Thursday already?

Gosh, is it Thursday already? Days are flying by. Last week I travelled to a small town Lapinlahti to meet my childhood friend. She has bought an old, but nice house with her man, and they are repairing it for their own use. Well, getting familiar with the house wasn't the only thing we did, as we spent quite many hours just drawing, drawing and drawing comics :D It is so nice that we still get the same enthusiastic feeling from our hobby, as we did in upper comprehensive school.

Yesterday I played the great game of Left 4 Dead 2 with my brother and his friend ...The game's details and versatility makes it so much fun to play. You can check the trailer to see the game graphic.

Roses

Little Rose and a flower

Mandarin Duck

Mandarin Duck did always feel a bit different

Today me and Mika went to a bay called Humallahti. Mika read from Bird Life that a mandarin duck has been spotted there often along with wild ducks (mallards). We didn't see this beautiful duck even though we spent several hours at the place. Many other bird watchers were also wandering in the bank, and we talked with few of them. Well, we had a nice trip anyway - drinking tea, eating cookies, taking photoes of swans and enjoying the nature's autumn colours.

Donkey Kong and LoR

The best thing in the week is a game for Wii that I borrowed from a friend. Donkey Kong Country Returns is perfect in all way, the music, difficulty and atmosphere. I dive into the childhood days when I play this game. I think I have to buy it for myself because soon I will return this game to the friend.

Well tomorrow I will forget Wii (maybe not in the morning) because my brother comes for a visit and then we'll play boardgames. We might not play Arkham Horror this time, but the good game of the Lord of the Rings.

We can't feel bad for not going outside because it is quite rainy and stormy out there. So stay inside people, and spread your board games and start rolling the dices!

Another Day, Another Dollar

"Another Day, Another Dollar", as it is said, but for me it is "Another Day, Another Inspiration". I enjoyed the 24-Hour Comics Day and am thrilled with the seed of the idea I got there. Also I met really nice and talented people that is always a joy to see. You can read my 24 pages comic in Finnish or in English. The English version is quickly translated with 3 hours of sleep, so at some point I might update sentences to better ones.

I have editedt this after the 24-HCD

The 24-Hour Comics day was interesting. I arrived into the Comic Center, where it was held, at half past eleven and little by little more people showed up. We were allowed to start drawing or creating the idea at 12 o'clock and I first started to sketch few characters. After that I started to build the idea by writing stuff down. It was logical for me to write down the whole blot and then cut it down to pages. Thus I knew what I will draw to different pages...otherwise the ideas might become a bit weird as mind started to get tired during night hours.

At no point I got overpowering fatigue, which suprised me. I was quite rational at all times and needed only few walks outside to keep me going. Maybe I am a bit used to this kind of night drawing, as I have drawing marathons with my childhood friend at least 5 times a year, or as often as we are able to travel to other one's home.

On Sunday 8:18 AM I was ready, scanned the work and headed home. I drank a cup of tea and got two hours beauty sleep. I took one more hour sleep during the day, but that was it.Today when I read my comic, I got inspired...I will start and continue my drawing into a longer and more thorough story. Story doesn't have a name yet, so name proposals are welcome :) I will keep you posted on this comic as I get some results and pages.

24 -Hours Comics Day

Today starts the international event called 24 -Hour Comics Day that gatheres comic-loving people into same occupation. Participants will draw a 24 pages long comic book within 24 hours. Sounds great doesn't it :) Father of the idea was Scott McCloud and after 2004 it became a tradition. There are several hosts in the world, and logically I will participate in Helsinki. Now I will drink my morning coffee, read the news paper and get ready as it starts at 12PM and ends tomorrow at 12PM.

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