Luminescence

While the wind of the night is still pure and the break of dawn far away, close your eyes and feel the luminescence of the world around you. It's fresh and it gets drectly to your heart. It fills you with a strange magical power and you feel capable of it all. 

This is one of those little moments when you feel the world around you and how marvelous it is and you got a feeling that you're gonna live forever and ever and ever!

Just sketching a little bit. Been recently inspired by some wonderful pieces of art, people's words and marvelous videos and interviews and also some great people being simply cute and marvelous to each other and that, all those things feel great, and bring a warm feeling in my heart. And sometimes this is all I need..

This sketch was not even done to be posted, just for myself, to get things out of me, but I like it, I really do, and I wanted to work with colors and softness and everything and not caring that much about anything but the feeling (that's why this wasn't meant to be post). Anyway, hope you don't mind me posting this and as I have not said this before..

Happy new year! Lets hope for some great adventures to come and tons of hapiness and smiles!

PS. love, love, love that quote. When I first read The Secret Garden and I was going through that part tears started falling down my cheek. I thought I would never be able to put into words or find someone who did, that feeling, the way I sometimes feel. But I did. And I will always keep it close to my heart...

PS 2. this drawing is inspired by an old lovely photo (a little bit).

Uninspired and running out of time

Estática.. las luces y el color
congelan Nueva York
en este cuadro que cuelga de la pared.
Refugio del dolor
que marca mi latir
y he decidido venirme a vivir aquí,
sin ti, no puedo..

Nueva York - Vega

Uninspired and running out of time, that's the way it feels lately. I do have a new wonderful tablet which works fab and gives me much more control in my moves but the best I can get out of myself is this. I'm so sorry.

I feel the lack of something, and I think I get an slight idea of what it is, but I cannot do anything about it, still hoping though.

On the other hand, I have so many things to do for university, exams and work, and I keep pretending I have time to waste like this.. can't help myself.

Hope you're having a really nice start of the year, and I'm sorry this is my first drawing (here) of 2013, but things will get better once again.

And if you're feeling a little need of love, I give you this kitties love. They will really love you and care for you wherever you are in this little world.

ps. Love the beginning of that song. The rest is alright, but I really love its beginning, I can feel the lights of the city slowly turning on and off in a cold street, as if time had stopped extept for the lights that slowly go on..

The Advent drawings that never made it

This one was supposed to be the cover for Charlie Darling's Les Christmas de Belsize album, but I don't know what didn't feel alright with it, so I never finished it.

I don't really remember about this one, I think it was another cover trying. There were supposed to be Christmas lights and decorations all around the window, but I missed the night sky, so I did not finish it.

This is a funny one. The first up here was the "remake" for the postcard down here that I made at 13 or 14 years old, I don't know. I tried and I failed. But I think I'll try again, I just don't wanna give up.

I guess I've always loved snowy landscapes...

nah.. did this before the project started and completely forgot about it..

another something I did and forget about

And this one.. well, didn't even know existed till today when I was going through my drawings.. Don't know what it was supposed to be, it was titled "Christmas" though.

I loved this one when I did it, and I still do. Never really finished it but maybe I will. Anyway, you can see that the main idea or this went into the "Readying the Birthday Party" drawing I did. It was supposed to be used for the same reason so I don't think there's anything wrong about it.

Another one. This one was posted on tumblr, but not here. Don't ask why, I wish I knew.

"Yours was broken so I bought you this". I actually did.

First Christmas drawing of the year..

I just don't know. It never got to be more than a sketchbook drawing for no reason at all..

I came with the idea of drawing a Christmas magic ball, and there would be a man over it with a sack filled with snow and a women in the ball with a lovely umbrella.

I posted this on twitter, I think. 

You might guess what this one was for. Another failed idea.. the tree is not decorated, but if I had finished it, it would be.

I don't really know, just some Christmas/winter stuff

Sketch of an idea.. "wanting to reach someone but unable to.. there's only a magic star that they can both share" more or less that was the idea.

I do pay lots of attention in class, you see?

Wanting to bring different christmas traditions together. Here is the Tió, which we celebrate on Christmas, not Santa. We have the Magic Kings instead, and Tió, which is a wonderful thing, you must take care of him the days before Christmas, and then, you hit it so it "shits" you your presents. It doesn't sound really good, but it is!

more Christmas stuff drawn on class..

and more and more.. but this had so many reasons to be made.. Not all are happy times during Christmas days..

..and a little bit of magic too

This, which I don't know if got to be posted anywhere.. well, you know, Christmas and Blueboy..

And this is it.. I love drawing Christmas stuff, but I'm not usually in a merry joyfull mood so sometimes it was hard. But I've really enjoyed this project. Went through many things and now, remembering some of the drawings that didn't made it is kind of nice..

I guess we all doodle and sketch things, no matter which art you are in, and not being finished doesn't mean it's not something important to you..

Sugar Rushed

I was, and still am.

Went to see Wreck-It Ralph last night, and I loved it! It's so sweet and wonderful. And I finally could see Paperman! (I cried, but who wouldn't?)

And what about the wonderful soundtrack? It cheered me up in such a way. It's really been my top of the week, maybe two weeks or more I'd say. And I had so much fun drawing myself as a Sugar Rush racer.

I've chosen Cotton Candy cause when my sister and me were walking out of the cinema, we were talking about which sweet would we be. And she said I should be an extra sweet one, so I thought of Cotton Cany, which I think may be my favourite.
The thing is that I'm really good at racing games (tend to, not against pro players though) so I didn't want to be super sweet and that's it, I don't know, I guess that's why I'm on a kind of sweatshirt, though, on the other hand, I added extra doses of pink.

And now, before I go back to work, Let's race??

Dec 25: Merry Christmas!

Bringing you the presents through this winter wonderland..

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Eve and that you're having a really nice Christmas day!

I wonder if you did wake up to a Christmas snow and immediatelly thought how wonderful that was, another Christmas present, I guess.

Here there was no White Christmas, as I already expected, so one of my Christmas wishes did for sure, not come true. Hope that means some other will.

I really don't know what to say. It's been an incredible journey, sometimes a little rollercoaster of feelings, but all in all, I enjoyed doing this Advent Calendar. Though some times I was so tired I think this has helped me to grow and learn, and I'm so happy of some of the drawings I've done and that you guys actually liked them! When I started this blog I really did not expect anyone to like what I was doing. I love you all so much for all the kind words that have helped me to keep on drawing all through the year.

Man, I've drawn so many things this december, I've never really accomplished anything, at least not something that meant this type of constant work, but this time I've done it, and I'm so happy about it that I cannot see myself now not thinking of a new Christmas drawing tomorrow when I wake up.

I guess I'll keep drawing Christmas and winter stuff, because I've loved this so much, but not everyday and maybe not all of them will be Christmas or Winter related. I'll just have more freedom, that will be until I get into another project, which, by the way, I'd love to!

Merry Christmas you all, and let some magic happen around you!

ps. Hope you had wonderful dreams the Christmas Eve night. I did.

Dec 24: I Love You Deerly

I'll be home for Christmas

you can count on me.

Please have snow and mistletoe

and presents on the tree.

Christmas eve will find me

where the lovelight gleams.

I'll be home for Christmas,

if only in my dreams.

I really love you deerly :) haha, old joke, I know, but still really nice and true.

Hope you're having a wonderful day, that you're readying everything for Christmas Eve, sharing this moments with the loved ones, caring for each other and uncappable to wait until tomorrow morning to see their faces when they open the presents!

This one is my "This year's Christmas Postcard" which I'll try to (even if only through the net) send to my loved ones (or at least the ones that I think might care for this) and also I'll print some for my family.. tomorrow when I see them, I'll give it to them.

This will probably (though I'm not sure yet) the last Christmas greetings kind of drawing, I'd love to do one tomorrow, but I don't know how much time I'll have, so if  don't get to post something really Christmassy, consider this, the Christmas postcard for you all!

Love and Joy for you all. Thank you for everything, all the nice words and supporting what I do. I owe you a lot. Thanks and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! :)

Tona.

Dec 23: Hold You Close To Me

Now wait, wait, wait for me,

please hang around,

 I'll see you when I fall asleep..

Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

Wanted to use some other lyrics from "Of Montsers and Men", the ones from King and Lionheart that go "And as the world comes to an end, I'll be here to hold your hand, 'cause you're my king and I'm your Lionheart".. because I really like them, but thought that the ones from Little Talks suited much more the picture and the feeling.. just wanted to point that out. I may use those other lyrics for another drawing some other day.. There are so many songs, and I find it too hard to choose, I always feel I'm forgetting about something that would work better.

Today I didn't really felt like drawing, sure I did at morning time, I woke up to such good news and I was really really happy. And people's kind words made me even happier.. but that watered down as the day went by, and though I know I should feel happier than ever, I just can't, for some reason.. though I'm a rollercoaster and maybe for some other stupid reason no one would thought could make me happy, I'll be. I'll just hang on here to see what happens.. and dream of good things to come.

I really love dreaming, I guess, that's why I did this drawing. The little squirrel is dreaming about Christmas, holding too close to it, so maybe it's not Christmas what it's dreaming about, maybe it's something more, the hope for a Christmas miracle, or the joy these days bring. The meeting of some old friends or going back with the family. Maybe it's having lots of good meals! 

I don't know, but it's something really, really strong, something to hold on to so deeply it almost hurts, but is still worth it to hold on to. Dreams can be cruel, but only by dreaming we get to what we really want.

Good night everyone, hope you have sweet, deep dreams, the ones you still remember at morning time and make you feel better.