Daily use of the drug causes poisoning

An update! It's been a little while, I guess, lol.

So, what have I been up to? Well... I've been busy working at my part-time job, but I have managed to squeeze in a few illos here and there.

It was my birthday not long ago, and like my favourite mangaka group; CLAMP, I thought i'd try using inks to create pictures. So my mum bought me a new set of inks and brushes and I tried out some ink pictures:

I've decided that I really love working with inks. Actually, I've just finished a commission using them, and i'm really pleased with what i've done. The commission was for wedding invites, so I won't post what i've done on here yet, but hopefully i'll be able to show you some time soon. =]

I've been making progress with my list of things that I have to do, so hopefully some time soon i'll be doing those illustration ideas for Tony Haven and the web site ideas for Vinita Hemachandra. I also need to paint two canvases of my 'Time for Tea' picture:


Remember, if you'd like a hand-painted canvas of one of my pictures, just let me know! You can message me on Facebook, Twitter, or from Moonlil.com.

So, second to last is the poster that I did a few months ago for Moonlet & the Love-Monks, but I've only now been able to post it up, because they haven't used it until now. So here it is:



And... Oh! Look at that! It's advertising a gig that they're playing this coming Friday at The William IV in Truro! It's Free Entry and everything! Well, bugger me. Will I see you there? =D

And, lastly, since it's not really related to what i've been doing, but i'm ecstatic anyway...

My favourite manga in the whole world has just been resumed by it's creators!!!!!!!





I expect a lot of you will have heard me talking about Legal Drug - it's a manga that was created in 2001 - 2003 by my favourite mangaka group ever; CLAMP. It's about a 17 year old called Kazahaya Kudo, who has the empathic ability of being able to see emotions and memories by touch. He and his roommate Rikuo (who also has telekinetic powers) go on all sorts of jobs for their mysterious employer, Kakei, a Seer, who also runs the Green Drugstore, where they all work part-time and live.



I've loved this series for about a year now, and it's made a massive impact to my artwork (as well as my boyfriends bank balance, lol), but it's been on hiatus since 2003, because the magazine publishing it in Japan stopped running. But now it's been picked up again by Kadokawa's Young Ace Magazine, so you can imagine how happy I was when the news came through yesterday morning. Couldn't even concentrate in work yesterday, I made loads of mistakes, lol.

Do you like Toffee and Lemonade? They used to taste so good homemade.

Hmmm... what to report. I'm finding it quite hard to recall what i've been doing lately.

Well... I finished a commission for a manga portrait not long ago:



The person seemed to like it, and i'm pretty pleased with it too. What d'ya reckon?

I've also finished another commission, but since it's a present for someone and hasn't been given to them yet, I probably shouldn't post the pic up here. =P

Other than that, i've been steadily getting through the things I had lined up. I still need to do some doodles for Tony Haven which I said I'd do a while ago and haven't gotten around to it (Tony, if you're reading, then nag me about it!). If you didn't see the last pic I did, it's on the top of his website. Or... yeah, i'll just post it here.


So, what i'm working on right now is two hand painted canvases of my 'Time for Tea' picture. I'm also selling any of my prints to order; £10 for a print of any of my artwork (in the portfolio section of my Facebook!), or £30 for a hand-painted version of an existing artwork. I can also do original art, though it may be a bit more; if you're interested, talk to me about it, and we'll work something out. =]

After that, there's a website I need to work on; a good friend of mine from Uni, Vinita Hemachandra needs a bit of a touch up to her site. Check her out, her work is beautiful, just look:


So pretty. ^_^

And one other thing i'm working on right now:



It's a tattoo design for a friend at work. The finished idea is to have it as a full body chinese dragon, so I have a bit more drawing to do just yet. =3

If you'd like me to design a tattoo for you, just get in touch with me and i'll see what I can do for you. =P

And that's about it!

Yeah we know, you and I, that i'm not that crazy.

Wow, it's been a little while since I updated this, mainly because life has been very hectic lately. I got a new job in the brand new Wetherspoon pub in Camborne, so all my time has been taken by learning how to pull pints, lol. Anyways, if you see me in there, please say hello. =]

So what have I been up to, art-wise? *thinks back*

Well, actually, since I last updated, there's been quite a lot.


First up is: I finally hit 3000 hits on the site!



Thank you everyone! It's very reassuring to know that people do actually read this blog; art is a very competitive thing to want to do, so I need all the support I can get. =D

Next up, I've started taking commissions for manga-style artwork of your favourite facebook photos:



They're £15 each, or for an extra £5 + postage, I can print it out for you and send it to you. They've been proving quite popular actually; i'm even working on one at the moment. =P

I also have a hand-painted canvas version of my 'Hachigatsu no Serenade' picture for sale for £10. I painted it as a present for someone, but then realised that i'd painted the wrong one, lol.



Might make a nice present for someone? =D

So, the last thing is this illo that I managed to do in between pouring pints:




For some reason, I was riding in someone else's car the other day, and just while thinking of things to relieve the boredom in the car, I started thinking about how sad a little girl holding an accordion would look, lol. Don't ask me to explain how my brain works. =P

But you can buy this print, along with any of my other prints in my portfolio or on my facebook page for £10. Support a starving artist? =D

Kimi ni mune kyun!

Just a quick one to say...

I finally found this month's issue and of Neo Magazine. And opening it up to page fifty-four...

is me!! Ta-da!

(Click to see it larger!)



Yup, that's pretty much all I have to say. =P

No bodies felt like you, No bodies. Love is suicide.

^^ Bleak lyrics, yes, but I was listening to Bodies by The Smashing Pumpkins when I was doing this drawing:



It's done using the very lovely Miss Malice as a model. Check out her stuff - she's not like all those people on Facebook who pose scantily-clad in front of a camera and call themselves models (there are a LOT of people on Facebook who do that. It's so annoying!!). She is actually really good at what she does. =]

So... other than that, the newest piece of... news... is that i've applied for a teacher training course. I'd been thinking about it for a long while, because I really like being in a college setting, and I kind of think i'd be good at teaching. I was asked on one of my previous courses if I would consider coming back to teach, so I thought maybe i'd give it a go. =]

I know it's going to be a lot of hard work, but I think i'd rather be doing that then sitting around doing nothing. And i'm doing it part-time, so it's not going to be getting in the way of my freelance work. =D

And just before I forget, there's going to be an awesome gig going on at Miss Peapod's in Penryn this Saturday in aid of The Japan Quake. Moonlet and the Love-monks will be playing, as will lots of other good bands, and you may even win a Moonlet T Shirt! It starts at around half 3, I believe. Go take a look at their facebook page.

And lastly, I will leave you with the short little comic I promised you last time. Click to make it bigger!

Like a Salmon swimming upstream...

Hey there, Sports fans!

(I'm not a sports fan...)

Anyway... some exciting news, I guess! Dan says i'm not bragging about this enough, so here I am, telling you about it. =P

A month ago, I emailed NEO magazine, which is the UK's only Anime, Manga and Asian Film magazine. I sent them some of my stuff, and asked them if they'd like to use it, and now i'm going to be featured in their 'Artists Showcase' feature! Look out for it on the 21st of April - you may find it in the Anime section of HMV, just above all the DVDs, and in most newsagents. You'll definitely find it in WHSmiths. Even if you don't buy it, just pick it up and have a shufty, kay?

So, apart from that, I'm going to be pretty busy with life this month. We're moving back down to Cornwall by the 29th of April, and in that time, we've got to move all our stuff down, sort out our finances and stuff, as well as a lot of family and friends things which I have to see and do. So I probably won't have time to do any real artwork. Although, saying that, I did do a cute little comic last night while I was home alone - I'll finish it today, and will probably have it up pretty soon.

Also, after all the chaos in Japan, I felt horrible about the whole thing, since I take so much from Japan and Japanese culture in my everyday life, I made a picture:



The point of it was to try to encourage people to donate to a charity, so please, either donate to The British Red Cross Tsunami Appeal or the local charity Shelterbox. They're both good causes. =D

So, to love you and leave you, I thought i'd remind you of a 'happenin' gig that's 'happenin' on Monday night (I am SO cool). Moonlet and the Love-Monks will be playing an hour slot in support of The Marwoods. Go watch! Listen! Do some Dad-Dancing! Yeh?

Get Rhythm, when you get the blues.

^You gotta love a bit o' Johnny Cash. =D Ben Lean posted it on his facebook and I've had it stuck in my head since.

So.. things are looking uppity again in the Moonlily camp - I've had a few more potential job offers since last time, which, fingers crossed, will work out some time in the near future. I did have a part time job offer too - which would have fitted in nicely with my illustration work, but I didn't get it. I'm not too bothered though. I have lots of other good things happening to me at the moment anyway. =D

So... just thought i'd draw your attention to a few blogs on here that catch my eye. =D

Stephanie Demelza B Fashion - I absolutely love Japanese Lolita. I use it in my drawings all the time, and I just love the way it looks, and Steph does it beautifully. The photography she's been posting lately is pretty good too. I think i'll have to do an illustration of one of her fashion designs soon. =3

We Take Control - This blog is like an ever changing source of inspiration. =] Really cool stuff.

And lastly, an unofficial Moonlet and the Love-Monks blog: Diary of a Love Monk, from lead singer Joe (since I can't find the main official blog, lol). They're doing very well lately - their last gig was at a charity event for Shelterbox, which went down very well. We're all very proud of them. =]

And that's about it really. =D