I’ve been strangely busy with random stuff this whole month, dogs and work and dogs and the employment office and more dogs… I’m tired.
Oggie has been here for 3 weeks now and will stay for another week. While it has been fun to have him here it will be such a relief when he goes home.
He’s sweet and funny, but I can’t believe how such a tiny body can hold so much energy. He never sleeps! And he’s so social/insecure/curious (I haven’t decided which of those options it is yet) that he follows me around like a tail. A very

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I’ve thought a lot about reindeer lately.
It started with an exciting new project at work involving said animal (I’ll show you later when it’s done). The project hasn’t officially started yet but I already have a whole herd running around in my head. Waving their antlers around and pooping in the corners and what not…
And as a result I have an increasing number of reindeer sketches piling up on my desk.
And as a result of that I had to go play in Photoshop.
Before I knew it I had a new layout and even though it’s not really December yet I

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And now for something completely different: I’ve entered my site in a contest
I’ve entered several pixel/dolling contests and I often post my work on various forums for people to give C/C on. But I’ve never, during all these years online, had the guts to put my actual site up for reviews and judging. Until now that is.

What I liked about this contest was that it’s not only judged by design skills but also by your writing, coding and just quality in general. It’s like an “overall awesomeness” contest And the prizes are great too, really great!
I’m slightly

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Hey look! A new layout
I’ve had that pixel tattoo up for so long I’m sick of it. I’ve used it for two layouts now so all in all it’s been up since March. The grin on the skull was getting on my nerves… seriously.
Time for a change, and I really wanted something hand painted and natural this time. Not pixelart. And I wanted something to celebrate the autumn, my favourite time of the year.
So… I made this. An elf maiden, dressed in green and autumn leaves, accompanied by a raven.

There is the original drawing. Made with coloured pencils on

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