for Michael Jackson (by Alex)

(click to enlarge)

I'd wanted to do this since last week, but I was of course busy with my own wedding invitation card project. But that's been completed, so I'm back into sketches and drawings.

I must say, I grew up with MJ's musics. I remember when I was 6, I was obsessed with the Beat It video, and was always trying to copy his moonwalk. Thriller scared the skin off me during that time, and then Smooth Criminal has and will probably always be my favorite video from MJ.

Despite all the ups and downs in his life, he's genuinely a great performer and without a doubt one of the best entertainer of all time. Wherever you are now MJ, you'll always be remembered as the one who made Moonwalk known to the world. Rest in peace MJ.

Rejected Wedding Invitation Card Ideas #1.5 (by Alex)

(click to enlarge)

This is pretty much what I did, and I ended up having what's on the right of the page as part of the card design at the back. I am glad I didn't have to go through so many rounds of it because I still had to work on the layout and all the stuff which I spent most of my time doing and fiddling with.
I'd say the card design is completed, but I won't post it up yet, not at least until it's actually printed out, and then we could perhaps compare the printed version with the one on computer. In the meantime I'll try to get back to the usual sketches and drawings.

Thank you all so much for your comments, ideas, and wishes earlier, I appreciate them so much, and I am glad I made some of you happy because of the cuteness of it. ^^

Eternal Sonata

Drawn from a magazine, slightly changed - Here she looks less like a child...Pencil, then Watercolor...

Rejected Wedding Invitation Card Ideas #1 (by Alex)

(click to enlarge)

As I told a few people that I'd be busy designing my own Wedding Invitation card for these couple of weeks, and that I'd also try to post something each week at least.. so here it is ^^

I am still working on the card, and I am planning to create several layouts so that we could see which is better and pick the right one. I'm still very new with the Open Source software "Inkscape" which I am using. It's not as powerful as Adobe Illustrator, but hey...it's free and it gets the job done :) So it might take another week or two, but I hope you'll have patience. I promise that once it is final and when the printing done, I'll post it up and share with everybody here. And in the meantime I'll just post things that I won't be using on the card. I am not using this because it's too cartoony.

Thank you so much for your comments and encouraging words in my previous post. James and Carine really like it, and they said they'll slot it into their wedding dinner presentation, so it will be in a big screen and my parents will be there too :) I am really happy that even I can't make it there, some part of me is still going to be present. Thanks James and Carine, and may you both silly bunnies live happily ever after just like in the fairy tales.

James & Carine (by Alex)

(click to enlarge)

Being away for almost 4 weeks now, and I could already feel that my hands were starting to squeek :)
Anyway, this is a picture I drew for my friends who are getting married in July this year. It is not at all accurate, but I hope they'd appreciate it anyway.
So James and Carine, if you guys are looking at the blog, CONGRATULATIONS! ^^

P.S. : Thank you so much for all your kind words on my previous posts, the daisy and Rachel. I really really appreciate them ;) Happy drawing everyone!

Natsuo and Yoji (Loveless) - by Princess Koda

Drawn from a manga I'm reading now (Loveless).I'm actually not really a fan of all that yaoi stuff going on, but I love Kouga's drawing style ^3^

EDM#76 Draw some flowers (by Alex)

(click picture to zoom in)

Another EDM attempt on a single Daisy. I took a picture of it during my visit to the hydro power plants in Weser last week, and I thought, I just had to draw it. Even though the EDM challenge says "Flowers" so I guess my chibi sketches count as well ^^ I pressed a little too hard on my color pencils, and broke the lead a few times. And I also realized that I've been using a lot of blue and greens. My next color pencil drawing would be a lot of red and oranges :)
The picture is not so clear, so I might take a better one and repost tomorrow. I hope you like it.

Thank you all so much for your comments on my Rachel Weisz sketch. I'll try harder next time to increase the level of similarities. I am so glad you all liked it, as much as I enjoyed doing it.