sleep is in order (edited)

winter vacation has started and i’m so happy. but uncertain. but happy.

oh well.

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woke up in the morning and decided to experiment with the illo a little more. i initially drew it so i could see how it looks to work straight from a pencil drawing instead of inking the line art like i usually do. and i wanted to try colouring a poofy tutu with my wacom pen. the birdcage and branches are elements from a wrapping-paper scan i bought quite a whole ago. i love how the illo turned out fitting for the festive season. it’s a little girly, but you know, i’m proud to to embrace my inner girliness  :b .

and since i’m not going anywhere this winter vacation, i have quite a bit of time to experiment with the bubbles in my head. hopefully i will be able catch a few of them and show some results here.

yey ♪

 

for baby megan and illustration friday: similar

and a little closer up ~

 

2: childhood memories

 

2: cats, lots of cats (one will not do)

one of things i fell in love with in japan is kitty mangas-monthly magazines devoted to 4-column (mostly) comic strips of kitties and their pet human. there are so many publications of the same type of magazine it’s hard to stop myself from buying them all. but luckily for me, i have a few favourite titles so with a little self control, i can pick out the one i want and escape from the bookshop. i already have a shelf full of them, which means a shelf full of kitty reference.

this is the lineart for item 2: cats (lots of cats, one will not do). i initially started designing for a wall paper but ended up with a tree instead. it’s been coloured digitally but i’ll keep that for a little later. hurray for kitties!

edit: and this is the coloured version.

 

illustration friday : packed

my sister-in-law once told me the easiest way to pack might be to throw everything into a bed sheet and drag it to the new place. i’ve yet to try out this method but i think it works for this week’s illustration friday topic. *laugh*

and over here in aizu, summer has packed up and gone. the autumn rain is making me cold, heavy and tired. i spent this weekend watching project runway season 5 but the contestants of this season just lack the likeability of the contestants in the previous seasons. i find myself not particularly inspired by their fashion nor interested in who will make it to the top three. but maybe it’s just because i’m feeling blah. hopefully, i will get out of this funk soon enough and feel a little better.

 

distracted

totally totally totally distracted. thank god for long weekends.

鳥と散歩中　mixed media on wood

 

illustration friday: clutter

where there is clutter, dustbunnies come out to play.

 

illustration friday: memories

if i look hard enough, i can still see her

 

and there are bears too. lots of them.

illustration friday : sugary

i know i’m not supposed to be using an old illustration. but i’m all tied up this week and this just seems so right for the theme, so i couldn’t resist. (>.<)

 

一期一会

i finally drew and painted on a cardboard that had been lying around in my apartment for the longest time. and it was only when i finished that i realised i was preparing myself to say goodbye to some JET friends i have grown to love this past 2 years that they have been here. there is so much more i want to say but as usual words fail me.

会津で出会えてよかったよ。