Summer feeling

"And bring the summer days, for my heart longs for the warm and quiet days."

This is a doodle I started out as a warm up drawing, but ended up caught in the details, and had to finish it, for myself. I know lately I haven't been posting much here, it is mostly because I don't have much time to draw (quality drawings), but if you want to follow up on my silly and not so silly doodles and drawings too, you can always check my tumblr where I post always fisrtly Tona001.

Hope you are having some wonderful spring days!

Tona

Feliç Sant Jordi 2014!

I know I haven't posted in quite a long time, but here for the day of love, books and roses in Catalunya! 

My Heart Goes With The Wind

And then the earth and the sky they all fit together

And carry me away as light as a feather

Chase the clouds from the ground In the big blue sky

Don't wanna watch it all go by

So I'm gonna fly

I'm Gonna Fly - Sydney Forest

Sometimes I wonder if my heart functions alright, at least I feel it doesn't go the normal way about things. The things or people I fall in love with and how I love those, I could not put that into words, but I guess it's a bit like the wind. A soft breeze of fresh air is always needed, like love, but then again there are days when wind seems to be a bit too much..

I'm not quite sure of many things, not really, but give me the cold winds of spring or the fresh breeze that a summer day can bring, and I'll follow them wherever they go.

Started this painting on Feburary last year, finished it just today, when I was going through my old fields and thought I needed a bit of fresh air too.. been working a lot on other projects lately and haven't been having much time to spend on things like this. And on grey days like today, they are needed!

Those first days of spring, with cold winds and blue skies.. oh how I love them!

The wind heals a heart

I can't help but being in love with spring winds.. and they always seem to be there to heal your heart when it feels bruised.

Another doodle today, I liked this one, I remembered some old times, and thought I would share. I know we just began winter time, but I can't help myself. I always seem to dream too early of the next season. And Spring has always been my favourite.

sometimes..

..sometimes you don't even try to hide it.

I was missing doodling this way.. and though nowadays misery and sadness doesn't hit that often, it still happens sometimes. Even though things are way better now.

Christmas Lights With You

And finally we'll get to see the lights together, of only for once.

I watched Desolation of Smaug the other day, and I gotta say, all in all, I love this two. I was listening to Paradise Stars by Noah and the Whale and I broke down into tears.

I just want them to hang out one day and look at the stars together and feel free and be happy. They are both so young and they don’t quite buy all the stuff they are being told, and I think they feel really close to each other, they understand each other in a simple way. And I love that. Like when you find someone who shares your same sensitivities and you can’t believe there’s someone out there who understand you. It feels magical.

Still on a holidays mood!

Merry Christmas 2013!

Hope you're having a magical one, and that you get to build lots of snowmans, and eat fantastic food, or just gather with the ones you love and share the joy of the moment.

HAVE SOME WONDERFUL HOLIDAYS!

Nighttime Christmas

..it can be really sweet too!

I wanted to do some Christmas pieces, I am starting to get in the mood already, and then saw an ep of Adventure Time and my mind just clicked, and now here it is, Princess Bubblegum and Marceline share their Christmas presents, and I'm sure PB loves her mug present, deep inside! (or maybe not that deep)

Have a wonderful day!

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Fall is falling

"Under the branches of the brown tree

she sat to sing a melody.

She sang goodbye to trees and friends

for her stay on earth was almost gone.

She shall return when summer's gone.."

I was missing so much illustrating a quick thing, inspired by the mood of the day. And I feel I haven't paye d enough attention to this fall, no matter how much I've loved it. I feel I need to stop and sit under a tree and just watch time go by, smell the fall that's almost gone, and think of all the little things that can happen in a simple moment.

Hope you are enjoying fall, and though there are still many days to come (when it's still fall) I felt I needed to draw this.

Lost Tapes

Some time ago I was asked to do the art for the upcoming album by Lost Tapes released by Cloudberry Records and now here it is! Their music is really wonderful, so feel free to give it a listen, on their web, or on their bandcamp page!

I was inspired by the idea of simple sensible things happening on a quiet image, and in a way, I believe there's no better place to be than in a special spot in the forest where magic seems to happen, at the right time of the day. But a little secret is that any moment can feel like magic if we allow ouserlves to feel the magic of the moment.

I also did the art for the labels, inside the 7" album. Which are meant to be a prolongation of the main illustration, as well as the back cover. Added the river path as well as the beard scratches on the trees! (you know, the beard from the main illustration).

And here you have the back cover art, as you can see the meaning of it was as if the magic moment was fading as the night was getting darker, and so the lights are now off and there's no bear, just the scratches on the tree it has left behind.

Hope you like the illustrations and hope that you like Lost Tapes' music! You'll be able to order their new album from Cloudberry Records page soon enough!

You can  find Lost Tapes on:

• The web
• Facebook

And Cloudberry Records on:

• The web
• Facebook

Have a great week!

Shop's Opened!

   

   

   

   

I started MY SHOP today! You can find it now on Society6! I've been wanting to start a shop for a long time, to sell the prints I do, parlty because some people asked for it, but also because I love it and I'll be needing some money now that I'll be moving to Belgium next semester!

Hope you like what you find there (I'll be adding some more, but if there's not one you'd like to buy, just ask me!) and if you like something now there is FREE SHIPPING until next Sunday! 

Have a great day! and thank you!

Lost on a frozen forest

"And the road's still long but you come along and you hold my hand and you understand.."

I was trying around things and doing sketches for a project and somehow I did this in half an hour?? quite proud of this sketch. Had so much fun drawing the fox.

Now back to more work.

Fishes, cat and penguin ID

I did this a while ago, meant to be used as an ID, but I never did it. It's one of the many old drawings that I'll be finishing from now on.

As today I told myself that I would stop doodling stuf and just concentrate on my work you'll probably be hearing little of me, but I'll keep posting this unposted drawings and paintings, and maybe posting 5 minutes doodles on tumblr if I take breaks from work.

By work I mean big projects I wanna/have to do, and I'm so exited about working on them but can't really go much further if I keep taking time of the day in drawing other stuff.

So here is the first of the old drawings, hope you like it.

DNA

..or ADN, as you like it.

A Vampire's Amusement

So pull me closer and kiss me hard

I'm gonna pop your bubblegum heart

- Marina and the Diamonds

Because I couldn't help myself when I listened to Bubblegum bitch, and pretty much, 'cause I saw a lovely, lovely drawing done based on that song, too. So yep, PB and Marceline. They're so sweet! (silly joke)

This was meant to be a warm up doodle, and indeed it is, it's just that it took too much time? Well, now's time to go back to work.

ps. ....can you see the heart??

Pitch's longing

There are few who’d deny, at what I do I am the best

for my talents are renowned far and wide

when it comes to surprises in the moonlit night

I excel without ever even trying

with the slightest little effort of my ghostlike charms

I have seen grown men give out a shriek

with the wave of my hand, and a well-placed moan

I have swept the very bravest off their feet.

Yet year after year, it’s the same routine

and I grow so weary of the sound of screams

and I, Jack, the Pumpkin King  Pitch, the Nightmares King

have grown so tired of the same old thing

Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones

an emptiness began to grow

there’s something out there, far from my home

a longing that I’ve never known..

Jack's longing - The Nightmare before Christmas

I was listening to The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack and the idea that Pitch was the boogyeman and that the boogyeman had some lines on the This is Halloween song pumped up and then I searched, did a drawing, and then Jack's lament started playing and I couldn't help myself but thinking of Pitch. I'd love to see Pitch singing a song!

Just a rough sketch, now that my computer seems to finally work again (fingers crossed) let's see if I can keep on drawing this days. I'll keep you updated with more news that are going on!

La Porta del Cel

La llum dels estius que semblaven allargar-se per sempre

La tímida espelma que balla amb la brisa del vespre

La olor de la fusta de pi i la sal a la pell

L'escuma del mar enredant-se entre els teus cabells

La porta del Cèl - Els Catarres 

"The light of the summers that seemed to last forever; The shy candle that dances with the evening breeze; The smell of pinewood and the salt on the skin; The sea scum tangling among your hair" tried to translate it.

Some weeks ago I went to see Els Catarres, and could love all their songs but the most beautiful, as we had to leave the show just before it ended, and this was the finale song. Today I was listening to it and couldn't help myself. Also, it was a promise I made, to make a drawing based on their songs. Lately all I do is draw cute couples.

The idea of a summer love is really sweet and heartbreaking when autumn comes, but with autumn maybe the relationship grows on and on. And those dreamy nights of summer might turn into hot chocolate afternoons. Hope you're having a great September. 

Feel free!

Don't give me a car.. really! hahaha I believe I have a thing for wind (as I've already said many times) and for speed. Since I was a child I've loved both. I don't know, I love its feeling so here it goes.

It's been a while since I've drawn a quick sketch like this one here, so I felt like drawing one, and this song (that I'm not gonna name) was playing and everything just happened.

Now this is a drawing to say bye to Summer but also, I believe I hadn't drawed a summer piece yet, this year. Well, anyway, hope you did enjoy yours and that don't hate September much, I know it's when work starts again, but it's also when so many good things start again, so don't be to curel to September. (It's one of my favourite months, and it's always been, though I tried not to say it much as a child, when everyone was just hating over it 'cause school had started again. I actually loved meeting old friends again.. yep)

Also, I love doing stuff and when things happen, and it always feels like a new start and a new chance to do things, September.

Enjoy yourself as much as you can! best wishes everyone! :)

Cats study

I did this a while ago on my sketchbook, as I'm trying to get better at drawing fluffy cats but also 'cause I'm trying to write a picture book for a contest, and it must be about cats.
Posting it now 'cause someone requested to see more of my cats (as I did post some a while ago on face and tumblr) and so, here they are.

Brush pen and a silver one I've got since I was 6 or 7 that I never though I would use again. There are Two pencils ones and I believe I used a black pen for some details.

Winter - Spring '13 Sketchdump. Part 6

You can spot a Merida with her hair pulled back with a tiny braid. And then just some pencil doodles. (hair was growing on!)

And here it starts, you'll see some guys with moustaches and beards and things, but I just had come home from seeing Ana Karenina and also fell in love again with Phobs drawings, and then this happened. 

This one on the right is supposed to be North, though.

And yet some more. The writer was a beautiful man I made up, but I remember searching for someone wearing that same hair style and the glasses and everything and couldn't find it. But then another say I suddently happened across the photo of a writer (can't remember the name and can't find the photo again) and it wa him! I showed the picture to my sister and she agreed it was. So here you go, my writer existed once.

Also, young North on the bottom right.

And here you go, some Jack Frost for u all, and Jonny Pierce from The Drums! 

Great Warrior! I love the comic by Madéleine Flores and you should really check it out, (here)

Some other random stuff and Ella from Ella enchanted (not the movie but the book! one of my favourite books when I was a child/teen).

And here we are. I'll try and do some more soon, but first I wanna go through old drawings that I never did finish.