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Nova-Nocturne

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I feel now that I have finished all the commissions and prizes I had lined up, I am officially moving to my new account. If you would like to continue viewing my artwork, please follow at NovaNocturneArt 

Due to moving, I will be moving most of the rest of my old art into storage. All that will remain is the free to use lineart, and my featured works. (gifts, trades,and commissions will be transferred to my new account).

Also, I will be posting a special commission offer on my new page, so if you want to find out go check it out!!!
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If you haven't been paying attention, all my art has been talking about my upcoming account move to NovaNocturneArt 
Well, if ya didn't know, now you do! Please follow that account as I will no longer be answering messages, comments, questions, posts, etc on this account. In fact, I've disabled commenting on most of my stuff so far and the rest will be disabled soon. If you commissioned anything from me, also, please download it to your own files ASAP. My entire gallery is going to be put into storage as time goes on. Some artwork will be moving with me but not all of it. 

Anyhoodles, I have 2 more pieces to post before I move accounts. The first one was a gift commission that I have to wait until the receiver's birthday passes to post, and the second is what I'd like to be my last trade to be posted to this account. What I mean is that I would like to do a trade to get a year long DA sub on my new account that I will be moving to. DA isn't exactly cheap though for their subs. So what I'd offer in return is a discounted commission.The person willing to buy me that sub can choose from the following commission types.

Alphonse Mucha Style Portrait (few accessories, detailed symbolic backdrop):

Valued at $70

Two - full body - Pose Reference sheet (not including the headshot, and flat colored. Character would be 'Disney' nude)

Valued at $60

Single full body pose fully accessorized with color and shading

Valued at $60

Illustration style full body black and white (some accessories, no background)
Nova plain by Nova-Nocturne
Valued at $100

If you are interested in doing this trade message me asap!
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TMI Tuesday

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As I am getting closer to moving my account to NovaNocturneArt I am having less and less activity on this account, particularly from watchers. Tis kind of a lonely feeling (and I'm bored at work atm lol). So to spicy things up before the move is finalized, I'm hosting a TMI Tuesday. Ask me any question you want and I'll answer to the best of my ability.

Go ahead and ask away! I may answer some questions in drawing form too~ All questions will be listed on this journal as I answer them. :P

Questions:

  • Questions by KitsuneShukko
    • How did you get into drawing?
      • According to my mother, as soon as I could hold a pencil, crayon, pen, etc. I was drawing. The one she thought was most impressive was a hippo I drew in preschool that had correct depth perception or something. Haha!
    • Do you have a dream piece of content that you want to make in the future, a game, film, book series, anything, that you haven't yet?
      • I have it on my bucket list to create /something/ whether that is a book, game, movie, or whatever, that will make someone want to cosplay as one of my characters. As for a dream piece... I don't really have any specific one that I am focused on at the moment.
    • Favourite dessert of all time?
      • Its a vice.... I love all dessert. But one of my absolute favorites is Tiramisu. The problem is as part of my personal religious beliefs, I do not consume coffee, or alcohol, and so I can't have it. I'm trying to currently figure out a substitute for those ingredients in that recipe. If I am able to develop something as a replacement, I would likely name it "Tesserisu" in regards to my old username.
    • Any languages that you want to learn?
      • Chinese. I'm currently planning on going back to China, so I reeaaaalllly need to get Mandarin down.
  • Questions by Demon-Child-13
    • Why "Nova-Nocturne"? I get the Nova part, but Nocturne was always a curious addition.
      • I wanted to come up with a fitting second name for my character (It technically is not her last name; it's more like a middle name) to set her apart from the other "Nova" characters all over the internet. Most of the other names I came up with had no good flow to them, and sounded off when I tried using them alongside the first name. Around the same time, I had found a song that I felt really fit Nova, almost like a theme song. It was titled "Nocturne." Being that both words have night-related meanings, I tried combining the two and I thought it fit really well. I also liked that they both had multiple meanings too and could roughly be translated to mean "The song of butterflies under the new stars of night."
    • Chocolate or vanilla?
      • Chocolate. ALWAYS CHOCOLATE.
    • Cats or dogs?
      • I like almost all animals, but for personal pets, I would always choose a dog.
    • Ever been into RPing?
      • I used to RP, but so many of the RPs I joined had horrible response times, or died out because the other people disappeared, or never responded. I sort of gave up on doing RPs at that point because I found more satisfaction in writing the stories out that came to my mind, because then I could actually finish them.
  • Questions by Anayo-s
    • What lead to your interest in anthro art?
      • I am 99% sure it started out with the animated Redwall series. I remember vividly my desire to draw characters from the show and focusing heavily on getting the perspectives, angles and proportioning right. That in turn, lead me to attempt drawing digitally (on MS paint lol) and I wanted to share my creations. But no one I knew at the time was into Redwall, so I somehow stumbled upon a Redwall fansite called The D.A.B. Well, then I created my own characters, and slowly they came to "be" my internet identity. And from there my art continued to develop and I was introduced to the furry fandom eventually.
    • Did your work feature the same types of characters earlier, before you knew that there were so many online aficionados of anthro art? Or do you think discovering these enthusiasts and their work influenced you to pursue that genre?
      • Like stated above, I started out focusing on the Redwall scene because that was how I first became introduced. But I am sure there were a few anthro artists who really inspired me to keep going. I remember one of the artists I admired on that Redwall fansite was called Thistle. She had a cutesy somewhat anime-like style that I adored and wanted to be able to draw like. Then there was also Kelly Hamilton. Her anthro art way back when was a huge inspiration and I derived a lot from learning by her tutorials. It really just grew from there.
    • What are your top 5 favorite animated movies, ranked in order of preference?
      • Aw poodoo... I'm so bad at choosing favorites.... All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Swan Princess, The Princess and the Goblin, Balto, The Cat Returns, Princess Mononoke, Annabelle's Wish, The Lion king... There's just too many to list, and I like them all for different reasons so I don't know how I would rank them against each other.
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For those who read my last journal, you would know that I was considering moving to an alternate account. Due to the pros versus the cons, I have decided to go through with this!

I am not going to make this an immediate transition, however. I have a good following here and want anyone who watches this account, to have ample awareness and time to switch to watching my new account.

In order to make this transition, I will be putting in a lot of work to get the other account ready and not leaving anyone here hanging. I have a bunch of commissions to finish. And those will be my countdown. When I finish my current commission list and post the final one on this account, I will officially archive this account in the sense that I will disable all comments on my current images and post a notice that I am moving on them all, and I will no longer visit this page. If someone posts on it, then I will not see their message after that last commission is posted. Be aware of that.


On the new account, I will be uploading only my favorite and best works. I'll be working hard to create a comprehensive organization system for my new account; including of course personalizing the file folders with images, and having a more direct way to find what you are looking for; also I want to customize my front page a bit more, and make a set journal design for me to use. One thing I do need to figure out is affording a year-long core membership at this point so I can do all these customizations. Urg. That will be a tough one.

If you want to follow my new account with all my new art and such, you can do so now, or wait for each commission I am doing to remind you. The last commission I post will also be uploaded right before a final moving journal. So, anyone who wants to know where I've gone, they can find me.

The new account that I will be moving to is:
NovaNocturneArt

Thank you all for the 9 years of awesome followers and support. You've all been a great community to work and grow in, and I hope that I will see as many of you as possible, on the other side. <3
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This account is super nostalgic. I know I just renamed it, but I'm kind of frustrated that a long time back before DA made it possible to change your username, that I created this account: NovaNocturneArt

I am debating whether or not to move directly over to it because it matches one of my FA tags, an email address, my G+, FB, Youtube, Picarto, etc. Due to me making that account before DA implemented the ability to change your username, I cannot close that one and rename this one with that tag. This account is great, but the tag isn't right on it, and it bugs me to no end. Plus it would give me a very fresh start. I would leave my archive open here for anyone to browse (though a lot of my stuff is in storage anyway), but... It's a tough decision.

- I have a core membership on this profile (which adblock effectively eliminates the need for anyways).
- I would lose basically all my watchers, whom I am not sure even actually pay much attention anymore (other than a few awesome friends ^^ you know who you are!)
- I could focus on uploading all my art that has developed into stuff I am more proud of from this point.
- Anything short of starting with a fresh slate, I feel I would more effectively be able to organize and customize that account.
-The freaking tag would match all my other accounts!

I dunno guys... Should I do it?
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FINALLY MOVING ACCOUNTS! by Nova-Nocturne, journal

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TMI Tuesday by Nova-Nocturne, journal

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Debating Moving My Account by Nova-Nocturne, journal