see-through fingers

birthday wax

2009-10-03T07:15:18Z

Magic number 23, oh dear.

every day is like sunday

2009-08-02T20:15:53Z

I sketched this one couple months ago back in Hungary. Dude is heavily based on John Simm's Edward Sexby in The Devil's Whore (a mighty fine mini series, thoroughly recommend).

shadias_hidncok @ 2009-08-02T00:12:00

2009-08-01T21:16:52Z

Took some time, re-watched Underworld - not great but Bill Nighy is always hot - Deep Blue Sea and couple of old horror movies (will recommend Just Before Dawn, genuinely scary shit) while doodling. I came to like rocks quite a bit.

i should tell you I'm disaster

2009-07-29T18:43:22Z

'nuff said.

"... watercolours, or...?"

2009-07-28T10:37:14Z

when times get tough they get tough

2009-07-21T16:06:27Z

Again, not dead. Got my scanner fixed - damn you, Vista! - and will yet again try to update more regularly.

she's got me like nobody

2009-05-23T21:38:23Z

Rainbowwww.

Magick.

No way out.

Fairytale (personal favourite of the bunch).

i don't take coffee i take tea my dear

2009-05-09T18:40:45Z

Still ain't dead yet. Will try to update here more often after the exam period is over.

it's not your birthday anymore

2009-04-06T20:18:33Z

Like this isn't already a week too late, but...

Hyvää syntymäpäivää, niinku.

now this is some f*ed up shit

2009-03-18T20:26:55Z

No artsy-fartsies today, instead you have the pleasure of finally seeing the short film, Rotta Oulussa, by yours truly. So without further ado, enjoy this piece of weird shit:

like some kind of daydream I'll never forget

2009-01-21T19:09:27Z

Sorry about the spam (spam, spam, sausage and spam) for people on dA, nothing new to them under the cut.

I've required a predilection for moles and other so-called skin imperfections. On another note, yes, it's sad that the Big Dipper is the only constellation I know.

and although I ended up with sore lips

2009-01-19T20:38:01Z

Retouching stuff without a mouse let alone a tablet is a biiiiiitch. That's why the rest of this dump will have to wait until I feel inclined to be arsed.

I'd never received inspiration from a dream until Evans came along (the man on the right). He just popped up last week, even had a name from the very beginning which never happens in my dreams, usually non-existing characters remain anonymous. It was very epic dream btw (been having those a lot lately), full of Lovecraftian fish people and stuff.

Possibly my favourite of the bunch. Reference here.

all I have to say about New Year's is

2008-12-31T20:02:11Z

it makes none

2008-12-10T21:51:47Z

cannibal fantasy

2008-12-07T21:05:48Z

Forgot to wave my flag about. 50,656 words, bitches.

Re-Animator shares the spot of my favourite movie of the year with Ravenous (yes, I like obscure, unjustified and/or just bad movies). Jeffrey Combs! YOU ARE VIOLATING MY TERRITORIAL BUBBLE!

haloo helsinki!

2008-11-19T18:59:56Z

Zero artsy farts this time, just an announcement for my dear fellow Finns:

Eli howdy, te kaikki kauniit pääkaupunkiseudun ihmiset! Allekirjoittanut olisi tekemässä pienimuotoista ekskursiota viihtyisään polikseenne aikavälillä 14.-18.12. Törmäisin mielelläni mahdollisimman moneen, mutta sitä ennen saatte tapella siitä, kuka saa nurkkiinsa nujuamaan tämän sinisilmäisen ja sisäsiistin pölypallon. (Maksu yösijasta norjan corpukseni avuilla kuten normaali käytäntö asian sanelee.) Joka tapauksessa, kun olen kaupungissa seurastani saa nauttia Sankoin ja Joukoin, sillä tahtoisin nähdä teitä kaikkia ennen kuin helmikuussa painallan Keski-Eurooppaan. Tämä varmaan on viimeisiä tilaisuuksia siihen joten nauttikaa kun vielä voitte. :)

i will survive

2008-10-29T14:05:50Z

Still alive, dudes.

hooked on a feeling

2008-09-11T09:46:02Z

When you see this, quote Douglas Adams in your journal.

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

At least I met mine for Finnmanga. Now, off to resuscitate my back. Aaagh.

is that seat taken

2008-09-05T20:25:01Z

Randomness ensues. Lady vintage is probably my favourite of the bunch.

(A warning, this is a long ranty rant indeed and I've been reading very clever and very English literature lately. This always makes me express some very simple things very, very pompously.)

Now that I'm back at school I'm convinced that I should just dive head first into the lovely world of television and film-making. We started this editing course where we each get a chance to shoot and cut a pretentious two-minute short film and I'm too thrilled for words because a completely independent project is what I've been aching for. Of course this means I'm also scared shitless because the superior dreamlike plan I've nurtured at my bosom is going to split its fluffy head open against the harsh and un-lubricated reality tomorrow when I actually go shoot this lovechild of mine. But I haven't been this excited about anything for a long, long while so screw the end product. Even if it sucks more than a toothless Caribbean wench, at least I get to play Frau Direktorin for a day.

But I'm rambling and haven't even touched the actual point, which is I'm going to set comics aside for now, at least until January and Hungary. Maybe during the exchange I'll change my mind, but for now there is just no point in hitting my head against the wall like I've been doing for the past few years. Being torn between school work and comics has made me miserable because as much as I enjoy both - and I'm surprised to say this, considering I had zero interest when I got accepted, but I now really do like studying at OAMK and getting caught up in silly movie projects and stressing the hell out of things like night-shoots, my lack of skills in cinematography and post-production and and and - things being as they are, I haven't been able to do either with my all invested because the other is always looming behind my back.

I know that to some people I know my decision might seem like I'm throwing in the towel and that I'm not a TRU ARTISTE if I yield as easily as this, but this isn't about BOOHOO I SUCK SO I DUN WANNA. After I finished high school I promised myself I'd follow my own lead and not let good things pass me by just because I hesitated or couldn't recognize what I really wanted, and right now, giving my all to my studies and film is what I want to do. Drawing is still my number one companion, and if it's all I've pegged it to be, it will allow me to stray to other paths for now. Besides, I'm still going to practice and sketch as much as I can - and do Koukussa!!, since its schedule is so loose anyway - it's only the actual serious comics side I'm putting on hold.

So yeah, there it is. That's all my socks paired, back to the accounts.

of course I like to play with you

2008-09-01T19:53:30Z

Very off-topic, went jogging today. Really, I did, and it felt fantastic which, considering that I haven't done regular excercise since 2003, is mind-boggling in the twilight zone sense. I won't expect any other great feats from myself anytime soon, though. I wonder if I'll manage to get up in the morrow.
But still, fantastic!

Chubby! And strangely, someone that's clearly channelling Draco and/or Johan.

Surrendered to the lure of the chibi. Curses.

STEAMPUN~K!

And to top it all, a lady on a chair. Thank you for looking and goodnight.

you know the sound of my key

2008-08-28T23:26:40Z

This might be my favourite pic of the year, if for nothing else than because the filename is "tosser0808.jpg". Cheap thrills, be mine.

Was going to finish this all top-notch but you know me, lazy as an elderly walrus basking in the Arctic sun on a particularly breezy day and whatnot. I probably spent more time adjusting the typography than actually colouring the blasted thing. And yes, textures are a lovely thingummy to use.

living with these changes

2008-08-26T21:57:34Z

It's supposed to be gum.

FLYYYYYY-ING THE FAAAAG~
Damn I miss the Eurovision song contest.

Have some bawwwwl.

high maintenance means

2008-08-24T12:31:08Z

The sleek sleek man is Goethe (no relation to the poet). (Good) foreshortenings are for ~~people who know their stuff~~ losers.

I haven't stressed about anything more than I did while drawing Jeeves. A most daunting task, I must say. There's a reason why I don't like drawing fanart.

stumbling a little

2008-08-21T22:10:58Z

I'm trying to remember how to draw Aimo & co. Aarne is a joy to chisel out!

It's a pipe, really.

What-ho! (off-topic-ish: My Wodehouse obsession is growing into rather silly proportions, I spent a good half an hour looking up antique walking canes at eBay. Maybe next month, old crumpet.)

day one, day one start over again

2008-08-14T20:54:13Z

It's a spear-meets-mallet. In the off-chance I'd ever have to do battle I'd definitely prefer a weapon you can hack things to pieces with.