So my little bro's bday was last Friday, and since he was turning (anything but sweet) 16, I decided to sneakily ask him what his fave animu character was, and make him a card. (Also I finally learned how to embed dA pics to save time! *huzzah*)

Have some Alucard-card! :D

( Probably the most terrifying birthday card ever... )

So you know I scored that job a month and a bit ago, right? I pretty much hate it.

I thought it would take me some time to adjust and everything, and I'm an optimist at heart, but I really don't like this job. There are several reasons for this, of which I shall list below:

( Continued rantage... )

Title: Intoxication
Rating: T
Warnings: Spoilers for Fai's past.
Summary: Written for the remix challenge over on the kurofai comm. My assigned author was uakari and the fic I chose to remix was the brilliant Toasty. The original concept was that it was Kurogane getting drunk instead of Fai, and it was set in Outo, so I took that and somehow this came out. I hope you enjoy it!

And thanks also to mikkeneko for starting this wonderful remix idea!


( The noises that could be heard from the outside suggested they were entertaining a group of rowdy felines... )

So it's only a part time, three nights a week at most deal, but I got a job! Yay, sweet money!

It's basically waitressing at this fairly posh pub-that-is-pretty-much-a-restaurant in my town, doing the usual stuff only the dishes are stuff like venison meatballs, rabbit and pheasant. O.o

Though I must admit, my boss seems pretty nice and I didn't have a single horrible customer on my (nerve-wracking) first night, which was also a trial to see if I'd get the job. I did feel a little teary-eyed when I made mistakes, but I am very self-critical at times.

I may have to get a day job, however, just to make more money, and also to rid myself of the creeping boredom coming from suddenly not being at uni this year and running out of things to do. It's not procrastination if there's no work to be done! Although I am going to be applying for PhDs soon, so that'll be something exciting to procrastinate from! XD

At least with this it means I don't have to stress as much about finding a job, and I can concentrate more on making myself sound good enough to get a PhD (ah, why do I have so little research experience?), and I can also start saving up to go back to the USA (finally!) which was my real reason for looking for a job for this year in the first place.

Yay! Employment! It's been a while, so it's nice to get back into the bustle of work. :D

Continued from chapter 3, here.


 
( Somehow that seemed suspicious. Really suspicious... )

So, so proud of this one- my first proper background! *tries not to bend paper whilst hugging it* I've been wanting to draw a coloured Kurofai pic for a while now, and I LOVE their Infinity outfits (and the accompanying angst), so here we are! I think I enjoyed drawing the blood just a little too much...


( SOOO much black... )

Title: The Butterfly's Return
Rating: T to almost-NC-17 (mostly for the epilogue)
Warnings: Er, mentions of murder? Oh, and the last bit of the epilogue might be slightly NSFW...
Setting: AU, in the world of BBC's epic version of Sherlock
Original Prompt: KuroFai-style BBC!Sherlock, with Kuro-Watson and Fai!Sherlock.



( The game is on... )

I'm on a roll this week with drawing! Well, I lie, only one of these was really done this week. I just had to wait for the lovely mailman to deliver my new marker pens so I could acquire a purple for Alice's eyes!
So yeah, without further ado, one I've been sitting on for a little while- Pandora Heart's Alice (for Ani, who really wanted to see it):




Also, since I was in such a good drawing mood, I decided to colour a sketch of Yuuko I did yesterday, with the same shiny new purple!
Here we go:




My god, the foot facing away took me a WHOLE HOUR to get right before inking! I'm getting better at appendages slowly, so this was good practice! I'm still not entirely happy with it, but it's only a small thing, so meh! Really, really enjoyed colouring this, despite having to be extra careful not to go over the lines!
Eventually I will practice backgrounds, but for now this is the best I can do!

I think I've exhausted my drawing mood now for a while, so I'll hopefully have some fic posted soon!

OMG OMG I get back from a wonderful three week internet-free holiday in the sun, all depressed, only to find out that GOHOU DRUG IS BEING CONTINUED!!!


You have no idea how much of a happy dance I am doing right now.


Before I even watched the anime of Tsubasa (because I thankfully watched it first and then discovered the far superior manga), it was my absolute favourite of favourites among manga. When I first bought the volumes (on 3 for 2 at Waterstones, when I went and picked up some random volumes of stuff to broaden my manga horizons), I had no idea that it was discontinued (hell, I barely even knew who CLAMP were at the time). So you can imagine my immense disappointment when, upon reaching the conclusion of vol 3, I discovered that there was no more! Imagine, if you will, how sad I was that there was no more teasing of poor innocent Kaza-chan, no more angry spazzy outbursts from said kitty, and no more thinly veiled shounen-ai undertones (and overt ones from our lovely store owner and his sunglasses-mystery-man). It was actually the fandom that got me into fanfics, seeing as how I devoured a great majority of them to fill the vast hole left by the discontinuation! But I still had that vague hope that one day it might come back. However, as time passed, and I came to know the amazing quartet known as CLAMP, my hopes faded with every new series they started that wasn't GD. I felt much the same after reaching the 'end' of X, but at least I was prepared for that one to be unfinished.


But I digress. Finding out that I get to read about my favourite drug store lackeys and maybe uncover some of those mysteries that were hinted at in the first three volumes fills me with immense joy. It has literally made my year. And I graduated with a good degree earlier on. XD


Three cheers for CLAMP!
And three cheers for chibiyuuto for keeping us updated with all things CLAMP!