Not got much to say journal-wise to be honest ... I just wanted to share this "discovery" with you all ...

Discovery of the week:

well ... these Journal updates have hardly been weekly by any stretch of the imagination ... but hey ... quality not quantity right?

The 20th aniversary of the Chernobyl disaster has just passed ... and BBC news put together an in depth look at Chernobyl: 20 Years On. As a part of this they sent a photographer to take some photographs of what the area looks like now ... the photos show whole abandoned towns, houses left untouched in 20 years, nature taking over streets, buildings, vehicles, everything.

If you have the time take a look at all the sections under "In Pictures" yourself ... but if you're short for time I'd particularly recommend "Lost city in pictures", "Contaminated vehicles" and "Ghost villages" ... in that order.

Deviants/Friends I particularly rate:

I don't have a subscription so I can't show you thumbs ... but if you don't know them already, check out these artists ...

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Member/Supporter of:

Five days and I'm totally addicted to this place!

Its really nice to have found somewhere to get good constructive criticism on my own work, and to see so much inspirational work in every media and genre I could imagine ... Part of me wishes I had signed up years ago, but I think actually I wouldn't have benefited from it much untill recently.

Anyway, I've started looking around at some of the Groups/Communities/Clubs (call them what you like) that people I'm watching feature in their journals, and I've picked out a few I'm hoping to join. It'll be nice to get a little more exposure and critique, as well as having the opportunity to take part in contests, and see the high quality (controlled) work submitted to their galleries.

Discovery of the week:

There's been so much in my first week, but one thing I HAVE to spread the word about is =ArtBIT's article on devinatART plugins for Firefox ... can't remember where I came across it, but if you use Firefox ... check it out!

Deviants I particularly rate:

I don't have a subscription so I can't show you thumbs ... but if you don't know them already, check out these artists ...

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I've been dropping by deviantART on and off over the past few years but its only in recent months I've started doing work of my own. I tried for a while to resist signing up because I'm the kind of person who'll get sucked into it all in no time ... but I can resist no longer.

So here I am ... signed up ... and gathering my first few deviations for submition.