A card, messy floor, work in progress, mini canvases, drawings in watercolor and ink… all of the usual stuff coming out from my home “workshop”:
May 172012
May 072012
Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Mine was wonderful, I finally got to do some things I’ve been postponing for a while. Also, in the spirit of “utilizing everything” decision I finally finished shooting a roll of film that’s been in one of my cameras for almost 4.5 years! Hopefully I won’t wait for another 4.5 years to get it developed 
And, the drawing you can see above? Well, it’s just one of many drawings I’ve done recently but most of them still need to be scanned or photographed and shared with world. This one in particular is called Chubby bird for obvious reasons, it’s drawn on A4 format paper and colored with watercolors.
Apr 252012
I’ve been very busy lately, spending a lot of time drawing and not having much time for anything else. As much as I love to draw I was forced to take a short break because my back hurts. So, while I’m trying to be kind to my aching back I thought I’d share three recent drawings with you, all dedicated to cats.
Matryoshka cats.
Portrait of a cat.
Girl wants a new pet. Kitten is not so sure about it.
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All drawings are done on A4 format paper with watercolors and ink.
doodling flowers from Asja Boros on Vimeo.
This is short (and abruptly cut -I forgot to charge my camera battery, oooooops ) video of me doodling some flowers.
I’m still trying to figure out how to shoot videos of my drawings in progress, trying to use better lighting, thinking at which angle to shoot, how to position my camera, so please bare with me and my ongoing experiments (such as this) till I get it right
You can see the finished drawing below, it looks much different than original doodle. I have made an original sketch with Artline 0.1 pen (sent to me by Bob), coloring was done wit uni-ball vision fine tip black pen and watercolors in pencil. The drawing was done on 180gms slightly textured paper and it’s approximately 21×28 cm in size ( I cropped A4 format a bit).
Mar 212012
Hello Spring! I have a new series of drawings dedicated to Springtime, flowers and flower garden and I put them, all 33 of them into a little, cute book. I will dedicate another big post to this book, for now I’m leaving you with a link to a book preview.
Mar 092012
Hello Friday! It’s that time of the week when I share my personal, daily photos with you. Last week I took you to a walk through Zagreb downtown but this week I’ll share a glimpse into some of my creative endeavors.
So, sometimes I paint and draw on aprons yet somehow I never remember to take photos of my creations. So this time, when drawing on an apron I decided to photograph the entire process (as well as finished result of course).
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I did this apron for Maja, so I tried to come up with a drawing she might like. I decided on a little house and a home sweet home sign. First I did a sketch on fabric using my trusty uni-ball roller.
After that I painted the outlines using black textile paint and thin brushes. After the paint was dry I added purple details using Kuretake ZIG farbicolor pen. I got this pen from Arlen, it’s really great to draw with, it has twin brushes and like the black paint I used it’s permanent on fabrics after ironing. Unfortunate Kuretake pens are not available in Croatia.
This is how the apron looks finished and worn! I also made a little wooden friend to go with the apron. I hope Maja will like it.
A couple a days ago I got two lovely flower brooches from Drenka who took part in my swap! You can check out her blog here.
And yet another thing came in the mail this week, a copy of my book Life Is Beautiful. What’s the deal with that now, you might ask. Well, I put together a booklet of some of my older illustrations using lulu.com. I wanted to test their service, quality of their printing and shipping options. I self-published my first book via blurb.com and now I wanted to try something else. I must admit I love Lulu! Prints of my illos turned out beautifully, colors are gorgeous and paper on which they print is high quality. Their site is easy to use and they offer many,many more options than blurb. However, international shipping prices are really expensive and that is the main reason (well probably the only reason ) I will publish my next book via blurb. Why do shipping prices matter to me? Well, from my experience with the first book, many people wanted to buy a signed copy of the book directly from me instead of ordering it directly from blurb (which I totally understand). So, I had to order my books (that are printed and delivered from Netherlands) to Croatia, sign them and then ship them again to their new home making the whole process much pricier than it should be.
Anyway, I really love lulu.com and I hope they find a way to make their international shipping less expensive.
I won’t be reordering this book or putting it on sale since I made it only as a test but if you want to take a peek at its content check out the video.
I finished this little painting (5×5 inch) last week but I haven’t took photos of it until today. What to say,I love photography!
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I wish you all wonderful weekend and see you all on Monday when my SUPER SWEET PRINT SALE starts
Feb 192012
Okay, okay, of course I haven’t actually knitted a rug. I drew a big, colorful pattern that reminds me of a rug. The drawing was made on 21×29 cm (A4 format) 200gms paper using black and red uni ball rollers and Stabilo pens. I had so much fun drawing it, it was an enjoyable and simple weekend mini-project.
Feb 072012
No words today: only lines and colored surfaces.
Nov 252011
Today I wanted to post something bit different than my usual posts so I decided to shoot a little video showing four of my latest drawings.
I hope you like it and, um, sorry for the bad lighting, I still need to figure out where’s the best place to shoot videos at my place and how to do it etc.
Anyway, happy Friday everyone!
Oct 032011
I made a zine! And it’s about bears!
You can take a peek at in a video below, or check out original drawings I used to put it together.
