kelpaisiko monimutkainen järjestelmälukko

 

Hellooo~!

 

This is a pikapostaus.

Things have been so hectic! I haven't had time to write at all...

I have now moved and started my studies in university, it's over two months already. The first weeks were hard, long days at university, and I have been so tired that I dozed at lectures... Now I have to study a lot. -__- But I have met some awesome people here and the studies seems interesting (but VERY hard, I have to admit..)!

I decided to challenge myself. It was maybe a month ago, I was browsing tumblr, and came across some frickin' good art works (mainly made with computer though). I watched them full of jealousy and thought "Why I can't draw like that?". There were many works with gorgeous backgrounds and they made me want to draw one myself (as you may have noticed I mainly draw just people, nothing more). And then, just guess how it went! Without even realizing it, I decided to go the hard way, a background I came up with was a night time scenery above the city! Just think how hard it is, to draw all the light coming from below + the moon light from above, and try to get it look good and realistic too! I had desperate moments with that work, and I'm not very happy how it became... well, I'm still improving my skills on this area...

I'm sad that I don't have time for drawing now because of studies. It was so nice to be on a holiday and draw like every day! I want to draw, this is making me a bit irritated...

The last books of the jpn literature "challenge", read these ages ago... Just guess which book doesn't match with the others :D but Ring was a good book, shame that I can't find the second part anywhere, story was left quite open in the first book...

Time has passed and I have had these nails:


bye!★

S K U L L

Hello!


...It's so cold!! I'm sad, I had to use a jacket when I went out, the summer can't be over yet!! I still haven't gone to a picnic or beach! Oh noooo!

Recently I have been interested in drawing cartoons again, and really drew some. I draw everything by hand using only black pen, though it would be nice to draw by computer too. I really like the contrast of black and white in cartoons!
I finally finished one story which I started when I was in junior high (I will not show it, it's a bit embarrassing since it's so simple, clichéd and melancholic love story... but it's so great because it's so bad XD) and continued the storyboard of one other story, which was supposed to be some kind of fantasy... The problem is that I don't know what the whole thing really is about (I have only planned the beginning and some other scenes), so I am in the same situation as the main character, who is wondering "what the hell is going on?" .. :D This is my first time using storyboard before drawing, but that doesn't mean that the plot would be very good.. I want to get rid of that story and start a new one! My weakness is that I don't want to plan a plot, I just want to draw it, and so they became very simple... but funny later. Because of that I ought to draw short stories, but that fantasy story is going to be very long...

I finally used my fabric markers! The original idea was to draw a picture on a white shirt, but I didn't find any suitable model so I decided to decorate a canvas bag instead. Those fabric markers were better than I thought, they seemed to be for children so I was little worried... Here is some pictures about the process:



Ready!

I like to draw human skulls! Pääkallo is so nice word haha<3 I draw them as tattoos and prints for the people I draw, is so simple way to do "the cool/horror/pirate effect". XD If you could see more of my drawings than I show, you would spot (too) many skulls... There's one I found, some random dude holding death's head; "To be or not to be?"

This is another canvas bag I decorated when I was maybe fourteen, this is done by textile printing. Weird picture, some woman jumping into the unknown... I have just recently started to like it...



A late birthday present from my sisters, "a survival kit"....

... containing all kinds of useful things I might need when moving out home!

Simple, once again... lazines takes over

...I have been reading a lot this summer... as some have noticed, mostly books by Japanese authors. I had a mission of reading Japanese literature available in our local library, I thought that it would be a good way to get to know more about the culture and the people. I don't know if I am wiser now, but I have read many good books, so I can't say that my mission was a total failure..

If you want to read a different book, read Parfyymi (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer). I thought that it would be a boring detective story, but I was wrong. I found out that book very interesting.


...I guess that's all for this time,
bye!★

Avaruuden kieltäminen = pinta

Heippa!!


It has happened a lot in recent weeks!

I for example celebrated my birthday. I turned 19 (so old already lol) and had a little birthday party. I got a cute handmade apron from a friend (among other things) ! I also got a birthday card from my Japanese friend, with whom I haven't been in contact for a long time, and that made me really happy. Somehow her cards have always been so gorgeous that I don't know if she picks the best cards or if all the cards in Japan looks so fantastic... 



My birthday look

Our family also took a holiday trip in Rovaniemi. We stayed at hotel, went to the artic circle and Arktikum, saw reindeer and did other things you do in Rovaniemi as a tourist. I and my sister also went shopping, and I bought jeans, accessories and a cute cardigan. We also went to the Korundi, which is a house of culture in the center of Rovaniemi. There was works by Reidar Särestöniemi and I liked his weird and colourful style a lot! Our trip in a nutshell by pictures:



Some other pictures from recent weeks:



usamimi wnb



I have been reading (interesting) books again.. As you can see that all of them are related to Japan :D  I liked The tale of Genji a lot, but it's so sad that only 1/3 of it has been translated in Finnish, and I can't find the English translation of it... That book by Endo was maybe the best which I have read from him this far, and that book by Kaori Ekuni was so good! I read only good books, haha.

I have also started to watch Uragiri wa boku no namae wo shitteiru. I fell in love with the coloured artworks of that manga. I saw them in a French magazine MadeinJapanplus, and that triggered my interest to watch that anime, though it is labelled as shonen ai, of which I am not really interested in as a genre... So far I have only been laughing at the cliches of Uraboku, but, in the end, it is very entertaining anime. And I have to say this, Luka is cool.

 ...I have been really irritated because Animecon and Ilosaarirock happened to be during the same weekend. Because of that I don't anyone to accompany me in the Animecon, I really wanted to go, though I am little afraid that cons aren't my thing anymore. So I am going to go only to Ilosaari.. Anyway, why hold two big events in the same part of  Finland at the same time? >:(

bye!★

Mahdottoman Prosessin Mikroskooppinen Selitys

Hello!!

Recently I have been..

1) ...working. My summer job lasted only from Monday to Friday, but I had fun as an art camp assistant again! In the camp children made for example their own badges (theme was bugs), and I was allowed to do my own too!



my bug badge, I hate bugs :D

2)... watching movies. I don't often watch movies (or tv), but recently I watched 4:

Sucker Punch, Pokémon 10: Rise of Darkrai, Easy A and Summer Wars.  I can
recommend them all expect the Pokémon movie, it wasn't bad but it was.. well, a Pokémon movie. :D

 

I watched also the last two episodes of Japanese drama Hotaru no hikari. It was definitely that kind of drama which makes you want to shout to characters what they should do (when they're doing the opposite thing) while watching... :D I thought that I will watch Kimi ni todoke next..

3)... reading books. Since it's holiday I finally have time to read... I liked a lot of the book in the middle, Vilpittömästi sinun by Pekka Hiltunen, it was very interesting! Recently I have also read Dragonball a lot, it's such good a manga! 

4)... checking our wardrobes. From one wardrobe (where we keep old clothes) I found orange shorts! I had to narrow them a bit. I planned to do that myself, but when I asked one stupid question about the sewing machine my mother decided to do that for me :'''D (I can use it, really :D) But now their shape is like I wanted it to be! I'm very happy because I now got some colour to my "style", I own so many black and white clothes..

The shorts, high waist!



From my own wardrobe, I found some shirts, which I have bought at a reduced price but haven't used because they are quite big and didn't seem to match with any of my clothes.. So I decided to try them on again.

"Non violent tee", I bought this because I liked the colours

"Travelling at the speed of light - Travelling at the speed of sound" I loved the text. 

...I guess I will start to wear those. :D I found also my Hello Kitty kigurumi, I haven't used it after Animecon 2009.

I know you love pixels

5) ...doing other random stuff. I have tried to draw but it didn't feel good so I gave up, for a while.


It's soooo nice weather so I'm going out now!

bye!★