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:bulletpurple: so would a DD

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~Valadix

Artist | Student | Varied
Australia
A New Zealander walks into a baa-aa-aa:iconsheepplz:

HAHAHAsorry...

I like to consider myself an all-round artist. I figure that the art world is so difficult to make a career out of, so if I hone my skills in as many different areas of art as I can, I'm bound to get a career in one of them, and then I can use that as a platform to branch out into the others.

So what am I doing as far as said skill-honing goes? Well, I'm currently studying theatre at the University of Tasmania in Launceston, Australia. I expect to graduate with a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts degree at the end of 2012. I'm in the process of recording an album of traditional Irish music, and I'm also one half of the newly-formed musical duo Velvet Sledgehammer. In my spare time I go and shoot various objects, creatures and people - with a camera, of course! - and manipulate the smeg out of them until I have something I'm proud of...usually a photomanipulation artwork of the Fantasy genre, although I also occasionally utilize other genres such as Steampunk of Abstract. And as if that wasn't enough art (which I don't think it is!), I also dance as often as I get the oppurtunity...whether that's just moving to music at a friend's birthday party or in the privacy of my bedroom/lounge room/kitchen/shower/brain or actually learning technical steps in whatever classes or workshops I stumble across.

I have extensive and complicated plans to put all my artistic skills to use in a bid to conquer the world of art. Tasmania will be the first to fall under my dominion, before I turn my attention to Ireleand, Canada, Sweden and the UK. Once I've conquered all of them the rest of the world will practically have to surrender :mwahaha:



Any and all who join this worthy cause will have the honour of being my minions when I finally rule the planet. You can start by :+fav:ing that stamp :above:

When I'm not at uni I live with my family in a big house near a river somewhere west of Launceston. We have quite a few pets: my cat Pippin (who is the best cat in the world) three chickens, nine alpacas, one brother and one sister. My family would also class the dog as a "pet," but that's obviously not the case...pets have IQ points...

If I've :+fav:ed something of yours, please thank me by making more art. If I gave you a llama, please thank me with points or another llama!

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Well, my auditions all went rather well, and our casting session was even better. I now have a cast for my play, The Good Doctor by Neil Simon. I had one read-through of the script with them a few days ago, just before leaving uni for the Easter break, and it was so exciting to finally hearing its words come to life! It's going to be a very funny play, and I can't wait to get it staged...

I've now been out of Launceston for four days, which is more than the total amount of time I'd had at home since this semester started! It's been so good for me, and I think I'll be ready to tackle the next half of semester by the time I go back. On Thursday I went into Devonport to wave off some friends who were catching the Spirit of Tasmania to Melbourne, and then driving up to Canberra for the National Folk Fesival. I was GREEEEEEEEEEN with envy that I can't go this year, but following their departure I bumped into a friend that I hadn't seen for ages, and then later that afternoon when I was busking in Ulverstone I saw some more friends, had a wonderful lunch of fish 'n' chips from Pedro's (thankyou, Monica!), and got handed $20 by some guy after singing Bring Me to Life by Evanescence! One of the friends that I bumped into was from my year 12 drama class, and she told me that about half of us were going out to dinner in Devonport that night, so I joined them and had a magnificent time! So basically, if I hadn't decided to go to Ulverstone that day, I would have completely missed this dinner, and catching up with some very close friends, so I took it as a bit of a sign that not going to Canberra with my other friends was the right desicion...at least this year!

Nevertheless, as one of my friends in Canberra is the other half of my musical duo, and he's probably going to be able to do so much significant networking, I'm determined to prove to him that staying here in Tassie can be just as productive. So I've been doing lots of groundwork for The Good Doctor, hunting for mini clip-on micrpophones for my dumbeg, working on a few logistics for our Tasmanian Tour this coming summer, and creating some visual art! Yesterday, I went to the amazing beech forest between Railton and Sheffield and got some great shots of leaves, trees, and fungi. I'll upload them very soon. Some of them look awesome, and I'm very proud of them...

So now it's Easter Sunday, and Dad's cooking up a delicious-looking breakfast for us all (I should be helping him, but DeviantArt can be such a distraction sometimes, as you're all aware!). I think today will be a lovely restful one of celebration, rest and artistic plotting...not necessarily in that order!

Happy Easter everyone!

Jesse/~Valadix

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:spotlight-left:SHOWS AT THE ANNEXE THEATRE:spotlight-right:
:bulletpurple: Terminus by Mark O'Rowe
CentrStage
18th-21st of April
Adults: $25, Concession: $18, Students: $10

:bulletpurple: Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Second Year Students
9th-12th of May
Adults: $12, Concession/Student: $8

:bulletpurple: 20AD: The Beginning of the End
SDF 2012
Opening 2nd of June


All shows commence at 7pm
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  • Mood: Happy
  • Listening to: Gospel music
  • Reading: The Good Doctor
  • Watching: Chocolat
  • Playing: Tin Whistle/Ukulele/Piano
  • Eating: Chocolate
  • Drinking: I'm crossing my fingers for hot chocolate...

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Thanks for favin' my wrestlers! (Sorry, running a little behind with my messages :) )

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~Valadix May 14, 2012  Student General Artist
Oh it's you! Haha, no problem...

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Mood: Love *RottenRagamuffins Apr 27, 2012  Student Digital Artist
:aww: Thought I would steal away from my visitors, if only for a minute, just to let you know how wonderful it was to finally meet you today! :hug: :boogie:

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~Valadix Apr 27, 2012  Student General Artist
'Twas the highlight of my day! :woohoo: Was I what you expected? Wow, it just made me so happy! I hope you weren't too freaked out when I hugged you :/

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Mood: Love *RottenRagamuffins May 3, 2012  Student Digital Artist
What I expected, huh? Of course. :D

And no! I wasn't freaked out when you hugged me! :hug: I get far too few hugs, so hugs are always welcome. :love: Besides, we aren't exactly strangers, are we? :lol:

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"When Darth Maul killed my Jedi master, I had a hard time letting Qui Gons be Qui Gons." @DepressedDarth

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~Valadix May 5, 2012  Student General Artist
Oh cool! :happybounce:
...not anymore, we're not!:iconbummiesplz:

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