ALL improves with zombies.

This is one of my principles. I'll give you an example: take the worst movie in the world. Whatever. I don't know...well, take one movie starring by JACK BLACK. Horrific, eh? Ok. Then add a bunch of zombies. The film improves! At least now you can laugh (with or at it).

That's why I love zombies so much, they can save your ass. Always.

Lately I'm doing a lot of erotic illustrations, some are by request and the other are only for fun. So when somebody calls you for a commission and asks for a different cover, joining erotism, sex and rotten meat, the result is funnier. At least is how I felt doing this drawing. Here's an extract of it:

That's all. Thanks Bruce (Dickinson) for helping me with your harmonic screams. As well as I say that ALL improves with zombies, my art improves when I listen to Iron Maiden. Uh.

PS. btw, FINALLY the Maleficarium zine issue #5 is out. It took some time, but you can order now here.

Herogasm

Yesss, this is the title of the last The Boys volume I read. Pretty awesome, but no so much as the previous episodes. Hope it doesn't mean that Ennis is calming down. Uhm.

Well, I've chosen this to name the entry for obvious reasons. I don't know what happens with me but suddenly I've started drawing comic heroes and heroines doing some sexual activity. Maybe I'll use them to make a kind of serial illustrations, maybe it will end here. Or maybe I should stop reading adventures of people wearing pajamas and go back to my dear Transmetropolitan.

'Heroine's Solitude', din-a4. Ink & Photoshop, 2011

'Meeeeooowwww!', din-a4, ink on paper. 2011

Mmmhhh...afterthought...I think there must be more.

Holy Diver!

Just a quick update! This is a portrait I made a month ago for an upcoming tribute to Ronnie James Dio...I don't know which bands will appear on it nor which songs will be covered...I don't know ANYTHING! But well, it was a request of my good friend César, so I only followed his instructions without saying a word, I'm totally sure that it will be a total blast!

And with this ends the update. I can smell the popcorns from here, it's time to watch some series!

Sculpting...

(wow, that's my first entry in 2011! It took me a whole month to post it...lol)

Well, since some time ago I'm collecting BJD, which means 'ball jointed dolls'. They're made with resin and the most remarkable thing is that they have joints like a human body. These dolls use to be very realistic and customizable. You can make up'em as you want, put'em wigs...all that shit. The thing is that the other day I made myself a question: 'it's possible to make my own doll?' The answer was: 'well...if you have patience...'. Of course I haven't got it as much as this hobby deserves, but whatthehell, I must try. So here's a homemade head with almost 3 hours of life:

Well, It needs more hours of sculpting and sanding to be considered 'a head with a name', but for now it doesn't look as bad as I thought it would look, haha. Hope I will see it finished one day (in a near future)...

This is the end...

...my only friend. The end. OF THE YEAR, of course. Show must go (and will be) on!

Well well well...another year is gone. And with it, tons of events and things and experiencies and...so on. I don't use to look back and weigh up what happened, and then put this in a balance and make an analysis to concrete if the year was 'good ' or 'bad'. Good or bad...nothing is 'good' or 'bad', or 'black' or 'white' exclusively. That's why I never look back for anything, because all is more complex than it seems to be. I don't want to think. I'm lazy by nature!

Anyway, a lot of things happened in the world, that's true. Unfortunately more negative than positive. But yeah, I have my own world with its own conflicts and delights, so I didn't pay much attention to what happened outside of it. Call me selfish if you want. I have enough in my inner shelter...health problems, removal problems, family problems....well, for what I am telling it seems a really bad year...but it wasn't. I also had a lot of joy for tons of things, my first wedding anniversary, for example. TONS of work, too...and that it's really important due the country situation! Well, the only thing I regret myself is the way I've been disconnected from the 'music world', I mean that I missed a lot of gigs this year, and a big bunch of new releases too. This second thing will drive me crazy, I don't know how I will be up-to-date with them. Arrrrgh.

For what I have listened, here's my favourite's list, in no particular order:

SOLEFALD - Norrøn Livskunst

ALCEST - Écailles de lune

ENSLAVED - Axioma Ethica Odini

DARKTHRONE - Circle the Wagons

TRIPTYKON - Eparistera Daimones

HOODED MENACE – Never Cross the Dead

KATATONIA – Night is the New Day

KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR - War of the Voivodes

ABSCESS – Dawn of Humanity

CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY - It´s Time To Face The Doomsday

LUDICRA – The Tenant

BASTARD PRIEST- Under the Hammer of Destruction

THE OCEAN - Hellocentric/Anthropocentric

SVARTAHRID - Ex Inferi

GRAVE - Burial Ground

I know there are tons of records I neglected in the list, like Le Verge Noir of Cauchemar...but really, I haven't got the time to take a listen :__ I have to remedy this, urgently. And regarding the gigs...uh. The only thing I can say is that I have ended up too much drunk the latest concerts. Especially these ones:

Church of Misery + Death Row on April. I started taking some beers in the afternoon, once I had finished the tattoo course. I suppose that I was really happy, because the only thing I can remember (beside of the great gig) is that I changed to rum too much early. Awww. The hangover at the next day was fucken dooooooom. All was sloooowly lilting.

Avulsed + Entombed on March. WOW. I think that was the WORST hangover ever. The previous day I went to 2 concerts, Katatonia + Swallow the Sun and Monkeypriest + Orthodox, so when I arrived at the Entombed's concert I was really tired. I tried to clear my head with some beers...and I lost control. I don't remember ANYTHING from one hour after the concert until the next morning. According to my husband's version, I was ok until we took a taxi. Then I felt asleep. And I walked from the taxi to the hotel like a zombie...in fact, I woke up completely dressed.

As you can see, is better to miss gigs, at least for my health .

And well, here's a fanart of one of my (future) dolls to finish this stupid update.

Verdandi, watercolours on paper. 2010

That's all. Merry Yule and a Happy Creepy New Year!