Okay, so I kind of disappeared down the black hole that is RP for a while there (which I'll probably elaborate on further in another post,) but I'm still drawing and stuff. I recently picked up Illustrator CS5 for my birthday, and I've been puttering around with that a bit. It's quite a step up from the old version of Illustrator I had (8, which wouldn't install under Vista,) and a lot of the interface has changed so it's going to take me some time to learn all the features. I'm going to be picking up a book for this purpose shortly, but here's the initial fruits of my labor thus far:


Full-size version at DeviantArt.

Obviously, small Sasoris and giant donuts go well together. It's a strange idea that popped out of nowhere so don't ask me to explain it...

Okay so it's been a while since I've posted any new pics, so here's a quickie of the version of Sasori I play over at xi_rpg . Masks are for losers, goggles are what the hip kids wear to hide their identities.


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I'm so happy I'm getting the hang of his hair, finally. I think staring so long at all those manga scans that I've been iconifying helped.

In other news, I'm slowing way down on RP for the next few days to concentrate on fic and other things. I will get that second chapter of Shogi out soon, dang it.

Wow, it's been awhile since I've posted anything! I've kind of gotten seriously sucked into kannagara_rpg; I've been having loads of fun playing Sasori over there. A bunch of you are already playing, but if you're not, we're always on the lookout for new players! We'd especially love to see some more non-Naruto characters.

My fic has been languishing a little, but I'm still determined to get out another 30_lemons oneshot and chapter 2 of Shogi in the near future. I've also gotten a few fic ideas percolating away that I'll probably start on once I finish Shogi.

I've been thinking about 30_lemons recently, and while I really want to complete stories for a lot of these prompts, I'm not sure how realistically I can stick to one oneshot a month between the other things I want to devote my time to because I'm still a pretty slow writer; the RP takes up a large amount of time, and I want to work on Shogi, and I also want to really put some serious time into my art. This is the second time that I'm nearing the two month mark without releasing something; although, even if I decide to drop the challenge, I'll still be completing the story ideas I had for the various prompts. I would just be free to release things at my own pace instead of worrying about deadlines; at the same time, having a deadline keeps me motivated to work on things. It's something I'll be thinking about over the next few days.

I've been drawing a bit recently and posted on DA, but I've neglected to post about it here, so I've put together a minor art dump. Of course, since I'm a Sasoritard, two out of three are Sasori-related.

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I haven't really been drawing that much lately because I've been writing a lot of fanfic for the past week or so, so I decided to whip something up to post. It's an oekaki BBS-style picture of my favorite Akatsuki members, Sasori and Deidara. I'm really fond of the aliased look for some reason, probably because the Legacy Pen tool in PaintTool SAI is very fluid to use.



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Well, I've finished up on my KakaSaku contest pic and submitted it (I'll have a separate post for it later) so now I have time to work on a few pic ideas that I've had on the back burner for the past few weeks; I've also started planning a new multi-pic series.

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My fellow SasoSaku obssessive, gigicerisier , has made some lovely art inspired by my ficlet Haircut. I'm very happy to have inspired someone to create something! :)

Ah, now I'm getting ideas for SasoSaku pictures as well...but I need to finish my KakaSaku contest pic first.

Check out the pictures here:

• Haircut-SasoSaku1
• Haircut-SasoSaku2 (NSFW)
• Haircut-SasoSaku3 (NSFW)

Thanks gigi! :)

Even if it was kinda lame, I ended up finishing the Neuro pic I started this morning cause I needed a break from that Sasori pic. :)

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I'm really getting into drawing again recently. I've thrown a couple of roughs into my scrapbook on DeviantArt.
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Once again I couldn't sleep, so I ended up screwing around with MS Paint for the first time in ages, and made a doodle of one of my favorite shounen heroines, Maka Albarn from Soul Eater.

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