Karrey Writes

Daily log of Karrey. Swedish animator, game artist & comic artist. Online Portfolio | Art Tumblr | Online Comic

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2015 01 01

Happy new year!

When I started this log I had just left my daily routine of doodling/writing something about the day in a small sketch pad for 8 months. Since I wanted more time to sketch actual studies, but still keep the daily log of my life, I introduced this log. It was really nice and simple at first, and didn't take a lot of time to keep track of, but it's time to try something new.

I have decided to give this daily log a break! In the beginning, start of 2014, it was a great way for me to process my thoughts and boost my confidence. I was in a phase when I felt unproductive, lazy, boring and lonely - and felt like I needed someplace to put my thoughts, to look back on and think: "hey, my life isn't so boring after all!"

It was all good at start and worked as intended the whole spring, but after the summer I had a bit of a fall/autumn moody-period and I didn't have a lot of nice things to say and it felt like I just wrote for the sake of it, and not for myself. My intention was to have short, snappy posts about my day, with a tint of my every-day-humour, but yeah, that kind of faded away...

Also, some days, I'd spend way too much time catching up on days I had forgotten to write. So, I lost the routine and the whole purpose of this log being short and simply/easy just disappeared. I'd say it even became a burden sometimes.

I'm not sure what I'll do to replace this log. I'm thinking about trying something similar, but get myself to sketch/doodle/write on paper/digital canvas for a few minutes every day after day-time-work, before working on The Din, instead. That way I'll also keep up with my studies without it feeling like it gets in the way of my comic-work. I'll try to post the doodles/sketches once a week + a summary of my week.

So in a way, what I'm going to try is to merge my daily doodle routine with this digital daily log routine - - only the log will be weekly and the doodling will be daily. If I don't feel like I have anything important to say it'll just be all doodle/scribbles. :) If I don't have anything, it'll just be nothing. No pressure whatsoever!

Let's see how that works!

I'm going to post them over at my art blog (karrey), though. And try to remember to reblog them here!

If you want to keep on having regular updates from me and my life, you can still follow me on twitter and on my art blog. <3

Thanks for a great 2014, and here's to an even better 2015!

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2014 21 31

Last day of 2014!

Today I pretty much went up, colored some comics and prepared for the new year's party over at kichi's place.

Decided to wear the earring/earpendants I got from kichi and monkan. They really suit my hair color!

My hair shines like crazy outside. I think someone even tried to take a photo of me without asking (a girl walking around me with her phone really suspiciously on the tram station). I hope it looks alright, because it feels like it glows up the whole world in this grey weather. xD

The new year party was nice and just the way I want it! Cozy and calm - good food, video games and drawing. I even managed to finish two of my sketch pads, which kind of is a tradition for me: try to finish some of my unfinished sketch pads during a new years party.

After 24:00 we watched Michael Jackson in Moonwalker. Such a strange movie, but we had some good laughs.

Robe was away on the count down, but it was fine. He came back and we went home around 02:30 am. He had a nice time with his friends too! They ate some really fancy food. They will come by tomorrow. :) They are friends of mine too so, it will be nice to see them.

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2014 12 30

Me and Robe slept in for a looong time. So nice. Worked a lot on the comic today.

Went on a short run this evening, was super slippery and cold, but so worth it. Need to run more!

Colored my hair orange before going to bed. It's sooo shiny and bright orange, my eyes sting. I like the result but I'm afraid people will stare too much. XD

Tomorrow, new years eve party!

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2014 12 29

Bleached my hair today! Looks cool. I think Robe is very skeptic about it. He doesn't like change much, I think. Haha!

Also bought food for new years eve celebration. :) We're celebrating with kichi and olhax. Robe will have dinner with some of our other friends, though.

Worked on comic colors the rest of the time.

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2014 12 28

Watched the last Hobbit movie with Robe and his family. (It's become somewhat of a tradition every year during the holidays) In my opinion it was such a huge waste of time. Felt like they only had about 10% story left to cover and stretched everything to a huge battle...

Beautiful scenery and characters like usual, but this one was my least favorite one of the three. Meh. I wonder what we will watch next year. :)

Bought bleach for my hair so I can color it orange for new years eve. Exciting!

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2014 12 27

Nice day at home! <3 Kichisu and OlHax visited us. Me and Kichi drew and the boys played board games. We also had soup and my newly baked bread. Niiice! :3

Got some christmas presents from kichi and her sister. Earrings/earpendants made of shrink plastic of Edgar Roni Figaro and Gremio. So cool!

Colored some comics in the evening!

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2014 12 26

Robe's dad got home pretty early today in good shape! Me and Robe pretty much had breakfast and then decided to go home. 

When we got home we pretty much kissed the ground. Me and Robe are very home sick people - being away a whole week travelling and meeting people takes a lot of energy from us so... we're happy to be home to finally get some days for ourselves and relax before returning to work. :)

Today I went on a short run and baked one of my favorite breads! It contains lots of seed and nuts. Very healthy, sturdy and sweet bread! One slice and you are good for hours!

The rest of the day I spent catching up on stuff online and coloring a bit on the comic!

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2014 12 25

More Christmas celebration! We were at Robe's parents house today! An other Christmas breakfast and then prepared for the guests to come.

The day didn't turn out the way we had planned, because Robe's dad had to go to the hospital for an emergency appointment right after breakfast. He ended up staying for an urgent surgery so he had to sleep over at the hospital. Today's Christmas party was spent without him. Sad!

Robe was very sad about it but we had a really nice evening anyway. We decided to stay over an other night so that Robe could see his dad before we went home~ The surgery went well but he has to stay just to be safe!

Before going to bed we played Yatzy! (Much to Robe's disappointment, haha!) No christmas without Yatzy, so I was really happy! We played no Yatzy at all at my dad's place, so playing with my new one was a great relief! The tradition stays! 

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2014 12 24

Christmas! Yes, we celebrate Christmas on the 24th in Sweden. We got up early so we'd be at Robe's parents house by 10 am to have their traditional Christmas breakfast. Cozy! I prepped myself with a take-away-coffee since the ride is about 40 minutes.

We spent the rest of the day over at Robe's grand parents place - on his mother's side. Delicious food and lots of nice presents. I got a fancy looking Yatzy! :D Yay!

Tomorrow we will celebrate one more time but at Robe's parents place. His other grand parents couldn't come today, so we celebrate again tomorrow. 

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2014 12 23

Today me and Robe went back home to Gothenburg!

First, we slept in, since we have had really short nights of sleep. My nephew is having a terrible cough so we're all kind of sleepy.

We watched Happy Feet 2 while having coffee then went up to back and clean the house. We sleep in dad's old house when we visit. They used to live in it before they renewed the barn into a house where you can live. So it's really cozy when we all visit, since we all have space to sleep over!

The train home was late by 80 minutes, though. Because someone had been killed by the train. It's always tragic when it happens and I cringe every time some old guy or lady complains "Why would you kill youself right before christmas? Pick a better day!"

Never gets old. The "pic a better day to kill youself"-comment. Siiiiigh.

It was a nice and cozy train and the trip went well. I was treated two coffee on the train because the crew wanted to compensate for the delay. Which is really nice since the delay wasn't on them, really.

Went we got home, around 23, we had to unpack our backs and repack them since we are leaving for Robe's family early in the morning tomorrow. Yup we are celebrating Christmas at least two more times this year.

Zzzzzz!

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2014 12 22

Me and Robe got to take care of little nephew the first half of the day! Was really cozy, but he hurt himself two times (tripping and falling) and when we changed diaper we took way too long since we are not used to it = he got super sad.

He is really easy to comfort, though, so no problems there! <3

Me and Robe went to town the other half of the day to buy the final Christmas gifts. Found some nice books. We had to buy an other book than the one we first wanted, because it was in such a bad shape. But I think the one we bought instead was awesome! (Cupcakes = how to make cupcakes in a cup in the microwave in 2 minutes!)

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2014 12 21

Nice and calm day! My sister in law helped me cut and shave my hair. :) Nice!

In the evening we played Jenga again, and had take away food!

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2014 12 20

First day home in Dalarna with my family!

Went up pretty early playing with my nephew. Then I went on an 8 km run in the icy forest. So nice!

At 14 we started celebrating Christmas. Yes, earlier this year since dad won't have time off later and we leave on the 23rd. Me and Robe back to Gothenburg and my brother+nephew+sisterinlaw further north in Sweden.

Got really nice gifts! And my nephew got tons of gifts! He's the only baby in this generation of the family so everyone wants to give him gifts! He seemed to like mine and Robe's gift a lot: a pot with vegetables. All toys, of course!

He loves to pretend he is cooking!

Later we played the same gift-competition-dice-game that we played at my work-place's christmas party. Since once of the gifts were Jenga, we ended up playing that later. Much to my disappointment since it's a family tradition to play Yatzy. Abloooo! But Robe hates Yatzy and every one else felt up for something new.

Which was fine, since we had a blast! My brothers, Robe and my dad were the ones who rocked the game. The rest of us fell asleep after losing... It's a miracle my nephew didn't wake up by the noise of the Jenga tower falling. Haha!

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2014 12 19

Managed to wrap up some important things at work today before I left at 17!

Our road trip went great. Stopped at one place to eat burgers. Bosse, my nephew, got to try out a video game for the first time. There was a tv set up with one of the Madagascar games. He seemed very curious about it so we let him have the controller for a while. He manage to steer the camera, attack, jump and run around in circles. Cute!

He is 15 months old and I don't think it was his parents intention to let him try that out this early, haha! But with me and Robe around things like that happen...!

We got to my dad's place after driving for about 5-6 hours. Saw three foxes crossing the road along the way! Luckily, none of them were hit. Amazing to spot so many during the trip! Beautiful animals! Feels a bit bad to steal their space out in the nature. :S

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2014 12 18

Today at work, we had a Christmas party! We had a gift game/competition and also made some ginger bread houses (also a competition). Me and a fellow coder made an Avicii-inspired house. We got 4th place... I think.

In the gift game I got a batch of black socks! Haha!

When I got home around 21 pm I had to pack real quick since we are leaving right after work tomorrow! Yeah - me, Robe, my brother, my sister in law and nephew are going to a road trip to Dalarna to see my dad, his wife and my other brother. Long trip! Managed to pack alright, then stayed up a bit to work on the comic - - then went to bed.

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2014 12 17

Work was like usual.

After work I spent some time preparing stuff that I have postponed way too long. Quick chores that needs to be made before new years. Going away to my family in Dalarna on Friday, then back to Robes family - so won't be back in a week! Aaah!

I think I have 3 different parties to attend to. Will be fun to see family again but can't wait until the real free time and resting starts~ I love sleeping in my own bed! Don't fancy travelling during the holidays so much. But I'm sure it will be fine!

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2014 12 16

Today, after work, I spent way too much time making my next comic print "half-finished" and then making said print into ad images since I am cutting close to a free advertisement offer. I think I went to bed around 2 am. :S

It's worth it for free advertisement!

Oh, I also sent most of the holiday cards! Also prepped some of the more personalized ones. :) Sketches and such!