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Istra

Don't eat your friends.
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Artist // Hobbyist // Traditional Art
  • United States
  • Deviant for 20 years
  • She / Her
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My Bio
I teach choir, media communications, introduction to computers, and general awesomenss at a small, private middle and high school.

Like most teachers, I am severely overworked, but I still like to find time for my art whenever possible. (That hasn't been recently!) I always participate in NaNoWriMo and will be completing my longest novel this year.

Favourite Movies
North Avenue Irregulars, Spirited Away, Pixar
Favourite TV Shows
Psych, Columbo, Fraggle Rock
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Newsboys, Kings Singers
Favourite Books
Till We Have Faces, Chrestomanci Chronicles, Silmarillion
Favourite Writers
Tolkien, Lewis, Agatha Christie, Diana Wynn Jones
Favourite Games
Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, (anything Legend of Zelda), Plants vs. Zombies, Smash Bros
Favourite Gaming Platform
Nintendo
Tools of the Trade
Pencils, Paper, a duct-taped computer, and loads of imagination
Other Interests
My students, tea parties, comics, STORYTELLING, costumes, music

Huh.

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Hmm. I really need to do something here. >_>;; Soonish? I dunno. That'd be nice. >_>;; Maybe. ~Istra~
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I've been an artist for a long time now, or rather, what I called "learning to be an artist." I believe I have now attained a level of skill where my [lack] of abilities does not hinder what I wish to convey. In that attitude: Prepare for upcoming changes. While my life is undergoing many changes and upheavals currently (one of my roommates moved out, the other *just* lost her job, my job is uncertain, etc. etc.), I think the time has come for me to start actively working on telling stories, and publishing them. This is what I have been aiming for for the past 8 years. It's exciting, and nervewracking at the same time. While I realize my
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School is starting for us teachers and students ... how does that make you feel?

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Yay! I finally get to see my friends!
Nuuu~~ Come back summer!
... I'm hiding under my bed, and you can't make me come out!
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Nice gallery ♥
You haven't been on here for quite a while, have you?

(neither have I)
You haven't been on here for quite a while, have you?
IstraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAHH
So sometimes I wander about the web and notice that a lot of our old WR buds have apparently moved on from the internet. I can't help but wonder...

How did they do it?

Why am I still mucking about these old stomping grounds when everyone else has gotten a life? I don't even try to participate much anymore but I still spend countless hours lurking. UuuuUUUuuUUuUUUUUgh.

I'm trying to ditch facebook at least. 
YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE THIS IN FOREVER.
Fun fact - your deviantART name is the same as the peninsula in Croatia.