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I have to tell you, it was truly delightful to come home from a hard day of work, and browse through Lillyan’s photostream ♥ I suggest you all do it!

I’m so tired – I really don’t have a lot to share with you at the moment. I feel like all my good thoughts are leaking out my ears, which is really upsetting. Hope you all had a lovely weekend! xx

I hope everyone has a lovely Valentine’s Day, even if they are spending it alone!

Also, I’d really appreciate it if you checked out some of the new work I have up at DeviantArt. This one I scanned in the drawing last night, and spent about an hour painting it this morning!

Also, my newest 365 has fallen through because my parents had my camera yesterday – and I missed an awesome shot of a beautiful sunset! T-T I will continue with my “Special Things Seen” project, but in a different capacity ^-^ So, watch this space!

Have a great day, and remember to let those you love, know that you love and appreciate them ♥

xx

I wish I could draw this well – it is now a goal of mine to improve drastically in the next year. Which means I will probably be updating my DeviantArt account (which today I purchased a 12 month subscription) considerably more often. Please check it out, and leave comments – I like hearing from you all ♥

It’s been a little while since I’ve tinkered with my graphics tablet – but then again, it’s also been a little while since I’ve really drawn and scanned anything in to work with. What do you think? Any ideas or suggestions for how I could improve?

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I never understood what my fascination with eyes was (still don’t), but they always seem to make an appearance in any sketch that I do. Eyes are very powerful – and I have always had a great deal of difficulty looking into the eyes of others. You can see so much there if you look, and sometimes it’s things that you don’t want to see. At the same time though, by looking into someone else’s eyes, you’re allowing them to see inside your mind too…

I might end this ramble for you all now…
Just wanted to make note of the fact that I seem to have an obsession with eyes.

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FEATURED ARTIST: JANUARY 2010

Kylie Hajdu is an artist whom I think is someone very talented and definitely worthy of a mention! Kylie and I actually went to high school together, although she was a year above me. It was her that initially inspired me to at least give art a go. I didn’t believe that I was ever any good, but she took me under her wing and gave me a few tips and words of encouragement – she told me that if I kept practicing I would improve. Through that encouragement, I discovered that I really do enjoy art, and this is where I am now.

I should warn you, that some of her art is perhaps not safe for work, or some people may find some of it offensive – but I really enjoy looking through her Deviant Art Gallery, and she recently pointed out to me that she has a Web Comic. She also takes commissions, so you should check out her art work!

The weather here is revolting at the moment. I’m looking forward to going away to the beach with my best friends for a few weeks though – that is going to be awesome. We’re also all going to go and see Where the Wild Things Are – which makes me very happy, I’m really looking forward to it all.

Today though, I saw the trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I have been looking forward to the release of this film since I first heard it was being made. I hope you all enjoy and look forward to this movie as much as I do!

I only recently read the book for the first time, but I loved it so much. I’m also a big fan of Tim Burton’s work – I love it, and find it pretty inspiring. So overall – this is just making me so excited.

I’d also like to just take a moment to congratulate Liss, from Daydream Lily, on being listed #23 on Times Online’s Top 50 Design Blogs! You should all check out her blog, it is truly lovely.

Back to backing up my DVDs again – so far Moon Child, Matilda and The Spiderwick Chronicles are the only ones that have given me any grief yet. There are still a lot to go though, so I hope I don’t encounter any more problems.

Take care my lovelies, and I hope you’re having a good week so far! ♥

xx

I suppose you noticed those photos I promised “tomorrow” (the 20th) haven’t been put up yet? They are still on their way, they have just been held up because my Adobe CS4 is being unkind. I will be fixing that in the next few days though, hopefully. Also, after having declared that I was no longer in the running for National Novel Writing Month ‘09, I was inspired by my friend Scarlett Archer with an idea for my novel that set off a chain reaction – filling in all those holes and missing plot-points that I so desperately needed to be filled. I decided to write some more while the thoughts and inspiration were fresh in my mind, and thought it would still at least help Melbourne out a little. So I now have just short of 44,000 words in my novel, and I think I would be foolish now, to have come so far and then not make the 50,000. I’m unwell today, so I’m curled up in my pyjamas with a good cup of tea instead of going to church. Scarlett is hosting a write-in today, so most of my Melbourne friends won’t be online to war with – but I know a few will still be there, and we all intend on hitting 50k today if it is at all possible.

Wish me luck on my busy lazy day! ♥

I would also like to point you all in the direction of something wonderful. The Drifter and the Gypsy is organising a lovely book for herself full of inspiration, and we can all help out. I’ve signed up to do it, and if you are an inspired person, then you should too!

I have so far spent my morning cleaning up the code for my blog – so it is neater for my benefit now! So this layout is only temporary – again, I just need to fix up CS4.

Have a lovely Sunday my friends (or Saturday if you’re still there, then also have a lovely Sunday when it arrives ^-^)! I will be back tomorrow (provided I have hit 50k – if not, I’ll be back the day after) ♥

xx

Sorry for so many entries today (there still may be one more yet – I’ll try and restrain myself and wait for tomorrow, but who knows if I’ll succeed), but I always forget to take part in Music Monday.

xx