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I've moved!

2009-06-01T20:20:00.003+02:00

You may have noticed that I haven't updated in ages. I'm not dead or in a coma, I just didn't feel like blogging for a while. I have been drawing, especially a lot of patterns (so much fun, and it seems like everybody's making them lately), and I'll be posting new stuff in my new blog very soon. Thank you to everyone who read my blog and commented on it, I really appreciate you all. See you in my new place!

Spygirl

2008-11-03T00:50:00.003+02:00

Caught red-handed.

Birdgirl

2008-07-16T16:53:00.002+02:00

This is just for fun. It's full of cliches, but I'm standing by it defiantly! The background was heavily inspired by the wallpaper in the upstairs bathroom back home, I always kind of liked it.

The fix

2008-06-30T11:48:00.008+02:00

This one isn't quite ready yet, I'm still thinking about the colours and stuff. I thought I'd post it now though, because I'm going to Lapland for a week to visit my parents and I propably won't be posting anything during that time. So, to keep the illusion of a steady stream of posting, here's The Fix!

This is completely off topic (if ever I had one), but I love those shoes, they're Minna Parikka's "Raquel"'s, and I think they're the most beautiful shoes I've ever seen! I'm looking forward to the day I can afford a pair. I'm still not sure if I'd be able to walk with them, but that's so not the point..

Royal plague

2008-06-19T14:03:00.005+02:00

I've been thinking about this image for months and now I finally got it done. I'm very happy with how these came out, I really like the floor and the cape!
Here's the digital version:

And here's the original watercolour version:

Ice princesses

2008-06-14T22:13:00.005+02:00

I was going through some old stuff and came across this unfinished piece. I don't remember if I've posted this or something similar before, but I don't think so. I don't know why I tossed it aside when I did, I guess I just got tired of working on it. Anyway, it's definitely not one of my best drawings, but it's got some interesting elements, so I here it is. Maybe it'll inspire someone to make something actually good!

Revolver

2008-06-05T14:29:00.000+02:00

New work.

Voodoo madonna

2008-05-17T19:47:00.006+02:00

I wanted to make an icon-like painting with a voodoo theme, this is how it turned out! It had a lot more voodoo related stuff in the first scetch; knives, feathers, beheaded chickens, but they were kind of eliminated in the process. Now there's just the wide-horned bull. Here's the computer aided version:

And the real-life version:

I made the halo and the frames with tin foil to give it an icon-like look. The scanner made it look a bit funny, it's a lot less crappy in nature.

The sword

2008-05-14T17:45:00.005+02:00

Of lately:

Here's the hand-coloured version of it:

Although my aquarelle-technique is embarrassingly bad, this one has some home-made charm to it. I wasn't sure about the colour of the ocean first, but now I love the coldness and crispness of it. And I will get better with water colours, I just have to.. It's kind of nice to have a finished piece that you can actually hold in your hands.

Cats, bags and new addresses

2008-05-02T23:49:00.005+02:00

I've drawn a few birthday cards lately. First one is for my sister's 30th birthday, that's her with a Louis Vuitton -bag ready for countdown. She loved it! The other one I drew a couple of days ago for a friend of mine. I'm a bit obsessed with big cats at the moment.

It was a big change to make something that has to be ready as it is, no tweaking or colouring with software (and no undo-button..). I liked it, it forces me to make desicions about the colours and other stuff very fast, it usually takes me forever. Now it's just you and the material, the possibilities aren't endless like with a computer, and the piece comes together very organically. I'm planning to do some water colouring very soon, I'll be posting it if it turns out any good.

During my long blogging silence I've moved in with my boyfriend (the drooling boy). We share a 36 square meter studio appartment, and are very happy! It's a bit crowded, but not as much as you'd think. Living in small spaces forces you to get rid of unnecessary stuff, which is nice. I'm not a pack rat anyway, I like to travel light.

Primitive

2008-04-23T21:43:00.004+02:00

My submission for Illustration Friday. I've been away for a long time, but I'm planning to be posting a lot in the near future!

Octogirl

2008-01-27T02:09:00.000+02:00

Another one in the same series as the "plain" -entry for IF. I think I'll add some kind of a tattoo in the girl's back, once I figure out what to do.

aaargh! my eyes!

2008-01-24T01:08:00.000+02:00

i have been thinking about this picture for a few weeks now and i finally got it on paper. the drawing came out ok, but the most fun i had in photoshop colouring it. i know it is eye-wateringly insane, but for me, it kind of works in a perverse sort of way. i cant get enough of that blue! i recommend shades if you are going to stare at it for a long time though. my vision is kind of blurry from working on it for hours...

Plain

2008-01-21T23:34:00.001+02:00

Stitch

2008-01-14T19:23:00.001+02:00

I'm finally back in the game! I'm quite happy with this one, and it was relatively painless to do.

Backwards

2007-12-14T21:46:00.001+02:00

I always do this backwards; first make the picture and then start thinking of a way to make it fit the Illustration Friday -topic.

Thanks to Sven for featuring one of my button badges in his blog! Go visit, it's a great source of inspiration.

Panic at the belly dancing stage!

2007-11-23T15:00:00.000+02:00

I'm just about to panic, we're having a belly dancing show again tonight. It'll propably go just fine, but I haven't practised the coreography that much since last spring. I'll let you know if I make a (more than average) fool of myself.

update: I did ok, and am still alive. Some people said that our group was the best of them all (that's an exaggeration, but I'll take it). There's going to be a bigger show in the spring and we're rehearsing a new coreography for that.

New skaters

2007-11-17T14:16:00.001+02:00

Yesterday I finally drew something I can live with. It's not technically excellent (though I've done a lot worse), but there's something I really like about it, it's got the feeling I'm going for. I'll do a more finished version of it, but I wanted to post it already since I've been a bad little blogger for several weeks.

Actually the thing I really wanted to say is that I have a boyfriend! He's so cute. He drools when he sleeps.

The Great Blondino

2007-10-31T20:59:00.001+02:00

My submission for the Monster Mash 2007.

Pants and monsters

2007-10-26T23:10:00.000+02:00

I have great news. I just bought a pair of pants today! I don't have the easiest body shape, and it's been kind of a long time project of mine to find a fitting pair, and now I finally did. Catharsis! They're not perfect, but not horrible either and for my low expectations, that's like tailor-made. They're pretty basic black pants, with kind of a fishbone pattern in the fabric. And I love them.

I'm doing a lot better on the drawing front, too, not hopeless at all. I was actually thinking of submitting something for Penelope Dullaghan's annual Halloween contest. The theme this year is "monster", and that's way too cool to pass. The deadline is next Wednesday. I started my piece allready, so I'll have plenty of time to finish (but propably won't until the last minute..).

I suck

2007-10-19T00:07:00.000+02:00

I've been having a small crisis here for a while now, explains the lack of posts and the low quality of the work I produce. I haven't done anything good for quite some time, I feel like I can't even draw anymore (or if I ever could), I'm completely lost with colours, my compositions are dull, pretty much everything sucks. I've really questioned wheather I even have what it takes to pursue this illustration thing. I know I'm pretty new at this and it takes time, but I feel like I'm going backwards. I know it's partly because I feel I don't really have a style, and that makes me try too hard and try to be something I'm not. That never works out for anybody.

I feel like crap. I hate to complain, but it seems to be the only thing I'm good at at the moment, so I'm sticking with it.

If something happens between me and the pencil again, you'll know about it.

Smack

2007-10-04T19:06:00.000+02:00

Awww....

edit: And another one. I wish I could promise this is the last.

Figure skater

2007-10-01T16:02:00.000+02:00

I'm confused about the colours again, but I'll just let it go for now and look at it again tomorrow. That always seems to help me see clearer.

edit:
I knew I couldn't leave it alone, I'm such a nerd. I drew a slightly different version of the skater.

edit2:
I can't stop.. somebody slap me!

Crippled

2007-09-17T23:10:00.000+02:00

I'm so proud of myself that I can hardly speak (type)! I drew this piece without sketching first (I did a study for it, is that cheating?), this is kind of a revolution for me. I think I'm going to draw like this from now on. Ok, it's not a mastepiece, but I'm learning. I even like the mistakes I made! I love it! Even if you don't. It's not ready yet (I know I always say that), I'm going to post a finished piece later this week.

edit: version 2

Potions

2007-09-14T22:01:00.001+02:00

I'm experimenting with the traditional illustration look here. I really like how the blue turned out, I've been trying to achieve that particular blue-red combination for some time, and there it is! Ironically it's not just one shade of blue, but kind of a subtle gradient.

I think this fits the IF topic this week, "wedding", if interpreted very loosely.. anyway, it's the closest I have at the moment.

Cleaning up the closet

2007-09-12T00:49:00.000+02:00

Again, old stuff I finished.

Captain update

2007-09-11T21:09:00.000+02:00

Trying to get rid of my stack of unfinished pieces! This is done now.. I think. Hmm.. I'm getting new ideas for it now that I'm typing this, but I really need to draw the line somewhere..

Usually I feel weird about doing backgrounds, especially landscapes like this, but I think it works out fine here. It's very cliche landscapey, but that's what I like about it actually! And it does look more finished now.

edit: colour variation

edit2: this is the last one, I swear.

More visitors

2007-09-07T02:11:00.001+02:00

A different version of my latest IF-illustration. I don't know if it's better or not, at this point I'm pretty blind to it. Always a good time to move on.

31

2007-09-04T01:55:00.000+02:00

It's my birthday today. Mine and Beyonce's. Happy birthday to me!

Unfinished

2007-09-03T01:39:00.000+02:00

This is going to be another t-shirt design. It needs something, I'm not sure what, but I really want to finish it. I have an annoying habit of leaving pieces unfinished, at this moment I have three or four illustrations that I could add to my portfolio, if I only took the time to complete them. I hope I'll get it done this week! My To Do -list for last week failed miserably by the way, I only barely got one thing done; the IF-submission. I'll have to think of something else. Electric shocks?

Doodling

2007-09-03T00:53:00.001+02:00

I don't doodle that often, mostly I just do illustrations. It's liberating to do something that is not meant to be anything, especially now that I'm trying to manicly build my portfolio. It's getting there, by the way, slowly but surely.

Buttons

2007-09-01T15:34:00.001+02:00

I designed these buttons, and then I noticed Prickie isn't taking new submissions right now. I hate waiting!

Last minute IF

2007-08-31T02:12:00.000+02:00

They're coming! And they're hungry!

To Do II

2007-08-26T19:59:00.000+02:00

My To Do -list last week worked like a charm, I got almost everything done (except for the pants and the dentist appointment). I even cleaned up in my apartment, and that rarely happens. My place seems a lot bigger now that I don't have to shuffle between piles of paper and clothes and random stuff. It's weird, those mysterious piles of paper just start accumulating after a while, like molehills. I managed to reduce the number of the piles from eight to four, and they're signifigantly smaller now. I'm so proud of myself! Of course they'll eventally get larger and multiply and take over the appartment again, but that'll take days, no need to worry about it now.

Now, blinded by last week's success, I thought I'd make a habbit of it. Here's this week's list:
1. Buy the pants.
2. Get a dentist appointment.
It's my last wisdom tooth. Even though it doesn't hurt that much anymore, I know I'll have to get it removed eventually...
3. Make a list of your favorite music in iTunes.
Yay! I'll have so much fun doing this. I'm really loving this song at the moment.
4. Find a soul mate.
5. Redesign the website.
6. Do laundry.
7. Do something for Illustration Friday.

My To do -list for this week

2007-08-21T14:21:00.000+02:00

1. Buy new pants
Sounds simple, but is not. Apparently the pant makers don't think that a human being is shaped like me.
2. Go see the new Harry Potter -movie
3. Collect e-mail addresses from magazines to send promotional mail to
I'm seriously going to start promoting my work in September. Scary.
4. Get an appointment at the dentist
5. Clean and do laundry
An ongoing project...
6. Go to the flea market
7. Draw without scetching
I want to start drawing straight with a micron pen to blanc paper, no scetching with a pencil first. It's intimidating, but the results are always more interesting and spontaneous. My style is a bit stiff and naive partly by choise, but I want to loosen it up a little. Should be interesting..

Undress me, captain

2007-08-20T22:28:00.000+02:00

This piece is about clumsiness and grace. It's not finished yet, but it fits the IF topic this week, so I'll post it anyway (also I need to vouch for my t-shirt design again).

So go vote for my design on laFraise! I'm taking quite a beating there at the moment, but there's still time... 14 hours to be exact.

Emergency

2007-08-16T17:09:00.000+02:00

This is a t-shirt design I sent to la Fraise (it's kind of a European version of Threadless). I really need help to get printed, please go vote for me!

Björk

2007-08-06T23:02:00.000+02:00

I've been feeling like crap for a while now, and I thought I'd draw something violently happy. I've been thinking about making an image of Björk for a long time, and it seemed to fit my agenda perfectly. First I wanted to draw a more or less realistic pencil drawing of her face, and I did a few scetches, but it's really hard to find a good reference picture (although there are literally hundreds of pictures of her in her website, none of them seemed right to me). Anyway, in this picture the face is not really that important, it's very simple and suggestive. But I think it works better in this style.

I'm actually uncharacteristically happy with the end result. Missing... hmm can't think of anything. I know I'm pushing the IF topic again, but I couldn't post last week since my internet connection was down, so if you need a justification, there's one...

Off the point

2007-08-04T17:10:00.000+02:00

My internet connection was down for three days. I'm still recovering.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I love The Soundtrack of Our Lives. Go listen.

Discovery

2007-07-17T00:01:00.001+02:00

I haven't done Illustration Friday for months. Here goes.

Under construction

2007-07-16T02:12:00.001+02:00

Exposure, yay!

2007-07-10T21:51:00.001+02:00

I got accepted for the latest issue of Ideafixa-magazine. I'm really happy about it, I'm hoping it'll get me moving again with my drawing and everything. Seems like nothing's happening right now, maybe it's because everybody's on holiday. Another excuse to just lay on the bed all day and read Harry Potter, as if I need a new one..

Here are the images I sent to the magazine. The second one is a different version than in the magazine, I seem to have a zillion versions of it allready. There's just something that I can't get just right, it's making me crazy! Maybe I'll try relaxing a bit.

A birthdaycard for a friend

2007-07-03T22:10:00.000+02:00

Evolution

2007-06-07T23:23:00.000+02:00

I tried to make the image in my last post more character designy, so I drew the same character twice more doing different kinds of stuff (it's got a little storyline too, but that's not so relevant). It's still not technically very good character design I think, but I wanted this piece to have merit as an individual piece of art too, so it's a fair compromise between the two (I'm not usually a fan of compromise, but now I actually like it better than the original!).

Something something

2007-06-04T19:31:00.000+02:00

Vektorika magazine's topic for the next issue is character design, and I thought I'd submit a couple of images. I don't know what they're expecting really, I'm not even 100% sure what character design is. Characters, right? This is something I'm working on. Right now it looks like I don't know what I'm doing, and that's not far from the truth. I'm trying to develope my visual language for vectors (I haven't done anything purely in vector for ages), and I'm kind of starting to like the mess that's going on there. And I'm really happy with the colours. That's something.

Birdboy

2007-05-29T00:13:00.000+02:00

Doodles

2007-05-25T23:59:00.000+02:00

Doodling again. I'm stylistically all over the place, but I often am with my doodles. I've been doing stuff that looks a certain way lately, and it's very easy to get comfortable with that, so I wander off the beaten track every once in a while and do something that makes me push myself a bit more. And it often adds new elements to the stuff that I "normally" do.

Illustration Friday - Signs

2007-05-20T20:48:00.000+02:00

I promised I'd do something solely inspired by the IF topic, so here it is. Although now that I look at it, I think it's mostly symbols, not signs. Always the rebel.

A doodle

2007-05-20T02:43:00.001+02:00

Girls in a tree

2007-05-18T02:16:00.000+02:00

This is something that I'm working on for a project. Still a bit unfinished, but you get the idea!

edit: I just can't stop playing with Photoshop blending modes:

Freak show 2007

2007-05-12T19:37:00.000+02:00

The festival of kitch and gayness peaks tonight in Helsinki. Yes, it's the night of the annual Eurovision song contest! I love this show. I loved it even more as a kid, because lately it has become really boring, everybody's allowed to sing in English as opposed to their native language, and most of the contestants have been teen age girls dressed in some kind of underwear. It looks a little better this year though. More freaks, less babes, that's the way I like it.

I searched some of my all time favorite Eurovision songs in YouTube, and I found surprisingly many;
AMINA - Le Dernier Qui A Parlé France 1991. It should have won that year.
Herreys Diggiloo diggiley Sweden 1984. You've got to love this...
Danijela-Neka Mi Ne Svane Croatia 1998
Patrick Fiori - Mama Corsica France 1993
Maarja Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna - Käelakee Hääl Estonia 1996
Ruslana - Wild Dancers Ukraine 2004

As you may have noticed, there were no Finnish songs there, and that's because the Finnish entries have been, well... tragically bad. Last year was the very first time in Eurovision history that Finland won. Previously our best placement had been 6th place in the 60's or 70's, so it was really surreal to win. It was better than winning a small or medium war, although we wouldn't know, we haven't won any wars really. We have a lot of issues. The song was pretty horrible I think, but I was so proud of that we finally understood what it was all about, and it's not about being classy or deep, it's about the circus! I haven't heard all the songs this year, but my favourite is The Ark from Sweden, I love that band. They have better songs than this, but it's ok, and their show is excellent:
The worrying kind
This is maybe my favourite Finnish Eurovision song:
Monica Aspelund - Lapponia - 1977. If you are scared of screaming women, close your ears at about 02:10.

Friends! Neigbours! I need your help!

2007-05-04T16:13:00.000+02:00

I have been working on this one for way too long. It's a second piece for my 7 deadly sins- series (I'm not going to make you guess this time, it's sloth). I'm stuck. The colours are too blah, and the composition lacks dynamics, but I don't know what to do with it anymore, so any suggestions will be taken into consideration. I think I'm not going to be drawing these 7 deadly sins -pieces for a while, because I don't really like the direction they're taking me stylewise. It's a bit too art nouveau, too cute, too polished. I really want to finish this one though, so any feedback is appreciated!

I know I've been kind of abusing Illustration Friday -topics a few times now (there must be a special section in Hell just for us IF-abusers...), but I promise I'll draw something inspired by the topic next time.

Too cool

2007-05-02T16:41:00.000+02:00

If I owned an appartment (instead of renting), I would cover one wall with a photowallpaper. I love these kind of borderline tacky decorating items! I love going to flea markets and finding weird stuff (very often I'm the only one who actually thinks it's cool...). At the moment I'm on a hunt for a vintage dressform. I actually sow a little too, so it would be useful also, but mostly I just want to dress it in silly outfits.

Remember?

2007-04-28T01:50:00.000+02:00

Remember last week's Illustration Friday topic "polar"? Well, this is an entry for that. I know, it's a cheap shot, but my blog seems to be dying in my arms, and I have to do something to try to save it. I started sketching this piece last weekend, and today I just twisted my arm and physically made myself finish it. My arm still hurts. But I'm really glad I did it. It's a bit girlier than I intended, I've been trying to put some edge to my drawings lately, but it just doesn't seem to happen.

It looks kind of interesting inverted, too:

I've been taking belly dancing classes since last September, and tomorrow our group is performing in a show! I'm not nervous yet, but I will be terrified tomorrow, I know. Wish me luck!

edit: The show went great, it was sold out! We had a lot of fun, no disasters or broken limbs. I wasn't that nervous, surprisingly.

More of these:

Fat Easter

2007-04-11T14:30:00.000+02:00

Here's a couple of doodles I did during the Easter. I was quite busy eating chocolate and getting fat, but I managed to find the time to draw a little! I feel like I'm finally beginning to find my style. It's just like everybody has been telling me all along; keep drawing every day and it'll come to you.

I'm trying to start my career as a freelance illustrator, and I feel that it's about time I started marketing myself and getting my work out there. The only problem is, that every time I look at my portfolio I feel like crying. It's not even close to what I want it to be. I think that if I had about fifteen pieces (that I'm happy with and somewhat represent my style and the direction I want to go), I could start e-mailing people. Unfortunalety, that's not the case. So, I'm really going to have to step up my game and start drawing like a madman. I have tons of ideas, so I should get something done soon. I will. I'm optimistic.

Possibly maybe

2007-03-26T22:59:00.000+02:00

I've been a bit uninspired and discouraged lately with this illustration thing, but I'm starting to get over that. I don't have any images to post yet, but I have a few projects that I'm working on. I have deadly sin number two under construction, and then some experments with vector (I haven't done anything in vector for ages, but I'm actually getting excited about that, I've discovered a new way to work with them). Then I want to make an image with Björk in it. I sketched her for hours yesterday - luckily she has loads of pictures of her in her site. Portrait drawing is very difficult, but drawing portraits of Björk is an artform itself, she has such an unconventional face! I think she's beautiful. I still haven't got it quite right, so there's some work to do there.

Since I don't have much work of my own to show yet, I thought I'd throw you some links to sites, that have inspired me lately.
Justin Wood
Jon Todd
Chinese vintage calendar cards
miniaturemouse
Yoko Tanji
Frederik Jurk
(I didn't ask permission for posting these, so if someone mentioned above sees this and gets offended by being linked, send me furious comments!)

Here are the least crappy Björk-sketches:

Twins/Wired

2007-03-13T21:26:00.000+02:00

I feel like such a whore for making that trendy pattern in the background! I guess I'll do something really ugly and artsy next time to repent.

Here's another version of the image:

There's a slightly different feel to it. I usually end up with a large file in Photoshop, with dozens of layers and then I hide most of them. I had many different elements in this one, but most of them were confusing the image rather than contributing, so they had to go. I almost threw a tiger in the mix as well, but backed out in the last minute.. ha. Enough is enough.

Chill

2007-03-07T13:19:00.000+02:00

I'm doodling like crazy. My sister used to have a cap like that when we were little.

Chingis Khan and the chariot of frogs

2007-03-07T04:27:00.000+02:00

I'm a little ashamed to admit it, but this is what I've been working on for a couple of days. It was just going to be a quick scetch-like image, but I got obsessed about the frogs. I just couldn't get them looking right. They still don't! I think I should have made them in vector, but all I have in my mac is Illustrator, and I'm more used to working with Freehand, so I didn't want to bother... also it doesn't even work properly, crashes every five minutes. So, there are my excuses. But I decided to post it, because I'll propably keep on working on it if I don't.

Staying on the theme:

Markers and wrapping paper

2007-03-02T01:02:00.000+02:00

I wanted to draw something fun and easy-going and this is what I came up with:

I really should get out of the house more. What's good about these doodles though, is that I have something to hang on my walls. I finish most of my work digitally and I don't have a printer yet, so all I have is scetches and fragments of finished pieces.

I'm getting inspired of this madonna-theme. I know it's been done many times before, but who cares! So is everything else. I might do something more ambitious with it in the future. I think I have a 3 seated brain by the way. I always have three distinct ideas of images I want to do (along with many hazy ones); every time I complete one image, some other idea comes along. Works every time (has for now anyway, I guess it's time to panic when I have two of them left...).

Kill your darlings

2007-02-28T03:51:00.000+02:00

Occasionally it's good to do some creative slaughtering. Lately I've been drawing hair a lot, and pattern. So in this one I hid the hair under the hood and didn't do any pattern at all. But now that I look at it, I did kind of compensate with the creature's hair, and it does even look patternish, so does the hood. I guess I'm just a sentimental old fool... But I did leave it looking more unfinished than my work usually, and I'm very proud of that!

Gravity

2007-02-20T02:30:00.000+02:00

Some hair obeys gravity, some doesn't.

This is actually part of the Seven deadly sins -series I'm doing (guess which one this is! - I'll tell you next friday). I wanted to experiment with this "abundance of everything" -style. It's a bit pompous for my taste, and it takes sooo much time and effort (I'm still out of breath from this one), allthough there are elements that I like, too. Actually it was kind of stupid to take on the seven deadly sins with this exhausting style, there are six more sins to illustrate... I feel like I painted myself into a corner!

I've been doing this for a while, and it's not finished yet. I think I'll add some pattern to the dress, and maybe some decorative elements in the background. No, I don't think it's too much...

edit: Thanks everyone for your comments! Wei Ning, you were absolutely right, it's pride.

I want your skull

2007-02-17T06:07:00.000+02:00

I'm sending this one to I want you skull, hoping to be in their next print zine. I think they're getting more submission now than the last time, so it might be tough to get in. Also, the skulls aren't really the dominant theme here (as required in their guidelines), so it might be a bit too cute for them! Might as well send it though. It was fun to make, so it's not all in vain.

edit:
I simplified the image a little, and added the bird as a sceleton. Ha, still it really seems that this piece refuses to be about sceletons, no matter how much sceletal stuff I add to it! Well, I tried. So here's the version that I actually submitted:

Crash

2007-02-14T19:52:00.000+02:00

Just a quick drawing for Illustration Friday this time, I've been kind of busy this week. I'll be posting about that soon!

My favorite crash.

Ancient history

2007-02-07T03:29:00.000+02:00

I revamped an old crappy theatre poster I made a few years ago (if anyone involved in the production is reading, I did the best I could at the time...). It was a modern version of The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare. There's something that still bothers me a little about this poster... I don't know. Maybe it's the line on the right. I'll propably change it tomorrow.

edit: I fixed the line a bit, and moved the whole thing a tad to the right. It feels kind of nice to be designing again. I get material for my portfolio (which I desperately need), and at least I won't be that rusty if I ever find work again!

Some long due doodling

2007-02-06T16:42:00.000+02:00

My TV broke last week, and I've been forced to figure out something actually usefull to do with my time. So I doodled. I think I should make a habit of it, because I really need to develope my drawing technique. Too bad I'm so lazy! Although I've been suspiciously active lately now that the TV's not on all the time, go figure...

Sprout

2007-02-04T04:58:00.000+02:00

It's a miracle that I got this done so quickly, I guess not going overboard with the topics every time helps a bit. I completely ripped off Paul Klee with this one! I can't decide on the colour, what do you think?

I'm obsessed with Shonen Knife.

Red

2007-02-01T03:47:00.000+02:00

I know it's kind of weird, I have no explanation for it.

I'm pretty new to illustration, so my style is still developing. Right now it's pretty much all over the place, I'm experimenting with all kinds of stuff. I have no idea where it's going to land next. It's exciting and frustrating at the same time!

Here's a song to go with the picture.

Mathilde

2007-01-22T16:25:00.000+02:00

Here's two versions of a song that was an inspiration to my picture this week:
Scott Walker
Jacque Brel
I like them both, but Jacque Brel is my favourite, he's just out of this world!

80's

2007-01-17T01:27:00.000+02:00

Yes, it's fanart! John McEnroe has got to be the coolest person ever! Watching tennis was just not nearly as fun anymore after he retired. The face looks a bit funny, I know, but at the moment I'm much too tired and unambitious to do anything about it.

Since you've all been so kind to me, here's a little bonus piece I made with a painting software similar to Paintbrush for Windows, which was published in 1985 (yes, I wear glasses). I had so much fun doing this, beats the hell out of photoshopping:

Some of my favorite 80's music to go with the theme:
99 luftballons
Girls on film
Close to me

Anti-buzz

2007-01-10T04:39:00.000+02:00

It should actually be called "boredom". I think boredom is essential and very fruitful in right doses. This was a very laborous work, and it didn't turn out the way I pictured it at all. I worked on the postures forever and I'm still not completely happy with them, I think they're a bit rigid (which comes from working on them for so long...). I put some razzle dazzle around them at first to fool the eye, but I took most of it off, I don't really like razzle dazzle that much... I'm very happy that I finally got it done though, now I can move on to new, even more frustrating projects!

Happy 2007!

2006-12-31T16:09:00.000+02:00

I swear my intention is not to wish you happy new year with a Kalashnikov (at least not all of you...), this just happens to be the piece I have been working on. There's no explanation for it really, just an image that popped in to my head. I'm sort of reprogramming myself colourwise. Purple and green are difficult for me, so I'm using them on purpose. I think they go well with paranoia...

Happy New Year everyone! It's going to be better than the last one, I just know it.

Help

2006-12-18T04:42:00.000+02:00

And now for something completely different! I'm not sure about the trees in this one, but other than that I'm pretty happy with it.

Mask

2006-12-15T13:03:00.000+02:00

This is my entry for this week's topic in illustration friday. I would have wanted to add more elements to it, but didn't really have that much time. Propably better that way, because I tend to overdo it. I had to force myself to take my paws off of this one, but here it is.