We have probably all seen the email now, but encase you haven’t…

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So stop by my shop and pick up something. Just click here.

In other news that is warm and fuzzy. On Thursday 8th October (after the NZ Vodafone Music Awards) I GOT ENGAGED to my partner of 7 years (see more reason to buy my prints...haha).
Before you ask though...No, he didn't get down on one knee; it was the other way around (although still no "on one knee" thing). And Yes, I have a ring; he brought it a few weeks earlier.

I found out later in the evening after I had asked him and what not that he had been thinking about it for the past 2 months, just that he didn’t know how to ask and I kind of beat him to the punch.

We are looking at doing the deed in October/November next year. It's a weird feeling...excitement and total fear all at the same time. It's such a big move to make.

So I think that is all for now. Will hopefully have a few prints up in time for Halloween...you know pumpkins and things like that!

suc-cess-ful [suh k-ses-fuh l]
–adjective
1. achieving or having achieved success
2. having attained wealth, position, honors, or the like.
3. resulting in or attended with success.

art-ist [ahr-tist]
–noun
1. a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
2. a person who practise one of the fine arts, esp. a painter or sculptor.
3. a person whose trade or profession requires a knowledge of design, drawing, painting, etc.: a commercial artist.
4. a person who works in one of the performing arts, as an actor, musician, or singer; a public performer: a mime artist, an artist of the dance.
5. a person whose work exhibits exceptional skill.
6. a person who is expert at trickery or deceit: He’s an artist with cards.
7. Obsolete. An artisan.

What makes one successful artist different from the next is their level of success, where they decided to place the bar, how high they keep placing the bar, shifting it, and moving it, adapting.

We all have to adapt at some point. Things change, they never stay the same...or at least not for too long.

I have 2 months left of my DeviantART subscription and now I am asking myself am I successful or just not as successful as I would like to be?

It's the question that has plagued artists for centuries. We are so hard on ourselves that we don’t see how good we really are; even if we hear it a thousand times we never believe it.

How do I get seen more on this site? A question that still plagues me after 4...almost 5 years.

Anywho so I don't rant on any more...what do you think makes an artist success and do you believe that you are a successful artist?

Also check out the poll while your at it..."How often do you visit my page?". Click here to vote!

Another week (well not quite a week) and I’m still not 100% sure on the benefits of having a premium membership.
I seem to have more people visiting my page now (although there is no steady pattern to it) and it’s awesome to not have ads, choose how many thumbnails you view and change around the look of your profile, but other than that, I’m like a priest without a little boy; not quite sure what to do (I can hear the hissing from here).

As some of you might know I can also be found on the JPG website. Not overly active on there, but last night I submitted my photo "Ellie & The Radio" for Nostalgia in Issue 23. Would be awesome if you guys could check it out and vote.


CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR IT ON JPG

I have just started up a new blog called "119 Plus" on blogger.
119 days was originally the place of ramblings while a friend, ~Aflickion, was on his O.E. Leading up to his return & since his return I’ve wanted to continue blogging (like the geek I am), so now we have 119 Plus, the place where we rant on about music, events, art, fashion and whatever else comes up.
Click here to check it out.

Tomorrow I'm working as an extra on the set of Outrageous Fortune (a New Zealand drama); should be a fun day. Then it’s haul ass into the weekend.
Face painting for Roller Derby on early Saturday evening, possibly doing body painting a friend for Godskitchen, then there is the task of getting myself ready for Godskitchen. Hopefully manage to make it into Ginger Minx at some point over the weekend (it would be nice, but it happening is well…up in the air).

Then it is time to get ready to the New Zealand Vodafone Music Awards. I found out that I won a couple of tickets this afternoon, thanks to Vodafone. This all means that I have to find something to wear and I have to say it didn’t take much deciding. I’m not going to give it all away yet, but expect to see some new custom stuff sometime over the next week. Good way to get yourself out there huh?