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AlexE88

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It's me; Alex. I've been on a super long hiatus, for a fair few different reasons. 1. My studies were suffering and I needed to dedicate more time to them 2. I was in a pretty bad place emotionally due to a lot of built up stuff, since then I've dealt with most of those issues. And finally 3. Due to no longer having had a functioning scanner; I was embarrassed to remain on DA without any new art to show for it... and I felt my drawing skills were stagnating as it was; now I have a really nifty art tablet and I feel that, as I've finished my education (Got Master's degree in Fine Art :3 ) I am ready to return here to see if I can get better at drawing again.


I don't know if any of the people I once knew are still around, but if you are, don't be strangers. And sorry if it seemed I was ignoring old messages...

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Hello everyone this is Miss-Kae leaving a journal on behalf of my best friend Alex who is currently talking to me on Facebook.
I have her permission to post this so when she returns you may ask her about me. Its just to clarify that i am who i am.

She is on a very long break due to art block at the moment and feels very uneasy about coming back here after being gone for a while now. I can't go into to much detail as this is also a personal matter with her and i don't want to disclose anything of what she told me. It is up to her to do that when she comes back. 

I am under the understanding she wants to come back sometime in the future and pick up where she left off but right now she doesn't feel very confident or enthusiastic about art, writing or socializing on here at this current time and i have a feeling it will be a long time until she dose come back fully. In her own words on facebook tonight when she spoken to me, she posted: " It just feels like without the means to put my drawings online or colour them digitally, my drive to draw has vanished "Quoted 23:10 - 27/03/2014

With me not living with her any more i don't fully understand what is going on 100% but i am sure all will come clear some day.
I only know about what she told me tonight and what she asked me to do, which was write this journal on her behalf.
 

I hope everyone can understand her and i hope you can leave her some nice words of encouragement to feel welcome when she comes back.

Thank you for reading this and hope you all have a nice day.
Konnon aka :iconmiss-kae:
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I mean, yes... I've been watching a guy making a video on Youtube, discussing the idea of a new type called "Fairy type"...
But I honestly never expected that to be it's ACTUAL NAME!
I mean, come on? What about Light? Would have made a lot more sense.
And does this mean most "Fairy" breeding group pokemon will be upgraded to fairy type? (I noticed that Jigglypuff will become a Fairy type, will Clefairy be changing type too? And if not, then WHY; because Clefairy is the definitive FAIRY... heck, it has FAIRY in it's bloody name!

I mean, sure... I can accept the idea in theory of a "fairy type" all those normal types who were just plain normal deserve to have a type revamp.
But I'm also a small bit sad that Ice type might soon be people's second choice for an advantage against Dragons, now that they've introduced a new advantage type. It was kinda cool when only Ice and Dragon were strong against the dragon type... I just have to hope that the fairy type has a sufficient number of weaknesses to not allow it to out power the poor Ice type (or preferably the Fairy type being weak against Ice.)

But imagine how many old pokemon fit into the "fairy" category:

Jigglypuff and other forms.
Clefairy and other forms.
Chansey and other forms.
Possibly Miltank
Audino
And since they've changed both Marill and Gardevoir, there's even more one type pokemon who could work well as a fairy type (heck, they could make bloody PIKACHU half fairy type!)

But in the end, I suppose I'm not THAT miffed, just quite surprised.
Still wish they'd made it Light type.
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And I still never feel the motivation to call it "premium membership". It was a subscription when I first joined here and to me it still is, since you pay/can pay for it on a regular basis.

But that aside, it's always rather daft, you rarely ever use your polls to ask questions (and when you do they tend to be trivial and mildly pointless) but during the periods when you are bereft of a subscription/premium membership, you ALWAYS think up a question (whether it's to do with your art or project plans, or concerning something more personal...) and think to yourself "I should really post this on DA and see if anyone might be able to offer you their ideas..." and then you remember that you have to pay to use the poll feature...

And... for the first time... the FIRST TIME... since this feature has been created, I fancied asking for critique on a picture I did, only to realise that requesting critique must require a subscription as well...
Very annoying...

As I fancy throwing myself into a written/possible comic project over the holidays (and I mean really, REALLY throw myself into it, as in I will do background research and try to make it gripping and entertaining for my potential audience, which I never really fought too strenuously to achieve in my previous fics/projects)

And I keep getting the overwhelming need to ask for people's opinions on what they'd (hypothetically) like to see/read in a story, but as I can't use polls, my only option would be to write it in a journal; which we all know that most deviants are less inclined to read a whole journal and answer it than they are to quickly vote on a poll.

I think I'll probably invest in a subscription once the holidays start, after my exam and other bits are over... but for now... I need to focus on that...

But damn it, I want to do something creative over the holidays so that I'm not letting my brain go stagnant. (or spending too long trying to find a.... job.... *shivvers violently* )

Once again, this journal isn't here to seek any specific reply (as I said, most people don't reply to journals) it's just as a little bit of a thought-aloud-online moment... it's helped me become more committed to my decision.
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Because I've been recently very pokemon minded and because I wanted to do a bit of specific training, I have decided to create my own set of Pokemon Gym Leaders (they're based in fourth gen, for no really special reason other than my 5th gen games are pretty full at the mo, but that doesn't matter).

And because I've got quite a few points on me and I fancy doing something whilst I wait for my college course to end, I'm going to hold a small Pokemon quiz :D

I am going to list my 8 gym Leader's names below here: (anyone who thinks they can find designs for them in my gallery, I have not even begun designing them yet, so you'll only be wasting you time)

I will list the names of the Gym leaders you will gain (+--) number of points when you identify:

:bulletpurple: What type the Gym Leader trains
:bulletpurple: What inspired me to name them as such (example: Brock was named for the word "Rock" in the name, Whitney was derived from the word "White" etc.)

Note: The Gym leaders are not listed in order of strength/rarity of pokemon, rather how obscure the name is (in my opinion)

So, without further ado, here is the list:


1. Gym Leader REID.
Type: (+2 :points:)
Name: (+2 :points:)

2. Gym Leader TERRANCE.
Type: (+2 :points:)
Name: (+2 :points:)

3. Gym Leader KARA.
Type: (+4 :points:)
Name: (+3 :points:)

4. Gym Leader FRIEDA.
Type: (+4 :points:)
Name: (+6 :points:)*

5. Gym Leader MONICA.
Type: (+4 :points:)
Name: (+6 :points:)*

6. Gym Leader SHAUNA.
Type: (+4 :points:)
Name: (+6 :points:)

7. Gym Leader NATALIE.
Type: (+5 :points:)
Name: (+5 :points:)

8. Gym Leader VERNON.
Type: (+7 :points:)
Name: (+7 :points:)

( * ) This is to show that a name may have two possible origins, so full points will be awarded for both possibilities)


If you wish to send me your answers via comment, feel free to do so; but I will not inform you if you are correct via comment. I will send you a note informing you of which questions you have gotten correct and how many points you have won. (each Deviant may only participate once.) So carefully consider your answers before sending them.)

And, if you know anyone who enjoys pokemon and may want to try and earn a few points, feel free to send them my way.
(Note, if I receive a set number of Deviants getting full marks, I will have to cap it at a reasonable number, I'm not made of points!)

So; now that that is settled, good luck! I will end this quiz in 4 days!
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