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snwgames

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I moved to rosiesocosy a couple of years ago, and moved over some of my artworks from this account. rosiesocosy is now my main account by the way. So for any of my photography, web design, drawings, and what not, you need to follow me on that account.

I decided to change my name on this account from Pixellove to snwgames. I don't feel like opening up a group for my game related creations, but I don't want to bother my current followers on my main account with it either. And since I don't really create any pixel art anymore, pixellove was no longer relevant. Hence the name change. I also unfollowed pretty much everyone on here because of the change from photography/digital art to Sims related art. And on top of that, most of the people I followed here unfollowed me, or they became inactive years ago.

So anyway: I'm back! What you can expect on this account? Anything game related, though mostly my own creations from Sims games!

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I've got an important announcement for my buddies and followers on dA. I already posted a journal earlier this week about my doubts to stay on this account or move to another. I finally made up my mind. I will continue uploading my art to DeviantArt, however I will no longer upload anything here. From now on, you can find me here: rosiesocosy. I'm going to remove my older art from this account and upload it to my new account. I might keep some old stuff here, like stamps. (Not too sure about that yet).

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I'll return very soon!!! I have missed dA every since I left. And even though I still don't have all the tools I would like to have to improve my skills, I'm slowly getting there. I'll update my journal soon with more information.

However I'm not sure if I should stay on my snwgames account, or move to rosiesocosy I am known as rosiesocosy on most websites. What do you think? Pixellove is something from the past. However I don't want to lose all my buddies here. I can't afford a membership on both accounts so I will only be upgrading one, and using that one from that moment on.
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Hi all,

I've been postponing my journal posts and visits on dA. Until today. This will be my last (and also very long) journal for a while. Some people may wonder what happened. For those of you I will explain why I won't be active for a while:

I'm busy working

My boyfriend has 2 jobs to take care of and his Master at the University of Technology in Eindhoven, Netherlands. I myself try to get by by freelancing and setting up some new projects that may help us financially. It's hard. I'm sure there are plenty of you out there who know what it's like not having a lot of money, or even worse, not having any at all. We can eat and pay our bills. But we have a (study) loan as well so we can pay these bills. We're really trying but it's hard. We're happy people, just not so blessed when it comes to money.

I'm busy working, part 2

Next to my regular webdesign activities, I'm also working on a few non paid projects. Some people may not understand this. But I need to do this in order to get my name out there. I can't tell anything about these projects yet. Except that they will probably be online in the Summer of 2009.

I'm not a healthy person

Being on the PC all day doesn't help when it comes to my health. I've been struggling with health issues for over a year now and my doctor (GP) does not take me serious at all. I'm trying really hard to find a new GP that will accept me. Please don't start with me here. I've had discussions with people in other countries who just don't get the situation. They try, but it's so complicated. My GP doesn't take me serious at all, and I can't visit the hospital or specialists without his approval. You *need* approval from your GP before you can go elsewhere. Since my GP isn't helping me, I tried finding another GP. Point is, anyone I tried so far refused me as a patient. Not because of insurance or anything. I have a great insurance, covers most of the meds and consults I have. No, the GP's I approach are either fully booked already or think it's not that big a deal and say, "since you already have a GP, we're not accepting you". So we're back at square one. Still trying hard but no luck so far.
I don't like talking about it publicly, but there is no other way on dA, since I can't hide my journal for strangers. So I have to share some issues with you here so you know what kind of issues I'm talking about. Do not challenge me on what I haven't tried so far, because I'm well aware of what I need to do to get healthy. It's the GP that isn't cooperating. I feel a lump in my right breast, I can't get a mammogram. I'm not old enough yet to get a direct invitation and like I said, GP is not examining me or sending me to the hospital. Also, my right breast is infected and the cream I got isn't helping. They won't give me anything else and won't help me either. They won't even have me over for a consult! I have been having *huge* cluster headaches for over a year now. When these headaches get to the worst point, I can't function (really). There are no meds to cure this. My current GP keeps saying it's migraine. But the migraine meds don't work and GP won't do anything. Ever since I got in the third trimester of my pregnancy, I've been having serious issues regaring my defacation. I have meds, got those after almost a year. I was really clogged on the inside and needed all sorts of treatments like clysmas and such. No details, but you get the idea here. I'm still on those meds. I eat healthy, I bought a Wii Fit and Wii DDR so I can exercise more with my son here. I really notice me exercising but my defacation remains the same. As you can see, I really need help from specialists and I need my GP to be there for me when I need help. In this country, you can't go to the hospital without the approval of your GP. Unless there is a life threatening situation of course. But none of my conditions are life threatening enough.

I'm a mom

Foremost, I am a mom and take this very serious. My son goes to his grandparents once a week, for a day. His grandpa picks him up in the morning and grandma/aunt bring him back in the evening. This gives me some time to breathe a little. Work out, work, relax etc. I love my son but many parents will confirm that being a full time parent is exhausting.

I'm close to having a burnout again

I'm being very serious. I usually don't see em coming. But my family does. At this point, my boyfriend told me I can't work anymore for a while until I'm feeling better again. I'm tense and have a high standards when it comes to my work. I literally work until I can't go anymore because I don't have any energy left. I'm not just doing nothing right now. I am playing games I haven't played in over 6 months (please understand that games are in some way my job as well and it's weird having to write about stuff but never really relax and play). I also enjoy my son growing up. I'm already planning things for new projects I've started. These will take up many months of work.

My camera is broken

Well, my own macro camera is old, unreliable, drains batteries within minutes and needs replacement. We are planning to save for a DSLR for me. By the looks of it, I won't have one this year, not next year, maybe the year after that. Very unsure. The other camera, also old, broke down on us and has been returned to the manufacturer. Hopefully it can be fixed so I can use that one until I get that DSLR. I can't really keep up with my hobby as a photographer without decent equipment. I'm really sad about this, but this is the way it is. I'm currently trying to maintain a 365 project blog. I upload a pic once a day. Lately I haven't been able to use the Canon, only the Olympus for macro pics. The quality isn't all that good, but if you want to keep following my work, check out 365.rosana.co.uk
I will hopefully have the Canon back in a few months. When I do, I will start shooting again outside :aww:

People don't respect my work

Not as much as I'd like anyway. I'm not going to throw with names here. If the people read this they will know if I mean them or someone else. But lately, people have been disrespecting my wishes again when it comes to my work here on dA. I offer some pattern packs. These are for personal use. However, someone asked if it was ok to use them in *their own* game. I thought that was okay, but also said I didn't want them to upload them to a website. And guess what, someone still did after I had said no. This person apparently feels that I replied too late the second time and therefore it's no longer my own, it's theirs and they can do with it whatever the *&^$#* they want. I disagree. I have Sims sites myself and didn't even upload these patterns there. If I'd do that now, people will think I stole these textures from another Sims site, while they were mine to begin with! It's ridiculous. I spoke my mind about this on that particular website and my post got removed a few hours later. I don't know what to think about this, except that I hate people who disrespect my work.
I had to find out about this through a friend who downloaded the textures on that site and then showed some screens to me, not knowing that those were mine! Such a coincidence! But a good thing I found out. I'm pretty sure I won't upload any more sets anytime soon on dA or any other site.
I know it happens to everyone who makes something, that people steal or take work and turn it into something they made or worse. But I can't use stuff like this right now. I will never accept it.

I'm trying to expand my horizon

I entered a contest last month and lost. Even though it was not a fair contest (I showed it to many people and the contestants who got into the top 10 didn't all deserve to. I had hand drawn some entries and everyone *loved* them. But the corrupt judges apparently overlooked my quality entries which contained no copyrighted materials and entries from the ppl who were chosen did. Strange but sometimes that's how it goes. I want to enter contests more often. It may give me a chance to either money, prizes or just more people finding out about me, my name and my work. Which is what I need for my freelancing job to succeed as well. Entries in contests take time as well.

With everything I have on my mind regarding my health, I can't concentrate on work. And I certainly can't use dA often. I admit I miss it a lot but right now there is no choice for me. I have also accounts on other (social) networks like Twitter, Plurk, Facebook, Last.fm etc. I haven't really used any of those actively, except for Plurk, where I chat with some internet buddies about stuff that makes me happy or bothers me. dA is not the right place to do this. If you want to talk to me, send me a mail on www.rosana.co.uk (I've got a beautiful contact form there and it works like a charm. There is no reason to say you can't contact me)
I want to add that I'm not leaving permanently. I just won't be that active I used to be for a while. I have to fix some things in my life and dA is just not my #1 priority. I still want to thank rebelx for giving me a 3 month sub. I really enjoyed it for a while until too many problems started kicking in. I will renew it, just not now. I feel horrible for not being active while I had a sub. There just wasn't any way for me to be active everywhere at once with so much going on in my personal life. I hope you all understand.

Oh and once again, I won't be gone forever. I will come back :wave:

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What's up?

I figured it was time to update my journal again! It's something I'd like to do more often. But I'd like to do this well, so people will enjoy it more. And of course, there's the fact that I'm always busy, so it usually just is like *I'll do that tomorrow* or something. Not this time though.
Even though I'm sick, I still try to work. I should rest more. I think. I need my rest in order to be able to work and to take care of my little son. He's cute, but also very active and I often have a hard time keeping up with him when he's running around crazily =p
We talked about our finances and the things we need to buy this year. BF will get  new PC parts after his exams. We also have to pre-order the (Limited) Collector's Edition of The Sims 3 in early February twice. I planned buying a Wacom Bamboo Fun (A5) for my birthday. My birthday is on Feb 10th and my BF has his on the 18th. Last year we bought the Wii from the money from both our birthdays. But this tablet is not something we'll share, so I won't be able to buy it for the both of us. Maybe during the summer. Our cameras need replacement. We've had lots of chats about this. Mine is old and not quite reliable. His is old and starting to act up (weird horizontal lines, purple borders etc). We won't be able to afford two normal digital cameras. Let alone a DSLR for me! Since I'm the one constantly taking pics, BF decided we'll be saving for a DSLR for me. We might be able to buy this at the end of 2009, but not a day earlier. The fridge needs replacement, some of our furniture is very child unfriendly (and it's also not very organized). We've got lots of expenses. And not a lot of money coming in. So I'm really sorry if I lack updates here. Let's just say I often have my priorities, even though I love dA and my friends here!
That's all the more reason I'm very thankful for rebelx for buying me a sub. I'm really enjoying it! :hug:

Some of my Photos

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Some of my Artworks

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Some of my Favorites!

.Paz.Peace. by DeadlyWitch Above All 2 by rebelx Backlight by eranrez :thumb108175970:
Searching love by roughhand :thumb109177883: Perfect Day by asheeolee
:thumb99754759: Shadow and Sparkles by hotmetal53
So close and yet so far by niwaj cloudy day by Moonrune

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