snowflakes and blackvampiressnowflakes and blackvampiresI have always loved arts, but I stopped creating things myself the past years. To get back on track I started with atcs a year ago and it really helped stimulate my creativity. Now I am slowly trying to start bigger scale work. Articles
Find Me ...
2008-04-04 12:24:00 ... on this page sketched by Damien Weighill:We are back home from Israel, and Iīll post some entries about it next week. More About: Find
Jerusalem
2008-03-27 09:33:00 I canīt believe than Iīm already blogging about our trip, though we havenīt even had a look at the city. Benjamin is blogging about the trip daily, so while heīs busy at the moment, I have a few minutes time for checking my emails on his mac.Hereīs a pic of a shuttle taxi from Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv to Jerusalem . I forgot a brush so I had to use a Q-Tip for the color.
Iīm off to...
2008-03-26 07:00:00 this place for a week:Iīll hopefully come back with lots of drawings, rest, etc.
Wonderful Portrait Exchange (And Another Contest)
2008-03-21 09:39:00 Here is the wonderful portrait I received from Rama Hughes of the Portrait Party. I just love it and I think (hope) that it really shows me."the photo from which this painting of kerstin (above) was drawn has been used for so many portrait swaps that it seems like an icon to me now. i thought about asking for a new picture but i was curious to see how my version would turn out. kerstin's drawing of me on the other hand (below) took me by complete surprise. it's like a portrait of my daydreams!" Rama HughesIf you want to have the chance to get one of these great portraits by Rama Hughes, just join the the happy birthday party contest. Everybody gets a chance and I have the honor of being one of the jurors. More About: Contest , Exchange , Wonderful
Happy Purim!
2008-03-20 23:22:00 We just came back from a Purim party. My son had no chance with his costume against all the princesses and dancers, etc. but it was my favorite one. Only one more girl which had a cool costume. She came as "death". More About: Happy
Juice Passion
2008-03-19 02:59:00 Whenever I see a new little juice bottle, I just have to get it. The content isnīt that important. I do love juices (usually the pure ones) but if the bottle is nice, Iīll also drink smoothies and shakes. The best juice Iīve ever had was the orange juice in Amsterdam and freshly squeezed pomergranate juice in India.I started a drawing journal a few days ago, mainly to get rid of the side-effects of this passion. As I buy the drink because of its outer packing I just canīt throw the bottles away. But I do not want to collect them. Now I can draw them and then throw them out. Woo hoo! Youīll find sketches of these juices randomly across in my journal. More About: Passion , Juice
IF: Heavy (Stark By Ich + Ich)
2008-03-18 01:10:00 This weeks theme for Illustration Friday is "heavy". I havenīt joined the weekly challenge for weeks (or maybe months), mainly because I canīt find the Moleskine sketchbook which I used for IF and IFN. I guess it was time to draw into another one.I discovered the band Ich + Ich at Dragonrope. I like the music. Actually it may be a bit kitschy, but I really like the words and the voices and the emotions the singers convey. Iīll be posting more of them soon.Stark by Ich + IchIch bin seit Wochen unterwegs und trinke zu viel Bier und Wein.Meine Wohnung ist verödet, meinen Spiegel schlag ich kurz und klein.Ich bin nicht der, der ich sein will und will nicht sein, wer ich bin.Mein Leben ist das Chaos, schau mal genauer hin.Ich bin tierisch eifersüchtig und ungerecht zu Frauen.Und wenn es ernst wird, bin ich noch immer abgehauen.Ich frage gerade dich: Macht das alles einen Sinn?Mein Leben ist ein Chaos, schau mal genauer hin.Und du glaubst ich bin stark und ich kenn den Weg.Du bildest dir ... More About: Heavy
Tokyo In Sight!
2008-03-13 00:02:00 Well, the title of this post may be exaggerated, but today I won in the lottery. Usually I play once or twice a year. But then Dorin Popa (a guy from Munich) started a lottery blog. Each week he buys a lottery ticket and if you have saved his address in your blog roll or comment on his blog you join the lottery automatically.Of course people started fantasizing what they would do with the money. Me too. I was sure if I would win a larger sum, I would go on a holiday trip. The past days I have been thinking, reading and even dreaming a lot of Tokyo . Today night I thought to myself that if I ever wanted to fly to Japan, I would need to buy a lotto ticket. Thatīs what I did online at 3 am in the morning.Today I won and if I do so a few more times I can book my flight to Tokyo. :) What a great year!Actually I do not have any relationship to Japan and I guess I have pretty touristy interests in Tokyo, but the city is just too tempting. I think of Geishas, Sumo Wrestling , Bondage, Sushi, ... More About: Noodles , Sight
New Book, Hot Coffee, Empty Journal
2008-03-11 08:11:00 Take an empty Moleskine Watercolor Sketchbook, a good book and a hot coffee and all of it will lead to a new idea: For a detailed view click on the images. More About: Journal , Coffee , Book , Empty
Spider-Rama
2008-03-09 20:39:00 Remember the Portrait Party contest I won? I finally drew the portrait of Rama Hughes. Heīs a huge fan of Spider man, so I tried to make a Superhero out of him. I couldnīt help but smile when the portrait was done. Somehow he looks more cute than heroic. Usually I do all the portraits in black and white. But this one really screamed for color, so at least I added some shadows. I would love to add some color, but I have no clue how. And I would hate to spoil the pic. Any suggestions?BTW: You can check out all the portraits I drew for The Portrait Party here!
Happy Birthday from SpongeBob!
2008-03-07 12:05:00 Yesterday was my best friendīs Birthday . She wanted to have a childrensī birthday cake from me. As she loves SpongeBob SquarePants, I made her a SpongeBob cake.Happy Birthday, M.! Iīm glad to know you.When I make cakes like this, my patience wears thin, but this time I was rewarded for it: I drank two beers at the party yesterday night and for the first time in years I didnīt have a hang-over the next day. Yay for time consuming cake-making! ;) And it was fun going out to a party, which I havenīt been doing a lot lately.Happy Birthday from Patrick & Plankton too! More About: Spongebob
Luv Thy Beast (Matt M. Cipov)
2008-03-02 20:42:00 PS: If you order at Matt M. Cipov Etsy store youīll receive a whole envelope full of goodies. Besides the booklet and the prints I had ordered he had added some cards, a sweet thank you note and stickers. Thanks Matt! It will be a treat doing business with you again.Đ all images by Matt M. Cipov More About: Beast
Snow Studies By Matt M. Cipov
2008-03-02 20:14:00 Benjamin blogged about "That Smirking Face" (a collection of Haiku and Haibun) today. I had ordered the little booklet at Etsy some weeks ago because of the wonderful illustrations. Actually I discovered it while buying Snow Studies , a mini print set also illustrated by Matt M. Cipov:Đ by Matt M. CipovThe set is great and I canīt wait to frame it and find a suitable place for it in the office. Today I checked back at his Etsy store and boy, my cart is filled with numerous sets of mini prints. I just couldnīt pass his zombie studies (1,2,3,4) and the nice boys. As soon as I have the next spare money, Iīm going to have a gallery full of his pics. Woo hoo!
German PostSecret
2008-03-02 19:28:00 Iīve told you more than often that PostSecret is one of my favorite sites on the net and I have to have each of the books published by Frank Warren.Now a German PostSecret site has been launched. You can check out the secrets here and they even have an English translation."If my dad knew what I did with his brush ... It's his own fault, if he doesn't give me my pocket money."Sebastian, who runs German PostSecret, sent me a huge stack of empty PostSecret postcards to distribute in Munich. I canīt wait to see more secrets online. BTW: Secrets in English are welcomed too he said. More About: Postsecret
The Selfportrait Party
2008-02-29 10:24:00 February (in honor of Valentine's day,) was the self-portrait month at the Portrait Party . Today is February 29, so it was my last chance to draw a quick one and to post it. Here you go:
Need A New Car?
2008-02-28 11:14:00 Like this one? You can get it here!For me a car is an object of utility, unless it is this one:
Book Meme Again
2008-02-28 00:53:00 Iīve been tagged again with the book meme. This time by Die Sprachspielerin, a German blogger. So Iīm taking the chance to post another one:I picked up the autobiographical graphic memoir Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, which I just bought a few days ago: 1.) Pick up the nearest book of (at least 123 pages). 2.) Open the book to page 123. 3.) Find the fifth sentence. (I took sentences 1 to 3, as there werenīt enough sentences on that page.)4.) Post the next three sentences. 5.) Tag five people. (Fell free to tag yourself.)A wonderful quote:"Und in gewisser Hinsicht könnte man behaupten, dass das Ende meines Vaters mein Anfang war.Genauer gesagt, das Ende seiner Lüge fiel mit dem Beginn meiner Wahrheit zusammen.Denn auch ich hatte lange Zeit in der Lüge gelebt."Iīll try to translate this (Does anybody have an English copy of the comic?):"And in a way, one could state that the end of my father was my beginning.More specifically, the end of his lie coincided with the beginning of my truth.... More About: Meme , Book
Places Iīve Lived At (100 Ideas 37)
2008-02-26 12:08:00 Finally Iīm back to doing more ideas of the 100 things project by Keri Smith, which Iīm doing with Mim and Casey. 37. List all of the places you've ever lived.I have moved very often in my life. I think around 17 times. So I have lived in 10 different cities so far:Altenstadt, GermanyAlwar, Rajasthan, IndiaBirmingham, UKKottayam, Kerala, IndiaLos Angeles, USAMunich, GermanyPeiting, GermanySchongau, GermanyStuttgart, GermanyVaterstetten, Germany100 ideas More About: Ideas , Indian , Places , Lived
Congrats, Farruska!
2008-02-24 12:40:00 Farruska (Lígia Rodrigues) was the one who commented the right answer at the book quiz. Congrats! Just send me your address in an email. :)The following quote was taken from the Lord of the Rings which stands in the lowest row of my bookshelf. (Boy, I still havenīt read the book.)"There were no trees after all. He was on a dark heath, and there was a strange salt smell in the air. Looking up he saw before him a tall white tower, standing alone on a high ridge."
Book Quiz Including Prize!
2008-02-24 09:33:00 Mim, who has the coolest glasses ever was tagged by her friend FY with a book thingy, where you have to get the nearest book and pick out certain sentences. It sounded like fun so I did that too. 1.) Pick up the nearest book of (at least 123 pages). 2.) Open the book to page 123. 3.) Find the fifth sentence.4.) Post the next three sentences. 5.) Tag five people.All books lying around me either didnīt have 123 pages or were in German, so I had to go to my book shelf and to the piles of books for which I havenīt yet got a shelf for and pick out another book.Here is my quote of the book:"There were no trees after all. He was on a dark heath, and there was a strange salt smell in the air. Looking up he saw before him a tall white tower, standing alone on a high ridge."Does anybody know which book I took this quote from? Iīll give you a clue: you can see it in my book shelf. In case nobody finds out until today evening, Iīll post some close ups of the books.The winner can choose between... More About: Quiz , Book
Garth Knight
2008-02-22 13:27:00 Garth Knight is another great photographer. I specially like the themes and the mood of his pictures.(via otomano)
Pay It Forward - Packages Finally Arrived!
2008-02-22 12:47:00 These are the sugar roasted almonds, which I filled into the boxes shown below. The boxes are all made with the paper which the participants chose here.Packages arrived at:MillaMimMithiAnnSwitchsky More About: Finally , Forward , Pay It Forward
Pay It Forward - One Last Box Left!
2008-02-20 22:20:00 I couldnīt send off this one little box filled with candied roasted almonds. The only guy who joined the PIF-game dropped out suddenly. The box is covered with black and silver circles. It was the only design I found which wasnīt too girlish.Anybody wants to have it? There are no obligations. (You can join the game if you really want to, but thereīs no need to do that.) I just need your address and off it will go. More About: Left , Forward , Pay It Forward
What Type of Fruit Are You?
2008-02-20 21:58:00 Nothing new today. Except that most of my PIF-packages have arrived by now. Iīll post about them, when all of them have reached their destination.Iīve always disliked tests... specially those in womensī magazines. But when I am bored I fill out short tests on the net. And I do enjoy them if the results are true or funny.You Are a StrawberryYou are friendly, outgoing, and well liked by many people. You are popular, but there's nothing ordinary or average about you. You are a very interesting person, and you have many facets to your personality.Sometimes you feel very conflicted. Your different sides of your personality pull at you. You are a very sensual and passionate person. You are fiery... you can't help it. In general, you keep your passionate side under wraps. You are only wild in private.What Type of Fruit Are You?
My Favorite Fantasy 7
2008-02-19 11:46:00 Finally I managed to draw the last requested sexual fantasy tonight. (Sorry, Dorin that you had to wait so long.) I didnīt even find the time to draw the 3 or 4 ideas I had for my own fantasies. Iīm glad that Iīve got rid of most of my obligations. (Only one more thing is left: A portrait exchange with Rama, as I won the Portrait Party Contest.)What did I learn? Yes, Iīm good in some fields of art, but my artistic skills are pretty limited. I had such difficulties drawing pictures for people who knew exactly what they would like to have. I canīt even draw round circles. Look at the tires of the bicycle!!But I had fun and enjoyed reading your fantasies (about elephant-trunk appendages and devils) and now I know that I better improve those fields where my talents are more distinct. More About: Fantasy , Favorite
100 Artists Project Charity Art Auction
2008-02-17 08:06:00 This is another project which I would like to join. Have a look at the site and the auction. Maybe you will be interested in getting the binder."The 100 Artists Project is a charity endeavor created to help raise money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and the Hero Intiative. You can see the full collection of artwork here.What you are bidding on is 100 pieces of original artwork from such artists as Travel Foreman, Adam Koford, Nate Lovett, Len Peralta, and Jeremy Dale.(...)100% of the proceeds go directly to the selected charities and in the process you receive 100 pieces of fantastic art.If you are interested in the project, you can stop by the main site at 100artistsproject.com where you can find information, interviews and news."1. LucyWong, 2. ClintSmith, 3. KRIS, 4. EugeneCommodore, 5. JeremyDale, 6. AndrewHuerta, 7. KristiLiudahl, 8. OlliHihnala, 9. KCurtisShontz, 10. RonaldSalas, 11. JakeAllen, 12. RodrigoLaiz, 13. TimChristopher, 14. RianMiller, 15. MathewRoberts, 16. ... More About: Charity , Auction
Crazy By Gnarls Barkley
2008-02-15 13:05:00 Iīm feeling wonderful (except for the little hangover from yesterday). I feel like dancing. Wanna join me?(Hereīs another video to this song.)Gnarls Barkley "Crazy "I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mindThere was something so pleasant about that place.Even your emotions had an echoIn so much spaceAnd when you're out thereWithout care,Yeah, I was out of touchBut it wasn't because I didn't know enoughI just knew too muchDoes that make me crazy?Does that make me crazy?Does that make me crazy?Possibly [radio version]probably [album version]And I hope that you are having the time of your lifeBut think twice, that's my only adviceCome on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are,Ha ha ha bless your soulYou really think you're in controlWell, I think you're crazyI think you're crazyI think you're crazyJust like meMy heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limbAnd all I remember is thinking, I want to be like themEver since I was ...
Wonderful day!
More articles from this author:2008-02-15 00:39:00 Somehow men just donīt seem to understand. Yes, I love sex and yes, I love eating too. But when Iīm done with eating (food) I usually donīt want anything else.Today was a wonderful day after all. First I received a coupon for a nice store where I got myself some chocolates. Then today evening I went to see a movie (Lars and the Real Girl) which I had won tickets for. And after all I didnīt go alone, but my "Ausgeh-Freund" (dating-friend) went along. It always nice to meet friends - specially when you havenīt seen them for some time. After two cocktails (Boy, I am drunk! Iīm just not used to drinking any more) I went back home, walking on clouds and eating strawberries dipped in chocolate. More About: Wonderful 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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