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I've been contemplating about changing my username because I kinda want to get away from the "sayu" thing. Most of you may know (newer watcher probably not) that sayu was my first naruto oc and my first oc ever. Hoever, I simply don't see myself solely as an oc, and especially solely as a naruto fandom artist anymore!
I'd be curious to hear whether you identify the name ariesayu as a whole or as arie - and - sayu (is this a weird question..? :*D)
BUUT I like the sound of it ;; I think it rolls off the tongue rather fluently so I'm not entirely sure whether to actually change it or leave it this way.

Some suggestions I came up with are for example:
ariezari
ariesari
arieszai
ariezai / ariesai
arienia
arievie
ariena (..something)

I'd be very, very grateful for any opinion or additional suggestions!!
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Artist meme...

8 min read
Yeah..I'm doing the thing too
Tagged by keiicchii

BASICS

  • dA Username: Ariesayu
  • Name: Becca (not gonna tell you my real name although it's obvious huhuhu)
  • Nicknames and/or Preferred Names: umm...Becca or Bec?
  • Country: Germany
  • Zodiac Sign: Aries

YOUR DA

  • Number of Past Accounts: 0
  • Number of Past Usernames: 1
  • First Username: xXSayuKashimaXx or something along the lines haha
  • Original Join Date:  April 23 2011..wow
  • Premium Member? Today's the last day That's why I make the journal today and bcs I'm lazy af orz Update: - 0 xD
  • Watchers: 827
  • Deviations: 157
  • Favorites: 8,212
 

FAVOURITES

  • Favorite Digital Art Program: Photoshop
  • Favorite Traditional Art Medium: pencil and ink!
  • Favorite dA Artists: You can see them on my front page, I wouldn't like to increase their notification feed with this xD
  • Favorite Movies: Studio Ghibli Movies will forever stay in my heart ♥ | I enjoy many movies, listing them would never find an end (but I enjoyed The Martian a lot!)
  • Favorite TV Shows: I don't watch tv shows atm, too busy ><
  • Favorite Music Artists/Bands: Check out my spotify playlist if you're interested, again, listing them would take forever, also I don't like to decide for a few favourites
  • Fandoms You're Stuck In: HAIKYUU goddamit, Gangsta. , One Piece, Their Story and 19 days hnnmmm♥

PERSONAL

  • Sexual Orientation: Well, hetero I guess, but I have no idea to be fair
  • Religious Affiliation: That's something I think about myself too, I guess the state of the art is that I haven't defined it
  • Pets: Nopedinope, luckily there are cute pet videos all around the net (I saw a video of clumsy penguins and I cried it was so freaking adorable!!!!! ;A; )
  • Number of Family Members in Household: 4
  • Scars? Yas
  • Tattoos? None, but I do like them and I don't dislike the idea of getting one eventually
  • Piercings? None
  • Alcohol? Rarely, I don't enjoy it
  • Drugs? I think alcohol counts as one, but besides that, nope
  • Height: 5'8"
  • Weight: My god this is getting personal xD

PREFERENCES

  • Digital or Traditional? I enjoy both! Been getting more into traditional again as of late and I love it, but it's nice revisiting my tablet once in a while <3
  • Beach or Mountains? Ahhh don't wanna decide don't force me to Dx Love swimming in the sea (esp if it's calm) and the sunsets are nice, but mountains would be great for working out and relaxing in the woods
  • Dolphins or Sharks? Dolphins, Sharks are creeping me out
  • Would you rather fight 100 third graders or one at a time? COME AT ME BRAH GONNA TEACH YOU A LESSON
  • On sunny days, you: feel obligated to do something social or 'nice' and don't want to thus leaving me feeling bad, otherwise I might go out and enjoy it
  • On rainy days, you: Get all lovey dovey with the sound of rain
  • On hot days, you: hide in my room, I'm not too good with heat, sometimes I might go out and enjoy it by taking a nap outside
  • On cold days, you: Dress myself in 5 layers of clothing, plus 2 pants, winter socks + a blanket, my brain functions better tho

TEN FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF

  1. I love my friends and family 
  2. I have a huge gallery of instagram screenshot from all the good quotes waiting to be written down in a beautiful book I purchased
  3. I love having graduated, less situations in which I feel uncomfortable feeling obligated to talk to people although I know they're not interested in what I might say (apart from a few cool people, miss them)
  4. on the other hand, me slowly sliding into adulthood is terrifying af
  5. I'm actually going to pursue art as a career as of now
  6. I love the smell of dried tea bags
  7. I either love the heck out of people or resent humanity for what it's doing with this planet and its inhabitants
  8. One girl once told me she thought I was kidding her with my friendliness, assuming it was fake, and I guess...she isn't the only one (why has kindness gotten so rare that we're always searching for the irony behind it/ or mistaking it for a flirt attempt)
  9. I should write my thoughts down more often before going to bed, I guess it'd help me fall asleep
  10. I love observing people and thinking about their story

YOUR CHARACTERS

  • How many OCs do you have? Let's restrict it to the active ones: 3! totally not haikyuu
  • What fandom do most of them belong to? oh didn't saw that soon enough
  • Which one is your favorite? Rokuro, I'mmhmmhmsuchasuckerforhimandShinya
  • Which one do you draw the most? Yup, Ro, but I tend to work on other stuff more than my ocs atm
  • Do you request work of them? yeeah ;;;
  • Do you ship them with other people's characters, or your own? KiSsicchi we're totally guilty
  • Do you roleplay with them? cough
  • How do you keep track of them? actually, my brain can handle that luckily xD
  • Are there any that you would make real if you had the chance? Ohhhmygod please don't let me dwell in daydreams  about these two suckers coming alive

ART QUESTIONS

  • When did you get into art? Back then when I was 12 maybe? My sister inspired me to start drawing since I imitated everything she did
  • What art-related sites have you ever signed up for? deviantART, hmm art related, Idk Tumblr, Instagram and Twitter aren't officially art-related are they?
  • Show us your oldest piece of art you have on hand:
  •    1 by Ariesayu always magic girls 2 by Ariesayu love this xDD ♥ probably not the oldest ones but these are priceless
  • What defines your artistic style? U tell me
  • What levels of artistic education have you had? Self taught and very grateful for all the resources online and kind artists sharing their knowledge!!
  • Show us at least one picture you drew or sketched recently that you did not put on a public site. >< I'm lazy to get up again, most of my dribbles are on my instagram
  • What do you like most about your art? pfew...dk probably that it's evolving, I want to improve my painting skills but I guess I'm kinda satisfied with the facial structure (although I'm still far from where I want to be)
  • What do you like least about your art? My non-existing flexibility in drawing flamboyant angles
  • Have you ever considered taking commissions? I did already
  • Are you looking to pursue a career in art? Whoops, yep
  • What do you like drawing the most? Faces and bodies
  • What do you like drawing the least? Torso/chest in perspective, proof that I need to study more anatomy
  • Do you draw more fanart or original art? If fanart, what fandom do you draw the most of? Fanart definitely Haikyuu and Gangsta, original art: ocs and all kind of random stuff to get more mileage
  • What would you absolutely refuse to draw? Things that I square with my moral standards
  • What is your purpose for drawing? Expressing thoughts, it's fun and hopefully to be able to delight some people
  • What medium/program do you use the most in your art? Currently traditional, pencil and ink, otherwise Photoshop
  • List at least one of your “artspirations.” I always admired people that were able to amaze others (me) with their art, you know people going around with their sketchbooks, telling stories with a few strokes and creating an entire story in one single expression etc., I wanted to be one of them (although I think that it's important that you're not doing it to impress anybody but that'd be a given)
  • What do you think you could stand to improve on? Everything!

I don't tag anybody, but to whomever would like to do this too, I tagged you c:

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Short Update

5 min read


Heya guys :)
I thought it was time for a quick update. Some of you might have noticed that I've gone into a hiatus phase or that I take tremendously long to answer comments or a decline in activity in general.
There's little time for me to draw between work, and preparing work for applications for school I intend to attend next year. Since it's always clever to apply for more than just one, I picked several schools I'm planning to apply for which means a lot of work since the application process doesn't include a Numerus Clausus (NC) but a judgment based on a project /portfolio as well as an extra examination on-site.
Practically speaking, one school is asking for a short animation film which I'm currently preparing for. The other schools ask for a project / bunch of work related to a given topic they decide on but that will take place next springtime.
Being active on social media takes some time and investment I unfortunately cannot afford at the moment and won't be probably until summer next year.

Still, I will try to be as active as possibly posting some steps of my journey on tumblr | instagram or deviantart.


Well that's it already, I hope you're all doing alright!
take care ♥




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I feel like I need to get some things of my chest concerning my art and life journey (Nothing too serious :D )
As some of you might know, I plan to apply for a college in Austria. In order to be accepted there, each applicant is supposed to create a project for the specific degree course I'm planning for.
Working on this project eats a lot of time! In addition I'm working on finally getting my driver license as well as working as an employee. Overall, this isn't leaving me much leisure time to draw.

The degree is related to art. And I dearly want to improve my.art.
But drawing only colored half-and fullbodies and my ocs and fandom art won't help as much as actively taking more time to really study art. Which means tons of exercises, drawing in perspective, understanding human anatomy, color and light theory and many more. I kinda feel like I'm on a plateau with my art since I'm not yet working on understanding the deep matter of art. Sure, I'm watching anatomy videos here and there and always try to give my best. But I want to be better damnperfectionismorz

So this is basically me telling you that I won't be able to be as active as I maybe used to be? This doesn't mean I will stop drawing my ocs or fandom related art. I still plan to draw and submit art here.
But I feel like I need to ""grow up"" (sort of) to improve my skills.

My current to-do list to give you folks some kind of overview:
  • The contest prize for YozoraArashi
  • Pretty overdue birthday gifts
  • Well and some personal, non-personal stuff here and there

Btw, I'm uploading sketches and wips on my  tumblr and instagram, so follow me there if you're interested.

Again, I don't stop drawing things I always used to draw, since I love doing that and it's still my hobby!
Thanks for taking the time and reading this :heart:





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:iconmalome:
Recently discovered her work and absolutely fell in love with her painting style!! :heart:
You gotta check out her work :) She'll be open commissions soon, too!

Some work in her gallery:

Michi by malomeShizako And Itachi by malome
Momoko Uchiha by malome
Ahri by malome

^THESE definintely deserve more attention :heart:



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