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So.  I've been toying with the idea of a cheesy lesbian schoolgirl romance type of comic.  I don't know when/if this will happen as I really have more pressing things to worry about.  But it would be fun, y/y?  I have never done a proper comic before.

UPDATE on the state of the tablet:  I am still TEH SUCK at photoshop coloring stuff.  I am ashamed, you guys.  What is the secret????

Now to go show my Don Giovanni project who's boss and send out some applications.

 Just got back from a study trip to Rome which was HOMG AMAZING!!  I will just say these things.  1.  Food porn 2. the Renaissance is my favorite 3. Shelley Keats museum.  I have some sketches to scan in which I may post later.  
I feel rather bad for updating so little lately, but that's mostly because I have this larger project that I'm still finishing up.  I'll expect it to be done sometime in April, so prepare yourselves ;D  
In the meantime, here's a little one-off thing that we had to do on the subject of desire.  The original is a full-body version, but I think I actually prefer it cropped like this.  Kind of a new style for me.

 
This was supposed to be about cutting through the complications and bureaucracy in life, but then while I was working on it the evil maze of human sorrow somehow came out as more of a huzzah!  it's a beautiful day in the countryside! kind of maze.  Well, these things do happen. 

 You may think this illustration seems totally random and a little inappropriate for Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and you may be right in thinking that.  This was just one of those niggling little ideas that had to be made, and I'm sort of glad it's not so serious.  More practice on my tablet, which still takes me freakin' AGES to use, but I think that I am slowly but surely getting the hang of it.  Thoughts on typography, yes/no?  I'm pretty awful at typography, which should surprise no one.  
I've actually been really productive (and therefore really stressed, but the secretly-enjoying-it kind of stress) lately, so expect more updates!

Article 9:  
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. 

Frohe Weihnachten and/or Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today!  I'm still waiting for my baby sister to arrive (stupid Heathrow), so sadly I'll be a little delayed in celebrating D:
I have a strange fondness for "Sun Valley Serenade"--it makes me really nostalgic for the couple of years I spent christmas down there at my grandparent's house.  The awesome thing about the movie is that practically nothing has changed since then!

( Cards )

To explain:  the following was for a project in which we had to personify a typeface.  I got rather lucky getting Mrs Eaves (nostalgic with a modern twist) but in retrospect I seem to have been a bit heavy-handed on the nostalgic bit.  I do like for their own sake as images though.




( Come on in... )

 

( ZELDA!! OHHHH ZELDA!!!! )
All I could ever want in a movie.

This is basically just a repainted version of a little card series from ages back that I did to test out my new shiny!  I think I am going to like this digital art spiel.  It doesn't require me to remove myself from my natural habitat in front of my laptop.  On the other hand, I have to admit that it was 1. much slower than it was when I just painted it using watercolors and 2. less satisfying.  I guess I just like physical objects! 
Still, I might eventually do the others as well.