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Contest Information

Theme:  Hope

Start Date:  February 2, 2011
End Date:  June 22, at 12:00 a.m. Pacific time (revised because I will be leaving for France on the 25th)


Rules

1.  All forms of art are accepted.

2.  All entries must express the concept of hope in some way.

3.  Entries can be new or old, although new entries may be preferred
(see Rule 4); a maximum of three entries are accepted.

4.  You MUST, in your artist's comments or in a note sent to me, provide a statement giving The Life Count Foundation permission to sell your entry for the sole purpose of charity towards the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  Be aware that your full name and the title of your entry will be printed on all copies sold, meaning your art will be credited to you.

5.  Send me your entries in a note titled "The Hope Contest".


Prizes

First Place
- A $15 Starbucks gift card
- A news feature from me
- A journal feature from me
- A journal feature from ~AnksMusicForTheSoul
- A feature from ~Frostfaxe
- A feature from ~stratopharius

Second Place
- A commission of your choice by me
- A news feature from me
- A journal feature from me
- A journal feature from ~AnksMusicForTheSoul
- A feature from ~Frostfaxe
- A feature from ~stratopharius


Judges




Your support of this contest, whether it is through promoting it or donating a prize, is greatly appreciated.  This is the first time that I have used DeviantArt as a platform for something bigger than myself.  I honestly believe that this contest has the potential of making a true difference.

there is no such thing more significant to life than awareness.

listen

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There are times when truth is better spoken by others than oneself.


I am seventeen years old.  Somehow, these past six years have given me the feeling of revisiting an old life.  I feel as if I have spent all of my time dreaming, and none living.  I smiled today, but did not know why, did not know whether it was of sad remembrance or happiness.

It is hard waking up to sun.
It is beautiful.

i am looking back at this page and laughing.  the ethical and careful self i used to be has long metamorphosed into the candid and smiting self i am now (or so i like to flatter myself).  i feel as if i have grown out of deviantart, or, at least, the person who has constituted this page and its gallery.  i have not picked up a pencil in ages; i feel as if my old work - that which my hand has inevitably memorized - no longer depicts the state of my mind in the present; but, though i strive to rebuild my style, the intrinsic fear of failure that any artist experiences prevents me from taking any first step.  school is its usual obligation - although now more than ever - and humanity, especially that of the high school sort, has begun to piss me off.  nonetheless, hypocrite that i am, i have created a tumblr.  it is new and it is clean, and satisfies my inherent desire to be neat.  if your heart desires, follow me - i am far more active there than i am here.

formspring
try me.

saw rise against yesterday.  it was epic.  got a lot of bruises.  
best.  concert.  ever.

faulkner, you drive me crazy.

yesterday was the first day of school.

schedule

chemistry
AP french
APUSH
LA honors
AP economics
AP calculus

sport:  swim
extracurricular:  piano
personal:  art and finding internships

in other words, i've decided to stop sleeping this year.

but there are bright sides

chemistry (cute boy)
APUSH (my teacher's amazing - history's my favorite class now dearlordhowdidthishappen)
LA honors (nice books, getting Dune this weekend)
economics (i can't believe it but i've actually taken a liking to it)
calculus (is at the end of the day)

so there you go.

hey everyone,
or everyone who still bothers to read my journals,
it's been hectic.

1.  after finally building up some confidence in drawing, i ended up ripping all of my pictures (except for two) up.  i just have to accept the fact that they (i) can't be perfect, i know, but it's harder than it sounds, especially for me.  anyways, i made a piece of art, would you say, out of one of them:  [link] .

speaking of art, i've decided to start a project alongside my junior year.  basically, i'm thinking to draw a series of traditional portraits portraying emotions.  sooo, i was wondering if you guys could help me out with references.  all you'd have to do is send me a photo, or photos, at least 2048 by 1546 pixels in size, of your face expressing whatever emotion you want.  along with that, you'd need to include a little blurb giving me permission to one, use your photo(s) as reference, and two, use your photo(s) for all commercial purposes.  my email is perky.dorky@hotmail.com.  don't laugh.  oh, and don't be afraid to spread the word!  pimp me out.

2.  scribblers, i'm going to get back to you as soon as possible.  i feel terrible for being absent so long, but again, it's been hectic.

3.  the group collab.  what are your thoughts?  should we call it quits?  it's quite difficult with so many people, and with school/piano/art/swim/internships, i honestly don't think i can keep up reminding people to write their parts.  let me know.

4.  i got a new cammerraaa!  a canon eos rebel t1i, to be exact.  i love it.  named it, too.  edward.  no twilight association whatsoever.  just saw the camera and felt the name fit.  i hate the series for ruining otherwise beautiful names.  pshhtt.  if you ask me, bella's name should've been paleskin pastypants.  hurumph.

5. this was a while ago, but i finally got to reading dirty liar.  my opinion (not that you're asking)?  it was beautifully written, but it gave me a headache.  i felt claustrophobic reading it.  i don't know why, but benji's feelings toward happiness kind of manisfested themselves in me in the form of food.  benji starts to find hope, i get hungry, benji realizes it's a false alarm, i get...more hungry.  your opinions?

6.  finally, are any of you guys excited to go back to school?  i'm not.  for the first time in my life, i am absolutely dreading the thought of seeing my friends.  i've become quite the little grouch.
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i'm doing art for the right reasons anymore.  everything seems forced.  i think i'm going to take a break from deviantart to, i don't know, rediscover it again.  i might be gone for a week, or the whole summer, i don't know - it depends on how things go.

thank you, though, to everyone.  it really means a lot to me when you comment/fave/whatever, even if i'm super slow at getting back to all of you guys.

see you later.

sundays are the most depressing days ever.
i love saturdays, though.
and fridays.


and thursday.  because,
last thursday, i finally spent a day this summer with my friends.  and i didn't even know some of them, aha.  we had a twilight zone marathon and went to lake boren afterwards.  and then walked through the forest to mcdonald's.  which was beautiful - the forest, not mcdonald's.  it was hot out - at long last- and the road was bokeh-fied by the trees, and golden.  i sound schmultzy but it was seriously gorgeous.  there was this old abandoned shack some of us went into that had green windows and creepy hunting equipment inside, it was amazing, and a graveyard where the sun was the brightest.  i'm mad at myself for forgetting to charge my camera =/.  i'm making it a goal to go back there this summer and take pictures.


friday was sleepy.


saturday, i went bridge diving.  sabrina, hailey and i drove almost an hour to get to this river whose name i can't remember to jump.  it was beautiful, too.  

so, we jumped from thirty feet above into the water and it was pretty exhilarating.  and painful.  i woke up this morning with purple splattered all over my thighs - in a line, actually - hello bruises.  tip for future bridge jumpers:  never fall halfway and suddenly spread your legs and start flailing your arms like a crazy woman.  ha.

hailey and sabrina went first because i have a fast camera and they wanted me to catch them jumping.  it took them ten minutes.  i went third, and it took me ten seconds, but mostly because i have zero survival instincts and didn't want to seem like a hypocrite for making fun of them for taking so long P=.  but, then again, i don't even remember being scared - all i remember it getting wacked in the ass by the water.

still, none of us were even close to being graceful, me being the least.  [link] (here's) a picture i snapped of how it should be done.  hailey and sabrina are sitting at the side.  he told us he does stuff like this a lot, so i feel a little less retarded.

i'd do it again in a second.


as for art, i'm so blank lately.  usually, when i'm not inspired in one area, i find inspiration in another.  like if i can't write, i draw, if i can't draw, i take pictures, and if i can't take pictures, i make music.  but right now, i don't feel like doing any of those things.  i'll get ideas, but then just not care about them.  it's a weird feeling.  i don't like it.


anyways, what have you guys been doing this summer?
recommend me something to do =].




oh, and by the way, if you haven't already, read this girl's writing.  she's superb.




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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYONE MORE FINE THAN DAVID BECKHAM?!!  I DIDN'T THINK SO.

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LOOK AT THAT.  LOOK AT THAT PERFECTION.
click it.  you know you want to.
_{(but seriously, click it, because it's a kickass painting.)}

ANYWHO (why am i still using caps?), scroll down for more world cup stuff.

because this space here,
is for contest results!

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second place
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third place
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honorable mentions
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NOW BACK TO BECKHAM.  

five reasons why he's perfect
1. he's gorgeous in face and body.  and he has bitchin' hair.  that's rare.
2. he's damn good at soccer (i want to say football now).
3. he's nice, from what i've seen.  and shy.  i love shy.
4. he's gay friendly.
5. he's been married to victoria for ten years.  that's commitment.
6. and victoria's cool.  just leave it to stupid americans to give everyone a bad name.  
7. he has the cutest british accent ever.  evverrr.

.  so about the world cup.  first off, i'm super sad beckham didn't play.  poor him and his foot injury!  plus, england lost 4-1 to germany, which is humiliating!  actually, all the teams i rooted for lost.  first was denmark, then the u.s., then england, then japan.  sigh.  (AM I BAD LUCK OR SOMETHING?)  still, i can't wait till this weekend to watch ghana play uruguay--go ghana!

ehem, i've become quite the soccer fanatic.



who are you guys rooting for?

see them here:  [link] !

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News Article: [link]

Info.:

Title: "Song of a Stranger"


Category: Literature (prose, poetry, and everything in between)


Prompt:

Write a story about a real stranger in your life. This doesn't have to be a complete stranger--it could just be someone you've seen around but have never talked to or inquired about. Your submission can be of any length, but your story must begin with your stranger in the place you first encountered them (or last, if you can't remember when you first saw them).

However, aside from that, your story does not have to be realistic. For example, if you saw your stranger at the supermarket, you don't have to write a realistic story about the rest of their day. You can, instead, place this stranger in a futuristic supermarket from which he exits into a futuristic world, etc., etc. Catch my drift?


Prizes:

First Place
- A 3 month subscription from me
- A feature from me
- A feature from ~losingmyfaith
- A feature from `Exillior
- A feature from =CarolineCherry
- A feature from ~Magic-fan
- A feature and llama badge from ~FranScribbles
- A feature from ~LitWIP
- A musical piece written by me to the theme of the winning story

Second Place
- A feature from me
- A feature from ~losingmyfaith
- A feature from `Exillior
- A feature from =CarolineCherry
- A feature from ~Magic-fan
- A feature and llama badge from ~FranScribbles
- A feature from ~LitWIP
- A musical piece written by me to the theme of the winning story

Third Place
- A feature from me
- A feature from ~losingmyfaith
- A feature from `Exillior
- A feature from =CarolineCherry
- A feature from ~Magic-fan
- A feature and llama badge from ~FranScribbles
- a feature from ~LitWIP
- A musical piece written by me to the theme of the winning story


Judges:

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Rules:

- Entries can be of any length, as mentioned above.
- Entries must be sent to me, *RiparianVeins, via note.  I will not accept links in the comment section of this news article or my journal concerning this contest.
- Only new deviations, please.  No deviations from before May 20th.
- That's all, =].


Deadline:

Start Date:  May 20th
End Date:  Friday, June 18th, at midnight.


Entries:  [link]




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