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alhrankin

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My Bio
I am currently a Freelance Web, Graphic, and Illustration designer with a Bachelors in Web Design and Interactive Media. I have an Associates degree with an art emphasis, and am certified in numerous adobe programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash.

I am also a published author, and do alot of designs based on my novels. If you like romance, check out my Undercover Series, and if you like Paranormal Urban Fantasy, Look into the Veih Series.

Current Residence: Mississippi
Favourite genre of music: electronica, dubstep
Favourite style of art: grunge, or bright
MP3 player of choice: Ipod
Favourite cartoon character: SpongeBob

Favourite Visual Artist
Changes on Daily basis
Favourite Movies
When in Rome, Inception, Vanilla Sky, romantic comedies, etc
Favourite TV Shows
Glee, Chuck, Bones
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
John B, Rhianna, Paramore, Kings of Leon, + too many more to name
Favourite Books
Lords of the Underworld Series, Twilight series, Chronicles of Narnia series
Favourite Writers
CS Lewis, Gena Showalter, Angela Knight, etc
Favourite Games
Final Fantasy XIII
Favourite Gaming Platform
PS3
Tools of the Trade
Dell Desktop Studio, VisTablet, double monitors
Other Interests
Writing
By no means am I a professional photographer, however I recently acquired a Lichtenberg sculpture and I love the lightning within it, so I've been shooting hundreds of shots. Unfortunately, with the light, about 85% of what I shoot is fuzzy or too bright. So I'm working on more of the lightning shots, and once I get some more good ones, they'll be added. I am also working on several sets of ps brushes with different designs. I haven't been on DA much lately because of other works in progress, but I will be adding new stuff again soon. Thanks for downloading all of my amateur stuff! Most of what I add is FREE TO USE in whatever way you want
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My husband and I recently took our two girls to the zoo, where I took (naturally) a gazillion photos. As I've mentioned before, I'm no professional photographer--I'm better suited behind a desk than a camera, for sure--but there are several good shots in there that could be useful to others (mainly because I have an awesome Nikon D5000 SLR with a great lens). I will be uploading these images later this week, so stay tuned. Just as my other images, these will be FREE to use for whatever you want. No links required, no credit required, although I don't object to either.
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Another stock set I am working on is a series of golden apples. This will be a series of my personal stock that I photographed last year when I needed golden apples to design a published book cover. The fact is, I was so disappointed with some of the stock of golden apples that I decided to do my own experiment. And, while I'm an amateur photographer, I did have several images that worked well. You can see one of the apple images on my gallery page under projects. The Into the Veihl book cover uses one. I will be submitting these images as free to use-no credit required; just like most of my other stock.
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Thank you for the watch! Much appreciated.
Much love for the watch :heart:
No Problem! Your work is beautiful. I look forward to more!
:iconcutehiplz:
Thanks for the watch. :iconglompplz:
And welcome to dA. :iconlalalaplz:
Welcome. I think your art is creative and awesome. As for some suggestions, when I get artists block, I look through some magazines that sell things for the home. For instance, the last time I was stuck, I grabbed my mother's Design Tuscano mag, and found an image of some Venice masks I liked, then did my own thing with some masks.

Look for home decorative websites and such. They inspire me when I am lost!
x)
Aw, thank you. O:

O: Thanks. I'll definatly try that. x)