arikla

Cheese Days has come and gone, and with it my last show/convention of the year. I am still not sure what next year will hold as convention dates continue to elude my schedule. I'll keep you all updated as I know :) In the meantime, I did update Etsy. I updated the HECK out of Etsy! I had not realized there were so many pieces that I had never made listings for! But they are there now :) I also updated the shipping for almost everything so it is calculated by location, made the listings auto-renew (no more "Oops! That one expired!) and added some better photos to older listings. ALSO! If you use the coupon code "HOWLIDAY" you can get 15% off a

So, as usual, I had to have a couple days to recover before typing everything up :) I arrived on Thursday and picked up the Shuttle to the hotel. Due to all the traffic and construction the driver took the scenic route, which was actually kinda pleasant. Little long, but apparently the highway would have been longer anyway. Arrived at the Westin and started to wrangle roommates. Casidhe was already there, very nice person I must say, and Folix was nearby at the convention center. I plopped my stuff in the room and then headed over for registration. I intended to volunteer for ArtShow set up, but by the time I had everyone wrangled they didn'

 1. How long have you been on DeviantArt? November 2003, I think... sometime 2003 at least. 2. What does your username mean? Arikla is the name I chose for myself way back in 1998-ish. It sounded good. 3. Describe yourself in three words. Neurotic art dabbler 4. Are you left or right handed? Right 5. What was your first deviation? It is the oldest in my gallery, however I don't think it was my first deviation. I think I removed some of my older pieces. 6. What is your favourite type of art to create? Celtic colored pencil of mammals. I love both knotwork and working with fur textures. 7. If you could instantly master a different