Woohoo, me gusta! *flails arms*

I know, I knoww... I shouldn't be so happy about a trivial thing such as this 'reply to your readers through threaded commenting' thingy, but I am.
I mean, come on how awesome is that!? :Ɖ
This will make it easier to reply to someone, whether it's just because you're chatty(like me) or because you honestly want to answer stupid questions(like mine).
I already tried it out in the comments of my last entry... très wow!

I've been rambling about it so long & lamenting its lack on blogger for years now, makes me feel like someone actually listens to my nagging!? ❤

O'kay... now that I stopped hyperventilating about this, I guess I can try to get some sleep.
Though, I think I will need my pre-bed fix of Sudoku first of course or else I might dream about little reply options & comment boxes.

So have a good Night & a beautiful Weekend my precious Darlings.

Yours,
 Nokta

Lo & behold... the year 2012!

I.
I am lazy & in need of punishment, but how was I supposed to know?
Life's been a bitch, losing fat was harder than necessary 'cause of my f*cking hips & back etc... :(
Yeah, well. I'll really try to post more often & to actually not forget my password so I can comment on your entries while logged-in,... but I guess that's what every procrastinator says, "I will do this & that! I totes swear, man!" & you might be sick of it already in real Life, so I better shut up and move on to the next topic...
(BTW... I think, I can hear my Echo in here. It feels kinda deserted!? Oh look, some cliché Tumbleweed just crossed my way!)

II.
New Year, new incentives?
My new Year resolutions are as follows... and I guess I'll actually want to go through with them.

01. Slim down at least 10 more kg's & 6% of fat in the coming 5 Months.
02. Blog more!?
03. Tackle the Shite around me & Declutter! (already started on that one last week)
04. Work on my Homepage.
05. Getting my arm inked!
06. Creating & starting on my "30-before-30" List.
07. Create a 2'nd Blog(plus a Tumblr?) about Food and/or Mugs/Bowls.
08. Do a major Backup & Digital Declutter on both my Notebook & my old Mac(Yes, it's almost 10 years old but still works fine)

What about yours?

III.
Seems like my Car kicked the bucket last week, I havent's had it for more than 9.5 Months... :(
I feel used & unloved!

IV.
'Cause I feel like it today!


V.
And last but not least...

Have a Happy New Year 2012!

And please be safe y'all, ja? ^_^

Manipulating in early stages

I was wading through my computer, found this by accident & I thought, I should show you one of the first few retouch/manipulation images I did back in I-Dunno. (+4 Years minimum I would reckon)
You always need a few works as a portfolio... for example, something like the picture on the left.
(Click on the image, for a bigger view!)

The left is the before, and the right is after I had my grabby hands on it.
01. I lightend & changed her hair-colour for a tiny fraction, to make it more reddish.
02. Gave her two orange-red strands, just to see if I was able to make it look realistic.
03. Made her dress green.
04. 'Gave' her some proper lipstick.
05. Changed the eye-colour & the kajal line around her eyes to grey, with a slight blueish tint.
06. Applied a tiny bit more of the rouge, that was already there.
07. There was something more, but I can not remember it for the life of me. :S

Back to the before-after thingy up there, I just wanted to show you some of the stuff, people actually pay for. And while it might not seem something of a huge change, you wouldn't believe what some people feel weirded out about in their personal images.
A too big nose here, an unwanted eye-colour there.
You get the point.

My fave part, that I did on this Woman, are her eyes. I'm a sucker for grey & green eyes.
And while, today, I can see a few errors in this image, I really do like it none the less.

By the way, she's a model & that shot is taken from a stock-artist on DA, so there was no really need to retouch any zits or so.
Although, I did not remove those tiny, barely visible, wrinkles around the eye, before sharpening the pic(without using actual sharpening tools, looks too fake). Back then I did not know how vain people really could be... how innocent I was.

I hope you like this entry, I was going to upload an mouseover/rollover image, but just did not fiind an online uploader to my liking, sorry.
I so do love mouseovers/rollovers, it's like watching magic happening just by flying over that image with your cursor. *sighs*

I better stop here. See you next time.

Yours,
Nokta

Now to the, not really obligatory, resources/stocks from me to those of you who actually want them! Download, use & have fun! And Crediting = Love!
TgS-17 by ~PinkPanthress-Stock
&
White Pine by ~PinkPanthress-Stock

Are you going to eat that?

So, another new Month or Year starting on a Monday. Again.
And I will try my hands on losing those fugly kg's of excess weight. Again.
Well, I will try to, which does not mean I will actually succeed.

First Day in and I already want to rip everyone's head off. I get pissed easily if I can not eat & drink when I am hungry.

Not to mention the 'Sugary Problem' I will inevitably face in less than 3 Days.
You see, I have kind of constant low blood sugar, so I need to stuff my face on time or I will become the most dangerous Bomb around you. Ready to explode, without warning.
Hmm, ok... if I do like you, I will warn you. Though, through gritted teeth.

Wish me lots of Luck, my precious Stalkers.
I really need it. *smootch*

Oh, and if you read a News Article in the coming Days, somewhere around my whereabouts, about a 20-something woman chewing off her fingers while dieting... think of me. *stomach growl*

Yours,
Nokta


And here the resources & stocks. Download, use & please credit!

TgS-16 by ~PinkPanthress-Stock
&

SF - D by ~PinkPanthress-Stock

20 Jiǎozi for Youqing.

As you can see on the left, I have been on a Mini-Haul at the nearest Asia-Shop. The owner is chinese but has everything Asian from indonesian Agar-Agar to japanese Nori. I had to search a long time to find a shop as huge as his.

We do not have anything resembling a Chinatown, as the english speakers call it.
Okay, so we once had one, but the Nazis 'did their job' & well, the rest is History... :(
Though, come to think of it, we do have one Japantown, but that is just not the same.

You will only find a few chinese Shops scattered in big Cities across this Country. And they are by far nothing comparable to those in San Francisco or Vancouver.
I just can not wait, to go there again next Month.
Oh, and definitely worth the long Drive!

So that was it for now. I need to retouch some stuff.

And by the way, just a quick question... does anyone of you know a place like photobucket, that you can use to upload a 'hover-over' Flash?

Yours,
Nokta


Here the resources/stocks. Download & use, have fun & credit!
AdBe 001 by ~PinkPanthress-Stock
&
Maidenhair by ~PinkPanthress-Stock

Premio Award!? 8D~

Jesse the 'tagger', did just that. He gave me the "Premio Sunshine Award" today.
Thank you for this gorgeous Award, Jesse.

Since he changed the original Rules & I have a hectic day today anyway, I will change them, too.

I will do nothing more than to tag anyone who visits my page and reads this entry.

Have a nice day y'all...