deanna.c.m
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Age: 22 

Home: New Jersey

Schooling: I attend Rutgers University and am double majoring in Psychology and Spanish. I'm studying to become a teacher, but my dream and main goal is to become a professional Illustrator and Mangaka.

★ I'm an artist and love to draw. I've been drawing since I was13, but didn't start taking it seriously and as a possible career until Spring of 2010.

★ My personal entries are friend locked, and silly little things or every day inspirations are kept public. I want to be able to share with people what I do in my life, but not like... too much.

★ I'm super emotional :I I own up to it. I don't put things down for attention, it's just who I am. 

★ I really really love my tumblr.

★ I love Spanish and try to use it as much as I can.

★ I love buying things and when I do, I love to share it. Once again, it's just something I do XD I also love sharing photos of my room... or of anything. I love posting photos. Not so much of me, more of... stuff.

★ I consider myself a fan of anime and manga, and I want to think that I was an otaku at one point, but that's no longer the case. My life has a bunch of things and my interests are no longer solely concentrated around anime and manga. Though sometimes I wish it could be again, because that was a fun time in my life :D I started liking anime in late 2007/ early 2008, my gateway anime was Yu-Gi-Oh, which I still love to this day.

★ I'm a mix of girly girl and tom-boyish. I like being girly.

★ I'm in a relationship <3

★ I watch things like Jersey Shore, Greys Anatomy, Desperate Housewives and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I also watch things like old 90's cartoons, and anime. My interests are very broad.

★ I love looking at Lolita fashion and the like, I find it very inspiring.

★ Nada, nada empanada.

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Hello again, everyone!

I've made a decision:

I'm moving to tumblr.

I won't be updating the LJ anymore unless it's to inform of a new post on my tumblr sketchblog.

Lately I've been writing a lot of personal stuff in my own journal, and I find that it's much more therapeutic than putting it on LJ >< There's been some changes in my life, and this is just going to be another one, I hope everyone understands. I will still come here, and read all the entries posted (as I do already, I just never comment, sorry guys. I do read what you post, as I always have.) The content will still be the same, except I will actually be updating the sketchblog XD Not only with sketches, but with what I'm doing, photos, full illustrations... you know, how things used to be on here.

Some last few updates on here:

I'm moving out of my house and in to my own apartment on October 1st, so there's a bunch of preparation going on for that :)

I have finished designing my new website and will be updating on that status regularly as soon as I schedule an appointment with my friend who's actually helping me make it! IT'S PRETTY. I need the graphic for it, but that's about it!

The book I'm illustrating for is almost done, so I'll let everyone know how that's going when I know about it.

I've been completely obsessed with Magical Girl series lately (Yes, I did get the reprinted Sailor Moon and Sailor V manga and am slowly getting through that like a delicious meal I never want to finish.) and am working on a new hush-hush- project with my boyfriend, which I've decided to make a webcomic when I get a few pages done. But I cannot say anymore on that~

I got rid of my smartphone and am now using a "diet phone", one without internet access, and, not for nothing, I couldn't be happier. Yes this is an important point in my life. There are few things you can really rely on in your life, I've realized, and my phone is now back in that category.

I''ve been sketching like a monster I just can't stop and it makes me happy.

I'm doing my last semester at school and I'm experiencing some sort of senioritus, which I had no idea you could have in college. But I do, it's horrible XD I have a few job prospects, thankfully, so I'm in a good position. I'm working on getting a good part time job during this time, too, and that's also going well.

I have to make a portfolio and a new resume and all this wonderful sparkly stuff to make myself marketable as an illustrator, which is what my main focus will be before I graduate (what? school? no no, not right now.). I greatly look forward to it :)

You guys know how to reach me if you need me~

No pictures, unfortunately, but I did organize my art bins! There are pictures but I didn't finish doing it all, so I'll update when I do manage to actually finish everything (hopefully tomorrow. Yeah.)

Why am I organizing the bins? Because I'm moving out October 1st, and I won't be able to have all my art stuff with me there as I do here at home, so I'll be leaving things behind. In my house, so I don't think it's too bad. I did a purge of all my art before 2003 and I don't think I'll ever regret anything more in my life. But, due to me being a packrat of all my art, I end up with my situation now, which is NO MORE ROOM. I bought more bins for the apartment that I can fill up while I'm away, so I'm kind of starting a new... kind of. I'm looking forward to going through everything and taking only the things that I really can't be away from (yeah, it's possible for me to get clingy to my art stuff.) but that will happen tomorrow.

I did manage to look through some of my old sketchbooks... and wow, I really liked what I had going on before I started caring about what others thought of my art. There really is something happy about that style I made my own. I think I'm starting to fit in to something like that now, with what I have now, and I hope it shows.

I'm so tired.

I'm going to start my first day of my last semester tomorrow!

Today I went to Barnes and Noble adn tried to pull an artist-y "I have to do research on what I'm drawing" and I got bored really easily XD What does that say about me. SELF. But yeah, I took out a bunch of books that had as many cupcake photos as I could find and tried sketching the ones I really like, but that turned out to be kind of a bust. As long as I got the main color and and the size of it, I think I accomplished something. When I actually have to draw them I have to really get on that, though. Like... actually draw them... buh. I'll do that soon XD I'm going in to some hardcore planning mode. You know. Since school is starting and everything. I know I make a lot of sense, I don't need anyone telling me otherwise. Also, random note, I just ordered a phone charm from Kaze-hime:


Pharaoh <3 I love the way she drew him (I love the way she drew all of them, actually, but I don't know where I'd put them and I'm trying to save up money for a new little device I'll mention in a second. So I got the Pharaoh <3 I'm STILL waiting on my cute little bear charms that are coming, HOPEFULLY, soon. So I can put them on my phone ;w; I'm loving my old phone, btw. No more smart phone for me, and I couldn't be happier. Everything works like it's supposed to, no delays, no mess. Just plain and simple (and 17 new messages from twitter in the morning, that's always fun XD I REMEMBER YOU, GOOD OLD DAYS.)


And I'm saving up for this :3 It looks like it would be way too much fun >0< So that is my new saving up thingy. I've got it good with the bank right now, but you know... I don't want to ruin it.  I've been posting a lot on my new tumblr sketchblog, please everyone, go check it out!!!



I would appreciate if anyone would even click the link ^^; I want to try to be more... open with ym art? Maybe that's not the right word... I'm working hard to update regularly and draw regularly, since the Spring semester really sucked, art wise.

Ugh I'm so dumb I have to wake up early tomorrow and I should be in bed, NOT UPDATING LJ *poofs off*

Hey everyone, just wanted to check who had a poupee? I just got one and I am ADDICTED. If you have one, please add me as a friend ^.^~

I drew this for Mana. The description with the picture on DA pretty much says it all... or what I tried to say. I'm... very mushy. I got to see her one last time today before she leaves for college tomorrow. I'm really, really proud of this picture. I had an image in my head since last night of what I wanted to draw, and I did my best to put it down on the tablet, and I don't think I've ever come so close with the outcome as I did with this picture. I'm really, really happy, and I think she likes it XD WHICH IS GOOD. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.


And I also did another picture for my boss today, so I did 2 pictures I'm really proud of today. Feels good, man.







And I drew Mana's picture while listening to this song almost the entire time. Helped with the tears.

I drew this today after having a drink called a Sharkbite! 

I wrote this journal entry already but LJ is a motherfucker so I'll type it again. Because it means a lot.

( Personal )

I'm very happy ^.^ I just bought these two phone charms and I'M IN LOVE WITH THEM. I love love love Rilakkuma, and now I get to have cute little phone charms of the little bear <3 I couldn't decide between the white and brown one, so I just got them both since they weren't that expensive, and I feel like I deserve it~


I finished summer school on Tuesday, and I got a B+, meaning my way to graduation is practically paved~ There's just one little issue that I need to fix with the University but I think it will be ok. Just as long as I keep my grades up~ So that's pretty awesome! 



I'm going to try to play my DS today. I'm going to try really hard. Because I want to play Layton.

My girl ego feels rejected.

Waaaah anything but my girl ego, please ;-;

Today was a really crappy day.

So crappy, that I was ready to just sit and mope all day if I didn't occupy myself with something, so I decided to start my final project for my translation class. 

I decided to translate a manga chapter for my final project, from Spanish to English. I won't say exactly what I'm doing, but I'm sure most of you can guess XD I'm not planning on doing anything with translation at all, but if I had to do something, I think I would really love to do manga translation from Spanish to English. I really, really enjoyed doing this. Not only the translation, but figuring out how to present it, what the problems with translation was, and how to make it look as convincingly not "translated" as possible. Haha I spent hours on this thing XD Josh is coming over tomorrow and I have to be up early, so I can't do the entire thing tonight, but it takes a lot of stress off that I was able to do most of it tonight, I'll do the rest tomorrow night, and the rest of the work necessary for Tuesday in the morning.

Not for nothing, but up until he called me, I was having the worst day. Talking to him I felt better. I've been texting people all day, you all helped me too, I'm sorry, I just felt like I was being a complete downer today ;-; I hate it when something's wrong and I can't really talk about it. It's not that I don't want to, I just... feel lazy about it? Talking doesn't help me all the time. I'm the type of person that needs time. When I'm ready to be ok, I'll be ok. Sometimes I need to cry, or isolate myself, or draw, but whatever it is, I usually just end up feeling better about some things on my own.

Though, if I ask for your help, it's usually because I really need it.

Josh has been amazing throughout this entire housing bullshit. I'm so lucky to have him >< Tuesday is the last day of class for me, I'm so done with ALL of this, I can't wait ;-;