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Well, I'm Olivia and this is my blog. I'm not too good at describing myself but you can get to know me and become my friend if you want to. I like to make wallpapers and vectors in my free time. If you're curious and want to find out more about me, check this page ^_^
My main goal isn't having a lot of downloads on my wallpapers, but providing high quality graphics. I try to credit as much as possible, but if you think I used something of yours without permission, please notify me and we will discuss the matter.
Here's my e-mail address, in case you need it: exploring.the.infinity@gmail.com.
I've kind of stopped commenting on artwork. You'll still see me around, but only on better-than-average works. Why? Simply because I've been in the graphics "business" for some time and now I have higher standards than before; also, most of the works here are similar and I've grown tired of giving the same advice, over and over again. Sorry, but you'll only see a comment of mine if I like your work.

My very own personal rules:

  • No stealing my graphics! If you need something I used, just PM me and I'll tell you where I got it from.
  • No guest-book one-liners, "I love your site, I'm addin ya!" or "Visit my site!" stuff! I'll ignore these posts (and the posters). Be creative.
  • Me your friend = you comment on my stuff (posts and artwork). I'm not asking you to comment on each and every one; once in a while is enough :] I don't update too often (once a week at most), so it shouldn't be difficult to come by and leave a comment. If you're busy, I'll understand.
  • If you're PM'ing me to complain about something, provide arguments. I won't pay attention to stuff which doesn't make sense.
  • Moderation: I handle gallery items mainly (wallpapers, to be specific), so if you've spotted some misplaced gallery items leave me a comment or a PM and I'll move them ^_^

If you have a question, please read the rules first. If it isn't answered there, feel free to ask me. Please be polite and I will be as well.

Learn of my awesomeness~
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You can find my works on these sites:
Minitokyo & Animepaper & DeviantART & Colour Lovers
My other sites:
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Other TheO Worlds I post in/am part of: SK & Friends Avatars~ & Nature's Admirers
Credits: background pattern & color scheme inspiration & "post mood" ghost smilies

One quick post~

Well, I'm gonna be kinda short, since I have to go to class in about 15 minutes *checks watch* Thank you very much for the comments, everyone~! *hugs* You're really awesome people person friends! :D (lol) I apologize for not visiting/commenting lately, I've been going through a slight antisocial phase and didn't want to spoil anyone's day >_< But I'm back <3

So, how have you all been doing? Watched any anime series lately? I know I've been getting bored of watching anime, since it's too time-consuming and I currently lack the time to concentrate on something longer than 30 minutes >_< I've been reading manga lately, more precisely Tokyo Crazy Paradise (also made a wall for it, it's somewhere below), just because I love it. Actually, I'm reading it for the second time because it's really fun! You can find a short description in the wallpaper's description, I feel too lazy to write it down here too >,<

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School-wise, this week hasn't been too bad. We got to go home on Tuesday because our Chem teacher had a problem (we don't know what) - rude of me to think so, but it wasn't exactly bad for us :D I hope he solved it, though, no matter how much I hate the guy >_>
Yesterday we didn't do Maths because the teacher was ill, and we had 2 classes! Right at the beginning! In short, we ended up wasting 2 hours. If I had known it, I would've brought "Don Quijote" along (the book); I borrowed it from the school's library 3 months ago and have been reading it ever since - it's got over 1000 pages, I think... The thing is that he might stay home for more than a week -.- He's got a disease that people normally get when they're kids; don't know what it's called, but it makes you feel really sleepy ._. I had it too.
And today we didn't have Informatics either, lucky us! There were 4 classes (gah!), but the teacher got sick and told us not to come. What's with all these people getting sick all of a sudden?! Sounds fishy to me >_>"

Hmm, so I shall end the quick post with some icons from Tokyo Crazy Paradise (XD). Hope you like them~ Thank you for visiting and have a great day! ^_^

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(somewhat censored for the more innocent out there XD)

The amazing comeback of...me! :D

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Listening to: Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress Of The World) (helps me relax)
Doing: shamelessly leeching Seto no Hanayome off the internetz

I wish my cat would get off my lap so I can type properly -_-" I'm typing with only my left hand now.
I forgot how my blog theme looked ^^" I remembered it only when I saw it, a few moments ago!

Ahem, anyway XD I'm back! Some of you might've seen me lurking around since a few days ago; I came back from the depths of nowhere Azuga, a small town in the mountains ^^ Where I had no internet or computer access for 10 days (I was suffering from withdrawal! *suffocates X_X*). I can't say I did big things there, it was an ordinary holiday. Mostly staying indoors because I'm lazy to begin with, I don't know anyone in that town and it was cold. Sure, I did go out a couple of times (at least once a day) and went sleighing (and fell a couple of times >_<), and I don't regret it. Though I can't understand my parents' way of thinking - I don't rest too much there, I don't need to rest for that matter, since I'm basically a breathing, vectoring vegetable (of doom) XD

These last few days I've been bored out of my mind because I can't find anything interesting to do *sigh* Even keeping up with a blog is tiresome - sorry if I missed some posts, I'm up to my neck in unfinished Photoshop projects x_x And yes, sometimes I feel like I want to run away from everything! I wish this holiday were longer than 2 weeks... T_T How would you feel if you had to go back to school on the 5th??

Urgh, another thing to worry about would be my birthday coming up -__- On the 19th, to be more precise. The trouble is, I'm not a very sociable person, never going to clubs and all, so it'd be boring if I ended up having a party. Plus, parties are stressful for me because I have to make sure everyone's having a good time, which leaves me as a worrywart ^_^" My birthdays are normal days for me anyway, but I think it'd be weird if I didn't invite a girl who already invited me to her b-day party, on the 31st o_o" I bet I'm going to feel like a weirdo there. Buut, it'll pass - at least that's my consoling thought XD

Um, what more to say... I'm actually using my DeviantART account now! Though it's only for posting icons, since my already oscillating self-esteem would suffer a serious drop if I compared my fan art with the ones posted there ^^" But you can still add me as a friend there anyway, I don't mind <3
Might as well post some avvies here as well ^^ I think they're not as good as the ones I usually make, but maybe some will like them They're old -as in, weeks-, just to mention it. And the last one is my favorite :D

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(Art by Adumi Tohru x2, Earl And Fairy x2, Final Fantasy - base by Sakura Kokoro)

This is getting long. Like a friend from Minitokyo says, "growing, growing like a beanstalk" XD I'll end here; thank you very much for reading my posts and commenting on them, even if I'm a bad friend and don't do the same DX I promise I'll start commenting again as soon as possible, just gotta get out of this state somehow >_< *hugs* Thank you for being my friends!

School, school, school and more school! D: *stabs it*

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Listening to: Michael Jackson - Thriller (shut up, it's awesome)

As you probably already guessed, this post is going to be about my life, which in the last days has become synonymous with school! I don't think I've ever been as busy as I am now! First, there's the term papers. Second, there's a test in History. Third, some pictures I have to edit for an exhibition. And fourth, my own projects which are slowly reaching their (unfair) death.

The term papers. There are 4 in total: Informatics, Romanian, Biology and Maths. That's the order we decided to take them in (which turned out to be from easiest to most difficult) and I've already taken the first 3 ones, so there's only Maths left, next Wednesday. Why did I choose Biology? Well, from Biology, Chemistry and Physics, this one seemed the only way out, since I suck at the other 2 XP The term paper was a lot more difficult than we had expected; we had an problem too, and we never do problems in Biology! Out of 22 people who chose to take the Biology exam, no one solved it, so you can figure how unexpected it was ._.

Next, the History test. Our teacher has been quite nasty towards us for a while, because we didn't want to go to a competition which involves the making of a project (he needed a team made out of 3-4 individuals) and which was optional! He said something along the lines of "Ha, if that's the way you (the class) like it, the I'm not going to be nice to you anymore either". By "nice", he means not accepting any grade-reviving essays a.k.a. no more "free" high marks. I'm one of the lucky ones who got higher marks (I got 7 out of 10); there were some who got 4! And I can't help but feel he's going to be even nastier with this upcoming test >_>

As for those pictures I have to edit, they're landscapes of different places (Dublin, London etc.) that I have to edit for this exhibition coming up. Basically, they're raw images that need to be turned into panoramas (by stitching them together) or that look awkward (lighting, angles). They've been taking up a lot of my time recently, but I got myself into this by volunteering to do it ^^" That's right, it's for free. And I don't get to see my name on those pics either (which I think is fair, since I agree with only the photographer's name being shown). I'm more of the "shady editor" XD But it's nice to see the photos you edited being put on a wall and people admiring them! ^___^ *feels all warm and fuzzy inside*

Ah, the PS projects. Since the panorama thing, I've grown to dislike PS >_> Never thought it would come to this. But yeah, I had to force myself to finish some older projects and newly-started ones, like a Princess Tutu wallpaper - I'll upload it here too, later. I also had time to make a layout for my Minitokyo page . And just for the fun of it, here are more avatars. They're all from Benjamin's artwork:

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Ah, I just can't wait to get rid of the Maths term paper~! I have to study for a lot this weekend so I don't know if I'll be able to comment on a lot of stuff, but I did get to some of you ^__^ *proud of self* Anyway, I hope your weekend is better than mine! *hugs* See you next time!

Icon abuse post! <33

Just posting to test how many pictures I can include in a single post Enjoy!

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(Code Geass, Shugo Chara, Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito, Love Monster)

In other news, I might post some icons later on Saku's World *hugs Saku for allowing her GP status* I ish not worthee! *bows* XD
Anyway, I'm too lazy to write anything else, so thank you for visiting me and commenting or looking at the pretty pics :D I just noticed they're all colorful, while my theme is b&w! :o *amazement*

Big edit of doom: OK, so only 4 show up -__-" Any other way to add more? 'Cause in this post there are more than 4 *wheeze* Cyber cookies have become emo now, so free candy to who tells me :3

OMG I'm still alive!

Listening to: Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Hello~! Thank you, my dears, for the comments! <3 The last post was too long for its own good, so this one's going to be shorter than usual. I'll have something up on the Creative Paradox world soon; trust me, it's not dead yet. And I won't bother changing the theme there since not many people see it and it can be left up there for a while longer XD

More avvies! Click on them to go to the respective pages and see more avvies from those series (except the first one, that's only one).

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(Puni Puni Poemi, W.I.T.C.H., H2O: Just Add Water, Final Fantasy XIII, Art by Kaori Minakami)

School-wise, this Thursday was a parent-teacher conference Yay. One big yay. This time, I had the courage to tell my parents I had gotten a 3 in Maths (usually I wait for a it until I get a higher mark and then kinda balance them -it always ends up like this) and this time they didn't find out from the teacher :D Yay. I know, I'm stupid and a coward, sue me T_T Now I have to attend extra classes of Maths, though I was supposed to attend them anyway, since next year's a very important and difficult exam and I have to start preparing in time *dies* At least they're going to be on a Thursday, when I have easier classes -if it were on Tuesday, I would've run away from home: I have 7 different classes then *dies again*

Anyway, moving on to a lighter subject, I'm happy my mom isn't angry at me and didn't take my monitor away (again) - that happened a few years ago :D She even bought me something today! Something pretty expensive, but which is worth the money: a book about Adobe Illustrator CS2! It has everything and I'll be using it, since I'm dumb and it took me a few weeks to realize how to switch between the tools in the Tool Palette DX I'm dumb. It cost around $31 but I'm happy because I managed to get the last one, the rest were torn and old. Now, just gotta start learning

That's about it for today, I won't be on as much because I have to study for school, Maths and (probably) English because I have a friggin' Cambridge exam coming up and it scared the living daylights out of me XD Kidding, it didn't scare me that much, but I'm not resting assured either. *cough* Since Saku is so sweet, she allowed me Guest Poster status on her Avatars & Icon Bases world, so you'll see some icons/bases from me soon Take care and have a great weekend, everyone! *hugs*