Hello everyone!
to all my old watchers and welcome to all the new ones that joined within the last... ehm few months (speaking of more than one whole year of almost complete inactivity )
I'm sorry to say the least for barely ever being here, I gave out the occasional fav once in a blue moon but that was it. I never meant to turn my back on dA, I just had a lot going on in my outside-dA-life.

The last year was the first year for me to work in my profession as a fashion designer and it was one of the busiest but also most exciting ones in my life til now. I got to travel a lot which I absolutely loved even though it was exhausting sometimes.
But I'm not gonna complain -I got to go to London, Paris, Istanbul, Delhi, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei...
Unfortunatley this year everything will be a bit different, I have a new boss and won't be travelling nearly as much

Anyway I have to try and see the positive side of things which is:
I will have a lot more free time!
I've already had a few days off this year and tried to get back into the drawing mood ...actually I felt the urge to draw but couldn't find any inspirational references really. I have only renewed my subscription to dA today to make browsing more pleasant however I didn't get to really look for pictures.
I was thinking you guys might know of some photographers that submit good quality pictures and are open to cooperate with drawers ...or you can just suggest me any pics you found on here or elsewhere that will inspire me to draw
I'm really a bit desperate...
I'm thinking about working with pastels again as well, so something nice and colorful would be great as well.

Oh and of course there are still quite a few works in progress, more than I've even shown on here, but I just don't feel inspired to proceed with those (that Scarlett-drawing intimidates me, otheres bore me, others I can't find )

One last inquiry:
Let me hear some dA-gossip PLS! I've been absent for so long and now there's !s in front of certain users names ...so who's been banned, who's gone for good -or left and came back ...who got DDed? I'm especially curious to see fellow realists being featured, so if you got a DD don't be humble, I wanna seeeee!!!
Tell me all the gossip I could possibly be intersted in!

Thanks for reading, I'm looking forward to more interaction with you guys and hopefully to provide some artworks again as well

Best Regards


P.S.: Pls like me on fb as well
ELENA ROTH - PORTRAITURE AND MORE



previous features:


Best of 2010
Miranda Kerr

Ozzie
Best of 2009
Twilight
Best of 2008

Merry Christmas
Winter
Megan Fox
Rainy

butterflies
100K feature-winners
HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Charlize Theron - Contest Winners
ヴィジュアル系 - Visual Kei
[Untitled]
Pin-Ups

Fishy Fishy
Moon
Angels
The Joker

Rockstars
ANNIVERSARY-FEATURE: Elements
Dolls
Selfportraits

Smoke
Bodyparts part 3
Scarlett Johansson
Fairy Tales

Bodyparts part 2
Football/Soccer
Welcome Summer
Bodyparts part 1

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Hey

I've been wanting to write a new journal entry for the last months but just couldn't think of a theme for the features ...I'm running low on creativity ...doing a best of of last years portraits seems the easy way out
I've missed out on soooo many great portraits this past year and really enjoyed browsing. Found so much amazing art
I hope you'll enjoy my picks

For me personally this past year was a really interesting and adventurous one with many highlights like travelling Australia, moving into my new apartment and meeting numerous interesting and amazing people . Just art-wise this year was not exactly successful. I haven't finished any of my projects so far ...there's 10 more days to go and I won't be back at work until next year so I've got some free time to draw.
...I'm actually sitting at my drawing desk staring at a WIP right now

How has 2010 been for you ...I missed out on most journal entries and stuff my friends posted so get me updated

ooooh and something else ...I created a fanpage on facebook for my art and I would appreciate it sooooo much if my dA-watchers would like me on fb as well
ELENA ROTH - PORTRAITURE AND MORE




Elena

Hey

...so I didn't get around to do the features last week ...but at least I'm back this week.

I have been working in my new job for the last two weeks and it's really tiring. Had to travel an hour there and another one back everyday and did some overhours already ...but I still really enjoyed it.
My best friend works there too and the other colleagues are really nice as well
Anyway I was really exhausted each night and then had to start looking for apartments on the internet so I wouldn't have to travel to work so far each morning.
I was really lucky and signed the hiring contract for a super sweet little apartment last night. I will be moving next week and finally have a place to call home again
I'm super happy things worked out so well -and so quickly ...after there were a few slight complications at first ...so from next month I will try to get back to the drawing board for good -I really miss drawing but I'm just too tired to do anything after work ...and most of my stuff is still in the moving boxes as well...

I noticed I forgot one really popular Ozzie girl in last weeks' features so I thought I'd dedicate a whole weeks' features to her now. She's been in the media a lot when I was in Oz because she just recently got married. So all the best to: Miranda Kerr
...and what a nice husband


Elena

Hey everyone,

hope there's still someone out there reading my journals
Sorry I've been away soooo long. Spent nearly 7 months in Australia doing this and that.. but hardly any drawing. Loved the experience but love being back home as well.

During my trip I had a lot of time finding out what I want to do with my drawing-talent. Seems keeping it for myself is a bit of a waste when I could be making some good extra money with it. Therefore I decided I will start doing commissions. I will be rebuilding my website and hopefully get things going pretty soon.

I wanna be much more active here again as well. Hopefully can take up the weekly features again now.
I'm not 100% sure how much time I'll be having within the next weeks and months though as I will start an internship on monday -full time job with a chance of overhours

I feel like drawing so badly now -I'm desperate to start something new. I guess when starting a new episode in life you just don't feel like working on something old. I'd love to see my WIPs finished but I just don't feel like touching them right now. At the same time I just don't know what to draw

I'm hoping to move out of my Mums place as well pretty soon -this was never meant to be permanent anyway: I'm living in between my moving boxes and my fragmented furniture. I'm looking to move to the city -Cologne ...to be closer to work and finally independent again

Another thing on my list is to exhibit my work at some point. I feel like I'm collecting my drawings and noone ever really sees them ...that seems a bit sad. Not sure how and where I wanna do it but I hope this new episode of my life brings along some new opportunities as well...

I should know better than to make all those plans but it's just too tempting. I'll call them ideas for now and see how things'll turn out

So ...there's nothing in particular that I want you guys to comment on but maybe someone has some thoughts what so ever cause since I'm home I'm damn sick and bored. Having a teribble cough and lying in bed not knowing what to draw...
So please talk to me

...ah and for your viewing-pleasure:
Australia-features -all things (typically) ozzie !

Elena

Hey,

just wanted to share some news and apologize for rarely replying to any comments recently and not continuing on any drawings ...there's a reason:
I've travelled to Australia a month ago
Been living in Brisbane since then and didn't bring my drawing equipment ...got some new stuff to satisfy my craving for drawing though. Actually I've been doing a lot of sketching recently, much more than back at home.
Probably because I don't have a job yet and have too much free time
Speaking about free time, I was wondering if there's anyone out there among my watchers and fellow artists whos from Australia or even Brisbane. Would love to meet up with new people, especially artists
I'm into life-drawing these days so I could draw a portrait of you ...I don't have a job yet ...would anyone pay me for that ?
Actually I've been thinking about drawing portraits in the city for money, couldn't find out if that's allowed at all though
...anyone know about these things, do I need a license here in Oz?

So many questions sorry

No new features, sorry, will keep up the best of for now

Well that's it for now.
Wish you all a great day!


Elena