Not vanished... I'm alive!!

Well, I have totally abandoned this blog, right?? It's just that I didn't much to write about... not that that has changed but I felt sorry for this beautiful blog so, here I am.

What's up with me right now??
-Listening to Charlie Chaplin's "Modern times" soundtrack. I download this and some charleston and jazz from the 20s because I'll be in charge of the music for a short animated film we're doing at University. Do not worry, when I'll finish it I'll leave it here so you can check it out.
-Eating a yougurt with peach... yummy!
-About to cut the patterns I made for the "Miley-twist" dress I designed for myself. Why it's called "Miley-twist"?? easy, because the dress was inspired on her while I was listening to Chuck Berry's "Let's twist again!"... I'll show it when it's finish also! ^^
-This next December 3rd I'm gonna have my very own fashion runway at the Fashion Designing Course!!!! The theme is CIRCUS... and though I haveeee an idea of doing my outfit kinda inspired on the show "Carnivale" and a bit of "Cirque du Soleil" I do not know what exactly to do... not worring too much anyway, something'd come out!
-The sun is very very shinny today, so beautiful!
-I started watching "Flash foward" and I looooooved it, I love this kind of shows where people have to face something strange.
-It's late and I have to cut my patterns and then cook lunch so...

See ya all soon!!
Today I've learn: people from my town look at me a bit wird and then smile... awkward!!!

Kisses and rockets!!

Draw Spontaneously

After many many crazy and blue things happening around Winter, the sun came out.
It's awesome how nature can give you all you needed long ago, like a smile in your face or just a bit of life inside all this Winter clothes. Thank you sun!

I still gotta study a lot and September plans some heavy stuff for me but somehow Owl City, Joe Brooks and Puffy Ami Yumi are giving me wings to fly with this first pre-Spring winds. Drawing is helping a lot also; with some new ideas, some new energies and new colour markers I'm trying to create a brand new kindom... that needs a name soon. The idea is to draw spontaneously out of the music I'm listening at the moment or the movie I'm watching or even the talk that were having some people that I came through... details, that's the main idea of this project: pay attention, let go, fly and draw spontaneously (what a difficult and beautiful word it is!).

Alright, I'd write more and more stuff that are popping out my head in thsi moment (stories mostly) but, as I said, I gotta study a lot so...
Goodbye for now.
Today I've learn: When in sorrow eat an apple and laugh with friends.

XX
Safi.

The sun is shining

Watched "Leap Year": loved it.
Walked and sat in my backyard until the sun fade away... beautiful.
Study: I'm about to start and I've got a headache... I will do my best anyway.

How is that the week flew so fast?? Where are my memories?? I really should slow down.

Today I've learn: I really miss just to sat down and feel the air in my face.
XOXO
Safi.

Patience

designed by Vivienne Westwood

I've been trying to work in an other style of drawing (a new one because I was getting bored of the old one) and yesterday night when I was just sbribbling... it came out from my pen and the classic music I was listening to. It is a kind of girl with long arms and legs, and their faces have long noses and little red lips. Their wardrobe is a mix of the '30s-'40s and contemporary fashion.
I only draw girls when I make this kind of studies because they are my main characters, but, then I keep going and draw other things like animals and landscapes, etc. Now, I've been doing a kind of children story with the technic of paper cutting and I started doing it with the old style... so, I just hope I don't mess it up with the new one, or an ugly mix of both. Gotta finish it soon. It looks lovely until now. ^^

Ok, what else? I was going to write about this sandals designed by Vivienne Westwood that I fell in love with (the ones in the the picture above)... but I have no time. Tomorrow I go back to the University and I have to finish some homework: the children storybook due Friday, and a couple of paintings due tomorrow... oh, and two drawings due Thursday. Tuesday gotta a birthday party!!! ^^

Anyway. I'll try to make something with the new drawing style so then I'll load it here... ok?? would you like that?? :P

Loads of kisses and hugs (xoxo) Today I've learn: There's no good in worrying about everything too much. Just keep calm and have a cup of tea! Yours, Safi.

Dicoveries

(Secong post of the day... wow!)
Hum, in the last five minutes I discovered a bunch of great things that I MUST post here so not to forget names, links and from where inspiration came from.

Firstly: Alice Magazine which is an online magazine that offers the reader a series of great artists and artisans and designers. I found many things here... especially related to paper which was what I was looking for at the beggining. Excellent!
Secondly: and via Alice Magazine, I run into Marmee Craft that is a beautiful blog from Marjorie Liucci who lives in North Carolina, US. She works mainly with themes like forest animals and ladies and then pictures them into dolls and paintings. Just lovely!
Thirdly: Well, I already tried this technic of papercut but I haven't been able to find any artist that does it as well, always found the images alone... until just now. Rob Ryan is a british artist that works entirely with papercutting and screen prints, but not just small papers... he also works -along with his colaborators- in huge peaces of paper that he turns into beatiful and great pictures. Genious!
(I leave you this link to a vid of him working: http://www.vimeo.com/11460856)
Fourthly (last but not least): John William Waterhouse was a british painter from 1849. He worked mainly with literary themes and female characters from Greek and Arthurian mythology. I loved his delicated work into the human figures and the beautiful touch of a fairy-tale style he gave to his paintings. Gorgeous!

Alright, this is everything for now. It's raining outside so I am very much inspired.
XOXO
Safi

Karl says...

Well, here we have the adorable and cute Alexa Chung and the genious Karl Legerfeld saying a bit of truth. Enjoy!


Today I've learn: when rains a lot... my swimming pool gives loads of bubbles out of raindrops.
XOXO
Safi.

Children's storybooks

I love this movie. One of my favourites!!

Ok, yestarday's attempt of needle felting failed. Why? well, I tried to do it with a regular needle but didn't work out, so now, I gotta try getting the actual needle I need to do this technic. Sad, I know.

Anyways. Despite me saying yesterday about writing today about my passion for vintage fashion, I decided to write about an other of my passions, the one that I have been practising most lately: illustration.
Last week, when I told a friend about my idea of give a bit of my life to this creation of children's storybooks she said: "We think (her and another friend) that that book you made last year is the best thing you've ever done". Well, blushing! Furthermore, what I say is that I really really really love doing this, this mix of cute and naïf stories with nice illustrations; it's like going back to my childhood everytime, or that I go back to that land I use to go when I was little and I started to write and invent and imagine.
So this, this is one of the ideas I have for my life. There are three in my mind at this moment... not decided which one I'll give more time and use it as my main income, yet. I'm not in a hurry though but... I'd like to start deciding already because, well, you know, I'd like to start saving for an apartment and a "I hope" future England-moving-into thing... and also, to direct my energies to that ability(¿?) for, sooner than later, get a job that involves it.

What else?? nothing more I think... oh, yeah, IT'S RAINING and it looks like snow... is not but, it's nice. ^^

What I've learn today: I like weird people and weird stuff.
XOXO
Safi.