Hello boyz and girlz.
Despite of not posting too much lately I am folding daily, so, don't worry cause a lot of new deviations will be submitted soon.

FEATURES

Merse and Marta are my two dearest friends here in They both are very important people for me and they have "beared" my friendship for years now.
I want to mention too two friends that I have made in the last couple of months: Kity *sasokity and Kei =llifi-kei; but this journal is about Merse ~Karurina and Marta =wolbashi.
Instead of reading this, you can just visit their pages

MARTA

And Marta, aka =wolbashi is the reason that I continue in dA. She was one of the first people that I met here and one of the best people that I have ever met. She is too the person who has had a more important artistical influence about me. All the modular balls that I have created or folded have been because of her. She has encouraged me very much about creating more stars of Eden (she loves them) and she is the reason that I try to make the best possible photos of my models. Because if you look at her gallery (stop reading and go: [link] ) you will see only good photos in her works.
Marta has an exquisite taste and she has got not only the best modular origami gallery in dA, but some pretty handmade jewelry too and other stuff.


MERSE

Merse, aka Mercedes, aka ~Karurina was the first person who talked to me about dA and she is the reason that I have a dA account. I met her first time seven years ago, playing Ragnarok Online. Sometimes she showed me one of her drawings that she had published here. I wanted to comment her drawings but I did not want to create an account only to comment. When some years later I discovered that there was an origami section here, I joined
She is a good artist. She has some very strong points in her drawings: like the anatomy and the lineart, her fabulous and lovely chibis and the courage to try new things. She is working hard in her two weak points: backgrounds and colouring of her realistical drawings. (And for the otakus here: she has some cool fanarts of Naruto, RO, Bleach and others).





KIRIBAN
The winners of the 20.000 pageviews kiriban are: and You can see her screen captures here: [link] and here: [link] Since dA changed the behaviour of pageviews in dA it is now possible than two people reach simultaneously the same kiriban but I am not mad at double work to do because it casually happens that both winners are my friends. ~Maomao7 was the first new friend I made in dA and =llifi-kei has become a very important friend for me in the short time I know her.
No second prize kiriban this time because there are two first prizes
Thank you to all the people who has tried to reach it and best luck with the next kiriban that will be at 22.222 pageviews.


TAGS

I have been multiple tagged I never tag back but there you go. Enjoy

TAG 1: 8 facts about me
I was tagged to do this tag for two nice people: Migle and Irene Go to visit their pages, they are great artists
Like I am a bit lazy instead of 8 facts I will submit 25 facts There is a logical explanation: I made the 25 questions tag a couple of weeks ago in Facebook, so I copy and paste here:

"My friend Hope Lee tagged me.
<Mode Ironic ON> She knows how much I like to be tagged. So thank you, you are too nice.<Mode Ironic OFF>

There you go the 25 random facts about me. Enjoy. If you have some question, ask me

01 - Once I broke a human skull (the human was already dead).
02 - I have got more than 60 origami books.
03 - I have a mayor degree in Psychology but I have never worked as a psychologist.
04 - When I was 6 years old I broke in a fall an incisor tooth. I had just replaced that baby tooth, so it continues broken.
05 - I have a broken bone in the last phalange of my left ring finger.
06 - I have a big scar in my left eyebrow.
07 - My eyebrows are very hairy
08 - I was living 5 months in Belgium, years ago.
09 - Years ago, I was fluent in French, but almost everything is forgotten now
10 - I have hitch-hiked a lot in the past.
11 - Hitch-hiking I have been a passenger in vehicles so disparate like scholar buses, a hearse, a garbage truck, a bike for one only person that already rode two people and a small car where already were six people, all of them smoking pot and in the middle of the night...
12 - I destroyed my car in a car accident.
13 - Four months later I destroyed my new used car in another car accident.
14 - I have survived two car accidents without suffer any lesion, not at all (only my pride and my wallet).
15 - Other countries that I have visited are USA, Luxembourg, France and Poland.
16 - I read a lot of comic books.
17 - I am always downloading a lot of stuff from the internet
18 - I never studied English at school. The most of my English is self taught.
19 - I am not able to understand spoken English or to speak it.
20 - My computer monitor weights more than 30 kg.
21 - On my monitor there is a stuffed puppy: a present that an old love gave me six years ago.
22 - My western zodiacal sign is Virgo and my ascendant is sagittarius. My Chinese sign is Monkey and my element is Earth.
23 - I don't believe in any Astrology, western or Chinese.
24 - Astronomy has been one of my hobbies.
25 - I like fantasia and sci-fi in books, comics, TV, movies, games, videogames, etc.

That's all, folks!!!"
Well, that is the first tag. I won't tag back anybody but feel free of doing this thing. And in this tag you can tag 25 people back

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TAG 2:First letter of your name

I was tagged by Kei She is so nice that she tagged me to do two tags (one was not enough for her). So, there you go the first of the two tags. I will do her second tag in another ocassion because it is long.

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real . . . nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your own name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name: Juan (self explanatory)
2. A four letter word: Jazz (I am not a big fan but I like it. I like the classical female jazz singers and I like the instrumental jazz too because it is chilling)
3. A boy's name: Jaime (one of the main characters in the novel that I am reading).
4. A girl's name: Jade (The name of a good friend's sister).
5. An occupation: Jester (well, but not professionally).
6. A color: Jade #00A86B (I cheated and had to wiki this one, it is the only colour beggining for J. It is a pretty green btw)
7. Something you wear: Jersey (I wear them often).
8. A book: J.R.R. Tolkien, a biography by H. Carpenter (Yes, I have that book and I have read it.)
9. A food: Jamón ibérico (it is spanish for ham, if you prefer I could say "Jam".
10. Something found in the bathroom: Jabón (Spanish for "soap". Yup, I am cheating again).
11. A place: Japan xD
12. A reason for being late: Jam traffic (that is good).
13. Something you shout: Joder! @__@ (boyz and girlz, if you are over 18, check a Spanish dictionary).
14. A movie title: Jaws! (And yup, I have watched it and I have even read the novel, lol, "Jaws" could have been the answer to the book question).
15. Something you drink: Juice (I like tomato juice).
16. A musical group: Jefferson Airplane (its song "White Rabbit" is pretty. Check the wiki if you want more data).
17. An animal: Jellyfish (Beautiful and deadly, like some femmes fatales).
18. A street name: Juan Ramón Jiménez (the name of the street where I lived when I was a little child. It is too the name of a very good Spanish poet).
19. A type of car: Jaguar (I have two douzaines of them. All right, I only have a Fiat Tipo).
20. The title of a song: Jealous Guy by John Lennon (It is a beautiful song. No my favourite song by Lennon, but at least Lennon will always be my favourite Beatle. And not I am not a jealous guy myself).
Again, I don't tag anybody, but feel free to do it. It is funny



SUGGESTING A DAILY DEVIATION (OR D.D.)

How to get a D.D.? Basically, you need that somebody recommend one of your works to the DeviantArt staff.
There is an official FAQ about how to suggest a D.D. to any cathegory here: [link] So, if you like some work by somebody else and you do think that it is worth of a D.D. go ahead and suggest it But remember, you cannot suggest your own works



CONTEST

My little contest is still open. Come on, it is not so difficult... You don't need to look at the newest sets: only need to look between stars 001 and 190.
I am ashamed of announcing a CONTEST because of a terrible mistake. So proud of my Stars of Eden and checking them I discovered that I had invented a same star twice.
Yes, I published the same star TWICE with different numbers in different sets. Only the colour of the star was different, my shameful guilt
But I am going to be optimistic and I will purge my little sin with a contest. FIRST person who discover which are the two repeated stars will receive a letter with the 5 stars of my invention you choose (I will need your address to send you the stars if you win).
You can see all the stars here: [link]
_{Note: Stars 29, 85 and 93 bis are very alike but they are not repeated.
Stars 09 and 106 bis are different. Star 106 bis derives from 106 and it is not related to star 09.}



TRADES

For the people who don't win my kiriban (or if you win but two models is not enough for you) my trades continue open:
- I offer to send by mail a letter with a couple of flat models invented by me.
- I want a drawing of a pretty (sexy, nice, cute...) girl (or a child) holding (or beside of) a model invented by me. And I want the original of the drawing (not a printed copy) sent in a letter by mail.
A couple of hours of my time for a couple of hours of your time. For another conditions in the trade (for example, people who does not draw), note me. Maybe we can reach an agreement
You can see here examples of things I want. The two first weren't actually trades, but free requests and the fifth and seventh ones were presents . Thankies, girls
OMFG, ~Ahharu just submitted a painting for me, because I won her kiriban!



Well, at this moment a lot of people is accepting the trade.
Trade finished with =llifi-kei Yay! the parcel finally arrived, only 3 weeks late
Collab with ¢mynti my part is finished
Trade finished with =dokudango
Trade finished with =Rainha-de-Copas
To do trade with ~Perpetualwolfsage
Trade finished with *cut-box
To do trade with ~yannay. In progress: 1 model folded.
To do trade with =llifi-kei another one. In progress: 2 models folded.
To do trade with ~GreenSprite
To do trade with ~onegreyelephant
To do trade with =BlackDelphin
Birthday present (it is a Chinese dragon) for *sasokity finished.
Birthday present (it is another Chinese dragon) for =wolbashi finished.
Birthday present (it is a Chinese dragon too) for ~Maomao7 finished.
Kiriban for ~Maomao7 (it is a white cat and a winged heart) finished.
To do kiriban for =llifi-kei

UPDATE: In addition to the girl with origami, it would be nice too to see my "Western scene" (see at the webcam image) drawn for a person who knows to draw.
=dokudango drew this "Western scene" in her art-trade with me:





Side notes
_{If you did not vote in my poll, you can do it now [link]
The "genial" drawing of the webcam section is a perfect example of my drawing skills. You can comment it here: [link]
And for the curious people, a picture of mine: [link]}



Old and new friends:
Amigos viejos y nuevos: