Snowflakes Are Dancing

It might just be for a few minutes or just some seconds, but that is enough. In that short time, as snowflakes fall from the sky, they dance. They dance in such a majestuous way! They go up and down, turning and turning around, one hand raised, eyes closed, slow movements and a soft breeze to guide them. When they finally get to the ground, they fade with the snow and die. But if you look closely, you will see their happy faces because they are glad to give you the best performance you have ever seen.


Been listening to a wonderful album all night called "Snowflakes are Dancing", done by Isao Tomita, and well, you know, snowflakes are dancing! I actually thought some small text would sweet it and maybe make it a little bit magic, so I made up something. I'm just so glad I've been introduced to this album, I'm really, really thankful. So.. Thanks!

Those tunes are just really wonderful, and things like this drawing above are the ones that came to my mind while listening to it, as well as the text. I don't know really, but I'm glad this came out the way it did, I just hope this next winter I'll see some snow. I really hope so!

I've used as a small reference, maybe more a guide than a reference, Disney's snowflakes from Fantasy, 'cause I've always thought those where wonderful, and wanted to do something like that. Hope you'll like this one. And I hope there's more magic to come!

the DRUMS

the DRUMS

Connor Hanwick

Jonny Pierce

Jacob Graham

I'm in a "fan art" mood today, so I started doodling the Drums, I wanted to include Myles too, but I was too tired by the time I finished Connor.. maybe one day :)

So here are the Drums, and yeah, I was listening to them the whole day while making this.. It's been a while since I last made a piece starting in traditional art and ending the colouring in the computer.. I'm so sorry for the bad quality, but I cannot do much more since those are photos from my sketchbook, I just miss my scanner! I still have it, and it works, but I have to take it to the other computer and move everything with a pen drive and all that stuff, and stairs and .. and.., I'm just too lazy for such thing I guess, that's why I mostly do it all on my computer and you don't get to see more than a 20% of all the drawings I do and I think are alright to show..

sorry.. I didn't want to complain that much. Not here, anyway, and I've already done it. Well, hope you like the Drums and this drawing, I feel there is more fan art to come soon!

Take care,

Tona.

pd. I do apologize for the bad way I drawed/painted the guitar and the synth... that's what happens when you're not using references for something u're not used to see nor draw.. I'm so sorry for that.. just do as if it did not exist!

Two Wounded Birds

Two Wounded Birds, they still care a lot for each other. I wonder if they did hurt each other and now try to heal the harm or they were hurted by someone else, and are together because of that, of understanding and protection and love.


Well this was done because there is that wonderful band called Two Wounded Birds who have just relased their full length album and it's wonderful, really!  and then I don't really know when (maybe I've always had it in my mind since I first know about them) this came to my mind.


Hope you like it.

pd: I made this too:

Un Rossignol Chantait

"Chante Rossignol, chante, toi qui as le coeur gai, tu as le coeur à rire, moi je l'ai à pleurer.."

There's no really meaning of this but that I started thinking of this song when I was thinking of the nightingale I did not include in the drawing, and then it seemed it could sweet, and I really mean it, the image.

I really don't know how this came out. Not that I don't like it or so (I do like it, a lot! It's been such a long time since I don't draw an anatomy I'm alright with, and I did not even look up for references anywhere!) just that it wasn't meant when I started drawing.

I was listening to "Lord of the Flies" by Demis Roussos and thought it would be nice to sketch a little bit the idea of a man sitting by and with a nightingale on his side. So I started and tried to take care of the anatomy, and then I got the idea that the man looked like Jacob Graham, from the Drums, so I started fixing things untill it was him. And I left him alone, sitting on a rock, who knows thinking of what. Maybe he's missing the nightingale I should have drawn.

Now, the fact is that I really like this one, I feel as if it could be part of some story illustrations..

In The Snow

I was just doodling around and started doing this.. and yeah, It was inspired by Tumnus (the idea at least) actually she was not wearing a scarf at first, but then a lovely snowy melody played and I thought it would be wonderful that she could be standing there in the snow, and thought that she might get cold, so I added the scarf (it seems it's enough with that to stay a little bit warm..)

The idea, actually, was that she was living on our world but had come from another magical world (just like when you go to Narnia, or some other magical place, but the other way round) and had been living at our world since she was pretty young, that's why she's wearing a dress, 'cause she grew used at all that stuff. And it's supposed to be around the 20's, 'cause I like it, that's all the reasons why.
Maybe she wishes to go back to where she belongs, or maybe she's alright where she is, who knows?

Hope yo like it, I was missing all the drawing stuff 'cause I've been reading all this days (whenever I had some free time) and I did not much drawing, and what I did, I did it in the traditional way, I don't think any of that will get posted here, maybe just one of all those drawings.. I don't know, I'm still thinking about that, not pretty sure of it.

I'm Trying To Reach You

... even though it seems impossible, I'll keep trying. You know that I'm a fool and I don't really understand things. I just think I don't, 'cause if not, I would have given up long time ago.

I wish you would just turn around and realise I'm here. I want you to care.


You know that feeling when you're trying so hard to reach someone, to help that someone, but you know in advance that no words you speak will work. Actually not even a hug, you feel so useless for that one someone you care. You know how sensitive that one is, like a lovely piece made of glass that easily brokes, and you are just so clumsy that you know you'll probably broke him/her.

You just feel helpless.

It would be so easy to sit next to you and let you know you're not alone, but I can't. You're not here, and thus, I cannot sit by your side.

Little summer lights

Been thinking about how much can somebody love. I guess you can never really tell for sure..

I've been on vacations for two long weeks and unable to draw (at least something that where not small sketches in a very, very, very small notebook) and I really wanted too, I had that need of drawing and almost everyday I had a new idea for a drawing.. tryied to sketch down as many as possible and this days that I'm finally able to draw again, I'll try and make those drawings..

Anyway, I've seen so many wonderful things, and I guess that if it was not for this vacations I could have never ended up with those ideas.. oh! and lately I've been really amazed with the effect of electrical lights on a drawing at night, so maybe there'll be a little bit of that.. I don't know.. I think they are really nice and that these lights can make a scene or a moment magical somehow.

Oh, and maybe you've already noticed this, but I tryed and changed the guy's hairstyle..maybe it's not that different, but I like it..

Hope you're having a nice summer with cool nights and little coloured lights shining through the dark of the night..

(there's a sweet melody to go with it, at least in my head, but you can use whichever you think will fit the moment. You never know what wonderful things can be on somebody's head!)