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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed:

Self-proclaimed tutorial queen  

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In case you wonder, I'm alive

Journal Entry: Fri May 9, 2008, 9:22 PM
  • Mood: Outraged
  • Listening to: AKs and RPGs
  • Reading: The news



I'm fine, in a matter of speaking. I'm just on the right side of the line and the fighting hasn't entered my zone yet. It's just been sound effects from here as street warfare raged all day and night yesterday. I'm however outraged beyond words to see half of my city being taken by armed force, barricaded and occupied, with nearly all my friends trapped in their homes in West Beirut.
I don't know what the next few days will bring.
Excuse me if I don't answer all comments to this journal. I'm not feeling very perky.
If you want more details please check out nowlebanon.com.

Update: Here's a map of occupied Beirut:



It's a rough map – according to it I'm in the occupied zone but I'm actually right on the verge of it.






Communities



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Crafted items for sale:



Current tutorial-in-progress:

Drawing felines: diagrams in progress, 17/37 species done

Work progress

Malaak: inking 22
Jeita: finished 7/30 p
RH logos: waiting
PPM website: plugging in
Hmong: done 7/12 spreads
Graces book: done 12/100p
Ref sheets: Taiji Jian 42, Chen 23, CQ 52
Earthlings: finished 6

Queued projects

Les Fouilles translation
De l'olive au hammam translation
Website: lebsee interface
My Prisma (Chatemuc, Henna, Safflor, Karadagh, Orpiment)
Culture book: Hay, Yao, Akha, Han, Ndebele, ...

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 28
  • Current Residence: Beirut, Lebanon
  • Interests: Wushu, Taiji Quan, Jián, anthropology, globetrotting, language, typography, history, photograph
  • Favourite movie: The Matrix, Hero, Last Samurai
  • Favourite artist: Brancusi, Mucha, Bill Reid, Hua San Ch'uan, AM Cassandre, Vermeer, H. Massoudy, F. Codsi, S. Sa
  • Favourite poet or writer: Dumas, Hugo, Gerald Durrell, PG Wodehouse, Tolkien, Umberto Eco...
  • Favourite photographer: My mom, Arthus-Bertrand
  • Favourite style or digital art: Any piece that shows knowledge of the medium and a good sense of design
  • Operating System: Tiger
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod mini (and it's PINK! waha)
  • Favourite game: Myst and sequels, Secret of Mana, Dream Chronicles, Wedding Dash, Jewel Quest
  • Favourite cartoon character: Yoko Tsuno, Les Tuniques Bleues, Scrameustache, Sur les Terres d'Horus
  • Personal Quote: And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life's inmost secret - G. K. Gibran
  • Tools of the Trade: Nothing is safe from my versatility

Devious Comments

`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: 2 days 10 hours ago
I'm ok, just really pissed off. Thanks for asking :hug:

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Designer, illustrator, comic author, martial artist, globetrotter, tutorial queen, shock therapist...
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~ScarletSnidget:iconScarletSnidget: 2 days 13 hours ago
Your tutorials are brilliant. I'd found them a while ago and forgot where they were. I just found them again, and I love them-- they're such a help.

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Live. Laugh. Learn. Love.
~Cozie:iconCozie: 3 days 2 hours ago Mood: Worried
I see violence in Lebanon on the news. Hope you're okay.:heart:

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Professionals don't know everything. Sometimes inspired amateurs know something. --Tom Shippey, re: Tolkein
~simonitro:iconsimonitro: 3 days 6 hours ago
Hi Cedarseed...

It's good to see another Lebanese on D.A. :D

I love you tutorials... it surely is helping me a lot...

I added you onto my MSN and thanks a lot.

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METAL IS FOREVER!!! \m/
`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: May 2, 2008, 3:51:24 AM
Merci :)

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: May 2, 2008, 3:51:19 AM
Haha enjoy the ride!

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: May 2, 2008, 3:50:36 AM
Be my guest! ;) And thanks.

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: May 2, 2008, 3:50:14 AM
Hello hello! Eh si, comme d'hab :P Ca va toi?

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: May 2, 2008, 3:50:00 AM
:aww: Thanks!

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: May 2, 2008, 3:49:43 AM
You're welcome :)

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: May 2, 2008, 3:49:37 AM
Aw, thanks!

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~Ricek:iconRicek: May 1, 2008, 3:09:56 PM Mood: Joy
Hi there! wanna be my friend?
`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: Apr 27, 2008, 9:54:47 AM
No worries ;)

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~NocturnaleX:iconNocturnaleX: Apr 27, 2008, 12:15:57 AM Mood: Love
Very Impressive work!! chapeau!

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Surrealist daydreamer..
~Sphenacodon:iconSphenacodon: Apr 26, 2008, 11:48:33 PM
You don't have to do it again - I apologized in my journal in case anyone had done it before... :)

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Knowledge = Power = Energy = Matter = Mass
---- Terry Pratchett
`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: Apr 26, 2008, 6:43:37 AM
AGAIN!!!
... alright, fine! =P

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: Apr 26, 2008, 6:43:17 AM
Thank you :bow:

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: Apr 26, 2008, 6:43:08 AM
I'm very glad they helped! Enjoy!

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: Apr 26, 2008, 6:42:57 AM
M'enfin!! Je l'ai déjà faite celle-la! Bon ok... =P

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: Apr 26, 2008, 6:42:36 AM
Thanks :)

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`Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: Apr 26, 2008, 6:42:27 AM
Thank you :blushes:

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Designer, illustrator, comic author, martial artist, globetrotter, tutorial queen, shock therapist...
Tutorial list: [link]
~Chibimita:iconChibimita: Apr 25, 2008, 1:47:50 PM Mood: Bliss
I think I'm gonna learn alot from you.:D
And cheecking out your gallery and tutorials is probaly gonna take me a week :faint:
~Foxglove-Honey:iconFoxglove-Honey: Apr 24, 2008, 9:45:48 AM Mood: Awestruck
I'll be back. Too many good things to take in at once.

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Theoretical learning is no substitute for practical experience.
~Sphenacodon:iconSphenacodon: Apr 24, 2008, 4:20:14 AM
You got tagged with 8 random facts! Lolz! A winner is u!

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For various biological musings and sundry notions, visit my blog, the quixotically-titled The World We Don't Live In.

Knowledge = Power = Energy = Matter = Mass
---- Terry Pratchett
~Olithys:iconOlithys: Apr 22, 2008, 9:36:21 PM
Hello miss !
Pas trop occupée les temps-ci ? J'espère que tout va bien !

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Don't stay with your own culture, go learn about some other ones. There are so many interesting things everywhere.