Heyhey and welcome to day 3 of the first QUARTERLY CREATIVE PROJECT. :) Before I start I wanted to mention to the people reading and living in Germany : Please - if you like to, of course! - go and buy the newest issues of "Simply Kreativ" AND the special the magazine "Brigitte" just released this month for sewing, knitting, crocheting, patchwork, embroidering, etc. Both are really good, and I bought them myself yesterday! They are even cat-approved!!
Yoshi* likes the articles, as well as the gimmicks of the "Simply Kreativ" mag. ^^
Next, of course, I drew a portrait today :). This time, it was still not "perfect" BUT I can see some progress, BUT you have to make sure not to laugh, *kay? That is because I chose a character we all met at some point, and not a "real human being" (except for those doing readings (cartomancy) with skat cards), but I am talking too much again ...
Ladies and Gentlemen!! Here he is!!
I guess you guys know who he is already? If not, here is the comparison picture, also for reference on what the effing eff I did wrong this time. But again, what is perfection? An enemy. That*s right *nods*!
Hahaha :D. I hope you like what you see. If not, still go and buy those magazines :). If you live here, that is!
Love you!!
*talks to herself* "This is about making progress ... This is about making progress ... This is about-" OH, HAI.
So, this is the result of the second portrait I tried drawing, and I am stressing the word "tried" here. This time, it features a famous person, namely "PS" of the bands/projects Project Pitchfork, Santa Hates You, and ImAtem. Well, these are the ones I have heard so far. They are actually really good; you should listen to their music *advertises*.
Anyways, I tried drawing him. The result was a ... I cannot describe it. I feel so ashamed, and also, it is barely recognisable. I am sorry, PS, you certainly don*t look like thiiis~!! :(
But, this is about progress. I might get back to drawing him again once I feel more comfy drawing portraits. As of now, I am not content with this at all. But this is (also) probably my perfectionism speaking. Hm. Anyways, here it is :
TADAAA! I know you can hardly see it. I didn*t drew the left ... Unfortunately.
BLAH.
Hello my dear readers :)!
Yesterday, I have been having a not-so-good day, and ended up writing a really depressive entry into my paper diary. Somehow there were several things placed on that diary and I had to go through them anyways and found some old ideas of mine, some tips on how to cope with having too many goals for one lifetime, and such. But first things first :
When writing all these things down (the ones I found last night), I had been reading the book "What Do I Do When I Want To Do Everything?" by Barbara Sher. Well, the German version, of course. Anyways, this book deals with a certain type of people, which Barbara Sher called "scanners" : Their interests have a broad variety, many think they have to put everything into their job to really enjoy it, but since they are never completely fulfilled with doing only one thing out of their interests, they suffer greatly and in the end most likely quit.
I found out I must be one of those people, and it was at first not really easy to accept my "milestones" as what they were. In fact, I had forgotten long after working with the book that I even had milestone moments in life, and maybe that was what pulled me down.
However, I went through all these old ideas, and I stumbled over the term "quarterly creative project", which is exactly what it sounds like : You choose something to do creatively for the next three months and work your way through all the ideas you have, concentrate on one topic for a quarter of a year. I wasn*t sure what to choose but since I had tried to draw portraits and I wish to become better, I will choose drawing portraits as the first challenge for three months. I hope I will finally be able to draw shadows for real (Since this is the biggest trouble I have with drawing portraits), and that I will learn new techniques and get to draw a LOT more :).
I of course don*t want to give up other things, and I might end up doing them, too, but I find the idea to work on something that intensely really thrilling!
Here*s the first portrait of the series. The one I worked on today. Let*s see how my portraits look in three months, shall we?
I will keep you updated. And yes, I put the original there for comparison. See you later, alligator!
Heyho. ^^
The past few days I have been working on various things, but mainly music. Today I thought it would be awesome to draw a little with my felt-tips, and since I did want to draw a certain person (Those who know me a bit better will know who :D ... Közi!!), I ended up searching for a good original picture & found one from the time when "Le Ciel" was recorded (or at least a photoshoot was done with the band Malice Mizer). I love drawing Közi, really :)!!
The picture itself is a *bit* minimalistic, but I still like it somehow! I actually wanted to call the picture "What does the artist want to tell us with this?", but I didn*t. Instead, I wrote some pseudo-French phrases in the upper right corner :
"Nous sommes dans le ciel.
Nous sommes dans l*air.
Il n*y a pas de peur."
(Then I wanted to find a word rhyming with this but granny* came in twice to ask for some wool to knit, so I couldn*t continue / think of anything ...)
I hope you like it nevertheless; here it is :
Looking forward to hearing from you guys soon!! ^___^
What*s up, people? I hope you are alright, and in a good mood. Me being not here very often DOESN*T mean I didn*t get to do anything creative at all. It just means that I wasn*t here in some time. :)
I first want to share with you a picture I drew inspired by a challenge for 101 to be done in 1001 days, and I drew it on my birthday which was on the 2nd of May. It shows my favourite musician of all time, whose name is Közi. He is the best, and I had a good time drawing it, plus I always like the expression in these pictures.
Here it is *ahem*!
I hope you like it :).
The next one I*d like to show you is a picture I drew in 2006. It took me several days to finish it, and I remember sitting at a table on the balcony of our former flat, and the sun was shining, and I had several pictures for reference lying around me. It was quite cool :).
I don*t know why I had to add chibis to that, I guess some pictures just called for chibis to be added, and I hope the person drawn here (Közi) wouldn*t be angry with me if he knew what I have done ...
Anyhow, I hope you enjoy it :) (and that you can see everything ;^^;) ...
