Today is the last day of 2009! This year was really important to me, because it was a year of learning. Now, 2010 is going to be a year of change (life and art)… Hope so.
Dexter, Qua-Quack Duck and I want to wish you a Happy New Year! \o/

Just sharing my another failed experience… Now I’m trying to take photos of my already-done painting, My Balloon. Yeah, I’m not good at photography. No matter how professional I am (as graphic designer) but all my Photoshop skills aren’t helping me to disguise my bad shots. And I have a good camera: a Sony Cyber-Shot, 10.1 Mega Pixels, with Smile Shutter and everything else! Well… After reading some tutorials on internet, I’ll try again. Wish me luck, folks! XD

This cute dog is Dexter, my 11 months old Shih Tzu. Fernando and I don’t have kids; we’re still a young couple and aren’t feeling ready to have a child yet. So, we got him when he was just a 45 days old puppy and since then we know the real meaning of love. And… Yes: his full name is Dexter Morgan!

Oh, and today is still 29th… Why is 2010 taking so long to begin?
I’m so excited because I love New Year’s Day and that’s our first celebration with our baby Dexter!

That’s the Christmas card I made for you, my readers and friends. Honestly I’m atheist and don’t celebrate it, but… Well, that’s a worldwide holiday anyway, and everyone is happy!
It’s also that time of the year which we spread love and peace… then, don’t forget to do it everyday, folks.
Speaking about that… I live in a city called Natal.
So… Feliz Natal, Feliz Navidad and Merry Xmas!

A couple of nights ago, finally I had a dream. “Finally”, because usually I don’t remember my dreams, just sleep and wake up. Yeah, that’s weird… That’s me.
I dreamed I was flying and traveling through Brazil… From Rio Grande do Norte (where I live) to Rio Grande do Sul.
So real! I felt the wind in my face and hands! And I was not flying like Superman… I did as if I really would have the power of flying… Not speedy, just normal: stopping in all brazilian states, resting in hotels, eating and meeting new people. When I opened my eyes and realized it was just a dream, I cried. As I told you, it was very, very real!
Perhaps it means that I’m a kind of person who needs a little more freedom.

Did you like my cute character, Qua-Quack Duck? Well, I will post more comics strips soon. And what about the sketch above?
As you can see on sidebar, I am an artist and also a housewife. That’s a really hard combination. I’m trying to find a little time to work in my creations, but unfortunately I have to keep house. A maid? I don’t trust maids… Oh, I can’t forget to mention about my english and drawing lessons. Study by myself isn’t easy!
Changing the subject, let me share a link: Viet-My Bui’s illustrations – she’s a very lovely artist.

This is Globby – the Purple Thing. And he would love to hear you saying “Hi, Globby” in front of your computer right now. Come on! Don’t be shy… Ready? So, let’s say: “Hi, Globby”!
Emmm, he can’t hear you. Can you say it louder, please? Ok… Let’s do it together: “HI, GLOBBY”!
He’s just one of my failed experiences, trying to mould with a kind of epoxy resin called Durepoxi. It’s not easy as I thought… Actually my intention was to do something really cool: one of my characters, a doll, etc. Then, I gave up and decided to make a… thing. Well, we can imagine he’s Blue Thing‘s brother, anyway.

Last week, a New York based artist model called Bruce, aka maxnix, commented in my Drawing The Human Body blog post. He left some links of his Picasa album, with pictures of him, and said he would love to see any art made by myself with those images. I found it very interesting!
Well… These are just some doodles, but I hope you like, Bruce! Thank you for this experience! If you don’t mind, let me share some info about you with my 5 readers…
Meet Bruce Kocher (Not Dickinson – but if he wants to pose naked for me too, NO PROBLEM!), model, actor and real state seller. You can see some pics in his Flickr album and some films here. He’s good!

Well, well, well… I am very happy about this blog and trying to keep it updated almost daily. Of course I’m not obligated to post every day, but I want to do it to make me more focused in my art – like a therapy. I’m not graduated, nor even on college. So, being self-taught, I need to draw, draw and draw. I’ve been feeling a little sick lately (nothing to worry about), because of that I am working a little slowly.
The drawing above is from my sketchbook (“colours” on Photoshop). It seems pencil, but actually this is my good and old ballpoint pen.