jumpin on the band wagon  yeeeeeeee 

everyone was giving this a go, so i thought i might as well. 
not being as active as i used to be, i decided that it might be a good way for some of you people who watch me _{/and who actually care lel/} to know why i have been drifting away from this website and stuff.

alrighty then, let's begin;

i started deviantART'ing 5 years ago, when i was in year 9-ish i think. 
at this time, i was a HUGE fan of the Naruto community, and i found that quite a lot of the fan art and fanfics and whatnot came from this site. i thought i might as well post some of the stuff i'd drawn as a fan and post it on here, and see how that turns out.
5 years ago, when i began, i was a weeaboo. i cringe so hard that it leaves physical form at my memories of using "ZOMJ" instead of omg. _omg. 
because of the way i typed and acted here on the nets, back then, i was sent quite a lot of rude messages. back then, i was appalled, horrified, OFFENDED that someone could possibly say that i was a stupid, delusional person to think that Hidan was my waifu.

looking back on it today.. i deserved it.

  < now, this shit here, is what began the ascension into less weeaboo shit. as it was the first artwork that had ever had a message so hurtful placed on it, that i nearly gave up art forever. granted; i was young, and told my entire life that for my age, i was pretty good. so when some dick types "omfg you faggot. this art is shit. why do you even post it?" obvs, i feel like crap.

a week or so of self-loathing later, i decided, nah fuck it. i'll do better.
and i did.

not that long afterwards, something very big happened to me on this website, something that i still consider myself quite lucky for;

i was a HUGE fan of the Hidan Show on youtube, by BellyThat Productions, also known as aug325, and i followed the episodes every day that they came out. 
i got a surprise one day, as i went to look through who had faved what, i saw the name aug325 had favourited this picture of Hidan i'd drawn > 
i went to the page in disbelief that THE DANA had even THOUGHT about faving one of my drawings, and saw that it was, in fact, the deal Dana.

i ran up and down the halls at my house in hysterics for like.. at least half an hour.

since then, i would be glad to say that she and i were friends. her stories made me laugh, they made me cry. i might not be as big of a fan of Naruto anymore, but she certainly helped me with my writing, because by god, hers was pretty damned good.


a long while passed, and my art began to improve a lot. becoming more confident in photoshop, i began to get requests and commissions done, although they were small, they really boosted my confidence in the field of art. 
i began to slowly leave the narufandom and began exploring my own characters, like Emiiri; who actually started off as a Naruto OC to accompany my tulpa of Hidan. _/shudders
i began to enjoy the company of my own imagination, when it came to my characters rather than that of an anime's. and i believe.. this is where my art really began to grow. 
i lost a LOT of followers going through this transition. no one wanted to see my characters, they only wanted to see Naruto characters, and that i can understand. it was the reason why they followed me in the first place.

then another person  I ABSOLUTELY ADORE  faved a work by me. 
 sadwonderland the author for my favourite graphic novel series Bizenghast commented on this little picture here.
_{oh my GOD you would not believe how long i ran around the halls on this one.}
M. Alice Legrow here, has been a massive inspiration for my own book. as someone who was able to produce her series from Tokyopop (which, unfortunately stopped production nearing the last book), and have fans world wide over what i believe was a competition win on the Tokyopop website, it really gave me hope that maybe some day i could rise to the level of Marty. god i wish.



but.. i guess thats how about where my deviantART story kind of ends.
i kept progressing, i kept creating, but..
i had so much more to do.
school, job searching, moving out, friends, love, ect.
i just started to stop deviantART'ing all together. 

i met so many people, who helped me throughout my time here,
like Cam-wis who i met at the Melbourne 10th deviantART anniversary _{and we SERIOUSLY need to catch up again sometime.}
link31, aka Annie, who has been my friend for so god damned long it feels like we're siblings. but you're still the old one.
KalibHime who literally started roleplaying with me on one of my drawings, and since then has become a frequent RP buddy of mine.
TheGrief who im pretty damned sure is inactive nowadays, but she really helped me get into the competition side of deviantART
LittleKumiko who is a great friend of mine. someone who's shown me from the very beginning that you can do so well if you just keep practicing. and god, she is doing so well.

and lastly
Soda-Snuggles 
who is literally the only reason why im posting art on here anymore.

somehow, god knows how, i've been an inspiration to her.
it warms my fluttery lil' heart to know that she thinks so highly of me.
with the multitude of gifts drawn, the journals written about me, and so on and so forth-
its hella kyut <333


and thanks to Aly there, 
you will be expecting art from me.
maybe not all the time, maybe not as good as the rest, but i will try my best to be as active as i can be.
for her,
for you guys,

thank you.



My improvement:

 

to >  

Mature Content

oh lawdy lawd
there was a reason i dont go on dA anymore..
for those who are actually interested in following my art im mostly on tumblr, i post a lot of random stupid funnies, but occasionally my art;
thehouseoffreaks.tumblr.com/

now
that contest shit;
_{/haha.. end of september end date...}

the winner of the drawing section of the contest, and the first prize is EmbodiedSpirit with embodiedspirit.deviantart.com/…
they will get:
a fully coloured drawing of your choice from me, highly detailed and all that fancy stuff. and 10 

the winner of the written section of the contest, and the 2nd prize is PandoraDragon with pandoradragon.deviantart.com/a…
they will get: 
an uncoloured sketch of your choice and 5 

sorry sooooooooooooo sorry that it took so bloody long to get back to you all, its just.... dA bores me so much omfg

so yep, winners get back to me and i'll draw your shizzle, and to those who weren't stated, sorry, but great job
and apologies, i am DEFINITELY never doing a competition again _//geh

so far i've had one entry
excited about how this is all going to turn out

Link to contest describing the contest: emiiriorochi.deviantart.com/jo…



Contest Entries thus far:

sailorx161.deviantart.com/art/…
unmasked232.deviantart.com/art…
pandoradragon.deviantart.com/a…

:iconShadowDragonMellie: shadowdragonmellie.deviantart.…

:iconEmbodiedSpirit: embodiedspirit.deviantart.com/…


_{The end-date for this contest is August 1st}

ohgod
ohgodno
/

1. School. Yes or No? DO you like it?
is this a trick question?

2. How long have you been on DeviantART?
fffff... *checks*
4 years.
lolfuck.

3. Are you active?
hell no.

4. Favorite Deviant at the present time?
probably this lady right here >
right there.
right fuckin there.

5. Favorite Mythical creature?
lamias
_{/i guess its saying something that i wrote "llamas" first.}

6. Favorite Author?
THIS LADY RIGHT HERE. >
AGAIN.
LIKE RIGHT THERE.

7. Are you bored yet?
well im doing this in class which im supposed to be doing actual work in, so yeah.

8. Hipsters?


9. Favorite subject in school?
art
even though im failing
but im trying
/so hard


10. I can't think of anything else... Are you satisfied with this? (I'm not)

LINK BACK TO MY PREVIOUS JOURNAL ABOUT THE CONTEST WHICH IM HOLDING. _{AND NOBODY'S SUBMITTED ANYTHING. *sob*}

emiiriorochi.deviantart.com/#/…

I'm thinking of making a contest

I know I've been inactive as fuck for god knows how long, but i thought i might as well make a contest to get my watchers back _{*cries in corner* *average of 4 page views a day*}

BUT i am going to make a contest.
and it is going to be as follows, so, prepare your butts:

Zombie Apocalypse

Draw yourself as you would in the Zombie Apocalypse
your weapons, your attire, any scars, blood, if you've been bitten, what you'd bring if anything, etc.
HOWEVER.
there is a catch.
_{you must only draw yourself...
wearing, carrying, and using as weaponry...}
THINGS. YOU. ACTUALLY. OWN.


draw yourself wearing clothing you actually own, carrying things you'd bring that you have in your vicinity, anything you'd use as a weapon that you actually own or could get your hands on (no it doesn't count if you get a bazooka from eBay, because, srsly.)

and put your Zombie Apocalypse Plan in the Artists Comments, and i will decide the winner based on Winning Picture and Best Zombie Plan

so, please pass this around to your friends who may be interested, i would love to get many entries, it'll be fun

/edit/
forgot the prizes

The prizes will be as followed:
First: a fully coloured drawing of your choice from me, highly detailed and all that fancy stuff. and 10
Second: prize will be an uncoloured sketch of your choice and 5

/FINAL.EDIT.OMFG/

The end-date for this contest is August 1st