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
Mistake By Charles Bukowski
2008-01-09 12:00:00 MistakeCharles Bukowski I reached up into the top of the closetand took out a pair of blue pantiesand showed them to her andasked "are these yours?"and she looked and said,"no, those belong to a dog."she left after that and I haven't seenher since. she's not at her place.I keep going there, leaving notes stuckinto the door. I go back and the notesare still there. I take the Maltese crosscut it down from my car mirror, tie itto her doorknob with a shoelace, leavea book of poems.when I go back the next night everythingis still there.I keep searching the streets for thatblood-wine battleship she driveswith a weak battery, and the doorshanging from broken hinges.I drive around the streetsan inch away from weeping,ashamed of my sentimentality andpossible love.a confused old man driving in the rainwondering where the good luckwent.I like the picture above of Charles Bukoswki. More About: Charles Bukowski , Mista
Anorak Magazine - The Happy Mag For Kids
2008-01-09 11:38:00 I read about the Anorak Magazine - The Happy Mag For Kids at Book By Its Cover. Julia Rothman writes, that Anorak just blew her away when she first saw it. She wondered whether it would be weird if she ordered a subscription for herself.So I checked out the links she posted and she is right The design is awesome and the illustrations fantastic.I ordered a copy of it too and now I´m keeping it hidden from the kids. :) I want to enjoy it first before they get their hands on this little gem. After having seen this great kids´magazine, which comes with colored ?happy pencils?, I´m thinking of getting a subscribtion myself.For more images check out SuperMundane (one of the creators behind the magazine) and here or here.The cover:And some random pages:
Oh Yes By Charles Bukowski
2008-01-08 13:27:00 Oh YesCharles Bukowski there are worse things thanbeing alonebut it often takes decadesto realize thisand most oftenwhen you doit's too lateand there's nothing worsethantoo late.I never have been able to relate to people who can´t stand being alone. Ever since I remember I enjoy being with people, but somehow I enjoy it even more being alone.With this poem I´m starting a short series of Charles Bukowski ´s poems.
Made And Unmade By Shannon Gerard
2008-01-08 00:37:00 Just by chance I discovered Shannon Gerard ´s shop at Etsy while browsing the comics they have there. She writes:"Shannon Gerard is a dorky bibliophile who writes and draws the illustrated memoir series HUNG. She also makes print-based artist's books about loss, faith, fear and other melancholy things."What I really liked about her zines and books are the illustrations. They are just phantastic and striking! I´m glad I found them and yesterday the mini comic Made and Unmade arrived. It is a short comic which combines drawings with a short poetic narrative about lost relationships. The books are pamphlet stitched by hand in a limited edition of 60.I think, I´ll have to get some more of her work.
Award Again!
2008-01-07 12:49:00 I received an award from Ces . Thanks! So here you go, I´m passing the award on to the next 10 blogs:You made my day:Artist in LA LA Land for this book review.Auntie Mim for being such an honest and enjoyable blogger.Book By Its Cover for all the great recommendations but not for the empty wallet I have since I started reading the blog.Design Crush also for her posts and for showing me these wonderful rings. I ordered two of them.Jeanette´s Sketchblog because I love her illustration style and for her lovely fluffy bunny pic.Keri Smith for being inspiring and specially for the truth!Obsessive Consumption for inspiring me to start a new blog and for the lovely magazines which arrived today.Presurfer because the past weeks I really posted a lot of stuff on my blog, which I found at that site.Someone I can´t remember for leading me to this little website by Miranda July.Swiss Miss for her great posts and her recommendations. More About: Award
Birthday?
2008-01-07 12:20:00 No, it isn´t my Birthday today, but I received so many books and stuff today that I almost started singing "Happy Birthday to you, happy ...". Saturday we do not get our mail. So Mondays we sometimes receive the double amount of packages (usually of books) and letters.The next posts will be about some of the books. You can read about a part of them (Chronik 2008 and the zines from Obsessive Consumption) here at my other blog though.Oh... and I received a book from my husband, but that will be the final post about the books as that one is really special.
New Project for 2008
2008-01-02 02:27:00 I have been admiring Kate Bingaman-Burt´s blog Obsessive Consumption for a few months now. She started taking pictures of all her purchases in the year 2002 and then posted hand drawn images of them on her blog. Inspired by her I decided to start a daily project too. At 10 years ago I´m going to to post quick illustrations of interesting events which happened on the same day but some years ago. I think this is going to be fun. The illustrations will all be done in my Moleskine 2008 Daily Planner. More About: Project
2008 Already Sucks!
2008-01-01 12:45:00 (via presurfer)I´ve been wanting to exchange portraits with Rama Hughes so badly. Along with Tommy Kane, he is my favorite illustrator. This is the second contest which was held at the Portrait Party. I was runner-up in the first contest and this time I thought I wouldn´t even find the time to join. But the last days of December I suddenly had the time and a lot of partners to exchange portraits with.And now I´ve made it!!! Woo hoo! You can´t imagine how emotional and teary-eyed I was when I read the post announcing that I had made it. I could hug the world.I can tell you is that this is a wonderful way to start 2008 and nope, 2008 doesn´t suck. In fact this contest really made my year! :) New Year´s Eve was great too. Maybe I´ll post that later.BTW: Here you can check out all my portrait exchanges for The Portrait Party! More About: Sucks
Happy New Year!
2008-01-01 09:54:00 Hope all of you have a wonderful year 2008. May all of you find whatever you wish for. May it be... GOOD LUCK:© by Paolo Franco BRAINS:© by Paolo FrancoFUN:© by Paolo FrancoTRAVEL:© by Paolo FrancoWEIGHT LOSS:© by Paolo FrancoDELICIOUSNESS: (specially for Benjamin)© by Paolo Franco HOT LOVE: © by Paolo FrancoMONEY:© by Paolo FrancoPaolo Franco from Milan makes wonderful pics. All pictures posted above were shot by him. You should check out his website to see his work.(via otomano)And last but not least:AN EVIL EYE:http://view.break.com/422660 - Watch more free videos(via presurfer) More About: New Year , Happy , Happy New Year , Year
Selfportrait
2007-12-31 22:53:00 This is my last entry for the Portrait Party contest. One of the portrait exchanges had to be with an enemy. I don´t really have an enemy, except for myself: I´m the only one stopping myself from doing things I want to do. I´m exaggerating a little bit. Except for a few things I´m quite content with myself and with the portraits too. I love the second one, though I do not look as young as on that pic. But the first one looks more like me.Me:And her: ;)
Portrait Of My Mother
2007-12-31 22:07:00 I just couldn´t find any pic of my mom!!! At the family portrait exchange she was either taking care of something or standing next to me taking pics. So I didn´t even take one of her. I did this quick portrait in 2 minutes (??) with a fat Copic marker. I could not have made a more detailed portrait of her without a pic or without her sitting in front of me. But I am surprised that I can even recognize her.One last portrait for the Portrait Party contest in an hour and then I´m off to have dinner. I´m starving! (Unfortunately I won´t be able to eat right away, because I have to sketch the sushi and the petit fours first! ;) )My mom:And me: More About: Mother
Portrait Of Benjamin S.
2007-12-31 19:10:00 Benjamin was the first one who exchanged portraits with me for the contest. I hadn´t expected him to do that, as he´s more of a writer than a painter. Anyway next time please close your mouth. I´m not good at drawing teeth. ;)Benjamin:And me: More About: Portrait , Benjamin
Portrait Of My Daughter
2007-12-31 17:46:00 Time is running out for the Portrait Party contest. Just a few hours left for me to complete two more portraits and I just can´t find any pic of my mom!!!Anyway here is the portrait exchange with my daughter (5 years old), which is the most colorful one I´ve done so far. When I asked her whether she would like to draw me I had more than 10 pictures in an hour. She usually likes to draw me as a queen or a fairy. Sometimes even both. It was hard to choose a favorite as they are all wonderful and colorful.Then I told her that maybe she could just draw me once without the fairy wings and the crown. Just me. And the result is pretty good too (last pic).My daughter (right out of the bath tub):And me as a fairy: More About: Daughter
Thanks For Linking Me In The Year 2007!
2007-12-31 08:41:00 Thanks to all the people who have linked to my blog in the year 2007 in some way or the other.Non-English blogs:100 Tage Büchercoderwelsh/synchron./Hanging Lydialitblogslogbuch isla volanteTivoli-BlogTurmsegler English blogs:AfricanTapestryAllotment LadyAmber ForgeyarindamartArt Biz BlogAuntie Mim´s Art, Crafts, Life's journalbite your own tailCes And Her Dishes Part IIDrawing & Sketches - dibujandoarteDrawings & SketchesDustpan AlleyEmma Podg-shtält, -shtôlt, -stält, -stôlt graphic:DESIN:basicsHave Dogs, Will TravelIllustration FridayIllustration Friday NightJana?s Journal and Sketch BlogLaurelines Drawings and PaintingsMade by MillamARTa's ArtMommy PaloozaPen In HandPookie Artrue Manuel bisSketchpotStefan G. Bucher´s Daily MonsterThe EDM SuperBlogThe EphemeristThe Portrait Party"Where You Stumble, there lies your treasure"(In case I forgot someone, just let me know.) More About: Linking , Year
Brothers
2007-12-30 23:48:00 Just by coincidence my two brothers are portrayed on the moleskine pages facing each other. I like it. More About: Brothers
Portrait Of Hans K.
2007-12-30 23:44:00 Here´s the portrait of my other brother Hans . So far (for the Scavenger Hunt) he has been the most difficult one for me to achieve at least a little resemblance. I think now he can be recognized, even if the chin is way too pointy.My brother:And me:Who is next? :) More About: Portrait
Geisha In My Dreams
2007-12-30 16:07:00 Today I went to bed at 4 am, could not sleep until at least 5 am and was thrown out of bed by my son at 6 am. At least I could remember the dream I had."Never stitch (draw) the river running towards you, as long as you don´t have a master."I was a japanese lady sitting somewhere outside and stitching a nature scene. Then an old woman or maid ran to me and grabbed my stitching frame and turned it around nervously. She told me that as I didn´t belong to any master I was not allowed to stitch the river flowing towards me. Instead I would have to stitch it flowing away from me.Any ideas or explanations? More About: Dreams , Geisha
Portrait of Alexander K.
2007-12-29 21:11:00 Here´s the next portrait of the Portrait Party we had at my mom´s place on Dec. 26. This time it´s my youngest brother Alex. It is the first time I had to draw a beard and that isn´t very easy.My brother:His first two tries were without his glasses, but for the third one (his masterpiece) he put them on.And me: More About: Alexander
Portrait Of Tamara F.
2007-12-28 15:58:00 Two days ago we had a lot of fun at my mom´s place drawing each other for the Portrait Party contest. Here is the portrait exchange with my sister.Here´s the portrait I drew of my sister:And this is me drawn by my sister: More About: Amar
Portrait Party Contest
2007-12-28 15:52:00 Rama Hughes of The Portrait Party has organized a Scavenger Hunt (A Portrait Party Contest ) as the first contest went so well. I tried my best the last time but didn´t have enough portraits to win the contest.This time there are a few more rules. The Contestants must complete a portrait swap with the following subjects:a parenta childa siblinga significant otheran old frienda peera teachera heroa strangeran enemyI actually didn´t want to join the contest as December has been pretty busy and all of us sick too. But now during the holidays I did have some time. And when we were all at my mom´s place and I had just told my sister and brothers about the contest they all sat down with their pencils right away. I had 5 portraits in a few minutes!!!! I won´t win the contest this time either, but it is fun anyway.
Do Websites Have To Look The Same In Every Browser?
2007-12-26 23:38:00 Do websites have to look the same in every browser?*rotfl(via The Presurfer) More About: Websites , Browser , Browse
Anton Rittiner
2007-12-26 08:51:00 A few months ago I was surprised by a portrait, which was posted at logbuch - isla volante (one of my favorite blogs).Isla volante is a virtual island - somewhere, nowhere, out there, in the future and you can read about the happenings on the island, the people living there and about the visitors.Today I can finally return the favor, even though I think I made Anton Rittiner look older than he really is. The Swiss artist seems to be a nice guy and maybe one day I´ll own a set of his phantastic paintings. I just love this one.
Oscar Peterson
2007-12-25 20:52:00 IN MEMORIAM Oscar Emmanuel Peterson August 25 1925 - December 23 2007 More About: Oscar Peterson
Goodbye By Oscar Peterson
2007-12-25 09:45:00 "Oscar Peterson is a mother fucking piano player!" (Ray Charles, in Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues - Piano Blues (2003))Oscar Peterson , a Canadian jazz pianist who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald , Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole, died yesterday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. He was 82. (via Bloomberg) More About: Goodbye
James By Tim Burton
2007-12-25 00:05:00 Unwisely, Santa offered a teddy bear to James , unawarethat he had been mauled by a grizzly earlier that year. More About: Tim Burton , Burton
Merry Christmas!
2007-12-24 17:25:00 ©2004-2007 `suzi9mmSeason´s Greetings & Happy Holidays......to all of you. Hope you get a lot of hugs, kisses, presents, laughs and everything else you wish for. More About: Christmas , Merry Christmas , Merry
Franz Dobler
2007-12-23 22:38:00 I finally scanned the portrait of Franz Doble r (whom I had mentioned here). Just like all the other portraits, this one was done inside my portrait Moleskine.
Super!
2007-12-21 11:39:00 © by Soasig ChamaillardI feel like it is Christmas already. When I came back home, there was this tiny parcel waiting on my laptop. My MINOX DCC Leica M3 arrived today! And it is such a wonderful little toy. The battery is still loading, so I couln´t try it out yet. Anyway, the camera is perfect for taking pics of people without being noticed.Beware! Or I´ll shoot you secretly! More About: Super
Pay It Forward - Game Started!
More articles from this author:2007-12-17 16:28:00 Over at Mithi's blog I had read about the pay-it-forward game. I have got one year to send people some handmade gifts. Today I found the time to shop for the stuff I need for starting with my idea.Now I just need the participants to choose their favorite (and second favorite) design and I can try to send off the presents this year.From left to right:Pic 1: circlesheartszebraPic 2:blue flowers goldyellow butterfly flowersdelicate blueblue greenblue star designPic 3:red orange goldblue pink goldpinkasian circlespink flower patternPlease comment here which designs you prefer. Thanks!Update:Recipients:1. Milla: pink flower pattern2. Mithi: hearts, delicate blue3. Mim: blue pink gold4. Ann: blue green, blue stars5. Fabe: I guess for the only guy in this round, i´m going to think of something else. ;) More About: Game , Forward , Pay It Forward 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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