Keeping myself busy

Well hello lovely readers!

I totally didn't realize that more than 2 weeks passed by! Ever since I decided to end my studies, I'm trying to get into this new routine and I've been drawing a lot, meeting with friends & organizing administration work and well...more boring stuff. But man! It's really strange not to have the pile of college work on my desk anymore. Sometimes I still feel something is missing, because up till now I always studied something. So whenever that happens, I just add a pile of art work on my desk. Problem solved hehe.

The plan for me now is to focus on my illustration work now and get a part time job on the side. Also I will open an online shop within the next few weeks. Hooraay!! That way my illustrations shall be more available to all of you and you can decide what you want to get for yourself. Of course if you want something customized, just let me know. I got a bunch of themes waiting, but I'll show you two in this post.

First theme is: Mermaids!!I shall show you two illustrations. They are in the ink form now, but I will colour them somewhere this week.

Who doesn't love mermaids! Okay second theme is: Halloween! Halloween is on it's way!! I know maybe some people don't want to think about the holidays that are located in the darker & colder months of the year, because it's still Summer. But ever since the summer holidays ended in Holland, the warm weather also went away -_-. I just love Halloween and it's funny because I never had a proper Halloween party, mainly because Halloween wasn't known in Holland when I was little. I have several illustrations on this theme, so I will show 2 from them, because this post is getting huge already hehe.

So what do you think? I think they turned out pretty cool. Have to say, the sky was a pain in the #$%^ to paint. I added at least 4 layers in it and every time I looked at the painting when I had just 1 or 2 layers in it, i want to start all over again, because in my mind it looked like crap. But my sisters kept telling me it already looked great and I just had to continue painting. So I did just that, even though it was a bit difficult at times haha. Sometimes you just have to pull through and believe that the end result will look great!

Tattoo news!! My aunt got the tattoo! I only have a one slightly good picture of it. It was in the evening and she had to put vaseline on it, so the flash got in the way -_-.

Looks pretty neat huh?!

Next to that, I and several other bloggers got an honorable mention on mr. Konway's blog. You can find the post here and the links to the other cool blogs as well.  His blog contains news on lots different subjects. So certainly worth to have a peek on. Thanks Konway, for the Konway Approval stamp! I'll also add it on the Awards page.

I think I will wrap this post up! I'm working on a lot of small projects and a pretty large painting for a good cause, but I will tell more about this in the next post ^_^.

Have a great rest of the week!
Ciao!

Just be Happy!

Good day my dear readers,

The weather has been soo lovely lately! An instant boost of happiness. I kid you not. It's really nice to see how the world outside my window is slowly being warmed up by the sun. I do hope it stays this way and that the Spring has come a bit early. (You see Sensi...the sun does like me haha!)

But on to drawings! Yes, this post is all about staring at pictures! Okay the first one, I created this one for my friend Cathy and her husband Rory. Cathy is a sweet lady who embraces positivity in life. I created something a while back, but I never got around to finish it. It's so easy to create smaller sketches amongst all my paperwork *sigh*. But it's done and I'm really glad she liked it!

Enlarge it for better view and Claire, relax! These aren't bubbles hehe!

I thought working with a lot color would be nice and I even came up with a slogan to fit it all. Main idea was to create a colorful, happy illustration. So being happy: I do think, that you have to start at yourself by being positive and this will be noticed by others. So in other words Start with your own sunshine to illuminate the world around you. Of course this can be strengthened if you surround yourself with things that make you happy.

On to....mystical creatures ha! Another friend of mine mr. Lonewolfrepose, asked me if I could draw unicorns for email buttons. Say hello to...oh shoot! LWR...what are their names?

The blue one is inspired by Disney's Pegasus from Hercules.

On to the next one! When I still had classes last year, I drew something with a cupcake and birdies and girls. My friend asked if she could have this as a bigger drawing. How can I refuse an opportunity to draw :D. So I created what you can see below:

The next one is a stamp design that I created for Nicx. This time a chibi boy. Up till now I only created chibi girls. I think I need to start drawing more chibi boys...

Peace!

Last but not least, I received the 'Happy Blog' Award from Mystique Earth. Many Thanks Mystique Earth ^_^! I do have to apologize that I won't answer the questionnaire that came with it properly. I had to state 10 things that made me happy. Well, there are a bunch of things that make me happy. Drawing!! And of course a sunny day, a good book, music, cookies, doing something unexpected for a friend etc. My list can go on and on. I also had to pass it on to 10 other bloggers, but I can't choose -_-'...

But! I would love to know what makes you happy?

So this concludes this week's post! Hope you liked all the drawings! Believe me, there are a bunch more that I can show you guys. If there's something you would like to see or know, just...let me know.

Wish you all a wonderful week & take care everyone!

Cya!

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