Digital comics

Recently, I've began to start drawing comics in photoshop, because in the long run, it can be more efficient, plus, I want to increase my set of skills. But for now.. I'm still looking for my own style (as you can see) and these comics took a whole lot longer than the ones I draw on paper.

My haircut

family rivalry

clumsy Lae

More comics coming up! :) 

Calvin, a good friend and not-so-great teacher

Like I said before; my friend Calvin is a designer. So, because he's such a nice guy, he offered to teach me a bit about adobe illustrator.

We ended up eating lychees and watching Regular Show and I forgot most of what he taught me that day.

(it wasn't all my fault that the 'lesson'  didn't go that well! it just fitted best in the comic to only show me being distracted)

now I am trying to learn Illustrator and while working in it, I consult Calvin, which works pretty well, so everything turned out great! :) no worries.

(speaking of, haven't done anything in illustrator for over a week.. I should do something again...)

oh! and I now have a facebook page which is still kinda empty with only some comics, but I'll fill it up soon! so if you've got facebook, please like my page! 

https://www.facebook.com/lae178

grandma's birthday

Yesterday my grandma celebrated her birthday. My present to her was this painting:

it's my cousins and brother and me during a skiing vacation.

(I know it looks like I am not wearing any pants but I actually was. I had rolled up my trousers' legs.)

My grandma actually told me to make her a painting. I would probably have made her something anyway, but she did act a bit pushy. haha.

It started when she saw what I'd given my mum for her birthday....

(sorry, do those party guest look kinda creepy? I was just trying to make them into a background...)

okay, this last one's false, she did not mail me about it too. But hey! it's Lychee again!

(and a sneak preview of an upcoming comic! because.. the paper in this sketch book is thin and I only realised that ..now.)

introducing Lae

So my friend Robert, the composer, took me to a party and he was really nice, praising me like that but.. I mean come on! We were talking with Lukaz Guzman and he was wearing this ring he made himself and it was so amazing (I would say pretty but that seems kinda odd for an animal skull iron ring) and he had facial hair and looked like an artist and well, I'm just some kid that draws.

Besides, I truthfully do not really know WHAT I'm doing. But one day I might find. Or not, life's a mystery!

A good joke

I actually also made comics about that same afternoon that happened before this, but I haven't scanned them yet.

And yes, I like that joke too much. I probably told it way too many times too.

Joking around

I made this post to make something about myself clear to everyone;

I have a somewhat odd sense of humor.

This means that I will often say things that I do not mean, it's not necessarily cynical remarks, more just ..untrue remarks. Or I might think up some persona, for instance: I can sound shallow and self-conceited very easily (too easily I'm afraid one day I'll actually turn into such a person!) or I can make obviously stupid remarks. (I can make stupid and naive remarks without it being a joke too though!) When I claim that something has not happened and ask my friend to back me up, because 'she was there when it happened', I'm simply admitting that, yes, it did happen.

That being said, I always assumed that anyone reading my blog would surely understand my jokes! That is of course, a wrong assumption, the proof of my wrong being here is my own mother. She was remarking that I sounded somewhat arrogant in my post about that poster I made. Because I made it sound as if I was granting people to spent time with me, and that they should be honoured. Of course that'd be silly! I'm a normal person (well, not really, even my humor is abnormal already), I'm in no way a celebrity. That would simply be a way for me to state that when we have to meet anyways, we could chat and drink coffee for a bit.

I guess it is also that I assumed most people reading my blog were my friends (hi Colin) and people in the same kind of scene as myself, thus, people who ..'get' me.

That is also a wrong assumption, as I KNOW my most frequent visitor MUST be my grandmother. (She is an avid user of social media and the likes, we are also facebook friends.)

A while ago, I was confronted by the fact that my humor really is a bit out of the ordinary, when I was working through a temp agency for a few days, leaving my room for a change and meeting new people. I was trying to keep our monotone work routine interesting by joking around and chatting, but I often got weird looks back. (There was this one girl who did get my jokes, she was delightfully cynical.) At one point I felt I should tell them 'I think you are taking me a bit too serious.. I was not really excited by the boxes, that's just me joking around.'. (I got the reply 'oh.. okay.')

Well, I believe I've typed a big enough wall of text for now, I'm sorry for being so long-winded and I do hope SOMEONE (besides my grandmother and Colin) has read it, otherwise my message would be lost and those who think I'm weird will STILL think I'm weird. (although, those who did read it all, might think so too.)

Please give me some feedback because I wonder if my writing is in any way readable and I would love to improve it for the sake of this blog's visitors!

Now enjoy these comics about me joking around, you deserved it (if you did read the text, if not, read it, please?).

(this one works better in Dutch though.. 'in de war' instead of 'confused')

wait for it...

I actually made this a while ago, but wanted to post some other stuff before. the other stuff has been made and will be scanned.. wooh!

Mike misses movienights

Poor Mike.

These days, we mostly spent time together for work. But it's just that we grew apart as friends.. we have different taste in music (Mike simply skips songs he doesn't like after hearing the first minute, who needs a minute to decide he doesn't wanna listen to a song??), disagree on what apps to use (he doesn't like After Effects so he just stopped running it properly). And it's such a hassle to supply him with USB sticks! (I prefer Lychee's ports on the side, instead of behind.. Mike, you is big, it's inconvenient!)

But actually, Mike and I have been spending time together more often again lately. I see him more than I see Lychee! But it's okay, she likes her sleep and movies and series are still our special activity. ;)

How to make a card more personal

It's been a while since New Year's but I still had some cards to hand out, last week, David finally got his. But his reaction was quite rude..! Haha, how silly.

I did this to multiple people, I'm afraid.

Meet Mike

Mike's my iMac.

Lychee, Lae and friends

so I took Lychee to The Hague to have coffee with my friends and me.

I wanted to do this in somewhat coffee-related colors but I accidentally took out too strong yellows.. which is why Jacky and I (especially Jacky) look pretty yellow now... oops.

Meet Lychee

So.. I named my MacBook Lychee, after my most favorite fruit. Both are small and cute!

Let me introduce her to you all by sharing an insight in our relationship; these are some of the fun things I've done with Lychee.

We have ridden the train together many times...

spent time in my bed, watching movies, chatting, reading webcomics...

Godiva

I present to you my good friend Godiva.

Tea

Lae might be cool.

I really did not grab a pink marker on purpose, only while I was writing it, I realised I wasn't even writing 'why I'm COOL' in a cool manner... oops.
(not that pink can't be cool! please don't be offended if you like pink. Or if you are pink. I am pink. And I'm cool.. well no, not really. But other pink people might be cool)