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Keriga ♀️ [9638399] [2009-02-10 10:01:06 +0000 UTC] "Slowly returning" (Finland)

# Statistics

Favourites: 2903; Deviations: 7; Watchers: 80

Watching: 252; Pageviews: 35880; Comments Made: 11888; Friends: 252

# Interests

Favorite TV shows: Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Poldark
Favorite bands / musical artists: Poets of the Fall, Caravan Palace, Parov Stelar and many others
Favorite books: Harry Potter-series, Luxus
Favorite writers: JK Rowling, Milja Kaunisto
Favorite games: Final Fantasy X, Altus' Shin Megami Tensei: Persona- series, Bioware's Dragon Age-series
Favorite gaming platform: PS3, PS2, Nintendo 3DS, PS4
Other Interests: Old-fashioned military jackets, 1950s (womens) fashion, Anime, Manga, History in general

# About me



Hello and welcome to you, dear guest!

I am Keriga, a hobbyist artist from Finland. Also a anime/manga-loving lazy potato who spends too much of her time either playing video games or reading books.

Pleased to meet you ^u^

I mostly post art in regards of an original story of mine that I have been working on since spring 2017. The story in question isn't available for reading just yet, but I do intend to post it somewhere when I am far enough with it. If you'd like to know more about it, see to my gallery or send me a note!

Might occassionally post other random, original art.

I do not post fan art, since the copyright law terrifies me enough to keep my fan art away from the Internet.

I don't have a specific preferance for art mediums, so I do post both digital and traditional art.

I like meeting new people, so if you feel the sudden urge to say something to me, do leave a comment or send me a note. I won't bite, promise UuU


You can also find me from Instagram!
keriga_arts www.instagram.com/keriga_arts/






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<- this adorable thing was made by mochatchi

# Comments

Comments: 6791

Tirgara [2019-10-08 12:14:48 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I've been rather busy, but I wanna wish you the happiest of birthdays Keriga! <3 

Hope all is going well for you and your adjusting well ^w^

 

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2019-10-23 13:07:22 +0000 UTC]

Aww,thank you so much! Things have been quite hectic recently, but I think I'll be alright

How have you been?

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tenkilee [2019-03-08 02:00:21 +0000 UTC]

Sankies for the fave! *3*

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Keriga In reply to tenkilee [2019-03-08 12:59:44 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome 😊

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Tirgara [2018-10-08 21:37:13 +0000 UTC]

I hope you had a nice day today~

Happy Birthday Keriga! 

 

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-10-09 08:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you Tiba <3
Yeah, I had a pretty good day even if I didn't do anything special xD Basically a normal Monday, only that I was on a better mood xD

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Tirgara In reply to Keriga [2018-10-09 21:20:51 +0000 UTC]

Asdfgh, your welcome~ 
Even if there wasn't a mega party, I'm glad you enjoyed your day~ 

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Nella-Moon [2018-10-08 16:05:16 +0000 UTC]

Happy birthday! Hope you have a wonderful day!

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Keriga In reply to Nella-Moon [2018-10-08 17:32:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Yeah, I've had a good day, even if I haven't done anything special xD Hopefully you're had a good day as well

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Yllande [2018-09-25 06:52:52 +0000 UTC]

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Keriga In reply to Yllande [2018-09-25 06:55:04 +0000 UTC]

Oh, you're most welcome dear! UuU <3 I absolutely fell in love with your art, its so beautiful

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Tirgara [2018-08-24 22:48:56 +0000 UTC]

Bloop, I've come to check up to see if you're doing alright~ >:33 

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-08-28 07:32:58 +0000 UTC]

Bloop! I am doing alright, just a bit busy with life again -3-' ...sometimes I hate being an adult ^^'

How are you doing?  

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Tirgara In reply to Keriga [2018-08-28 20:56:07 +0000 UTC]

Ah life, it can give you cake and then slapstick you into it.  XD

I'm alright ish, things are kicking up again with school but thats all normal ;v;

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-08-29 06:09:26 +0000 UTC]

Haha, indeed. Life is the biggest troll of them all xD

I'm glad to hear you're doing ok too Work has been crazy for me for the past few weeks as well, but that's nothing  new ^^' I am hoping to move houses soon though... A part of me wants to already start packing. xD But I won't do that just yet. Not until I know what the official moving day is. -3-

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Tirgara In reply to Keriga [2018-09-02 15:43:55 +0000 UTC]

I second that statement XD

Oh! I hope when the day comes, the moving goes as smoothly as it can go! Since it can get kind of hectic- 

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-09-06 13:30:41 +0000 UTC]

Haha, yeah xD

Thanks! I just heard today that the building will be done in 7 weeks >u< not too long anymore~ thankfully, my friends have agreed to help me out with the moving process... Trying to handle it all by myself would be "slightly" difficult ^^'

(by the way, did you know that there is a mobile app game about BSD? I just found out about it a few days ago and it is actually rather neat. )

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Tirgara In reply to Keriga [2018-09-12 16:26:03 +0000 UTC]

>:33

Ooh! Thats good! I hope the move in is smooth and not too hectic orz-

Oh! Yeah! I've heard of it! I wasn't able to find the app haha XD Maybe I'll look for it again, who knows! 
How is it like? :33 

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-09-14 10:31:51 +0000 UTC]

I hope so too...

I was able to find it on Google App store by simply searching for "Bungou Stray Dogs". But I think the actual name was along the lines of "Bungou Stray Dogs: Lost Tales" or something like that :3
It is very addictive xD It is a fairly simple game, you play through battles by breaking these colourful spheres with a slingshot. The colours of the spheres determine how much/what kind of damage your characters will do. And then there are these events, where you can get special characters/items.

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AkaneKyoko [2018-07-21 20:24:50 +0000 UTC]

Hi there!   
I just wanted to pass bay and thank you a LOT for the watch    your support means the whole world for me   
I'll do my best for you as well from now on   I hope you like my upcoming works as well   
I hope you have an awesome day   

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Keriga In reply to AkaneKyoko [2018-08-13 13:27:23 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome!

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Ayat-Chan [2018-06-25 08:51:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for the watch >w<

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Keriga In reply to Ayat-Chan [2018-06-25 09:56:07 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome! You have such a lovely gallery, I simply had to watch you! >u<

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Ayat-Chan In reply to Keriga [2018-06-25 10:12:53 +0000 UTC]

❤️❤️❤️

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drumgirl [2018-03-03 15:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you kindly for the fave on . Have a great day

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Keriga In reply to drumgirl [2018-03-06 07:37:17 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome ^^ I hope you'll have a great day as well

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Tirgara [2018-01-30 03:24:01 +0000 UTC]

Hey Hey~ I hope your doing well! 

I dropped by to say hello! 

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-02-02 07:38:22 +0000 UTC]

Hey there!

I'm happy that you dropped by! How have you been?

As for me, I've been doing relatively okay... apart from battling my inner demons and stressing over the new job, I mean. ^^' And to be honest, I am a bit anxious about the future, since my "mentor" (aka the older co-worker of mine who's been teaching me the past month) just resently told me that she has resigned... which means that soon I am completely on my own, with no one to ask help from should I need it. I expect lots of sleepless nights for me due stressing over everything ^^'

Other than that, I've been trying to get back to drawing/writing despite feeling too tired to do much than just lay on the couch playing video games every night after work ^^' Surprisingly, I think I might get the creative part in me rolling again pretty well soon Or at least, I hope so ^^'

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Tirgara In reply to Keriga [2018-02-02 19:27:05 +0000 UTC]

Asdfghjhujksahgd
You have no idea how relieved I am to see a response from you-

Ah, that does sound like a lot of things on your plate. That sounds like a real challenge ,but maybe you might meet someone else who's willing to help you out. ;v; 
Slap those inner demons in the face, I know they can be a pain and they can weight down on you, but what counts is getting back up after it all! >:33
Ah, I wish I could diminish the stress...the best thing I can recommend is to keep your chin up and do relaxing activities when you can. If you feel really pressured sometimes just stopping and taking a few deep breaths to clear your mind can help or so my old teachers use to tell me. 

I hope you can get the ball rolling too, since it is something you care about ;v;
I'm still rather curious about what you will come up with~ 

I've been doing relatively alright, at least much better then a few months ago haha-
Since I still have some free time on my hands, I've been working on characters and eventual stories. It's pretty challenging, but I do love them all so that helps. (Plus Toyhouse is my life saver right now-)
I could always do better in my art, I've been neglecting it more then I should. I'm not super proud of that. I hope I can get back into it and improve. 
So basically not much has changed here haha XD

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-02-08 13:48:56 +0000 UTC]

Ahem, yes, about that... I'm sorry I worried you

But it is like you said, I've had a lot on my plate recently and it is a lot of work for me to try to keep up so things don't get out of hand
Not to worry, I won't let my inner demons get the upper hand, though. I know I can get rid of them, if I just keep myself occupied with other things and ignore them UuU

As for work, well... there sure are people who would want to help me out, but they can't... since they lack knowledge and experience of the work I'm doing here... Once my "mentor" leaves, the closest help I can get is about 100 km away, in another city... I can always call there or send e-mail, but in emergency rush situations, I'm not really all that confident how much that will help. I'm sure I will manage, somehow. I mean, I kinda have to ^^'

Ahh, well, just talking to you like this does help out a lot, you know. It truly means a lot to me that there is someone who is interested about my characters and about talking to me in general xD Thank you for the recommendation though, I'll be sure to do just that UuU I'll try to cheer myself up with the thought that it will all be good and my hard work will pay off in the end. And I will try to keep the creative things up too. And boy, do I have ideas for my characters too~ >:3

I'm glad to hear you've been doing good You keep your chin up, too, okay? :3
Ooh, I am curious what you've been up to with your characters OuO (speaking of which, expect to see the drawing of Kobo I owe you soon~ ;3 )

Uhm, pardon me for being an old fart, but what exactly is Toyhouse?

Yeah, I know that feeling. I could surely do better with my art as well, it is nowhere as good as I'd want it to be. But I tend to keep thinking that if I just keep at it, one day it'll be where I want it to be UuU I'm sure we can both improve, if we just keep at it.

Haha, well, sometimes no news is good news, right? xD

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Tirgara In reply to Keriga [2018-02-08 23:11:37 +0000 UTC]

It's alright! It's just last time I heard of you, you were in a tough spot so I was hoping you'd be alright :'DD 

Yes! Show them inner demons that they don't own you! >: UU
It will eventually will settle down! >:33 

Ah, I understand. I suppose if something does happen, all the new recruits gotta band together to solve it! We just have to hope nothing gets out of hand, but I think you'll be alright. I suppose if theres something your worried about, you could ask in advance how to handle that situation in an e-mail and write it down for reference? :33

Ah! Well I'm glad I can be a source of relief! We gotta help each other in someway in this world. You are quite friendly as well, it's sort of crazy to consider were an ocean apart. It still amazes me what the internet can do when it's not being slammed with so many negative things. 
Sorry for drifting a bit in topics. Haha, I'll happily lend an ear if you ever wanna talk about your characters or an idea! 

I will, I will ;v;
Well, first you gotta know I have no self control when it comes to character creation. 
Second, I've been working with Chao11 for most of these peeps and their stories! >: DD

She's the main character for one of them! >: DD (Unless we change our minds or something-) 

Toyhouse is a weird thing I'll admit. It's a website for storing character and character information. As well as selling designs and a few other things. It's bizarre because you need someone who has an account to give you one.. but my buddy had one to spare, so we share it~

Thats a good mindset dear uwu 



Haha yeah! ^^

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-03-13 12:49:07 +0000 UTC]

Aww, you're so sweet

Yeah, I lmanaged to kick the inner demons' butt >: D So I'm doing much better now, thankfully.

As for my job, things are going surprisingly well, it hasn't been as difficult to be on my own as I originally thought it would be. Sure I don't know everything yet and have to ask my co-workers for advice from time to time, but other than that, I've been doing okay by myself. And luckily my boss has been very understanding as well and not expecting me to be super fast with things since I am currently doing two people's work all by myself ^^' So things are naturally going to proceed more slowly than they would if there were two people working on them. It is still a lot of work though... and most of the time I get home from work I just collapse on the sofa and watch tv or play video games for the rest of the evening ^^' But I will get back to working on my art too soon, no worries :3

What do you mean by you have no self control when it comes to character creation?

Ooh, I do like the look of this foxy lady character you've been working on OuO

Toyhouse sounds pretty interesting, I'll admit. Even if it does sound a bit weird to me that you have to already know someone from there to get an account of your own... ^^' Too bad for people who don't know anyone and would like to join.

Thank you dear UuU

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Tirgara In reply to Keriga [2018-03-18 02:23:54 +0000 UTC]

Shhhh- I'm just doing what a buddy should do-

Yeah! Keep em down! Show em who's boss! (Enter other motivation quotes here-)

I'm happy to hear that things are going smoothly! Don't push yourself too hard and I think your golden for the time being~

Yes. I don't. 
I'm terrible. 
Thats the reason why theres always children characters that follow my pairings. 
Thats why one of my stories has too many characters. (I'm a nutcase so I'll find a way to incorporate them all.)
Thats why theres occasionally a second gen story that follows the first. 
I told myself no fan characters and *whoop* I did it again. 
Did I say I'm a sucker for romances? Thats why most of them get paired off and I work the story for it to work. 
*I have no self restraint* Buut for now I haven't made a character in a long time, the exception being a dnd character.

Aaaah! I'm glad you like how she looks! <3 
I'll tell my buddy since it's her who created this foxy lady~
I'd love to say more, but things are still being brewed~ 

I don't get that tick either. I think they do it to not have too many people on the site? 

No problem ;v; 

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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-04-17 12:08:54 +0000 UTC]

Even so, you're very sweet

Haha, thank you xD I'm sure they'll stay down for a while now, since things are looking up. I've gotten somewhat used to my new job and currently I am hunting for an apartment of my own (which is kinda exciting).

Oh. I am just as terrible, believe me xD I am a huge sucker for romantic stuff, too, so naturally I like to think about possible pairings when it comes to my characters (right now I am mentally shipping Eliza with Theodore so much even I can't believe it xD Not sure yet if I'm actually going to make them a couple in the story, but I think that given their personalities, it would work nicely... ) A part of me would also like to ship Jamil with someone too (or rather, I'd love him to work things out with Sophie and get back together with her), but he is making it very hard for me to make it happen ^^' 

Yeah, I really did like the cute little fox she is <3
Say no more, I get what you mean. That is also a thing I struggle with in regards of the story I'm working on xD I'd love to spill the beans, but that would kind of make it pointless to actually write the thing if I'm just going to tell people what's going to happen in it ^^'

Yeah, that might be it. Although it still sounds a bit funny to me to be honest.

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Tirgara In reply to Keriga [2018-05-07 03:00:51 +0000 UTC]

Aww...thank you ;v;

I wish you luck in finding an apartment! It can be tricky with the rent and snuff-

It is fun to pair characters off ;v; 
Oh my, last time I heard of Eliza's love life she was gonna be paired with Jamil! XDD
Gosh darn it Jamil, I get why it's hard tho.. with his disease and all :,33 He doesn't want to be a burden-

Aww, I'm really happy you do <3
Haha, the struggles of making a story Omg, I get you on that. Sometimes I just wanna spill everything out of wanting to know if it sounds good and excitement- 

Same. 
But it's been a great help to me. 
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Keriga In reply to Tirgara [2018-05-25 08:15:01 +0000 UTC]



Yay, we have made some progress- I found an apartment! The contract of sale has also been done, now I'll just have to wait a few more months for the building to be completely finished and by the time autumn rolls in I can move in! >u< I'm already so excited about it xD

Oh yes, yes it is~
Yeahh about that... I came to the conclusion that they might not be well suited for each other in romantic sense ^^' (as friends/work partners they do work together splendidly, although even then Eliza sometimes does complain of Jamil's tendency to be a bit bossy...) Now Eliza and Theo, I feel they'd go well together in a romantic sense too, but there still are some issues. Every couple has their issues ^^'

Yes, his disease is the main reason why he tries so hard not to let anyone get too close :/ I'm not sure yet if he is ever going to start to think completely differently about his "position in life", but some improvement is bound to happen...eventually. Whether or not it is enough for him to allow himself to have a romantic relationship with someone, remains to be seen~

Yes indeed, making a story is indeed a work of love xD at times it may be hard, but you do it anyway xD
Telling stuff to people beforehand is so tempting too... For me the hardest part is to shut up xD

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anmiychi [2017-12-14 14:26:44 +0000 UTC]

 

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Keriga In reply to anmiychi [2017-12-15 07:19:24 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome ^w^

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LadyMimikyu [2017-11-14 14:14:35 +0000 UTC]

Really nice Art! Awesome!

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Keriga In reply to LadyMimikyu [2017-11-15 12:35:33 +0000 UTC]

Aah, thank you! I am very glad to hear that you like my work

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LadyMimikyu In reply to Keriga [2017-11-15 14:20:41 +0000 UTC]

It's amazing! Keep up your great Work!

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Keriga In reply to LadyMimikyu [2017-11-16 08:13:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I will!

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Iduna-Haya [2017-11-04 11:33:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for adding my 'Find your way around DA' journal to your collection.
I hope you will find it useful

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Keriga In reply to Iduna-Haya [2017-11-10 14:19:38 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome! It is very helpful indeed UuU

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x-Memoire-x [2017-11-03 14:34:35 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much for the fav! ^o^
also just saw it was your birthday? happy birthday!
 

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Keriga In reply to x-Memoire-x [2017-11-03 14:46:49 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome ^u^

Haha thanks, although my birthday was last month xD Well, either way I appriciate the birthday wishes!

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x-Memoire-x In reply to Keriga [2017-11-03 14:54:14 +0000 UTC]

haha yeah I'm really late- sorry :'3

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Keriga In reply to x-Memoire-x [2017-11-03 14:55:39 +0000 UTC]

Haha, its no big deal, dear xD Better late than never, right? :3

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x-Memoire-x In reply to Keriga [2017-11-03 14:57:32 +0000 UTC]

Haha yes :3 anyway how are you doing?

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Keriga In reply to x-Memoire-x [2017-11-03 15:05:33 +0000 UTC]

Well, I'd say I'm doing relatively ok... still a bit worried about the future (chances are I don't have a job soon anymore since my contract was only temporary... so unless my bosses decide to renew it or I find something else, I'm going to be unemployed after the new years TTnTT ), but I'm keeping up high spirits UuU Slowly but surely continuing my drawing and writing projects, too.

And you? How are you doing? :3


I just have to say it, I still love that icon of yours xDD Big grin like that makes me happy

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