SoleOne

> Opening Firefox, checking a few websites
> Checking dA
> Oh, would you look at that, over 500 new messages.. ok
> WAITWAT
> ???
> PROFIT!

Awesome, sirs and sirettes! I feel very fortunate having this honor for a second time.

soleone.deviantart.com/art/You…

What the title says. I gotta get back on my cutting game. Halftones 2.0, moving on from where I left. Got ideas, several designs laying around, but nothing I'm 100% happy with. We'll get there. I reckon I'll be cutting in a few weeks.

I actually already had a finished design, which would've been:

A) Monitor-shatteringly awesome
B) The largest halftone _ever_ made
C) A buttload of work (at least a year of work, probably longer)

Because I didn't feel like throwing away all my weekends for the coming year and the fact that I didn't think the design was innovative enough I decided to trash the whole thing.

But yeah, it's time. [daunting drums]

A week ago I started a little contest aimed at getting a cool title for my latest halftone stencil (soleone.deviantart.com/art/27-… & soleone.deviantart.com/art/27-…). Thirteen people took the time to share their thoughts and I have to say, I underestimated you. That's not me being polite, I really am surprised by the quality of many of the suggestions. That said, there can be only one winner.

After long and hard consideration, I went for "You Break My Heart Into A Thousand Pieces And You Say It's Because I Deserve Better" by ~selfhaircuts01. I have a thing for titles that tell a little story and really add an additional layer to the piece and from all suggestions, this title tells the most interesting story.

I strongly recommend everyone to take a look at ~selfhaircuts01's gallery, because I sincerely think he has some of the most underrated stencil-art here on dA. My favourite is definitely Crystal Splinters City Skies (selfhaircuts01.deviantart.com/…) and I'm not the only one loving that piece, considering the fact that it was awarded a DD ("underrated, you said?")! His latest deviation (selfhaircuts01.deviantart.com/…) shows the insane level of detail involved in his stencil and the amount of patience involved in making the stuff that he does. Lastly, I also have a thing for "Hello Fridge" (selfhaircuts01.deviantart.com/…). When looking at it from a small distance, one could easily confuse it for a picture.

Closing, there are two other title-suggestions that I didn't want to keep from you. Just like "You Break My Heart", these titles also tell a little story. Honourable mentions:

"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" by ~Locke-ots locke-ots.deviantart.com/
"Block Out The Sun" by ~surgeonprincess surgeonprincess.deviantart.com…

Thanks everyone!

So, here I was, wondering where this wave of views and favs was coming from.

Then I noticed I got a Daily Deviation. Cool!

I've started cutting a new halftone. The last one was 17.000 squares (soleone.deviantart.com/art/17-…). Those of you who followed my halftones might have noticed that I like raising the bar. So, this halftone will consist of 27.500 squares. On top of that I want to finish it within two weeks. I've started cutting about 30 minutes ago.

Oh, and yay, 10.000 pageviews!