the return of the return of the return of the daughter of the return
Yeah, I'm back (again! with a vengeance!)
Once again, I've been an horrible lj-er and month-old comments aren't answered. Argh! Sorry. I've been alternatively ill again and desperately trying to do the things I should have done at work and at home while I was ill.
And so, I'm glad to tell you that on the work front ostr.acode determination is going well even if it makes me even more cross-eyed than usual (and yay! There are males of Limn.ocythere! Even though they have such a big penis than usually females feel it's better to not use them and just reproduce parthenogenetically! They're my first Limn.ocythere males!). Ahem. That's why I love doing seminars on ostrac.ode reproduction, yes, I do.
And on the home front, I've finally finished the painting my sister wanted to use for her wedding invitations. The deadline was only one month ago (and the marriage still six months from now, pheeew) so I'm proud :D
She wanted a map-like painting going from the city hall where they'll get married to the place where we'll celebrate. And as it looked somewhat empty on the preliminary sketch I decided to add the procession of people going from one place to the other.
Here it is!
With a preview :
And some close-ups on the characters
The acrobats are because Marianne has a heavy past of being an amateur acrobat and trapezist and the musicians because of her liking for folk music and dancing and her fiancee heavier past as a concert horn player.
There are also a few real-life people, among whose my other sister on her horse and Marianne and Vincent's son.
I tried to put the accent on the characters and leave the surroundings a bit sketchier, but I feel it makes the whole thing look a bit strange. Ah, well. I still enjoyed myself very much and my sister is polite enough to like it :)
And this is my first colour painting since 2006, I think. Yay me!
Also, I began posting in sketching_daily, that wonderful community. I made a cat sketches post! Here's an excerpt :
Level of detail depending on the willingness of the cat not to move!
More at the comm!
Once again, I've been an horrible lj-er and month-old comments aren't answered. Argh! Sorry. I've been alternatively ill again and desperately trying to do the things I should have done at work and at home while I was ill.
And so, I'm glad to tell you that on the work front ostr.acode determination is going well even if it makes me even more cross-eyed than usual (and yay! There are males of Limn.ocythere! Even though they have such a big penis than usually females feel it's better to not use them and just reproduce parthenogenetically! They're my first Limn.ocythere males!). Ahem. That's why I love doing seminars on ostrac.ode reproduction, yes, I do.
And on the home front, I've finally finished the painting my sister wanted to use for her wedding invitations. The deadline was only one month ago (and the marriage still six months from now, pheeew) so I'm proud :D
She wanted a map-like painting going from the city hall where they'll get married to the place where we'll celebrate. And as it looked somewhat empty on the preliminary sketch I decided to add the procession of people going from one place to the other.
Here it is!
With a preview :
And some close-ups on the characters
The acrobats are because Marianne has a heavy past of being an amateur acrobat and trapezist and the musicians because of her liking for folk music and dancing and her fiancee heavier past as a concert horn player.
There are also a few real-life people, among whose my other sister on her horse and Marianne and Vincent's son.
I tried to put the accent on the characters and leave the surroundings a bit sketchier, but I feel it makes the whole thing look a bit strange. Ah, well. I still enjoyed myself very much and my sister is polite enough to like it :)
And this is my first colour painting since 2006, I think. Yay me!
Also, I began posting in sketching_daily, that wonderful community. I made a cat sketches post! Here's an excerpt :
Level of detail depending on the willingness of the cat not to move!
More at the comm!