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LTNS!

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Hello Deviant Art!

It sure has been quite a long time since I have been active on here isn't it! 5 years since my last journal update. WTF!? How did that even happen??

A lot has happened in those 5 years. I've changed jobs twice, moved house 3 times, moved cities & got married!

I recently moved back into a creative job after working in accounts, and then as a Test Analyst (software tester) for a number of years. Now I am back to working on web content and I've got to say I am loving it! It's great to have Photoshop and Dreamweaver installed on my work PC as part of my job again, and the team I work with are great!

Creatively, it's been a long time since I focused any energy on digital art and have rather been getting more into iphoneography, scrapbooking, drawing and general doodling. I'm going to make an effort over the coming weeks/months to photograph the bits I've been doing and sharing them here.

I'd also like to say a massive THANK YOU to all of you who have still been commenting on and +fav'ing my work. Last week I literally had to clear out a few thousand messages, notifications & comments and I've tried to reply to those I can, but if I haven't, I'm really sorry, feel free to message me again if you need to. It's great to know that my stuff is still being appreciated in my absence. My stamps especially.

Thank you! :)

- Violetsteel




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Lazy sundays

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Ahhh a lazy sunday at home on the pc. My favourite way to spend a Sunday.

It's been a very busy past few month's for Pete and I. My Mum came over for a 3 week holiday in August, and then some of our closest friends from South Africa, Julian and Belinda, were here for 1 week with us last week with their gorgeous 2 year old, Emily. It's been fantastic to see our loved ones and especially to have them stay with us. Very sad to see everyone go home again though, but I've got lots of great memories and the photo's to go with them.

I finally have a pet snake! He is a young Californian Banded King Snake that I named Vash.

Vash - Handled by violetsteel Vash - Portrait by violetsteel Vash - knotted by violetsteel Vash - Extended by violetsteel

The reason I chose him at the pet store is because of the awesome smiley face on the back of his head. Here's a blurry picture:

Vash - say cheese by violetsteel

I only had him 2 weeks now and I'm still a bit nervous of him, and getting used to his behaviour, but I'm so glad I finally got myself a pet I've always coveted :)



Frog spine by violetsteel    Dandy by violetsteel    Pappus by violetsteel    Dandy Pollen by violetsteel    9 to 5 by violetsteel   :thumb97940879:   :thumb97943961:




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Wow, have I been inactive or what!? I'm still logging in every day though, I just haven't created anything worth while in ages!

Last weekend Pete and i went down to London to go to me 10 year school reunion. Even though I went to school in South Africa, there are enough people from my final year living over here, that it was worth doing a reunion here. There were about 20 of us that went and there are plenty more living here that didn't attend. Pity. It was good fun though and fab to see everyone again, it was like there hadn't been a 10 year gap at all :)

I've been experiencing random heart flutters lately. Enough to make me go to the doc about it. He's not sure what's causing it so I'll have to wear a heart monitor strap thing that will record my heart activity for 24 hours. Not sure when that will be though, I'm waiting for the appointment letter to come.

Back to inactivity...



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Erotica is not porn by cosfrog
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I've updated my css to include scrolling section. Now I can have trillions of recent favourites, and stamps coming out of my ears without my journal getting a mile long :)

I've completely overhauled by personal domain: violetsteel.com. It has been converted into a photo gallery for all my creative photos. A lot of the photos are stuff that is also here in dA, but there will a lot more new stuff too.

I'm so happy the days here in England are finally getting longer. It's giving me a boost of motivation and inspiration. Roll on summer!

Can you believe Christmas was over a month ago already! :o





Conch - Wallpaper Pack by violetsteel

STOCK Crow 1 by violetsteel    Love - Light Painting by violetsteel

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Erotica is not porn by cosfrog
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Progression

19 min read
Definitely time for a journal update!

On the design front:
I've been taking loads of photo's lately, always trying to take better photos and more creative shots. I've also been playing around with HRD photography using Photomatix, the results or which will slowly make their way into my gallery.
My new colour love stamps are proving very popular. I wish some of my other work were as popular as they are, but hey, I'm very grateful for the appreciation none-the-less. I think it's just a bit frustrating because they take all of 2 minutes to create.

On the life front:
My better half, Pete, bought a car last weekend! We have been living in England since June 2006 and have been dependent on public transport and dear friend until now, so having a car has given us an enormous sense of freedom. We've already been to neighboring towns that are literally just down the road and been quite in awe of the things that surround us that we've just never had easy access too. It feels like our life here has finally truly begun. :)
As a result of that though, I'm no longer walking part of the way to work, and subsequently missing out on a lot of photo opportunities. Now I will have to make a concerted effort to go to places to take photos instead of relying on day to day location spontaneity. I think I can live with it though :)

So aren't you just just loving the new gallery features? I simply love the customisability (is that a word?) of it, but find it a bit glitchy sometimes in that it won't actually load the thumbnails sometimes and I have to refresh a few times before it will, or just wait. But hopefully that we be resolved soon.





STOCK Crow 1 by violetsteel    Love - Light Painting by violetsteel

My Fav's favs Stamp by violetsteel




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:thumb50454154:    The Midnight Game. II by zemotion    purple rain6 by inky-monster    If I give you my heart... by Rimfrost    Industrial Baby by LucitaniaMarie    Chesire Cat - Which Way? by metallixfaker   :thumb74722459:    Silver Aqua Dreamweaver Icon 2 by rontz    Mercury Walkthrough by kuschelirmel-stock   :thumb75043717:    Dave Moris by iblackmilk    love is love by chaooss      :thumb54819449:    Vermillion Flycatcher by FideNullo    Australia.... by incredi    Morning Sonata. by incredi    Pistol. by girltripped       haughty by Ego93    Itsy bitsy Spider by die-chan   :thumb72192392:    The house of the flying cats by KirlianCamera    Endless Lines by blackfantastix   :thumb67899222:    Pink_lacquered by Brattattak       Strangers by ageofloss   :thumb60058331:    Just a Toy by krolled    Gloom - portrait by Candra





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Erotica is not porn by cosfrog
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