Finally it's Christmas, so I wanted to wish you all a good time
Enjoy the holidays, family and friends, and of course your gifts I had a great time so far, *Ingideon and I drove to his family in Hamburg at 23rd December. His father is already preparing the roast goose for dinner and the table for presents in the living room is covered with gifts, chocolate and candy
And I gained the most amazing gift ever! *Ingideon and his parents gave me a Canon EOS 450D for Christmas! I already knew that he is absolutely crazy, but I didn't see that coming Thank you soooooooooo much my dear!
I'm still reading the manual and I'm very aware that I have much to learn, but with this camera I've got the best technical chance to improve my photography skills So I'm looking forward to try and learn

I hope you all have a great time and a happy new year

OMG I just sold a print!
Although it is "only" a postcard, I'm really thrilled that I sold something. I've never expected to sell anything, left alone a piece that isn't one of my most popular.



I have no idea who bought the postcard, but whoever you are: Thank you for purchaseing it!


My boyfriend *Ingideon also bought me another 12 month premium membership Thank you so much darling

First of all, I want to thank my visitors for all the faves and comments on Sprite. I've submitted it at #Apophysis a few days ago and my Inbox was promply flooded with tons of faves and comments I'd love to respond to every single comment and thank you for every single fave, but I'm too busy at the moment. Christmas is near, and there are still many things that must be taken care of
So even if I don't respond: Be sure that I'm reading and appreciating every comment, and I'm thrilled about every favorite! Thank you all!!!


I also want to thank `ginkgografix for her wonderful CSS tutorials and templates. They helped me at creating a new journal lookout based on the new gruze CSS. So If you're having problems creating your own journal CSS, be sure to have a look at her Tutorials.


The last few months I've received a lot of complains about my watermarks and the now smaller size of my pictures.
So I've altered the watermark to a less disturbing version. I know it's still ugly and I very well know that it distroys the picture, but I have to protect my art! I was a victim to art thieves a few times now and the watermarks are the only way to protect my work. So please stop complaining! I'm tired of explaining the same thing over and over again a hundred times. There are good reasons for the watermarks and there are good reasons for the small image size so please stop bugging me about it. As long as there are art thieves on the internet, I have to protect my work, it's as simple as that.

Now it happened: Some idiot here at DA stole one of my best pieces and submitted it here as his own work.



I just can't say how damn FURIOUS I am! It's not that I haven't stated out explicitly that I don't allow such a thing. In fact I wrote it under every single piece I've submitted here at DA. Are those people simply to stupid to read, or are they just ignorant?!
Of couse I've reported the thief immediately and hope that DA will delete the plagiarism as soon as possible. What angers me the most is the fact that the perky thief didn't just take my picture, no he also erased my watermark in the right corner! It's one thing to submit a piece, created by another person, it's another thing to alter it slightly and claim it as your own, but deleting the watermark is just criminal!
I'm almost sure he not just used one of my pictures for his gallery, but also has taken deviations from other people. So you should have a look at his gallery and make sure he didn't take something from you without your permission: ~himadesigner
If you recocnize a work from another deviant you know, please let her/him know so that she/he can report the thief in ordner to delete the picture from the thief's gallery. Thank you.

Because of the fact that he was able to simply delete my watermark, I was forced to make the watermarks on my pictures bigger. I'm sorry, I know that such a big watermark kind of ruins every piece, but I can't allow people to rip my art. And the latest incident proved that copyright notices and small watermarks simply don't keep crackbrained people from ripping
I also deleted the wallpapers. Sorry for all people who appreciated and used them as attire for their desktops; you can thank jerks like ~himadesigner, because they are responsible for big ugly watermarks and the disappearance of free goodies like wallpapers.

And now I'm gonna play some Dynasty Warriors with my boyfriend and kick some polygones ass to relief my anger! Good night.

No, I'm not dead, I was just busy
I start the new year with another feature. This time it is dedicated to ravens, crows and one of my favorite author Edgar Allan Poe. If you haven't read his famous poem "The Raven" be sure to do so, you wouldn't regret it
As I searched DeviantArt for raven pictures, I was once more surprised to see so many wonderful Deviations that where unnoticed. So I decided to mainly show you pictures with little faves and comments. Be sure to give the artists the appreciation they desire