Guys, as you could have noticed, I was unable to keep up with the colouring quest. I will have to call it quits (for myself), because I either don´t have time or am colouring for magazines and other people, so I don´t feel the urge to colour anything more after that. It is possible I will rejoin in time. Best of luck to all the participans who carry on!

We are back and let´s not delay it any longer!

RULES:

1. Every week one person chooses a picture, which then all the participans has to colour - including the person who chose it.

2. Everybody has exactly one week to do it. If you have troubles with that, it is possible to submit it during next week also, but it shouldn´t be a regular thing.

3. You need to create a journal entry when choosing a picture - and in this entry you should include the list of the participants PLUS these rules!

4. It might be a bit uncomfortable searching the uploaded pics - when you submit your piece to DA, PLEASE send a link to it UNDER THE JOURNAL ENTRY of the person, who chose the original pic. Like this we can keep up and don´t forget anyone.

5. You are free to leave the project anytime you like. At the same time everybody not submiting the picture(s) for three weeks (unless they have a good excuse like broken computer or school exams) will be expelled. People both excluded and those who decided to drop out may come back if they wish - but only at the start of another colouring round (aka when every participant has chosen a picture).

6. Everybody who wants to enter is always welcome.

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The list of participants:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.


The next person choosing a photo will be on 25th February.

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Now, finally, onto the picture. After some thinking I have chosen a vintage photo of Indian actress Farida Jalal in "Shatranj Ke Khiladi"(1977) [link] . I chose it because it has some very nice details you can work with, at the same time it´s not too over-detailed and it is in a very nice quality too. That is all from me for now, looking forward to seeing your colourings!

So guys, if any of you is interested in joining our renewed colouring quest, LEAVE A COMMENT under this entry!!! We will start next week, so you have time to decide until Monday.

For those, who do´t know what the quest is about:
Every week one of the "registered" participants would choose ONE picture and post the link to it into his/her DA journal. There is practically no rule how to choose a pic - it may be just anything that is originally black and white (preferably taken before 1923 or a picture in your posession). Then all the participants would have exactly one week to finish their version and upload it here. When we come to the full circle, when every sigle one of participating colourers chose a picture, we make another round.

Looking forward to your applications!

Hello my lovelies! I know many of you know this already, but for the rest, here is a disclaimer/request I feel is needed:

My artwork is not meant to be propaganda or a political statement, hence I would appreciate if people wouldn´t post their political views either. Thank you.

Secondly, I plan to be back one my exams are over in about two, three weeks. And by "back" I mean at least one colouring a week. And perhaps.... if anyone would be interested, we could revive the good old colouring quest!

Lots of love

Ally

Hello one and all!

I am trying to revive my love for colouring and so far I am successful. Do not be surprised that you shall see another but my DA page link in my watermarked photos, but now I am primarily posting my art to my new tumblr about Imperial Russian history (you can find it here: imperial-russia.tumblr.com ).

An d remember, I may be silent, but I am here.

I s been a LOOOOONG time since I last logged in.... I really do not enjoy colouring after so man years that much - or rather I colour only from time to time. What is it I am hearing about colourd pics no longer being allowed on DA? Anyone can tell me?

Please do not be offended that I did not reply to your messages and all, but the number was so overwhelming I just deleted everything.

Anyway - I think I might switch to tumblr, if the news about colourizations no longer being allowed.

Hiya guys! Just wanted to let you know that more Christmas gifts are coming - even though later than I thought. I did not forget the sweet souls here on DA!

Wishing you all the best for the new year 2012!

Hello all my watchers and friends and even you who have stumbled upon my account for the very first time!

Firstly let me apologize. As you may have noticed I have been very much missing from here past month. The truth is I do not have as much time for colouring and it is not my bestest hobby anymore. I still do enjoy it, but I have other things to keep myself occupied too. New pictures are surely to come, but I cannot tell how often or of what theme. I still hope I will not loose your interest or love - because that is what I have been igven over here the most!

Secondly I apologize to all my friends whose work I did not include into my favourites. My long absence on DA led to a complete OVERFLOW of messages and I am ashamed to admit I deleted most of them, because I simply did not have the nerves to go through each of them.

Finally I want to say I am leaving the Colouring quest. In fact I got the feeling most of the people who used to participate have left or lost interest. So anyone is welcome to take over, I do not claim any copyrigh on the idea

Thank you all for reading and all your love!

Ally

....up until today when my mum broke her arm. Not only i´m distressed for her, but it also means I will have to handle everything on my own. And they are not small things. I´m quite frightened and have no idea if I´ll be even able to thank you all for beutiufl comments and favourites. I´m sorry if I miss out on something.

I´m really really sorry - I completely forgot I should start a new round of our colouring quest! So here goes....

The rules:

1. Every week one person chooses a picture, which then all the participans has to colour - including the person who chose it.

2. Everybody has exactly one week to do it. If you have troubles with that, it is possible to submit it during next week also, but it shouldn´t be a regular thing.

3. You need to create a journal entry when choosing a picture - and in this entry you should include the list of the participants PLUS these rules!

4. It might be a bit uncomfortable searching the uploaded pics - when you submit your piece to DA, PLEASE send a link to it UNDER THE JOURNAL ENTRY of the person, who chose the original pic. Like this we can keep up and don´t forget anyone.

5. You are free to leave the project anytime you like. At the same time everybody not submiting the picture(s) for three weeks (unless they have a good excuse like broken computer or school exams) will be expelled. People both excluded and those who decided to drop out may come back if they wish - but only at the start of another colouring round (aka when every participant has chosen a picture).

6. Everybody who wants to enter is always welcome.

List of Participants:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 12. 13.
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So what picture should we do............ I was thinking really hard, I was going through my folders, but in the end I said - I DON´T CARE IF THEY HATE ME and here it goes: [link] Why? Because these days I´m so happy thanks to her! I was through a VERY bad time last week and she kept me sane. The pic comes from 1989 movie Ram Lakhan, where she has a part of innocent Lakhan´s beloved girl Radha.

Also - I know many of you are busy, but I feel we still are missing some contributions from the two latest rounds, so if you guys find some time, it would be great to do those pics.

Next person to choose is our dearest

Good luck everybody!

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Update: I would like to invite you all to join my new group . I´ll be happy to see you there with your artwork! (right now I´m not sure if members can contribute, so please, let me know if you decide to post there, if it is possible!). Thank you!

It´s time to revisit some of the magnificent artworks that appeared lately on DA!!!

1.) [link] by - she knows me too well obviously!!! She chose a PERFECT picture and then she chose PERFECT colours! This piece so touched my heart I had to download it and save it to my special folder.

2.)[link] by - Magda should know, that one of these days I´m going to expose her as someone, who simply uploads originals!!!!

3.) [link] by - I seriously though she took the photo. Only then I noticed it´s coloured!

4.) [link] by - Brilliant. Seriously.

5.) [link] by - go and see for yourself. Here any comments are needless.

aaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnndddddddddd


ONE MORE:

6.) [link] by - this is called ART!

Hey guys! Justine found this picture [link] and labelled it as

GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA (1901-1918). Anastasia Nikolayevna. Grand Duchess of Russia and daughter of Czar Nicholas II. Photograph, early 20th century.

Image No. 0086810

Credit: The Granger Collection, NYC — All rights reserved.

Oh really?????????????? Would you happen to know the original colourer?

So our dear evil tagged me some time ago, to write down my TOP 5 music albums ever..... What an impossible task!!!!!! But if you really need to know, here go the ones I love and adore (complete list would be endless, because I love so many kinds of music....)

In NO particular order:

"Night at the Opera" by Queen. I love Queen. My favourite group ever. And this album was a masterpiece. Many might say the best track is Bohemia Rhapsody, but I think I like this one the best [link]

"Tubular Bells 2" by Mike Oldfield. If I was allowed to have only one artist in my comp, I would go with Mike. best album for relaxation and working. Amazing in every situation and playing with all shades of moods. Pure genius. This song always works.... for anything! [link]

"Proměny" (Shape-shiftings)by Čechomor, a group which play traditional folk Czech music but brings it to modern days in a very sensitive and beautiful way. Possibly my most favourite track is very sad "Veliké zvony" (Bells of Velice) [link]

"Ogniem i Mieczem" (With Fire and sword) soundtrack. I LOVE that music! It tells a story of its own. And it stirs blood in my Salvic veins - especially this song [link]

"Devdas" soundtrack. Need I say more? [link]

I´m not as evil as Magda, so I tag all those who want to share their oppinions

This bastard [link] STOLE MY VIDEO!!!!!!

......

This is my vid: [link]!
Ant this is what she uploaded: [link]

OF COURSE she does NOT reply to my messages, she is blocking me etc. etc.....

Iˇm so MAD I cannot tell!!!

PLEASE - GIVE HER ALL A PIECE OF YOUR MINDS!!!!

UPDATE: MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD MAD!!!!!! I SPENT THREE WEEKS EDITING THAT VID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  THREE WEEKS!!! And she comes and presses download........... AAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!! All she needed was to ask!!!!!

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The "sexy" Indian girl" from the description turns out to be a male bastard. And know what he wrote to me? This is what a kind soul who can speak Spanish translated for me:

"He said that we are scandalous, that he didn't understand your comments and he read comments in english.
When he uploaded your video it wasn't edited yet, he said he was going to put the name of your channel on it, but because of your complaint he is not going to put it.

He also sais that other people took his videos and he didn't complain about it, that he has 30 channels and all the videos he upload are his creations.

Then he said that you should say you're sorry for defaming him, he repeats that when you found the video it wasn't edited and he change the name of the channel "musicahinduhd" because he don't like it and he prefer "jhaanuhd"

And if you still bothering he will not just upload your videos of Madhuri, he will upload all your videos in his channel. "

I cannot breather with anger. WHAT THE HELL????!!!!!!

Bored as hell.... going online...
[link]

...to broadcast on [link] . DO not expect much if you come, because i have not really mastered my computer yet And you all know how boring I am.

Hello folks. I have been asked several times already if I intend to let our colouring quest begin again - the answer is YES! So it´s all back on! The rules stay the same:

1. Every week one person chooses a picture, which then all the participans has to colour - including the person who chose it.

2. Everybody has exactly one week to do it. If you have troubles with that, it is possible to submit it during next week also, but it shouldn´t be a regular thing.

3. You need to create a journal entry when choosing a picture - and in this entry you should include the list of the participants PLUS these rules!

4. It might be a bit uncomfortable searching the uploaded pics - when you submit your piece to DA, PLEASE send a link to it UNDER THE JOURNAL ENTRY of the person, who chose the original pic. Like this we can keep up and don´t forget anyone.

5. You are free to leave the project anytime you like. At the same time everybody not submiting the picture(s) for three weeks (unless they have a good excuse like broken computer or school exams) will be expelled. People both excluded and those who decided to drop out may come back if they wish - but only at the start of another colouring round (aka when every participant has chosen a picture).

6. Everybody who wants to enter is always welcome.

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The participants have altered a bit though:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11 12. 13. 14.

If I forgot someone - please let me know! And the person choosing the picture is   - because that´s where the quest came to a pause before summer.

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UPDATE: another person added to the list. YAY!

I have promised that I´ll write the entry about my current situation, and I think the time has come...

I´m not going to lenghty explanations about how all that mess at my school went on, the result however is that I had to quit my fourth year of studies and I´m entering the university again as a 1st grader. It suckc, because for four years I was studying a paying money to have nothing in the end and have to study for another 3 years to get a Bachelor degree, but I guess i´s better than a fork in my eye.

My home troubles FINALLY seem to be calming - they were largely due to my impossible elder brother and his wife (who turned out to be rather selfish and ungrateful person). For a year they lived with us but now they are moving away. The only thing that grieves us is that we may not see the Little One too often, but we have to cope with that. Hopefully now that they are gone the relationships will be less strained.

So that´s just about it... the two main things that were making me miserable are done with for now....

I have been planning a decent journal entry to let you know how was my summer and all, but you´ll have to wait a little more for it (as if you were interested, right?). Meanwhile I have been tagged by dear ......

Songs that make me cry:

1. Into the West - [link] - a song, which touches the deepest soul of mine. The most beautiful melody. The most beautiful lyrics.

2. Goodnight saigon - [link] - I think Americans had no bussiness there and that war was simply stupid. But this song is amazing.

3. Zemřela matka - [link] - "A mother died" , very, VERY short song from the soundtrack of my favourite Czech movie.

4. Wish you were here - [link] - Pink Floyd. What more do you need?

5. Kismat Se Tum - [link] - possibly my favourite Hindi song ever. It´s just too magical - the voices, the melody, the lyrics... and that picturasation!

6. Spáso duše mé - [link] - Like Into the West, this is one song I absolutely cannot live without. It is from a musical Jeanne d´Arc, and it is sung by her "soul" at the very end.

7. Innuendo - [link] - finally. The ultimate song. No words to describe it. You have to live it.

I tag all those, who has not yet been tagged and wish to share their tear-jerker songs

My dears,

I have a suggestion to all those who are involved in our Clouring quest. What if we take a breather through the summer and return to our project in September (picking up where we left - meaning Siham)? The reasons:

1.) I don´t know about you, but during July I´ll only be on computer one day a week and God knows if in August I´ll get online at all!!!
2.) Some of you are grounded, some of you tired, some have broken computer........ and in the end hardly half of the participants actually do the picture...
3.) During the summer you would have plenty of time catching up on the pictures you´ve not done yet, so we could complete everything.

So what do you think? If you want to continue through summer, I´ll step out of the quest for two months..... and somebody else will have to be the overseer.
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The second thing - I need help!!!!

Do YOU know any song (doesn´t matter if instrumental or with lyrics, if slow or energetic), that would evoke in you an image of a REALLY beautiful woman?????

The thing is I WANT to do another Madhuri video, this time concetrating on her facial expressions more then dancing, and I have NO appropriate song!!!! I cannot promise you I´ll use the one you would choose, but I´ll be greatful for ANY suggestion.....

Ally