Dec 24 2006
More Christmas Penny Pinching
My college friends and I hung out at Eugene’s condo this weekend. It had been months since I last saw some of them — Tin! Nas! Albert! — so I was really excited. We went swimming, had dinner at Pancake House, played PS2 (they played; I just randomly pressed buttons), (re)watched Golden Boy, drank, slept a little, then woke up and had leftover alcohol with our breakfast. Good times. Check out the photos from Chrissa’s camera.
Of course there was gift giving, too. Like I mentioned in a previous post, I didn’t have much money to spend on gifts this year, so I did a lot of DIYing. This time I drew cartoon alter egos of the girls, had them printed, and found matching desktop frames for each drawing:
Check out my illustration portfolio for the bigger versions.
They loved it! Seeing their reactions to the cartoons got me feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. The guys pretend-pouted and asked why I didn’t do the same for them, so I mock-complained about how hard they were to draw because they all looked alike, hehe. I did try, but unfortunately I can’t draw boys as well as I can girls. I got them uber-geeky squeeze flashlights instead. Maybe next year.
Happy holidays, everyone! And thanks to Rose for being extra cool 
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Kat 12.24.06 #
Oh how adorable! Did you colour those with photoshop? It’s so cool to have yourself made into a cartoon
Oh and merry Christmas!! Hope you enjoy the holidays this year!
Nikki 12.25.06 #
Thanks, Kat! Yep, I colored them with Photoshop
Happy holidays to you and your family!
izza 12.26.06 #
My drawing has absolutely no text….
But it still rocks.
Thank you, dear!!
katherine 12.28.06 #
but Chrissa, you have F1 flag background~~!!! *_*
I love love love my cartoon! Thanks Nikki!
aleli 12.29.06 #
hi nikki! do you have a deviant art account already? you might want to post your drawings there ^_^ (though, your site seems to be pretty popular as it is already.)
Rafia 12.30.06 #
Those are absolutely adorable. I seriously envy your illustrations. They are just too cute!
And I agree, boys are harder to draw for some reason. Whenever I draw them, they end up looking way too feminine.
Glad you had fun with your friends!
Rosemarie 01.09.07 #
How did I miss this entry that has MY NAME in it?!
Yay!
You’re welcome. I -do- enjoy being cool.
That’s an excellent gift. If I was more of an artist, I would totally draw pictures of my friends. It’s so fun to look at how othere people ’see’ you.
Love the bunny rabbit one
Nikki 01.09.07 #
Bunny Phin is my favorite out of the bunch, too!