Well, I've been more absent than I had planned for. Sorry about that, especially about my late answers to comments and notes. Seems these days I do little but work and sleep and eat.

So no wonder I only now realized I was tagged by Aeirmid to do the

DeviantArt Questionaire

How long have you been on DeviantArt?

I joined in October 2004, so it's gonna be 11 years soon

What does your username mean?

Ah well, that one takes a bit of explanation indeed It's pronounced "kush-el-irmel". "kuscheln" is German for "to cuddle" and an irmel... that doesn't really exist, it's a made-up word my boyfriend once used to describe me and it stuck. Combining it with certain activities, you get a lot of different "aspects of an irmel": schlafeirmel (sleeping irmel), kocheirmel (cooking irmel) and of course kuschelirmel (cuddling irmel).

Describe yourself in three words.

easy-going, always laughing, Klugscheißer (German word for know-it-all)

Are you left or right handed?

right

What was your first deviation?

The first that's still in my gallery is

What is your favourite type of art to create?

photomanips and photography

If you could instantly master a different art style, what would it be?

painting - so I wouldn't be stuck with stock all the time (don't get me wrong, I love doing manips, but sometimes, a little more flexibillity would be cool)

What was your first favourite?

This one (and lots of her art, but she left and only the tutorial stayed online):

What type of art do you tend to favourite the most?

Manips and paintings I guess. For example:

 
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Who is your all-time favourite deviant artist?

Oh goodness, don't make me choose But if I have to mention some, I'll go with AquaSixio because his imagination and use of colours is extraordinary! (I am not mentioning manippers on purpose because I would unfairly forget someone.)

If you could meet anyone on DeviantArt in person, who would it be?

Well, I have met the following:
quite a few people on a devmeet in Karlsruhe when I was really new, for example garrit
nighty and tsheva in 2007
YBsilon lives nearby and we went for something to eat and drinks after work twice so far (and I too would like to repeat that)
and of course ceeek who is a colleague of mine

I almost met moonbeam13 in 2007, too, but it didn't work out, so that's still on my list
And I used to chat a lot with fourteenthstar, memod, Moniquette and some others who I would love to meet in person!

How has a fellow deviant impacted your life?

dA folks have been here to talk to, to laugh with, to share my hobby and learn new stuff - so hell yeah, they had an impact, just not in such a singular way that you are probably aiming at :blink:

What are your preferred tools to create art?

My Nikon D90, Photoshop and my Wacom tablet

What is the most inspirational place for you to create art?

at home, at my desk. I'm not going to take it all with me

What is your favourite DeviantArt memory?

I think that would be the Manip Challenges we used to host in the chat room - they'd run for a whole day and were tons of fun! (too bad I simply don't have that kind of time these days)



Jasmin