Post Vacation Mind Fuzz

i have been slow to start since vacation has ended :P my brains gone all fuzzy and ive been attempting to get all sorts of projects started or completed.
i am working on a few logos for my dear friend in NYC Orly - who owns a fantastic company selling Hamarakis. The Orr Collection has really taken off as people find the use benefit and comfort of hamarakis, be sure to check her out!
Ive also done a paper sketch for Trinitys OC contest on deviantart (i know im like a fiend!)
and since i dont own a scanner AND i have a hard time sketching small, i took a photo of my awesome 2 A4 sketch to make line art out of this evening :P

this character needed a theme of nighttime, to be added later :P

well see how that goes, its the same wonky method i used for the kanako drawing, so well see! it helped me alot last time sketching on paper, i get a feel for things alot better.
now ironically, for a canvas i could be doing - i sketched that on the computer :P so i could trace it to the exact size required later lol.
the painting will be for my lovely friend Susie who wanted a pink girly sailor girl chibi incorporating cherry blossoms...

theyre eyes are always so scary when i do concept sketches

since its for a canvas its really base. but it gives me a general concept of where the paint should be going :P i am really looking forward to going back to acrylic again soon so lets see if the sketch gets the approval and the all clear in the near future!

there are so many styles id like to be trying, and so many ways id like to be drawing i just cant settle! i shouldnt be too hard on myself though -i only started drawing my own things again around May 2011...i just expect alot really quickly i suppose. patience is a virtue! my own true style will come to me eventually.
Well enough concept sketches out of me! See you all once I am undergoing these bits and bobs :P
Dont forget to keep submitting your Color Fest entries! Still eager to see peoples beautiful paintings ^^

sticky sticky - heat comes to sweden

last night i went to bed as the sun was slowly rising in the sky, and woke up in a heat filled world - my favorite. i chugged down 2 cups of coffee and went with richard into the city.
i got a lovely surprise in my mailbox this morning however! i commissioned TheLittleFireFly on deviantart to do a digital chibi of my painting Matilda and Squeaky :P
She does chibi's for 5 u.s. dollars and i thought, why not!? i love seeing new styles - and it was the first time i had someone do a small commission for me ^^
she did a fantastic job and i absolutely love the way it turned out :D

look even squeaky the cats there!!

my original painting

So, after shopping, eating, spending time in Malmö and Lund - we are back home in this sticky swedish heat enjoying a lovely peaceful evening. I will be working on Sandra digital painting again - unfortuantly I am no where near as skilled as TheLittleFireFly and it takes me forever to do digital work but the progress so far isnt too shabby :P Done alot of plastic surgery, but I'll show more of that later:

shiney eyes!

so! back to work for me then yeah? :) have a great evening!