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Happy Easter!

2011-04-23T13:46:00.000-07:00

Dear Japan:

2011-03-15T11:12:00.000-07:00

You have my thoughts and prayers.
If anyone can make it through, it's you.

Best of luck.

Love,

Carina~

The Magic of Love

2011-03-02T14:25:00.000-08:00

Illustration for a book featuring stories by children from 3 to 9 years. It's really interesting and cute to see some of these kids' ideas. :D The story that I illustrated was about a princess and a prince in love; there was also two dragons, a fairy, a gnome, a boy and a girl. The evil wizard and sorceress didn't fit in the picture, ah ah. I'm not entirely satisfied with the result, but I certainly enjoyed myself painting this.
I hope that the little author also enjoyed the way I pictured her story. :)

Ilustração para um livro com histórias criadas por crianças dos 3 aos 9 anos. É muito giro e interessante ver algumas das ideias destes miúdos. :D A história que me calhou ilustrar é sobre uma princesa e um príncipe apaixonados; também havia dois dragões, uma fada, um gnomo, um menino e uma menina. O feiticeiro e feiticeira maus não estão incluídos, ah ah. Não estou satisfeita de todo com o resultado final, mas diverti-me imenso a pintar esta imagem.
Espero que a pequena autora goste da forma como ilustrei a sua história. :)

Some background concepts

2011-03-02T13:59:00.000-08:00

Some concepts I developed for "The Sleeping Planet", a short musical film for children in which real actors acted with animated characters over painted backgrounds. I wasn't available to do more, so I fully painted only one background and sketched two more for the "What's Up" team (the studio working in the whole animation stuff behind the film).
The result of these within the movie was less than average though, which is a real shame...

Alguns concepts que desenvolvi para o filme "O Planeta Adormecido", uma curta metragem musical com actores reais a contracenar com personagens animadas, em cenários desenhados e pintados. Eu não estava disponível para fazer mais, por isso pintei apenas um cenário e esbocei outros dois para a equipa da What's Up, o estúdio que tratou de toda a parte da animação.
No entanto, o resultado destes cenários no filme ficou muito aquém daquilo q seria de esperar, o que é uma pena...

The Hunter - some close-ups

2011-02-17T05:47:00.000-08:00

2011-02-17T05:05:00.000-08:00

A picture of Drizzt and Guenhwyvar in "Exile", 2nd book from "The Dark Elf trilogy" by R. A. Salvatore. Click on it to full-view it, looks much better. ^_^

Painted in PS CS3. Lost count of time spent on it. More info about the picture at my DA page.

Happy everything!

2010-12-23T09:29:00.000-08:00

Joined Hearts

2010-12-10T04:23:00.000-08:00

I've finished reading most of Salvatore's books of the "Legend of Drizzt" some time ago and I've been working on a couple of illustrations. This is the result of one of them: Drizzt getting together with Catti-brie, his female best friend.

Depois de ler quase todos os livros da "Lenda de Drizzt", do Salvatore, fiquei com vontade de fazer algumas ilustrações. Tenho três planeadas e este é o resultado de uma delas: O Drizzt e a sua melhor amiga, Catti-brie, ficando juntos.

More girls

2010-12-08T17:11:00.000-08:00

A little bit of poetry...

I like this drawing but it looks weird, somehow...

They look lost in the cold winter... but not lonely.

They've been apart for a while... ;)

I love drawing women. They're absolutely beautiful!

Adoro desenhar mulheres. São simplesmente lindas!

Random faces

2010-12-08T16:58:00.000-08:00

... and it's basically it. :P They're all characters imagined by me, drawn randomly as my mind wandered their world. You may recognize the dark elf at the top-left corner, though... the resemblances are no coincidence. :P

Rostos aleatórios todos vindos da imaginação, desenhados aleatoriamente enquanto a minha mente vagueava nos seus mundos. No entanto até podem reconhecer o elfo negro do canto superior direito... as semelhanças não são coincidência. :P

Silver and Gold

2010-11-12T03:47:00.001-08:00

Pencil lines of this painting I've made for Adele Sessler's Silver and Gold contest, featuring her characters Semiyar and Diana.

Desenho a lápis desta pintura que fiz para a Adele Sessler, destinada ao "concurso" Silver and Gold, representando os seus personagens Semiyar e Diana.

A remarkable shot

2010-09-08T16:25:00.000-07:00

A drawing I made of Drizzt and Catti-brie, picturing a scene from book "Starless Night", from R.A. Salvatore. I'm completely hooked on the books right now. For years I didn't get past "The Dark Elf trilogy"... ah ah.

I based myself on the wondrous Todd Lockwood paintings of Drizzt and friends for the clothes, because Todd Lockwood is made of awesomeness!!!

Um desenho que fiz do Drizzt e da Catti-brie, ilustrando uma cena do livro "Starless Night" do autor R.A. Salvatore. Ando viciada nos livros e, depois de tantos anos, finalmente leio a série de uma ponta à outra!

Para as roupas baseei-me nas maravilhosas pinturas do Todd Lockwood sobre o Drizzt e companhia, porque este artista é uma inspiração!!

D&D Bros

2010-07-14T05:30:00.000-07:00

So it's finally painted! If you scroll down you'll see the drawing before I painted it. This was made for a friend and it's picturing our Dungeon & Dragon characters: he's an elf hunter and I'm an elf rogue. We thought it would be funny if we were siblings in game, since we have chosen the same race. ;)

Está finalmente pintado! Mais abaixo no blog encontrarão este desenho antes de ser pintado. Ele foi criado para um amigo e representa as nossas personagens de Dungeons & Dragons. Ele é um elfo "hunter" e eu uma elfa "rogue". Decidimos ser irmãos no jogo, já q escolhemos a mesma raça para os personagens. ;)

Gracious flower

2010-04-11T15:48:00.000-07:00

This lady was inspired by character Lizzy, from the wonderful BBC series "Pride and Prejudice". I'm a big fan! :)
I edited the image. When I returned here I didn't like what I saw, so... this version looks better to me.

Esta senhora foi inspirada na personagem Lizzy, da série "Orgulho e Preconceito" da BBC. Sou uma grande fã desta série! :)
Editei a imagem porque não gostei de ver a versão anterior ao abrir a página. Esta versão parece-me melhor.

Yuna VS Lara Croft!

2010-04-11T15:34:00.000-07:00

An old parody I made of Yuna and Lara Croft. :D I felt kinda shocked when I saw what they had made of Yuna in Final Fantasy 10-2, lol...

Uma paródia q fiz há bastante tempo da Yuna do Final Fantasy X-2 e a Lara Croft. :D Fiquei um bocado em choque quando vi no q transformaram a pobre Yuna, lol...

Daily Sketch #13

2010-03-28T16:24:00.000-07:00

Wolf again! ;P Speedpaint of a concept I had in mind.

Outra vez um lobo! ;P A pintura rápida de uma ideia q me surgiu.

Daily Sketch #12

2010-03-27T18:28:00.000-07:00

The "daily" sketches are slowing... More work and less time, it sucks but it's great to have work! :D

Anyway, today I give you a pensive girl. What would you say of her expression, does she look in love or something? (either way, drinks always help!)

Os skecthes "diários" estão a abrandar... mais trabalho e menos tempo; é chato mas é fixe ter trabalho! :D

Bem, hoje deixo aqui uma rapariga pensativa. O que dizem da expressão dela, parece-vos apaixonada ou assim? (de qualquer maneira, uma bebida ajuda sempre!)

Four legged cutie

2010-03-26T17:59:00.000-07:00

I once saw a photograph of a wolf cub with an expression very much like this. So this is my attempt to reproduce it from memory. I have no idea how the original picture looks like anymore, but I'm sure I captured the cub's expression just for wanting to laugh at it. :D

Uma vez vi uma fotografia de um lobo bebé com uma expressão muito parecida com a do desenho. Foi a minha tentativa de a reproduzir de memória. Já não sei bem como é a fotografia original, mas tenho a certeza de q capturei a expressão do lobinho por ter vontade de rir com ela. :D

Butterfly faerie

2010-03-24T15:43:00.000-07:00

Here's a cutie I share with you today. I made her some time ago, based on a person. :)

Aqui está uma pequenita q criei-a há um tempo, baseada numa pessoa. :)

Daily Sketch #11

2010-03-22T16:25:00.000-07:00

Back, after a weekend's break! :D
Today I made a drawing based on Haruka, from Haruka and the Magic Mirror. It's a 3D animated film made in Japan. I watched it recently and quite enjoyed it! It's very beautiful visually. :)

De volta, depois de uma pausa de fim de semana! ^_^
Hoje fiz um desenho baseado numa personagem chamada Haruka, do filme Haruka and the Magic Mirror. É um filme em 3D produzido no japão. Vi-o recentemente e gostei bastante. Muito bonito visualmente. :)

Brother elves

2010-03-19T16:33:00.000-07:00

Today I'm sharing a drawing. One I'm coloring now and hope to finish it soon (it's a gift for someone). :)

Hoje em vez do sketch partilho convosco um desenho que tenho estado a colorir nos últimos dias. Gostava de o acabar para poder oferecer à pessoa a quem o fiz. ;)

Daily Sketch #10

2010-03-17T17:11:00.001-07:00

Pregnancy is a state of grace...

A gravidez é um estado de graça...

... sometimes, though, NOT quite so!

... mas por vezes NÃO tanto assim!

Daily Sketch #9

2010-03-16T17:35:00.001-07:00

A little elf... gnome... something like that!

Um elfo ou gnomo, não sei bem. ;P

Daily Sketch #8

2010-03-15T16:50:00.000-07:00

There you go, a sexy mermaid! I'm not quite satisfied with it, but today that's all I came up with. ^^;

Hoje vai uma sereia toda jeitosa! Não estou lá muito satisfeita com o desenho, mas hoje é tudo o q consigo. Até amanhã! ^_^

Daily Sketch #7

2010-03-14T18:00:00.001-07:00

Random girl on skates. Hmmm... now, where have I seen wings on skates before?

Today's sketch is made with pencil and pen on paper (and a little bit of photoshop in the BG). The old way is my way! :D

Hoje decidi desenhar com lápis e esferográfica em papel e só usei pintura digital no fundo. Desenhar assim é outra coisa! Custa a habituar-me a desenhar directamente no computador, brrr! Hoje é uma personagem qualquer de patins com asas e armadura... deixem a vossa imaginação divagar. :P

Daily Sketch #5 and #6

2010-03-13T18:33:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I couldn't make it, so here's sketch 5 and 6 united together (or trying to)! I like the result. :)

Ontem não pude fazer o sketch, por isso hoje compenso a falta de ontem com 2 em 1. ^_^ Gosto bastante do resultado.

Daily Sketch #4

2010-03-11T17:32:00.000-08:00

Here's number 4, a little more detailed in color. Wolves rock my world!

From now on, I'll be adding a post in my language. I owe that to my portuguese followers. ;)

A partir de agora irei adicionar uma versão portuguesa dos meus posts deste blog. Já que muitos de vocês que me visitam são de Portugal, devo-vos isso.

Aqui está o sketch diário número 4. Hoje vai um lobinho! Admiro imenso este animal. :) Detalhei um pouquinho mais com cor para dar ambiente.

Daily Sketch #3

2010-03-10T15:04:00.000-08:00

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, poor "little" thing... tsc tsc. ;P

Daily Sketch #2

2010-03-09T15:22:00.000-08:00

Here's sketch number two. :P

Nothing much to say, it's just somehing that popped into my mind... that's what the daily sketch is about, anyway. xD

Daily Sketch #1

2010-03-08T17:48:00.000-08:00

Time to come back with new stuff!
Inspired by my fellow artists, I'll try to publish a sketch a day! I doubt that I will make one a day, but anyway here's my first!

I know, the lines are messy... I'm still getting used to sketching with my graphic pen. ^_^;

MERRY CHRISTMAS OH OH OH!

2009-12-24T01:36:00.001-08:00

And a Happy year of 2010! :) :) :)

Girl and wolf

2009-12-22T16:38:00.000-08:00

Just a random doodle.

Unna

2009-12-17T03:27:00.000-08:00

Unna is an original character of mine, created about 10 years ago. She's impersonated a lot of characters in my personal stories and RP adventures. Now here she is as a faerie. :)

You can find here a painted version of her.

For the kids

2009-12-13T08:44:00.000-08:00

I made these for my nephew and my niece. :)

Lil' witch

2009-12-13T08:38:00.001-08:00

I made this cute witch for a friend. ^^

Early Lynn faerie

2009-12-13T08:29:00.000-08:00

This is the first concept for my Lynn Faerie illustration. I've found this among my old drawings, so I thought I could share it with Lynn's fans. ^_^

Cute lil' things!

2009-12-13T08:26:00.000-08:00

Sorcha

2009-12-13T08:05:00.000-08:00

This is my vision of Sorcha, from the Sevenwaters trilogy. There's also 2 sketches of Niamh, her daughter.

Drizzt concepts

2009-12-13T07:59:00.000-08:00

These some early sketches I made of Drizzt Do'Urden. One of them you may recognize from this Drizzt painting I made.

Lady Yuna

2009-12-13T07:35:00.000-08:00

A quick doodle of Yuna, from Final Fantasy X. Although this one is far from being my favorite, I find Yuna the fairest of the FF girls.

I bet there's a lot of mistakes in her outfit... Sorry! I made it without any reference. ^_^;

Updates coming!

2009-12-13T07:16:00.000-08:00

Hi!

Long time no post... Time's been short lately, and the photo shows one of the reasons why, ahah! xD

I have some more drawings ready to post and I'll make more updates during December, so be sure to visit sometime. :)

The dwarf goes hunting

2009-10-19T16:54:00.000-07:00

This is an old illustration of one of my hubby's first characters on World of Warcraft. We used to be WoW players (FOR THE HORDE!!!) and the times spent in Azeroth were great! Sometimes I feel nostalgic and want to play WoW again, but it's a fleeting feeling. I know I will never return.

Nausicaä

2009-10-09T15:36:00.000-07:00

Another fanart...

This is Nausicaä, my all-time favourite heroine. She was created by the greatest animation director ever, from Japan: Hayao Miyazaki. :) The man is a genius. I'm his fan since I was a little girl. I'm sure that, in one way or another, most of you stumbled upon at least one of his works sometime in your life. He and Isao Takahata have marked many generations and keep inspiring lots of people worldwide.

To me, "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" sure is one of those wonderful movies and I love to watch it again sometimes. Nausicaä's epic graphic novel is a must read too!

edit 13/Dez: fixed her face! Looks more like the original now, I think. ^_^

Sexy Pirate

2009-09-29T12:21:00.000-07:00

Just a quick sketch I made.

Pirates harr!

2009-09-18T17:04:00.000-07:00

These are two random pirate sketches. One of them obviously inspired on "you know who". ;P

Setsuko

2009-09-18T16:04:00.000-07:00

More fanart! Yes, I warn you that you're gonna see a lot of it in this blog. I simply love to draw my favourite characters! ^__^

This time is Setsuko, the sweet little girl from the Ghibli animated film "Grave of the Fireflies" (Otaru no Haka). Those who did watch the film know how special she is. I cried so much! ;_; So, so sad.

I hope you enjoy my little drawings of her! :)

Cute little animals

2009-09-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

I made these for my hubby. :)

Chibi Usa

2009-09-03T07:49:00.001-07:00

Found this cute drawing of Chibi Usa waking in bed. :)

Sailors!

2009-09-02T16:58:00.000-07:00

As I was looking throughout my old drawing sheets, I've found these pretty sketches of the Sailor Moon soldiers, from my Sailor Moon fan period (I was 17 by then). I thought they were worth cleaning and painting to post here. And here they are, finally seeing the light of the day after so many years!

I hope you like them.

Sorry, I couldn't find Jupiter among the girls. :P They were made during a geometry class, so probabily the class ended before I had the time to draw Jupiter. ;)

Still here...

2009-08-22T16:01:00.000-07:00

... oh yeah!

Been busy in the last few days, so I'm here to tell you that updates will come soon! I've been looking at my old drawings (lots of papers worth sending to the recycle, but I love keeping them) and there are some things worth sharing. I'm going to give them an improved look and post them on the blog. ^_^

This sketch I posted today is an old drawing inspired on Amy Lee, from Evanescence. I used to be a big fan.

I'm back!

2009-08-16T14:37:00.000-07:00

After years of abandonment, I decided to swap the dust and spider webs of my supposed "art blog" and start to use it again. Stay tuned for some updates soon! :)

Acrílico - Chávenas e copo

2007-04-18T07:13:00.000-07:00

Esta foi a minha primeira pintura em acrílico, numa lição de iniciação à pintura. Deu-me bastante gozo pintar e gostei do resultado. Ficou suficientemente próximo do cenário real. ^_^

Aguarela - montanhas

2007-04-18T07:05:00.000-07:00

Fiz esta aguarela há uns tempos... foi a partir de uma fotografia do livro "The Earth from the Air 366 Days" (Villarrica Volcano, Chile).

A pintura está bem longe do aspecto da foto original, mas mesmo assim gostei do resultado. :)