over.

I know for a fact that I do not have ContentWatch issues on Flickr, so I shall move there.
I WILL MISS YOU, DEVIANTART!!
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Add me on flickr; I haven't talked to anyone here in so looong

It blocks le submissions to DeviantArt.
And it makes me feel fuckin' SHODDY.
'Cause I have so many ideas and finished art I want to upload.
-picks at knee, which was scraped badly on Halloween-
The ultra-shame is that I now have a TABLET.
A freaking AMAZING tablet.
That's an AMAZING TABLET.
Fear not, mere mortals, for there are a few places where you can still witness mah creativtiez:
doodleBug: [link]
Photobucket: [link]
I hope this'll tide y'all over. In the meantime, if any hackers would like to remove the ContentWatch from my computer...just contact me. Soon. I'm gonna explode. (I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MY FREAKING PORN FIX, MAN.)
Two other things: Braces, and Firefox. I've now got both.
BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

whoopwhoopwhooooop!
I'm not deaaaad! (yet.)
But I sure am hyper!! (It's 2:21, by the by)
Anywho,
I have lots and lots and lots of ideas and finished stuff left over from my Dave Chapelle-period.
ANYWHO (again...lotsa parentheses here)
Why exactly have I been gone??
Several reasons! (Almost all of which are top-secret)
1. School!
2. Got a laptop that blocks the dA submission page!
3. Too lazy to use a computer that isn't in my room!
4. I got braces!
5. I wanted to give all my poor watchers a break!
6. I checked back once and was overwhelmed by the pile of messages (which I also can't see on my laptop)!
7. I now have 145 deviations and 79 messages in my message center!
8. I was too busy masturbating!!!!!
9. I was cultivating a new business plan! (Damn you, braces!)
10. Did I mention laziness?!

On a more serious note,
One idea I had was a collaboration with an artist in another field who has the time, resources, and talent to do what I can't. Of course, in this equation, I'd be the sappy designer to their below-minimum-wage-paid Chinaman. SOUNDS GOOD, DUNNIT??
I was thinking along the lines of a doll, since I luvvers dem so muchly, but I'll go with anything that won't cost me money.

Also, one last note...
Remember that business plan?
I have a super-duper-oober-secret blog on the Internet that's all a part of that.
seeifyoucanfindit.

xoxo
Helena

I absolutely despise when people steal artists' work. So when browsing popular makeup, I was stunned to see images blatantly ripped of from Sephora by .

Last time I checked, Sephora's publicity photos weren't in goddamned Wikimedia Commons.

As I told dA, after about ten minutes' research:

"The following links show professionals applying featured makeup looks--for cosmetic giant Sephora, no less. (I apologize if HTML doesn't come through. o.o)
Top, far left (Purple Shadow)
Top, left (Natural Eyes)
Top, right (Smoky Eyes)
Top, far right (Eye Liner)
Bottom, far left (ColorOn EyeEnvy)
Bottom, left (Gray Eyeshadow)
Bottom, right (Green Eyes)
Bottom, far right (Faux Lashes)
I believe it's a possibilty much of her other works are stolen, due to the eclectic styles. However, this is the only work I'm 100% sure on."

As Sephora's website says, "All Web site design, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all software is Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Sephora USA, Inc., ALL RIGHTS RESERVED."

To my knowledge, I've never had my art stolen (though I have some unfortunate friends). But there's something about taking a part of what someone is--which is true art--sickens me. And then, to try to make a profit off of your debauchery, by making it available as a print? Are you kidding me? If my parents weren't sleeping, it scream at this girl for her morals.

She claimed her mother created the looks--each and every single one, including those made by a male makeup artist--and that she photographed them. If you go through her gallery, the styles are eclectic beyond belief. I'm very gullible myself, but I know a scoundrel when I see one. I feel badly for any people she's tricked into buying prints from her (hopefully no one).

Please comment with your opinions on art theft.