Inspiration for Manga Shoujo

I got an inspiration for manga art. This is style, which I haven't drawn so much and therefore it gives me good challenge.

Left 4 Dead Gingerbreads

Sketches for Left 4 Dead Gingerbreads

Boomer

Charger

Hunter

Jockey

Smoker (without cigarettes)

Spitter

Tank

Witch (or is it Britney Spears)

Real Fighter

SANTA'S ELVES AREN'T WATCHING REAL FIGHTER - real fighter is watching them.

Gingerbread Day

Today I'll make some gingerbreads. I made the dough already, but now it has to cool in the fridge for 8 to 12 hours.

I already have few design ideas, but I'll reveal them after I've noticed if my execution is as good as I imagine it to be :D

Real Fighter

REAL FIGHTER WON'T GET ANY HARD PACKAGES FOR CHRISTMAS,

real fighter is a hard package.

Christmas Cards

Christmas approaches and I've made few Christmas cards for the family.

For my brothers, who love cthulhu and other Lovecraft stories:

 For my father:

For my mother:

Ou Mr.Darcy

My opinion for the movie Pride and Prejudice:

Wrapped like a Christmas present

French movie called Frontière(s) turned out to be better what I expected. Usually I don't get excited about horror movies that involve sadistic torture around easywritten plot. But in the end this movie wasn't traditional story of a inbred hunter family, and I found myself thinking this was ok to watch.

Few scenes reminded me of Evil Dead II or the Brain Dead because of the blood.

I will not give stars, as they are so last season...instead I will give my expression during this movie:

Advent calendar and Christmas stocking

I've obviously been stung by a handwork-bee because I've done some handwork pieces lately. As one result, I made me and my husband an advent calendar that is used also as a Christmas stocking. I found this cross-stitch model from a sale already on November and was able to finish it a week ago. Even thought we weren't able to use calendar from the first of December, we will be able to use it in future for the Christmas time. And of course it's in use for the rest of days, while we wait for the Father Christmas to show up. We don't have a chimney, but in Finland the red, jolly fellow has learned to use the front door as every decent human being.

I shall see what project will gain my precious time in near future :P

Toy for Carrycot

When my good, childhood friend got a baby boy, I made him a toy for carrycot. Time to time I like to crochet cute figures called Amigurumies (you can find different instructions from Internet easily), and I've learned to create different kind of variations. This toy had four different animals - a monkey, as I hope the boy will be playfull. A giraffe, as I bet he will become tall. A penguin, as he is cute. And a wolf, as it is my friend's favourite animal.

My husband said I should make a toy for our baby as well. He already knows one figure the toy should have - MacGyver figure :D

Push to Add Drama

Woman

Just Stupid

We watched a movie called "Crazy, Stupid, Love." I would call it just stupid.

Or then it was just me. I thought I'll get a normal comedy, as it started...but the tone changed in the middle of movie and it turned out to be a completely romance movie - wasn't in a mood for a chick flick, maybe that was the disappointing factor :\

Face to Face with a Great Grey Owl

What an evening...it was so great to see this beautiful creature. Sitting in the tree, looking for prey.

picture that Mika caught

I sent Mika a message at noon "Let's go for a trip after I come home from work - we both need it." He was very ready, and had packed our backpacks for us. Before we left, Mika said "I will leave the objective (Nikon 300mm) home. There aren't going to be any special birds with this amount of snow and this time of day."
"Well, I will take the little objective anyway, I might want to take photoes of something", I replied. And luckyly we had at least one camera.
Off we went for the trip. Bus took us to the fields, and we started walking by the them into the forest, to check if the hawks were home. Only voices of bullfinch and great tits. Proceeding forward and enjoying the calm and nice weather. Sun started to go lower and we decided to visit the tower for birdwatchers and drink our tea. On our way, we suddenly saw a hawk, Mika noticed it to be a goshawk. Yey, I thought. That was a beaut creature.
Close to the tower, we saw a birdwatcher who said there were already some gooses in the bank. "If only I would see the owl", he continued.
We both thouth it was strangely said, as it is so rare to see an owl in that area. "We can wait for that luck!" I said. Only few steps a head was an older birdwatcher and he started to talk and said he has been looking for the great grey owl (Lapinpöllö).
Now we were really surprised. "Really?"
The man told this one was spotted already for couple of days, so it's a good luck if it's still here. The first b-watcher came to us and told the location were it was last seen, and said he will go round a bit and come back.
The older b-watcher said to us: "I have a new strategy" and looked at me "I will trust your beginners luck, and thus we all three shall go together."
This man had seen many owls several times, but it is always a special moment, every time. I can believe that. Off we went again, old b-watcher with skiis, me and Mika walking behind, checking the trees. Suddenly skiis quieten. The first b-watcher showed handmarks, the owl was there. We exit the path and went next to the firs b-watcher. He showed us were this great owl sat. Unbelievable, was only word I thought. Such a beaty. It wasn't even too far away, and there was good light to see it well. Binoculars are always a must on a trips like these. Only thing that Mika punished himself, was that he left the objective.
We saw the owl changing place three times and once attacking rodent (didn't catch it). During this time, the sun had gone down completely and we could see only silhouettes. Time to go home, but the feeling was high. I was tired when we came home and went soon to bed. As the older birdwatcher said, even though it's always a beautifull sight, you'll remember the first one.

Creature from a Sewer

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Today's the St. Patrick's Day! Unfortunately I am unable to dance in Irish pubs tonight because I get special quests for the whole day and night. My niece (8-years old) and her cousine (6-years old) are going to keep me company. Unless...I talk them to dance with me in the railway station of Helsinki as was done in Sydney last year. This dance has stuck in my head for good, as we presented it in the Footlight's show in December.

Flashback to Childhood

One day I remembered He-Man, the hero of every kid in the neighborhood. I have very clear picture of the tv series, but very blurry memory of the movie. In the tv series, the voice of Skeletor was so cool and his laugh was nasty. Inspired by Skeletor, I found my old drawing and coloured it a bit. Also I made a new one - what if Skeletor was cute.

Cute Skeletor

Not so cute Skeletor

White-Throated Dipper

On Saturday we went for a walk to find the small but joyfull bird called white-throated dipper (koskikara). It had been seen in a small stream close to us. In the beginning we thought we got only fresh air, but after a while we saw it jumping to water. This was very small and shy individual, which is why we bothered it only for a short period, to catch only few pictures.

Renovation at Iisalmi

On my winter holiday, I travelled to Iisalmi to see my brother and his family. I amused them with my company for five nights and days. To summarise the whole trip, I can tell the key words - laughing, swimming, playing, drawing, smashing the basement floor and carrying concrete pieces, playing Munchkin, playing Arkham Horror, Family Guy, American Dad, Cleveland Show, talking, listening niece's own song (that stuck in your head), and laughing...or did I say it already? Well, we did it a lot, so it should be mentioned twice.

Super Exciting Super Munchkin

 

Mika's brother visited us yesterday evening and I quickly layed Super Munchkin cards in front of us. The game was extremely exciting and we were unable to avoid some noice, mainly shouting ;) For few last rounds we all had level 9 and tension was high. All special cards were used and hoped. In the end me and Mika were polite and let our guest to win...still...I am waiting for the encore game.

Movie Theme for a Week

On January me and Mika had our first official movie theme, as we watched movies by Arnold Schwarzenegger every day for a week. It was fun. And Arnold  really has several movies that I  enjoyed, even though in the beginning I started to laugh for the idea. But as I listed Terminators, Predator, Conan, Running Man etc. in my mind, I realized the week will not be a bad after all. And it wasn't

Arnold was a mutual decision. And before that we had an unofficial theme, as we watched many John Candy's flicks. But this time me and Mika listed three actors each, and had a lottery for the next movie theme. I picked one actor that Mika had listed - Denzel Washington. I wasn't disappointed when I read the name. I like Denzel and he surely has lot of charisma (don't care what you say brother).

So tomorrow our movie theme starts. I've already checked some movies that Denzel offers us, and I was surprised there is a comedy and a chich flick as well. Big decision, as there are only 7 movies we can choose :\

Elf's Head

As I said earlier, I started to create a head with Blender. Now that I look of it, it reminds more of a little orc's head rather than elf's. Unfortunately I have to leave this project until Monday, as I'm visiting my brother and his family for the weekend. Still I get to do some art during weekend, as I will draw a lot with my niece. Maybe we'll draw her favourite things - dinosaurs!

Word of the Day - Extrude

On Monday I downloaded a freeware modelling program, Blender. I googled lot of different programs, but decided to try this one out. And so far, I'm loving it :) It's completely different to model in 3D than to draw with normal 2D. But I've started to study this program with a youtube clips, and so far I like CGBoorman's videos the most. Now I'm at the point that I've started to create an elf''s head...vov.

T-Rex Birthday

Wow. I got to draw dinosaur into a birthday party. Earlier my workmates's daughter wanted a fox and a princess for the invitation cards, and now her son wants a DINOSAUR. I love when boys get into the dinosaur-age.

T-Rex partying

Kalle as Old Man

Kalle playing hunter from Left 4 Dead

Real Fighter

REAL FIGHTER WONT COME BACK

he'll get things done at once

The Fox and the Princess

My workmate asked me to draw a picture for her daughter's birthday invitations. The birthday girl specified that invitations should have a fox and a princess. These kind of things are quite important for little children and sometimes it can be tough for the parents to fill the demands of their little treasures. That's why I was more than happy to draw this picture, and I understood that the picture was approved.

Sunday Song

Good Mood Song :D

Theme Hospital

Mika found an old PC game that we are now hooked. It is quite fun and easy to learn, and how often you get the opportunity to run a hospital...not often, I tell you that. So this game gives some satisfaction before you'll be able to do that in a real life.

Few annoying bugs can appear during the game and that's why it is vital to save the game time to time.