hmpf: Cole and Ramse from the show not actually called "Splinter" (Default)
Ages ago I said I'd scan a few things I painted and drew about ten, fifteen years ago. Well, thanks to my extended stay at my parents', I've finally gotten around to that (they have a scanner). So, without much further ado:

A small example of the kind of thing I used to paint, when I still did miniature watercolour painting

I wish I could scan the larger paintings, but my parents' scanner is too small. This and the previous one are about the size of a postcard each.

Most of my painting was done between 1993 and 1997. After that, I started training as a goldsmith, and then very soon discovered writing, so my creative urges have since been channeled into these two pursuits. If I had a *lot* more spare time, I might pick up painting again.

And now for something completely different: The Art of Boredom:

How bored was I at school? Very. This is a typical result...

Another page from a school ringbinder. See the glorious origins of the name 'Hmpf' - i.e. it's something I used to scribble all over the place when I was bored.
hmpf: Cole and Ramse from the show not actually called "Splinter" (Default)
It's ten years this year since I finished school - thankfully, nobody seems to be planning a big reunion at the moment, or I would have to decide whether to go or not. ;-) Well, for some reason I got curious about some of my schools' and universities' websites today, so I looked them up. Turns out almost all of them at least *have* a website now - for some, that was definitely not the case when I still attended them! So, here they are for your perusal, should you be so inclined. A glimpse of my Real Life.

- My primary school: Gruneliusschule Frankfurt, 1983-1987 (no website - probably because most schools seem to rely on their students to build their website, and primary school students can't do that kind of thing yet. ;-))
- My, uh, for lack of a better word, high school, 1987-1996: http://cms.carl-schurz-schule.de/ (Really badly designed website. I see they still haven't managed to renovate the library, either, if the pictures are to be believed. It was that same shade of vomit green when I was there. Frell... nine years of misery. Well, okay, six years of misery and three years of okayishness.)
- My first university, 1996-1997: http://www.uni-kiel.de/ (swanky!)
- My, uh... how'd you call it? Ah, never mind... 1997-2001: http://www.zeichenakademie.de (That website didn't exist when I started studying there, which is a bit embarrassing considering they're a design school!)
- My second university, 2001-2003 and 2004-present: http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/
- My sort-of-third university, 2003-2004: http://www.bham.ac.uk/default.asp
- I also occasionally study here, thanks to a cooperation agreement between that uni and mine: http://www.uni-mainz.de/

There. Now wasn't that exciting?

I'll make up for it with a con report later tonight. ;-)

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