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Ok forget the presents... got nothing special... A sweat jacket, some socks, loads of chocolate, some money and a rock crystal geode from my sis... (my fave present cause I looooooooooove rocks <3 First I thought she's giving a stone to me x.O) xD

So in a rush yesterday I finished another work that is laying in the corner since an eternity now and is catching dust... 

If you wanna have it - original and prints for sale! =) (The original has a lighter spot at the top of the canvas cause that's where I had clamped it in my easel and overseen that I had to do the background there as well ... -.-) But it's coverable with a frame / if you don't look closely you don't see it immediately :)

Nothing more to say... It's about end of the year now and I'm looking back, asking myself: WHAT was THAT??? The year began quite shitty for me, being sick and having no money at all ... but after March (which is usually the month where things happen here that I would never DARE to dream of..) it got better... Been to awesome concerts, once more on the road as part of the Nightwish army while having some people in my back ... Then in fall again on the road with Elu, for another 3 concerts, again got to know many awesome people and some unexpected stuff happened... I almost went on Eluveitie and friends in a few days but the friend I wanted to go with has no money anymore so I cancelled it cause I won't go there alone, that's for sure. But I'm going to visit the concert of a buddy and his cover band tomorrow, haven't seen him for over 6 months... :( 

So my looking back on this year? The goods, the bad's, the clear's and the mad's... I've had it all. I'm thankful for every single moment.  <3  And thanks to everybody who was with me <3 My most impressive moments and pics from this year:

Next year can only get better :D I'm trying to make my biggest dream come true, wish me luck <3 

Have a happy new year, see ya <3

P.s.: An awesome song to the end of an awesome year (Maybe I just like that song because it sounds like For my pain xD):

P.P.s.: I'm going to have my own web page soon :D Here's a little sneak peak of the layout for you (I think this will be my last re-design... xD):

Nothing stops the mill

Whew.. sorry been silent again too long ... That has two reasons. First our lovely old cat lady (she was 19 1/2 years old...) had to be put to sleep last week after suffering from kidney failure, which threw my mood and creativity into the cellar... May she rest in peace :'( 2nd reason is, my internet is mad at the moment, since 3 days it's slow as a snail and has up to 13 fails a day lasting about 5 minutes... I have no idea what that could be... will phone the internet guys tomorrow for that.

So, what am I working on? I decided to finally do an Amy Lee - portrait, I wanted to draw her for so long now and finally I have some space left to do it, since I threw away a few other ideas because I had to get the drawing object out of my head... x) I would love to upload some steps for you but my Internet won't let me do so -.- I will add them when it finally works again :)

And - I have so many ideas in my head but no time to put them all down on paper -.-° Can't the day have 36 hours like on Abydos? xDD I wish there'd be something like a thoughts printer... art would be so much easier with something like that xD

Btw - ever heard these guys? Sólstafir from Iceland, I damn like the stuff they're doing, and I think you can totally hear the landscape out of their music... besides that, I just have that thing somehow for songs in languages I don't understand, I can't help it x))

Also because of the many internet failures the last day, I made it to write again on my other story I'm working on ... it's kind of a Black magician trilogy x Harry Potter story... I once had a dream with the beginning of that story so I've put it down in words... It's a very wondrous world and I hope I'll get it finished one day...

Recommendations of the day:

Drawing stuff: Fabriano accademia paper (perfect for portraits!)
Music: Def Leppard - Love bites