meihua
DeviantArtist Questionnaire
How long have you been on DeviantArt?
Wow, I have been on here for 12 years.What does your username mean?
It means "plum blossom" in Chinese. I randomly chose it because the username I wanted was taken (and that person has been inactive for a loooong time too
). It is the name of a song by Teresa Teng, who I loved when I was little.Describe yourself in three words.
Procrastinator, caring, artisticAre you left or right handed?
Right-handed.What was your first deviation?
Neopets art - I uploaded it in 2003 and then forgot about DeviantArt for a couple of years. Lol. For some reason the thumbnail doesn't even work - is it too old??? Click here.What is your favourite type of art to create?
Realistic digital paintings, but unfortunately it takes too much time, so I guess my second favorite is cutesy doodles.
In terms of photography, my favorite subject is far and away BIRDS.If you could instantly master a different art style, what would it be?
Paper cutting! It is at once 3D and 2D.What was your first favourite?
From my moody teenage years. Recommended to me by another moody teenage artist/friend.What type of art do you tend to favourite the most?
Bird photography!Who is your all-time favourite deviant artist?
That's tough. I have been inactive on DA for so long that I am no longer sure who else is still here or what they're even up to. Some favorites from when I was more active include Coelasquid, Jamie-MacArthur, yuumei, Photosbykev, and FForns.If you could meet anyone on DeviantArt in person, who would it be?
More of my fellow Birds-Club admin! I've already met mydigitalmind and SageKorppi in person - would love to meet DeeOtter and Shadow-and-Flame-86!How has a fellow deviant impacted your life?
Photosbykev was very patient with me when I first started out with wildlife photography and he gave me lots of great tips for shooting and editing. I really appreciated his nurturing personality.
And mydigitalmind inspires me with her amazing knowledge of wild birds, her many artistic talents, as well as her humility.What are your preferred tools to create art?
Photoshop, OpenCanvas, pen and paper, cameraWhat is the most inspirational place for you to create art?
Recently, it's been my classroom - I like to make my posters by hand instead of using clipart. Outside of that, I've been taking lots of bird photos and neglecting to share them anywhere...What is your favourite DeviantArt memory?
There are a lot of good memories... Running the Birds in Love contest was a lot of fun, as was Guess That Bird. In general, connecting to other bird enthusiasts on here has been pretty great!
It's been a while...
It has been ages since I have been on deviantART - nearly two years have passed since I was last active! First of all, I apologize sincerely, and I will try to catch up with messages. I have 12115 notifications right now! Read on if you want to hear my excuses...
I moved back from Taiwan in summer of 2013, and I got a job as a TA at a school! While the job itself was great, the commute was not. It was an hour, one way, with no traffic, which meant that with normal Bay Area traffic, I was spending upwards of 4 hours a day in a car. Extremely exhausting - couldn't keep my eyes open once I got home.
Secondly, I don't know how many of you are aware of the plight of public school teachers in the US, but it is definitely expected that we take our work home with us. When I taught in Taiwan, I got two afternoons off each week to do professional development and lesson planning. I still went over the allotted time and would work late into the evening occasionally - but it still felt manageable. Here, we barely ever get any planning or prep time allotted to us. So my free time was reduced even more.
Thirdly, even as a person with a master's degree and teaching experience, I still cannot become a lead teacher in California if I do not have a credential. So, at the beginning of last school year, I moved closer to work, cutting down my commute time significantly... but then I also started attending classes again. My amount of free time went up... and then back down to zero. Perhaps even below zero. Currently I spend my evenings and weekends reading textbooks, writing lesson plans, writing essays, and studying for tests. Yay?
Anyway, I'm done spouting excuses! DeviantArt (that's how it's spelled now, right?) has changed a LOT since I was last on here. It's almost unrecognizable to me. Thanks to my loyal followers (if I still have any) for keeping me on your watch lists. Like I said before, I'll try to catch up on my messages. Due to the "no free time" thing, I have almost no art and very little photography to share, but I have a backlog of photos from Taiwan to upload anyway, and I'll try to get around to that. No promises though.
And by the way, HOW ARE YOU DOING??? Tell me how your life has been these past two years! And share your fave personal art from those years with me! I'd love to hear from you!
Feature - Contest Winners
IVAD - Joint Poster Contest - EA and BC
International Vulture Awareness Day
Joint Poster Contest
EndangeredArt and Birds-Club
Vulture Competition Winners!The poll closed on Saturday and here are the winners you chose!
1st Place:
Critically Endangered: Slender-Billed Vulture by Khezix
2nd Place:
Hazy Future by Kasaurus
3rd Place::thumb325303158:
Egyptian Vulture by LexerJ
Honourable mention to:
Day of the Vulture by Saromei
Congratulations guys, your prizes are on their way!
First place - 10 points from Cinestress, a colored sketch from meihua, a colored sketch from xHalloweenx, llamas, and features Second place - a traditional art animal request from lluvia-estival, llamas, and features Third place - a 300x300 icon from tigerwhiskers, llamas and features
Features will be given by Cinestress, DeeOtter, xHalloweenx, Khezix, ParrotsAndBirdsUnion, Allies-In-Art, BeautyOfSwans, The-Bird-Lounge, Mesmerizing-Animals, Zoo-photographers, Exotic-Birds, Traditional-Artists, Bird-Photography, The-Cunning-Corvid, EndangeredArt, and Birds-Club
