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Samantha Fear
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My Bio
Formerly dv-girl.deviantart.com but there's no way to change your username on Deviant Art so one must abandon their older works if they wish to grow.

Perhaps I should consider this a cleansing or rite of passage instead of feeling it's just inconvenient.

Favourite Visual Artist
Drulliet, Caza, Moebius, Van Bode, Felix
Favourite Movies
Wizard of Speed and Time
Favourite TV Shows
n/a
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Shpongle, Infected Mushroom
Favourite Books
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Be Here Now, The Animation Book, Fun with a Pencil, Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain
Favourite Writers
Asimov, Clarke, Thompson
Favourite Games
Go
Favourite Gaming Platform
Kaya
Tools of the Trade
whips and chains and bondage gear?
Other Interests
If it's interesting, I'm interested.
For the past few years I've been studying tai-chi.  If you're unfamiliar with tai-chi, it's basically kung-fu in slow-motion.   The general idea is that by slowing down your motion, you have the time to explore every moment of a movement.  Feel the balance of your weight, the roundness of your motion, the connection through your entire body. For me, it was also about the exercise of just plain learning to slow down.   I have a lot of interests.  Software and electrical engineering, art, animation, guitar, flute, and martial arts, just to name a few.   Learning to take that time to slow down and really be in the moment of what I am doing inst
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I decided I was past due for an upgrade from the antique Cintiq 15X I had to something a bit more modern.   I probably could have lived with the 1024x768 resolution but the color calibration and lack of levels of pen sensitivity and tilt was killing me. I'd been worried that 13" diagonal would be a bit small for the way I like to draw but Wacom only offers 13, 22, and 24.  The later two are too large for my space and much heavier and clunkier than the 13 and I like the idea of being able to put it on my lap and draw like a sketchbook so the 13 seemed like the best of the options available though something more like 17 would really have been
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Thought this was interesting for a drawing reference exercise.  http://fstoppers.com/the-average-faces-of-women-around-the-world
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Happy Birthday!  :)
Thank you Samantha!
Hi Samantha, thanks for your fav and funny comment !
By the way, people have been changing their names all over the place ... not sure how they do it, but there should be someone around to ask about it.
:heart::heart:Thanks for the watch!:heart::heart:
you have a really interesting gallery!
Thanks! I'm still learning and trying to mess around with styles and ideas a lot.