yeah so i'm moving yet again! this time i am going to be staying there for a whole year! I'm moving across town, instead of being on the midvale sandy boarder, i'm moving to the midvale/ murray/ cottonwood heights border (the complete other side of town.)

it's a really nice complex with an indoor outdoor pool seperated by a swimunder wall, a hot tub, very nice grounds with streams and fountains. I have a balcony and a fireplace and a HUGE apartment with a washer and dryer and dishwasher already in the unit plus it's within walking distance of wal mart, FYE, Michaels arts and crafts, target, smiths, and about 15 restraunts, and it's about 30 feet from the freeway enterence, but because of all the trees and life in the complex, it's quiet and nesstled and comphy. oh it's so beautiful!

anywho now that i'm done boasting...

i've been working on coloring chibis for the characters page of Happy Place because i'm bored... i'm also making sculpey figures of my characters so i can have pose dolls.

I'm also thinking about making actual posable dolls out of them. That will be a difficult task though... i'm not quite sure what i would use to hold things in place.



ok so to celebrate the big 2-1... i'm taking REQUESTS!!!!!!

no obligations or ties attached

sorta.... since it is legal for me to drink and gamble now, i would love for you to request something along this theme... i.e. drunk characters, someone going broke at roulette.. such things will make my 21 request more.... fun i guess ^^

so here ya go.. the first 5 people to reply get a free drawing as long as you provide a picture reference and the alcohol or gambling themed action you want them in ^^

1. - Kat and Jason having Sake and playing cho-han

2. - Viva Piñata

3. - Roul Silverwing

4. - undeduced

5.


well reply already!

Hey guys after raiding Michael's arts and crafts today with my sister i decided to make a Lexus Statue!!!! oh hell yes! i will have to buy more sculpey for Ramus, because as you who read the story know, Lexi cann't be alone. i forgot how FUN sculpting is ^^

Lexus is about 2/3 done (right now i'm calling him Lexus Di Milo because he's just a head, hair and torso with shoulders >.< he looks cool though!

anywho I'm probably going to start a little collection of dolls, so if you want to send me a request with a few pictures, I can make an affordable statue for you ^^

commission prices on statues are as follows:

single character in white $15
extra characters $7 a piece

single character full paint $25
additional characters $10

if you want them shipped you will have to pay shipping, they are approx. 2lbs, so postage isn't much and can be sent via usps, ups, or fed ex



There is little Matty Lang from Szczecin. This Sunday he'll reach his 8th b-day It will probably his last.

His dream is to receave lots of postcards from all over the world.

Please join with me in writing and sending him postcards with b-day wishes (if you want, you can draw him something and send it as a letter ). It's ok if you don't know polish. He'll be more than happy if he gets a postcard from abroad

Here's the address:

Mateuszek Lang
ul. Wiślana 37
70 - 885 Szczecin
POLAND

It's also ok if these postcards will be a little belated. Please do it for Matty's smile.

Hey everyone, please do this, i want to bombard this little boy with love from around the world, show him the world is glad he was able to grace us with a few years of life.

please do this it won't cost you anymore than $3 so why not make someone's day!

if you can't afford to send it overseas note me and i will send one for you! i'll mail proper postage to you so you can send a postcard from where you are.

please please PLEASE join with me on this

let's fill a room with matty's postcards, let him see the world, if only through our eyes, before he leaves it

that is right peoples! I had a couple other people in my office judging as well. i told them the criteria was originality not skill, because if i did skill people would get left out... plus since i made everyone draw so fast, i didn't want anyone to get penalized cause they didn't get to spend time on it!

ok so on to the tie!

because of the amount of entries... the judges made a mutual descision and the decision was... everyone who entered got either 1st 2nd or 3rd place!!!!!!!!! so congratulations EVERYONE!!!

the placing goes as follows

1st! winner of:
3 month subscription
Free full color comission
Feature on my page for a month
Return deviation of same kind

are.... Drumroll please!

I love how ruri was done in this ^^ she's so cute
and

very cool layout! also that was my favorite hairstyle when i had it! it just took waaaaay too much gel to keep up plus i missed long hair.

good job guys, really creative! both are pretty well thought out and fun ^^ it was a severe pleasure seeing such result when neither of you know me ^^


2nd winners of:
Free full color comission
Feature on my page for a month
Return deviation of same kind

are........

I'm so gaga over the manga style and the CUPCAKE^^ EEEEEEeeeeeee!!!!!!
and

I ADORE the look on my face ^^ i look so scared

again stunning work from people i did not previously know ^^ i am glad to meet you and thank you so much for the art.

and last but certainly not least!!!!
3rd, winners of:
Feature on my page for a month
Return deviation of same kind

is......


Always love stuff from matt! loved the story but the pictures went with the story and I had everything judged on the picture rather than the writing. not really fitting to the criteria of this contest, but it is still an amazing piece of work ^^
and

I just didn't feel that much thought was placed on this, i was looking for more creativity and thinking outside the box, but i do like this in it's simplicity, it's very cute ^^

thanks everyone for your entries! you all did astonishing work and i look forward to watching all of you on DA for yet another 4 years of gloriousness!!!


All contest winners please contact me via note to claim your prizes!!!
^^

-The Jez-

H'ok so joo kno i'm rapidly approaching 4 years and 4,000 pageviews (woot!) so my contest finishes up on the 31st. be sure to enter to ensure your prize (if no one enters no one wins, if one person enters, they win)

to do that all you gotta do is draw you and me (or your character and me... or your character and one of my characters) and have you(r character) congratulating me (mine)
on 4 years with DA

that's it.. for prize info look at my latest news headline.



LEXUS HAS HIS OWN COMIC!!!!
that's right, it seems to be the best looking so far... you can see the first two pages in my gallery. page one is being re-done and i'm finishing up coloring the cover/banner art.

along with being on smackjeeves, it is also going to be featured in a webzine.

This is a mild BL comic (i had to tone it down to pg-13 for the zine)

you can also see lexus and his friends at
[link]
and
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thanks guys for all of the support with helping me develop my skillz so that i have come so far in so short a time.



I'm not doing many trades or anything anymore. If you specifically want to draw one of my characters for me (which i would GREATLY love you for) i will draw one of yours in return...

beyond that i'm finishing what i owe people
guardian 457
Afom
and a couple of others, then i'm going to focus on my comics for a while, I need to improve in some techniques so i'm working on my own art for a while.

HOWEVER!!!!!!
you are ALWAYS more than welcome to color any of my lineart. I will always draw something for you in return!



Due to popular demand (namely NONE to the opposition) I am going to make coloring books available of my lineart.

If i have done a lineart of your character you will be receiving a note asking if you would like your character to be included.

if you want it to be included, please provide a 50 word MAX char. Artist profile and a Short discription of the character involved, this will appear on the opposing page.

Artists who include their art in this coloring book will get credit for the characters being theirs and also their Deviantart page will be referenced (unless you would rather include a different website)

Any artists who include their art will also recieve 50% off the sale price of the book (so about $2.50 + s&h)

If you would like your female character to be included in this coloring book please send me a reference drawing and the artist/character profile as stated above and i will submit a lineart for your approval for the book.

as always,
Mushluv
-The Jez

Hey everyone I figured since i'm 5 days away from my DAnniversary i'd stop and reflect on how far i've come.




this was my first prize winning drawing and to date i think it's still one of the best


Yusume looked a whole lot worse, and i hadn't quite figured out how to make a tablet work


Virtue still had green eyes and was very undefined


Ruri and Hari were VERY rough ideas




now these are my favorite pieces


virtue and yusume are much more lifelike and believeable and fit the story much better


Hari's character is a LOT more developed and he has quite the personality


Ruri has also developed quite a character, and quite the attitude



I am so very thankful to Deviantart for being here for me, with all my friends and the loving support i get from them. All the practice you have given me, and all the fun collabs we have worked on.

I am looking forward to 4 more years of fun and adventure, and if this is how much i've improved in 4 years, imagine where we will all be in 4 more.


Much Love my Friends
-The Jez-




Don't forget my contest, there are 5 days left for you to draw me and you celebrating my 4th DAnniversary!! Winner gets a subscription of some sort!!

no entries so far so if you're the only one to enter you get a SUB!!!!! so enter!!!!