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  • Status: Member
  • Digital Artist
  • Male/United States
  • Offline for 1w 1d 13h 18m 1s
  • Deviant since Mar 16, 2004, 9:20 PM
  • 126 Deviations
  • 15 Scraps [browse]
  • 116 Deviation Comments
  • 28 Deviant Comments
  • 3,294 Pageviews

Stolen Smiles

Journal Entry: Wed Jan 3, 2007, 9:55 PM
I'm not sure how to address the issue of "stolen" artwork. Is it stolen if someone else displays your work without asking you and without you knowing? Does it hurt you if you don't even know? Apparently, every month, my site is hit with thousands of downloads. The top hit file is "Smiley" [link]

Nearly six months ago, I was being forced into the horrible world that is MySpace (which I never check by the way so don't bother) and I came accross a banner ad. "Click here to vote on these wallpaper finalists. One will win a Honda Element!" Smiley was INSIDE the banner ad. What was I supposed to do? Well, I mailed the contest people of course using a friend's account. Did someone actually win a car? I don't know. Did it win? I have no idea? Did they respond? Of course not. But I'll never forget that it said "download these wallpapers to use on your myspace page!" and almost 20% of my traffic is coming from "profile.myspace.com/index.cfm"

*shrug* What's one to do? I mean... really.

On the brighter side, I love my Wii remote. COOLEST GIFT EVER. [link]

  • Mood: Lazy
  • Playing: lots of new MAME roms
  • Eating: lots of good food
  • Drinking: water

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 22
  • Current Residence: Asheville, NC
  • Interests: dreaming and listening
  • Favourite movie: The Blues Brothers
  • Favourite band or musician: Squarepusher
  • Favourite genre of music: Progressive Electronica
  • Favourite style or digital art: Graffiti
  • Operating System: Windows XP Pro
  • MP3 player of choice: Winamp 5
  • Shell of choice: conch?
  • Wallpaper of choice: Whatever wallpaper I made last
  • Skin of choice: Winamp 5 modded to winamp 2
  • Favourite game: Rez
  • Favourite gaming platform: Wii, PS2, or Dreamcast
  • Favourite cartoon character: Ranma 1/2
  • Tools of the Trade: Blender, Photoshop CS2, Wacom Graphire2, Canon AE-1 Program, Inkscape, Apophysis

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Devious Comments

~bmud:iconbmud: Apr 28, 2008, 8:06:28 PM
Hey Lauren. I haven't used DA in a long time. I used to post everything on here, but these days I just stick to my websites.

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~PlasticSoul:iconPlasticSoul: Feb 23, 2008, 9:22:52 PM
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude! I didn't know you were a deviant art person - it'sa me, Lauren!

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~jomet:iconjomet: Oct 24, 2007, 1:20:15 AM
hi i loved your style to represent your Devious Information ! ;)
and ya also your artwork :)

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My Gallery -> :D [link] :D
=universe-K:iconuniverse-K: Jun 6, 2007, 10:24:48 AM
Hi thanks for the fav! :)

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~ Imagination is the highest kite you can fly.
:::website universe K.com. [link] :::
~Lost-Wave:iconLost-Wave: May 1, 2007, 3:05:50 PM
Thnx for the fave! :)

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~fedele:iconfedele: May 1, 2007, 10:08:48 AM
thanks for the :+fav:
you have some brilliant works here, thx for sharing.
`Halcyon83:iconHalcyon83: Oct 30, 2006, 7:20:59 AM
thx for the fav

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*blueslaad:iconblueslaad: Sep 27, 2006, 6:57:56 AM
Thanks for the favourite. :D

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~DreamSand:iconDreamSand: Sep 6, 2006, 12:03:37 AM
Thank you for the fav! :)

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"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

Albert Einstein

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:gallery:

[Dreamsand]: [link]
[Dreamsand.se]: [link]
*hatsukoi:iconhatsukoi: Sep 3, 2006, 5:39:44 AM
Thank you for the fave

:peace: ^ - ^
~SuicideLollies:iconSuicideLollies: Aug 18, 2006, 1:10:25 AM
Thanks so much for the watch :D <3

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~MalignantCatalyst:iconMalignantCatalyst: Jan 23, 2006, 6:29:51 PM
Thanks a ton for the :+fav:, it means a lot =)
~MsJanaTheDe:iconMsJanaTheDe: Nov 11, 2005, 7:43:46 AM
Hey, I want my DVD! Tell me how it went, too, so I can live somewhat vicariously. :) See you later.
*firstfear:iconfirstfear: Jun 8, 2005, 1:55:54 PM
thanks for the watch and fav! ^^

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~insanemilkman666:iconinsanemilkman666: Mar 29, 2005, 1:20:17 PM
Thank you for the :+fav:

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~spookydarling:iconspookydarling: Jan 27, 2005, 10:41:27 PM
XO

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Silversärk jab passar ej på
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=resurgere:iconresurgere: Nov 24, 2004, 3:10:07 AM
Thank you for your support :salute:

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~ibiza:iconibiza: Oct 18, 2004, 6:59:28 PM
Woah....thank you so much for the favs :)

speechless...

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~spookydarling:iconspookydarling: Jun 14, 2004, 6:42:44 PM
Where is you? :lonely:

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Kära ulver du bit inte mig
dig vill jag giva min silversärk
Silversärk jab passar ej på
Ditt unga liv och blod måst gå
~spookydarling:iconspookydarling: Jun 8, 2004, 7:49:04 PM
:glomp:

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Kära ulver du bit inte mig
dig vill jag giva min silversärk
Silversärk jab passar ej på
Ditt unga liv och blod måst gå
!Celestial-Force:iconCelestial-Force: May 12, 2004, 8:08:33 PM
Hi! :glomp: :D Random deviant! :)

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~aelialaelia:iconaelialaelia: May 11, 2004, 4:14:41 PM
hi wray ^_^ thanks for the watch. sorry your parents made you cut your hair. you should pierce your nose or something to get them back.
see you at animazement!

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~silereccentric:iconsilereccentric: May 8, 2004, 4:22:03 PM
Thanks for the fav. Glad you liked it.
~deadspirit6:icondeadspirit6: May 5, 2004, 5:12:34 AM
thanks for the :+devwatch: :bow:S

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