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'ello! Maggie here. I will be using this blog to post my drawings, possibly some college work and artistic inspiration. Also on deviantArt

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Okay listen up guys, this is very important and I feel kinda uncomfortable in asking this, but I’m kind of desperate

So you might know that I accidentally spilled milk on my Macbook in the beginning of January, and despite my brother having been able to open it up and dry off as best as he could, it still died. So I took it to the nearest iStore, and got a diagnosis

Turns out the top case (keyboard + trackpad) need to be replaced, and that’s going to cost us 290 euros (395 dollars) 

I don’t have that kind of money right now, and I need my computer for college and studying, so I was wondering if you can you could help me out? I already figured out the donations thing on Paypal, there’s a donation button on my front page. I’ll be eternally grateful if you can manage to help! (in the midst of all this I just remembered I also have university fees to pay up by the end of the month, and that only makes matters worse oh god) 

I’m kinda nervous about asking this of you, but I wouldn’t ask for this tremendous favor if I wasn’t desperate. I put together a more through explanation of the situation here.

Please help me out? And/or spread the word if you can? Thank you so much! ;v;

I’m also taking sketch commission in case you’re interested!

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do you know any good websites to find information about helena alemida? i need to do research for coursework and can't find anything good :)

Helena *Almeida (I'm not sure whether it was a typo or if you're looking for the wrong name, so I hope you don't mind me correcting you c: )

And actually I don't; when we learned about her, our teacher only spoke of her very basically and lightly, only giving us the basic notion that she merged her painting with photography.

Basically everything I know about her is what you'll find in a basic google search (but hey, if you find a site in Portuguese you think might give you some insight into her work, I'll be happy to translate it for you c: )

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I didn’t know what to do so I decided Meg from Paperman. Major experimentation with brushes ensued. I haven’t seen the short yet, so no spoilers please! ;3;

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Drag the picture please. :)

I’m so proud of this. ^^

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Okay, so it’s kind of just a coloured sketch or whatever, shdfgjsdhg it’s the sort-of finished version of this, plus a few close-ups because I love those ;u;

Anyway, yeah. Tethys from Glimpse of Gold. She’s basically a bitch, but she’s still awesome jdjhgjadkhg

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JSDFGDAJSHGJ FINNALY

INCREDIBLY BELATED BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR THE LOVELY BIANCA OH GOSH FORGIVE ME BB, I HOPE YOU LIKE THIIISSSS

This is fanart for one of her (MANY) Portal AU’s, in which Wheatley has wings and it’s set in the 20’s and I’m not in the Portal fandom but I feel like I owe you guys for making my bby so happy so THANK YOU PORTAL FANDOM ;U;

ENJOY YOUR FEATHERBUTT, DARLING ;U;

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And here are the three finished paintings. This was also an experiment for me to try my hand at watercolour, and I must say I loved it so. I should do more watercolour ;u;

I dunno if I ever talked about the Third Star one, but one thing I loved about it was doing the stars. I basically cut three stars out of tape, placed them on the paper, painted the sky and then removed them so the space limited by them would remain white and the painting around them would look seamless. :3

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Little something I did while taking a study break. Gosh, I needed it. 8'I

Based on this wonderful pic. I admit I kind of rushed the Creature at the very last minute, I just wanted to get the effect of the lights just right.

Bamboo Pen tablet, PS CS5, ~1 hour

EDIT: Touched up the silhouette of the Creature, I think it looks much better now. :)

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Some drawings I made for an assignment. They're different parts of Coimbra that I most frequently visit. I didn't pay much attention to the proportions or perspective, I must say, but it was good practice.

Pencil and black pen on Moleskine sketchbook, touched up in Photoshop CS5, ~2/3 hours each

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There you go, obnoxiously badass Merida. 8'T

Photoshop CS5, Bamboo Pen Tablet, ~2 hours

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For once, something original sdjhgdkjghsd

I love white hair, okay ;u;

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More uni stuff, this time for Photography class. This assignment consisted in making an appropriation of a  photographer we had studied in class, and I decided to go with Portuguese photographer Helena Almeida. She did a series of photographs upon which she paints, and this one in particular inspired this series. #1, #2 and #3 were the teacher's favourites, though I'm quite fond of #4 and #5 too. #3 is my absolute favorite, I'm quite proud of it. C': And my model was my mom djhgsdjghjs :3 

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This isn't quite finished yet, it's part of another picture, but I really wanted to post it on its own. :3

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I just really, really, REALLY wanted to draw these two babies together oKAY djfgskdjgs

First time I ever draw Matt Smith. His hair is so awesome. :'D 

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I swear I have a good explanation for this. lolnope

The first time I saw face character!Merida's shiny shoes, the first thing that came to my mind was Benedict's fucking fabulous shoes.

So I drew them together. According to Cyril, "they're the leaders of the FABULOUS SHOES CLUB", and I couldn't agree more ehjgejfjsgf

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SO, today I finished that darn Flash project and to celebrate I drew my bby Cyril a request.

... makes total sense.

dfhjdsfksa, anyway, lately we've been RPing fem!Sherlock and John shenanigans on Skype and I looove iitttt ;;u;;

Anyway yeah, that's it. She's seen the entire process of this thing (and she's also seeing me typing this rn jhgffdjghkdf)

Photoshop CS5, Bamboo Pen tablet, 2 hours (used this pic as reference)

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I'm obsessed, you guys. 8'T More Winglock, loosely based on mine and Cyril's RPs on Skype. Open in new tabs for details, if you want.

anyone wanna fic this? ;u; sadfthfsahfsf derp

Photoshop CS5, Bamboo Pen tablet, ~4/5 hours