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I am moving to a new dA...
AGAIN.

But because my therapist says i need to get rid of the
name Naiara.

Because she is sure it is linked to.. stuff.
Like my harsh attitude and so on.
But as right now it seems to be quite easy to let go of it,
i am not sure if it is.

But still.
I do not mind a fresh start.

This Account will be deleted this week.
I hope dA is willing to add my remaining subscription time to my new account tho.

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What is art?

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[Art in this journal is consider as artistic art art. Not any visual image made by anyone. But typing that every time over and over again was a bit to much.]

So yes,
recently there has been some things going down,
surrounding art and art theft.

Now,
the art that this is all about,
we have all decided isn't art,
because it is stolen.

But..looking at it again.
Closer and squinting at it.

I am quite sure it wasn't art in the first place.
All i learned about art in my years in school,
the feeling the real artistic twisted teacher gave me...
it isn't there.

It is simply a pretty picture.
Made with some digital programs,
that everyone.. putting in enough effort can learn to make.

That is why pretty, often isn't called art.
Because, we all know the rough lines of what the world considers pretty.
We can all make a pretty picture if we learn ourselves how to use a program or paint.
Ugly but attractive is something way harder to create.

No, i learned real art is,
strange and confusing.
Make you look at things in a different way.
Often the big crowds do not understand it,
in the end the artist is probably the only one that does understand.

Real art should be unique.

Real art should give you that feel ..that it flew out of someones hand without effort.

But so that no one else would be able to give you that feeling as that artist has given you.

This is same for all mediums of art.
From music to paintings~

But just like music,
lately i have noticed...
there is art and...There is commercial illustrations...

but now there is commercial art.

Art fallowing the rough lines of trends in the graphic design world.

Art that is made for profit.
This all started long ago, with so called affordable art.
Being a great, great concept at the time.

Which resulted into nowadays affordable art fairs.
Which was actually started, to give young new artist a chance.
But has become a way for everyone with basic skills to make a pretty picture to get a customer.

The affordable art fair is even where Mijn Schatje had made her way in.

There is nothing there can be done about it.
Just that we can be sure art theft like this will start happening more often as the market for commercial art is getting bigger.

Don't get me wrong,
it has always been big.
But Ikea big. Not sold as if it is really artistic art big, like it's been the passed few years.
Which bothers me,
it's like selling your mothers scrap books for a few hundred bucks because she is convinced it is artistic.


In the end,
this whole thing has just made me wonder~

What is real art to us these days?

And how much is it worth in this world,
where so called borrowing the idea's of other artists without asking is as normal as sneezing on someone in the bus without excusing?




In the end it all depends on what people would like to hang on their walls I'm afraid.





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[dollshe hound boy in feature ;3]

Any one have funny ideas?

Plots,rough story lines or silly stuff to rp
with bjd characters?

Something not to serious,
placing you bjd characters into a different time, world or dimension.
Or even a book.
Just to see how you characters develop in strange situations like that.
In a setting where he/she is not made up in.

Right now i was thinking of something vampire Chronicles like.

Some batty old vampire family.
But then i still need a thing the story has to evolve around.
A reason to role play it.

Hmpf.

Besides that i have these on my list:

-Lord of the rings fellow ship of the ring re-creation.
[just silly, fallowing the rough set lines by the book. Doll characters being unfortunately placed into characters.
I vote Blackroses Muse for Frodo... lolol]

-Harry potter re-creation..
[same as above with harry potter... beespit has decided Juxe was gonna be harry potter. Arienh's Raylen draco... and well JUST stupid fun]

-Expedition Robinson rp.
[The television game where they dump 16-18 people on a island and have weekly votes to vote one off... everyone in swim wear..YES :"D ]

I'm still wondering if there is anyway to do these rp's here on dA.
But i must say their Forum system is quite crappy. ;3;'''








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Okey,
so i have noticed this.
Ever since dollmore has been adjusting their prices,
and other companies have not.
Or only slightly.

If you want to buy a doll right now,
today or any time soon.
Buy it trough the companies Korean website,
or demand to be charged the same price in usd as they are on their Korean site.

Because more then 50% of the bjd companies right now,
are selling you dolls for 20%-50% more then they are on their Korean website right now!

Here a list of some of the companies i looked into:

-----------USA website---Korean:

Dim--------510 usd-------394 usd
Eluts-------450 usd-------430 usd
Leeke------500 usd-------398 usd
Ipleh-------450 usd-------414 usd
fairyl-------630 usd-------576 usd
Elfdoll----500 usd-------398 usd
      

It is also know that now the currency has dropped more,
the customhouse 50% off event sale is not a sale at all.
Because the normal price in Korean is simply 50% of the current price in usd.
Making this a huge earning feast for them with no extra costs on their side.

So do not order during this order,
it's a fake!


Please everyone,
if you notice the company you are about to buy from does this~
start asking questions on Q&A open posts please!
So others can read.

If the price difference is over 100 usd,
like elfdoll,leeke and dim. You can get a consumers agency to look at it!
Even if you've bought a doll with them that is still being made but is not yet with you.








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WARNING:
This journal is stupid and silly.
Contains no Meeeemee's or Life issue rant.

This Journal is to Amuse and entertain those who read it,
especially now the world seems to be so down and out of ideas.
And to show that some people like me,
are born with a natural clumsiness that seems to cheer up people sometimes.

And i decided to try it on Internet.


Wild life photographers

So yeah,
probably.. no one knows this.
But i live right next to a huge bird reserve.
Wild life photographers retire to towns and villages all over here to go there
to spend their days taking pictures of hoo-hoo's and tropical ducks.

So of course, being someone wanting to try everything.
Being quite good in photographing pets and people pushing their horses
over what they call jumping fences,
which i don't think looks nothing like a fens what so ever anymore...

I decided to be wild!
And run out into the fields at 4 in the morning to see if i can catch
some deer with my CANNNON.

So,
there i was after a short bike ride...
i felt like a towel.
Not just.. any towel... one that was used by one of those sweaty body builders.
The weather was simply so Moist! That i felt slippery.

Well now,
it took my body exactly 10 seconds to confirm that thought.
I decided not to be a happy idiot like normal... and be smart and..climb over the fens.
Instead of jump... like i would normally attempt to do.
Even when carrying my camera... yes.

FAIL,
my hand being all..oi im moisty! Slipped right off the steal bar,
i lost by balance and face plated right into the field.

Being completely embarrassed knowing there must be at least 20 PRO wildlife photographers
hiding in the bushes, i jumped up,
a bit to fast and my complete camera bag jumped into my face almost KO-ing me.

Woehoe yay,
doing so good today.

Yes well, by now the whole field probably noticed i was probably the clumsiest
excuse for a wild life photographer ever.
I had manage to fall, scare all the little animals away and destroy my camera within 5 minutes.

Well then, at least i managed to get into the field without being eaten by tigers.
Which i had expected even tho we don't have tigers here.

So... now i was in the field.
Yeah.. so what you do now? You start crawling like some Rambo?
Do you unpack your camera before you start doing that or when you've found a spot to settle yourself?
I decided to just be very random,
and act like i wasn't trying to capture birds at all...
and walked right into the field with my camera out of the bag and my f1.8 50mm lens on it.
[lol yeah... i can capture grass now!]

So.. after a minute, i found myself looking at the cutest ..quite large.. pond Ive seen ever outside of Disney movies.
I decided this was caused by those.. suspiciously Disney like located bushes.
And of course all the birds doing little dances because it's spring! That weren't bothered by my being there, because i probably looked like a tree with all the black clothing and all the grass stuck in my hair from my little field dive.

Yes so,
looking at my situation... as i was not dressed up as a bush.
Or anything close to that i decided to place myself among the suspicious bushes.

And o my gawd,
these pro guys are.. so good.
No serious... SO GOOD.
It took me over 5 minutes to notice the HUGE tele lenses sticking out of the suspension bushes.

Holy darn crap,
even tho they were completely misplaced and i was sitting in between them...
i wouldn't have noticed them if it weren't for the metal clicking and mirror snapping sounds of their cameras.

While i was sitting in between them with my tiny baby f1.8 lens i just put on because it fits in the bag best *grumps at tele lens* in black clothing and WHITE with DISCO colored sneakers.

Tho my idiotic attempt of taking pictures disguised as a human...
payed off.
Because all the water birds had decided i could possible have food!
And started attacking my hands on the spot.
Soon being fallowed by tele lenses shooting at them and in my face to make sure i wasn't on the damn shot.

After some time we all left and by the time we all reached the fens i looked more like a bush then any of the photographers that had spend their mornings sticking sticks up their belts.
And they expected me to be around more often and actually take some pictures.
[especially after one snatched my camera and discovered my cat on it being stupid and chewing on duck tape.]

Right now i am attempting to train my bird photographing skills.
See afro duck!







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