I haven't updated in a while, but I thought this needed to be spread about a bit.

I go on IMVU.com a lot (instant messaging/virtual 3D chat site) and see a LOT of stolen pixel art, usually stuff found around DeviantArt.

So it might be in your best interest, if your stuff does get stolen a bit, to go surf the sticker section of the catalog on IMVU. 'Stickers' on IMVU are 2D images people buy and can drag out and display on their homepage. I'm not sure if you have to sign up or not (takes two seconds anyway) to report things. If for whatever reason you can't report them yourself just pass on a link and I'll get on it.

I've reported 3 people in the last month for stealing 'famous' pixel artists work.

Link for catalog > stickers: [link]

Link for IMVU: [link]

My name on msn 'OH I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER, SEE I POINTED MY CAMERA AT A SUNSET AND MADE IT BLACK AND WHITE AND PUT COPYRIGHT ON IT URURNRNFNFFHHHH' prompted my friend to have this convo....



[MichaeL] says:
nup... youre not a troo photographer until you run around the house and take at least 12 extreme closeups of inanimate objects at craaazy angles

slew says:
with many shadows

slew says:
and give them titles like 'wistful' and 'beauty'

[MichaeL] says:
now youre gettin it

[MichaeL] says:
'this is the foxtel tv guide hanging off the coffee table... i think it represents the frailties of life... i call it 'grace'...'

slew says:
here is my shoe tipped over to the side where I dropped it earlier in the day.... it is now afternoon, and the sun casts a shadow over it... the shadow of life? I call it.... 'shadowz' the z stands for originalit*VOMITS UNCONTROLLABLY*


[MichaeL] says:
you just described about 78% of deviant"art"

[MichaeL] says:
sort of an ironic name though... they pics arent 'deviant' at all, and 'art' depends on the definition...

[link]

[MichaeL] says:
you seen this somewhat recent HDR trend? fuck it annoys me... originally, people took photos in HDR to actually capture the contrasts and ranges that regular photos couldnt, and they were made to look realistic... UNTIL... ~joeblow69 with a cheap camera and pirated software decides that itd look awesome to overdo the HDR so much that things look cartoon...

slew says:
eeew

[MichaeL] says:
omg i just had the best idea ever, nobodys ever done it before... im gonna take a picture of myself... but not of my whole face... just my EYE! and im gonna use photoshop and make it RED!

slew says:
SO ARTSY WHERE U GET UR IDEAS

[MichaeL] says:
they come to me in dreams!

slew says:
BUT TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE ARTSY, PUT LOADS OF EYELINER AND MASCARA ON AND THEN PUT WATER ON IT SO IT LOOKS LIKE UR CRYING OMG SO EMOTIONAL

[MichaeL] says:
oh wow.. i love it

[MichaeL] says:
'what are they crying about?' theyll ask...

[MichaeL] says:
and theyll never understand it, cause its just too deep

slew says:
deep as

slew says:
I think tomorrow I'll go into my garden and take a photo of a flower close up and like.... make everything black and white except for the petals?

slew says:
it's heaps original and awesome

[MichaeL] says:
oh wow... and you could like... make the petals crying!

slew says:
and call it 'mother nature.....o rly'

[MichaeL] says:
oh wow ur gonna lyk get sooo many friend requests tomorroz!

slew says:
i bet i get liek 20,000 favs

What's going on with me, ey?

Well, I'm 20 (turning 21 this year) and looking for a job, occasionally draw things for money and I am trying to get my car license even though I'm shit-scared of driving.

I am sort of...slowly...getting back into pixel art but I am also getting into drawing and stuff in general again too so let's see what I come up with.

I mainly frequent myspace and post stuff there, too... [link]

And uuuh yeah that's all.

My birthday is in 4 days. It's the 16th.