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Three Little Projects

Journal Entry: Sun May 15, 2011, 1:29 AM
  • Mood: Eager
  • Listening to: Assorted iTunes Songs
  • Reading: 3D World
  • Watching: American Dad
  • Playing: Donkey Kong Country Returns
  • Eating: Pringles
  • Drinking: Cola
Ahh, there's nothing like finding some new and interesting to work on to break up the more casual stuff. Plus it's also a reason to finally update my journal.

Two are actually Avatar-related. Yep, while the movie has been out for ages and I've had an inspired journal CSS for a while now (that keeps bugging out of me so I apologize if it displays crap on some monitors, damn HTML volatility) I'm only now finally doing some serious hommage to it that I'm sure will make everyone happy :la:

The first will probably be my next deviation, something really cool that I've been working on for ages already and is nearing completion by now. But since it's coming soon I might as well not ruin the surprise, but my first fan-art for it will be something that surely would make jaws hit keyboards and make up for the long delay, and I don't say that much, so I'm speaking out of excitement and a little bit of pride I must admit ;)

The second is something more for myself, being a real-life thing best appreciated in person. But is actually the one I'm more excited about doing for that reason alone. I've had my aquarium for almost 5 years now and during that time I was happy conforming to the "fake reef" look that I've sometimes seen in other aquariums and is vividly colourful. But times have changed and my creativity has grown since then, so the tank will be getting a makeover! :omg: Most present decorations that have now faded and been stained by algae over the years will be replaced with something a little more...Bioluminescent (try saying that ten times!) I'm giving the tank and avatar theme too. To some it may be a fandom gone too far, but to me it's because I just love shiny glowy vegetation, and also the interest and well-designed aquarium brings to the room. So that's been my top priority lately as I regularly buy all kinds of fake tropical and alien-like plants, as well as blue submersible lights and maybe glowing gravel off ebay in preparation for the dramatic change that my brother referred to as "Pimp my Tank" :laughing:
But I have another damn house move ahead so I likely won't be setting it up too soon, I gotta wait for the stuff I bought on ebay to arrive anyway. But one thing I can work on meanwhile is making a custom background for the aquarium that if it looks "artistic" enough I may post here, it'll be the neon forest scene and I hope I can find a place that prints large images, Anyway, photo's may come if I can get one decent enough but being a long way off from completion I wouldn't hold your breath :fish:

The third isn't something started by me personally but I may enjoy contributing to it, though I'm not sure if the original artist wants the idea promoted yet before it's started so I'm not going to say what. But I will just say it will be inspiration and maybe even fun for anyone interested in the space-art genre, so of course I volunteered to be a contributor after being pre-selected :shh:

And so that's it, I guess these things will gradually be done and released over time, it at least gives me stuff to think about and look forward to :painter:

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:iconzekkentak:
~Zekkentak May 16, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
OMG
Avatar Aquarium? 8D
That sounds so bloody COOL! :D

I can't wait to see it, as well as your other projects! :lol:
Are you enjoying the custmosation so far? =P
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:iconpriteeboy:
`priteeboy May 16, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
It does sound cool, hopefully it'll look just as I expect :D

But what's custmosation? :O
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:iconzekkentak:
~Zekkentak May 17, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Lol, I meant customization XD
Is the design for the journal going well too? 8D

Oh! And you sound like your in a good mood which means your less stressed over you work. And thats a good sign ;)
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:iconpriteeboy:
`priteeboy May 17, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Oh, that makes more sense :XD: Yeah I had to take my journal CSS down since there was something wrong with it for a wile, one of the images kept displaying "error" even though it used the same code as the other :confused: But it's fixed now...well, at least it displays well on my computer anyway :p
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:iconhi-im-bud:
You have, once again, put my hopes higher than anything before! :laughing: But I know you will go above and beyond, so I'm super stoked to say the least. XD (I hope that doesn't sound "ass-kissy", heh)

Man, I always wanted lots of tropical fish and a huge tank. But, tropical fish are very picky I hear. An uncle of mine once had a puffer fish. It was, dare I say, the cutest thing I ever saw. :lol: I swear it was always smiling!

I hope you put pics up when you finally pimp you're tank out!
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:iconpriteeboy:
`priteeboy May 16, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks. When I do something I have a lot of confidence it, I like to get people eager to see it, a little pre-promotion. But just in case - I don't like saying it'll be the best thing ever just in case it doesn't provoke the same response in others as it does to me ;p

As for the tank, I have a dwindled population of tropical-freshwater ones for now. Deep down my heart will always wish for Saltwater ones, but averaging around $70 just for a small fish - it's just too expensive :nod: I'll be downgrading to goldfish, a bit less exciting, but the new tank setup will more than make up for it 8-)
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:iconliquidfire3:
Dude, an AVATAR themed aquarium? That is just awesome! It's so creative, I cannot wait to see what you do with the bio luminescent stuffsies. :meow:
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:iconpriteeboy:
`priteeboy May 16, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks! yeah I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier. I thought of other potential tank themes, like the Mars theme or the volcano theme, but an Avatar one and it's more cooler, calmer colours may look more relaxing, especially since It will be opposite to my bed after the move (right now it's in the lounge room :couch:)
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:iconliquidfire3:
Ooo, Mars would be insanely awesome, but not nearly as much as the Avatar one. And yes, definitely more relaxing as far as color scheme goes. :)
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:iconbluenova25:
lol, i said Bioluminescent 20 times :D:D beat that!
also lol, congrats on not killing the tank:XD: jk ;P what kinda fish do you have in it:? :la:
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