Obviously, there are some fantastic images in my head. Some beautiful become alive in my travel-journals. Some weird find their way into my dream-diary. Some funny just bust out while composing my emails. Until it's the right time for me to get published, I want to get public, at least! That's what my blog is all about.
26. Let’s talk art! Do you draw your characters? Do others draw them? Pick one of your OCs and post your favorite picture of him!
Frankly speaking, I never came up with the idea to draw my characters - for the simple reason, that my drawing skills, when it comes to people, are just pitiful.
Every passionate reader knows the disappointing experience when a movie is made of a book and you imagined your beloved characters differently. So, I leave it up to my (and my readers) imagination how the characters should look like.
The only thing I illustrate once in a while are chapters of my dream diary:
They are not particular main characters, but I also love to draw cats:
Well, I used quite a few techniques, that WTJ had already taught me:
- Crumple.
- Scribble wildly.
- Drip water and smear the lines.
- Burn.
- Poke holes.
- Tear stripes.
- Drip some ink.
- Cut through.
- Write one word.
P.S. I had to give that special treatment to a separate piece of paper, because the WTJ pages before and after were already well used! And, well ... it was a very controlled anger! My first attemps in destroying a sheet of paper that way were a total disaster - nothing left but a handful shredded confetti! *lol*
P.P.S. 'Rhage' is NOT misspelled, it's absolutely correct and by purpose! *g*
My 2011 Reading Challenge was successful, maybe a little too successful. I literally got lost between all the pages and almost forgot my other spare time activities. This year should be a little different, more balanced.
Like last year I head for 52 book. Plus I want to borrow another of Dolly's wonderful ideas (who got it from Shelleyrae). The goal is to read at least one book in the 12 following genres:
Literary Fiction
Crime/Mystery Fiction
Romantic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Non Fiction
Horror
Thriller / Suspense
Classic
Your favourite genre
Let's see, how I get along:
BOOK LIST 2012
The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
Anne Frank's Diary - Anne Frank
The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The Pillars Of The Earth - Ken Follett
Das Glueck Ist Mollig - Verena C. Harkensen
Felidae - Akif Pirincci
Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
Die Goldhaendlerin - Iny Lorentz
The Silent Miaow - Paul Gallico
East Of The Sun - Barbara Bickmore
The Back Of Beyond - Barbara Bickmore
The White Masai - Corinne Hofmann
Back From Africa - Corinne Hofmann
Reunion In Barsaloi - Corinne Hofmann
Desert Flower - Waris Dirie
Der Trotzkopf - Emmy von Rhoden
Die Wanderhure - Iny Lorentz
The Cupper Sign - Katia Fox
The Silver Falcon - Katia Fox
The Golden Throne - Katia Fox
Mara Und Der Feuerbringer - Tommy Krappweis
Ulldart: Schatten Ueber Ulldart - Markus Heitz
Ulldart: Der Orden Der Schwerter - Markus Heitz
Ulldart: Das Zeichen Des Dunklen Gottes - Markus Heitz
Ulldart: Unter Den Augen Tzulans - Markus Heitz
Ulldart: Die Magie Des Herrscher - Markus Heitz
Ulldart: Die Quellen Des Boesen - Markus Heitz
Mary - Ella Kensington
Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
Dead Poets Society - N.H. Kleinbaum
King Khan - Deepa Gahlot
Gerald's Game - Stephen King
Needful Things - Stephen King
Next - Michael Crichton
I'm Off Then: My Journey Along The Camino De Santiago - Hape Kerkeling
Deception Point - Dan Brown
Under The Dome - Stephen King
The Shawshank Rdemption - Stephen King
Lover Unleashed - J.R. Ward
Lover Reborn - J.R. Ward
Pope Joan - Donna W. Cross
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
Sword Song - Bernard Cornwell
Legend Of The Celtic Stone - Michael Phillips
Die Wunderheilerin - Ines Thorn
The Street Lawyer - John Grisham
The Fall - Guillermo Del Toro
Sovereigen - Christopher Sansom
Saeulen Der Ewigkeit - Tanja Kinkel
Arzee The Dwarf - Chandrahas Choudhury
A Game Of Thrones, Part 1 - George R.R. Martin
The Feather And The Stone - Patricia Shaw
The Concubine's Daughter - Pai Kit Fai
Warriors, The New Prophecy, Midnight - Erin Hunter
"Same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?"
"Same procedure as every year, James!"
Everybody in Germany knows those famous lines. There's no New Year's Eve without Dinner For One. It's tradition.
It also seems to become tradition to start into the new year with the same blog post. Let's see, how good (or bad) I got along with my 2011 New Year's Resolutions. And let's talk about 2012.
BLOG
According to my blog archive I've done 174 posts. Calculating on the average, that's 3 posts a week - better than 2010. But I have to be aware of the fact, that I've done a few challenges helping on that count.
Anyway, 3 posts a week sound good. I'm going to keep the daily themes - they proved themselves. I'm also thinking on a weekly serial novel (Carol's are very inspiring! *g*).
READING
No question about that: I repeat the Reading Challenge. Read more about that in the upcoming blogpost!
ART JOURNALING
Out of 97 instructions in Wreck This Journal are currently only 10 left to do. Here on my blog I've posted until now 74 pages. So, you can still enjoy my artwork for quite a while.
As for my case, after finishing WTJ I have to think of a new art project! Any ideas?
WRITING
What do we have this far?
Blog - Good!
Reading - Excellent!
Art Journaling - Good!
Writing - ???
One of my 2011 plans was to finish my novel. *sigh* I totally sucked on that point. But there are some good news. When I was editing a friends (serial) novel, I got inspired for my own work. I had a couple of good ideas, which were instantly inserted as comments in my word document. As for my plan, less reading, more writing, plus that additional inspiration, I hope for a better outcome this year!
Besides my failure in novel writing, I did quite good with my dream diary. I filled a complete book, a wonderful inspiration for some more adventurous stories!
To end with another Dinner for One quote: I'll do my very best!
Keep writing, reading, being creative.
For a very long time I had the idea of making something with gypsies, palmistry and fortune telling, but somehow I couldn't make up anything ... and then suddenly without any sign, I came up with that simple design.
I used both of my hands. First the left one, where I obviously had a little too less color, washed it and the the same procedure with my right hand. Oh, and the heart is made with fingerprints.
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