May's Blog

Far Across the Words

2012-01-08T14:40:00.002-05:00

Navci (2 of Hearts) and I started a penpal photo-story project: Far Across the Words =)

(This is obviously a photomanipulation).

She's living in BC; I am living in Ontario. It all started with us wanting to do something together. And this happened. I really admire Navci's photography and dolls in general. I think her taste is really exquisite ^^

If you have time, or you're just plain bored, please go and take a look =) We don't know where it'll go or for how long we will be doing it, but for now we're really happy about the whole concept.

Some pictures

2012-01-08T14:34:00.001-05:00

Non-doll stuff:

Doll stuff:

Still alive!

2012-01-08T14:18:00.001-05:00

I haven't painted in years. But I have doodles to share ^^U

This Alucard rotation was done to serve as reference for a head sculpting by DIM.

I'm also planning a band in resin. The one at the left should be the Alucard head. The rest of the heads are already with me. So from left to right: DIM Alucard MNM, Nabarro Har, Angelsdoll Michael, Luts Regen. The fun part about this will be getting their bodies and instruments (I found the microphone!). Now I need bass guitar, guitar, and drums.

And this is my attempt at expression sheet for Glenn. I took reference from Sinbad *loves Dreamworks 2D movies* I also tried to draw Paul but he's harder than what I thought.

"Human" Coltrane

2011-06-04T00:57:00.008-05:00

This is Coltrane Holland. It's taking me so long, I couldn't avoid posting a WIP ;_; But there's so many details that need to be done (that eagle's gonna kill me). Don't get me wrong, it's been a lot of fun so far.

In this portrait, he was a teenager and still living in North America, around 1790-something. I'll post the finished version later on X_X

Edit: It's done!

"Human" Juno

2011-02-15T01:02:00.003-05:00

Number 1 of a series of "Human" portraits. I'll try to portray my characters before they became immortal; in that sense, I'll try to emulate the art of the period.

In this case, it's Juno Millet, circa 1420 (middle ages). This was a hard one because I didn't want to distort her features so much to make her look like those... You know, plastic-out-of-proportion middle ages portraits. So I kind of did my own version, but I'll try to avoid that in the next ones X__X It's gonna be sooooo hard with Paul, I know.

There's still six remaining, from Hellenistic Greece to nowadays. Who's gonna be next? I have no clue...

Little Faces

2010-09-20T14:15:00.003-05:00

What do I do while attending a lecture and it's early morning?
Of course, doodle faces, what else. It's been a while since I drew something with real stuff (instead of using a computer). I think my style suddenly changed a little bit. I'm liking it. They were all done with ballpoint pen with the exception of the first three at the left (those were done with pencil).

+ Chu +

2010-04-17T17:31:00.002-05:00

Wanted to try something simple and not epic at all. This was really fun and fast to do. Glenn with Ingvild's character "Chu". Glenn hates trannies btw, so I dunno what's going on here.

Dethklok fanart

2010-02-28T04:20:00.002-05:00

'Cause I love Toki's stupidity <3 Done for the sketchthemes blog

My first female doll

2010-01-30T03:33:00.006-05:00

Before starting anything, what's going on with SPAM? I'm reading everywhere Spammers weren't happy enough with attacking email accounts and now they use blogs and website ads and so on. I don't know about you guys but my last two posts were infected with them, geez...

Anyway, as I said earlier, another doll has come, she's my first female (because the other one belongs to my sister), her name is Helena and she's supposed to be Morten's GF ^^U (he felt so lonely T_T). She's a Supia Roda dreaming head, and I haven't seen many of them so I guess she's not a very popular mold.

Trying a red wig on her

Aren't them cute together?!?! X3 (Excuse the fangirlism *ehem*)

However there is something that isn't working... There's 16 cm difference in height! And in doll proportions, that's huge! Take a look:

Morten looks like a pedo!!! This time I didn't do it on purpose, I swear! Yah I knew she was 58cm and he was 74cm, but I wasn't that aware of it. Anyway, sitting pictures from now on.

And just because, an extra pic of Morten 'cuz he's so pretty in that curly crazy/gay wig I got for him:

Now I can say my collection is coming to an end >:3 I just need to save for Glenn and Paul and that's it! (yah, I already know which molds they'll reincarnate in, mwahahaha). That's it folks. Not much time nowadays, due to my two jobs X__x * kills herself *

New year's ramblings

2010-01-02T09:44:00.006-05:00

2009 was a very interesting year in my life. I've got my animation diploma, my sister came to live with me, my mom visited me twice, I've got my cat neutered (thank God), Erick Goldberg saw my stuff, I've been into photography... And most important, I've been studying the bible (which hopefully will lead me to become a better person).

Now, this has to be the most procastinating year ever regarding illustration. Sure I did draw a lot the first half of the year. But after school was over my drawing was reduced to almost zero. There's this facebook project I've been until now, which was one photo per week. It took me into this other kind of art and almost made me forgot my roots. Since my previous post was spammed several times I'm going to post here again the pics I liked the most (they can be all found in my flickr account). As you can see, I was mostly into "photomanipulation". However not this kind of photomanipulation that you see and you say "hey, cool photomanipulation! Nice non believable photo!". I don't want it to be that obvious, I want people to look at it and not even think... That's a photomanipulation, if you know what I mean. Let me know if I kind of succeeded (also take in mind that I own no doll-sized furniture).

This experience with photography made me realize that... It's just not for me. Let me put it this way: Everytime I took a picture, I felt I cheated my roots. How so? I mean, with just one click you can have ready what could take you forever to draw. However there was another big realization: Photography is just an illusion of your surroundings, or your interpretation of your surroundings, and nothing else. Like I said to a friend of mine, could I take a picture of a dragon flying the skies? For sure, there are tricks and what not involved in photography, but you cannot take a picture of a dragon. Period. Nothing as fascinating as drawing, illustrating and such... And what about animation? It's creating "the illusion of life"! (I'm really proud to say myself "I'm an animator" XD). What I want to emphasize (sp?) is that I've got my share of this, and I have to keep moving. I need to draw and that's for real. I think this huge and massive art block is coming to an end.

So yeah, I woke up and I felt this urge to write in my blog xD Dunno why, new year thing? I dunno. Most likely my new post will be about my new doll (which I'm waiting for). Yah, me and my dolls...

Have a good weekend everyone.

I'm alive

2009-09-26T22:09:00.004-05:00

I decided to draw today, and man, what a feeling! I felt alive today! This is surely my thing, to draw! I realized it was my fault; I needed to stop blaming my current job and what have you. It was my fault and only my fault.

The first drawings are basically copied from books. I wanted to give faces to the dynamic guys to make it funnier. The animals are from a zoo trip I went to like months ago with Collin and Trent and I owed them. I was more concentrated in movement rather than in rendering. I thought that if I wanted a nice animal rendering I just googled it.

Saint!!!

2009-09-05T22:44:00.006-05:00

Yes, another doll post! Mind you!

But this one's special! I've been wanting a Dollshe Saint for nearly a year and for reason A and B I couldn't have one until now! He came yesterday after waiting for three weeks since I've ordered him (woa, now THAT is a record).

I love him SOO MUCH, this is NOT normal. I loved him even with his blank face (despite everyone calling him sick or dead). And today I've painted his face and... Oh... The connection was magical. So here he is, my wonderful Saint! I've ordered the closed eyes version, so I still have one face waiting for the face-up! I have no name for him yet, but I'm between Morten and Marcello (thansk mom!). Can you believe that's the box I've got from the mailman? Why is it so big?!

Haha, the taller, the harder they are to stand up. I don't know why I get in love with tall dolls. I'm loving his excess of joints!!

Of course, the comparison picture!

And the face-up I've just painted today =_=U

Beside my doll fandom, nothing much's happened. I keep on painting BGs for Benjamin Bear Season 4, and I've been refining my "cheating" techniques in order to get to deadlines X__x And yeah, that's it u.u I wanna draw

Trying something new...

2009-06-30T01:13:00.005-05:00

... With my cheap camera. I always thought the "manual focus" thing was worthless ('cuz I didn't know what it was or how it worked). I needed to create the Bokeh effect without using Photoshop and the Macro function >.< So yah, I had to document myself about technical stuff that I can't quite understand yet xD Anyway, my first experiments! Which is your fav one?

CHARGED - Animated short film

2009-05-19T20:28:00.002-05:00

CHARGED - Animated Short Film from Collin T on Vimeo.

CHARGED, follows the first day on the job for an energetic guy named Spark. His excitement for his new job quickly turns sour when Spark is faced with an obstacle that is almost too much for him to handle. Made by: Collin Tsandilis tsandilis.blogspot.com Trent Correy trentanimation.blogspot.com Mayrhosby Yeoshen mayyeo.com Produced at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada. 2009

Celestina

2009-05-13T00:49:00.005-05:00

So I was keeping this wintery head, and he/she needed a body. Chiqui liked it and we decided he/she looked like a she. After some research I chose a B&G body that arrived just today! And despite the resin match looks quite bad in the pictures, it's not like that at all in real life.
She is my sister's first BJD, and the first hybrid in the family xD I did the face-up and chiqui chose the outfit and general appereance. I love size comparison shots so I leave you with these ones!

I think Loren's gonna turn hetero now.

Demo Reel 2009

2009-05-10T03:41:00.002-05:00

What? Pixar in Venezuela?

2009-05-03T22:25:00.003-05:00

That's right! I can't wait to see this movie!! I hope more people get to know my country actually exists! And hey, that place is 8 hours away from my house T_T

Check it out! Up!

How to sew a PJ outfit for a SSDF

2009-04-13T23:44:00.008-05:00

These are the tools of trade. And the book I bought which is very good if you're a beginner like myself.

First off, you need a pattern. I downloaded the PJ shirt from UndeadThreads and resized it to 110%. For the bottom I used a pant I bought and traced a pattern out of it, then I adjusted it some.

Then you have to place the pattern pieces with the grainline arrow parallel to the selvages and pin them.

Double check the placement before cutting as accuracy is important. Mistakes made in cutting cannot always be corrected.

Do the same with the pants.

Since this fabric tends to fray you need to apply finishing seams. In this case, a zigzag stich was used. Then, iron the piece. Always remember to iron in order to get better results.

Sew right sides together, pin the sewn right and left pants sections together at the crotch seam. Line up the inner leg seams, and match any notches. Stitch the entire seam.

Join both pants at the crotch area using pins and sew them accordingly.

Finish the waistline. Fit what you have done to the doll and see where you want the girdle to be placed at. Fold the upper edge of the waistline and iron it. Stich and leave a a opening just above the first opening in order to get the elastic inside.

Use a pin to drag the elastic inside. Try it on the doll to see if it fits. Once done, stitch several times until it's strong enough and close the opening.

Try the pans once again on the doll and mark where you want the hem to be. Iron it and stich. The pants are done!

Now with the PJ Top. This is the collar and it's kind of tricky. You need to cut it perpendicular to the selvages of the fabric. With right sides together pin and sew the collar around top and sides and leave the other side open. Turn right sides out and iron flat.

With right sides together pin and sew the fronts with the back by the shoulders.

Fold wrong sides of the cuffs together at crease line, and iron them flat. Pin the cuff to the right side of the sleeve and make sure all the seams are aligned. Stitch the cuff to the right side of the sleeve.

Fold the cuffs out so that they lay flat. Iron the seam allowances pointed towards the top of the sleeve and stich.

I didn't take photos of the rest but the rest of the explanation can be found here since I followed those instructions.

And this is how it looks once the buttons are all added!

And this is how it looks on the doll! What a great feeling to see that it fits!

Fine Tooning Pages

2009-04-09T16:47:00.004-05:00

Tom's revisions? What? They're brutal and chaotic, but who cares...

Trent, if you read this, sorry for stealing part of your layout xD

Rough

2009-03-30T02:20:00.005-05:00

I know this might not look the greatest thing I've ever done, but I have a soft spot for quick rough sketches. This is a "portrait" of my friend Juan Nieto (John Grandson xD) that started as a MSN doodle, and then opened in Painter and saved in PS... I like the simplicity of it. He let me "bishify" him.

Self Directed Learning

2009-03-16T00:48:00.005-05:00

That's the name of the Gened I took. This weekend I finally took some time to do something for my Gened. I've decided I would learn how to sew stuff... For my dolls. So I started with PJ pants for Coltrane. I made a pattern out of the pants I bought for him.

The final result was so ugly that I got depressend and I will never show them to anyone. But then I decided I'd try a T-shirt. I took a SD pattern from FlimFlam's website and resized it about 116% and added some cms here and there. The book steps were very clear, but since this is a Tshirt for a doll and not a human being, the size restriction was an issue, so I had to look at steps on internet and this time I think I got something decent. Now Coltrane has something way less formal to wear and now that I pay attention to him, he looks like some sort of "thinspiration" (which was totally NOT intended). Anyway, it feels good to see the thing fits! This is oficially my third time at sewing something and I'm kinda proud of myself... There's still some finishes that I should work some more but... Hell, it's a doll. He won't complain. So then I went nuts and did another "photoshot" on my well known table.

Not only the book and webpages helped me out some, also youtube did! I've learnt how to wing a bobbin just watching a youtube video xD

PS: I bought the pants.

Artsy Fartsy Dump

2009-03-08T00:38:00.005-05:00

I wrote some stuff like I always do but I posted it in the wrong blog =_= so what the hell, enjoy the images.

Wintery head

(Yes, that's Coltrane's body... )

Life Drawing (nu pastel and conté)

Pitch package

2009-03-05T17:58:00.004-05:00

I had a pitch package due today and I spent quite a while (more than I wished to) painting the cover. I had my friend Juan Nieto help me (basically, write down all the story for me) using my characters. And that's how all-porpuse-Glenn (like the flour) becomes an ex FBI agent...

Oh, if it were any doubt about my super originality, the title is "One Blood" in German, according to Babelfish translation.

Stuff

2009-02-22T23:39:00.005-05:00

I haven't been feeling good emotionally speaking. I've been accumulating frustration for a while and adding up that I'm a home person, since my mom left I've been wanting to cry out my sadness (which I did just today). I exploded and called her, dad attended and worried about me. I don't want to freak out and now less than ever since I'm with my sister and I need to be an example to her. But sometimes I can't avoid loosing it.

Yesterday I had a chat via MSN with Ingvild. Out of the blue we talked about our boys and how much we drew them before... And she asked me to doodle on MSN like old times. So I did it. And it was like medicine... I missed drawing what I like, it's something I cannot explain. One thing we noticed is that how a free tool such as MSN can bring us even more fun than a program worth hundreds of dollars (such as photoshop). So, this is some of the stuff that popped out of that session. I wish we could repeat that again anytime soon.

I've been also thinking that my style pretty much sunk. If I try to make it different it'll look like someone else's style =/ I kind of like it but sometimes I wished it was different, like the growing popular korean style.

And just because, an old sketch I did of one of my most recently created charas. You can tell I have a thing for guys wearing sideburns. Riso's a musician werewolf born in Austria, and Glenn's buddy (they're just friends, don't freak out).

Coltrane is finally complete!

2009-02-17T13:09:00.015-05:00

So I received a call this morning from Canada Post and I screamed. I thought he was arriving this Friday, so that means it took just three days to get here! How efficient is that? Anyway, I bought a Regen from Luts, because I desperately needed a SSDF body and he was on sale for three days, so I said "why not?". So I bought him on December, and the other good thing is that there was this event so I could get a free head, the "Winter Event Head". Which is way too cute. Anyway, the photos!

The box inside the box!

What's inside those cushions? My sister was there and she didn't let me take nice pictures of the contents because apparently she was more excited than I was and took everything.

The mummy!

And this is Regen. He's cute but not so much my type, the lack of forehead bothers me, and his head is too small for his body. I think I'll practice face-up on him a couple of times and then sell him on the market.

Regen's head is the one at the left, and Wintery is at the right. Look how big is the deattachable SSDF hand!

So I changed heads and put on Coltrane's with his new wig (that I need to style as well). I almost cried out my happiness. Coltrane is finally complete.

And if you wanted to know the size difference between a SSDF and a SDF... I felt sorry for Loren, he looks like a child now... And they're the same age! This made me think it twice about getting a mecha angel (80 cm).

This is a cute one. Loren's uncomfortable because not only Coltrane is one head taller than him, he can also cross legs xD

And more Coltrane's photos, just because. I can´t get over his beauty. Wait until I paint a decent face-up and attach nice doll-sized eyelashes.

My friend Liliana wanted to see the veiny hands... As a side note, that watch actually works!

I love my dolls to bits... I wished my mom was here so she could sew something less formal for Coltrane. Oh well, I'll figure... Now I want a female doll, but my only female chara is Juno and she's a tough one, I can't find her anywhere. Anyway, I'm way too happy with these two, tho they can't stand each other xD * sings and finishes this entry *

Stuff

2009-02-06T23:26:00.008-05:00

So it was about time to post something. Something like...

Naked people

Captain Hook

Niña looking cute (like always)

And Loren wearing clothing my mom made *__* Isn't she awesome?

And a closeup of his wonderful face-up. I wonder how they did it, bet they used a single hair brush for those eyelashes!

Loren's here!

2009-01-19T21:54:00.011-05:00

Yay! After three months and a half, Loren is here! He's a DOT Lahoo (from DOD) with brown makeup. I was at college when my sister came to my classroom telling me to give a lasagna to my classmates and that my boy came! So when I came home my mom had the box lying on my bed. So I took my camera and started documenting it *_*

That is the box that came all the way from Korea!

That's a box inside another box. "Dream of Dall"

The contents! Two wigs, eyes, extra pair or hands, postal cards and a wrapped thing.

It's a heavy candy!

Here's Loren, eyeless and with no dignity.

Niña wanted to try the box

And here's Loren finally unwrapped and with some eyes I had for him, wearing the default wig.

Loren stood up for first time ^^ (so hard to do on the carpet)

From now on, I just toyed around with his joints, and made him wear several different things.

And this is his final look (for now). Not with those glasses tho, I need to find nice emo glasses for him.

OMAKE!

The Small One

2008-12-11T22:44:00.003-05:00

OK, this is the first time I cry with an animated movie, and the worst thing being, it's not the first time I watch it. I'm talking about "The Small One", a short film made by Disney and released in 1978 with Don Bluth working on it (Dragon's Lair, Thumbelina, The Land Before Time, All Dogs go to Heaven, etc). I think it was because it brings back so many memories. I had it on VHS along other Christmas Disney shorts. But this one was my favourite among all of them. And I can see why. Man I cried like a baby watching it again, the English version is as lovely as the Spanish dubbed version. To understand why it is so good, just watch it:

Part One

It will remind you of the true meaning of Christmas.

Life Drawing

2008-12-11T19:11:00.003-05:00

Some life drawing stuff. Yah, that one is Mulan! Can't believe semester (and preproduction) is over!

Glenn

2008-12-09T20:59:00.006-05:00

So I was missing my boys, and remembered I started this old Glenn portraitI never managed to finish (from 2006, as the original file says). I always thought it had potential, but never managed to take it to the right direction. So I recovered it from one of my many DVD backups and this is the result. The poor guy never had a decent portrait (my first attempt is better to remaing forgotten). So compare what was created two years ago, and the final result! And by all means, click to see it bigger!

Also, a closeup (I had fun with the eyes ^^).

Now I need to paint a portrait of Paul, again xD Or maybe Riso, or Loren (This guy might be fun).

Moar kittens

2008-12-02T22:26:00.001-05:00

Finally Tessa gets along with them... Kinda

Exotique 4

2008-11-25T12:31:00.004-05:00

Today I received my copy of Exotique 4 (For free 8D). I waited about 10 days to get this beauty. It feels so good receiving free books xD * is happy *. This pumps me to do something absolutely amazing for Expose 7! Now, enjoy the beautiful cover:

And my entry (Amadeo):

* Dances and goes to get done MOAR soffocating paperwork *

My first face-up!

2008-11-16T02:15:00.007-05:00

I received Coltrane's head this Wednesday and I already tried his first face up! I went to Wallack's (art store) and bought what was left to buy. I also bought silicon earplugs (to stick on the eyes), fake eyelashes (that I didn't use anyway), etc. So I started at 9, more or less, what took me the most was cleaning the head, for some reason. Anyway, here's the outcome. Meet Coltrane, alias "griposo" xD (for those who do not speak spanish, "griposo" means something like "man with a cold").

My workspace xD

And here he is with wig and eyes:

Daylight shot:

He got no upper lashes because I didn't want to waste the ones I bought, since I'm not very happy with this face-up. Maybe the next time he'll have eyelashes 8D
Note to self: Do not get the dirtiest cheapest brushes. They suck.
Note to self 2: DO NOT MAKE HIM LOOK SICK OR GIRLY!

Things arrived!

2008-11-12T23:51:00.007-05:00

First off, I would like to tell that Chuchu got her doll Alicia! (A pink Amy from Iplehouse ) She is a ball jointed doll. We are like together in this new hobby of us, and she's enjoying it already! She started sewing like crazy, and despite she says her stuff looks bad I love what she does, I wish I had her skills!

And now that we are in the BJD line, guess what, the head I bought from a member of DOA arrived today! I screwed the payment at first but once solved the transaction went smoothly. He is a SSD '08 man event head that I missed from LUTS. I happened to come across to a photo of this gorgeous sculpt and I shouted "It's Coltrane!!" (for those who don't know, Coltrane is a character I created long time ago). What I could not achieve with drawings and paintings, a doll company did. He IS Coltrane, I found his face! OMG, he's so gorgeous! You can't tell right now, but once I do the face-up you'll see!

One week after I paid for him I lernt that head belongs to a super senior delf body!! (which means, the guy is 70cm tall). Now I need to save to buy his huge body ^^U OMG can't wait to do my first face-up!

Enough of doll babbling! Another thing that arrived today was another copy of the painter magazine (the arrive to my place every month). But this time I got a tuto featured! I must admit this had been the shittiest tutorial I've ever made, but oh well, hope someone learns something from it o.oU

These people chopped off my name o.o

OMAKE! Cat in a hole

Cuteness overload

2008-11-09T01:14:00.001-05:00

You saw this coming

Niña is here!

2008-11-07T20:14:00.006-05:00

Nina and her brother Bowie came this morning! They are so tiny and playful (They make Tessa look like a huge monster). They are so damn cute I could not avoid take quick shitty pictures of them (heavily photoshoped). I'll sure will spam this blog with more pictures, taken with more love! Bowie is the light cat and Nina is the dark one.

Omake: Tessa's face of jealousy xD

WRYYYYYY?!

2008-10-28T20:04:00.006-05:00

I think it's time to buy new boots and mittens.

Dolly's Clothes!

2008-10-18T15:38:00.003-05:00

This entry is dedicated to my sisters since I was giving a fuzz about the doll's clothes thing. They finally arrived! I know, I know, it's not the doll per se, but the clothing and accessories are so cute and they give me this illusion of having the actual thing with me. So I went to the post office and got my packages from.... Korea! (I'm sorry, I can't help myself every time I see something written in Hangul).

I opened the boxes! They're from Dollmore and Iplehouse (yes, they arrived at the same time, what a synchronization).

These are the contents from the Iplehouse box. I bought really nice jeans and a Tshirt to justify the shipping expenses. Compare them to the cat (yes, she had to show off again). This doll is gonna be bigger than I thought!! * loves big dollies *

Then I opened the Dollmore contents. Clothes, chains, beanie, glasses, eyes, wig, necklaces. Pretty much everything to pimp my doll! Oh, and they gave me an extra pair of glass eyes! Not too keen on the color, but hey, extra eyes nontheless!

Look closely at the contents. I bet Cole's gonna look handsome in that outfit. And how cute are the glasses? They even came with the case. And look at that eye, the glitter is just mesmerizing.

OMAKE! Tessa spent some time playing with the chains.

Oh man, if I'm this excited with clothes, how am I gonna be with the doll? * can't wait, for real * I'm still waiting for the shoes which I bought even before this stuff ;__; * is starting to get worried *

Autumn Colors

2008-10-18T15:12:00.007-05:00

Fall came days ago and I always forgot to take pictures of the beautiful trees. Their warm colors still amaze me, and one day I didn't forget to bring the camera with me, so I took these pictures from the area where I live. It was at that time of the day, the light was just wonderful. I should take the camera with me more often. I didn't correct the colors on PS, I did resize them and sharpen them a little tho.

Life Drawing

2008-10-07T12:28:00.009-05:00

Life drawing is really fun this semester. We started using a totally new media, conté and bistro. They're really fun to work with. The teacher has taught us several techniques, my favorite one is with smudging and using kneadable eraser. We started studying drappery, this is my first drawing with conté ever:

Not very satisfied with. The following are some of the studies that came after, they took among 1 and 30 mins.

This week we will have a pregnant woman as model. I'll try my best!

OMAKE!!

Concert Day

2008-09-02T16:38:00.005-05:00

This day was awesome for someone like me with a rather dull life. I planned on going to a Nightwish and Sonata Arctica concert in Montréal since weeks ago. You must know that I'm a true Sonata Arctica fangirl to understand that I spent days on a poster sort of thing for them to - luckily - autograph. I'm really glad Ingvild encouraged me so much. So let's begin with the story. I'll divide it into "getting there", "the concert itself" and "coming back"

I headed to the bus terminal at 1. I got repeteadly times lost getting there, but as I went there last Friday to buy the tickets I knew the route. But unlucky me, didn't take in mind Labour day was a holiday and thus bus routes change. So what happened is that I was waiting for a bus that never came. So I went to downtown and from there I walked to the other bus that took me station. You can't understand how much I walked. I spent 2 hours getting there. Bad start. My feet already ache. When I came it was 3:15, but I was lucky a bus was departing to Montréal at 4. So I thought "OK, I'm early. Gotta eat something". So I bought the most expensive and horrible sandwich in my whole life. When I finished the line was so long! I didn't even think I was gonna make it. But I did. In the road I put my MP3 player and listened to songs I liked from both bands, and incredibly enough, the trip was really short.

The concert started at 8, and the doors opened at 6:30. I had no clue what time it was when I arrived to Montréal, but my guess is around 6. So I was hoping for another huge line. With my printed google map I looked like a tourist finding the place. I got kind lost at some point since the streets were different than the map, but when I spotted a line of "Cat Eaters" (that's the term we use in Venezuela to debscribe people wearing band Tshirts, long hair, boots... You gave the picture) I folded the map and knew I found the place. It was HUGE! I was like "Why so many people here?! D :". I looked so "normal" I wanted to die. And everyone speaking French. One of the guys wanted to joke with me and I was like "???". So obviously they stopped talking to me.

So the doors opened and I entered. I was alone and it was the worse part of the whole thing. I bought the most expensive water in my whole life (what's with buying expensive stuff anyway?). 3 bucks! Three fucking bucks the water! Anyway, all the good spots well taken, of course. I would prefer the balcony but anyway. It was not a bad spot, I just wished I'd be taller and I weren't surrounded by so many retards. Waiting was a torture. But when the lights turned off I could feel the emotion.

I could not believe I saw my favourite band live ;_; I so wanted to cry. Tony (the singer) was so cute! And did so many weird things! The first song was from their last album Unia, which I'm not very fan of so I was kind of lost. But as they kept going with the old classic songs I could not hold myself and sung with all my lung. They even performed for first time my favourite song ever, "White Pearl, Black Oceans". I recorded the very last part, my favourite!!! Other songs they played were The Cage, Don't say a Word (OMG, so cool!), Faith, Paid in Full (T_T), and decided to play one more song at the end, which was a known one but I can't remember right now which one was xD It was a shame they were on stage for just 45 minutes!!! Because Nightwish was next, heh.

Those are the best pictures. The other ones... X__x Then a break came and Nightwish started. People went MAD! They really love Nightwish, even with Anette as the new singer. To tell the truth, I did not set my hopes too high with Nightwish, but hey. Maybe Anette doesn't have the greatest voice, or I'm just too used to Tarja. But damn, the woman got charisma. The first two songs were again from their new album which I dun love so I was lost again. But the old songs started to be played and I sung again. God, I'm still aphonic. The ones I remember the most are Come Cover me, Wishmaster (OMG, so good), Ever dream, Chest of Wonders, Nemo, and finished with I wish I had an Angel, with Marco's super voice *0* People went nuts, really.

I know they're few pictures, because I recorded instead of taking photos. And again, most of the photos are crap. As you can notice, I wasn't that far. But all the guys stepping on me and pushing me were way too annoying. Guess that's how concerts are anyway. I was so tired at the end, all that previous walking and jumping and rocking and stuff... And half deaf and aphonic... I just wanted Nightwish to perform their last song to go home.

Oh btw, a guy behind me started to chat in the intermission and like... Wanted something with me X_x but I'm really good at avoiding people. Still I got him to buy me another bottle of water *0*. When the concert finished, I went out near the trailers xD The guy went home and I kept on waiting. I must say there were two identical trailers. I thought one was for Sonata and the other one for Nightwish. There were few fans waiting as well. I dunno how long I waited until the first guy, Toumas came out of the trailer and many fans gathered around. He was not just my thing, he looks like a ... Metal version of Johny Depp X__x So yeah, I passed. Then Emppu came out. Same thing. I didn't want to aboard the poor guy, he got enough fans already. But when Marco shoed up, OMFG! I could not stop myself. And he was the nicest of the guys! He stood quite a while out there, letting being taken pictures with, signing autographs and even chatting! Woa, he looked so nice, really. And I had this picture, which I seriously don't like because I think we both look ugly xD

But anyway, he's Marco and the drinks and smokes and gives chicks kisses on the cheek. He rulz. It was being too late and I asked one stupid security man if he could at least give the poster to the sonata guys, and he said "no, I can't go inside and give it to them" and I was like "why not?" and he said "I can't" with his ass face X__x so I asked "and who can?", "I dunno". "Can you at least tell me if they're going out?", "Maybe", "Fine, I'll awit". Idiot. Thanks to him I was seriously loosing hope. But I decided to wait as there were still some people jumping on Marco. But then someone spotted Elias (guitar player) and I was like "OMG, it's now or never". He was heading to his "Trailer". No, it was not the twin nice trailer behind the Nightwish one. He was heading to an ugly small Van I just didn't look at! Why can't the Sonata guys have a nice trailer like the Nightwish guys had? ;_; OK Anyway, like 4 people surrounded Elias and I waited until the end, so he could dedicate some time to me. And seriously, he is... Way too nice. o.o This I will never forget. I gave the guy the two copies, I said "one for you to keep and the other one for you to sign". And the guy started at it, and was all... I can't forget his face. He said "that's nice" still admiring it, and I was looking for a pen inside my bag X__x "That is really nice" he repeated "how did you do it?" and I like the geek fangirl I am explained how and told him it took several days. I finally found the pen and handed it to him. And didn't work X__x still the guy wanted it to make it work and I was like "OK I have another one" so while I was looking at the bottom of my bag for it he said "How long did it take again?", "Several days, I didn't sleep yesterday!" I don't even know why I said that. So finally I found a working pen, and gave it to him, and he was like "If I sign on the black it won't show?" OMG, he didn't want to ruin MY copy! I was like "you can sign on the blue spots!" and he was seriously thinking it! And after a while I convinced him to do so. I can't believe how... He behaved o.o And yes, it's just a signature from just one member, but that was more than enough!!! And of course, the proofs!

What do you think? Do I look happy? xD So yes, I got the picture taken, thanked him very much and wished him a good night and the guy headed to his fugly van X__x I was so happy I just thought my work was done. So I headed back to the bus terminal. Which another small story begins.

I thought I could find a bus back at 2 am or something. How wrong I was. The next bus heading to Ottawa departed at 5:30 am! So I had to try to sleep at the terminal. But then I saw this girl talking in spanish while screaming she got a picture with Touma X__x Anyway, she spoke Spanish so I decided to talk to her. I knew she was from Argentina because of her accent. And surprisingly enough, we became friends in an instant! Such a nice person, and we have so many things in common. She was really sweet. And she gave me an orange! (I was starving). Her name is Belén. But more surprisingly enough, beside us an old lady, 75 years old as she told us, sitted beside us. And she was so funny, she kept us awake telling us stories that made us giggle. She was from Mexico. So there you are, three women from three different latin american countries ina a bus station in Montréal very early in the morning. I exchanged mails with Belén. I surely have someone to go with next time! So when it was 5:15 am we noticed there was a huge line for Ottawa X__x So yes, I lost the bus. So I took the next one, departing at 6. I was so damn wasted. I had body ache, and was aphonic (still am). I could not sleep in the bus. It was so, so uncomfortable. So I came around 9, took a well deserved shower and tried to sleep. Of course, the phone rang twice and someone rang the bell and the cat stepped on me three times. But I'm fine, really.

This was a lifetime experience =)

New design!

2008-07-08T23:33:00.008-05:00

I update this blog once every lustrum. OK OK, so I changed the layout, I got nothing to do today (or maybe I did but I didn't want to do anything).
News! Next Monday I'm going to oficially work at http://www.pipanimation.com . It's a flashed based animation studio. So they had to train me for several weeks so I could handle my first scene xD (is excited). I'm gonna work on a brand new show, it looks interesting.
Hum, lessee lessee... I also "came back" to Ingvild (http://electrosveis.blogspot.com). Yes, we're together again (wears the ring). Many many things can happen from now on! (Like, a trip to Norway o.o). Btw, she made this cute version of my character Coltrane * is so in love with it * Isn't he cute?
I'll try to use this blog as an online sketchbook * cough * Hope to update this thing on a weekly basis.

Have a good summer everyone!

Coye, no he actualizado en años!

2007-11-22T19:18:00.000-05:00

Como todo lo mío, nunca actualizo, nunca aparezco, nunca nada. Me siento anónima y todo. pero en fin. Viendo que ambas de mis dos hermanas ( xD ) tienen unos super blogazos, pues yo voy a editar el mío. Because yes.

Por cierto esta entrada es en español porque me provoca. Han pasado un sin número de cosas desde aquella entrada de principios de año xD Tanto aquí como en Venezuela. Dios, qué de cosas, en serio. Bueno este blog es sobre mí, no sobre mi país (por ahora, aunque lo quiero que jode).

Mi hermana chu tiene un blog super bonito, se llama "Cosas de chu" y es sobre ella (duh), sus manualidades, artes, etc. El de mi hermana chiqui se llama "Darkieland" y es sobre ella también. Leyéndolo recordé muchas cosas. Cómo extraño a mi familia, coño ;_;

En fin, estoy en la recta final para terminar mi tercer semestre de animación! (sí, así es, mitad del medio del programa xD). Ha sido el trimestre más duro hasta ahora, pero por esa misma razón, trimestre en el que más he aprendido. Tengo una especie de desorden con mi metabolismo. Unos días duermo poco y otros días duermo de más. Es horrible, no me gusta. Es tan desagradable como la nieve. Hablando de nieve, que apareció hace dos días, y recordé cuánto la odiaba. Ahorita mismo mientras escribo esto está nevando. Los camiones anti nieve (no sé cómo carajo se llaman, relamente) están trabajando que jode.

Por cierto que mañana mismo supuestamente llega un amigo d México. Uno que conocí hace al menos 100 años por internets. Qué cosas no? Ahora que estoy acá, en otro país, todos me quieren visitar! Lo que es el mundo.

Bueno por ahora los voy a dejar con la animación de un perrito que me mandaron hacer. No me quedó muy bueno pero qué se le hace. Si lo miras varias veces en loop tu CI baja en 30 puntos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfhxXEtMMVA