Tobias Sammet. Drawings

Something realy old
This guy is fabulous. At least he was :)

Heinrich Heine: Lorelei. German, Finnish and Ukrainian

Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten,
Daß ich so traurig bin,
Ein Märchen aus uralten Zeiten,
Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.
Die Luft ist kühl und es dunkelt,
Und ruhig fließt der Rhein;
Der Gipfel des Berges funkelt,
Im Abendsonnenschein.

Die schönste Jungfrau sitzet
Dort oben wunderbar,
Ihr gold'nes Geschmeide blitzet,
Sie kämmt ihr goldenes Haar,
Sie kämmt es mit goldenem Kamme,
Und singt ein Lied dabei;
Das hat eine wundersame,
Gewalt'ge Melodei.

Den Schiffer im kleinen Schiffe,
Ergreift es mit wildem Weh;
Er schaut nicht die Felsenriffe,
Er schaut nur hinauf in die Höh'.
Ich glaube, die Wellen verschlingen
Am Ende Schiffer und Kahn,
Und das hat mit ihrem Singen,
Die Loreley getan.

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En tiedä, kuinkahan lienee,
Kun murhe mun valtaa näin;
Sen vanha tarina tiennee,
Mi ei mene mielestäin.
On vilpas, päivä jo peittyy,
Rein-virta tyynenä on;
Vain vuoren huippuhun heittyy
Säde ilta-auringon.
Siell’ istui neito nuori
Tuoll’ yllä tenhossaan;
Ja kultasäihkeessä suori
Hän kultakutrejaan.
Hän suori ne kultaisin kammoin,
Vain laulua laulellen;
Sen sävel on unhottu ammoin,
Ja on valtavan tenhoinen.
Rein-laivurin nuoren mieltä
Saa hurjahan kaihoon tuo;
Hän ei näe kallionkieltä,
Vain ylös hän silmänsä luo.
Kai pohjahan nielussansa
Veet venhon ja laivurin vei;
Ja sen lumolaulullansa
On tehnyt Lorelei.

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І сам я не знаю, чого це
Такий обгорта мене сум
І все старосвітськая казка
Не йде та не йде мені з дум.
Стає холодніше, смеркає,
Рейн хвилю по хвилі жене,
Вершину гори осяває
Останнє проміння ясне.
Чудової вроди дівчина
У пишному сяйві зорі
Своє золотеє волосся
Розчісує там на горі.
Із злота гребінчиком чеше
І пісню співає вона,
І спів той чудовий могучий
Далеко розносить луна.
Плавець у човні її чує, —
Журба йому серце вялить,
Не скель він пильнує, а з неї
Не зводить очей ні на мить.
І вже його човен розбитий
Схопився у вирі страшнім:
Втопила його Лорелея,
Втопила співанням своїм.

Kahvi

I'm moving on with learning to do digital painting. And it's still extremely difficult. I don't understand and don't know most of the settings of Corel Draw.
Here is a cup of coffee. The most favourite hot drink in Finland. Scandinavians drink a lot of coffee, indeed.
I like pictures of food and beverages. I also find pictures of coffee very warm and nice. Even though I myself don't drink coffee. You know, we have a coffee maker at work, it stands right behind my back. My collegues are constantly making fragrant coffee of all kinds. And I start liking it. At times I even find myself wanting a cup of latte or cappuccino :)
 I know, the cup itself is a bit angular. Painting the foam was real pain ):

Music: Chisu - Tie

Auringonkukka

Ok, so here is the first painting I've ever done in Corel Painter.
A lurkmore article about Photoshop says "Not having been able to cope with Painter alien interface some people even contrive to paint in Photoshop" It took me more than a year to manage to paint at least this. I'd tried it once in a couple of months but each time I found myself not being able to get the brushes work the way I wanted.
It doesn't look very good. But yeah, this is the first painting.

Elokuu

Обычно я не слушаю такое. Но Elokuu меня чем-то зацепили. Необычное звучание.
Улыбка Nopsajalk'и мне каждый раз напоминает одного старого знакомого (если ты читаешь, привет тебе!) А местами  (в частности в клипе Soutaa Huopaa)  он похож на Анни-Кристину Юусо в фильме "Кукушка"
И да, на дворе таки Elokuu, а он, как известно, как вечер воскресенья.

Kimi Raikkonen

This is the first ever finished drawing of Kimi Raikkonen.

I've made it for a contest in an F1 community.

You know, I never draw people on request mainly because I don't draw people I don't know or people I dislike. This is so because I can't really understand if the picture looks like the person in real life, as the only reference is this single picture. Another reason is that drawing is a kind of intimate and personal thing. When I draw a person I study them to the tiniest details. And drawing a person is a bit like gently touching them and feeling them with the fingertips. This may sound somewhat strange. But it is as it is. And probably I would't like someone to draw me as I wouldn't really like someone to study me so closely.

When I was packing my things to go to Europe for one year my sister told me 'You don't come back without Raikkonen being your husband' I said he was married and she objected 'So what? He can get a divorce'

I always thought Kimi and Jenni should be a good couple and they would never break up.

In January 2013 I thought that I hadn't seen any pictures of Kimi and Jenni for quite a while, nor had I heard about Kimi's wife at all. In March when a new racing season began, I was telling about Kimi to my friend who had bothered to download a record of Australian grand Prix for me. And I began speculating about not having heard about Raikkonen's wife for a long time. I said then 'Ok, wait a second. let me check Wikipedia' I was truly surprised to know that Jenni moved out earlier in February. A couple of days ago I read about their divorce.

I don't know much about the cause. They say she's got a new lover. They also say Kimi is Iceman and he doesn't care much about it. What it is more he had never cared too much and she found a man who would care. 

Kimi is never gonna tell us.

But it seemed to me he was a little bit more aggressive than before. At least, I had never heard him shout on the team radio before. 

Whatever happens, Kimi, stay cool. We believe in Iceman.