with your fingers in your nose, and playing with v6-- or another version to soon follow, and to screw over everyone in the long run?
I AM SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR CRAPPY WEBSITE!
Customer loyalty, kthanks? D:

Really. I'm curious, and mostly unimpressed. :/

/end rant.


GENERAL ENTRY : If you commissioned art from me, MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE YOUR REAL NAME/INITIALS and your MAILING address. Our computer did some dumb thing when I was adding Ambrosia's address to my list, and now I don't have any addresses. [ Thundarrrr storm. v_v ]


Sorry for the inconvenience. This computer fails at recovery.
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DIGITAL COMMISSIONS ~
PS-- TO people waiting on digital commissions:

I HAS TABLET PEN!! Yay.
I should beging working on these ASAP.

COMMISSIONS LEFT: [ If you are not on this list, they have been mailed. ]*

Kegan - Always WIP
Destiny - Digital Piece
Vaidya - Digital Piece
Feathered Dragon -Sketched!
PAWS / aka SPOOK - Sketched!
Kyotie - Started Sketch
Ena - Started Sketch
Creep - Started Sketch
Bios - Started Sketches
Muse - Started Sketch
Artemis
Daymien
Coonwulf- Started Sketch
Prismo
Mothball Wombat - FINISHED. NEED ADDRESS! *****
Stealth Ferrett - Re-Sketching
Nevask -- One inked, one sketched. :3


NEW COMMISSIONS:

& - 3 badges and 1 full color.

I have a computer! It's like new to me.. It's all mine-- and the first machine I've ever had. Onyx built it for me, and I owe him so much. I am so, so, SO thankful. It actually relieves a lot of tension in my household and takes a lot of stress off of me. Now I don't have to hide anything-- my computer can be password protected and all will be well! Yay. I'm so happy, and I don't even care if the sound doesn't really work. <3 I don't mind at all.

[edit] OH! <3 Also, Dissy gave me her scanner which I found out was a combination printer. <3<3 WIN.

Life is currently good.. save for some financial issues.

OLD RANT[edit]: You know.. I can't wait until my subscription is over.. I'm going to try and rake my money's worth from the last wasted sub, and I'm hightailing it.

I was made aware of art theft/tracing on MONDAY. It is now TUESDAY OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK. 8 DAYS LATER... Not a thing has been done about it. 's gallery is still up and running.. 9 out 11 pictures are traced from my art work.. DIRECTLY.

DEVIANTART? HI! It's just me here... What the hell are you doing? What could you be doing that is more important than reprimanding art thieves? Are you sitting there with your fingers in your nose, and playing with v6-- or another version to soon follow, and to screw over everyone in the long run?
I AM SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR CRAPPY WEBSITE!
Customer loyalty, kthanks? D:

Really. I'm curious, and mostly unimpressed. :/

/end rant.


GENERAL ENTRY : If you commissioned art from me, MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE YOUR REAL NAME/INITIALS and your MAILING address. Our computer did some gay-ass thing when I was adding Ambrosia's address to my list, and now I don't have any addresses. [ Thundarrrr storm. v_v ]


Sorry for the inconvenience. This computer fails at recovery.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: BALEETED = Deleted.

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ANIMECON 5 ENTRY : My general crowd-- animecon 5 is August 8th and 9th from 10 am to 5 pm.

Schedule is here: [link]

****REGISTER HERE! ***** : [link]

****RIDES****: -- I HAVE no seats available in my car. Ask -- she may have mercy on your soul.


** ART SHOW SUBMISSIONS ** : I need them by August 4th. You can turn them into the southwest library, or shoot me an e-mail. I'll pick 'em up.

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DIGITAL COMMISSIONS ~
PS-- TO people waiting on digital commissions:

The tards at the company took down my information incorrectly. Instead of calling me, and asking about the information, they shipped it elsewhere, and had it pulled back to them half-way there. Wish I had that kind of control over my mail. ._.

So, hopefully it's not too much longer. D: ... and let's hope this freaking thing works.

I am getting to borrow :fogwolf:'s tablet! That will be incredibly helpful!! Thanks, honey!


COMMISSIONS LEFT: [ If you are not on this list, they have been mailed. ]*

Kegan
Destiny - Digital Piece -WAITING
Vaidya - Digital Piece - WAITING
Feathered Dragon -Sketched!
PAWS / aka SPOOK - Sketched!
Kyotie - Started Sketch
Ena - Started Sketch
Creep - Started Sketch
Bios - Started Sketches
Muse - Started Sketch
Artemis
Daymien
Coonwulf- Started Sketch
Prismo
Mothball Wombat - FINISHED. NEED ADDRESS! *****
Stealth Ferrett - Done Sketching.
Nevask -- One inked, one sketched. :3
Dan -- badge sketched.

NEW COMMISSIONS:

& - 3 badges and 1 full color.