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Holy potato fritters and cute critters!


...My latest update was from 2016...

*AhemsdofijwegäosnhgäoergäeorngäESORIHG*

Hi! How are you? I hope you're doing well...


As you may have noticed, I've been absent from DeviantArt for a very long time. I... uuuuhh... I'm sorry about that. Life has been pretty up-and-down for me for a while...
Except for personal reasons (working and living), I have actually been very productive for a while now.
Of course, I'm still painting and creating stuff on my free-time. I've been spending a lot of time at my desk and making stuff... But resently, it has been more traditional painting than ever since I started, and I am excited to tell you what has been going on. 
So I hope you don't mind a long-quick-update for what has happened under these years!
  1. On Gotland Island, there is a convention named WisCon (in Visby of Gotland Island)! A game convention with board games, card games, roleplaying games... and much more games! I've been participating in their Artist Corner since 2016, and if I'm going this year too, that'll be my third time as a convention artist! So far it has been only posters, and I'm not sure what I'm going to show/sell on the convention yet, but I hope I'll get some new and awesome stuff for the convention this year!
  2. Hmm, If I'm going to WisCon this year, I have to say that 2018... Might be my most active year in art (in general). This winter I've had a solo art exhibition in a youth center on Gotland Island.  There were landscape paintings, abstract art and some digital art aswell, and I've got to meet some amazing people and hear some good things about my art. It was a lot of fun, and I am so glad I got to do it!
  3. So, resently, I've participated in a huge art exhibition on Gotland Island (or rather, it's like a art salon with a great number of artwork from many different artists). It's a local tradition called "Gotländska Vårsalongen" where many artists (from amateurs to professionals) come together every easter. The responsible ones of the art salon collects the artworks from every artist and set them up to form a exhibition for everyone to see. It's a local 4-day-exhibition on Gotland Island, and - apparently - it has been going on for a long time (this year it was the 24th run of the art salon). And it has been a blast! There were so many people who visited and over 100 artists participated in this. That, to me, is insane, but it was amazing to see every artwork there... And I hope to jump in next year with some new work!
  4. I'll have my paintings at a local caféteria in May! They'll be there for a month or so, and it will be no exhibition or nothing huge. But they'll have some nice paintings for a period of time (and I better have some great coffee and pastries while I'm there - hehehe).
You know...
It's actually funny... Many people say that nothing is ever happening on Gotland Island (specifically around autumn, winter and spring), but here I am! Making art, making/planning/going to exhibitions and meeting amazing people. *laughing out loud*

What do I do now?
  1. Well, I paint! I've got some other things planned. And of course, I got to work and live a simple life as well. I do have ideas for personal things that I want to do, but I'd rather keep those things secret before then. Right now, things just gotta take their time.
  2. I'm pretty much everywhere now (almost atleast), and I'm changing my username in some social medias (so we won't have to use my acronym as a username again). In short; I'm going from Acilegna1993/Acilegna93 to AJ Arts and Crafts! Right now I'm mostly active on Instagram, but you can find me on Twitter and Tumblr as well. I'm planning on to update my username here as well, if I ever get that Core-membership... *sigh*
Well, that all I've got for now! I'm not sure how often I will be here from now on, but... we'll see. Head to the social medias below if you want to check them out!
I hope you'll have a amazing day, and keep being amazing! <3

Here's the links (if you want to follow me):
Instagram: aj_artsandcrafts
Twitter: AJartsandcrafts
My Blog (Tumblr): ajartsandcrafts
Here's the links to my portfolio(s) as well:
Angelica Johansson (for english speakers)
Angelica Johansson SWE(for swedish speakers)
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Yes. I'm still walking on my two feet. Just been very busy this weekend. Will update soon! ^^
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Hi! How are you guys?
I hope everything's well...

It has been a rough journey with everything lately. And to be honest... Things aren't going so well... (and I apologize in advance, this will be a very personal post)...

The 3D course is a lot harder than I'd imagined it to be. And everything was fine at first. I have some eyes, mouths, ears and noses done and I actually want to upload them to show you guys my progress...
Right now we are making busts of our pieces to learn more of Zbrush and some other basic things on how to sculpt in the software.
But it has been some issues... And I have failed the assignment. I'm worried and I'm falling behind a lot now because of it...

My computer is lagging a bit when I'm working in higher quality of my 3D sculpts. I believe Zbrush needs alot of RAM memory for things to work, so I need pretty much clean my computer and/or maybe raise my RAM memory (but it's pretty late for that now)... I was expecting that things might end up really bad from time to time...
But the worst part is that... I think it's the first time that I got a teacher really upset because of some flaws and mistakes of my work...?

We share a forum in class where we upload our work, ask each other for advices etc, and there are tutorials and books in the forum also we have to use for the course. I do follow the videos and try to read the pages they wants us to read. But I failed this assignment allready ones and things isn't going on the right track now either. I even asked everyone on the forum on how I could fix my problems... But no matter what I did I couldn't make the busts as the teacher was expecting me to make them, and I had to hand in the assignment again due to the deadline. How did it go this time?
...They decided to show my work and talk about my mistakes in front of the whole class and said many times that I would fail this class if I couldn't solve these problems...
I would fail if I couldn't work on the busts in higher quality, and fail if I made the same mistakes over again if I handed in the assignment again.

In short... There is a possibility that I might just fail in this course entirely...

Since I have failed two times now and even start to fall behind the schedule with 2 assignments, I have some thoughts about this...

It's just one course. But it's ridiculous of how the course have affected me in these 3 months. I feel bad when I'm saying this, but I don't have any motivation to attend to any gaming schools AT ALL anymore. I think I need to work with something else. I can only concentrate on art... or start from the beginning and work with something completely new...
Sure, there may be so many schools out there that can get the students to feel more motivated to learn and to create than making them feel awful about their work... But are all universities like this?!
I attended the course because I thought I could expand my workflow and even work in different medias in the future. Except for sketching and painting, 3D sculpting just seemed interesting to me. But if I end up in a university feeling this bad about myself... I'd rather do something else...

If you survived this post, thanks for reading, and thanks for bearing with me...
I needed to write this down.

Have a nice day!
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Sooo... umm....

I've got tumblr and instagram...! (yay?)

Just thought I would upload all kinds of stuff like drawings, random photos, behind-the-bucking-freaking-scenes-footage... you name it. Simple, somewhat-daily, blog-ish stuff.
Since I've heard so much about these social medias, I was thinking I would give it a shot and see what happens.

If you're interested you can check them out. The Tumblr site looks kinda boring at the moment, but I'm still learning how Tumblr works. Anyhow, click the links down below if you want to have a look:

Instagram: instagram.com/acilegna1993/
Tumblr: acilegna93.tumblr.com/

...Yeah, I'm freaking creative with names... [not]
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Got "tagged" by reading :iconthe-three-eyed-ram: 's journal... :P
And I thought this might be fun to do.
So.....


1. What does your Deviantart name mean and why?

Acilegna93 is just my name backwards and my birthyear noted.

Nothing special really :P
But back in 2010, when I had a name based on the Sonic franchise (Angelic the hedgehog)...
...what the fuck?


2. What fandom are you obsessed with?

Zelda, Sonic… the list goes on.


3. How many watchers do you have now?

23


4. Name 3 of your favorite artists on DA.

Sorry… can’t choose XD


5. Or lack thereof, move along…

………


6. Do you participate in clubs' contests here on dA?

I’m in some clubs, but I have never participated a contest from any club…


7. What is your most popular submission?

I think people like this submission for some reason…

(Made in 2010)

Smurfs Doodles by Acilegna93 

8. What are your favorite non-anime TV shows?

At the moment The Legend of Korra...

Damn it’s so good O_O


9. What are the things you wish you could draw better?

Characters, environment… HANDS… FEET...

In short; wish I were pretty much better in everything...  :P


10. Summer or winter?

….Fall and spring?


11. Rain or Sun?

Like both.


12. What's your favorite type of music?

I listen to everything that gives me the beats…

Or else it’s mostly game soundtracks, hardrock and metal.


13. PC or Mac

...Both?

Though I have always prefered PC, Mac sure has some stuff I wish PC had (like FINAL CUT PRO?!).


14. Anime or Manga?

I like both.


15. Coke or Pepsi?

Hot chocolate.


16. Read or TV?

Read.

And Internet. :)


17. How many hours a day do you spend on dA?

30 min - 2 hours?

Sadly it’s not a lot of time I spend on dA.


18. Name a talent.

……………


19. Flash or traditional cartoons?

There are really, REALLY good Flash cartoons nowadays (My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic for example)…

But I grew up with traditional cartoons, soo… yeah. :P


20. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?

MAX hamburger restaurant?


21. What are your top 3 favorite books?(not mangas)

(Not mangas? DANGIT!)

Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow - Katy Towell

The Prince and the pauper - Mark Twain

Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne


22. Wii or PlayStation?

…I like them both…


23. Name 3 of your favorite bands/singers.

Only 3? ……siiigh… Crush 40, Alestorm and Lindsey Stirling.


24. Are you a fast, slow, or medium typer?

Medium I guess :P


25. Do you like Denny's?

Have never been at Denny’s.


26. What is your favorite smiley?

:D

:P

^^


27. What is your favorite type of pie?

It’s a tie between apple pie and rhubarb pie. :P


28. Have you ever stayed up for 24 hours?

Yes I have...


29. Do you go on dA a lot?

...I said allready that I don’t spend a lot of time on dA…

Shouldn’t this question been before the last question about “spending time on dA”?

Just saying :P


30. Are you a member on any other sites besides DA?

Well I got a youtube channel that’s dead now…

Or else; no.


31. Do you cosplay?

It happened one time… I never do it on my spare time though :P


32. Fruits or sweets?

Fruits… and chocolate.


33. Buttered, plain, or salted popcorn?

Salted.


34. Have you skipped school?

Yeaah...


35. Have you been on a plane?

Yes.


36. Have you swam in an ocean?

Yes I did that a lot... before I became lazy.


37. Have you been ice skating?

Yes… but I don’t like it.


38. Favorite vacation spot?

At home.


39. Ever been on TV?

Nope… but I have been on the radio a couple of times.


40. Favorite salad and dressing?

Pastasallad with thousand island dressing I guess :P


41. What do you do to relax?

Listen to music, watch videos, draw, hang out with my loved ones, walk… this list goes on too :)


42. What is the last film you saw in the theater?

Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies


43. Favorite Sandwich?

Pizza sandwich.


44. If you could go anywhere in the world…

A few places in Sweden…

and Japan.


45. Favorite time of the day?

Night / late afternoon.


46. What did you want to be when you were little?

...A mailman… xD


47. What do you want to be now?

...I honestly don’t know...

My biggest dream is to become a game designer / 2D artist / Game graphic… person… someday.

But really, I just want a job where I can work with illustrations and graphics. Something to use my pen and hands as my main tools...


48. If you could eat with one person, who would it be?

I don’t know…


49. What character would you hate to be stuck in a room with?

No offence but… Princess Peach…?
She's actually allright... Though, I still can't stand her for some reason...


50. When is your birthday?

7th June 1993.


51. Favorite type of ice cream?

I like vanilla as much as chocolate.


52. Last book you read?

Vad är konst?” (What is art?) - Ernst Billgren


53. Which store would you max out a credit card at?

If I had so much money that I could spend all of them from my card without regret… Does Steam count?


54. Do you buy / sell / both on eBay.

No.


55. What is the most annoying thing people ask you?

On dA or in real life?


56. Favorite all time movie?

Spirited Away - Studio Ghibli / Hayao Miyazaki.


57. What was your favorite show when you were a kid?

Pokémon and Sonic X.


58. What are you listening to right now?

Obstacles - Syd Matters.


59. What is the last thing you ate?

Peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwich.


60. If you were a crayon what color would you be?

Probably blue or green.


61. What is the first thing you notice about another person?

Eyes.


62. Favorite sport to play?

I don’t do sports, but… Basketball is an old favorite.

63. Favorite Day of the Year?

Those days when I feel really happy and lucky to be alive…

One of those days is one day to remember. :D


64. Hugs or Kisses?

Kisses - BF.

Hugs - Friends and family.


65. Vanilla or Chocolate?

Both.


66. Favorite Board Game?

Monopoly?


67. Favorite smells?

Nature.

New baked cookies and buns.

Paint.

Books.

… and chocolate?
(What is up with me and chocolate today?!)


68. What inspires you?

Whatever gives me an idea to plan or make something.

(Tv-shows, internet, music, moments etc.)


69. Do you have any piercings?

No.


70. How many siblings do you have?

2.


71. Bacon Bits or Croutons?

Bacon Bits.


72. Favorite Day of the Week?

Hmm… Thursday I guess (or Friday).


73. Favorite phrase?

Don’t have one ^^’’


74. Favorite Restaurant?

Not exactly :P


75. Favorite animal?

Dogs and cats.


76. Favorite thing to do outside?

To walk (especially in forests.)


77. Favorite thing to do when it's raining?

To listen, to study the raindrops on the window, draw, watch a movie… or walk in it!


78. Favorite Disney character?

Fa Mulan from Disney’s “Mulan”.


79. Do you like coffee? If so, what is your favorite kind?

I don't usually drink coffee...
But I have been drinking Café Mocha a couple of times now and that tastes quite good for me.


80. Tag 6 people.

...You know what’s coming right?

Yes. You who reads this. You’re tagged. :D
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