jingy-cold-summer

In case you haven't worked it out already, I think I will be a little absent from dA here on. I thoroughly enjoyed exploring my creative side here over the years, but I have not been able to have the sort of time to keep up a active dA life. Perhaps occasionally I will post some photos, but life calls: study must be done, real people must be interacted with, volunteer work, maybe one day paid work... All the same feel free to look around! But unfortunately it might take a long time before you get any responses from me or new artwork. Wishing you art-makers all the best! Jingy

I am very flattered to say that I have been gifted a premium membership by LItaliano-Vero (https://www.deviantart.com/litaliano-vero). Thankyou. I was aware that people could give other people premium memberships, but I never thought that a small nobody like me could be one of them. As flattering as that is, there's no point having a premium membership if you don't use the features right? Well my favourite feature is the critique feature, so as an act of gratitude I am making a vow to write (on average) one critique a day as long as my premium membership lasts. If you happen to be reading this and would like me to critique one of your works (if you don't have premium membership I

Each place that you take your camera challenges you as an artist in its own way. Chamonix is a small alpine town in France, near the Swiss boarder. Look down and there are wooden lodges, look up and there are the Alps all around you, covered in snow. Unfortunately, I was sick for most of the days that were spent in Chamonix, but any self-pity I was feeling was completely dissipated purely by the beauty that surrounded me. I was even captured by the gloss of the grapes I was eating from my bed. They tell me that, in fact, it does not snow much in Chamonix because it is in the valley, but while I was there I was lucky enough to encounter quit