Abstract experiment

This being revamp of an old experimental abstract comic I made for a graphic storytelling course.
 I'm still not sure if this a disgusting act of cultural imperialism from my part or a step into the unknown possibilities of kanji-abstract-comics :'D

 How does this make you feel (I have a real urge to hear how this makes people feel :'D)? And has anyone seen something alike before? I tried to search for comics that use kanji as a form of visual expression with little luck...

It is based on Japanese, btw, which is kind of not the best way of doing this, since Chinese language consists only of kanji without the okuriganas (ie. hiragana & katakana in-between the kanji), but unfortunately I haven't been able to study Chinese just yet. So Japanese has to do for now...

 Oh yeah, due to pressure from a lovely friend I also made a facebook page :'D Feel free to like it and follow me there too~

Sorcerer

 Here it is, all done!
 The print will be available for buyings in Yukicon, Espoo, next weekend. I also opened a webshop for my prints, where one can see and purchase my print anywhere in the world, you are most welcome to have a look here:

Art of Haltijakäpälä

 There's also a contest going on in tumblr to celebrate this fine ocassion , but one does not indeed need to have an account in tumblr to participate; I also accept entries via email! So in order to enter just send me an email to haltijakapala@gmail.com to let me know (no need to give me your address or anything else just yet, only after you've won :3)

Sorcerer Wip

 Doodling something new for a change, and being the impatient little twat that I am, I couldn't help but to post a little wip picture...

 Trying really hard to get this done by Yukicon!


(Vandir is not done yet, I'll finish him after my friends finish their game ;'>)

Something old for a change

 Old but before unseen! In the internets at least, this was actually a part of an exhibition our comics' course arranged about a year ago... But anyway, this is an assignment from that course, we had to write two 3 versions of the same script with minor alterations, one we drew ourselves and the other was given to some one else. It was really fun and interesting assigment!
 And here's a short comic written by the wonderfully talented Viivi, and doodled by me! 

I'd love to share the one I wrote and drew myself, but it's crap, fantastically badly drawn :'D But Viivi drew her version of my script, and I've been told that a sampling of that story might come up on her webpage some time in the near future~ So go there, one and all, Viivi is also currently drawing a very interesting graphic novel about working in an mental institution, so keep your pretty heads up for that too ^-^

http://cargocollective.com/viivirintanen

PS. Me and my lovely partner in crime Pihlajatar got a table from the Artists' Alley in Yukicon,  on Saturday to be exact, so see you there too! I'm scheming up new shenanigans for that event too~ 

Sick boys

 All the reading I have to do for school has made me ah-so desperate to draw again, so I decided to try and start doing regular sketches (at least somewhat regular, it's me after all...). And they are supposed to be quick too, this wasn't, took me a couple of more hours than I should had time for anything tonight but hey~ 

There's something nagging in the back of my skull wanting to get out... These sick boys, there's so many of them but they are yet to be born, properly born. I'm not entirely happy with this first try either, but there's nothing to it, I just have to keep on trudging along until they come out right.

Cleaning and Sketching

 I really should clean my desk more often... I found a few leftover prints of these two images:

...That I thought I had already sold out, oops :'D But hey, I'll sell them at Taidekuja, at a discount! I want to get rid of them! And Since I'm doing this sort of cleaning, I'll also sell my last old comics too, so come and grab them until they are no more!

 And so that this post won't become a dreary recycling of old pictures of mine, here a crappy doodle I scribbled today at a lecture~

 (the theme was actually otaku sexuality and shota, among other things. Highly interesting, so I did listen while doodling, mind you!)

Doodling

 Eugh, school is killing me etc.
 But today, instead of reading and then reading some more I decided to doodle, it was a good decision. Slow as I am, nothing is even close to being finished. Nevertheless I wanted to share a sneaky peek screenshot of the stuff I've been doodling today~

 Meet Vandir! He is a rpg character of mine and a shameless mish-mash of all the cliches I love! I'll tell more of him when I finish the doodle ^^