DONE :D

I did it!! :D

Hello. My second batch of button badges - the first one that will actually be available for sale - has been ordered and paid for tonight. I can already anticipate the awesome pride I'll feel upon looking at those tiny little professional-looking items with my art over them. Squee. =D

I thought I'd show you all the final designs. There are some I like more or less, but I tried to make choose and make them accordingly to the results of the survey I conducted a while back.

	Closet logo - All orders will come with one included. (to be honest I'm still in love with it. The rock thrown and the lettering. <3)
	Bite me! - a favorite of mine. Commodore was quite high in the character popularity contest, and I like the joke XD (Japa in bonus.)
	Duck! - Another one of my favorites. Isn't IsoT just awfully cute and sad? Poor little super hero.
	The Axe - I'm still giggling over the comic. I'm also giggling over the lame wordplay. But that's just me XD It was also a popular demand =)
	Gaffaman! - This was a hard one to design. None of the actual drawings of Eicca as Gaffaman actually worked well in a button design. So you're getting a... rescued innocent instead =)
	Life - As much as I love that comic, using it in button design is much harder than it looks. (but you know life *is* short, even if he doesn't like that word)
	Sparkly - I could not have left that one out. Too bad I can't actually put glitter on those badges.
	sPINK & Spank - I think this one imposed itself mostly because I fell in love with the wordplay. Not thw pink part, just you know, the whole. I love words.
	Throwing UP - That picture was probably the easiest to use on a button design. And, to be honest, I like it very much XD You decide if it represents what downing alcohol so recklessly will lead to, or the actual downing itself XD
	Wilde Mime - I actually had a lot of demand for Jann Wilde. Weird, especially since I drew him what, 3 times? Finding the right image and right slogan was much of a hassle. v.v
	Rumors - I'm VERY happy with this one. This is a drawing I did for the occasion. Know the saying, "Rumor has it that [insert gossiping here]" ? Rumors is cool. Rumors is awesome. Rumors has IT. Period. (you can also see some double sense in the 'period' comment. is it what Rumors has? period? XD)
	Beerman - I had few demands for Bloodpit, but this drawing - Paavo as Beerman, another superhero - is just one of my favorite. A small number of these will be made =3
	Teddy - I think this one will be liked very much. =3 The drawing was made for the occasion =)

Time Passes, People Change...

Hello, Closeteers! 

I write to you all again.

I wish you had a very nice Zombie Jesus celebration. I'm sorry I - once again, as always with predictable events - missed the occasion to draw something funny and cute. Sorri. =3

A little update on my life at the moment, just because it has and will have an influence on the closet's updates in the future.

Well, first, I was accepted in a Finnish boarding school to learn the language and culture.

Yes, in Finland.

So I will be leaving at the beginning of August, the beloved province that is Quebec, for at least 9 months of hard studies.

I will be taking my dearest baby with me, meaning my laptop, but alas, the internet connection at the school is... miraculous. As in, hard to get and rare, meaning you do with what you get.

So I might have a lot of occasions to draw - but little occasion to post.

That might mean that I put more effort in colouring, shading, or even, who knows... backgrounds?

(this has NOTHING to do with the latter part of this post)

So. I will be leaving in less than 4 months now, and to be absolutely honest, this is scaring the fucking shit out of me. But. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. I believe this and will go to the end of my dream.

even if I'll just have enough money after that to try and find a way to stay, otherwise I'll have to come back here and I'd rather not

This also means that I have a shitload of paperwork to go through. Lots. Of. Fun.

I... still managed to complete this project I started a while ago. See, the absence of a location for my comics started to get on my nerves a while ago already. Sooooo. I worked on it.

And I give you... Closet Baari! =D

Please note the following:
- the curtain poles and decoration made with clothes hangers;
- the pictures on the walls from Closet Inc;
- the toilet signs;
- Jussi scurrying away on all fours;
- Masa's flushed look.

Also,
- Closet Bar only serves iced tea. Don't ask why.
- The bartender is PB (Phantom Bartender).
[yes, it's PK, but you know, he needed a part-time job, and he deals well with annoying customers]
- Rumors were made for that job.

July 07

Teemu socks. The win of my life.

Sorry for those on LJ who already saw this one, here's something else to make up for it ;)

This is just for the cute.

It was for Valentine's day in... 2007. I think I just posted links in the news, and never made a proper page for them.

And this is baby Ville Lii, in a baby suit, just cause I can. Was originally for Talula =)

The Drawer from Closet Inc

Comic from the video of the Negative/Dead By Gun/Janne Wilde & Rose Avenue/Flinch/Uniklubi cover of Queen's song, Too Much Love Will Kill You.



Here's the link to the video: YouTube

Copy that!

Jussi shaved his head off, we all already knew that. We can't really do anything about it (glue might damage the skin and endanger future hair) but make our point.

We want hair on that head, Jussi. Maybe not that much, but hair nonetheless.

(the "go pick on Teemu" is refering to the fact that indeed, we've been on the singer's case a lot lately [but hey, some people know best than SHAVE THEIR HEAD], and that I like to play dress up with my Jussi character a lot.

Here, as a teddybear cause it's a very good way to cheer up my friends. A teddy, a Finn and a hug all at once.)

Drumsticks

Nice change, this time it's not one of the league chasing them!
The idea came from Uniklubi's Kaikki Mitä Mä Annoin video, in which we see Teemu sitting in front of Antti's drums, and said-drummer coming to get his drumsticks back. Then I saw a video of Christus playing drums during an evening at the Amadeus bar in Tampere, and it all made sense!
It was funny, but it needed something more, and Mikko holding on to his dear cello, running from Eicca, was perfect.
And a good chasing needed the sexy shoes.

By the way, please welcome Antti (Matikainen, from Uniklubi) and Jay in the closet. ^_^

How To Be A Rock Star, part 1,2,3&4

But - but - but (league 11)

Jussi cut his hair. Yes, yes. He cut it. I'm just speechless.

Ref:

Lost Phone

"Teemu lost his phone and was standing on the table in Amadeus yelling at everyone to shut up so Janne could ring him and see if we could all hear it, was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time, especially as Janne was too pissed to dial the right number."
(written by ~DIA~ on the Eurobands forum here)

I think this is self-explanatory. Just a little note: Amadeus is a crowded bar in Tampere. So yeah. Lol.

Don't forget to check everyday for the Closet Advent Calendar here!

Jussi is more -

Situation: Ok, I've been working on this one for HOURS, but hell, was it worth it! It's still making me laugh. The general idea is that Janne does not like his height to be mentionned, cause he's not very tall. Jussi is... well, you understand the point, so yeah. I promised not to make fun of Janne's height, but of his ~complex~ about it. Done.

We love you, Janne. <3