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About Me Member Digital Artist Tokratan17/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 4 Years
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Well Well

Sat Sep 6, 2008, 4:30 PM
  • Mood: Content
  • Listening to: Origa Collection & Ghost in the Shell soundtra
  • Reading: Pictures and realism.
  • Playing: Photoshop/Painter X
  • Eating: Nothing at the moment.
  • Drinking: Code Red
Well, really all I have to say is that I'm truly sick of being absent from the art world.

For the longest time I dreamed of being a concept artist or something similar, but I know that I probably can't get to the skill level needed before I get out of school to be able to follow that dream, I started to late, >.>.


Well, I decided for a bit to stop, worst decision of my life, or near it, and now I'm back full blast.


I guess you can say the hours put into practice were probably the most peaceful hours I've had these last few years, and now I've decided to put more than I ever have before into becoming a better artist.

I've posted the first step to that already, expanding my abilities to more than just organic models, particularly people. And with this I'm going to go back to my roots and find what made me start, which I have done.

The starting point (which is really easy to tell if you look through my gallery) was the realism that the artist and creators of Ghost in the Shell captured, yet they used only a few lines in the simplified style, but still, they managed to show all of that detail. That is the style I'm hunting for, and that is the style I will achieve.

To be honest, everything else I had going on my life sort of failed, went away, or was just a tease, and art is about the only thing I'm moderately good at anymore, so why not expand on what comes to me most naturally (besides numbers)!


Again I thank all those who have commented and helped me through these past 2 years, I hope to learn more from your work and I hope to provide work that many will enjoy!

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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: My Room or Office
  • Print preference: Uh, usually poster size, nice and colorful and full of emotion.
  • Interests: Digital Art, Mechanics, Engineering, People
  • Favourite movie: Ghost in the Shell 1/2
  • Favourite band or musician: Yoko Kanno, Origa
  • Favourite genre of music: JPOP, JROCK
  • Favourite artist: Masamune Shirow
  • Favourite style of art: Realism
  • Operating System: OS X Leopard
  • MP3 player of choice: iTunes
  • Shell of choice: The one I'm currently living in.
  • Wallpaper of choice: Anything that's relaxing/cute/ecchi-sih/fun/technology/Ghost In the Shell/etc/etc
  • Skin of choice: Dev Gone MAC
  • Favourite game: Photoshop - Great Game yeah...
  • Favourite gaming platform: FPS/RTS/SRPG (Strategic RPG, usually LAN or Online Party capable, Diablo is an example)
  • Favourite cartoon character: Major Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, Vash, Uh, the list really goes on for a bit, o.o.
  • Personal Quote: "Even if there is a god that made us, One does not save a failed experiment"
  • Tools of the Trade: Fans, Friends, Cintiq 12WX, Code Red, Brains, Blood, Sweat, Exhaustion.

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:iconnicsumida:
Hi!
I used to be Gome but due to a bitchy sister who changed my password on my old account, I had to change accounts...
If you still wanna watch me, this is my new account!

thanks!
:iconwavebird:
Thanks for the fav :)

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:icontokratan:
Np, it's a beauty, :D. I have a 79 Trans Am, but mines just silver...going to either put blue striping or dark metallic red.

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:iconwavebird:
Thanks! :) Dark Metallic Red stripes seems kinda awesome really! Altho the blue ones are decent as well, I mean, mine's pretty neat anyway :P

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:icontokratan:
Yeah, I was just sorting through things that are a little different and not seen often. The blue on that TA definitely isn't seen often though...hrmm.

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:iconwavebird:
Yeah you're right they're pretty original :P

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:iconkungfucentipede:
Macs are the best!!!!! ^^
I use leopard too lol.
You got Intuos 4? NICE!!! It is SUCH a nice tablet. It's so beautiful! Love all your work! :)

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Hello World! ^^
:icontokratan:
For me they are, ^^. I've got more than a few boxes though, all with different systems for different jobs...mostly work on my mac pro/macbook pro setup though (yay taking older stuff from uncle when he goes crazy and upgrades every 8 months...)

I'm loving the Intuos 4, definitely the best non-cintiq tablet I've owned, and even for better than the cintiq in some aspects because of the better mobility.

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:iconaashleyy:
hello there! thanks for the favorites, again! :aww:

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our inclinations are hidden in looks.
:icontokratan:
No problem, I really love the look of the pieces. Keep up the good work ^^.

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