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Laura Jennings  

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Alas, I Suddenly Have A Life

Journal Entry: Sun May 11, 2008, 8:34 AM
  • Mood: Dumbfounded
  • Listening to: Cupid's Chokehold by Gym Class Heroes
  • Reading: World Without End by Ken Follet
  • Watching: Still watchin' Batmaaaaaaaaaan!
  • Playing: With plot points for The Moon Fox
  • Eating: Cupcakes
  • Drinking: Water
Raaaaaaarr!


It's not my fault, really. I suddenly tripped and fell facefirst into an equine utopia.

I landed a job at the end of March working customer service for reverse mortgages. (And yes, it is as fun as it sounds.) It pays well enough, at least while I finish up my Video Game Development degree. But with job hunting out of the way, I could finally concentrate on moving my Peruvian Paso out to my property.

My next door neighbor is an optimistic freak, one of those rare, bubbly sorts that are downright disconcerting in their likability. We went through a flood together last year, and are such friends that we have an adjoining gate between our properties. (I told you it was weird!) Until a few days ago, all she owned was Rocky, a grade 9-year old bay gelding that was a rescue case. He'd been starved until all of his hair fell out, but you'd never know it now. Well, some folks who are richer than God but dumber than posts suddenly wished a registered paint gelding on her. The guy's right hind foot has nearly exploded off the bone because these people didn't know they had to get his feet trimmed every 4-6 weeks until after a year of owning him.

My neighbor got a free horse, trailer, and round pen out of it. Paint is still rideable, but just barely, and he's not out of the woods yet. But now all three of us have horses: me, my neighbor, and her daughter. Chano had some difficulty loading, but he's settled in just fine. We've had some necking and nipping, but nothing serious over the fence yet. I've got three cowgirls with three different areas of expertise (confidence, training, and riding) to consult. A few days ago we discovered that an equine masseuse lives down the street from us, and she's taken care of Paint's bad leg in addition to the farrier.

And oh, it gets better.

I have a tack shed right next to a rectangular stall area where I feed Chano. My neighbor's hose fills his trough so I don't have to worry about Piker chewing through anything. My neighbor and I ride about three or four days a week. I'm working on getting Chano to lose weight and neck rein, and our backyards are trail-riding training grounds. We have hills, obstacles, a river, and a dog (Piker) to desensitize them all to. And there's a 6-acre ranch right across the street from us with round pens and stalls that will probably be purchased by one of us within the year. And while I'm still dreaming after all this; I'd like a hot, horse-loving boyfriend who writes or draws.

Ye gods! I don't know how it happened. I told myself I needed to get back to some childhood roots this summer, because I was a barefoot little coffee bean when I was younger. I also wanted to get away from the computer and stuff for a while, because I feel like I've been on a bit of creative treadmill for too many years. Art is not an impetuous for life, as it were, and I guess I've half-realized that most of my satisfactions came from worlds that only exist in my head.

So I guess I wanted to explain to DA why I've dropped off the face of the planet, and will probably continue to do so. I still check DA every day; I've allowed myself half an hour a day to muck around on the Internetz. I want to see what it's like to do something different for a while, and I really can't believe I suddenly have all of this. I better enjoy it while I can before Murphy's Law comes hunting.

Now if you'll excuse me, my Peruvian is calling to me from my back yard. ;)

Commissions are closed now.

So let it be done.

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 24
  • Current Residence: Kempner, TX
  • Interests: Illustration, writing, equines, dog training, cat, composition, video games
  • Favourite movie: The Lion King, Princess Mononoke
  • Favourite band or musician: Talking Heads
  • Favourite genre of music: Pop, dance, techno, alternative
  • Favourite artist: David Byrne
  • Favourite poet or writer: Dean Koontz, Brian Jacques, Holly Black, J. K. Rowling, Phillip Pullman, Garth Nix
  • Favourite style or digital art: Cel shading, comic
  • Operating System: Windows XP
  • MP3 player of choice: Winamp
  • Wallpaper of choice: Zelda: The Twilight Princess
  • Favourite game: Ecco the Dolphin; Zelda; Gallop Racer; Okami
  • Favourite gaming platform: Gamecube
  • Favourite cartoon character: Scar, from the Lion King
  • Personal Quote: You have to be able to mock yourself before you're justified in laughing at others.
  • Tools of the Trade: 2 sketchbooks (1 reference, one pencil rough), lightbox, Millenium Zig ink pens, Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Devious Comments

~ranelight:iconranelight: 1 day 22 hours ago
watch <3

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"I've given, uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup~, i'm sick of feeling, is their nothing you can say?????" i :icongwomp: yew :3
~slyrail:iconslyrail: 5 days 4 hours ago
beautyful gallery! :D

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if you comment my art you'll make me smile ;)
~Echrei:iconEchrei: 5 days 12 hours ago
Very nice raptor comic. Touching ^^
~TBWizzard:iconTBWizzard: May 5, 2008, 5:58:25 AM
you art is simply nice, i love it ^^
~MachiasBanshee:iconMachiasBanshee: Apr 28, 2008, 9:15:29 PM
I have to say, I fell in love with your story 'the pact'. Very powerful little story, and beautiful artwork (Even with all the trouble it put you through). :)
=Rainblossom:iconRainblossom: Apr 28, 2008, 7:55:36 PM
Thought you might enjoy this. :)

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=GearOtter is to blame for the jiggly icon.

Give me a working pen and I will live forever.
~viktes:iconviktes: Apr 28, 2008, 4:59:08 AM Mood: Glad
cool gallery XD
~SashaArcain:iconSashaArcain: Apr 27, 2008, 1:42:34 AM
I like your raptor.
=Rainblossom:iconRainblossom: Apr 24, 2008, 7:45:28 PM
:glomp: Thank you!

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=GearOtter is to blame for the jiggly icon.

Give me a working pen and I will live forever.
*Droemar:iconDroemar: Apr 24, 2008, 5:15:52 PM
Ah, just this once:

You are forgiven.

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"I, to my perils, of cheat and charmer, came clad in armor, by stars benign."

We killed the Gods. We destroyed the world. Welcome to Lustra. [link]
An epic fantasy beyond hope and immortality - Rhymar.net
~BaconBoy914:iconBaconBoy914: Apr 23, 2008, 8:05:48 AM
I just saw your Pokemon team, 2 things:

1: Its pronounced Sue (like I'll you you for money) e (like scared) coon (like cacoon)

2: You can play a girl in Crystal

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Maybe I don't want an awesome siggy so there.
*macaria-acacia:iconmacaria-acacia: Apr 22, 2008, 9:17:46 AM
I love your work. You're incredible and I LOVE your tutorials... thanks. :heart:

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:couch:
=Rainblossom:iconRainblossom: Apr 21, 2008, 6:09:38 PM
:noes:

You aren't on my watchlist. This is unfathomable and unforgivable.

Hunnerd thousand repentances. :heart:

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=GearOtter is to blame for the jiggly icon.

Give me a working pen and I will live forever.
~gupijazaure:icongupijazaure: Apr 19, 2008, 2:39:46 AM
You have awesome gallery :w00t:

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I'm just one howling werewolf and dinosaur chimera :typerhappy: ...
*Droemar:iconDroemar: Apr 10, 2008, 5:32:30 PM
Your cookie is accepted with gusto. I shall wear my gold star with pride.

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"I, to my perils, of cheat and charmer, came clad in armor, by stars benign."

We killed the Gods. We destroyed the world. Welcome to Lustra. [link]
An epic fantasy beyond hope and immortality - Rhymar.net
=phoenixelement:iconphoenixelement: Apr 8, 2008, 5:14:16 AM
Wow! I absolutely love your raptor work!! I really enjoyed looking at the dinosaur tutorials too. :heart:

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YOU! CAKE OR DEATH!

The sacred cows have come home to roost with a vengeance.
~Bahji:iconBahji: Apr 5, 2008, 5:26:38 PM
Hello random deviant, lovely pieces.

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Respectfully,
B. Nez
~DAMHC:iconDAMHC: Apr 4, 2008, 6:50:40 PM
Do you collect/show model horses? May I suggest a model horse club for deviantart members. We have shows and contests for anyone who collects/shows model horses. =]
~Tal2008:iconTal2008: Apr 4, 2008, 5:46:22 PM Mood: Amazed
OMG! Your art's perhaps one of the best ever furry/anthro arts I've ever seen in my whole life (8 years to be exact).

I...*tongue-tied*...I just can't help heaping praises over your amazing art. I'm trully in awe.

The one that caught my most attention is the Rhymar trilogy. I'm impressed at how it turned out. The character designs are awesome, the story background sounds interesting and...I'm simply breathless now...

Also, impressive homepage designs too. Very tribal.

Must watch this.

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Bob: Lord of the skies! It is I, Thoraxe! Hear my call!
Steve: You realise that the thorax is part of an insect, right?
Bob: No! You see, I spelt it T-h-o-r-a-x-e. That's two completely different thing.

From "Splinter Cell Co-Op Theater"
~Twinfang255:iconTwinfang255: Apr 4, 2008, 5:04:58 PM
Hey, just stopping by to say that your rant on Twilight made my day. Do you know how annoying it is to see all of these fangirls at my school fawning over that sorry excuse for a novel?

I think you deserve a gold star and a cookie. <3 Because you totally voiced my thoughts on the book.

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"Only a jackass can save the world."
*Droemar:iconDroemar: Apr 2, 2008, 4:31:46 PM
Ohhhh! So THAT'S where it came from! I'll have to thank Karai-Star ...

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"I, to my perils, of cheat and charmer, came clad in armor, by stars benign."

We killed the Gods. We destroyed the world. Welcome to Lustra. [link]
An epic fantasy beyond hope and immortality - Rhymar.net
*thundercake:iconthundercake: Apr 2, 2008, 11:52:22 AM
I know how you feel, because this same thing happened to me once, and it baffled me. =p

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Character is who you are in the dark!
~brevis:iconbrevis: Apr 1, 2008, 6:13:49 PM
Hahaha... faves are always a good thing. ;D

Well, I ended up at your raptor tutorial by clicking the Collections link up in the header. It's part of the first one labelled Tutorials.
*Droemar:iconDroemar: Apr 1, 2008, 5:28:14 PM
I'm suddenly getting mobbed with faves cause of my dino tutorials. I wanna know where someone linked or featured me, cause I think I got about 10,000 pageviews in one day.
Not that I'm complaining! Just miffed.

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"I, to my perils, of cheat and charmer, came clad in armor, by stars benign."

We killed the Gods. We destroyed the world. Welcome to Lustra. [link]
An epic fantasy beyond hope and immortality - Rhymar.net