Marq...again.

K, I'm still working on these portraits of Imago Vocis' characters, but I must admit I'm not really in a drawing mood, lately. I'm tired, stressed because of travelling and people and work and stuff and I really don't feel like drawing. But today I was writing down my notes for the book and I ended up opening Marq portrait's PSD. I just edited the picture again, changed the colours. Here it is. Lilh is still on costruction, obviously.

Sunshine

Overblown Virgilios

I was wandering today: it's funny how everybody tries to push others to do what THEY think is the best for them. Like, in my whole life people mostly encouraged me to do things I didn't care for, butwhen I needed support for something I really wanted to do...none. Skepticism, disinterest, mistrust. Because the things I wanted to do were all useless and crazy.

I think, except a few lovely people and a pragmatic bitch, nobody has ever believed in me, not really the persons I needed to believe in me, when I needed it.

I mean nobody is ever going to give me the self-esteem I miss, that's why I'm building myself so that I'll be able to be proud of me, maybe, in the future.

I see my own flaws, bitches, I see all of them, while you don't. But I can see all my bright spots too, and again you don't. I'll give you sight, then.

I've been told that George Martin dedicated A Dance with Dragons to "the fabulous fans of Italy who gave me so much wine" :D I wrote on that wine box. Funny it is, that we gave him the wine in 2005...fast writer you are, uncle Georgie.

Bichrome stranger

Music, places and awesomeness all around.

I'm planning my next 4/5 months, and I'm happy to see I'm finding shitloads of shows to attend.

Next week there'll be a medieval festival in this cute place that is Monteriggioni, and usually there's a lot of folk music and a fascinating atmosphere. Yes, I'm attending the festival for the third, maybe fourth time. Last year I skipped it because they didn't invite the awesome players of the Compagnia La Giostra, which I really really like.

July 19th there'll be a really fun show of Paolo Ruffini in Torrita di Siena. He's a comic, famous for dubbing clips of well-known movies using Livorno's vernacular language.

July 24th I'll attend Ludovico Einaudi's concert in the San Galgano abbey, another lovely place in Siena's countryside.

August 1st I'm going to attend Maurizio Crozza's show in San Gimignano. He's an awesome satirist.

August 31st there'll be the Bravio in Montepulciano, I must admit I never attended it, my parents would love to see it so I'll go with them :P

From September 2nd to 9th I'll go to Iglesias (Sardinia) to see my dear sardinian friends. I always love to go there, because they love their land SO much (because it's beautiful indeed), and they always show me awesome places. They're all quite creative people, musicians, photographers, artists, I like to go there.

September 20th will be released Tori Amos' upcoming album "Night of Hunters" and I'm already excited!!

October 8th I'll go to Rome to attend Tori's show! I just got my tickets, this time I've taken good seats.

From October 28th to November 1st there will be the HUGE Lucca Comics festival. I'm there, as always. I'm a nerdy ex-otaku, plus, it's often the only opportunity I have to meet some of my friends who live in distant cities.

And then, from November 19th to November 21st I'll be in Stahleck, Germany, playing Game of Thrones LCG Tourney :P Yeah, I'm THAT nerd.