Song Saturday - 2012 part II

 What may be curious for some to know is that today is "Old New Year's Day" in some Slovakian cultures. This distinction is due to the differences in the Julian calendar which Slavic Orthodox cultures follow. In my experience, Old New Year isn't celebrated too festively, but it is usually acknowledged, at least with some drinks, and perhaps even some fortune telling for young girls.

Anyhow, this day brought me a desire to share some more epic music=)

2012: Epic and Inspiring II

1. Hans Zimmer - "Pearl Harbor Main Theme"

2. Thomas Bergersen - "Remember Me"

3. Two Steps From Hell - "Hypnotica"

4. Two Steps From Hell - "Equus"

5. Two Steps From Hell - "Archangel"

6. Audio Machine - "Akkadian Empire"

7. Audio Machine - "Legacy"

Happy Saturday!

Song Saturday - The Killers

I think I'll start off this new year by sharing a 'top picks' selection of one of my favourite bands - The Killers. It was their music, which I heard in my early teens that truly got me into intense indulgences of "music scouting" and listening to albums in general.

Here's my top 10 list: (In no particular order)

1. "Mr. Brightside"
2. "Somebody Told Me"
3." Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll"
4. "When You Were Young"
5. "Bling"
6. "A Dustland Fairytale"
7. "Romeo and Juliet"
8. "Tranquilize"
9. "Move Away"
10. "My List"

Enjoy!
Happy Saturday!

Highlights of New Year's Eve

I've decided to share a few quick photos I took yesterday during my family festivities. They're mostly of food=)

Me, shelling some boiled eggs. I was mostly the sous-chef that day. My dad was in charge, since we were cooking his recipes=)

Some lamb being caramelized for the "Plov" dish.

Carrots, also for the "Plov" rice dish.

Some sauce going in=)

And here's the "Olivie"/Russian Salad being made

Of course my custom Munny dragon toy had to join the celebration

A little red wine

Our humble dinner arrangement consisting of components often found at Slavic winter spreads, like smoked salmon, pickled peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, pickles, olivie salad and plov rice.

My plate=)

And when the ball drops you've got to have some (more) chocolate and champagne!

My favorite chocolates ever!!

Some chocolate/alcohol cherries=)

And some left overs beginning to pile up!

Hope you had a lovely New Year's Eve as well!

Happy Sunday!

Song Saturday - "2012"

The of 2012 is almost here, or may have already arrived for some of you, based on where you are. I wish you all an epic year in the most wonderful way possible. Here is some music, much of which if from various soundtracks which I find moving and inspiring. Please enjoy!

2012: Epic and Inspiring

1. Michael Nyman - "The One Moment"

2. Klaus Badelt - "Rescue Dawn Suite"

3. Immediate Music - "Liberty Shield"

4.Thomas Bergersen - "Promise"

5. Apocalyptica - "And Nothing Else Matters"

6. Steve Jablonsky - "Arrival to Earth"

7. X-Ray Dog - "Here Comes the King"

8. Armand Amar - "Home Part II"

9. Hans Zimmer - "Armageddon Theme"

10. Howard Shore - "The White Rider"

11. Hans Zimmer - "One Day"

12. Audiomachine- "Final Hope"

Happy New Year!!!
Cheers!

Munny Doll - Darling Dragonete

The year of the Dragon approaches!

front view
Photo courtesy of my instructor: Jaime Anderson

back view
Photo courtesy of my instructor: Jaime Anderson

And in lieu of this festive time - I present to you my final Surface Illustration class project=)
Our goal was to take a 4'' blank Munny Doll and turn it it into a character that we'd enjoy and reflect our artistic styles, and potentially be part of a toy series.

Materials Used:
+Acrylic paints
+Staedler Black F series felt pen
+Glitter glue
+ some art clay to model the horns and scales