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Arty-Kyn

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  1. How long have you been on DeviantArt? Four years with this profile. The other profile is 6 years old. But I don't really use that one.

  2. What does your username mean? Artemis Kynthos. Two different versions of my real name that can be found in Greek mythology.

  3. Describe yourself in three words. Unusual, passionate, curious

  4. Are you left or right handed? Right

  5. What was your first deviation? Oh god I'm not going to post that crappy thing from my old profile. The first one from this profile though is "Flowers."  Flowers by Arty-Kyn

  6. What is your favourite type of art to create? Surreal and fantasy stuff, I guess.

  7. If you could instantly master a different art style, what would it be? Man I don't know. Um. Wood Carving.

  8. What was your first favourite?   Doctor Who? by spuds-n-stuff

  9. What type of art do you tend to favourite the most? Hmm I guess there's quite a bit of fanart in my favourites...

  10. Who is your all-time favourite deviant artist? humon 

  11. If you could meet anyone on DeviantArt in person, who would it be? God I don't know. I'll say humon humon again.

  12. How has a fellow deviant impacted your life? claudius1951 is a real sweetheart who is very supportive of my stuff. He once bought me a few months' worth of premium membership.

  13. What are your preferred tools to create art? I'm rather fond of how coloured pencils look on mylar.

  14. What is the most inspirational place for you to create art? My room when it's super clean and organized and looks nearly empty because everything is put away. I don't know, that emptiness just kinda helps the creative juices flow.

  15. What is your favourite DeviantArt memory? One time one of my friends was having an art contest and I entered, and won, without him even knowing it was me. They know my username now, of course, but at the time I don't think they knew I even had a deviantart.

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Random Update

2 min read
So I felt like giving everybody a random update.

No I don't really have anything of importance to mention. I just felt like writing a new journal entry. Because I'm sitting at my university library right now with a couple friends and I got bored. So here's a random journal entry.

I've been working on a lyric poem for the last couple months and I just finished it. I'm hoping to add a tune to it and maybe post it later to youtube. So that's something. I've only shown it to one friend so far and he said he liked and agreed with what it was saying (it's sort of a public service announcement put in the form of a poem). But yeah so I'll be messing with musical stuff soon enough.

Oh and I've slowly started getting a bit more acquainted with tumblr. I have a list of things to add to it eventually. Oh, and when I finally start posting my Sigmax Chronicles to the web, I'll probably queue them to tumblr. I'll upload them to deviantart, too, but chances are the comics will get to tumblr first since there is a queue option and so I won't have to remember logging in to post them.

I kind of wish more people would put random "ask" things in my inbox because it would give me a chance to draw random stuff to answer with. Ah well. I guess I have to have lots of followers before I start getting "asks."

Not much else to really comment on. Y'all will hear from me when y'all hear from me, I guess. Cheers.
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Have a Contest!

1 min read
One of my watchers asked if I would help advertise her contest so she could get plenty of entries.

And I'm generally not one to turn down such a nice way of asking :)

So, have a contest!

:iconsonicthevampire411: is currently holding a contest which involves drawing her OCs in one of three different circumstances. Her journal detailing the contest can be found here: sonicthevampire411.deviantart.…

Yes, there are prizes! They are drawings and points :)



Go take a crack at it! Sometimes a prompt can be a great way to help your creative juices ;)
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A wonderful happy 14th birthday to DeviantART!

So for this year's birthday, as I'm sure you other deviants know, we are to share our DeviantART story :)

My current profile, :iconarty-kyn:, I've had for three years, but I actually joined dA five years ago under the name :iconmauve-scorpion: during my freshman year of high school.

At the time, this was the best I could do:
Blood Moon Descent by Mauve-Scorpion

Sucks, aye? It was for a web comic I had been working on at the time, which I rather quickly abandoned. At the time, all I really knew how to do was sketch something in pencil and then color it digitally- I had absolutely no skills with any other medium.

Over my time on deviantART, though, I have been inspired to attempt all sorts of mediums. I used to be convinced that colour pencils were rather, well... difficult to manage in serious art pieces. But I saw the way people used them, so I tried new tactics and came up with some colour pencil pieces that I'm quite proud of.
Blue Orchid by Arty-Kyn Magic Fish by Arty-Kyn

WAY better than the old digital thing, aye? But I started getting more creative. I managed to acquire a collection of India Inks and a large box of markers. I started to MIX mediums, to see what I could come up with. I even started playing around with all kinds of different art styles- comics, poems, photography.......
Flyte by Arty-Kyn Moustache by Arty-Kyn AshesA graveyard is not for me-
I am not a stone.
I am not a box,
Not shut away, alone.
Nor am I a name,
I did not earn such a thing.
No arrangement of letters
Represents me.
A graveyard is not for me,
And never was since birth.
I cannot be trapped
Beneath the crusty earth.
How dare you trap me,
And let others tread on me?
How dare you offer flowers
To a stone? It is not me
I am not even the body
That you see before you.
What I am
Is never the same as who.
Do not mourn me,
Do not have any fears.
Do not cry in my name,
I am not tears.
I am a memory,
I am a friend,
I am a reason to smile
When darkness descends.
I am a lesson.
I am an inventor
Of powerful emotions,
And I am a mentor.
I am dreams.
I am sparkling eyes.
In the middle of the night,
I'm the hidden sunrise.
I have touched hearts,
Held them against mine.
I am no object-
Not easy to define.
Burn this body,
And set me free.
Burn this encasement.
A graveyard is not for me.
Set me to the wind
From a high mountain peak.
Let me see the wor
The End of the World by Arty-Kyn

Over time, I even got back to digitally coloring pieces, after seeing other's digital work, and using it to grow and learn. I've dabbled in most any medium, now. I recently acquired a box of oil pastels to use for an upcoming piece.

Two years ago, I thought... hey, I should try to come up with something that's... ME. I should make a series of art pieces that are somehow connected by something. And that's when I came up with the idea for my Quotes Project. I collect quotes, be they inspiring, cute, advisory, etc and I create artworks to represent each quote.


Opportunity by Arty-Kyn Loved You Once by Arty-Kyn Paint On Silence by Arty-Kyn The Keys to Life by Arty-Kyn


And now I've come full circle and have once again started a web comic series. This time, I am writing the script for it before drawing it, so that way I don't need to worry about the story line while I draw it out. I have been working on it during summers for the past couple years, and have only one chapter to go in the script. Drawing will commence as soon as my editors get back to me. So keep an eye out for The Sigmax Chronicles by yours truly!


I'd like to finish by letting you all know that what you get out of life is all about what you put into it- in other words:Life Is What You Make It by Arty-Kyn



Ciao ciao, all :)
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Garbanzo Beans

2 min read
Pardon the title. I just really like saying "garbanzo" right now for some reason. It just sounds funny. Garbanzo. GarBANzo... GARbanZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Anyway

So I realize it's been quite some time since I've actually uploaded anything worth while. And that's mostly because I left all of my art supplies back at home when I went on study abroad to New Zealand. I got back a few weeks ago, though so.... holla back at me, yo, because I still need to catch up with a lot of you! But yeah I'm getting back into the swing of drawing and such.

A bunch of people have talked me into getting a tumblr because I "sound like such a tumblr chick" so I got one. It doesn't have much on it right now though because I really did just start it. But yeah, that exists now, if anyone cares.

I am planning on getting my first (and probably only) tattoo tomorrow and I am super excited :D :iconmidna201: is coming with me as support so I can stand the pain.

That's about it, people. I'll try uploading stuff again more often. So... cheers!
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