Khalliys

Jumping on the band-wagon!

How long have you been on DeviantArt?
Since November 2006, so it'll be 9 years soon!

What does your username mean?
Okay, that's a long story. Khalliys combines things of my person in letter and meaning. K and H are my initials. K and A are the first two letters of my name, my surname has a double-L. People mostly nickname me Kati, but in my childhood it was sometimes also Kalli. The iy is because Khallis and Khallys both were not available anymore. There is a song that's called K.haos-Prinz und Wind-Prinzessin, which has quite some meaning to me and made me adapt the K.h for me as my initials. One dot, small h. Khalliys also comes from "Kalice", the daughter of my most beloved and life-important wolf RPG character Kiba that never made it into living. So the name Khalliys combines all that I am and what defines me. My family, my childhood, my friends, RPG, wolves and art. It's the most perfect name to describe me.

Describe yourself in three words.
polite, unobtrusive, calm

Are you left or right handed?
Right-handed. Oh how I wish I could be ambidextrous ...

What was your first deviation?
I've already deleted it. The oldest deviation left in my gallery is this one:


What is your favourite type of art to create?
Digital art and photography, I assume. Though I would love to do more traditional work ... but I'm too lazy.

If you could instantly master a different art style, what would it be?
Sculpture art, I love it. I often watch videos of people sculpting, but I never once tried it myself. I'd also love it if akreon could give me a potion of her ability for the most stunning background paintings. I still need to develope a better eye (or hand?) for shapes and lines.

What was your first favourite?

It was this one and if I remember correctly it was just an accident that I favourited it. I mean, it love that painting, but back then I had a habit of not favouriting anything at all. Don't ask me why. Still to this date I only favourite a deviation if it impressed the hell out of me, was made for me, or if I think I can learn from it (mostly that). Probably it has something to do with my need to not overcrowd anything.

What type of art do you tend to favourite the most?
What I already said. I mostly favourite things I can learn from or that I at least want to learn from. When there's a specific way of colouring, lineart, athmosphere, style ... So to put it in different words: I favourite what inspires me.

Who is your all-time favourite deviant artist?
That'd be khaosdog, who's sadly no longer a part of deviantArt. It's safe to say that her art inspired me to explore digital art. I don't think I would be where I stand with art right now, if I never stumbled upon her gorgeous art.
The next in my top 5 of artists who inspire me to try harder are:


If you could meet anyone on DeviantArt in person, who would it be?
I would be really curious to actually meet those artists that inspire me so much! Then again, if I WOULD meet them, I'd probably be so awkwardly shyyy ...


How has a fellow deviant impacted your life?
Well, I cannot say that there's one single deviant that impacted my life, bit deviantArt as a whole did. It's the artists on deviantArt that have always pushed my ambitions, made me want to improve, to try harder. Without the "I want to be able to do this as well!" I would have never improved my art the way I did over the past 9 years. Or that grim ambition when somebody surpassed you ... I need that to push myself, as frustrating as it can be!
I also think it's thanks to deviantArt that I was able to improve my english a lot. I used to be horrible with english, only getting the worst marks. Then slowly rising from mediocre to getting the best marks in english in my a-levels. Thank you, deviantArt!

What are your preferred tools to create art?
My Wacom Intuos5, Painttool SAI, Photoshop, pencils, brushes and my camera ... if I have one again.

What is the most inspirational place for you to create art?
I'd like to say something epic like "in great forests", "on wide meadows", "on far mountains" ... But in truth it's just my desk - in front of my laptop. At least if it comes to art, if we're speaking photography than "in great forests", "on wide meadows", "on far mountains" actually works!

What is your favourite DeviantArt memory?
I actually cannot remember one favourite memory ... But the when people slowly started to signal that they are willing to pay me to make art is surely one of the most honorable to me. I still feel honoured over every commission I get.

Hey guys!
This journal is actually directed to my german followers, but I think writing it in english can't do harm and I suppose my watchers from other countries would also like to know where the following pictures come from. And maybe they can find a way to help as well, who knows!

After my beloved Sammy passed away at the end of February and I had to return to Ireland I decided I couldn't bear the monotony of my livestyle I was forced into in Ireland any longer and being without a dog in general. I started volunteering at a Dog Sanctuary right away and this was one of the best descisions ever. Maybe an even better descision then studying in Ireland generally. I'm actually sad I didn't do it earlier. On the downside I had to learn how bad life for dogs can be in Ireland and how backward Ireland is in treating their animals. I would have thought that Ireland would be quite close to Germany with animal welfare and protection, but it's definitely not. It is much worse and those people who are standing up for better animal rights actually say there's almost no protection at all for animals. Cases of animal cruelty happen on a daily basis and dogs that are not wanted any longer are just thrown out of the front door. As a result strays are roaming the streets of Dublin, puppies as well as older dogs. Other animals suffer as well but I will only focus on dogs right now, because I'm volunteering for a dogs sanctuary. Ponds are nothing more than business here, the more animals they can took in the more money they can make. Sometimes they don't even try to rehome them and just put them down after a few days - no matter if the dog is just a few weeks old puppy. Non-kill shelters are very rare and Sanctuaries (non-profit, no-kill, everything will be done for the animals) like I volunteer for even rarer.

I do know quite well that there are many countries that treat their animals even worse, but I was so shocked, because before I went to Ireland I believed it couldn't be much different there than in Germany. But it is (and not only with animal rights but in general. Living in Ireland made me appreciate my homeland much more). In Germany we have a no-kill policy - NO shelter is allowed to put any animal down as long as it isn't suffering badly or is a major threat to others. We also don't have strays.

Having this told the great lady who's running the sanctuary she asked me if there are sanctuaries in Germany what would take in dogs from Ireland. They actually have a partnership with Sweden and people from swedish ponds com over a few times a year to bring some of their rescue dogs to Sweden - where animals are treated much better and I was told that most ponds in Sweden are empty. The thing is, even though we are much nicer to our animals in Germany we still have crowded ponds. I don't know if any pond or sanctuary would offer even a few places for dogs from Ireland. I actually doubt it, but I promised her to ask and it won't hurt to do so.
If any of my german watchers know a pond/sanctuary, are affiliated with one or volunteers as well, maybe you could ask your charity if they would be willing to take dogs from Ireland.

To those who live in Dublin, if you love dogs or consider of getting one, you should definitely think of paying DogsAid a visit. What they do for the animals (also for cats) is gorgeous and they want so little in return. They are always searching for volunteers. And all of the dogs are so lovable and yearning for human attention. This place will definitely be the only one I'll miss when I return to Germany next month.

Pay a visit to dogsaid.ie/ or their site on facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Dogs-Ai…

These are just a few. Almost all dogs came in as strays or were rescued from bad conditions. They all have won my heart.

Yo! I'm living in Ireland for almost a month now and after traveling from one place to another for the first two weeks, me and my three companions finally found a permanent accommodation. We were incredibly lucky, the house we found is just beautiful, with a perfect neighbourhood and now we're living much cheaper and better than the average poor student, that's for sure. (living in a shabby shared room at the college costs +150€ per week, +300€ if you want a room for yourself ... seriously) So yeah, everything is settled and life has started to be quite relaxing for now.

So, I've emptied my commission-list and as living in Ireland is so heavily expensive in general (holy shit, my beloved Nutella costs three times more here than it does in Germany, this is still shocking me most) I'd like to open up commissions again. If somebody is interested, just leave me a note or a comment! Prices are stated right here:

Hey guys!
I will have to close down taking commissions for a while. Of course I will still finish the taken commissions left, no doubt. But my final exams start in just one week and in the middle of September I will be moving to Ireland to study Computing Science for about 9 months. So, my time is rather short for now. I still have no clue how things will be in Ireland, heck I even don't know where my three classmates and I will stay, because we haven't fount an apartment yet. But I hope things will settle down quickly. And I still have some things on my hard drive that I can upload.

I also wanted to leave a big THANK YOU for all those who have commissioned me within the last months. You really helped me a lot with paying my grossly overpriced school fees, seriously. But Ireland will be even more expensive ... So I hope I can resume to my commission work very soon. Nothing leaves you as broke as education.