Nothing much. Bask in the tranquil cuteness.

[secondlina]

 Slow day today. Spent the whole day geeking out and drawing with my good friend Sandra. It was awesome. There was chocolate.

I find it's very cool to have somebody I can draw comics in the same room with. The creative energy just flows, plus we get to have fun conversations. It was great, relaxing, just what I needed! 

I drew these little fanarts of the "How to train your dragon" characters, in "chibi" or "kiddish" format. All colored in inks. Don't you just wanna smush 'em?





I've been wondering a lot about marriage and birth ceremonies in history due to watching the horrible Mulan 2 (WTF Disney?). chinese marriages are obviously very complex (3 costume changes!). I was surprised to learn that Viking marriages are pretty complex too and seem to have influenced catholic marriage. I was expecting them to be simple, considering the source. The guy had to pay two sums, one for the girls hand and the other for her virginity. Then the girl's family would pay a dowry. Then they would get married in a door way, representing the spirit world, and he would need to carry her through it. Then they would exchange swords, the sword the women gives is a dagger to cut food, the sword the man gives is for their first son. Then the exchange rings. Then there is FEASTING. Vikings know how to party. You guys know about any other interesting ones?

-Isa

Comments

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

Oh Vikings surely know how to party down! Their culture is damn cool to study! =D I'm a big Norse mythology fan! Have you studied their gods at all? Or their ideas of afterlife? Very interesting indeed! =D

And woot to creative feeding! I LOVE drawing with fellow artists! It is an awesome energy and great way to spend time :)

As always, super neat art baby! =D

[rosemusek.livejournal.com]

Hee, I love the pictures. ^^
That's so neat! Viking/Scandinavian culture has always interested me - I was a huge nerd over it throughout middle school. One of my favorite books on Vikings was The Sagas of the Icelanders - pretty nifty stuff, and quite a lot of excellent myths and legends.

Lately... I've been studying up a little on Shinto and Buddhist wedding ceremonies. Shinto is a bit more traditional, (although, a lot of weddings nowadays are mixed with Western traditions.) It can be pretty complex, and they're often run on a tight schedule.(Lol, I'd probably better not ramble on and on about it, sorry. XD)
A Buddhist marriage, though, is very simple, and is considered more of a celebration and social affair.

Oh gosh. I just love learning more about different traditions - it's so fascinating!

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

How adorable!! I love it when you can be creative like that. That's the way I get around my friend Nikki.

[kokumi009.livejournal.com]

I just watched How to Train you Dragon and i love it! you've made my day even better by drawing and coloring the characters and their dragons as chibis! so adorable! <3

I loooove the twins!

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Those are adorable! I think Toothless and Hiccup are my favorite ^_^

I took a course on the history of Vikings in university. When I come to visit maybe I should bring some of the more interesting books with me. ^_~
(Fun fact, Vikings never actually had horns on their helmets, but it's still fun to draw. ^_~)

Wedding traditions? Hmm...I don't really know that many, but I've always wanted to see a real Jewish wedding because they sound very interesting, such as how they break a glass at the end of the ceremony.

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

The flow of creative energy is one thing the internet is not yet very good at. I do wish we had had more silly doodle time way back during the Toronto trip, but I do still treasure the doodles you gave me! Maybe one of these years webcam conversations will be high enough quality that sharing silly doodles and such via webcam will be more commonplace. Hence, better creative energy shared over great distances.

I said it last night and I'll say it again, your drawings are really...I hate saying cute, but they're really appealing to look at! I like the marker color as well, especially with the drab Viking garb being offset by the more colorful dragons.

(I have no fun wedding ceremonies, but next month is Viking Fest in Poulsbo! I hope to visit the Viking village again, and maybe finally buy myself a really cool crafted item of some sort. I wish I could drag you along! I bet you would like seeing all of the various things people still make by hand - and not all of it is weapons and armor, just some.) ^_^

[fenmere.livejournal.com]

WEEEEEE!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWWWW!!!! They are so adorable!!! Mom and I wen to see it Saturday. Just as good the second time around...

That's a very interesting thing about Viking weddings...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_aurora_sky_/]

OMG!!!! I squeed all over Hiccup's foot!!!!! I have so much love for the metal foot. And that Hiccup/Toothless is just ridiculous amounts of adorable. Are you using Prismacolors? Copics? Hiccup's hair looks like Copics to me :D

omg, that foot is FANTASTIC *stares*