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If you are on this page to make an inquiry about this: :iconkittylickyouplz: or "KITTY LICKING AVATAR", please read this journal. Thank you (:

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Hello, whoever-is-still-watching-this-account.

First off: Thanks everyone for all the support for my work. Sorry for not being here for 2 years to show my gratitude for each and every one of you, but it means a lot for me that you continuously liked my work even after I went DA-dead. Thank you!

Main point: This account will not be updated anymore.


I am quite surprised that visits and comment-inputs on this accounts are still quite regular, as if I am still present. However, I have abandoned this account a long time ago; I simply failed to notify any of you.

Of course, I do not justify my act AT ALL. I left this account without saying anything in fear that people will begin looking for me. If I left with a journal "good bye", with a void gallery, it would have definitely set off an alarm to all of you. I wanted to leave like I was using the back door. Back then I had a growing fear of interacting with large amount of people. But I don't dislike/hate any of you, it's quite the opposite in a lot of cases! I am just a bit anxious by nature, and when it build up too much I end up doing something reckless, like I did on this account.

This is clearly an apology journal, but I don't expect any of you to forgive me. I know it's too late; it has been about 2 years now. On a more positive note, I would like to say that I am still on DA, though I would not like to announce it because I still would not want a large audience. But it's probably not too difficult finding me, ppffttthh. 4 years ago, I was really trying to hide, but not anymore. My art style probably gives it away.  

As for this account...it's filled with my embarrassing past, but I am trying to embrace it. So I am trying not to deactivate it because I think it becomes even more painful and embarrassing if you try to hide it. However, I actually thought about emptying this account for a year, but DATES stop me. I take record-keeping very seriuosly; it drives me nuts. It's a tough choice, so I will have to get back to you guys on this one later.

Edit: I decided to keep this account. I been using this account as an effective tool to browse my old artworks anyway!


I also noticed a lot of repetitive inquiries, so I will say the followings:

1. I am not taking requests!
2. I am not taking commissions!
3. I am not taking art trades!


Sorry. I am too busy p: I would love to see smiles on your face by giving something you want, but I would hate to make someone wait for like 5 months for a simple avatar.

-------------FAQs---------------

1. What program did you use to make these animations?

I used Flash, and since this account is old, I used Flash 8 to be more precise, but I have a copy of Flash CS4 right now.

2. OH GOD WHERE DID YOU GET IT OMG.

Admittedly I got Flash 8 through piracy...It's illegal of course, but come on I had no money! And it's insanely expensive! Now that I have a job, I think I would've purchased a real copy but I got Flash CS4 for free FROM my job. 8D

3. How did you make gif animated avatars?

I used Flash. You can export your flash animation as gif animation. You have to have them at good export setting in order to have them at good color quality. Happy experimenting!

4. Can you make me an avatar?

1. I am not taking requests!
2. I am not taking commissions!
3. I am not taking art trades!


5. Can I use your kitty licking avatar?

Most likely, YES (: For more detail, take a short peak at this: glasswind.deviantart.com/journ…
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July 15th 2010

Wow. I wrote something in all-cap. HAHA! Anyway, I don't know if anyone is still using my old "licking" avatar, or :iconkittylickyouplz:, but if you still are [and if you have the version without watermark], please, feel free to use my avatar for all personal purpose like avatar on forum, AIM, other messengers, and on DA. I think it's perfectly fine. p: And if you credit me, that's a plus! Thank you everyone for interest on this particular avatar. The attention was quite overwhelming!

I just wish none the followings would happen:

1. Making product/money out of it. Which have happened multiple times before. That made me a little sad.
2. Distribution with slight modification, as in, changing couple of colors or adding small teeth. Even if they credit me for the original, I get really embarrassed seeing these. I always support artists being inspired and exploring all kind of artistic medium available [yes, I support tracing in some cases.] but I feel like people change my avatar because they just to fit it to their "taste", like dying their hair, changing colour of their clothes...I just think there is difference between "exploring" and this kind of "customization". That's all.
3. well...can't think of a good one.

I think I am just less cool with my avatar being used for non-personal purpose.  
cheers,

-----old entry------

April 19 2008

USSSSE IT. USE IT USE IT USE IT.

THIS THING?. JUST USE IT. I DON'T CARE AS LONG AS YOU CREDIT. JUST DON'T SELL IT. SELLING IT IN ANY FORM IS BAD. PLEASE DONT.

JUST USE IT.

AND

DO NOT TELL OTHERS THEY "STOLE" IT. THEY DID NOT. 95% OF THEM JUST FOUND IT THROUGH FRIENDS OR WEBSITE. THEY DID NOT STEAL PLEASE BE NICE TO THEM...


-----even older entry-----

here is a glass exhibition pictures I promised

glasswind.deviantart.com/journ…


I think I am just gonna post journal by editing this one since I don't have important things to say all the time. I will just post around any status of my acitivity level or something, unless I actually have something really important to say. Don't worry, those journals will not appear on your message centre.


9.02.07

happy second day of september!

9.17.07

school's gooood. I am much busier now that I really want to do goddamn good hell YAH!

10.08.07

you know what I should do right now? DIE lol


11.04.07

Hello.

It seems there are some confusions around here. I have said many times but I have not given out permission to use "the avatar" and I will not in future. The reason? I have explained in detail here.

So...um...please don't note me any stuff. I won't be angry at you for messaging me. It is just that I won't be able to get back to you quickly and I do not want any misunderstandings. k? wink wink?

I am just busy. I can't even describe properly of my days. I wish I could ban my account or something so people would stop messaging me. LOL

can I do that? probably not the best method. but something to be considered
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yay

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note: eh...please note that I don't watch movies all that often, neither do I review about it. It's probably because usually watch movies for it's visuals, I rarely concentrate on the story. (recently I began looking for good stories) I am a baaaad movie viewer. So I did not mean to sound like this movie is TEH BEST MOVIE IN THE WORLD. ];


I watched Ratatouille yesterday and it was really awesome! it had been a LOOONG time I got up watching a movie with a light-head filled with excitement.

I noticed some audiences in the sit did not really like the movie. These are the possible reason I liked the movie

1. I just like pixar a lot
2. I like most of the movies directed by Brad Bird. He has signaturable humor for expressions and body gestures
3. The movie had huge connection to people who do things that are creative. so I guess, the movie felt wee-bit more personal for me to watch.

Rating: I will start with the rating. I give an A :b but that's just me. You may give it a B. I feel like many people won't think it's all that amazing. Mainly if you think rat+kitchin seems too unrealistic with human-worlded background. :(

Graphic: I already watched how they worked on the food graphic so I was already filled with appriciation even before I was going to watch the movie. The food just looked GREAT. Did you guys see how they rendered GRAPES? it looks JUST like them! they looked juicy and sliiightly transparent. I dunno; it made me hungry. There were a lot of times I just stared at all the food rendering in that movie. I don't know a lot about 3D animation but I was glad I was able to appriciate other than just quality of character rendering or story line.

Pixar always has this....some type of superior animating magic compared to any other 3D animated movies. I don't really know why theirs just look a bit better but I think they move slightly more realistically. AGAIN, I don't really know why. it might be because I like Pixar, but can my mind really fool my eye that much? Shame for me since I do animate...a little. I did see them studying real life movements for animating but doesn't other animating studio do this also? This makes me so curious. I liked the scenes where Remy was getting sucked into roaring and swooshing waves and wurlpools when he got lost in the sewer; great movements.




Story through Remy, a personal connection: The story was cool. I really liked it. They portrayed an artist with a RAT, which is considered "gross". Again, like many others movies that has ambitious antagonist, their friends or family do not want the main character to do what they want due to who they are. Some people may call this cliche. and it really PISSES ME OFF when the movie theme is "JUST BE YOURSELF"

I hate that

but this movie was somehow different. I think it was portrayed in different way. I liked how Remy was not completely disconnected to his own identity and his friends. He was aware of who he was and also wanted to visit his colony, Remy respected his friends and family, and at some scenes he admited that he was "pretending"

"I am tired of pretending to be a human ...(skip) and I am tired of pretending to be a rat"

the quote was SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I watched it only once...I can't remember that ingeniously...sorry :(
well, anyway, I realized Remy is not one sided character. He do feels "stuck in the middle", not belonging anywhere. Remy is aware of his limits but at same time, risk EVERYTHING.

(I am connecting the movie with me. so the small text doesn't have to do with the movie. please skip if needed)

I was so touched by the story. Probably because I feel the silmiar(not exact); I feel like i am wasting time doing art, but also feel like I HAVE to at least be part of the artist community. I am also an engineering student; things are organized and make perfect sense.

Art doesn't. There is no formular or theory behind art unless you go extremely specifically. There is not much guideline to it, it's too free. I also need to think in disorganized way to create something, something I hate.

but I love art because how i can explore so much by myself. "I want to make things", create things with my own hand. It's such a priceless joy.

Math doesn't. You can at some extent, but not as flexible as art. You can't play around with integral to find a new way to calculate it. It feels like answers are already there; only thing I explore is how it connects to other.


I almost feel like i am stuck somewhere and I don't know who to be. This is probably why I am spending most of the time trying to be someone everyone want me to. Hey, at least it gives me a direction. The differnet between me and Remy is probably that I have much LESS ambition and enthusiasm toward what I like. It makes me a loser lol


in conclusion, the movie was able to avoid sounding like "just be yourself" because Remy went through a conflict who he should be and why he should be doing what he is doing. Is it really right? Is this to the order of nature? Remy did end up saying

"Change IS nature"





OKAY! enough of myself, stupid me. The story in general had great value too! I think the story is not cleverly represented but it's good! I mentioned that the movies' "just be yourself" wasn't so obnoxious, right? Heh, it probably didn't because they wasn't the point of the story. probably. There are the reason I think it made it appear that way

1. Remy did not seem to prove himself to his family or friends. He was rather introductive about it. "I AM GONNA COOK AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!" not like that. It was as if he wanted everyone to know that there are better things out there, something to be explored that rats did not, not just himself. "There are possibilities unexplored here." I think that's what he said.

2. #1 brings to #2. Remy also did not appeared to cook for himself and for his own joy that others cannot fill for him. He seemed to cook for OTHERS to enjoy something he does and be happy BY it.

This is the reason I liked this movie so much. "FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT", I felt that way. Although, I don't think anyone should think this particular method of joy is...GOOD, since it's about doing things for other's happiness. Having extremely need for others to be happy isn't so bad, but sometimes I feel like that's the only joy I accept in the world. It seems this makes some considerate people feel like I "neglect myself". I may be true, but I don't know.

3. Also, Remy SHARES what he can feel from the food. I also, want to share the feeling I get from my creations. O The things I explored, gives me gooze bumps and I feel like gas is escaping out of my brain. It feels great! eh...I don't know how to share it though...it's because my art skill isn't good enough. On the other hand, Remy is a genious! He knows what he is doing and he know how he can share.

I remember the scene when Remy shared his brother how to taste stuff. His brother failed to get what Remy felt, but still, Remy shared it. This shows that Remy is not risking everything just for himself. He want to bring something to broader audiences(?). WHOOPS...out of words.



Animation and Visual: it was so awesome! It think it had been a while I have seen a pixar movie! well, like i said before, there were a lot of great movements and expressions but I liked how a lot of them filled me with emotion (positive or negative) without a word. I particularly liked the expression of Colette when she gets AANNNGRRRY. hahahrharhahr. and all the other characters XD They have sucha funcky face design but they all make very human expressions. LOOOOL! I...find that funny...I think. It was funny...for me...meh...

I like the face of that...guy who said "I killed the man...with THIS THUMB". He looks like this

}:C

rolrolfoahAHRHARHAR


oh oh and have you guys seen the background?!?! it was so great! i heard that Pixar team toured around Paris for a while trying to study all the designs of the buildings and cities an stuff. well...you had to make it look like Paris so ...]: I am not saying only Pixar do this.

I liked the lightings of many scenes. It was mostly WARM, which I like. It think it's because of all the food and just...paris-ness. I liked the general tone of the movie so much! If I could, I woud just pause a scene in the movie, print it, and hang it on my room! actually, this isn't the only movie I would like to do this. I've seen better...but what good is it if I keep comparing movies and movies? Ratatouille's scenery was awesome!...in it's own way



Should you watch?: If you are an artist, WATCH IT. you may like it, with probability 60%. Those of people who won't get the concept behind a "rat artist" or think a rat character in kitchen is too sily, you can still watch it as comedy movie, but it's a children movie so it may depend on your taste or age.

also, if you are an artist, you would probably appriciate the visual compositions of the movie, including animation, I think it's really pretty. It's really worth-a-while :b

I don't think this movie is a must. There STILL was something that movie did not do that I wish the movie did. but this is because... I am just one person. Everything I said here that went like "OMGOMGOMG SO AWESOME" may be an exaggeration or came from my personal taste. damn this is HARD!!! suggesting movie is hard... ._.

It puts me to limit that everything I say is done only under one perspective and one opinion. This is why every other criticisms or praise can be EXPLAINED and ANAYLZED, including mine. There should be every explanations for my I liked the movie, also my behaviors toward some scenes of the movie, etc.



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on the other news. I went to the GLASS EXHIBITION. I don't know about you...I LOVE GLASS AIJOEWLIJFELIHALJF *spit comes out uncontrollably* I know a lot of people do too, but I DON'T CARE! I want to express my love toward shiny transparent goodness. There are SOME pictures I took. I can't show everything. There were too many.

I went to a museum and saw this too, but photography was restricted. I AM SO MAD NOW!! It definitely had cool stuff. now i feel like I lost it all! aaaanywhozel



AAAAAH. my labtop is running out of battery. I will do it later!
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I no longer remember the date I visited this exhibition. I also regret that I did not post this any time soon. I ALSO regret I didn't bring my camera to this place so I could upload more photos to share.

but this is all I have. This collection REALLY doesn't show it all, actually it hardly describes the exhibition. Think of it as ...uh....a little taste of it. harharhar


GLASS EXHIBITION IN PITTSBURGH, 2007

1. When I entered the garden (yes, it was a garden. and the glass artworks were displayed WITH the garden) this caught my eye


my god this thing was HUGE. I can't imagine how they put all these together without...you know, breaking them or getting tangled. Also, according to my friend, it would weigh TON x 10000. This one was pretty and curly and SHIIINNNNNNYYYYY!!1 it made me all excited.

I took this one at the night exhibition (MORE EXPENSIVE aargh) Here is the one took during the day. It didn't look as cool. but you can see more details!

day version


2. What they did to the garden was so freaking amazing. They managed to make the glass artworks look as if they are emerging from nature. like this one...but this is a bad example.



This one was placed with TALL PLANTS, so it was perfect match for us to view. There was also RED ones but I didn't extract it from my digital camera. meh


3. This is better example of what I just said.



I really should've taken this when it was darker. you can barely see them SHINNEEEE

I also took macro version of this. again...it's in my camera. It would've shown more "transparency" of them. It was so so cool. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME


4. I liked this one the best, because of it's presentation. People weren't really allowed to go IN there but instead, were allowed to view this from far, making it look much more...bigger and majestic



so cool....so cool. I just want to sit there and have a snack.

here is stinky picture of this garden in day version:
day version


5. This was resemble actual flower, but only much much bigger and shiny. I think this was partially transparent also. I also liked how the color goes really well with the surrounding real plants and flowers, but this remark was primarily made by my friend...so...not really my words. I AM A WORD-STEALER




6. and then we moved on to asian-themed garden. and of course, there was also glass artworks hidden. This one was completely see through and was just poping out of the water like this...



I saw this during the day. It looked OKAY, but compared to the night version, it was shit :b


7. more night shows! This one was just handing in the middle of "stream" of plants they had in there. (and people walk around it) During the day it actually looks horrible due to it's werid color choices. None of the colors really stand out so everything look chaotic...but NOT DURING THE NIGHT!




8. another simliar one. but this one was HUUUUGE and it was HANGING ABOVE THIS...this...POND THING. it was amazing. if I could get a better shot, I definitely would've taken this with the reflection! eh...but too many people




9. oh yeah. they had this "butterfly room" where butterflies just chill.



and this one was dying.




10. this one is kinda cool. It's shape is so perfect. This is only a day version; at the night show, it's shown with blue-neon-alien-hair-light-thing-fuck-lol. I showed the picture on #10




11. LOOK. ALIEN!!



AAAAH ANOTHER ALIEN!!


hey look, it's that cactus guy in the middle!

AAAAAAAAHH ALIEN FINGER! THE HORROR!!!



actually this is my friend's finger. I took the picture when she was sticking her finger inside the water.


12. and then we went outside....pretty eh? All hail the dying, lonely tree!




This is the end of the Glass Exhibition photos. Please put your pencils down and hand the exam packet to your instructor.


but wait! I got more...stupid stuff I want to show.

1. This is the first character of my name. I AM NOT CHINESE. I just know how to write my name in chinese, that's all.


the letter means "beautiful" (pppttff...beautiful? my name gives me shame), or "BIG SHEEP" if directly translated. HAHRHARHAHRHA

Big sheep = Beauty in China. :b


2. This is my plant-pet Bonnie. She is probably dead by now. This was taken at least 2 months ago. I really like this photo; I used no modification on the photo to make it look this saturated.




3. Perfectly geometric being



Stunning, just stunning. Can you imagine everything that make us up is perfectly geometric and...just perfectly shaped??




I am done. BYE
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Done

2 min read
Done with school, but I don't expect anything to be uploaded for a while. I need some rest ]]:


[I deleted the previous journal content]



whoa SHIT did I really write this? seriously I get myself into trouble with writing stuff like that



if you are curious about what i wrote previously, don't worry, it was nothing dramatic/serious. I just got stressed at general things and I tried to explain. also, here is an excerpt from deleted journal

"I don't feel like an aritst lately; I lack something to be one. Hence, making me lose my motivation. also I need to study engineering stuff. "

I tried my best to not sound sad here. I just don't think I will develop myself futher into art due to my concentration on other field


another excerpt...

"so like, if you think I copycated someone, try DISCUSSING with me because I WILL look like a lier due to my nervousness and fear.

if you are just curious what my influenced were, that's fine; just ask. you don't have to discuss. but I may not remember every influenced I had so please understand ]]:"


just worried about people misunderstanding/not trusting me. that's all. I do calm myself down sometimes because i know some people DO trust me. <:




that was all. I just finished school...I am healing from all the trauma. HAHRHAHRAHRHAHRA. either that...I am becoming a bitch.

you gotta pardon me if I act a little stupid/annoying. my anxious level had been shifting around. (no anxiety disorder here!) but BUT I will try my best to keep everyone ...not frustrated! I will take responsibility for my behaviors



eh. yeah. if something good happen, or I find something to share, I will keep you guys posted! thanks alot and take care!
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