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# Statistics
Favourites: 14; Deviations: 20; Watchers: 13
Watching: 34; Pageviews: 5018; Comments Made: 227; Friends: 34
# Comments
Comments: 28
Long time since you posted and 10 weeks at this time since you last visited. Hope all is well. Getting any artwork done? Maybe posting somewhere else? Touch base when you can. Until then, stay safe.
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Hey! Yeah, I've not been on in a long time, and not gotten any artwork done in a lot longer, so thank you for taking the time to check in especially when I've been vanished for so long. And likewise, stay safe, things are crazy and this year's not even halfway over!
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My gosh - how do you keep the gears oiled?
haha. Yes. And we have several years to go. Maybe "all this" will help put life in perspective? For example, "What would you do if you had all the time in the world? Are you doing it, now? If not, why not?" Or maybe the other way to say it might be better - "What would you do if you had a year or two . . . ?" I find it odd that, either way, artwork plays a small part for me. While Art serves an analogical system that is native to the way I think and experience, doing artwork has lost its appeal. And, yet, because it has lost appeal, I do a little daily exercise just for mental discipline. LOL. Go figure.
The way is now, always now, only now. (Make the most of it 
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ko nichi wa, O hi o, Osu, Mushi-mushi! (have to do it phonetically - hope it translates.) Bottom line, how's it going in Japan? Are you getting in ANY practice?
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Haha! I get the message 
It's going okay. Took longer than anticipated to get the place here all set up and home-y, but we managed it in the end. Money is tight and doing the job-hunting thing after just getting over a nasty flu, and yeah, not getting close to the practice I want! Managed a couple of things, one paid drawing (a very cute baby, but keep forgetting to ask permission so haven't posted it online), some super quick pencil sketches and a half finished drawing of William Howard Taft. I must say, using a physical pencil and pad and being able to measure that way while looking at an actual subject felt like such a rare treat after only digital for so long.
It's as inspiring/daunting as ever to see your continued prolific output! 
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Job hunting? Good grief! I thought you had a job lined up. So you just jumped into another country hoping to land a job? Dude! That's self-confidence - or religion. LOL. Good luck, then. Practice is the least of your concerns. Of course, you could make it an experience in zen. Just go to a park (preferably a corporate park) and focus on your art. Maybe one thing leads to another and you find yourself in the company of spiritually sensitive business men looking to hire someone with your qualifications. . . . so, of course, you'd just happen to have some resumes in your satchel with the art supplies. If all else fails, tell 'em Sundog sent you. (Who knows, maybe he did. He's been shuffled me around years before I caught on. LOL.)
Wow. This is much more of an adventure than I at first imagined. I'm excited for you, David. I hope you can make the most of it, now that I know what's involved.
My prolific output - that's just me being unconscious. When my stats spike I freeze. So, this time I decided to post whatever I'm doing, good or bad. On occasion that means a page of daily gesture exercises - which is scraping the bottom of the barrel. But it keeps it real, if you know what I mean.
Hey, post photos, if it comes to that. Start a sub-folder for "Japan".
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I am humbled by your work, thank you!
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Hey. This is from my collection. It's linked on my profile page (if you ever misplace it) www.deviantart.com/users/outgo…
You'll find a few other resources along with this in the Resource Center on my page. Click through the links there, you never know what you'll find.
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Ended up staying up way later than I intended last night after reading this and then finding the one he did on anatomy/figure drawing. What a great guy!
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You mean his second book, "Figure Drawing for All it's Worth" ? I have a link for a free download of it if you want it. Yeah. Loomis was great.
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Yeah that's the one. I got curious about the author, and one of the first google results just has full pdfs of all his books, much to my (pleasant) surprise
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Dude. If I might presume upon your kindness, pray, tell, which one? (I'd like to see if I missed any.)
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Yeah, for me it was the second result when searching for just Andrew Loomis, and the website was titled "Save Loomis! - Alex Hays" (I'd link but I'm always a little paranoid about things like linking what might constitute some kind of copyright problem)
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LOL. Copyright infringement does not apply to personal communications, David. If you're selling links or otherwise profiting (meaning making money on someone else's work- money they can claim is theirs, so take from you in a court of law) then it's a problem. Nevertheless, I appreciate the info.
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I know it wouldn't be an act of copyright infringement, but I'm too lazy to comb through all the terms of use and whatever else for DA, and a lot of major sites do stuff like suspending accounts for linking to such things. So it's partly paranoia, and partly laziness
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I'll make an honest man of you, sir. Bravo! for coming clean.
And, thanks, again. I found it. I've got them all, at least the ones listed.
I think as long as one is not trading in software it's safe. It's a new world and everyone knows it. The entertainment industry doesn't want to prosecute fans, the book publishers know there is nothing they can do (and that was true before the web when copy machines became part of every office and home). It's the software manufacturers that take it seriously - who do you think pollutes cites like The Pirate Bay? They can't shut them down, so they fill them with viruses and malware. They're the only one's who benefit from it.
But it's a new world for them, too. Whether they like it or not. Which is why you should get a stand alone download of PS or whatever, since these things are now being sold by subscription.
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You're welcome, and nice image!
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Hi there! Thank you so much for the watch! I really appreciate your support! :3 Hope my future paintings wont dissapoint you! :3
Feel free to check my Facebook page as well for wips and updates about my streams/videos! I would be more than happy if you do! ^^
->www.facebook.com/chryssva
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You're welcome, and thank you for the very kind +favs
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