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AJ NEWLAND  

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DA Decline

Journal Entry: Thu Jul 19, 2007, 11:15 AM
I have grown increasingly distant from DA. It just seems to me that people are moving away from real art and just producing lame crap. Anime has, in my opinion, ruined art. People are to attached to the characters they watch on anime TV and movies. I hate fan art and fan fiction. It drives me crazy that people would rather continue drawing the same unoriginal characters rather than product something of artistic value. I am sick of mostly naked anime girls in vulnerable poses, to me that’s not art its porn. If it is meant to elicit some sort of arousal it is porn. Even more disturbing is the growing number of versions of characters that are morbidly obese wearing bikinis. I don’t understand why anyone would take someone elses character and alter it in that way. Am I missing something? When did this become popular?

Another “art” trend that became popular for no reason was the bloody suicide photography. I can see how it started, someone approaching is issue of suicide. While I think it is a worthy topic, it has strayed from its original goal of bringing awareness to teen suicide. Now we are inundated with images of bloody bathtubs that glorify suicide and make it seem beautiful. A real depiction of someone who slit their wrists would show them in the tub bathing in not only their own blood but their vomit and feces as well.

DA has become very trend based and that sucks because it doesn’t encourage new things or new ideas. People are more concerned about page-views and comments then they are about art. I no longer post my art on DA because it is only being shadowed by nonsense. Granted I am not innocent, I have done fan art and anime, but I don’t have a gallery of it. Lately I have been painting but I don’t feel that DA is the place to get meaningful feedback so I haven’t and probably wont post any images of my paintings. I will how ever continue to post my Tattoo designs. And maybe some sketches, but nothing that I really expect to get much feedback on.

Its sad, I really enjoyed DA but it just isnt the same anymore. sorry if I offended any anime adicts, but in al reality I think you people need to go see a real movie, watch an episode of scrubs, and come back to reality and leave the cartoons to the pre-teens.

A J

  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: Radiohead
  • Watching: Count of Monte Cristo
  • Playing: drums
  • Drinking: MTDEW

Devious Information

  • Current Age: twenty one
  • Current Residence: bellingham, Washington
  • Interests: music, drawing, and more music..... and drawing
  • Favourite movie: i like a lot of movies. americanhistory X, 12 monkeys donnie darko boondock saints fightclub...ect..
  • Favourite band or musician: everything from Metal to swing
  • Favourite genre of music: rock all types of rock
  • Operating System: XP
  • MP3 player of choice: Zune though i want an ipod touch for its wifi
  • Favourite game: halo,burnout paridise, assassins creed.
  • Favourite gaming platform: xbox360
  • Favourite cartoon character: spongebob square pants and stewie
  • Personal Quote: what you own ends up owning you.....and......has anything you done made your life better
  • Tools of the Trade: adobe IllistratorCS2 , photoshop CS, tablet Prisma colored pencils and markers, and various ink pens

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Devious Comments

~da-mara:iconda-mara: Feb 25, 2008, 12:41:31 PM
hey, thanks for the fav!
~xmoanix:iconxmoanix: Nov 29, 2007, 6:04:07 PM
scratch the leg part out...i ment to take that out. i was probably going to get it on my back side somewhere..lol
~xmoanix:iconxmoanix: Nov 29, 2007, 6:03:11 PM
i wanted some cherry blossoms (typical i know lol) and then i had a latin phrase to put in with the blossoms around it..not all bunched up like one pic..more spreadout...but not going to cover my whole side of the leg...let me know if i need to be more specific. thaaanks :D
~SamHall:iconSamHall: Nov 24, 2007, 7:32:57 PM
what are you thinking about getting?
~xmoanix:iconxmoanix: Nov 21, 2007, 6:26:12 PM Mood: Artistic
hey there! i love your stuff...do you still like to design tattoos for people? i was hoping maybe you could design mine - if youre interested...
~SamHall:iconSamHall: Nov 20, 2007, 1:09:57 PM
thanks, it was a bit of rant but looking back is sound pretty darn smart.
*zoundsister:iconzoundsister: Oct 16, 2007, 1:06:19 AM
Thanks for the fav!:heart:
~kurtywompus:iconkurtywompus: Oct 11, 2007, 8:23:05 PM
yay! your journal is great.




you have been found by the random deviant feature.
~AcrylikDreams:iconAcrylikDreams: Oct 9, 2007, 9:09:07 AM
here yah go. Link

:D

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*Theycallmetiger:iconTheycallmetiger: Aug 29, 2007, 10:20:13 PM
well I "totally" had to find you. Because after all I am a fan. *smiles*
~JazaFirestar:iconJazaFirestar: Mar 14, 2007, 9:00:21 PM
you're welcome :)

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~JazaFirestar:iconJazaFirestar: Mar 9, 2007, 6:03:04 PM
nice gallery :D

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~Shinyochan:iconShinyochan: Mar 8, 2007, 8:54:18 PM
do you do commissions??? >.<

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~TetheredAngel:iconTetheredAngel: Feb 28, 2007, 11:56:36 PM Mood: Love
no problem i love that photo

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~tatuato:icontatuato: Feb 10, 2007, 2:35:46 AM
u're welcome, u have good stuff;

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~kuriositty:iconkuriositty: Feb 8, 2007, 2:10:42 AM
No problem. I'll have to take a peek at the rest of your gallery to see what other interesting things you have.
~saxxygirl:iconsaxxygirl: Jan 29, 2007, 11:18:13 PM
hey i got sick of my DA name, so if you see a failure to apply or something of that nature pop up, it's me

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~adavis500:iconadavis500: Jan 20, 2007, 5:06:35 PM
HEY SORRY I KEEP ASKING BUT ARE YOU DONE WITH MY TATTOO?

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~adavis500:iconadavis500: Jan 8, 2007, 4:47:29 PM
i have a question will you do a tattoo for me? i like skulls and hearts if you can do one with both a heart and a skull i would love that.

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One day you'll come to me and ask me what's more important: You or my life. I'll say my life and you'll walk away never knowing that you're my life
~adavis500:iconadavis500: Jan 8, 2007, 4:47:24 PM
i have a question will you do a tattoo for me? i like skulls and hearts if you can do one with both a heart and a skull i would love that.

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One day you'll come to me and ask me what's more important: You or my life. I'll say my life and you'll walk away never knowing that you're my life
~msroach:iconmsroach: Dec 21, 2006, 3:13:14 AM
Hello
I'm going to use your tattoodesign for my next tattoo. I hope thats ok?
:D

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~SamHall:iconSamHall: Dec 16, 2006, 9:42:19 PM
you're welcome

A J
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*HERO-XXX:iconHERO-XXX: Dec 1, 2006, 12:55:35 AM
thanks for the fav man!!!

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