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	<title>General Discussion on Artician.com</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:46:14 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>What do you do to relieve stress?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/What-do-you-do-to-relieve-stress-t5217.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pretty simple.<br /><br />What do you do when the world gets on your nerves?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:55:37 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>paper writers</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/paper-writers-t5211.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Aside from being a Mathematical technician and my responsibilities, i also had a life behind that. one thing that people will be surprised to learn about me is that i do write. and writing is really my passion. Apparently, I'm a part time <a href="http://www.research-service.com" target="_blank">paper writers</a> in a prestigious magazine in the country. Not to mention the magazine name. I've been in that industry for past 3 years.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:23:10 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>College/school graphics class</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Collegeschool-graphics-class-t5209.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok so i've been doing graphics for around 4-5 years now, 2-3 years at college, and tbh, i havent learnt anything new, i've learnt more at home on the internet. I guess this is because the teachers here are so fixated on 'drawing'. Anyway, in class so many people copy my work and its soo frustrating, just wondering if any one else gets the same?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:49:18 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title>Dylan Cole interview?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Dylan-Cole-interview-t5205.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[We are getting dangerously close to the Dylan Cole interview (mid-november), and well I thought up the idea for Artician users to ask the questions.<br /><br />We are needing more of your questions so if you'd like to put a question to Dylan Cole, <a href="http://blog.artician.com/blog/2009/09/dylan-cole-interview-coming-soon/" target="_blank">please visit here</a>, You can enter more than one <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:23:59 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Let's get this place going.]]></title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Let39s-get-this-place-going-t5194.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, this site is relatively new, but there are over 20,000 [or, over 9,000 if you prefer] users on this site.<br /><br />i think we can do better than this. <br /><br />So tell me....<br /><br /><br />What are you doing besides not posting in here?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:10:57 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>candle tin design contest</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/candle-tin-design-contest-t5188.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Glade is having a contest for a candle tin design.. for those interested, check it out.. it ends this month..<br /><br />show some love on my submissions while ur out!! lol.. PLEASE....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.glade.com/tinsContest/gallery/ViewTinDesign.aspx?Id=105522" target="_blank">Submission 1</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.glade.com/tinsContest/gallery/ViewTinDesign.aspx?Id=105449" target="_blank">Submission 2</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.glade.com/tinsContest/gallery/ViewTinDesign.aspx?Id=101535" target="_blank">Submission 3</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.glade.com/tinsContest/gallery/ViewTinDesign.aspx?Id=101491" target="_blank">Submission 4</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.glade.com/tinsContest/gallery/ViewTinDesign.aspx?Id=98057" target="_blank">Submission 5</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.glade.com/tinsContest/gallery/ViewTinDesign.aspx?Id=97842" target="_blank">Submission 6</a><br />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:40:42 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Whats happenin</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Whats-happenin-t5184.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[hey all,<br /><br />  i been somewhat off and on Artician... just seein if anyone would come by and check out my stuff.. tell me what yall think.. all comments are appreciated..<br /><br />westfall.artician.com]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:59:24 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Please Help Me!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Please-Help-Me333333-t5178.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a quick Photoshop CS4 question for anyone willing to respond out there. Here goes. Is curves the only adjustment that allows access to each individual channel in photoshop CS4? Thank you for any replies.<br /><br />Brandi]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:04:26 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Final Fantasy XIV Emblem</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Final-Fantasy-XIV-Emblem-t5177.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[My friends and I are starting an FFXIV linkshell for the game that is not to be released for maybe another year. Regardless we're getting our stuff ready and we were wondering if any of you good people would be able to draw us up an emblem. Credit will be fully given, and if your interested in learning more about us just pm me or respond to the thread.<br /><br />The name of the group is Strawhats which is a reference at the One Piece pirates. What we were thinking for the emblem was something that can be put on a white background of a website and be hung on a black flag. We were thinking along the lines of a Cactuar from the final fantasy series wearing a Strawhat.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.rnr-alliance.com/kctoker/Cactuar.jpg" border="0" alt="Artician Image" /><br /><br /><img src="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/3/3d/Luffy.png" border="0" alt="Artician Image" /><br /><br />Thanks in advance guys. I really hope we get some feedback on this thread.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:38:04 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Okay so</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Okay-so-t5155.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay so, guess what?<br /><br />Well as some of you may know, im pretty close speaking terms with professional industry artists / concept artists / digital matte artists, and well a few days ago I spoke to Dylan Cole, and requested a interview with him -- He got back in touch and has accepted the interview and said that he has spare time around mid-november as he is working on a few titles at the moment.<br /><br />So from now until early-November I have decided to turn this into a little thing for all your Artician members, If you'd like to visit <a href="http://blog.artician.com/blog/2009/09/dylan-cole-interview-coming-soon/" target="_blank">here</a> for more details on how you can put your questions to Dylan Cole himself, (and of course learn a bit more about him if you don't know who he is already!)<br /><br /><i>if I receive a fair amount of unique and amazing questions, you can be sure to see more things like this in the future, with other professional artists being interviewed.</i><br /><br /><i><br />Peace out!,<br />Kevin.</i>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:15:04 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DD's What are they good for?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/DD39s-What-are-they-good-for-t5137.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yehp today another DD was delivered to my doorstep.<br />The question I have, after receiving some and actually deleting a couple; what does the artist get from a DD?<br />First thing that pops into one's mind is exposure, yeahp a piece that had several hundred views will get several thousand views in a matter of days, the question is who is viewing it? friends of course, maybe even family, and then? who are the other 20 30 thousand people? I had a couple of my DD's with the "print available" activated, did those sell?.....not a single one.<br />So are this thousands of people just wallpaper seeking freaks? will this exposure ever provide views and contacts with interesting people?<br />My guess its that DA its a bowl of soup the size of an ocean, that consists mainly of kitty snapshots, and poor manga spiced with millions of look at me vacation fotos, and good art its lost in the middle of all this. A DD boost you up to the surface, but if no one happens to be there at this time, you will sink back into the mess once again and all there is to show its the view count in your image that has slowed down once again.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:54:15 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Anyone care to help me out? PLEASE READ EVERYONE!</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Anyone-care-to-help-me-out-PLEASE-READ-EVERYONE33-t5126.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, first off, you are all not gonna want to read this. But i beg that you do. Just read it, you don't ahve todo anything more: <br /><br />I'm having a fundraiser (Keep reading) and you can buy from me online. This fundraiser not only helps my school choir class all get to go to chicago (And i really hope we get enough cuz i wanna go!) but, it can also help me get to my FIRST EVE ANIME CONVENTION!<br /><br />So, i have enough for a costume and ticket. Good, right? Well, i need the hotel room, cuz my mom refuses to continue driving me up every day. $120 right there. I also need money for food. And i would like to get a souvenir. That adds up. SO YOU CAN HELP! <br /><br />For every 50 items i sell, they literally will GIVE ME $50!!! <br /><br />So, if you could all just find it in your hearts to buy ONE SINGLE ITEM, i can very quickly work my way there. <br /><br />I realize you are all saving for the con, and the economy is bad, a lot of you are out of jobs, etc. I don't expect everyone to be able to buy. But if you could TRY to get one item, i would be insanely happy. You can buy the cheapest item. Price is not important. If you even just MIGHT be interested, this is what you can do: <br /><br />Go to www.helpourgroup.com <br /><br />To see what our group has for sale, click "Shop Now" and then our identification number is 26061 <br /><br />Once you click enter, it'll ask for my name and grade so i can get Credit. Put Caitlin Castle then 9th. <br /><br />I hope you all can find something you like! <br /><br />THANK YOU! <br />~Machi <br /><br /><br />P.S. All the chocolate is gourmet, and is supposed to be very very good.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:33:18 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>How much would I pay for your portfolio?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/How-much-would-I-pay-for-your-portfolio-t5120.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey fellow Artist(s)! <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br />I enjoy viewing artistic masterpieces and collecting them,<br />so lets have a fun for the day!<br />simply leave a message here, and I'll tell you how much wuld I pay for your artwork<br /><br />On photography I will give a rating on professional basis, and on others I would provide them as a Consumer/Client/Public Response point of view <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><br /><br />-20$: You'd have to pay me to stick it up.<br />0$: Great freebies for the wall!<br />20$: Wow not bad, ill spare 20 bucks for it.<br />50$: Now this is great, worth every single bucks.<br />100$: YOU HAVE TO SELL ME THIS ART!<br />500$: ID DO ANYTHING TO GET THIS PIECE!<br /><br />And please, no hard feelings, I will be completely honest, if you would mind getting a $-20 then don't leave a message here. It will all be in opinion form, and bias-ed to my liking.<br /><br />The money form and amount is not a direct figure, just a numerical to represent the ratings <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />Results:<br />$-20: 0<br />$0: 1<br />$20: 0<br />$50: 1<br />$100: 2<br />$500: 0]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:14:31 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Selling Art</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Selling-Art-t5118.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. I would like to get some opinions on the art of selling art. ha. I'm a fairly new artist, only been painting for about 5 years. I sold one painting and a logo. The painting was sold for $300 and the logo was done for $50 I would love to continue selling stuff but I'm not sure my stuff is worth that much money. A mentor of mine said to start at $300 never go lower. But I kind of think i should start lower to get my name out there. I understand the more someone pays for something the more likely they are to take good care of it. Anyways. <br /><br /><br /> Should I start low and get my name out? <br /><br />Or high and never sell anything?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:35:36 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Whats Better?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Whats-Better-t5089.html</link>
		<description>Is Artician better than deviantart? whats your say?</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:51:18 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Im Leaving</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Im-Leaving-t5088.html</link>
		<description>I have a deviantart, so all I really need is that.</description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:50:36 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>What are you reading?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/What-are-you-reading-t5067.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<!--fonto:Book Antiqua--><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua"><!--/fonto--><!--coloro:#185db0--><span style="color:#185db0"><!--/coloro-->For all those who don't just watch the tube or play with an Xbox, what book(s) are you currently into?<br /><br />In my case I just finished <u>The Golden Compass</u> by Philip Pullman. Normally I'm not a sword-&-sorcery fan, but I enjoyed it. Am about to resume <u>The Bible Unearthed</u> by Neil A. Silberman & Israel Finkelstein.<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc-->]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Artician: What do you want to see?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Artician-What-do-you-want-to-see-t5065.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey all,<br />This is just a speculative post on what would you guys want to see from Artician?,<br />Do you have one of those things that you think Artician needs?.<br /><br /><br />Post what they are in here.<br /><br /><br />Do you want us to look into advertising/marketing, ability to buy things, more features for the forums?, What do you want from artician? <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br /><br />- Kevin.<br /><!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><i><br />PS; This is just a community topic asking for your opinions on what you would like to see from Artician, I will then look into it further to see if we can add them, somewhere down the line!</i><!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:03:09 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Looking for fellow teen authors who don't get traffic]]></title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Looking-for-fellow-teen-authors-who-don39t-get-traffic-t5062.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Why? 'Cause I don't get traffic neither. I also have nothing also better to post, lol. So, hit me up! <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="B)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:27:20 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Waffles, Pancakes, French toast, and QUESTIONS!</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Waffles-Pancakes-French-toast-and-QUESTIONS33-t5044.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Waffles. Pancakes. French toast. Okay, we're over that now. Now it's time for the QUESTIONS!! Copy and paste, write your own answers.<br /><br />THIS IS NOT A QUESTION! <br />If you are going something offensive or ANYTHING that implies you hate/dislike animals, well, fudge you, and go away.<br /><br />1. WHAT IS/ARE YOUR FAV COLOUR(S)??? (if you friggin' choose pink, GO AWAY!!! <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />) <br /><b>black</b> and <!--coloro:#2b7de1--><span style="color:#2b7de1"><!--/coloro-->blue<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><br /><br />2. Would you rather eat a sausage that looked like and tasted like excretement, or excretement that looked, smelled, and tasted like sausage (don't worry, it's sterile)<br />Sausage that looked like and tasted like excretement.<br /><br />3. If you were forced to eat any of them, what would you choose? Waffles, pancakes, or French toast?<br />French toast because waffles and pankakes make me sick. <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /><br /><br />4. Flight or invisibility (can't say neither)?<br />Flight<br /><br />5. OMFG! There's a giant piece of cheese terrorizing the world with flying monkeys as it's minions!!!!!! What do you do!!!!???<br />I shoot the evil flying monkeys and eat the cheese!!!!! <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /><img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />:lol:]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:36:59 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Dreams</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Dreams-t5030.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[So I spoke with my therapist yesterday on dreams and dreaming. I've been having frequent, lucid dreams involving a lot of action, adventure, and violence. Usually a lot of control over myself in the dreams, no fear, with a goal and obstacle to get over, and when there is fear, I easily fight it. Not to mention psychic powers, but the thing that stands out is the constant flying and that I usually am a bird. I've also had nightmares before involving killing, rape, eating someone else, watching someone else commit suicide, hiding the bodies, running away from a tsunami or plague, etc. Though I've never had the teeth falling out nightmare everyone says to be the most common. Not to mention I've almost strangled myself to death in my sleep (I was dreaming some kid was strangling me). <br /><br />I find it to be an awesome adventure, not to mention wonderful if you have artist's block and need something to draw, or a story to write.<br /><br />So I was wondering, what're your most recent dreams about? Have trouble remembering them or not? Any really scary, creepy nightmares you've had? Can you lucid dream? Have you sleep walked or woke up doing something? Stuff like that. <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/ninja.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":fear:" border="0" alt="ninja.gif" />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:51:17 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Anime. Wha...?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Anime-Wha-t5028.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>First off, I'd like to make clear that I am not dissing manga or anime or the people who enjoy it. This is NOT a critique of the art form. It's simply personal oppinions stated to form a basis for a question.</b><br /><br />I don't get anime. Or manga, really. I don't understand why soooo many people love it. I'm a HUGE comics fan so one would assume that manga is something I would feel a connection with, yet I don't. I have read numerous mangas, <i>Ghost in the Shell</i>, <i>Domu</i>, etc but I still prefer American/ European comics to manga. As for anime, I've watched a bit but I can't seem to connect with it the way I can with other animated movies/shows. <br /><br />I think, for me, the biggest hurdle is that, to my eye, it all looks so similar. Perhaps this is due to my limited knowledge of the form but every manga artists looks pretty much like every other manga artist. Now, I admit the same could be said of comic artists however I can think of sever high-profile ones whose styles are hugely different from each other. As I said, this might just be due to the fact that I know a great deal more about comics than I do manga.<br /><br />I can not place my finger on it exactly but I've never really completely enjoyed any manga I've read. So I'm asking you, the manga/ anime fans, to enlighten me. Explain to me what it is that you enjoy so much, what is it about the medium that speaks to you. This isn't some sort of test, or being a smart-ass on my part. I'm honestly curious and honestly wish to know. There is so much of it out there I feel I'm missing out, but I need to know which way to look at it.<br /><br />Cheers.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:48:38 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Questions about you</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Questions-about-you-t5026.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Copy and Paste. Write your answers<br /><br /><br />1. Dogs or Cats?<br />I can't choose their both so awesome and cute.<br /><br />2. Natural Sights or City Sights?<br />Natural. Cities suck<br /><br />3. Three words to describe your personality would be...<br />tomboy, curious, rockin<br /><br />4. Element? (Fire, Water, Earth, Air you choose)<br />Earth. But my mom says I'm and air since I'm a gemini so I'm a mix<br /><br />5. Anime or Cartoons?<br />Anime all the way! (Besides Pokemon it's gay)<br /><br />6. Manga or Chapter Books?<br />Both<br /><br />7. Dragon, Griffin, or Pheonix?<br />Dragon<br /><br />8. Favorite tv show?<br />Robot Chicken!!!!<br /><br />9. Linkin Park or Papa Roach?<br />Linkin Park!!!!!&gt;:D<br /><br />10. (Write any question here and reply to yourself)<br /><br />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:40:13 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Random</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Random-t5025.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[[color=#2a88fd][/color][b]My name is Skye. I only have old, 5 second pictures on my account that in my opinion suck. I recently drew a new one, it's a picture of a white wolf with wings hanging in the air limply, grey back ground,black shadows shaped like ravens I think it's cool, looks non-lazy, and wolves just rock the house anyway. I'm a blond tomboy;gee, how many of those do you see each day? I think the world is being polluted with greenhouse gases and pink "girlyness". THE END IS NIGH!!!!!!<br />Peace out<br />Love wolves<br />Save the planet]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:51:25 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Soon, a fork in the road.</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Soon-a-fork-in-the-road-t5024.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<!--fonto:Century Gothic--><span style="font-family:Century Gothic"><!--/fonto--><!--coloro:#0e98bd--><span style="color:#0e98bd"><!--/coloro-->The construction at the <a href="http://austinartistsmarket.com" target="_blank">ren market</a> is almost done now, so vendors are coming back. (I was a vendor out there for several months.) The holiday season is coming soon enough & for a vendor, that's the time to be out selling your handcrafted stuff. The problem is I work at a department store & holiday season is when it does major business also. The bosses will ask everyone to put in extra hours in the weeks before Xmas--that's a given. But I don't want to be there any more than I have to--I wanna be at the market & on S. Congress for First Thursdays, ferchrissakes! My loyalty is to my business, not to corporate America. But if my boss turns hardassed, it may be my job or my business. I may have a decision to make.<br /><br />So what should I do when that question comes up? I know what I want to do, but economic necessity is something we all deal with. Any constructive advice would be appreciated.<br /><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc-->]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:46:16 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Man gets religious tat...</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Man-gets-religious-tat-t5017.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<!--fonto:Microsoft Sans Serif--><span style="font-family:Microsoft Sans Serif"><!--/fonto--><div align="center"><!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Man gets "God" tattoo in Denton, skips out on bill<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></div><br /><br /><i>DENTON, Texas (AP) -- God might not be the only one passing judgment on a man who skipped out on paying $200 for a religious tattoo at a Denton parlor.<br /><br />Denton police are investigating a nonpayment complaint filed by a tattoo artist who inscribed "Only God can judge me" on a customer's arm.<br /><br />The Denton Record-Chronicle reported Thursday that the artist finished the work, which included a pair of praying hands, and presented the bill.<br /><br />The customer Monday offered a credit card, which was declined, then he ran out of the store.</i><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--><br /><br /><!--coloro:#185db0--><span style="color:#185db0"><!--/coloro--><!--fonto:Century Gothic--><span style="font-family:Century Gothic"><!--/fonto-->You can read it at the original source <a href="http://www.keyetv.com/mostpopular/story/Man-gets-God-tattoo-in-Denton-skips-out-on-bill/aU7oV5ahxE6LfNa7N3qvGw.cspx" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />It's not too recent (July 9th byline), but is that priceless or what?<!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:31:57 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Competition incoming!</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Competition-incoming33-t4997.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, just a little hint that a competition shall be coming to Artician this month, and also a little reminder that when submitting work to Artician, Try not to upload things with Watermarks from Deviantart, If you have the original please try upload that, Because you never know, if we find some really stunning work we may just feature it, But with the ugly watermark, it sometimes ruins your work! <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br /><br />Discuss what the competition may be in here! <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:57:56 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Oh dear me..</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Oh-dear-me-t4978.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[My profile is at 666 views! now i dont believe in superstions or anything.. but its still an ugly number.<br /><br />Anyways my reason for posting is simple, Lets discuss superstions that you may or may not actually believe in. Why? because im bored and Artician could use more activity so.. lets have at it.<br /><br />Mine for example is the superstition that 666 is the sign of the devil. Me personally am not one for religion, so to me the whole 666 thing means squat. <br /><br />do you have something more interesting to share than.. a lame 666?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:42:53 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Who is an Anime Artist here?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Who-is-an-Anime-Artist-here-t4973.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /><br /><br />Hello! I wanted to see who else does anime art, or has ever tried it, so stop by and say hi. We should all add each other to our friends lists as well.<br />So say hi, if you are please!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Also if you have a deviantart, say so, and we can watch each other as well.<br /><br />I'm at www.michelle77.deviantart.com <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" /><br /><img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:19:05 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>DROPULAR INVITES!</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/DROPULAR-INVITES33-t4972.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone happen to have them?<br /><br />I'd really love one.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:35:50 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>In need of serious critiquing</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/In-need-of-serious-critiquing-t4957.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello!<br /><br />I am relatively  new to artician (I signed up about 2 months ago but have never really gotten around to seriously checking out the site), and am wondering if anyone would be willing to critique some of my work. I am pretty much self taught in everything art wise since I never really held an interest for anything art related until recently, and would really appreciate some  in site from  some of my fellow articiians. <br /><br />Please note that there are only a few writing pieces up on my portfolio for the moment, but I do plan on adding some other mediums as I get a little better. I am currently exploring my (severely outdated) photoshop CS2 and trying out a few different things. Any and all advise in any area is extremely welcomed as I try and broaden my artistic horizons.<br /><br /><a href="http://serenearchives.artician.com/portfolio/" target="_blank"><a href="http://serenearchives.artician.com/portfolio/" target="_blank">http://serenearchives.artician.com/portfolio/</a></a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:12:13 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>In need of a serious critique.</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/In-need-of-a-serious-critique-t4950.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[just kidding...<br />just vote for me:<br /><a href="http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbums/PhotoView.aspx?picid=902028_33978410&=FBPOST_PPIMEMA" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbum...=FBPOST_PPIMEMA" target="_blank">http://www.brickfish.com/Pages/PhotosAlbum...=FBPOST_PPIMEMA</a></a><br />IL&isep=1&pbapi=2482174&pbvi=84841140<br /><br />and critique the photo if you want.  good contrast right?  Such a bad contest to enter anything to... top rated is such a joke:<br /><a href="http://www.brickfish.com/Lifestyles/MyFavoritePhoto?tab=entries&rnk=true" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.brickfish.com/Lifestyles/MyFavo...es&rnk=true" target="_blank">http://www.brickfish.com/Lifestyles/MyFavo...es&rnk=true</a></a><br /><br />And what the hell is brickfish anyway?  Anyone else entering this terrible contest?  Any thoughts?  TAWK 2 ME]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:16:07 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Power Shield Is Officially Open!</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Power-Shield-Is-Officially-Open33-t4943.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A little group for teens who want their characters noticed.<br /><br />Visit The Official Website! (http://tonyswritingcorner.webnode.com/)<br /><br />Power Shield Writing Studios (Current Characters)<br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Thomas Williams - Me!<br /><br />Katie & Sally Cattail - Also Me!<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Power Shield Authors <br />-----------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />2puppy - Me, duh!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:10:29 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Those who have Yellow Fever.</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Those-who-have-Yellow-Fever-t4902.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[General discussion for evrything related to the land of the rising sun! <br /><br />Get to know your brethren here on Artican! <br /><br /><img src="http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/73/m_9a7967ea270a4fb2b43b7b2413efe565.gif" border="0" alt="Artician Image" />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:23:35 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>What Are Your Pet Peeves?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/What-Are-Your-Pet-Peeves-t4894.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether it be an annoying personality, a sound, a taste, an animal, a color.. We all have our pet peeves. They can vary from fingernails catching on fabric to piled up dishes, from bright yellow to the sound of teeth scraping against silverware. Some of us might have more than others, and we unfortunately come across new ones as we move on in life. So why don't we share these annoyances, since they're something we all have in common. <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /><br /><br />Some of mine:<br />1. The sound of metal scraping against metal, like a knife against a knife<br />2. Having dirty feet touch a soft fabric, usually after walking outside barefoot <br />3. A pencil less than incredibly sharp if I'm writing with it - I can't use anything other than a mechanical pencil unless I sharpen the pencil every couple minutes. Drawing and sketching is fine, though. <br />4. Ugly web design, especially if the content of the site is otherwise good. It's very off putting<br />5. Puke green ( only shade of green I don't like, which is my favorite color: disliking a shade of my favorite color makes the shade seem even worse lol )<br /><br />Now go on and rant away! <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:42:36 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>What kind of genres do you like the Most?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/What-kind-of-genres-do-you-like-the-Most-t4867.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo--><b><!--fonto:Garamond--><span style="font-family:Garamond"><!--/fonto-->Well, <!--sizeo:6--><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->hi<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--> to everyone, who enters this Topic <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" /><br /><br />I'm <!--coloro:#7adbf4--><span style="color:#7adbf4"><!--/coloro-->NayaCanna<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->, kinda new user and member of Artician</b><img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />.<br /><br />My question is quite simple : <!--coloro:#ff821b--><span style="color:#ff821b"><!--/coloro--><b><u>What kind of genres do you like the most<!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->?<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--> And Why<!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->?<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></u></b> <!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->(I'm talking about books)<img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /><br />I've got here some examples for you to choose:<br /><br /><!--coloro:#a6db39--><span style="color:#a6db39"><!--/coloro--><b>a</b><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->. fiction/fantasy/fairytale <br /><br /><!--coloro:#f1eb23--><span style="color:#f1eb23"><!--/coloro--><b>b</b><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->. historical <br /><br /><!--coloro:#ec6b00--><span style="color:#ec6b00"><!--/coloro--><b>c</b><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->. common stories full of realism<br /><br /><!--coloro:#f278e4--><span style="color:#f278e4"><!--/coloro--><b>d</b><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->. sugary romantic <br /><br /><i>or maybe something else?</i> (your description) <br /><br /><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->I'd like to know your preferences, as I'd like to make my own little statistic and You could help me<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--><img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> <!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--> <!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 04:23:28 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Anyone who lives in Henderson, NV?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Anyone-who-lives-in-Henderson-NV-t4855.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm in desperate need of friends, kinda lonely if ya know what I mean <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> . So anyone hear who lives in Henderson, NV? Here's a little bit about myself: I'm currently going to college (just graduated HS a couple days ago from Nevada State) during the summer @ CSN (College of Southern Nevada). I'm going there to get my AA in Art Emphasis. I will then be moving on to a university to get a double major in Photography and the Fine Arts (don't know which university yet). If you can't tell my passion is Art, I've been doing art ever since I could hold up a pencil (or crayon if you please <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> ). I am 17 years old (turning 18 September 1st ^.^). Personality wise, I love to love...I guess you can say I'm a nice person <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />. Please respond! Thank you.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 01:52:04 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Feeling Strange</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Feeling-Strange-t4773.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I need to pay great attention to when these topics have been made. I looked at the dates of the comments that came before mine in another forum to see that they were made in August of 2006! Now, either there is a glitch, or these forums move pretty slow. I understand that this community is smaller than some of the others that I am used to.. but wow, that topic was just near the bottom of the first page of topics in a subforum!<br /><br />Anywho, looking for some delicious, fresh topics to jump in on.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 17:12:31 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>So.. Where are you guys from?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/So-Where-are-you-guys-from-t4719.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[So as the topic says, where are you guys from? I'm to lazy to go check every users profile <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /><br /><br />I myself are from Southern Denmark in a city called Soenderborg..]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 10:38:56 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Sell your pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Sell-your-pictures-t4703.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone.<br />Why don't artician make the opportunity for everyone to sell their pictures? It could be so damn nice. <br />Just make it like on deviantart, where you print it and sell it, and the photographer just gets a little money.<br /><br />I think that it is really needed here.<br />Maybe you should just make it pro only?<br /><br />Then you should upload a picture people could see, and a picture for print. So other peoples dont come and take the high res picture and prints it by themselves. <br /><br />PS. Sorry for my bad english!<br /><br />Best regards - Kristian Flindt]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 10:55:30 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>16000 users on so dead :O</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/16000-users-on-so-dead-O-t4669.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I don't get it, artician got 16000 users, but still most people ever online was 143, how is that possible?<br /><br />I say we gotta kick this forum into gear, tell all your friends at artician, to check them out, a forum can be lots of fun, everyday..<br /><br />I know some might say, that people are afraid to write in here because they feel there english is not all that good, but we don't judge anyway one in here..<br />So put out the word that we need the artician forum going <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /><br /><br />PS: I know a made a spelling mistake in the title <img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 03:43:23 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Teen Angst and Drama Galore</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Teen-Angst-and-Drama-Galore-t4647.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[So just for the hell of it ( im home sick today so ive got nothing better to do), i want to see who replies to this forum post.<br />Im a 16 year girl going through hell at the moment. High school drama is the worst, and up until this year i was doing a hell of a good job at avoiding it. But then i got into dating, got my first boyfriend, went well for 4 months, but it wasnt working out...We eventually broke up, and that went great, no fighting no destroying of gifts that we gave each other...until now that is. Now hes accusing me of talking behind his back and still liking him (both of which are not true). And also that im complaining about how he likes my best friend (who also hates my guts at the moment...go figure). Anyway, he just threatened to destroy the things i gave him (most of which being pieces of art that i made him...and one of them being my favorite painting ive ever done) <br />SO YEAH, dont you LOVE high school drama, <br />well, anyway, point of this fun little forum is, im asking all you teenage art geeks like me for a wee bit of advice on how to handle a situation such as this and to give you the chance to share your exciting stories of high school drama experiences.<br />I love when i can laugh at my problems and maybe some of you will feel the same satisfaction that im feeling.<br /><img src="http://www.artician.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 11:34:12 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Just a bit of an update</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Just-a-bit-of-an-update-t4638.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I know no one knows me here from dA. But I just felt like saying that I recently made a new account.<br /><br />victorianfox.deviantart.com<br /><br />Not alot of art there I know, but I'll upload more stuff eventually &gt;D]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:19:46 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Tumblr users?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Tumblr-users-t4608.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm honestly not much of a blogger-person, but every once in awhile I've found that it's easier to update people about my music/art/whatever using crap like this.<br /><br /><a href="http://magicmissiles.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://magicmissiles.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">http://magicmissiles.tumblr.com/</a></a><br /><br />Any other tumbr users looking to widen their spheres of influence are welcome to uh, follow me, or whatever.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 04:29:57 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Favorite quotes?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Favorite-quotes-t4543.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<!--fonto:Book Antiqua--><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua"><!--/fonto--><!--coloro:#003374--><span style="color:#003374"><!--/coloro-->ART:<br /><br />“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” – <i>Michaelangelo Buonarotti</i><br /><br />"From the age of five I have had passion for sketching the form of things, from about the age of fifty I showed a number of drawings, yet of all I drew prior to my seventies there is truly nothing of any great note. When I was seventy-two I finally made out something of the shape of grasses and trees, the structure of birds and other animals, insects, fishes. Therefore when I become eighty I shall have made more progress; in my nineties I shall have penetrated even further the hidden meaning of things; at the age of a hundred I shall have reached the divine mystery, and at one hundred and ten even dots and lines will surely possess a life of their own. I only beg those of you who will live long enough to verify the truth of my words." – <i>Katsushika Hokusai<br /></i><br />POLITICS:<br /><br />“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.”  - <i>H.L. Mencken</i><br /><br />“Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.”  - <i>Gore Vidal</i><br /><br />"Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom."  - <i>Plato, <u>The Republic</u><br /></i><br />"People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an <br />election." – <i>Otto von Bismarck</i><br /><br />"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry." - <i>T.S. Eliot</i><br /><br />"Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. " - <i>Ambrose Bierce</i><br /><br />RELIGION:<br /><br />"Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night." - <i>Isaac Asimov</i><br /><br />"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - <i>Galileo Galilei</i><br /><br />"I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs." - <i>Frederick Douglass</i><br /><br />"One man's theology is another man's belly laugh." - <i>Robert Heinlein</i><br /><br />"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." - <i>Anne Lamott</i><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc-->]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 22:24:37 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Writers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a problem of being a writer when it comes to a site like this.  I'm not saying that all the work the artists do is easy, I'm saying that it's easy to enjoy their work.  With a drawing or painting you can look at it and go "That's an amazing piece of work" or "I didn't like it that much".  But with writing you have to read the whole thing to enjoy it, and many people either are lazy or don't have the time to go through and read it all.<br />I'd like to see if there are others like me who have been having problems in getting their work enjoyed, I look at my lack of comments on any of my work here or on DA every day and wonder just how many other people have the same problem.<br />I made this topic also because I notice Artician had no boards set up for us writers, and I saw no topics in the main boards either.<br /><br />My name is Tommy and I like to do some light drawing of creatures and characters if my own, but I'm not very good at it.<br />My real talent is writing and asside from doing some small fanfiction work I am in the process of writing a novel.<br />It's a Vampire novel I call "Damned Soul", and I hope the rest of you can enjoy it. ^^]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:10:57 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Are there any Sequential Artists here?</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Are-there-any-Sequential-Artists-here-t4440.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<blockquote>One of my biggest pet peeves on Deviant Art was that if I wanted actual paneled comics I'd have to slog through page after page of Marvel and DC fan-art and tonnes of pin-ups.  I do hope that won't be a problem here on Artician, but I want to know--are there any Sequential Artists out there?  Pencillers, Inkers, Colorists, Writers, Letterers, etc.  Or if you just have a love of the paneled page, shout out here!</blockquote>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:22:28 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>A-kon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Artician.<br /><br />I'm sitting here, knee deep in scraps as I try to construct a Godot mask for the upcoming Anime Convention here in Dallas, Tx.<br /><br />It'll be my first one ever, I wonder if people here have ever gone to one, what did they did, how it went, ect.<br /><br />Also man you have to have alot of money to like anime my gawd. Dx]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:48:58 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Sketch Magazine gang and others at Comics2Games in Florence, KY FCBD!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 2 is Free Comic Book Day. We’re running a sale in our store located in Florence, KY. Stop by and take advantage of this special discount on all art supplies and meet a few fellow creators including: <br />Lora Innes (The Dreamer from IDW), <br />Scott and Benita Story (Johnny Saturn), <br />Eric Adams (Lackluster World), <br />Brant Fowler (Wannabez),<br /> Scott Simmons (Wannabez), <br />Darren Mueller (Ringtail Cafe), <br />Krista Mueller (Ringtail Cafe), <br />Jackie Hernandez (Ringtail Cafe), <br />Bill Nichols (Sketch Magazine, SkyStorm, Studios), <br />John Wilson (SketchMagazine.net, SkyStorm Studios, ComicRelated.com),  <br />Mike Maydak (1782 The Year of Blood, Blackbeard Legacy), <br />SFX Makeup Demos by Paula and Chris Hendrix and <br />Chuck Moore from COMICRELATED.COM.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:29:34 -0400</pubDate>
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		<title>Artician Scouts!</title>
		<link>http://www.artician.com/forum/Artician-Scouts33-t4360.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.artician.com/apply/scouts" target="_blank"><img src="http://s.artician.com/images/promo/scouts.png" border="0" alt="Artician Image" /> </a><br /><br />Hello all, I'm one of the first Scouts you will see here at Artician,<br />This topic is basically to introduce the new Artician Scouts, and provide you a little insist as to what we do!.<br /><br />Artician Scouts are here to seek out talented piece's of work that the Artician Members upload on a daily basis, Our role is to "Scout" such a piece and put it up for the Feature Que in which upon administration decision the suggested feature will then be either accepted or denied. We are also here to encourage, guide and help the community of Artician, So if you need any advice or support drop us a Message!.<br /><br /><b><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Aims?<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></b><br />Our aims are to provide a more quality Artician Gallery and moderate the content that goes through it, By reporting such works that we feel are against our Rules we will have a much cleaner Artician Gallery, We also correct the Gallery's by moving certain pieces of work that are not in the correct gallery, into its respective gallery.<br />We are also here to provide recognition to the brilliant artist's that we scout at Artician, by putting they're work up for Feature.<br /><br /><b><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Suggest?<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></b><br /><b>I encourage anyone out there, that if you have spotted a good piece of art, and you feel it deserves to be Featured.<br />Then please drop me a message and I will see to it that if it is a quality piece, We will get it featured.</b><br /><b><br /><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Apply?<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></b><br />If you wish to apply to join the Artician Scout Team, please fill out the form <a href="http://www.artician.com/apply/scouts" target="_blank">here</a>, and a Administrator shall get in touch with you in time with a Response to your Application.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><br /><!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Quick Links<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></b><br /><a href="http://www.artician.com/apply/scouts" target="_blank">Apply to be a Artician Scout!</a><br /><a href="http://www.artician.com/forum/compose-new-message.html&MID=5411" target="_blank">Contact me to suggest a Feature!</a><br /><a href="http://www.artician.com/browse/#browse=featured=1" target="_blank">Check out Currently Featured work!</a><br /><a href="http://www.artician.com/support-artician" target="_blank">Support Artician!</a><br /><br /><br /><i>Thank's for Reading!, <br /><!--sizeo:1--><span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Kevin Johnson<br />Artician Scouts<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec--></i>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:51:36 -0400</pubDate>
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