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About Manic-Goose

About Bypolar-Bear

About Paranoid-Duckkie

Loss of a Friend

You were always two steps ahead of me
And I was happy to follow
But now your footprints have vanished before me
For you now walk where I cannot

Now I stand where your path ends
And as I look forward I wonder
Is this where you wanted to go
Or were you planning to go much further

In my heart I know I will head toward the horizon
As I'm sure you planned to do
I will carry your memory with me forever
And I will walk where you could not

I am pretty sure that every Kenshin fan on dA knows Hakubaikou.
. for her amazing Kenshin fan art, her fan site, and the annual Kenshin contest. I am sure a large percentage of fantasy art lovers know her as well for her breathtaking landscapes and fantasy characters painted in her gallery... so I am sure that a great many of us will feel the same sadness I feel to learn of her death.

She died in a car crash Jan 27, 2009. We are told it was instant and that she felt no pain... no, it is us who feel the pain.

Haku was an inspiration to me for so many reasons. When I first got on dA, I was just an anime fan artist... but Haku showed me that I could take my skills further by drawing realism that still looked like the anime, and because of her beautiful fanart, I was inspired to do the same. Then she started doing other, non-fanart related works, which showed me again that there is more to dA than sharing the love of existing anime. I started working on my own original stuff in part because of her example, and in a way, Manic-goose may not have been with out her. Her annual contests showed me that by doing something every year, it can get big, I hold my coloring contests because I wanted to give colorists something like what Haku gave Kenshin fan artists. In a lot of ways, she inspired me to become the artist I am today, and now she is gone from this world forever. The saddest thing is that I know that I will never have the chance to tell her how much her work helped me to grow now. I was always too embarrassed to tell her so, but now I wish I had, because now I will never have another chance to.


Ten Commandments of Photoshop!
inspired by [link]
I. Thou shalt use no other program before it, for photoshop is thy lord and savior
II. Thou shalt not abuse the wicked filters, for they are the temptation that leads to darkness.
III. Thou shalt not dodge or burn in vain, learn their way and use them sparingly
IV. Remember thy backgrounds, and keep them layered, for they can be used again
V. Thou shalt honor the custom brushes, and make thine own, for the brush is thy savior, the way and the light.
VI. Thou shalt not kill thy mouse when thou doth receive thy tablet for the first time
VII. Thou shalt not use a resolution less than 300, lest thy work look unrefined
IIX. Thou shalt not paint over a stock photo and call it thine own work.
IX. If thou must smudge, keep thy tool weak, for a strong tool will read every imperfection in thy stroke
X. Thou shalt not covet another's creations and tools, keep to thy practice and thy faith, for it will lead you to greatness

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Here are the images for the contest winners features. ^__^ I hope everyone enjoys them.

To see the results of the contest, follow this link --> [link]
To go to the contest page, and to see the results of the popular voting, go here --> [link]

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Please take your time to look at all of these, the artist really put a lot into my contest and I wan them to get as much out of it as they can. Thanx for stopping by. ^__^

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My Friends

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AMAZING artists

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Rurouni Kenshin Artists

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Clubs