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janeesper

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Artist // Hobbyist // Varied
  • Sep 7
  • United States
  • Deviant for 12 years
  • She / Her
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My Bio
Dear Visitor,

I am a professional digital artist with degrees in Game Art and Computer Science. I love Science and Numbers and Words and Games of all sorts (video, board, tabletop and puzzle). I read quite a lot, write some of the time, and draw not nearly enough.

Thanks for stopping by.

Favourite Visual Artist
Alphonse Mucha, Auguste Rodin
Favourite Movies
Clue, My Fair Lady
Favourite TV Shows
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Firefly, The West Wing, Sherlock
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Cole Porter, Diana Krall, Michael Bublé
Favourite Books
Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, the Sherlock Holmes stories, the Harry Potter series
Favourite Writers
Orson Scott Card, Jane Austen, J. R. R. Tolkein, J. K. Rowling, Aaron Sorkin, Emily Dickinson, David Eddings, H. P. Lovecraft
Favourite Games
Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy Tactics, Star Wars: the Old Republic, Homeworld
Favourite Gaming Platform
personal computer
Tools of the Trade
Photoshop with a little help from my Cintiq
Other Interests
tabletop role-playing games, math puzzles, grammar
TLDR: I had my players defeat Trump in effigy this weekend in a tabletop RPG. So, this Saturday we finished up a two-part adventure in the D&D campaign that I'm running. Long story short the group (on the trail of counterfeit gold coins, a smuggled artifact, and a, literally, noble woman being held prisoner in her own home by a controlling authoritarian husband) faced off against a gold golem and an albino duergar (a dwarf race from the Underdark... er, underground dominions) who was using a machine to cast lightning bolts at people. At the time I described the golem as looking like a giant screaming cyclopean baby, which was true, but in
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Hiatus Haiku

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Sorry, there's no art; Been busy with my new job, But paychecks are nice. I got hired as a Network Support Engineer at a pretty big company over here. I [will] basically work a call center helping harried system admins with broken networks that our products can magically fix (and it is kind of magical). It's been a whole lot of fun to sit in a room with other people who can do hexadecimal calculations in their heads (haven't had that since my first undergraduate degree). Intellectual elitism aside, I am doing well. I have a couple big illustrations that I'm working on for a friend's wedding gift, and an art collab with another friend (she
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So, I haven't done a heck of a lot of art, but looking for a place to live in a new city is surprisingly emotionally and temporally draining. I have been spending my free time recharging the old batteries with a supply of new games (currently enjoying "Shadowrun: Dragonfall" with "Fire Emblem: Awakening" in the queue - I love me a good tactics game), and slogging through the anime offerings at Crunchyroll. I have, however, made a List of all the viable project ideas that fell by the wayside while that other thing consumed my life. Once I settle into Seattle, 2015 will be a busy year. And yes, there will be ponies - as well as... well... I j
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Happy birthday!
:iconexcitedapplebloomplz::iconsaysplz:Howdy there, friend!
:iconexcitedscootalooplz::iconsaysplz:We're here today to wish you a happy birthday!
:iconexcitedsweetiebplz::iconsaysplz:I'm so excited to do this! Rarity told me how fun it can be!
:iconscootalooplz::iconsaysplz:Dash said how important it is for us to greet our friends in the other world! It's an honour!
:iconapplebloomdaresyaplz::iconsaysplz:Focus, girls, remember how we practiced it...
:iconsweetiederailplz::iconsaysplz:inhale
:iconsweetiedetermined2::iconsaysplz:We wish you all the best on this occasion! May you have lots of happy times and good things come your way!
:iconsweetiebellehappy::iconsaysplz:And we wish you'll be able to do your best for yourself too! And, and...
:iconscootplz::iconsaysplz:And stay in good health and high spirits all the time! And believe in yourself and who you are!
:iconapplebloomplz::iconsaysplz:An' also we wish you great friendship and to have your nearest an' dearest with you to share in the good and deal with anything bad together!
:iconsweetiebelleyayplz::iconsaysplz:So on behalf of all Equestria we wish you...
:iconapplebloomawesome::iconsweetiebelleidea3::iconscootaderpplz::iconsaysplz:Happy Birthday!
We did it, girls.:iconsays2plz::iconproudcmc1plz::iconproudcmc2plz::iconproudcmc3plz:
:iconsweetiebelleidea4::iconsaysplz:Now let's all celebrate! Cue the music, Scoots!
:iconscootalooslamheadplz:
:iconhappyscootalooplz::iconsweetiebelleshakeplz::iconapplebloomspinplz:
:iconprincesscelestiaplz::iconsaysplz:A very good day to you, human. I come to you on your day of birth with greetings... and thanks.
:iconcelestia-plz::iconsaysplz:My good subject Pinkie Pie told me she had taken to congratulating some humans on their birthdays, but even she has her limits. So she asked us for a bit of assistance... and for such friends of ponykind, we feel it right to provide it.
:iconhappycelestiaplz::iconsaysplz:It is thanks to people like you that our land of Equestria, our very world, exists like it does. It is your friendship with us that gave us life. For that, we will forever be grateful and cherish you.
:iconcelestiapleasedplz::iconsaysplz:And so, allow me to wish you happiness, peace, prosperity and fulfillment! My hope goes with you that you suffer no hardship in the year ahead, but should a challenge befall you, I am certain your courage and skill will see you rise to conquer it!
:iconcelestiaorlyplz::iconsaysplz:Now... where is she...
:iconlunawaveplz::iconsaysplz:Here, sister!
:iconcelestiahappyplz::iconsaysplz:Fashionably late, I see! But just in time for the greetings to be given.
:iconlunashappyplz::iconsaysplz:Right! I'm ready. Three, two, one...
:iconcelestiawubplz::iconsaysplz:Happy Birthday!:iconsays2plz::iconlunahaplz:
:icondatcelestiaplz::iconsaysplz:And now... let us commence the royal party.
:iconcelestiadatassplz::iconlunadatassplz:
:iconsendhertothemoonplz::iconprincesslunadanceplz:
Happy B-Day.Meow :3 
Happy Birthday !!!!Pinkie Chibi Pie Dancing 
:iconpartypinkieplz::iconsaysplz:Haaaaaaappy happy birthday to our good friend today!
:iconpinkiestarryeyesplz::iconsaysplz:Here's a little birthday song with something I must say!
:iconpinkieishappyplz::iconsaysplz:On this day we celebrate having you with us!
:iconpinkiepartyplz::iconsaysplz:Throw a party here for you I'll make sure is a blast!
:iconpinkiehappyplz::iconsaysplz:I wish you only happiness, that your life's full of smiles!
:iconbrilliantpinkieplz::iconsaysplz:That you and your friends will prevail in any troubling times!
:iconpinkiebrilliantplz::iconsaysplz:Most of all, I wish for you that you'll have lots of fun!
:iconpinkiegalaplz::iconsaysplz:And share it with all close to you, spread happiness around!
:iconhotbloodedpinkieplz::iconsaysplz:OR ELSE!
:iconpinkiewinkplz:
:iconpinkiepiesmileplz::iconsaysplz:So let's get down to business now, there'll be no more delays!
:iconpinkiepiecakeplz::iconsaysplz:On to the birthday party, celebrate this joyous daaaaay!