Karrey's Blog

I try really hard to get back online and stay active, but it seems like I will never have a time of "good ol' surfing and commenting". Even though I finish projects and put them behind me, there is always more coming up. Right now I am trying to finish an other coloring-gig, which is really hard since I am busy most of the day. I am also trying to finish Försupen Vol 2 so that I can have it available at SPX in April. Most of it seem impossible, but I am trying really hard! But it feels like I don't have that sort of spark I had a year ago when it comes to productiveness. I could set up daily goals and stick to them, but today I just don't manage.

Oh, and I am also the Art Director in our next game project - 10 weeks of production. I thought I was doing myself a favor skipping the lead-role this year, but I just realized that AD is a really huge role as well - but fun, I guess! We have some neat concepts coming up. I was placed in the game-concept-group that got most votes, so it feels like a lot of people expect a lot from us. Here's some rough concepts that I did for their presentation (even before I was put in the group XD ):


   



I just finished a big-ass report at Univ. though. I am kind of proud of it, but it took up so much of my time! But it was an interesting research. I also attended to a job-interview this week, for a position during the summer at a sort of summer- and waterrelated amusement park. I am kind of nervous about it, but the interview went well.

I really want to draw something  - feels like it was forever since I drew something for myself, something 100% for fun. I just want to finish all the things I have going on first, so that I can draw something for myself, feel good about myself and enjoy it. :)

This year I am not going to spend easter alone with my projects, which feels good for a change, even though I want to catch up. And I hope to be able to see my little brother and kichi_su! <3 I miss drawing with land so much! And I feel a bit regretful about missing the great opportunity to draw with her when she visited Skövde last time~

Here's some doodles that have been lying around for some time!

Sorry for not being very active commenting lately. Very busy with the usual stuff + pre-school stuff, I am even doing some unreasonable go-to-bed-late get-up-freaking-early actions in order to get things out of the way! Other than my usual hysteric stuff, we are preparing some stuff for the new students - and I am also going to have a "roomie" all next week (first week for the new students) - so in order to not slip away from my schedule even more, I try to be extra productive. I am trying to prevent a "one step forward - two steps back" dilemma here. ;)

I reserved an ad-page for Försupen in this project a while ago, and I finally got time to make something of that page. Now... I need help with the layout for eventual text to go along with the ad/artwork. :) The concept sketch for the layout looked more promising than it does now - so... help!

Even if the final version will be in black and white/greyscale - I made the ad-drawing in color, since I wanted to experiment. If you just want to look at some new art, click away!


Fellow artists/writers/comic-artists - - if you also want to advertise your stuff FOR FREEEEEEEE. Go to this wonderful place. >> HERE
I am sure there are still space available to reserve, just mail and look for yourself. :)
So, if you have an online comic, fanzines etc. I think this is just perfect~

Finally finished PE's round 55! I spent so much time on this one in the end, on details, and it was indeed a lot of fun.  I sometime feel spoiled to always have such interesting characters to draw for my art trades and commissions. XD


Already started drawing the lightning round - chibis/SD. Going to be interesting. :) My SD style is... pretty amusing these days!

Yeah, I am restless - and nervous - about tomorrow. So here's an art post of old and new stuff. (Click for bigger versions - all the way! :) )


Don't ask me why I am nervous, it's always like that before traveling. I hate carrying heavy bags, switch trains for hours etc. :x When I travelled back to Ludvika, one of my trains was late... so I missed one of the other trains... so I had to wait for the next one over an hour in the heat. *ack*

I guess I am a bit nervous about returning too, because of various of reasons. But happy to return to my home-comp. I will finally be able to color bigger-res stuff without eternal lag of doom!

Assignment finished, I just need to read it through a few times and see if I got it all right.

Here's two speed paints I did last night.

Most of you have seen these already, but... I really lack of posting art!

Today I wasted 40 crowns + 15 crowns (8 $) to go somewhere outside, drawing, for class... only to arrive in pouring rain - so, no drawing, just wasted precious money!! *grrrr*

Anyway, thought I'd to a quick sketch post before I get back to catching up on people's entries (and finish writing about SPX). I don't know if I will be able to catch up on everyone - I have hardly been around LJ since I went to SPX. XD Sad but true - - I will try to at least read everyone's entries!

((that's officially one of the scariest things I ever drew...))

Just needed to draw something easter-ish. Apparently, according to a lot of people, easter is one of the most important holidays in Sweden except for X-mas and Midsummers eve. A holiday to spend with family and friends, eat food and CANDY. I remember when I was younger we would always go to my grandparents and look for easter-eggs with candy! It's a bit of a shame I spent easter alone this year, but I really look forward to summer instead. :)

I just had to make an icon out of Fozt's expression, it cracks me up so bad! (sadly. XD) Well, it's supposed to crack up, in order to make what happens next on the comic-page less "heartless" - so it's all good.



An other 3 comic-pages of editing, and I am off to bed!
After tomorrow's classes, I have one week off from classes. (Since next week is meant for exams, and I don't have any exams on the courses I currently take.)
I have so much that I need to catch up on and things I want to do for the fun of it. I will make a list soon. Was supposed to visit my brother/s, but I think I have to skip it this time too. Economy-wise and time-wise. I could need a week to catch up on sleep too. Hum hum.

Still thinking about making something neat out of my lj-layout. I have no idea how or into what, though. And is there a possibility to adjust the tag-galleries' layouts too??

Hmm, there was so much I wanted to get done today (yesterday...er...), but I only managed to finish half of it. I know I plan way too much for each day - so I shouldn't feel too dissatisfied. It's a new day tomorrow, and I will def. catch up.

I also calculated -the other day- that I have drawn more comics and finished artwork in a few weeks than I manged to draw in four months when I was unemployed, restless, nonstudying. Kinda prooves to me yet again that "stress" and obligations such as work and/or school is a pretty good thing for my creativity. It makes me appriciate time better - plan things better, get organized. What's also part of the calculations is that I was even less social during those times a year ago. Maybe partly because I lived in th emiddle of nowhere. ;) Which prooves to me yet again that I don't prioritate being social - I never go to people I let them come to me, unless PLANS where made to go to people. I am not making much sense now, am I? Because I don't even know where I am heading with this. xD I guess I am sleepy!

The point of this entry was to make a photo post- - but it's too late for that. So, some other day! Instead I am making this into a simple sketch post. Found some sketches that are unposted. :) And now that I have a paid account I should use the benefits of it more often, no? Which leads me to an other issue: when the hell am I going to change the layout of my LJ? I haven't changed it since 2001 - isn't that rather sad? *laugh* I don't know where to start in order to make a clean layout.

Totally forgot...

( ...to post a recent doodle! )

This day started pretty well - managed to get up very early despite my sleeping issue and went to the store to pick up a package with drawing stuff and whatnot. After that, inked all day! And it went pretty well for once.




Important: Contest has been postponed due the fact that I have only gotten 2 entries this far. Read more about it here! :)

I am still not used to my new scanner, so bare with the somewhat unedited quality~ My blue and red sketches turn somewhat... auto-contrasted in a weird way and I don't know how to reset that function, or if it's resetable even. I am sure it is, though!

That's about it~ People on my friends list: thanks again for all of the great opinions on this entry: CLICK!
Still accepting more opinions - the more the better, if you haven't read the post yet.  I don't expect everyone to read the post, it's very long - just writing this in case anyone missed it. :)

LUNCH!!
I am so tired of not being able to scan stuff/sketches for art-posts yet, so I will post a doodle I did in school the other week... and some art I found lying around from last year. I really hope my scanner will arrive soon.

( CLICK ME FOR ZE ART! )
Other than that I want to remind everyone of my CONTEST! <-click

There is a risk that I will have to postpone it - both because SPX is postpones and because... well... this far I have no entries, even not from people who said they started on entries. XD I didn't expect many entries, since it's my first contest and I haven't really been able to spread the word, but I had to put a limit. Lesser than 6 entries and it will be postponed or I will only make it 2 prizes instead of 3 like there are now.

And also: BIG HUGZ TO ZE MONNI AND HAPPY B-DAY TO develynia!

Hi everyone! Sorry about the inactiveness lately. Things are crazy! The projects are going well, though, the school one and the personal one - I just feel bad about not replying to emails and such yet. This weekend Ithough I would have time, but I got distracted + had a "drawing evening" with some friends that we planned months ago... We will try to schedule it once a week, but I'm guessing that is close to impossible. ^^; I kind of went outside my schedule because of this weekend. Was fun though.

I was planning to make a "my favourite panel of the week" post yesterday, but guess what? My scanner stopped working, just like it did 10 months ago when I needed it the most for comics and whatnot (but it was fixed by screwing it apart etc... but I don't have such tools here). I think, this time, if I won't get it to work within a week, I will actually buy a new one. I have had this thing since... 2001-2002(?) after all, and it's been doing weird blurry lines on scans for a while now, it's not good for the lineart.

I really want to post something artwise though, so I will go for some stuff that's been lying around.

( Doodles! )

Other than that: I've had a constant headache all day and my body is a bit sore! I hope I am not getting sick or something. A lot of people seem to get sick lately, like poor croaky   . *sends love*

A hopeful/happy looking Sala~ I wanted to draw her smiling. :)

I hope I am on time, because I had hoped to finish this for the morning (your morning). I guess it's soon noon, though?
Have a lovely day, hon! *hugs*

Bleurh, I won't be able to finish what I was going to today, so instead of forcing myself in this sleepy/tired state, I doodled some. I think, next, I might lie down in bed for a while and... try to re-plan things. :x I will get a lot done from Thursday to Sunday though, I am sure. I am excited!

( Doodle )