Life in a Sketchbook

So I already started my summer vacation this week and guess where I am now ? You could describe it as being at the centre of the action. More hints ? It’s where swine flu has been spreading like crazy. That’s right, its London. It has been 3 days since my arrival and I already started having a blast. I’m really enjoying the cool weather and the heavy rains. And I’m certainly NOT missing the crazy heat & the awful humidity of Oman.

A lot of people advised me to cancel the trip and avoid going to London to prevent myself from being swine-flued. I can’t say I didn’t think about it, but c’mon … its my vacation !! I didn’t wanna ruin it by spending it in Oman or go to Dubai for the 10000th time. Hell no, this time it had to be different. That’s why I had to go despite the risk.

The first thing we did when we reached Heathrow airport was to wear surgical masks to protect us from the flu. Everybody was giving us these odd & funny looks. We were being laughed at, not only because we were the only ones wearing the masks in the airport, but also because the masks were different than the unusual ones. It made us look like ducks.. or shall i say travelling ducks ? the situation was hilarious and embarrassing at the same time. I’m planning to make a drawing about it soon when I get the time.

In the other hand, the new issue of Funoon e-magazine just came out. I contributed with an article & a drawing just like the last time. The subject of the article was “Swine in-Flu-ence”. yup, Swine flu again. Keep an eye for my next post to see it all.

None of my readers complained it to me before but I always knew something was wrong with my blogger link :

http://lifeinasketchbook.blogspot.com

Its too long and almost impossible to memorize. The only way to log in to my website is to use a bookmarked link and you cannot just type it from your head. Also, If you wanted to tell your friends : “Hey guys, I found this cool blog about a crazy dude who does cartoons and other weird stuff, but i can’t remember the link right now so I’ll send it to you when I get home” then you totally forget about it when you get home and this whole word of mouth marketing thingy goes to waste. Damn !

My precious readers you may suffer no more for I have found you an eternal solution. Instead of my previous long & boring blogger link, I now have my own cool domain name :

www.lifeinasketchbook.com

what ? I know its still long but its shorter than before okay. Ooh and you can still use the old and boring link if somehow you didn’t like this one.

Anyways, congratulations to me.

Hello & welcome to my first blog ever “life in a sketchbook“.

As an intro I’d like to explain why i gave the blog this name.

Unlike reality, life in a sketchbook is pretty easy & simple. There are no rules or restrictions in here & nobody will be telling you what to do. Anyone can be whoever they want to be. Happiness,Sadness, Fear & Anger these are the seasons around the year in here.

This place is where i will be sharing my sketchbook life with you guys & its also where I’m going to practice & learn to be a better artist. Of course that cant be done without your help so I’ll be waiting for your comments & you should criticize me whenever you feel its necessary because that’s how I’ll learn from my mistakes.

Now, shall we begin ?