kkcrow

Like the title tells, I'm no longer going to use this dA account.
Information regarding where to find me from now on can be found later in this journal. If the wall of text intimidates you, just scroll down to the end of it. The important part is bolded, so it will pop out from the rest of the text.


I joined deviantART for the first time approximately 7 years ago. At the time my username was 7th-kitsune (inspired by a character called Kitsune from Love Hina). I was 14 years old and had a passion for anime and nothing else. I wanted to be Japanese and live in Japan and have a sweet little Japanese name and an even sweeter Japanese boyfriend... In other words, it was the weeaboo time of my life. Soon after creating the account (and deciding Kitsune was the perfect username for me) I fell in love with One Piece. Filled with excitement for this marvellous piece of pirate goofiness, I changed my nick to Kaizoku-Kitsune, "a pirate fox". I guess I was quite fond of changing nicks at the time - or maybe it had something to do with a teenager trying to figure out her identity, I can't say for sure - but it didn't take long before my nick-changing madness stroke again and made me add another extra name to my nick. I became "Kaizoku-Kitsune-Crow", a monster of a nickname I actually used for a week or so. Fortunately it didn't take too long for my angsty-hyperactive teenage braincells to realize the nick was simply too long (and not to mention very uncool). So I shortened it. Blended the names together. I was less than 15 years old when I became kkcrow.

kkcrow was the very first nickname I felt to be an inseparable part of my identity; I think there were times when I felt more like "kkcrow" than "Laura". And after years and years of ever-changing nicknames I didn't feel the urge to change it anymore. It was good. I loved it.

My teenage years went by. I joined dozens of different online communities and made dozens of new accounts to all kinds of sites I'd never use again. kkcrow was pretty much always an unreserved username and I made sure to use it everywhere I could. It was fine at the time, I thought, for I wouldn't use the name anywhere I didn't want people to recognize me.

Now, years later, I google my beloved nick. The amount of pages found is a bit too much, The stupid, hyperactive comments from the early years and the hipster-ish, egoistic nonsense from later years can all be found in the Google wonderland. And it can all be connected to me, my current self with my current identity. I just don't want the connection making to be that easy.

Of course abandoning my dear username won't completely erase the risk of my whole past being connected to me. It just doesn't make it so evident. I'm not ashamed of who I used to be, I just like my illusion of anonymity. And truth to be told: I don't feel like kkcrow anymore.

I'm writing all this, because it's actually quite sad to let go of the name. Feels like I'm moving to another city, away from my dearest friend. But it's something I have to do in order to feel true to myself.



I'll be making a new username. I'm not going to link it here, because it would kind of ruin the whole point of leaving this account. But if you wish to add me to your watch list or simply keep in touch with me, just send me a note! : ) I'll be regularly checking the inbox of this account for at least a month.


If you made it through the whole wall of text, I thank you. I also want to thank all my past, current and future watchers. Thanks for all the comments, favourites and pageviews!

"See you on the other side!"

Tagged by

1->You must post these rules.
2->Each person must post 10 things about themselves on their journal.
3->Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create ten new questions for the people you tag to answer.
4->You have to choose 10 people to tag and post their icons on your journal.
5->Go to their pages and tell them you have tagged her/him.
6->No tag backs.
7->No saying "you are tagged if you've reading this." You legitimately have to tag 10 people

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Ten things about me:

1. I started school yesterday! I will become a designer stylist THE BEST DESIGNER-STYLIST IN THE WORRRLLLD.

2. I talk a lot. Especially when I'm excited or nervous.

3. I procrastinate a lot. That's why our house's always dirty and we never have enough clean clothes!

4. My sense of humor is a bit rough & I go overboard with it quite easily.

5. I love dressing girly but I almost never wear makeup. Usually I don't act very girly either. At times it feels a bit weird.. <: D

6. I wake up pretty easily & don't feel that tired in the mornings. But as soon as it's 8pm I start nodding and napping.

7. I'm a hugs person. I love hugging people and most of the time I don't even expect them to hug me back; it just feels nice & cozy to hug someone!

8. I'm pretty courageous in social matters (like getting to know people and so on) but otherwise I'm afraid of pretty much everything.

9. I believe in God.

10. I love making faces and weird sounds!!1123uw <- and spamming

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The questions I had to answer:

1. Do you have any special memories about the new millenium?
Well, we moved to my current hometown when the new millenium began!
2. What's your favourite joke?
I don't really have one. I replace them with sitcom!
3. Have you got any soft toys from your childhood that are still special to you?
Well, I think I have this one bunny plush/stuffed animal somewhere & I'd like to find it!
4. What do you think of the leader of your country?
Well, Tarja's ok. We're going to have a new leader soon & we still haven't had the election, sooo.. I don't know.
5. Have you ever gotten a trophy for anything, or come close?
At 5th grade I won the bronze medal from our school's sports event. I wasn't even good at sports, so it was a bit random. : D
6. What's your favourite recipe that uses lemons?
Umm.. Lemon soup? Lemon pie? Lemon bread? Lemon.. lemon? I have none. <: D
7. What colour car do you like the most?
Black or petrol blue!
8. What's the spiciest thing you've ever eaten?
"House-style beef" in a local Chinese restaurant. Usually it tastes good, but once the cook but a bit too much spices in it..!
9. What's the best prank you've pulled (ie. trolled?) on someone?
Well, something annoying/boring, like hiding behind something and scaring my friends.
10. Best type of candy/chocolate?
Toffifee!



The following people can consider themselves tagged:



Aaaand I'm too lazy to pick more HEHEHHEHEH




You need to answer to the following questions:

1. Do you have any funny nicknames?
2. Are you right- or left-handed?
3. What is your favorite colour combination?
4. Digital or traditional art?
5. What is your favorite language?
6. What would you do if Arnold Schwarzenegger rang your doorbell at 3am?
7. Emoticons or no emoticons?
8. If you look at your desk (or wherever you're right now), what is the first thing that catches your eye?
9. What would you do if you woke up one morning and realized you had the body of your mother?
10. Mufasa is dead. WHATCHYA THINK ABOUT THAT?!

At the beginning of 2012 I will go to school again! To become a designer-stylist! I'm so happy that I got in!

X the ones you've seen
bold the ones you love
O the ones you've seen parts of but not finished
Strike the ones you hate (I striked partly the ones I don't like that much, but which hate neither.)

CLASSIC DISNEY
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[x] 101 Dalmatians (1961)
[x] Alice in Wonderland (1951)
[x] Bambi (1942)
[x] Cinderella (1950)
[x] Dumbo (1941)
[x] Fantasia (1940)
[x] Lady and the Tramp (1955)
[x] Mary Poppins (1964)
[x] Peter Pan (1953)
[x] Pinocchio (1940)
[x] Sleeping Beauty (1959)
[x] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
[ ] Song of the South (1946)

DISNEY'S DARK AGE
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[o] The Aristocats (1970)
[ ] The Black Cauldron (1985)
[x] The Fox and the Hound (1981)
[ ] The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
[o] The Jungle Book (1967)
[o] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
[ ] Oliver and Company (1986)
[ ] Pete's Dragon (1977)
[ ] The Rescuers (1977)
[x] Robin Hood (1973)
[o] The Sword In The Stone (1963)


THE DISNEY RENAISSANCE
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[x] Aladdin (1992)
[o] Beauty and the Beast (1991)
[ ] A Goofy Movie (1995)
[x] Hercules (1997)
[x] The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
[x] The Lion King (1994)
[x] The Little Mermaid (1989)
[x] Mulan (1998)
[x] Pocahontas (1995)
[] The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
[x] Tarzan (1999)

DISNEY'S MODERN AGE
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[x] Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
[x] Bolt (2008)
[x] Brother Bear (2003)
[ ] Chicken Little (2005)
[x] Dinosaur (2000)
[x] The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
[ ] Fantasia 2000 (2000)
[ ] Home on the Range (2004)
[x] Lilo & Stitch (2002)
[ ] Meet the Robinsons (2007)
[ ] Treasure Planet (2002)
[ ] The Princess and The Frog (2009)

PIXAR
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[x] A Bug's Life (1998)
[x] Cars (2006)
[x] Finding Nemo (2003)
[x] The Incredibles (2004)
[x] Monsters Inc. (2001)
[x] Ratatouille (2007)
[x] Toy Story (1995)
[x] Toy Story 2 (1999)
[x] Wall-E (2008)
[ ] Up (2009)

DON BLUTH
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[ ] All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
[x] An American Tail (1986) (I suppose?)
[ ] An American Tail: Fieval Goes West (1991)
[x] Anastasia (1997)
[o] The Land Before Time (1988)
[ ] The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
[ ] Rock-a-Doodle (1991)
[ ] The Secret of NIMH (1982)
[ ] Thumbelina (1994)
[x] Titan AE (2000)
[ ] A Troll in Central Park (1994)

CLAYMATION
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[ ] The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986)
[ ] Chicken Run (2000)
[ ] Corpse Bride (2005)
[ ] James and the Giant Peach (1996)
[x] The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
[ ] Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
[ ] Coraline (2009)


I tag everyone willing to do this!


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The Hundred Technique Meme progress report: kkcrow.deviantart.com/journal/…

Since I have no better use for my journal right now, I'm going to simply use it as a reminder. So I'd finish the 100 Art Techinque meme before I turn 80. Sorry for possible mistakes in grammar, English feels really difficult tonight for some reason.





1. Draw an image, copy it three times and colour each differently/with different colours. Bonus!: use different media for each.
2. Draw something with a stereotypically feminine theme or style. (Flowers, pastel colours, beautiful subjects?)
3. Draw something with a stereotypically masculine theme or style. (Action, explosions, rough lines and angles?)
4. Draw something that is supposed to arouse positive emotion from the viewer (amusement, joy, sympathy). you can use both technique and the subject of the drawing to achieve this.
5. Draw something with no same colour used twice.
6. Draw a short comic of 3-7 panels.
7. Drawing using only two colours.
8. Cg a drawing, colouring it with three depths of shades and three depths of lighting.
9. Cg a drawing in black and white.
10. Draw an imaginary object.
11. Cg. Sketch, lineart, colour. Use an hour or more for every step.
12. Traditional. Sketch, lineart, colour. Use an hour or more for every step.
13. Cg a drawing using tools that mimic brushes and tools in traditional media.
14. Cg/traditional draw a face, male or female. Design a decorative makeup/tattoo to decorate the face.
15. Traditional inks. Colour with colour pencils.
16. Sketch a dynamic pose of a human. Feets can't touch ground and hands can't be on sides of the waist. No matter if you finish or not.
17. Draw something with not your usual style. Be it a mock or not.
18. A 10-frame animation. (Flash, Flash Player. Adobe Imageready, etc)
19. Do a pencil-drawing with pencil/charcoal and eraser only, and finish it with proper shading and such.
20. Draw something very detailed.
21. Work out a traditional work that has 3d elements added to it, like fabrics and plants and etc
22. Draw something very simple.
23. Draw something very small. (for example; A5/500 x 500)
24. Draw something very big. (for example; A3/2000 x 2000)
25. Draw something that is supposed to arouse negative emotion from the viewer (sadness, nausea, anger). you can use both technique and subject of the drawing to achieve this.
26. Draw anything with animals. If you usually draw these often, draw an animal you have never EVER drawn before.
27. A traditional painting using ONLY acrylic/watercolour/oil-colours, et cetera.
28. Draw something you've never drawn before, not even scetched.
29. Do several scetches of the object/organism you have the most trouble drawing.
30. Traditional draw something using colourpencils only
31. Draw a zoomed in image of a bodypart of a human, something from neck down.
32. A traditional inked lineart, coloured with one or two colours only.
33. Draw something from the bird-eye view.
34. Paint something with coffee, strong tea or any other food-substances. Go crazy!
35. Draw something surreal.
36. Draw a battle.
37. A traditional pencil-sketch coloured with watercolours.
38. Draw a nude human. No exaggerated tits or penises.
39. Take two photos of ordinary everylife objects. Try and combine the two by drawing them into a whole new object.
40. A pixel-drawing with pixels only. Atleast 100px x 100px big.
41. Draw a bird flying.
42. Do a cg using magic-wand and fill-tool only.
43. Draw a vehicle.
44. Do a collage. Of magazine-clippings, fabrics, buttons, pins, etc + you can use an ink-pen to create effects or details.
45. Cg a drawing without a sketch or a lineart. Begin with the colours and continue with the colours only.
46. Draw a portrait of a live human of your choice. Caricature or realistic.
47. Design a decorative outfit of your liking.
48. Do a small sculpture, no more 20 cm or less than 10 cm in height. You can use clay or even play-doh.
49. Draw a drawing and colour it with three shades of one colour only.
50. Draw an animal with surrealism added to it.
51. Draw an imaginary/existing landscape.
52. Draw something with foreshortening.
53. Pick two characters (your own or someone elses), male and female. Genderbender them.
54. Take a photo, and cg a drawing on it, like the character or the drawings belongs into the photograph.
55. Draw something using only one line aka not lifting your pencil off the paper. You can do this with tablet too but it might be harder seeing how the work-space is limited?
56. Draw someone chubby.
57. Draw an imaginary/existing building.
58. Draw a character doing two things at once. Standing/breathing et cetera not allowed, something dynamic and lively please.
59. Draw a character doing four things at once. Same notes as above.
60. Draw something traditionally and Photoshop it so it looks digital.
61. Draw an anthromorphic character.
62. Oekaki, 500 x 500
63. Draw someone thin.
64. Draw your least favourite thing, presentable, not a mockery.
65. Copy a famous painting and change things to your liking but not so much it's not recognisable anymore.
66. Draw a picture copying famous styles, art noveau, children's illustrations, church paintings, et cetera
67. Open a book near you and draw what's happening on the page.
68. Listen to a song, and illustrate what it reminds you of or what visuals it brings to your mind.
69. Close your eyes and draw five scribbles on a piece of paper. Then, try to make a drawing or character out of each scribble. You can add on to each as much as you like, but you can't erase any part of the scribble.
70. Do a drawing using your feet.
71. Do a drawing using your non-primary hand.
72. Do a fingerpainting.
73. Put tiny splotches of watercolour on paper and wait for them to dry. Add lines to the splotches with a pen and see if you can make them something else than just drops of colour.
74. Draw a person with one exaggerated bodypart
75. Draw a diarylike comic-illustration of your day.
76. Illustrate a person's change of expression through a comic (3-5 panels)
77. Draw a character (yours or someone elses) in a style of another series or person. (Not your own style.)
78. Create a wallpaper for your desktop. (Preferably from your own drawing)
79. Draw something beautiful and ugly. Use your imagination!
80. Draw an image, copy it three times and colour each with a different light-source and/or type of lighting
81. Choose a character or subject and draw it in a single or three different compositions three times, experimenting with a different line type/weight/dynamic in each one.
82. Choose three different media and three distinct textures and create a triptych composition in which you experiment with rendering each texture in some way: realistically, abstractly, etc.
83. Take a sheet of paper and fill it by drawing objects and people from life. Make it a pile of sketches rather than a controlled piece. Try and colour the finished result.
84. Draw a picture without erasing anything, including the sketches and mistakes
85. Draw a huge insect with all the details visible.
86. Design five different underwear in five different materials.
87. Draw something seasonal.
88. Draw something using shading only. (Black on white, etc)
89. Draw something using lighting only. (White on black, etc)
90. Have a friend you haven't gift-arted yet? Surprise them.
91. Take three or four pieces of traditional media and make an image using only those tools. (Like for example a piece of coal, a red colouring pencil and a normal pencil. ) Eraser doesn't count!
92. Draw something that deciphers an emotion with technique and colours. Avoid drawing the face, if you must add a person in it as well. Extremes are very good, like misery, anxiousness and joy.
93. Draw character-interaction, preferably something you don't usually do (like if you normally do "boylove" then hetero-pairings would be a nice change? same applies to people who always draw girls and boys together.) also if you usually do erotica, try friendship, and if you've never tried anything steamy, now's the chance.
94. Draw an image that supports something against your beliefs. A presentable one.
95. Draw an image that has a message you support.
96. Hit "random deviant" button until you find a deviant with an original character. Draw it, and no skipping! (Show it to the person too!)
97. Put your playlist on random, pick a song, find the lyrics for it and choose a random line or two which you will illustrate.
98. Draw one of your human-characters as an animal/one of your animal-characters as a human.
99. Pick one of your old, old drawings, and redraw it.
100. Congratulate yourself for a work well done and do an appropriate image of CELEBRATION. This is obviously the final task. I hope you had fun.