O Meu Doce Amor

Iupi again, I say! Semester’s over by next week, meaning that this one now will be a killing one!! I can expect to see some corpses on school’s corridors now XD Mine shall be one :/

The new page will be coming up tomorrow :3 I made it some time ago already (by the weekend) as I just can’t find some free time to work on this T_T I thought to myself “I wanna update this at least twice a week!!” But with the current level of works, that won’t be possible… Maybe I’ll manage my time better so I can start doing that by January! :D

Btw, in case you noticed, there’s a new link over there <- That’s the webcomic of my friend Rod Molinaro! He has some wonderful art and the story is a goodie too :3 You go there check out if you happen to be on the mood! I shall retire for some more studying now :D Will be back tomorrow <salutes>

So, today is our cute Independence day :3 I personally never do anything special today… Mostly because it’s rainy and cold. It’s been a lot cold lately T_T Now I’m moving on to celebrate Portugal’s independence over Spain =3

Well, on another note:
I’ve been studying different kinds of mangas. I thought to myself that, if I am going to start my own manga, I need to learn how to do it. I know that there’re tons of tutorials around and I don’t need to search that deep in the web to find them… But the fact is, I think that, as the rookie I am, the first place I gotta make my research is not those things. First of all, I gotta look at real mangas, different kinds of them and learn from them, gathering ideas and info and developing my own way of making my own stuff.

Happily sis got a new manga by her B-day :3 She got a new Naruto manga! Though I am not that much of a fan of Naruto when it comes to the art, it was quite refreshing. The other volumes I had at home were Chrono Crusade and Tsubasa R. Chronicles. I gotta say CC has waaaay many greytones and TRC is… Too artful for a beginner like me. Best thing to say, Naruto popped in as the perfect manga in the perfect time, simple and efficient. I read it and tried to learn which things I could use from there in my works :3 Now you wait to see the next saga and tell me if my little manga-field-research was worthy =3 Never be afraid of telling me how to improve! ;)

Now that I have this little day at home and I finally have home nets again, I might be doing something like updating my stuff and maybe some gifts and stop postponing stuff. Yeah, that’s what I gotta do in first place :3


E viva a independência!

Hia folks.

So, as you may have noticed or not, Xmas coming soon. If by any reason you’re asking yourselfs “Oh, how did she noticed?” Well, it’s because I spend two minutes in front of TV. Don’t get me wrong for what I am about to say – I find Xmas a really pleasent time and I love to be with my family in the time. But I sure have to take this out. And I am sure you’ve read this before somewhere:

* It seems nowadays kids don’t even know what Xmas is about. They eat fine food and gets toys. Hurray, that’s Xmas for them. When I was young, my parents had this bit of a fight – would they tell me it was Santa giving me the gifts or Baby Jesus? Well, I personally did not believe it was none of them, but at least that made me know people celebrate Jesus B-day and they call it Xmas. Though I am pretty sure there’s no way Jesus could be born in that specific day. And if he did, how would we know?

* Xmas has nothing to do with Religion now. They call it “the universal holliday”, but they should call it “the commercial Holliday”. It’s about buying, no? It’s no longer about trading, it’s about buying. You buy something to the other guy, he/she buys for you. If you don’t, you don’t get anything back. If the gift you got was cheaper than the one you bought, oh no, it’s a war. It’s about buying buying buying. Nothing more.

* Commercials: They used to start in December. Now they’re aired in October. I wonder when Xmas is being moved to August.

* It doesn’t snow here. But Xmas cannot be Xmas without snow, riiight? So they got the artificial snow. How’s it done in Brazil? I heard it’s summer there.

* It’s a commercial strategy! They put Xmas signs in stores and make them look cute and charming, but we all know the prices won’t go down before January. Still, we go there and buy.

* Portugal is crossing a crisis period, just like everyone else’s country. Still, we’re always spending more money in Xmas stuff to make our house shine more than next door’s.

* I love Xmas.

* Though I love Xmas, do not expect me to leave my town to go to the big city just to see the Xmas lights. My Xmas tree has lots of them already, thank you. The more people who go watch the lights, the more lights will be there next year. Some call it “Xmas spirit”. I call it “energy waste”.

And I could spend the rest of my day adding stuff to this list, but I won’t. You know why? Because there are still people who think of this season as one to help the others, to give without asking in return, thinking about it as more then a beauty contest. Xmas could be like any other day to me, but it isn’t. Why? I get the chance to be with my family, to celebrate something with them, to talk and laugh. Maybe it’s just like any other holliday. But with more propaganda.

And I said it. Anyways, I am making some special Xmas improvements to the site. But what for, if I am not getting anything in return?

…Ah… Because I like to draw.

Feliz Natal :D