and before you know it, you are walking on air

You guys! How was this birthday so awesome? I can't even! IT WAS SO AWESOME!
I had all the delicious food, all of it! And also all the presents! My friends got me a multicoloured striped beanie (I can has more hats! delires, I might really do that hat-picspam \o/) with a matching skarf and they are so soft and warm and I never want to take them off! Oh, and my sister got me the HTTYD DVD! Guess what I'm watching right now? Guess what AU I crave right now? YOUR GUESSES ARE ALL CORRECT!

And you guys are all so amazing, too! Thank you so very very much for all the birthday wishes! Also, you should check out these things! chaoticallyclev made me the best princess banner and the most awesome icons! I wish I had a tree to hoist so I could express all the feelings properly! wethepainted drew me a Sherlock! Look at his hair! Look at the code! Look at the skarf! <333 And then squashbee showed me the Puppy!Checov she's working on! I am so smitten with it! It is the most adorable puppy everrrrr! Oh, and although angelgazing keeps saying it doesn't count, she wrote me gorgeous tattoo!fic :D

Also also! Not-really-a-birthday-present-but-whatever in the form of PStump being his amazing self! *smishes his tiny face* How is he so adorable?

In conclusion,

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS I MISSED YOU SO EFFING MUCH! SO MUUUUUCH! Never leave me again, okay? Okay. Btw, the move went surprising well (except for the part where I can't find my sketchbook anymore D:) and we are slowly getting used to the new place and making it home :) I'll probably post some pictures later on when the house won't look like a storage space from hell.

A-hem. Before I start babbling about other stuff, let me thank saba1789 (we're gonna meet for sure! It is my goal for 2011!), coreopsis (omg the gnome! <333) and squashbee (kitty!Spok and puppy!Kirk ♥___♥ and the candycane :9 Also, it's February 28th ;)) for the lovely cards! They're so adorable <333 *smooches you forever*

Okay, so. I missed all the "end of year" memes which is, in fact, a good thing since nobody needs me to list all the silly stuff I did in 2010. There are, though, two things I didn't get to post last year.

The first one is the exclusive art I did for mfac. I love this fandom calendar like burning and being able to contribute to it for the second time was a true joy ♥ You can find Santa's Little Killjoys right here together with coreopsis's adorable story Lucky Thirteen.

The second drawing is the piece I did for yuletart :)

Title: Aim and Fire
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Rating: G
Warning: um. Guns.
Summary: Love means never having to watch your own back.
Notes: Originally posted here. This was drawn for xenakis_, who was my assigned giftee for yuletart. xenakis_'s prompt was "Arthur and Eames being kickass in a dream (and so in love)". I have to confess I angsted over this piece because I wasn't sure I could draw something good enough to make justice to this prompt. That's not to say I didn't have loads of fun when I decided what to draw, though <3
Also, uh, I need to credit the reference pictures I used because they were a big help. Drawing action poses is not one of my skills so the Way brothers were a true manna for figuring out Arthur and Eames' pose. fuckyeahghosttowns is a mine of stunning pictures and provided me with the one I selected as reference: an abandoned aquapark in Moscow. I cleaned it up and renovated the place to give the boys a setting where to show us that covering each other's back means I love you in kickass speak.
Also, also! Many, many, many thanks to L for the tireless beta and a shower of chocolate kisses to angelgazing who held my hand when I was ready to pencil-stab my sketchbook and brainstormed with me <3

( Love means never having to watch your own back )


Okay, now that that is taken care of, make way for the first doodle of 2011! Just before the holidays, delires had a Spread the Happy fest where people could ask her for ficlet/recs/pictures/whatyouhave that would make them happy. I asked for lit recs (because I'm always starving for them) and not only she delivered delightful recs, delires also wrote me an utterly charming original ficlet I spazzed over like a demented windmill (and that everyone should read because it is so freaking adorable I don't have words for it, okay?). I was so overjoyed with all these awesome gifts that I offered to draw something for her in exchange and since delires and I share a burning love for Perrault's Donkeyskin, she asked for a drawing of one of Donkeyskin's dresses. I am so very late in delivering this drawing (damn rl), but it is finally here.

Rating: G for Garments! one day, I'll tire of these lame puns...
Fandom: Is there a fandom for Perrault? I want one.
Notes: This is "the dress as bright as the Sun", the second dress Donkeyskin ask her father for. Dear delires, it is very clear that I would be a crappy stylist, but I hope you'll like this dress anyway ♥

( Tim Gunn would be appalled )


And now... WHO IS EXCITED FOR inception_bang? I AM SO VERY EXCITED \:D/ And I have internet back which means I won't miss anything :DDD (and, ahah, I'll be able to send in the fanart I did for it *sighs in relief*) Also! I'm sure everyone already knows about this but I am starry-eyed over it so bear with me! harlequincepted opened up shop \o/ You wouldn't believe the hearteyes I made when I found out about it! I am so very excited about it too \o/ \o/ \o/

Oh! Speaking of harlequins! Does anyone know if bandomvalentine will run again this year? It was such a lovely excuse to doodle/read teethrotting fluff without feeling guilty about it <3

Off to find that blasted sketchbook. Feel free to leave me a comment with all the things I missed during my forced hiatus! *hugs you all very tight* *never lets go*