I'm Back Again! And I bring features with me XD!

Hey everyone! I'm so sorry I was gone so long! The internet is fixed at my house, so I can finally come back to DA I had a few different experiences in my absence. I did what a lot of people do on the 4th of July and saw fireworks^_^. Also, the day after, my sister took me to see Transformers Dark of the Moon as an early birthday present! I have no plans on spoiling anything for those of you who haven't seen it yet, but I highly recommend it. It was freakin' awesome! It's a really good movie, but it's also very long. Just a little over two and a half hours long, but it's totally worth it. It's doing pretty well in the box office too^_^. But I gotta admit, I'm interested in seeing how much the new and final Harry Potter movie is going to make opening day. My sisters are going to the midnight showing at one of our local theaters. They're going to be in line for 16 hours waiting for the midnight showing. They already have their tickets too^_^. I won't be their with them though. I just don't have the patience to do those midnight showings XD. I went to one of those preview screenings for a movie called MoneyBall, and they made wait in line for 45 minutes, then, after taking and bagging everyones phones, Ipods, Nintendo DS, or any other means of keeping ourselves occupied while for the movie, the moved into a theater where we waited another 45 minute, this time with a blank screen! You'd think they'd at least run some commercials or some of that movie trivia stuff, huh? My sisters go to those preview screenings all the time. I just have no idea how they do it LOL. As for my birthday? It was actually very quiet for my 21st birthday. Not that I mind. I kept to my decision and didn't go out for any drinks. I mostly just relaxed at home. We went out for dinner with my cousin and her boyfriend though. To tell you all the truth, I've never had a restaurant do a happy birthday thing for me until that night. I felt a bit embarrassed. Not in a bad way. I was embarrassed just because it was so sudden. That and the fact I know for a fact I was blushing XD. It's kind of funny, really^_^. I didn't see any friends on my birthday or anything, mainly because I don't have any that live anywhere near me. However, I got happy birthday wishes from several members of DA, including my friend . To those of you that wished me a happy birthday, thank you so much^_^. It really made me really happy and it meant a lot to me
So, I promised some new stuff to you all for when I came back, huh? Well, here's a piece I just finished the other night. I'm rather proud of this one^_^.

It's an airship I designed myself. I've always loved the airships you see in steampunk or fantasy stories and video games, and I've always wanted to draw one myself. I finally got the motivation I needed after starting to play a new game I got called Nostalgia. I looked at the plans for one of the games airships online to learn how to draw the airship from a top view as well as the side view. I'm thinking about beginning a story series that features stuff like airships. The airship I drew the other day is called "The Sakura". That's the short name that the main heroine of the series calls it. I'm having trouble thinking of a full name for the airship. I know that I want the word "Sakura" to be at the end of the name. You know, like "The -blank- Sakura". I'm having trouble coming up with a word to fill in the blank to finish the name. If any of you have any suggestions for a word to fill in that blank, I'd be happy to hear them. Any help would be appreciated. Anyway, I'm working on the name of the main heroine right now. I think I've settled on a first name for her, but not a last name yet. I don't want to give too much away about her, but I will say that she's the owner and pilot of "The Sakura". I think it'd be a fun idea, but because of my nature, I'll be compelled to add a mermaid character to her group. A little fun fact about "The Sakura" is that the Japanese figures on the ship translate to "Sakura". I looked around online and check out some Japanese calligraphy sites to find it. Also, the reason the ship is mostly pink is because of the name. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention it in the description of the picture I gave, but that thick dark line near the back of the balloon of the ship is actually a ladder. You can't make it out too well in the picture though. You can see it if you zoom in on it, but you'll probably want to save or download the picture to your computers to do that. As for the new OCs, I'll have them uploaded soon. Hopefully some new story chapters while I'm at it too. I'm almost done with "Down Memory Lane", and I'm picking up the pace on "The Shapeshifter" again.
Another thing I've been promising is a features entry as well. Well, I'm going to add those features into this entry. I'll be posting the artist/writer's avatar, as well as links for three of my favorite deviations of theirs. I was originally only going to do 10 features, but I found another artist at the last minute, so I'll be doing 11 features in this entry instead^_^. The order the listed has nothing to do with who I like more or less. It's just the order I chose to do the list in. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that so no one's feeling were hurt or anything like that. Do I worry too much about these things?

1. fav.me/d35c1ww fav.me/d34pn6n fav.me/d3knmio
2. fav.me/d3ats0q RebeccaEMW.deviantart.com/art/… fav.me/d3i8pmh
3. fav.me/d1rt5sr fav.me/d22phgf fav.me/d2usr59
4. fav.me/d2z1wkn fav.me/d2y851z fav.me/d2q4d34
5. fav.me/d3fgu1s fav.me/d373hhj fav.me/d3ghltm
6. fav.me/d3bxwi4 fav.me/d3a1gcu fav.me/d3a4kjl
7. fav.me/d304vs3 fav.me/d3e8wvr fav.me/d38yvua
8. fav.me/d3e2qs9 fav.me/d32i0ha fav.me/d2vl2d6
9. fav.me/d3kw9ya fav.me/d30ekis fav.me/d33b2ua
10. fav.me/d3fafam fav.me/d2uvzzs fav.me/d2hyzxe
11. fav.me/d3ha18d fav.me/d3l0epn fav.me/d2kfgfx

Well, that's it for the features in this entry. But I had a lot of fun doing the features. So, I'm going to do it more often Any time any of you would like a feature, just let me know and I'll give you one in my next entry^_^. So that wraps up this entry. Again, I'm happy to back on DA where I belong^_^. Look forward to my next entry everyone.

Oh, I almost forgot. I'm starting a DA family too. If anyone is interested, please message me either through a comment or note. Whatever is easier for you, that says what spot in the family you'd like to have. Like a brother or sister for example. You see where I'm going with this? Of course, younger brothers and sister work too^_^. Whatever spots in a DA family that are available. I've never started a DA family before, so I don't know all the different spots Hopefully you all do. If someone could tell me a little more about making a DA family, I'd appreciate it. Thanks everyone^_^!


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