Stiles.

I might've turned into a full-fledged Teen Wolf fangirl. I must say though, I don't regret it. At all. Inspiration is always welcome! This is a digital painting/portrait of my favourite character, Stiles Stilinski. Funny as hell.

Reference picture

I spy

Mikhael Paskalev - I spy from André Chocron on Vimeo.

Shake that booty. (Love this song)

Frida Amundsen - Closer from André Chocron on Vimeo.

Just one of the cutest video I've seen lately! I was squeeing. Seriously.

Drawing male profile

Project: Deck of Cards #2

"A playing card is a piece of specially heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper,  cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic, marked with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games. Playing cards are typically palm-sized for convenient handling.

The front (or "face") of each card carries markings that distinguish it from the other cards in the deck and determine its use under the rules of the game being played. The back of each card is identical for all cards in any particular deck, and usually of a single color or formalized design"
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"Though specific design elements of the court cards are not relevant to game play and many differ between designs, a few elements of the English pattern are notable. The Jack of Spades, Jack of Hearts, and King of Diamonds are drawn in profile, while the rest of the court are shown in full face; these cards are commonly called "one-eyed".
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"The King of Hearts is the only King with no mustache, and is also typically shown with a sword behind his head, making him appear to be stabbing himself. This leads to the nickname "suicide king".^[27] The axe held by the King of Diamonds is behind his head with the blade facing toward him. He is traditionally armed with an axe while the other three kings are armed with swords, and thus the King of Diamonds is sometimes referred to as "the man with the axe". This is the basis of the trump "one-eyed jacks and the man with the axe". The Jack of Diamonds is sometimes known as "laughing boy".^[28] The Ace of Spades, unique in its large, ornate spade, is sometimes said to be the death card, and in some games is used as a trump card. The Queen of Spades usually holds a scepter and is sometimes known as "the bedpost Queen", though more often she is called "Black Lady". In many decks, the Queen of Clubs holds a flower. She is thus known as the "flower Queen" (though in many playing cards from Germany and Sweden she is depicted with a fan)"

- Wikipedia

Stuff to inspire:

There's more here: http://pinterest.com/kjeri/cards/

Oh my there's some really cool stuff out there! 

Stuff I'm considering: Doing a fandom deck. I like the idea of having as few colours as possible, and having the light/dark contrast really graphic(and awesome, hopefully). Let's hope I don't spend too much time oogling these! ^^

Project: Deck of Cards #1

 I've been pondering for some time now of what could be a fun, decent sized project for me to do during what might well be my last school related summer vacation. I apparently spent too much time thinking because suddenly I found myself with some extra weeks of work from what was only supposed to be a three-week thing at a printers office. Not that I'm complaining, I wouldn't be able to get a new lap-top which I'm currently browsing for without it. I've just decided to put this up here and hope that it will make me more inclined to work on it when I'm not at -work-.

We were given a project my first year at my Artsy upper secondary school (11th grade I believe) to make a few cards out of a deck of playing cards inspired by a era in art history that we'd learnt about. At least that's about as much I can gather from my notes. This still stands as one of the most inspiring assignments I've ever worked on. I was at the peak in my anatomy phase and slightly tilting towards the uprising emo "scene" (I never went all the way, I got as far as loving My Chemical Romance, photoshopping pictures to death, dying my hair dark red and wearing stripes and black tulle.)

Yup, pretty much. This isn't that bad actually. BUT! But my point was: I once worked on a kick-ass project and I'd like to try again! After 5 more years of creative education I'm bound to have improved.. right? Well first off I think it would be fun to show my original research and result! (All writing is in Norwegian)

So let's see what I might accomplish with a second try! Don't expect it to be done in a jiffy, I'm working full time at the moment after all!

News about my future!

Hahaa! Guess what! Or not. Just read it on the right-hand side. There you go. I've been accepted to do my Masters degree in Graphic Design at Kingston University (of witchcraft and wizardry...no?). for the next year. So I'll be practically living in London for an entire year. I must say it's a dream come true, since apparently those three months in Sunderland wasn't enough!

I may or may not keep you updated on this, let's just see how it goes and how busy I'll be.