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So... It's gotten awfully quiet on this account, and that was indeed for reasons.
I've been considering leaving before, but after over a year or so, I finally came to the decision to not quite leave but instead make a fresh start.

I'm not sure if I ever made an actual public explanation, as - frankly - much time has passed since I even logged into this account, and I don't really want to dig through years of text.
One of the biggest issues to keep me away from this profile was certain people being incredibly demanding and pushy about me drawing gifts for them, to an extend where particular candidates would outright bombard my DMs and guilt-trip me over not feeling like drawing for people I never even talked to.
I remember even making a statement about that in my very front page back in the days. Unsuccessfully...

Truth is, I just stopped associating fun with this particular account and decided to make a new one.
Everyone who did either push me or proved to be toxic in the past has been blocked on both accounts already and won't even get to read this, and I hope that I can make a return to dA in peace; just getting back into doing what makes me happy.

For every of my old watchers who are still active on this site (and I'm honestly not sure how many of you are after over a year) - You can find my new account at :iconcastawayproxy:.
I'm slowly but surely moving all of my thousands of favourites over there. (As well as all of my old pictures - even if it's for now just in the form of stash folders.) 
Some of you MAY have noticed binge-faving, or maybe not? But, yes, that's the new me.

I hope to see you guys on my new profile and that I can stay in contact with as many of you as possible. After all, some of you guys have been dear friends of mine for 10+ years, and I don't want a few rotten eggs to permanently spoil my entire contact with the community.

I most likely will not delete any of my pics here, nor my Theta profile, but please bear in mind that I probably will not log back into this account anymore.
I want to move on, and get back to enjoying dA the way it was meant to be: Without stress but friends instead.

Take care, everyone and keelah se'lai!
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So, I stumbled over this little browser extension that helps you to blacklist/hide certain tags here on dA, as well as particular artists and categories.

I felt like sharing it, since I know that many of you guys struggle with the same problem of being exposed to unwanted and/or disturbing content as well, and since we'll probably rather get Half-Life 3 than a dA-staff that gives a Frell about it's non-creepy-fetishist userbase, I think this might be the closest thing possible to a nice and tidy search.

The extension was done by rthaut, and a good explanation, visual reference, usage guide as well as download-links for Firefox and Chrome can be found in
THIS JOURNAL-ENTRY he wrote.

Personal experience so far:
It's really easy to use and as effective as possible.
Meaning, that pictures that are not tagged or have the required keywords in their description wil still be displayed.
You can however blacklist the entire artist with one single click if you need to.
Much as with the 'Mature Content'-notification, you will see the greyed-out square indicating that there was a picture that got filtered out, along with the keyword/category/artist leading to the filtering, if you wish to not see this, you however can select to not display the placeholders.

Pros:
:bulletpurple: Super-easy and self-explanatory as can be!
:bulletpurple: From what I can see so far, the amount of tags/artists/categories you can blacklist seems to be unlimited.
:bulletpurple: You can even blacklist artists by hovering over your 'disliked thumbnail of choice', which is especially useful when stumbling upon extra-deluxe-creepy content.

Cons:
:bulletred: When loading a page - depending on your connection speed - it may take a second for the filter to take effect.

In my opinion,that one con is super minor inconveniences and easily outweighted by the more relaxed dA experience.
If you're just half as annoyed or disgusted by certain 'pieces of art' as I am, then I would definitely recommend this nice little tool.

Live Long and Prosper! 
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Sooooo... With me recently considering turning 'Ballout' rather into a stoopid little comic instead of an actual story, I felt like getting back into a more cartoon-y routine. (Which I probably haven't done in like 60 years or so.)
Since I - as usual - lack sufficient inspiration and crave some nasty challenge, I had the idea of turning the chores of practise into a giveaway.

The Idea is, that you guys give me an actual cartoon(-universe) and (If you have one) an OC of yours, and I'll draw them in a random/funny/morbid/weird situation. Maybe even together with one of mine if inspiration hits me hard enough.
Which basically equals a win-win situation for everyone.
(Don't even try and  pretend you guys don't love getting your OCs done, we ALL do! Mwhahahar!)


How to participate:
:bulletpurple: We're friends here on dA.
:bulletpink: Tell me a cartoon/-universe you'd like me to dive into. (Please no anime here, as I'm actually trying to widen my palette of styles beyond that one classic influence ;) )
:bulletpurple: You don't HAVE to have an OC, of course I can also use my insane imagination. If you DO have an OC though, just leave me a description or link me to a reference picture.
:bulletpink: It's fine to experiment, so if you - for example - want me to draw your Mass Effect character in MLP style or so, that's fine with me.
:bulletpurple: Also, it would be useful if you pick a somewhat known cartoon/show/universe, so - in case I don't know it yet - I'll be able to do some proper research.
:bulletpink: As usual: I won't draw porn, propaganda and/or real people that aren't the 'requester' themself.
:bulletpurple: Also: Please check out what the others requested. I'm fine with some overlapping, but I swear, if there'll be 10 people all picking the same, I'm coming out of that screen and start unleashing the tides of DOOM on all of you! O_O. I mean, that would contradict the idea of practise after all.
And finally:
:bulletpurple: Tell me in case you have any no-go's/triggers, I want to deliver something pleasant after all.


And now it's your turn to enter the Hunger Games thingy of DOOM!
:bulletgreen:   1 DOOM-Skie as MLP-Pony for xenomorphfury161
:bulletgreen:   2 The Simpsons-style District 9 gang for IllyDragonfly
:bulletgreen:   3 Samurai Jack Keema for nightchildmoonchild
:bulletgreen:   4 Darkwing Duck Blacky Smith for BlackySmith
:bulletgreen:   5 Invader Zim-OC Zen for TheApprentice225 | Followed by 6 more entries of DOOM
:bulletgreen:   6 Samurai Jack-Style Malik for darksavage22
:bulletpink:   7 OPEN
:bulletpurple:   8 OPEN
:bulletpink:   9 OPEN
:bulletpurple: 10 OPEN

So... Yeah... Don't be shy to step into the Thunder Dome and let's have some fun!
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A long time ago, in a journal far, far away I was tagged by :iconxenomorphfury161: to do this sweet little meme revealing 13 details about the 'me' behind the desk. I'm sorry this took me literal months. (Doing dA stuff is tideous work for me atm.) >.<
But, yep, here you go:


1. I go by June, CJ, Theta or Proxy, prefer 'they/them'-pronouns, and think other 'passport info' is overrated - At best it does not tell anything valid about me anyway, at worst, it's misleading.
2. My favourite colours are purple and orange. They make me happy. (Even my hair is coloured bright purple most of the time, while many of my OCs - ironically - have orange hair.)
3. I'm usually the smallest person wherever I go. (It comes with advantages though when going by car or using the subway. Plus: I'm - very ironically (again) - still quite good at Basketball.)
4. My favourite sorts of Music are Synthwave, Moviescores and Classical. I absolutely need music to function when there is no one to talk to.
5. My all-time favourite book is '20000 Leagues under the Sea' from Jules Verne. Then again to be fair, I love pretty much anything from Jules Verne...
6. I frequently donate blood and wish more people did. I have a rare blood type (Rh-Negative), and I'm always glad if I can make myself useful. (I'm also down for sharing trombone and bone marrow. I'm a walking spare part strorage...)
7. My favourite Movies are 'The Matrix', 'The Abyss', 'Butterfly Effect' and 'Inception'
8. (Speaking of Inception-) I am a lucid dreamer. (I'm also a very active daydreamer, but that's another story. ^.^)
9. I wear sunglasses most of the time. No, not because I love 'The Matrix' (I just don't work well in bright sunlight actually.)
10. I have Aspergers and most of its 'side effects', such as problems with nonverbal communication or expressing emotions, SIs, occasional depression when understimulated/not enough chance to talk and network, and I overall feel mostly lost and homesick. (I still maintain a positive and benevolent attitude though, since being 'nice' is important to me.)
11. I have almost 5000 hours on Garry's Mod. Yep. I love sandboxing and open fuckery. I love games in general, especially first-person-stuff. My favourite ones are the Half-Life-games and SOMA.
12. I'm demiromantic/demisexual, meaning, the only thing that 'warms me up' is emotional intimacy itself. I could not care less about appearance, gender-concept, etc. And frankly, I won't even notice if you are what media portrays as 'attractive' anyway.
13. I enjoy really spicy food. I can put jalapeños into pretty much anything and I love eating raw onions as if they were apples. (That's not fancy, I know, but I was struggling with finding one last info that was remotely interesting. xD)

And I'm proudly tagging the amazing and lovely
:iconthefifthdoctorfivey:, :iconnightchildmoonchild:, :iconcyberdrone:, :iconAnanya-Talvi:, :iconbuchanchem:, :iconmeowmeowmeow21:, :iconschwarzdahlie:, :iconillydragonfly:, :iconblackysmith:, :icontheapprentice225:, :iconwelshboi99:, :iconvictorygamer: and :icongivemeup: about whom I'd love to learn a little more :hug:
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dA Questionaire

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...Because I wanted to do this for years, and now I' ill enough to take the time. XD

:bulletpurple: How long have you been on DeviantArt?
Around 10 years by now. (I knew this place before, but then again, I'm always slow, scared and lazy with joining new places. Also I used to be around on Elfwood and Renderosity back then ^^)

:bulletpurple: What does your username mean?
It's simply two Greek letters. Nothing that spectacular. It's a Doctor Who reference actually – A Time Lord academy name. XD (Nerd 4 life! :headbang:)

:bulletpurple: Describe yourself in three words.
Noodle Potato Strawberry
(I really don't know what to answer here, because I'd describe myself with music usually.

:bulletpurple: Are you left or right handed?
Right-handed but I try to train my left hand too.

:bulletpurple: What was your first deviation?
This artistic 'masterpiece', featuring :icongaybeast:'s, mine, and another friend's OCs for the movie 'The Abyss' (Which probably no one will remember these days. :() It was drawn in 2002 (So, forgive me the crappy look XD), and uploaded on my first day here in 2005.
Abyss : The next generation by Theta-Xi

:bulletpurple: What is your favourite type of art to create?
Humorous and cartoon-y things. I'm a licker for positive, happy and sweet stuff – even if it's referring to dark and violent universes, which does happen, since I do mostly fan-art. I think the picture above (As well as my silly, (hopefully) cute Half-Life cartoons) pretty much explain what I mean.

:bulletpurple: If you could instantly master a different art style, what would it be?
I think I'd either love to master 'classic cartoon' style (like in an average Disney movie) or be better at drawing/colouring hair. Hair has always been my weakness ever since I remember – A wonder not all of my characters end up being baldies XD

:bulletpurple: What was your first favourite?
I'm not sure about the very first one, since the artist stashed it by now
(Pleeeeeeeeease, people, stop stashing your beautiful stuff!!! Believe me if I say, there's no need to hide your stuff – favs and comments certainly prove it. :heart::heart:)
The first visible deviation however is:
Nightcrawler by anime-palace-ping
A cutified adorable little Nightcrawler. (Yes, some may remember I joined dA mostly for X-Men and Star Trek fan-art, I had no idea that I just scratched the surface here... XD)

:bulletpurple: What type of art do you tend to favourite the most?
Definitely fan-art. It's mostly either cute stuff like chibis, OCs or scenery porn – Sometimes even all three factors in one picture, and I honestly wish there was more like it out there. :heart: Some good examples of my hunting preferences would be:
Quarian Smiley Face by Chriss-Topher
Doctor who: truants by DameEleusys
Lights by mechanicalspirit
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Star Trek RP: Elta by AkuOreo
Kleiner and Lamarr by Super-Cute
Bioshock Infinite by xXMerryroseXx

:bulletpurple: Who is your all-time favourite deviant artist?
I honestly think this is impossible to answer. Over the last years I came to watch more than 900 people – each of them for their very own special reasons. Some (but not all!) highlights would be:
:iconalondra-chui: An artist drawing incredibly cute and quirky stuff. She's also a wonderful writer.
:iconbettyfontaine: A cartoonist and fan-artist wit many adorable works, cute OCs and a great sense of humour.
:icondalekmercy: A great artist who does not only make brilliant comics but also outstanding own concepts and creature designs.
:icongethengineer: A great drawing artist of various styles, and also a magnificent and incredibly loveable person.
:iconpredatorspet: A really funny and talented cartoonist – Once again with many styles and things to offer.
:icontheapprentice225: An amazing writer, drawer, roleplayer, concept artist, world builder and also – a wonderful person no one should miss!

:bulletpurple: If you could meet anyone on DeviantArt in person, who would it be?
Not sure how to answer this. I'm not a person that holds much interest in physically meeting someone. If I get to skype to the people I like, that's more than enough and my universe is absolutely perfect.

:bulletpurple: How has a fellow deviant impacted your life?
Several have. Remember, I've been around for quite some time,. And I came to meet a bunch of really cool cute and interesting people. Ever since I joined I met so many lovely, nice and positive guys, guys like :iconnightchildmoonchild:, :iconbuchanchem:, :iconthe5thbender:, :icontaleeze:, :iconillydragonfly:, the people I introduced in the last question, and many, MANY more. People that manage to cheer me up with their art, but also encourage me to improve my own works, and do what I like without being too scared to show it. Even if I don't find the time to be much online recently and talk to them, all of those really matter to me and I'm really glad that I had the honour to meet them

:bulletpurple: What are your preferred tools to create art?
Real pencil and paper actually. Besides all you can do on a computer, I still love to create art with my very own hands, drabble, erase and have the smell of real paper around me. It's probably also a bit of a habit of mine, since many of my drabbles and drawing are made on my way to work/way home when sitting in a train and having nothing better to so. ^^

:bulletpurple: What is the most inspirational place for you to create art?
I don't have a special place I'd say. It's useful if I'm physically alone and have no one look over my shoulder. Talking to people over Skype or Teamspeak though is quite fine. The best things for me to boost and canalize creativity are not a place but people: People I talk to and get inspired from. And then there's also music. Music makes me come up with scenarios and faces I want to put on paper.

:bulletpurple: What is your favourite DeviantArt memory?
I think my favourite 'memory' would be all the little events with friends that led into collaborations, art-trades, roleplays or group calls. I'm really happy if I can find people of common interest (Which admittedly seem to be rare), and therefor whenever I can spend time with lovely people, all of us doing a thing we mutually love, everything's fine.



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You're a genius. You're stone cold brilliant, you are, I swear, you really are.
But you could be so much more. You could be beautiful.
With a mind like that, we could travel the stars. It would be my honour.
Because you don't need to own the universe, just see it.
Have the privilege of seeing the whole of time and space.
That's ownership enough.

(The Doctor)
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