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Sanu in SL: It’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack!

Published on July 31, 2010 in Announcements, Digital, Portraits, Sanu Stuff and second life. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , .

You know, I think a hunt is a great way to kick off the new month. During August I will be participating in the Needle in a Haystack Hunt, hosted by the Happy Hunters group. This will be their first hunt, so hopefully everything will go nice and smoothly for them!

You can find a full list of participating stores on the Happy Hunters website, which will no doubt also have hints and teasers of some of the prizes added soon as well.

The prize at my store is now up and ready to go. It contains two cute skins, in addition to some needles for nomming. (Please don’t try this at home. Like running with scissors, nomming with needles is hardly a great idea.)

You can find these prizes at the Sanu mainstore inside a little haystack, and I haven’t hidden it all that hard. In a big hunt such as this, I just think it is much easier on everyone to have a prize that is easier to find!

In case you do get stuck though, here is a little hint: I’m feeling hungry… do you like cupcakes as much as I do?

Sketch/Announcement: Inspired by Jenny, but definately not Jenny.

Published on May 27, 2009 in Announcements, Jenny, Plain Paper, Portraits and Sketch. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .
Kat Johnston Sketch: Inspired (somewhat) by my Jenny pictures. Look through the categories if you don't get what I mean!

A quick and early sketch today! I have to go in for my ultrasound later, and have various other annoying things to get done until then, so I thought I’d get this out of the way early if I could.

The picture today is somewhat inspired by Jenny. If you have no idea who or what Jenny is, check out the category links – there’s one called Jenny there. I love the original Jenny to bits, and to be honest, I’m not entirely sure if I could ever properly turn her into a ‘regular’ person. It just doesn’t really work like that.

On another note, I’d like to point out something incredible and fantastic! I’ve now been writing on this blog for over a year. I didn’t actually think about it until last night, but when I did… oh my! I had to race back to the computer to click on the archives for May 2008 to see when the exact date actually was. I actually have an odd sense of accomplishment over all this. There’s 270 posts (or will be, when this one is included), which means that I post approximately two days outta three, or there-abouts… that’s not too bad if you ask me!

For something started on little more than a whim, then continued on under the banner of ‘study’, I think the site has gone incredibly well so far. Yes, there are still some things I need to do – finish updating the gallery, finally get around to sorting out the banner for good (the composition as it is currently isn’t perfectly ideal, but with a bit of work, could be much much better), and perhaps a few other things… but it is good. It has certainly been fulfilling its primary purpose: keeping me motivated to do what I know I love… sketching. If people see it, so much more the bonus.

So, celebrations all around, don’t you think? Milestone accomplished.

Update/Sketch: Bite me. Oh, and I’ve done some flickr updating too.

Published on May 12, 2009 in Announcements, Bunnies, Cartoon, Humerous, Plain Paper, Sketch and Update. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .
Kat Johnston: There are some bunnies that are cute and cuddly - others just say 'bite me'.

Phew… done… at least for now. I’ve been working studiously away today, trying to get a good amount of the sketches here up onto my Flickr account so that it doesn’t go un-used. As a visual artist, it seems silly not to take advantage of Flickr for all that it’s worth. Although I haven’t gone through and tagged them all or sorted out proper descriptions, at least I’ve now got a good amount of pictures up with links back to the site.

I’ve also installed a new little filtery thingie, to hopefully stop so much spam getting through to be caught by Akismet. I hate to think of legitimate comments getting caught by the spam filter, so I do also go through them by hand just to make sure. With upwards of 100 comments within 24 hours getting into the spam queue though, it’s getting a mite ridiculous. Here’s to hoping that this reduces it by a little. If not, it’s time to move onto the next attempt at a solution.

Some of you may have noticed that the gallery has been taken down from here for a while – the tab is still up, but there is nothing in it in the way of, uhhh, pictures! Never fear – I’ve been looking into new gallery systems to improve upon the one I had up. The one I had up had no option for nested galleries and seemed to error when pictures were not utilizing a specific sizing system. Therefore, it was doubtless time for a change. When it is back up and running (hopefully soon), I will let you know!

Thanks for sticking around and seeing what I’ve got going on here, guys. Please never hesitate to let me know about any improvements you would like to see happen with the site, either in the comments of a post or by utilizing the contact form.

Update and Sanu: Another new hair… and integration.

Published on April 3, 2009 in Announcements, Digital, Sanu Stuff and second life. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .
Sanu Stuff: Another new hair style, Anayla. Slim and refined at the front with an elegant piled look at the back.

Another hair is up at the store, the Anayla. I could write about it, but pictures really do say what words cannot. Anyhow, that is not the main reason I am writing this post.

Although I know it is going to be some measure of work, I have decided to integrate the Sanu and regular photostreams. Since the creation of the Sanu flickr account, my main one has sat relatively untouched. Since I have made moves to integrate both Sanu and art related things into the one blog, I’ve also decided to do so with the flickr accounts. For that matter, I’ve decided to start actually using the account for my artistic stuff, which is something I have neglected to do for quite some time. Sooooo… expect me to start putting my blog images onto the account. It’ll take a while, but it’ll get there! I’m going to start from day one, and just see it all the way through.

On that note, the old Sanu account will remain active and I will not be pulling down the images from that account to put them on the new one. Not at this point, in any case. Phew! That’s all for now. Please update your contacts and start checking out the new stream! The button to the right will now take you directly to the Kat Johnston/Sanura Sakai stream… no need to look up the separate addy for Sanu.

Some survey results and a random sketch.

Published on October 5, 2008 in Announcements, Plain Paper, Portraits and Update. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .
Kat Johnston Sketch - The name Jashua just popped out for this little guy... and I don't even like the name Jashua. Go figure.

Ok, so to get the sketch for today out of the way: his name is Jashua and I don’t even know why. I don’t even like the name Jashua. Go figure. I still can’t believe that I name some (read ‘most’) of my sketches… he’s just a random sketch that I know that I’m not going to come back to, but he’s named anyway. Most of them at least get a quick back-story or character profile in my head too. Generally not all that extensive, mind you, but something at least. Lets skip over that for today and move onto some more interesting stuff though, yes?

Now, onto some survey results! Overall, I got 23 responses all up. Below are the words that were used, with the frequency of the words after them in brackets.

‘Creative’ (8), ‘Artistic’ (3), Imaginative (3), ‘Talented’ (2), Inventive (1), ‘Good Drawer’ (1), ‘Curious’ (1), ‘Quirky’ (1), ‘Eclectic’ (1), ‘Colourful’ (2), ‘Vibrant’ (1), ‘Monochrome’ (1), ‘Fun’ (1), ‘Funny’ (1), ‘Humor’ (1), ‘Charming’ (1), Intelligent (1), Clever (1), Smart (1), ‘Deep’ (1), ‘Depth’ (1), ‘Thoughtful’ (1), ‘Deeply Emotive’ (1), ‘Sensitive’ (1), ‘Caring’ (2), ‘Sweet’ (1), ‘Kind’ (1), ‘Loving’ (1), ‘Warm’ (1), ‘Affectionate’ (1), ‘Clean’ (1), ‘Alive’ (1), ‘Cuteness’ (1), ‘Brave’ (1), ‘Easygoing’ (1), ‘Candid’ (1), ‘Individualistic’ (1), ‘Intriguing’ (1), ‘Pondering’ (1), ‘Distinct’ (1), ‘Inimitable’ (1), ‘Open’ (1), ‘Open Source’ (1), ‘Minx’ (1), ‘Simple’ (1), ‘Quite Interesting’ (1), ‘Organised’ (1), ‘Systematic’ (1), ‘Driven’ (1), ‘Cat’ (1), ‘Funky’ (1), ‘Jazz’ (1), ‘Musical’ (1), ‘Feminine’ (1), ‘Reflective’ (1).

Phew! Quite a list, isn’t it? I could probably have tried to roll some of those words into one another (eg, humor and funny could be close enough to be considered one and the same), but I’ve decided to keep them separate to give a more accurate set of words to you to have a look at. I’m glad to see ‘Creative’ topping the list (it is one of the things that I do hope that I show through this site), but was a little surprised by a couple of the others. Jump into comments and tell me what you think!