Saturday, December 15, 2012

Gackt tribute!

I haven't written anything in quite a while! I am kinda drowning lately... the work has piled up and for some reason i still feel sick... Anyway i have been working on my art project, we had to choose a person and draw him several times... I chose to do Gackt; after i finished i took my sketches, combined them i one and made a tribute! >< So here they are!


Thursday, December 6, 2012

I feel sick

I've been sick for a couple of days, but it's weird i feel really bad but not 'cause of the illness. This has happened to me before; 
it's because of stress... 
I used to take some sort of pills for my stomachache, I should probably start taking them again...
Generally these past days are a bit depressing.
 I've started working my comic at school in order to make more pages so that i can start to upload on that website (and hopefully get paid). 
I hope it goes well...

Monday, December 3, 2012

Getting in for money

Well yeah i am thinking of setting up a pay pal account and starting to work for money. The thing is that since i already don't have many 'viewers" i don't know how this will turn out, but you never know. I will also start working hard to do the thing with the site I've mentioned. So yeah i will notify once i set up my account so if  you're interested then go for it! Also pass the word on to your friends that might be interested! 
Help the artist! >< 
You can find samples of my work here:
http://billieklemm.deviantart.com/gallery/

Friday, November 30, 2012

*choke*

Hey there i haven't written in what seems a quite long time! (or at least to me) 
I am working on an illustration of Alice in Wonderland for a competition and i have to submit it due Sunday.
I decided i will be a member of a site for comics where I'll get paid according to how many viewers i bring; but in order to do that i need to upload 15 pages every month; so I'll wait a while before i start uploading to gather more material.
Furthermore, tomorrow i am having my SAT's... yeah.. At least after that I'll only have to worry about finals in December! Anyway after I'm done with the exams (actually even before that) I have to start working on the poster for the other competition... :/ My senior project... well i kinda postponed the preparations for it a bit, till I'm over with the stress!
Generally there's just a TON of things going on right now, but it's better than having nothing to do! :) 
Well, gotta work!

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Little Devil Panic page 3

Little Devil Panic page 3 is ready! you may go and see it at the following links!
 I hope you like it don't forget to comment! ><

Chika and Eiji

These are my characters from "Little Devil Panic" Chika and Eiji!
Visit my deviantart for more!
http://billieklemm.deviantart.com/

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Preparing for competitions

I've got three competitions that i am preparing for, and all three have as a price scholarships!
I am working on a SUPER detailed illustration of Alice in Wonderland. I finished the sketch and tomorrow I'll begin coloring it. The only problem i have is that i am working on an A3 page and i can't scan it, so i guess the only thing i can do is take a photo of it... ( i hate when this happens... :/)

Since we have a break from school I'll have time to work on my comics and my new persona! :)
I also have my senior project to work on. 
(I just hope i can make it on time! ><)

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The past week

The past week has been really creative. I worked a bit on my comics (didn't have enough time to complete the pages though), and tons of other things! ><
I decided which stories I'll illustrate for my senior project. It will be a tribute to the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. The stories that i chose have some similarities between them (personal opinion); so these are the stories chosen:
 Grimm Brothers:
  • The six swans
  • The poor boy in the grave
  • The owl
Hans Christian Andersen:
  • The wild swans
  • The little match seller
  • The phoenix bird
I didn't want to chose really popular stories, i think this is way more interesting!
I also have a new art project for school: to draw a river. I have an idea and i think it'll turn out good! 

Lately I've been pretty gloomy 'cause my birthday is tomorrow and I've never been alone on my birthday i was always surrounded by my family and friends. Thankfully a packet arrived from Greece today. My mother sent me my art supplies and my incense sticks. The moment i lit one of them i got the feeling that i was in my room in Greece with my friends! That was enough for me to stop being homesick, so now don't mind what will happen tomorrow! So what if nobody here knows that it's my birthday?! My friends and family do and i am sure that they'll think of me. Even if we can't be together at the moment, we will surely be reunited! :)

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Always the same

Every single time that i feel "It's almost over, now i can take a break at last" something happens and was worse is that, THAT something is followed by a pile of work. -_-
I don't even know where to start from... I haven't been able to do anything for my comics for the past three weeks. It is starting to get to me... -_-
  
I have already bought an agenda in order to arrange my time, but apparently it's useless since i still don't have any time left.
  
Right now my first concern is to get into an art college. I have people telling me that it will be almost impossible for me to get into a four year college since i haven't been living in the U.S. for over a year (which recently became three years). I don't like negative thinking or answers; there is a way and I'll find it.
I will be taking place in two competitions with the hope that I'll achieve something.
 
Lately i have too many things to keep up with (probably more than i can follow). I'll manage somehow.  

Page 10 of Resolution is almost ready (it's been that way for three weeks). During the weekend I'll try to make Little Devil panic page 3.
I for some reason feel guilty that i haven't been able to upload my comics for so long. I'll try to make it up.

Again i am sorry and i hope you understand

Billie Klemm.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Love tetralogy


          This is an illustration i made 2-3 tears ago for my school! I hope you like it!

Monday, October 29, 2012

WHYYY???

 When you have an art project that is difficult and important to do, you have to destroy it midway... -_-
 Now i got to begin again... What i learned? Do not trust paper whose brand you don't know. I thought that the paper i was using was for ink; but sadly it wasn't. So now i got to make it again, and the best part is that my art piece is actually four pieces and it's due to Thursday! 
What a luck! -_-

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

When it's rainy

For some reason every time that it rains i overflow with inspiration. Some of the best things I've ever done where made while it was raining. I guess it really depends on your mood; since i personally love rain so much i get inspired by it! ( there's no wonder why most of my work is dark). Lately I've got lots of work for school; also even though page 10 is done i won't upload it until i get a couple more pages ready. Furthermore I've got a new art project for school and it is really exciting! We have to draw a virus! >< it's so cool! Anyway I'll be uploading new work really soon, so bare with me! 

This is something i made in art class and it was actually requested my the teacher! He said "today draw zebra stripes!" ><  I hope it look like it! (it's a scanned image)

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Friday, October 19, 2012

Uploaded work

So the past two weeks I've uploaded a ton of both new and old scans of my work, on my deviantart account: http://billieklemm.deviantart.com/gallery/ 
Remember, there are galleries on your left; the images you see up front are only a sample. 
CHECK IT OUT! >< 
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Slowly I'll upload even more things (such as sceneries, paintings, portraits etc.) and with different media; 'cause some people think that i can only draw manga, which isn't true. It is just a personal preference.


Thursday, October 18, 2012

I began working with a new method

So up till now the working process on my comics used to be like this:
1) I thought of the page
2) I made the rough sketch on my program
3) I slowly added details to it
4) I inked it
5) Added the tones/ sound effects/ speed- focus lines
6) Added speech bubbles

But now that i have a plan to make three pages due to Friday i began working slightly differently.
Instead of waiting to complete one page before starting the next one; I made the rough sketches of a couple of pages. This way it is easier for me to keep up with the flow of the story. Also by working on them parallel i get the page done quicker than before.
I believe that this way I'll also be more motivated to work.
Wish me luck! ><

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Working on the comics

Up till now i haven't been able to work on my comics because i was working on the commission and something else... I think i will take the day off today and just rest (i feel drowsy, and when that happens it means that I've overworked myself), and from tomorrow I'll work on my comics. I plan to make at least three pages till Friday. Sadly my views have tragically dropped since i stopped uploading new things; apparently scans aren't good enough... :/ So I'll try and make up for the work that i wasn't able to do the past two weeks! Wish me luck! (I'll need it...) ><

Friday, October 12, 2012

Fall break!

 Hey guys! Fall break is this week! which means no school the entire week! :D I will make a few pages for my comic, plus several other things! I'm so excited; finally i can rest. My schools project went well, so that was a relief. We weren't appointed with a new one yet, so i don't need to worry about that too! It is just me and my comics >< i feel like I'm in heaven! HONESTLY!
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Things now

Well this weekend i didn't have any time to work on my comics and i probably wont have time till Friday! Although i don't have time for my comics, it doesn't mean that i don't draw! Today is the final day i have to prepare my art project. It's 2/3 done. For my project i chose to draw the Dalnaglar castle in Scotland; i have done most of the painting but i am missing a part of the building and the garden. Also unfortunately the canvas got a bit damaged during our travel this weekend, so i hope i won't get negative critique for that... :/ Oh well! what can you do!? This things happen!

Once i am done with this art project I'll transfer my most recent work to the computer and upload it on my deviantart (and maybe some of it here too). Oh i almost forgot lately i've been processing photos of my work on the computer, this way the colors and the lines show better! (I am sooo happy! )
That's it for now!
See ya! :P

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Ok this is an entry for a competition that i took part in... Apparently it wasn't good enough because it didn't have a mask to cover the entire face... What can you do!

Friday, October 5, 2012

It continues...

The unbelievable things continue to happen... For some reason the past six months have been exceptionally good for me and my work.. I've been selling a lot and i keep getting good offers... It's just that i can't believe that this kind of stuff can be actually happening to me... It's normally somebody else; but this time it's me... :/ I know that i probably make no sense, but i am so happy that i can't express it! 

I can't thank you enough for your support!
Sincerely yours
Billie Klemm

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Little Devil Panic summary

 Although i have only made two pages so far some of you might have interest in reading it (in the near future) so here is the summary:

 Eiji is a devil attending high school in the underworld; the only thing is that he is failing his class. In order for him to make up his grades his assignment is to go on earth find a person and cause them misfortune for a month. The more misfortune he brings the better his grades will be.
 On the other hand Chika is a female high school student that tries to excel in everything that she does, be a student role model.
 Apparently luck isn't on her side when she is chosen by Eiji as his target... Both of their lives start to change dramatically; what will future eventually bring...?

          If you want to know, keep reading! ><         
                                                                 
                                                          

Monday, October 1, 2012

Resolution page 8

Resolution page 8 is now complete and can be found on my deviantart: http://billieklemm.deviantart.com/gallery/38480918#/d5gk0h5.
Next i'll be working on my art project for school; it is quite demanding so i don't know when i'll have time to do the next page... Maybe I'll try to begin it tomorrow, otherwise.... I'll have to wait for the weekend...

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Unbelievable...

Today was an amazing day, many things happened and surprisingly they were all good...
I will only mention one since it is beyond my imagination...
I met with a lady that was interested about a commission, luckily she liked my rough drafts and we agreed on it. She asked me about a price and i told her about $10-15 (since the size was small) but she said that she'd give me more than that, and that she wanted to give me a little in advance... So she wrote me a check of $25 and said she'd give me the rest later! 
I am really amazed and excited for several reasons! 1. Because I've never made so much money from a commission (of this size). 2. Because i have never been given a check! It is amazing! I am really happy that i manage to keep up with commissions here!
I really hope that I'll have more offers in the future! ><

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Well...

Today although i had some free time, i decided not to draw anything and just relax! So i cleaned my room (i know it's irrelevant), i played the piano and just sat on my chair for about an hour doing absolutely nothing!(except for dozing off!).
Tomorrow i have an important meeting with a lady about a commission, so i don't know if I'll have any time to draw; but if i don't I'll probably upload a scan again...
That's it for now, i think... :/
I'll be more sure about my schedule tomorrow so I'll update then!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Painful...

I was working on Little Devil Panic for about four hours this night to complete it...
It is ready but now it's 3.40 in the night and i gotta wake up at 6.00... How will i go on with 2-3 hours of sleep every day? I am slowly breaking down... I need to desperately fix my schedule...

I am so stressed up lately... I have a couple of exams to give in order to get into college, tons of homework, and i gotta keep up with my work. I feel like i am in a period before an exhibition, where i get really stressed; but after, when the exhibition is going and the results are good i calm down. The difference is that this isn't preparation for an exhibition, it's everlasting, and i can't relax or else my grades drop. 
The thing is, it might be tough now, but I AIN'T GIVING UP!
We'll see what happens first, either i achieve my goals, or i break down!


Saturday, September 22, 2012

Self portrait.

Ok i uploaded this on my deviantart account too. It is supposed to be our self portrait as three different people. I hope you'll like it! (i know there's only two here! the third one is on a different page, i'll upload it later!)


Friday, September 21, 2012

Resolution summary

Resolution is a story that i honestly put my all in. I began writing it two years ago in my school, just for fun, but when i saw that my peers reacted well to it i decided to continue making it. It is going to be a long story (more than one volumes), so that means that there is a loooong way to go! :) What i am trying to do is create a story that will someday be published, so i am giving it my all!

So this is  the summary:

In a world that appears to be normal, monsters called the Fallen Ones and people with special abilities exist. Rima a fourteen year old girl was unaware of it; she became part of a tragedy, and was the only survivor. Her rescuers were Kou and Rei, a pair of twins, with abilities. After seeing that she had nowhere to go anymore they took her in, to live with them and their family, (their four brothers and parents). Each member of their family had an ability and a unique personality. Rima decides to live with them and start training to assist them on their fight against the Fallen Ones.But their lives from now on will completely change...

Wanna learn the rest of it? start reading the story! :)

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Time Gap summary

Time Gap is a five page, complete comic (I made it for a comic seminar i attended). I'll write the summary but not the ending so you check it up! :)

 It is a story about Kazuya a high school student, who has the same dream everyday. He dreams about himself six years old playing with a girl whose face he can never see; but suddenly the sky becomes dark and the girl starts fading away. No matter how much he runs after her, he can never reach her.

What he doesn't remember is that that girl actually existed. They were friends, but she had the ability to foresee the future. Her brother was dedicated to protect her after their parents were killed (by people who wanted to use her ability) so on his attempt to protect Izumi (the girl), he pushed Kazuya of a cliff. Blaming herself for Kazuya's injury, Izumi erased his memories of her.

 In the present Izumi doesn't talk, so she doesn't 'cause trouble for anyone. A series of events though, will cause Kazuya to find his memory and they start hanging out together again; but Satori (her brother) isn't pleased about it.

If you want to learn how the story ends just go ahead and read it! :)
It is a manga so you have to read it from your right to your left.
here is the address you can find it:
http://billieklemm.deviantart.com/gallery/38156395 


It Is AliVe! o.0

Yeah... I might have gone mad! But Resolution page seven is ready!! i am soooo happy! It took me too long to make! go and see it on my deviantart account (at billieklemm.deviantart.com )

I just thought of something... 0.0 I never really wrote a summary of my stories... So Tomorrow I'll start writing my stories summaries. I'll start with my five page comic (yes, it is only five pages long...) Time Gap.
I'm looking forward to it! :)
(since I've never really done something like that!)
So thanks in advance to those of you who'll check out my comics or work in general!
See ya!
Billie

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Just a little more!

Resolution page seven is almost complete! All that it needs is tones and speech bubbles! :)

Hopefully I'll upload tomorrow! ><

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Lost Demon

This is something i made today... i hope you like it! :)
Don't forget to comment!

Competition Entry





This image was made for a competition and the theme was "before and after", so this is the first page of Resolution before, and after.

Weekend

Hopefully, now it being the weekend and all, i will have some time to work. I say hopefully because i have a lot of homework, so even if i say that i will i might not have the time. For sure i will complete Resolution page seven, It has taken to long and it is unacceptable. As i mentioned a while ago, I'll try to scan a couple of things I've made, touch them up with the computer (so they show better), and upload them on my deviantart account.


Then there's also  the comic that i make for the website. I have to work on that too. Honesty, i am a bit worried, i want to be more productive but there's just no time. 
I'll just try my best.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

After some problems

I have no idea why but for some reason my blog was deleted, but as you can see i 
managed to retrieve it! :) 
Now then, i hope there won't be anymore problems! 

As for my work... i have been working on the seventh page of my comic "Resolution" for quite a
while now, but i haven't been able to finish it yet; i guess it's because i look at it and think "Boy this has to much work" so i get kinda overwhelmed by it! Even so i am going to complete it shortly and upload it on my deviantart.

I have also been working on a school project that is about drawing our self portrait as different persons; i think that it's very interesting so i might do something like that in the future! It will also be 
a good exercise for realism! :)





Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Kou and Rei

This is a sample of my work. They are the twins from my story "Resolution"

Promotion

Visit my deviantart account: http://billieklemm.deviantart.com/
i am promoting my work so if you are interested have a look! :)

Hey there!

 Hey there! :) it's nice to meet you guys! My name is Billie and this blog's purpose is mainly to promote my artwork! So i hope you will enjoy it and keep on coming back! :)
 I will really hope you'll comment, and i will appreciate it if you do (either if it's good or bad) because it will help me improve! :) ).
Thank you in advance! 
Billie.