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I have just handed over lots of money to go catch hypothermia in a Scottish loch in November! I think the point of this is to get an open water diving licence so when we go to Hawaii in February (free trip courtesy of the wife's work! For something like not being the most incompetent person in the company and yes, everyone is very puzzled by this) we can go off diving, because sitting on a beach all day is pretty much my idea of hell, really. Still. November. In a loch. No, I don't know what I'm thinking either.

(I have actually got an open water license already, but I'm still going to do this all again as I haven't been diving for 12 years and have forgotten absolutely everything except for the importance of tape to keep your nipples from freezing off, because there's no way to rub them warm underwater without looking like a massive pervert who gets aroused by coral.)

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If you will forgive me for mentioning Christmas before it's even technically September (I need lots of planning time for this!), I've been thinking about sending out cards this year, and I have this idea that right now I think is brilliant, but later on there will probably be hair-tearing and what-have-I-done wailing. So, I'm thinking of doing personalized cards - say, taking a single character and a simple prompt, from any fandom I've an interest in or at least don't hate (I'll probably write down a list, eventually). I'd like to get an idea of how many people would be interested in this so I can make sure I've got enough time to plan and draw everything, so if you are, could you fill in the poll below? :D

(this will be open to anyone on my flist btw*, regardless of how often we communicate - I just like drawing things!)

* and if you are not but would like to be, do let me know! I sometimes assume that people are just friending me to see the art and don't really want to have to put up with my locked blathering, but I'm happy to add people who want to be.

[Poll #1931826][Poll #1931826]

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Things I'm working on:

- Marcus vs. farm animals for the final round of the Eagle fanmedia challenge: line art done, slowly colouring it in, SO MUCH CRACK (but it's all bunn's fault). I wasn't too thrilled by the results of my last two submissions, but now I realise what they were missing: angry geese and tiny, trembling piggies!
- Eames & Yusuf for i_reversebang: Done, barring any last minute epiphanies about how to easily fix the terrible perspective problem (highly unlikely).
- Archaeologist extraction for i_reversebang: Mostly there, just lots of tedious neatening of background rocks and foliage. Am kind of shamelessly delighted with how it's turned out, especially as so much of it came from imagination and still didn't turn out a disaster. This does not often happen!
- Arthur/Eames commission for one of the inceptiversary scavenger hunt winners: holding off starting on this until most of the above are out of the way, but we have an idea in place and I love it. I'm very relieved that the first time I hand over all control I get to draw something awesome, and I'm not asked for say, Maurice Fischer/Nash ponyplay... oh, who am I kidding, I'd totally get off on drawing that.

Stuff that's on the backburner for now:

- Dinoception
- Nauseatingly domestic Arthur/Eames snuggling-on-sofa - there may be nudity in this but let's face it, it's pretty much a self-indulgent love affair between me and fiddly background details
- Seal Prince portrait
- League of Shadows painting, because bloody hell, look at these handsome bastards. Bane certainly knows how to pick pretty henchmen.