seraphinx

Just because you don't see me, doesn't mean I'm not here (nearly every day). As usual, I'm usually posting comments on other people's stuff rather than uploading more deviations. Of course, I regularly shoot events and occasionally do paid jobs (parties, family portraits, etc), so I actually do have deviations I could upload. But there just isn't enough time... time for artwork, plus time for my musical endeavors, plus time to read my stacks of books, time for gaming, photography, sculpting, painting, writing stories, planning community events, and many creative activities I want to do or learn.

Since May of last year, I've been secretly working on a few fictional stories. It's my first time putting extremely serious effect into my written creative works, and I even end up fantasizing about having my stories turn into movies, then having hundreds of fans getting in line for my autograph. Even better if there were crowds of screaming fangirls just chasing after me, and I'd have 12 bodyguards try to hold them back... while they call for back-up!

I've put most of my attention to this one story which is a sort of dark science-fantasy suspense violence drama which I humbly sometimes dream could be turned into a TV series or movie series. Thus as I compose the overall plot, I'm aiming to pace it into several story arcs, with the ability to "end" the story with any story arc. But of course, I'm mainly doing it for fun with only about a 5-20% chance of thinking of getting it published (since fictional writing isn't one of my creative specialties). If my drawing skills were better and I had time, I'd probably do it as an illustrated novel with some pretty clever stuff going on.

For now, lets just say that it's a story about characters of various ages in a group of small towns, with their interactions and relations revealed gradually as the main characters pursue their goals. What makes things interesting is that some characters have this "supernatural" ability which took me months to come up with, and several more months to fine tune. (And still not done!) I've been gradually making notes (using the website/program/app called Evernote) on character back stories, the history of the supernatural ability, scenarios I want to incorporate, character profiles, etc. (I like to "think of everything" first before even attempting to write out the actual story.)

Good evening people.

If you haven't known, a year ago back in Aug. 2011 I had unemployment benefits for the first time. I searched for jobs for six months, then got hired by Dept. of Human Services. I've been working there for over sixth months, and it's an alright job. It mostly involves paperwork and other office stuff, much more than my previous office jobs (where I did a wider variety of stuff). Basically medical assistance applications come in, completed by clients, and I'm one of several workers who review them, request for any supporting documents from the clients to prove their eligibility, determine if they're eligible in any assistance programs, then enter the info into the state's online system. (I get to access all kinds of info on people who live in Hawaii. ) There's also other miscellaneous tasks I do, or will be doing when my training ends.

Aside from this "daily grind" , I tried getting more kinds fun out of my island in my free time. So even though work isn't that interesting, after work and on days off I find interesting community events around the island to photograph, like festivals, performances, and various spectator events. Since March or so I've attended about 20 public events, most of which the average person here never even knew about. That's because lately I've started checking the community events page in this free little newspaper that I've been getting at my work place, which also led me to checking out other "community calendars" online. People here complain that "there's nothing to do on Kauai" aside from common stuff people do like outdoor sports, movies, and bars, so I like how I'm proving (to myself at least) that if you just look carefully, you can find some interesting stuff to do on certain days. Also, photographing these events has been valuable training in helping me improve my photography skills, even if most of my photos end up only just mediocre-looking.

Strangers welcome.

1. Tell you something I learned about by looking at your DA page for 13 seconds.
2. Tell you a color you remind me of.
3. Tell you my first memory of you.
4. Tell you what movie, TV, or video game character you remind me of.
5. Ask you a question.
6. Tell you something I like about you.
7. Give you a nickname.
8. Tell you the object that is to the left of me.
9. Dare you to post this in your journal.

Hi everyone. Time for another attempt at a New Year's Resolution. I'll make a bunch, to increase my chances of getting at least one resolved.

They are...

Give more deviation comments to random deviants, say... 20 per day. It's a good way to hone my art-critiquing skills, and get me more exposed to other people's artworks.

Compose some cool, hopefully full-length, songs using FL Studio 10, which was kind of like my Christmas present to myself. I normally make just 1-2 minute jingles then lose interest, or have a hard time.

Get my story/manga ideas fleshed out into either novellas or storyboards. This is harder, since I want every aspect well-planned before charging forth.

Get a better job. This is on-going, so in a way it's only a matter of time, but on the other hand it also depends on whether good jobs are actually available on my wee little island.