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i have stories and art and garbage and everything else, you name it.  trust me, you'll like it.  i do.  go see:  http://www.myspace.com/uglyunicorn
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you will get there one day.  i really like you art. especially the animals with hand heads.
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HAHA yeah, i'm trying.  i figure if i get enough people who know about me someone will eventually give me money.  thank you!  did you see my frickr account? 
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HAHA yeah, i'm trying.  i figure if i get enough people who know about me someone will eventually give me money.  thank you!  did you see my frickr account? 

You can start with the money thing now, ya know. :> There are a lot of micro-fundraising sites popping up, like FeedTheMuse.net and so forth. If you need $ for a project, equipment, other art-related stuff, you can create a project and start passing the hat around. (I'm about to post a hat-passing thing myself! :)
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I would add you but I deleted my myspace not too long ago.
Maybe you should make a facebook fan page and a twitter.
Those are very popular for self advertisement.
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HAHA yeah, i'm trying.  i figure if i get enough people who know about me someone will eventually give me money.  thank you!  did you see my frickr account? 
I'm not going to lie, and I know this sounds mean, but the part about hoping people will give you money is ridiculous. It looks, to me, that the ONLY reason that you want to be famous is to avoid work, and the easiest way you can see to attempt to do it is through art. This is also known as being lazy. Why not just make art your passion, make art your life? I don't get how someone could want to make art just for fame... Art isn't art unless it involves an artist.. and you can't be an artist unless your love and passion and desire and everything that you can possibly give goes into your art.
Exploiting art for fame is sad and low.
Thats my opinion.
So why not make it so art makes you?
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this sounds like a great idea and i'm sure it will work out. i'm sure your future fans will really appreciate this philosophy and that amanda would approve.
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this sounds like a great idea and i'm sure it will work out. i'm sure your future fans will really appreciate this philosophy and that amanda would approve.
Jesse, you are amazing.
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HAHA well i appreciate your passionate oppinion, but your taking this way WAY too seriously, i was just kidding!  of course i don't just expect people to give me money!  plus if i wanted to be rich i'm sure there are ways that would work a lot better than being an artist.  i actually love art- i literally learned to draw before i could walk.  the only reason i wrote that cause i think it's funny.  sorry for getting everyone all fired up all over nothing!   
hope you liked what you saw anyway? 

HAHA yeah, i'm trying.  i figure if i get enough people who know about me someone will eventually give me money.  thank you!  did you see my frickr account? 
I'm not going to lie, and I know this sounds mean, but the part about hoping people will give you money is ridiculous. It looks, to me, that the ONLY reason that you want to be famous is to avoid work, and the easiest way you can see to attempt to do it is through art. This is also known as being lazy. Why not just make art your passion, make art your life? I don't get how someone could want to make art just for fame... Art isn't art unless it involves an artist.. and you can't be an artist unless your love and passion and desire and everything that you can possibly give goes into your art.
Exploiting art for fame is sad and low.
Thats my opinion.
So why not make it so art makes you?
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oh i don't care what my fans think, i just want their money.  (that's what i want.) 
i'm glad you're so sure Amanda would like it though. 

this sounds like a great idea and i'm sure it will work out. i'm sure your future fans will really appreciate this philosophy and that amanda would approve.
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oh i don't care what my fans think, i just want their money.  (that's what i want.) 
i'm glad you're so sure Amanda would like it though. 

this sounds like a great idea and i'm sure it will work out. i'm sure your future fans will really appreciate this philosophy and that amanda would approve.


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oh i don't care what my fans think, i just want their money.  (that's what i want.) 
i'm glad you're so sure Amanda would like it though. 

this sounds like a great idea and i'm sure it will work out. i'm sure your future fans will really appreciate this philosophy and that amanda would approve.


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oh HELL YES. 
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If it's all about money, I've been doing something terribly wrong the last few years :uglystupid2:
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If it's all about money, I've been doing something terribly wrong the last few years :uglystupid2:

I didn't even check to see if I was gonna get paid for my one gig what I've played xD Turned out I got £20 and free drinks - score!
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If it's all about money, I've been doing something terribly wrong the last few years :uglystupid2:
You're doing it right :)
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If it's all about money, I've been doing something terribly wrong the last few years :uglystupid2:
You're doing it right :)
QFFT

everyone costantly takes the piss out of me cause i never ask for money to anyone to draw illustrations/flyers/stuff/merch etc.


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yeah sorry, but if you're doing it for money and you don't care about you're fans, not only are you doing it the wrong way, but it will be much harder to get where you want.

don't get me wrong, you're art is fantastic! just try to think about it a bit differently and you'll get even further. :)
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If it's all about money, I've been doing something terribly wrong the last few years :uglystupid2:
You're doing it right :)
QFFT

everyone costantly takes the piss out of me cause i never ask for money to anyone to draw illustrations/flyers/stuff/merch etc.



I never ask for money unless the ppl I'm doing work for want to provide the materials.
But that's as far as getting shit goes.
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money is definitely not a consideration when doing work and I have actively turned down offers of payment for things in the past.....fame is also not a goal I have ever considered..... it is all about the act of creating the art and getting other people to experience my art.....
on a more personal note...there is nothing wrong with trying to sell your work, but perhaps you really should show more finished pieces on your website...the sketches are nice but they really are just rough sketches....sorry.
If you want to get famous for your art you are going to have to be damned good so keep going and keep practicing!
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You're also going to have to be interesting. I personally never want to give my money to someone I don't want to go to the pub with. I'm with Raliel though, you're gonna have to be incredible to make money from art - it's a rotten fucking job, I'm so glad I can't draw anything but blasphemous owls and therefore couldn't entertain even the vaguest dream of it xD
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Some people like owls. Like my mom.  O0

She has two drawings of owls in the computer room, and at least three or four pictures of owls in the hallway.


I see art as I see theater - if you enjoy it and love it, then it's worth pursuing. If you're in it for the money, then you're in the wrong business. It can be fruitful, but it takes a lot of work and a lot of patience. Not to mention a lot of practice, too. :)
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Blasphemous owls?? Blasphemous French owls?? Because really, that's it.

I think persuing art for money - and by "art", here I mean like all artistic endeavour whether it's painting/drawing, film-making, theatre, fashion or music or whatever - then the art will suffer. The best works of art come from the pure drive that comes with needing to create, not wanting to.
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Chances are, she'll love them.

I mean, this woman loves owls like no one else I've ever encountered before in my life.  ;D


But yeah, I agree. There has to be some need or desire to create. Passion, that's what it's all about. ^_^
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Give her this from me:



And a cuddle.
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yeah sorry, but if you're doing it for money and you don't care about you're fans, not only are you doing it the wrong way, but it will be much harder to get where you want.

don't get me wrong, you're art is fantastic! just try to think about it a bit differently and you'll get even further. :)

aww thanks you sweets!  i was totally kidding though, i don't actually care if people give me money.  some people just took me really fucking seriously. 
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Give her this from me:



And a cuddle.

this is fucking bad ass.  just sayin. 
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Thank you xD He is saying, "I am the sacred owl, and I am singing for the souls of sinners! Listen well to my message; THE BIRD IS THE WORD! He's the whole battle-cry..."
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Thank you xD He is saying, "I am the sacred owl, and I am singing for the souls of sinners! Listen well to my message; THE BIRD IS THE WORD! He's the whole battle-cry..."
where did you get this idea?  and why french? 
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Thank you xD He is saying, "I am the sacred owl, and I am singing for the souls of sinners! Listen well to my message; THE BIRD IS THE WORD! He's the whole battle-cry..."
where did you get this idea?  and why french? 

It's- Um... It's a whole thing....... xD I dunno when it started, but I ended up drawing two things over and over in my French classes - either a baby seal and a butterfly who lived together getting up to all sort of shennanigans, or this sacred owl. Sometimes there are little French monks praying to it in cod Latin xD The reason it's those animals is that they're the best words in French ever except for "gay", "bin" and "umbrella", but beyond that I really don't know...
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Thank you xD He is saying, "I am the sacred owl, and I am singing for the souls of sinners! Listen well to my message; THE BIRD IS THE WORD! He's the whole battle-cry..."
where did you get this idea?  and why french? 

It's- Um... It's a whole thing....... xD I dunno when it started, but I ended up drawing two things over and over in my French classes - either a baby seal and a butterfly who lived together getting up to all sort of shennanigans, or this sacred owl. Sometimes there are little French monks praying to it in cod Latin xD The reason it's those animals is that they're the best words in French ever except for "gay", "bin" and "umbrella", but beyond that I really don't know...

THAT'S SO WEIRD!  I LOVE IT!
i can see a whole mural of that. 
parapluie et poubelle!  those are funny now that i think about it...
i thought gay was just "homosexuel?"
my favorite french word is sausage. 
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No, it's pede - I mean, homosexuel is right, and politically correct, but pede's like the slangish for it. And bebe-phoque is just the greatest word evarrrr.
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Thank you xD He is saying, "I am the sacred owl, and I am singing for the souls of sinners! Listen well to my message; THE BIRD IS THE WORD! He's the whole battle-cry..."
I love it.

Give her this from me:



And a cuddle.
Will d do. =)
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No, it's pede - I mean, homosexuel is right, and politically correct, but pede's like the slangish for it. And bebe-phoque is just the greatest word evarrrr.
oh cool.  i will make sure to se it next time i speak french!  i will also try to fit "bebe-phoque" in somewhere even though i have no idea what it means. 
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Thank you xD He is saying, "I am the sacred owl, and I am singing for the souls of sinners! Listen well to my message; THE BIRD IS THE WORD! He's the whole battle-cry..."
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/QXLqMB6vBic" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/QXLqMB6vBic</a>

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Thank you xD He is saying, "I am the sacred owl, and I am singing for the souls of sinners! Listen well to my message; THE BIRD IS THE WORD! He's the whole battle-cry..."
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/QXLqMB6vBic" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/QXLqMB6vBic</a>

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Can I just say that this made my day? xD
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everybodys heard that bird is the word.....
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everybodys heard that bird is the word.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPttLty0TXk&feature=related

Brother? Is that you?

I had to hear this in real life from my brother last week. All. Day. Long. *shakes head*
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BTW I really love Indja's owl drawing and it should be a t-shirt print
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BTW I really love Indja's owl drawing and it should be a t-shirt print

Have you not seen the other Sacred Owl pictures there are floating about? There's a few. I posted all the hard copies that I still have to Sylvia though, except two which were just doodles on my French work. One was singing, "Grammar is the work of the Devil" with a little monk praying and praising, etc, and the other was singing a little song about how he loves his homework, it shines like little green cabbages in the sky....
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BTW I really love Indja's owl drawing and it should be a t-shirt print

Have you not seen the other Sacred Owl pictures there are floating about? There's a few. I posted all the hard copies that I still have to Sylvia though, except two which were just doodles on my French work. One was singing, "Grammar is the work of the Devil" with a little monk praying and praising, etc, and the other was singing a little song about how he loves his homework, it shines like little green cabbages in the sky....
HAHA floating about...
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for everyone who was saying, very diplomatically, that basically i should actually fucking finish something.
well.
i actually fucking did:  http://www.theshadowbox.net/forum/index.php?topic=11278.0
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Is there a way you can change the name of this thread?

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An owl that sings for the souls of anglers...?
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An owl that sings for the souls of anglers...?

Exactly.

There are many things I love about the French language, and the fact that "peche" means "fishing", "peach" AND "sin" is one of my very very favourites.
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An owl that sings for the souls of anglers...?

Exactly.

There are many things I love about the French language, and the fact that "peche" means "fishing", "peach" AND "sin" is one of my very very favourites.
yeah!  and liver also means soul and time...
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