I had a couple of both really good and miserable days. I've been infuriated (twice, by the same person). My best buddy came back to our hometown for a week (too bad he doesn't come more often). The weather oscillates between awesome and awful (the latter at the moment). I went bowling for the first time (and it's fun). Caught a nasty bloodsucking tick (luckily not disease-bearing). Got a very nice birthday card (first ever). Got my hands burned by intense sunlight (fool me). Went through a handful of medical tests (relatively healthy). Finished a completely digitally made painting (first selfportrait after ages). Was ill for a week (sneezing all the time). Read a 700+ page book completely in English (still can't understand every single word). While I didn't get my usual summer job, I have an interview for another one tomorrow (dunno what to expect). The whole flat is a mess (walls get repainted). Aargh (waa)!

By the way, I'd like to draw a lizard or snake, but haven't find any image between the stock photos that I'd really like yet. Anyone knows about some cool refs?

Some of you may know, some may not, but I have another hobby besides drawing, for which the base material is paper - paper model assembling / papercraft. I haven't intended to post any paperwork here, but I will make an exception; mainly because of
being curious and
giving away a nice model - the spaceship "Ebon Hawk" for free to everyone. Thank you both!
Another minor reason - I think I won't be doing any new drawings for some time (2-3 months), most of my time is spent by studies or related projects currently, and it's easier for me to find time for fiddling about with papier pieces I have something to post at least.

I hope I'll be able to post new shots at least every two weeks. I decided to merge a few small work-in-progress photos into one big one, so I won't spam you with tens of photos. Hopefully I haven't made the small photos way too small, but just in case - if you want to see some clearer, bigger shots, just say so and I'll post a bigger photo.


Clubs I'm in:
club of artists from my homeland! Thank you guys for managing this one for us.
I'm a pencil portrait junkie, that's it.
'cause I've been listening to Apocalyptica's music for years and I still like it as much as years ago.

I felt like having a short introduction journal and I really should mention the clubs i'm in somewhere, so here it goes.

I've been drawing since I was a little child. Even on walls of my room; my mother saw it as a bad idea though, so my wall-painting career was harshly stopped.
I started drawing "seriously" in 2005, when I was shown 's page with pencil-drawn portraits. I was watching the page for several hours that day; I was really really impressed and I knew that it's something I want to try. There was a forum too, so I joined and found many talented, kind and helpful people around there, too. I joined DA some time later.
I don't post drawings very often; I draw only sparsely in last few years, as you may have noticed. It's the way I relax: I pick something to draw, think about it, try few sketches of it sometimes, draw contours, add some shading and so on - spread this over a few weeks, because I tend to draw only for a couple of hours per week, and you got the image.
As for other hobbies: I study informatics, so I mess with computers a lot. I love riding a bike (great for stress relieving) and ice skating. I read a lot, both because I like to (James Rollins and Robin Cook + some historical books lately) and I have to (comp. related stuff, as you might guess). I also build a couple of paper models per year; it's exciting to form a flat sheet of paper to some three dimensional object (at least for me it is! paper is such a great inveniton ).

Clubs I'm in:
club of artists from my homeland! Thank you guys for managing this one for us.
I'm a pencil portrait junkie, that's it.
'cause I've been listening to Apocalyptica's music for years and I still like it as much as years ago.