Hello there, it's my 34th birthday today so I gave myself a small present: to re-discover some of the beloved sites I haven't visited for very long time. To clean up aged dust and slightly ressurect my status there. And of course to give a proof I am still alive.

I am also experimenting with facebook page. So if you will have urgent feeling your mail has been stolen/devoured by antispam bot. Feel free to poke me there:





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I am sorta monkey today (uh-uh-uh  ), and just following *ANTIFAN-REAL's "222222" journal entry. It's really a good reason to show some tiny lifesigns.



Yuk! I still live. And still I am a part of the Blimeygames team. Gotta say I have experienced many activites there: concept art, texture works, mainmenu works, virtual gardening (yes, grass and trees), betatesting, now I am trying to learn 3Dmax, and ... today I have rejuvenated my memories about programming.

It's great job and it has quite a possitive effect to my portfolio of painted landscapes. I would like to share those with you, but unfortunatelly the paintings can't be released yet.

It's a pitty. As a side effect of such a day schedule my free time reserve shrunked almost to zero I have touched my camera gear only once this year and during weekend it was only one day when I  got the courage to spend it by playing a computer game.

That's not an optimal state of living. So I will have to reschedule my day plan to spend more time outside. The landscape photoshoots really missing me.

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Few hours ago I just ordered a new widescreen 26" LCD monitor and I think it would be a good reason to share part of the joy with you. I do believe you would appreciate slightly bigger wallpapers for download, so please don't forget to vote in a following poll and tell me your desired pixels.

Poll: What size of wallpapers you would prefer ?

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Marek Hlavaty  
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Gloomy Nature competition:



I have joined jury team for the competition organised by ~Solkku . To have competition more spicy I have also added some financial value to the first prize as a sponsor

So what does "Gloomy" mean? As can be seen here, it means the following things:

1. dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
2. causing gloom; dismal or depressing: a gloomy prospect.
3. filled with or showing gloom; sad, dejected, or melancholy.
4. hopeless or despairing; pessimistic: a gloomy view of the future.


So, simply put: Your task is to incorporate gloominess to a nature photo. Here are some examples:




Rules:
* The competition deadline is 31st December 2006 at 24:00 hours Finnish time (GMT +2).
* Submissions after the deadline will be disqualified.
* The photo must be a nature photo!
* The photo must be yours! (And must be available on deviantART).
* You are allowed to submit older artwork which are still online.
* You are not allowed to submit photos you have entered with in my two previous competitions
* You can submit only one photo to the competition.
* You may not manipulate the photo further than what could be done in a darkroom. (Temperature, Tint, Exposure, Brightness, Contrast and Saturation). However, a frame and text on the actual photo is accepted.
* Black & White photos are accepted as they often portray gloominess.
* After the competition's deadline the jury will decide on the top three.
* Jury members may not participate in the competition.
* Disallowed photo types: Photo manipulations
* The organizer of the competition (~Solkku) is allowed to change the rules at any time if needed.

Hint: The jury looks for gloominess, originality and details.


How to Enter:
Send the note to ~Solkku with the subject "Gloomy Nature submission" between 26th November - 31st December 2006 24:00 Finnish time (GMT +2).


Prizes:
1st Place: 1 Year subscription + Premium Print Account + Secret Special Prize
2nd Place: 6 Months subscription
3rd Place: 3 Month subscription

Also, some of the jury's favorites will be given honourable mentions.


Jury:



Advertising this competition:
If you want, you can help spread the word about this competition. To do this, the only thing you have to do is include a link to this journal and tell what the link is about, or include the stamp as a link (for subscribers). All helpers will be rewarded when the results are announced (your avatar will be included in the journal). Just send ~Solkku a note with the subject "Competition Help" and a link to your journal in the note.

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-Still testing the features of my new DA Subscription and DA Printing Account. Hah I thought it will be easier to answer all the pending messages, but the amount multiplicated since last week. I still believe I will be able to answer them.   

-Three new prints are now available in shop. During upcomming days I will add another ones.

-Royalty-free licences still aren't ready. But I am working on it.

-Devious inventory has been added to the end of journal. It's my equipment, but the list still isn't complete. I'll update it during upcomming days without adding new journal entry.



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-DA Subscription and DA Printing Account finally has been activated. Now it will be easier for me to answer all the gazillions messages I have received and didn't replied to them yet. At least I hope.   

-Exhibition is over now and it seems it has been succesfull. Curenently I am awaiting message from town council wheter I will receive grant or not.

-First prints are available in shop. During upcomming days I will add another ones.

-Royalty-free licences for the files will be available soon.



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Hello people, one big thanks to all of you who helped me by suggestions with my exposition poster. The time is getting up and every day I am closer to the vernissage I am more and more nervous    

ufff, I wish I have all of this succesfully behind me ....

Yay! Finally the new galleries are up! Still there's a lot work left around my website, but major step has been done.
Now gotta prepare fully explanative FAQ, set up SHOP for selling royalty-free images and after these I will sleep well once again. (but oh my, I hate writing!)

Take care and have a GOOD LIGHT
Robert

Hello there! Finally I made next step and established printing account!



Since it's outside DA, it might be uncomfortable for some members. But hey - it's better to accept some compromises than do nothing (at least for me)



Print on Zazzle: robertmekis

R+G+B got chosen as a Daily Deviation!

I would like thank everyone for support, especially to *x-horizon for recommendation and ^hesitation for selection of this artwork

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Don't forget to download a wallpaper:
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Okay I just made cleanup of my long-time-abandoned gallery on DA. Changed few features like avatar, neighbour parametrs and such. Nothing really important.

Ufffff, slowly getting back the custom to live here. Thank you so much for warm welcome and bunch of comments!   

Two years has passed and I have returned to this gallery