Goodbye 2009, Hello 2010

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I had a lovely time (despite the fact I was still feeling sick. Stupid flu -_-'') and the food was very tasty. As usual fun times always pass by so quickly! Ah well, a button to freeze time hasn't been invented yet (I need to work on my inventions!). So let's all proceed with the countdown towards the New Year!

Goodbye 2009

Yes. I tried to draw some quick fireworks there.
Please don't laugh...too loud...

Hello 2010!!

Have to say, 2009, was filled with lots of things. Opportunities, chances, new friends and catching up with old friends. Yes. I had moments where I thought 'What the !@#$ is happening now', but in the end it all turned out okay (in some cases...sort of okay hehe).

A big THANK YOU to everyone for sticking around. Reading or skimming through my rambling, leaving comments, shouts and sending emails. I really appreciate every single one!! I can assure you more of this will come in 2010. Should I warn you? I would, but even I don't know what the next ramble will be and I think the element of surprise has to be kept in my future posts...that is if you guys were surprised...

So for now I wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR! May it be filled with adventure, happiness, music, good health, love, goodies, luck and well all those things! If things didn't turn out all too well in 2009; just try to learn from your mistakes, start afresh and with new positivity! At least that's what I will try to do the next year ^_^!

Have an awesome time everyone, be careful with fireworks and cya all in 2010!

Ciao!

Santa Claus is coming to town!!

Just want to wish you all a

Very Merry Christmas

in a typical TJ way ^_^!!




What are your plans this year? This year I will spend Christmas Eve and my grandparents and first Christmas day will be at my Uncle's house and the second day...I will just chill with my sisters and watch movies, dance around and bake goodies. And good news! The weather dude told that the chances for a white Christmas are very very high!

I'm quite happy at this moment haha! So just let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...only not too much otherwise I will be snowed in...

As you can see to your right...my view since a few days ago. Maybe not a lot of snow for people who see snow every year. But this amount of snow hasn't fallen in the Netherlands for the last 30 years...

Oh! before I go: I made this drawing for a friend of mine, but I thought it is fun to share it with you too ^_^! Enlarge the image for the full Christmas Caroling effect....

Yes, what would you do if you heard the doorbell, rushed to open the door, because you know maybe Santa would be standing there...but instead of Santa...you see a bunch of Christmas Carolers...all singing a different Christmas song...

Have an awesome time guys!!

Ciao!

Are you eyeing me?

And hello again!

After a few sunny days, the sun decided to hide again and to give the rain a chance to grace the pavements with its drops. Yeah as if the rain doesn't have enough chances during the rest of the year...and I don't like the rain...it makes my hair frizz haha (and I don't know why I'm laughing...it's NOT a pretty sight).

Hey, have you guys been noticing that it is already getting darker around 10pm or something? The fall is approaching! Not that I mind though, my birthday is in the fall and I love the colors of the leaves and the idea of Halloween is also very fun! Okay wait, not that Halloween is a big hype in The Netherlands and I have to say that whatever we in The Netherlands call Halloween...well it's just waay to commercial for me...

But yeah Halloween, I like the image they portray of it in the movies haha. I wonder what I would choose as an outfit (you are never too old to dress up my friends!). Sometimes I think it's just because you have the opportunity to buy lots of orange and black things. It's not that you see lots of dressed up kids walking through the streets, yelling trick or treat at the doors (yes in Dutch we say 'snoep of je leven', freely translated it means 'candy or your life'...yeah that doesn't sound too happy now does it heheheh). And this is also the case with other holidays, like Sinterklaas (Anybody know about this holiday? If not just yell and I shall put on my glasses and explain!) and Christmas.
The products related with these holidays are already on the shelves at the beginning of September! Helloooo people!! Summer isn't really over yet, you need time to adjust to the fact that it soon will be over and the products related with the winter are already hitting your face! Yeah, that's not so funny. You need to make a mental switch from summer (bright and light) to winter (well ehm...cold and dark), rather quickley. So I have the feeling that this is done, just to make some extra profits, because you will get attempted to buy the chocolate goodies or cookies...

Ah well, you can't control everything now, can we ^_^?


One feature that I draw a lot are eyes...just to practice and to keep myself busy.

The eyes *please imagine a mysterious background tune* can instantly brighten up a drawing or make it more expressive...but to draw these can also be a huge pain in the 'you know what'' area (please excuse me for the dramatic twist)!! For me it's because I can't seem to get two identical eyes. Okay it's not that that eyes in general are always the same (because one can a bit bigger than the other and so on...just take a look in the mirror), but I mean you do have a general pattern to follow right? Usually, I draw the eyes as last in my drawings.

But sometimes I just don't get the right vibe or feeling from a sketch and I draw the eyes a bit sooner. I think, it can help you to determine how the character should stand/pose (remember the Bond Lady...her eyes had a soft expression, while I was going for a bold sassy lady...yeah I drew the eyes first here...). Anyway, when I'm somewhere waiting or sitting in the library, during lessons (hehehe) or in the subway I draw...you guys get the picture right? It can be almost anywhere ^_^!



Oh the next pair of eyes, I made with a Nintendo DS, with a program named Colors! A nice program, I don't use it anymore though, but I made this on a first attempt. Whahaha I impressed myself when I did that *applauds for herself*.




The eyes I make are in an anime style. Whaha my whole drawing technique is based on anime. I never tried drawing realistic though. But at the moment I feel more comfortable when I draw in this style. So I stick to this for now ^_^! But the features I really need to take a look at and start practicing are the....hands!! I just can't draw normal fingers and it annoys me sometimes! Luckily with chibi's you don't have this problem, but yeah, I need to take a look at this soon!

To the reader who draws as well, do you have a feature you usually draw?

To all the other readers: is there something you would like to see drawn or something you want to know about me? I think I will post a 'random facts about me' soon.

Well, I'm off to make some pancakes!!

Cyaa later!