Mermaid

Started on a new painting. Let's see if this one drags out into a one month project like the last one.

About time.

Finally managed to finish that darn painting, though I did cheat a bit and cropped only the upper part, because I completely lost motivation for the bottom half :P

Deutsche Bücher

Started reading one of my favorite books in German a few days ago - Yelena und die Magierin des Südens by Maria V. Snyder. I really must say that re-reading a book in German that I've read dozens of times before in English is a great way to practice German vocabulary. Hopefully this will help me in my upcoming final exam :)

Off to watch X-Men First Class now and then to read some more about Yelena's adventures :)

Shrove Tuesday...

...was already yesterday, but I didn't know about it so I celebrated it today instead with a yummy, home-made low-carb version of the traditional fastlagsbulle.

Should probably start studying for my final exams now...

Progress

Still working on it...
Jeez, I have a feeling that this painting will never be finished :P

Made the hair darker, did the lips, the bracelet and the tattoos, started working on the dagger and tweaked the face and the folds on the outfit a bit.
Previous version is in this post: Click here

FFXII

So I continued my Final Fantasy marathon and managed to finish FFXII :D! I have to admit I didn't like this game quite as much; I really loved the battle system and gameplay but I didn't really get into the story as much as I did in the other games.

Might go tackle FFX-2 a bit later, because I've had that one unfinished for nearly two years soon :P For some reason it just doesn't hold my interest.

I really should start drawing and writing again, but I'm currently not the least inspired for either one.

ABI!!

My outfit for today :D (and my messy room). Pink pants, black top, a black jacket and of course bright red lipstick! At school I also wore high heels, sunglasses and a scarf to complete the "stekare" outfit.

After we made the first year students dance and sing for us and massage us, we drove around the city center in trucks like this, throwing candy to people on the streets:

It was a lot of fun, even though it started to get quite cold toward the end :P. Really looking forward to the cruise later today!

Oh and also, seems I gave myself a bit too much free time for studying :P We get 3 weeks free time before the final exams start, not 6 weeks like I stated in my previous post :D

School's out

On monday, tuesday and today I've had listening comprehensions for the final exams, and now I don't have any school for about six weeks, after which the final exams start. Really looking forward toward this free time! (even though I'm actually supposed to spend that time studying)

Tomorrow will be penkkis, which means that we get to tease the first year students and make them do all kinds of horrible stuff, after which we'll be driving around the city with trucks throwing candy to people on the streets. Later in the evening we're going on a one-day cruise to Sweden and back.

I purchased some red lipstick today, so now I'm well-equipped for doodling on the first year students' faces >:)

Here's my weapon, and I won't be afraid to use it :D!

Gonna post a picture of my outfit tomorrow (all final year students are supposed to dress up as 'stekare' which is kind of a person who's rich and wears a certain kind of fancy clothes and parties a lot)

the end D:

So I finished the main storyline of FFXIII-2. Even though it was shorter than the average FF game, I really loved it, and I have to say the ending really has me longing for more. Hopefully there will be a FFXIII-3 in the future :D. Right now I'm just waiting for FFXIII versus to be released.

Here's a song from FFXIII-2 that I just can't stop listening to because it's so beautiful:

FFXIII-2!

So far, I'm really loving FFXIII-2 :D! Now I'm off to the gym, and afterwards I'll do some more gaming.

YAY

I have a driver's lisence :D!!

Final fantasy :D

Been playing Final Fantasy XII all day long, trying to finish it before wednesday.

And why wednesday, you might wonder.

Okay, I kind of lied. I didn't play FFXII all day, because I took a break in the afternoon to go buy Final Fantasy XIII-3. Since I don't have any PS3 of my own, I'm going to borrow my brother's, but I won't get it until wednesday, and since I want to start playing FFXIII-3 as soon as possible and because I'd rather not have another game half-finished at the same time, I've set wednesday as a deadline for FFXII.

Aslkdflk I'm so excited to play FFXIII-2 :D! FFXIII is probably my favorite in the final fantasy series, so I'm really looking forward to seeing whether XIII-2 will top it.

Off to play some more XII ->

Slow

This must seriously be the slowest painting I've ever been working on. Usually I tend to finish my paintings in one go, to prevent losing interest in it (though the quality usually suffers from that), but this one has gotten small edits over the process of many days.

Got the hair and the eyes done, as well as some fixes on her skin (such as smoothing out the green light on her arm). Still got to experiment some more with the color of her hair to make it less disconnected from the rest of the painting.