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So I just created a new blog today, called The Unavoidable Gnome. http://unavoidablegnome.blogspot.com It basically a blog where I'll bs about World of Warcraft. Nothing too enormously exciting, but I figured enough people follow me on here play WoW that I should mention it. It's also why I went ahead and colored the Polianna pic. Anyways, feel free to check it out, hope you enjoy. ___________________________________________________________ My other account: ~garlicfiend (https://www.deviantart.com/garlicfiend) Fantasy/sci-fi awsomeness: :iconyour1st::iconAndreeWallin::iconanndr::iconBalance-Sheet::iconburari::iconCristianPenas::iconDuelisto::iconEl-Despertar::iconFalter

It's been a while since I posted anything. My home life has been has been less than conducive to art-making, and so I just haven't been doing any. But I am trying like hell to change my situation, and hopefully this new venture will change that. I have officially begun the business of trying to get a tattoo artist apprenticeship. It is at once a scary and thrilling venture, and I'm not sure how it's going to turn out. The area I live in has been hit pretty hard by economic troubles, and I'm not sure how willing the tattoo shops are going to be to start from scratch with someone when they are already struggling. But I have to try. I have been

In my gallery stats (at the moment I write this), my deviations have got 38,663 views. Over half of these have come from a single. bloody. piece. Tribal Wings 1 http://clearwater-art.deviantart.com/art/Tribal-Wings-1-93003670 21,455 views. I've had just about enough of it, seriously. Over 15k downloads on the damn thing, but only 29 faves. So it's worth downloading but not faving? Or is this just non DA users scrounging through DA for tat designs? I'm pissed. If I had ANY indication this was bringing more views to the rest of my gallery, I'd be fine with it. But it's not. I think someone offsite linked to it on some tattoo forum or someth