Connichi 2011

Dieses Jahr wird es auf der Connichi wieder einige schöne Sachen bei mir zu kaufen geben. Nachdem mich mehrere Leute nochmals danach gefragt haben und sie auf der Leipziger Buchmesse auch so gut weggegangen sind, wird es wieder ein paar A4-Hochglanzdrucke einiger meiner Bilder geben. Sie werden 2,50 Euro pro Druck kosten (bei Mehrfachkauf gibt es, wie immer, Mengenrabatt) und sie werden auf 5 Stück je Bild limitiert sein.

Connichi 2011 - the countdown

Long time no see, everyone! Wow, there already are so many readers! That's really amazing. Thanks so much guys! And finally I've got some news: This September it's again time for the Connichi at Kassel. I'm really looking forward to it because a lot of interesting things will happen.
First I will have a place at the Manga Market. I hope to meet many of you there. I will have a second edition of full colour prints, new ACEOs (Kakao Karten), buttons, postcards, bookmarks, and much more. Plus: You can win an original! I'm still working on it so I can't show it yet, but just wait and see.
Then there is also the release of the last edition of the shoujo-anthology "Blütenträume" by the German publisher Schwarzer Turm. You can see the absolutely beautiful cover (front and back) here. As the editor in chief I had the opportunity to work with some amazing artists and I was allowed to add a little gallery of my own paintings. If you're at the Connichi this year you can meet some of the artists (including me), get the new "Blütenträume", which is dedicated to the topic "dreamboys" this time, and get some signatures. I will certainly do that as I haven't met some of the artists in person yet. There is more to come so watch out!

Manga-Mixx 8

Today I got my free copies of the newest Manga-Mixx, vol. 8. (If you want to know more about it have a look at the Mulle@Manga Mixx page here on my blog or click here.) And my first impression is: Wow! That's really packed. There are so many stories in there I don't know where to start. And they are from so many great artists I feel a little embarrased o///O Especially because my contribution is a little old (well, ca. 1 1/2 years now) and it's interesting to see for myself how I've developed (which means, that, yes, I do think I've developed since then). The great thing is that, at the moment, I really do feel like I want to start a bigger project and I already have some very precise ideas for it. I know there is so much I still have to learn, especially because I've never studied this kind of art or really learned it, but when I see something I did a while ago finally published it kind of gives you a great feeling and supports this idea. So if you do have any chance of getting the new Manga-Mixx, do it! It's worth it!!!

Random Stuff

Here you can see a collection of some of the things that have been lying around in my folderfr quite some time. It has the form of a Meme (which is probably known to some of you who now and again visit deviantart). I hope I can finish some of it within the next weeks, especially my fanart with Cloud and Aerith (I have a pretty precise idea of what it should look like in the end - but who knows what will happen while I'm working on it oO).
Anyway, I always think that the most interesting pictures by an artist are those who give an insight into his or her working process (at least, that's what it's like for me). I usually try to avoid it myself (I'm, far too lazy to do the scans oO), but as some people kept asking about something like this I thought it was time I used some of my old stuff (and some of the new).
Those of you who have been visiting my blog for some time (thanks so much for that *kiss*) will probably remember the cancer badge at the bottom, which I did for my German publisher Cursed Side. The other two were also designs I made for that occasion, but only the cancer badge finally made it. The rest is fanarts and some things I thought I could use but so far didn't make it.

Thanks to LemonNeko

I'd almost forgotten to show you this. It's a ConHon-entry for LemonNeko, the girl who organised the Doujimarket at the LBM this year. It was so much more comfortable to have your table and to be sure that you could simply come there whenever you wanted and did not have to run through the halls as soon as the doors opened. So Apfelkeks and some of us decided that we would thank her with some drawings and presents and this is what I did for her. It's a coloured sketch of one of her avatars. I hope she'll like it and organise the doujimarket again next year.

Cheerio everyone,
I'm back again with some signs of life! The LBM is already long gone, but only now have I managed to upload some of the pictures. *God, I'm so lame* However, I promised you some pictures, so here they are. To the left you can see my table at the LBM with the postcards, prints (they are almost all gone, except for the Christmas prints - well, I guess it wasn't the right time of year for them XD), the buttons, bookmarks, etc. The sales went well and I hope I can afford some more coloured prints as people really liked them and kept asking about them (I simply love my new scanner which is sooooo good with the colours and which helped a lot in making the prints so brilliant!) To the right you can see the final version of my postcard which I also did as one of the coloured prints (this one really sold well and I was almost sorry, that I hadn't done more of them as so many people kept asking). I also took a lot of pictures of people in great cosplays. I can't show you all of them, but here is a group with just a perfect cosplay. Do you know what they are? *_*
When I saw them I simply had to take a picture. Whoever you guys are, I really loved your cosplays!
By the way, have I already shown you my new crayons? They are polychromos and their colours are so beautiful. I just love them and I always use them for all kinds of paintings. I know they are somewhat expensive, but I really use them for months and they are so good on my Deleter paper, which I use for my ACEOs. If you do have the chance of buying some, do it!
At the moment I am busy with some competitions and the publication process of the new Blütenträume for the German publisher Schwarzer Turm. However, this last weekend we celebrated Easter and I did a little suprise ACEO which I sent to a lot of people (around 40). I hope they've all received their letter by now (I know some are still waiting for it, but I promise you'll get it soon). Happy Easter to all of you!

***busy part 2***

Hello everyone,
God, I am such a lazy person. Well, not really, but I'm always working a lot and now I am on facebook oO which means that I am spending even more time on the internet. But, let's be honest! How can you not be on facebook these days? I have so many friends who are simply not answering my e-mails anymore so the only way I can contact them is via facebook! Well, now I'm there...
I am working on a lot of things at the moment, at my real job and as a mangaka, so I hope I can let you see some things soon. I'll try to upload some pictures from the Leipzig Book Fair this week and also some pictures of what I've been doing during the last months. **God, I wish I had more time or needed less sleep.**
By the way, the AnimaniA did a short interview with me at the LBM which will probably be on the DVD that goes with the magazine in the next issue in May. It was really exciting! (Thanks, Anne, for thinking of me! And I hope you like your little blue plushie bean *_*)
More to come soon! Keep your eyes open or visit me on facebook XD