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ErnestoVladimir

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Hello everyone!


It´s literally been years since I was regularly active here on this wonderful community, DeviantArt, and in the world of art in general. I´ve spent the past year and a half reading and polishing my skills with the pencil once more in the hopes that I can finally revive my passion.


I want to get back into what made me yearn to live in the first place - TRADITIONAL ART


In the past, I´ve been mostly a fan artist, but I have been working more and more on anatomy and portraiture. I´ve been studying perspective, and going nuts over art history. All those things I should have been doing all along - but hey, I´ve been trying to survive in this capitalist society!


I want to learn more, I want to share what I´ve learned, and I want to create with all the new power I have gained from the rigorous endeavor that is the path of mastery, a path I shall walk until the end of my time so help me Arceus.


It's difficult to make art with a full time job, so I am transitioning and leaving my 10.5 hour shift to instead dedicate my time to drawing once more.


Well - no more. I will now be puting my outmost effort into LIVING instead of surviving. I am here to draw for you, to draw for me, to endulge in the world of art and creativity. I am excited to walk on this path with you by my side as my fellow traveler.


Instead of wasting my short life making money for the already filthy-rich corporations, I would rather enrich the lives of those who have been with me along this art journey, those who support my craft. I want to be productive and draw FOR YOU.


I´ll be uploading a few commissions sheets so that those interested in my work can help me create and keep food on the table and a roof above my head.


If you are able to support me in any way, such as your kind words in the comments, your very much appreciated faves, and especially any kind donation and commission, I assure you I will draw my ass off in gratitude.


You are what inspires me to go on, It is thanks to your feedback and encouragement that I have been able to realize that this makes me who I am, and that this is what I love the most about my existence.


LET'S MAKE BEAUTIFUL ART TOGETHER


-Ernesto Vladimir

AKA - The Mexican Smeargle

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I finally finished all the stuff I had to do, besides the post-graduation paperwork, and I'm done with my bachelor's in ELT! This means I'll now have a whole different new batch of things to dedicate myself to! But at least I get to now choose my path once again :3 

This means a little more time for art! YAY! So I was thinking about taking on commissions! But I'm not sure how to prepare for it completely, so for now I've only worked with one person and 3DS drawings haha. I hope to sort things out soon and be able to offer traditional drawings as commissions. I have to study up on that, but please get in touch with me if you are interested in something like what you see in my gallery! I know it's a bit of a mess in terms of what you can find in there, but yeah...

Anyway, DONE! ... I have to get a job now :´D 
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I haven't changed my journal since over a year ago. I think that's how long I've not had a premium account haha!

Anyways, back in school, this will be my last school year. Hopefully, if everything goes well, I shall have my Bachelor's degree in English Language Teaching. Igual y me llamaran el Maestro Pokemon, haha, ironia :p

I have had little time to draw, but that doesn't mean there won't be more future work from me. I am busy, and trying new things, but I will never leave aside my passion for drawing, Pokémon, and cute things :3

I hope all goes well this year, and I wish you all lots of happiness and craziness. :3
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So, I'll be back in school. Working afternoons, and MAYBE, just maybe, working Sundays teaching as well. Holy crap, how the hell am I gonna carry on all of that??? Well, at least I don't know if I'll be teaching yet. 

Just what do I study? English teaching. It may seem easy as hell in the eyes of those who know me here, since they know I speak well and lived in the US for quite a while; however, it's not that simple. While I don't have to deal with the English LEARNING classes, I do have to take the English TEACHING classes. These include, but are not limited to: Psycho-linguistics, Semantics, Phonetics and Phonology, neuro-linguistics; Didactic Methods of Speaking, Reading, Writing, Grammar; Teaching methods for children, Management of Classroom Activities and Group Dynamics, Translation Techniques 1 and 2, etc.

On top of that, I'm an interpreter in the afternoons. It goes all the way from assisting people at the US Social Security office, to helping a Systems Engineer to communicate with someone in El Salvador. Last night I interpreted to teach a new mother how to breast-feed!!! o.o

I just don't know what the heck's gonna happen, whether or not I'll even have time to draw. I am nearly finished with an old drawing, but I don't want to submit it now because it's just not its time. We have a new generation of pokemon, and this one's from the IV gen, so it will probably be ignored. It's not like I'm a faves whore, but I put a bit too much work into this one to have it be ignored.

So yeah, DA is definitely NOT going to be my priority these coming months. I'll be just too busy. Please understand if I do not reply, or have not replied to you. I have a hectic life, and I need to squeeze a sex life in there, too!!! Allow me to breathe!!!

I leave you with a little bit of a feature of some art works which I've fallen in love with lately <3








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I don't know what's with me, though I'm sure I'm not the only one.

It's not like I get so many comments I can't get to them all, I really don't. It's quite manageable, but I just can't reply! Sometimes I can, when it has nothing to do with art, haha. But for some reason, if it has to do with my work, or someone else's work, I either can't find what to say, or I feel like whatever I say will drag it on and on, and it feels like in Deviant Art, comments... weigh more, somehow!

This isn't facebook where no one gives two shits about commenting, where you can get away with one liners, and no one feels bad about them because you can just "like" the goddamn comment. Here, you can't delete your comments, and you can only hide people's comments on your page and your art, which is kind of weird,  but I get it. It really encourages much more care in what we say, and discourages "comment vandalism"  But for some reason, I kind of feel like it bothers people to be replied to, too often. I feel awkward, and then I have other things to do, but I really do have time to answer with a couple lines of text, but why can't I??? D: D: D:



Intrusive little feature of some of my recent faves...

Flower by dini25

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Serenidad by turkill



I really appreciate those who take their time to comment on my art, and those artists with enough dedication to reply to my comments (which I try to make thorough, else I don't comment at all). I apologize to those whom I've not replied to for months, some even from last year. And of course, thank you if you took your time to read this. If you feel the same way as I do, sometimes, please comment (oh, the irony) and tell me so I don't feel like a weirdo!!!

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