aus fleisch und blut - finished

fleisch und blut I

I'm not dead.
I need to finish the pictures I start. At least one of them...

wear black, bleed glitter II

More WIP of the popart/neon craziness picture. Need more work on the hair, though.
I don't know which one I like better - the black based or the white based one...

wear black, bleed glitter

I really like pop art right now.

Have Faith! - finished

Finally! :D

Have Faith #2

Just a smallish update! <3

Have Faith!

A small WIP of a picture I'm currently working on - a sort of "fanart" for Isabelle Faith, who is an incredibly pretty lady I've come across on Tumblr. She is such a beauty! <3

Here is her Tumblr blog: Isabelle Faith
And her DA: DeviantArt

Sterntaler / The Star Money

A few WIPs and sketches of a new work! I hope you like it!
Inspired by the German fairytale "Sterntaler" - Google told me it's "The Star Money" in English! :D

Sketch

Faaaace XD 

Face detail 

Panda Power & Doktorarbeit

 

A (originally a Christmas) gift  for Missimoinsane on DA

I love pandas - they are so fluffy and cuddly looking! :D 

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Und noch ein bisschen Geschwafel in Deutsch: 

In der letzten Zeit bin ich leider zu absolut nichts gekommen, was irgendwie mit künstlerischer Aktivität zu tun gehabt hat - denn ich habe all meine Zeit damit verbracht, meine Doktorarbeit fertigzustellen! 

Und letzte Woche war es dann endlich soweit: Ich hab das gute Stück, mein ungeliebtes "Baby", endgültig abgegeben. Es ist schon wirklich erstaunlich, wie sehr man eine emotionale Verbindung mit etwas eingeht, was im Endeffekt "nur" ein unsäglich langer Text ist, wenn man sich nur lange genug (in meinem Fall 3 Jahre) intensiv und nahezu ausschließlich damit beschäftigt.... Eine Art Hass-Liebe, die tatsächlich schon etwas Fürsorglich-Müttlerliches annimmt. 

Jetzt bange und hoffe ich auf die Gutachten und danach die Verteidigung der Dissertation - was auch noch mal so einen Meilenstein darstellt, auf den ich auch gut verzichten könnte. Alles in allem werde ich dann wahrscheinlich im Spätsommer endlich meine Titel tragen dürfen. Hat ja auch lang genug gedauert! 

Auf jeden Fall hab ich momentan etwas mehr Zeit zur Verfügung und werde versuchen, mich auch mal wieder etwas kreativ zu beschäftigen. Ich hab zu Weihnachten ein Wacom-Tablet geschenkt bekommen und bin bisher kaum dazu gekommen, es einzuweihen. Das wird auf jeden Fall nachgeholt! 

Somit wird es wohl bald auch auf diesem Blog wieder etwas mehr Aktivität geben! XD

Online feature!

My art has been featured on the Online Weblog Boyofbow, which is a great showcase for collections of photography, fashion, goth, steampunk, fantasy and gothic art. 

Click for the link, please!!!! 

I love websites like this which feature artists from all genres, styles and from all over the world. It's very inspirational and I love being featured there.

It's also nice to have people ask if they can post your art and give credit  for a change. ;) Unfortunately, that's still not always the case...

Endlich ein Update! - Kiss to Kill & Modern Angel (Attention: super picture heavy!)

Hello hello  everybody! :3

Long time no see! First of all: I hope all of you had lovely Christmas holidays and were able to take some time off, relax, spend time with your family, friends and loved ones. I'm sure I did!

Furthermore, I wish you all a (late) Happy New Year! May 2012 become a better year then 2011.
For me, the last year was quite a bad one, very stressful, emotionally challenging and health-wise a total catastrophe. :( I have high hopes for 2012!

Artwise, the last year hasn't been too successful as well. I barely managed to draw at all, mainly due to the time-factor, but also due to a lack of motivation and inspiration, and a crappy tablet.
But now, Santa has brought me a brand new Wacom tablet! XD OH THE LOVE! And I'm eager to try it out. So hopefully, I'll be more productive soon!

I also want to thank all of you who stayed with me during 2011! I'm still in awe to see that there are roughly 140 of you following this blog (well, more or less following, I guess!) I know I'm a horrible blogger who updates only once in a blue moon, but I have love for this blog, so I'll keep it up as long as there are still people who want to see it.

So thank you so much for putting up with me!

Anyways - as every year I offered Secret Santa gifts to my followers on DeviantArt and Tumblr, and I managed to finish 2 in time, a third one will come later on. And because it was obviously a secret, I couldn't show you an progress shots earlier. So - here's a gigantic art update!

Kiss to Kill for blackdepressivefairy @ DA

sketch

sketch and lineart

clean lineart

face (LOL)

face & flat hair color

full

Modern Angel for zombiegirl937 @ Tumblr

sketch 

 sketch & lineart 

clean lineart 

face 

face & body

plain hair 

full