Okay, I know I'm taking liberties with the definition of 'baroque'--I'd thought about calling this 'art nouveau' kitsune or just 'really fancy' kitsune, but baroque was shorter, so I just ran with it.

This design is really different--the client already had one kitsune design on her shoulder, in a style very different from my usual sorta-tribal work. She wanted a second kitsune to fit in with the first, outlines, curlicues and all--so I ended up getting to try my hand at a completely new style!

( A baroque kitsune, climbing up the arm to the shoulder ... )

It's been interesting on the art front lately--I did very well at Sakuracon, selling seven out of the ten pieces I took, and having three go to auction. Sakura Kitsune ended up selling for $100, which I think is the most I've ever had a piece go for. Needless to say, this makes my little arty heart (and wallet!) happy. ^__^

Oddly enough, though, I wasn't swamped with commissions immediately after (which is what happened last year). Instead I had a quiet period of about a month--and now the inquiries/projects are starting to pick up again. Currently on the docket is an ebook cover project, another tattoo commission, and a long-term logo/business branding project--enough to keep me busy, at least!

And just to prove I haven't been totally lazy the last month or so ...

( Another shy kitsune ... )

Ravenmoon has done it again with another piece of gorgeous fanart--and this time, it's a full length solo portrait of Ratbat! Because Ratbat is just too pretty and all-around awesome not to get a picture all his own, don't you think? HE certainly thinks so!

From Sound and Fury Fanart

Once again, I find myself bowing down before the fanart master ...
^________^

And in other news, the two geektastic Transformers scarves (one Autobot, one Decepticon) that I commissioned are very, very close to being done! I can't wait to see them IRL--soon I will be able to advertise whether I am being good or evil on any given day in true fangirl fashion ... XD

The newest chapter of Descant--in which we finally get to the large explosions, yay! XD

Title: Descant, Chapter 5
Author: fractalserpent and hopeofdawn
Rating: PG-13 (rating may go up in future chapters)
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse, with some G1 additions
Characters/Pairing: this chapter--Ravage, Soundwave, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ratbat, Flipsides, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Overlord, Red Alert, plus various OCs.

Warnings/Notes:Soundwave-centric, this fic is the immediate sequel to 'Sound and Fury' and 'Anamnesis', and takes place in the same continuity as 'Giants of the Earth', but is set hundreds of thousands of years earlier, on prewar Cybertron. The character designs, for the most part, are movie-verse with the addition of G1 colors and minor modifications as needed. Warnings for big-battle type violence for this chapter.

Ravage to the rescue! But when Skywarp attacks, who's going to rescue the rescuer ...?

How much trouble could one delirious civilian be?

Quite a lot, apparently. Soundwave staggered, lurched, and the medic lunged forward. Experienced at handling disoriented warframes, he ducked expertly under one flailing limb, a hand reaching out to connect, to jack into the chronicler’s frame and reinstate the overrides--and a primary cable whiplashed outwards, intercepting the limb, wrapping around it and pulling the medic aside with inexorable strength.

Soundwave planted his pedes, grimly forcing himself upright as his gyros recalibrated, making allowances for his lost arm and still-damaged struts. “Soundwave: is leaving,” he told the aghast medics. “Presence, necessary elsewhere.”

Cross-posted to tf2007fun and transficsation

... can I stop now? -___-;;

Man, I feel like I've been playing catch-up all week. Note to self: taking on three ten-hour shifts at your day job when you're already behind on chores and art commissions? Not going to help your workload any, even if the money's good.

However!

This weekend I have:
Gotten groceries
Gotten my hair trimmed (finally! I was starting to look like a sheepdog ...)
Cleaned the bathroom (another thing that had been put off way, waaay too long ...)
Cleaned litterboxes
Finished a three-tailed kitsune design and sent off other client e-mails
Started ebook cover sketches (okay, one sketch so far, but hey, progress!)
Cooked food for the rest of the week: rhubarb bars, spinach pie, and shepherd's pie

Aaaaand I may have watched some cartoons and written some fanfic with Fractal somewhere in the middle of all that as well. ^___^;; Procrastination for fun and profit!

Still, I need to do more sketching and possibly some laundry-folding--we shall see if I actually get it done or not. More and more I'm starting to think this whole 'Do ALL the things' idea is vastly overrated ....

Ravenmoon has just finished another amazing piece of fanart, which she has graciously allowed me to share with ze internets! This time it's a family protrait, and the color and details both on it are so wonderfully alien, I may just explode from squee ... *^__^*

From Fanfic Pics

Aaand a new chapter is up for Descant: which has repairs, an airshow, and much plotting by both Soundwave and his enemies ... :D

Title: Descant, Chapter 4
Author: fractalserpent and hopeofdawn
Rating: PG-13 (rating may go up in future chapters)
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse, with some G1 additions
Characters/Pairing: this chapter--Ravage, Soundwave, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ratbat, Flipsides, Red Alert, plus various OCs.

Warnings/Notes:Soundwave-centric, this fic is the immediate sequel to 'Sound and Fury' and 'Anamnesis', and takes place in the same continuity as 'Giants of the Earth', but is set hundreds of thousands of years earlier, on prewar Cybertron. The character designs, for the most part, are movie-verse with the addition of G1 colors and minor modifications as needed. Warnings for non-explicit mentions of genocide/infanticide for this chapter.

Soundwave needs time to heal--but it doesn't look like he's going to get it.

Soundwave considered it. “Query: consequences if these metals cannot be acquired?” Would the self-repair processes merely stall, waiting until sufficient raw materials could be provided? Or would the damaged remnants of his panels seal off and be forever unusable, barring complete replacement by a skilled medic or creator-mech?

Cross-posted to tf2007fun and transficsation

Ze writing is done, the editing is done, and the dithering is (mostly) done--and the newest chapter of 'Giants' is up, in which there is politics, singing, and robots misbehaving! \^_^/ :D

Title: Giants of the Earth, Chapter 9
Author: hopeofdawn
Rating: PG (may go up in future chapters)
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse
Characters/Pairing: this chapter--Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Prowl, William Lennox, Sam Witwicky, Hogarth Hughes, Iron Giant, Jazz, Red Alert, Bluestreak, Sideswipe, Wheelie, Charlotte Mearing, Glenn Morshower, plus a few OCs

Warnings/Notes:Takes place after DOTM, with minor tweaks to movieverse events/characters (so there are minor spoilers for the third movie). Most of the characterizations will be taken more from G1--especially Optimus, who is *not* the 'kill 'em all, let Primus sort 'em out' character he is in the movies. Most of the onscreen 'deaths' of Decepticons and Autobots have also fallen victim to authorial override--see the fic for details. :) Many thanks also go to fractalserpent for being a wonderful enabler and editor!


“And here I thought we were done with this slag,” Ratchet grumbled to Jazz as they headed into Operations. The cavern was looking nominally better than it had a few months ago; Wheeljack and Que’s combined efforts had gotten more of the recovered equipment from the Ark up and running. Which meant less reliance on jury-rigged human tech, which was all to the good; if Jazz never saw another ‘blue screen of death’ again, he would die a very happy ‘bot.

Cross-posted to tf2007fun and transficsation

So Optimus and Megatron demanded a sequel--and with femme4jack's able assistance, we managed to eke out a little more tentacley goodness ... :D


Title: Incandescence
Author: femme4jack, fractalserpent and hopeofdawn
Rating: R/Explicit
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse
Characters/Pairing: Optimus Prime & Megatron

Warnings/Notes:Cybertron's newest Prime and Protector are left to themselves--and must come to an understanding. Warnings for plug n' play and/or sparksex, tentacles, D/s, vague religious overtones and Optimus being Optimus. The sequel to Sacrament.


“My will, now, is it?” the warframe murmured, gracing those trapped wrists with a slow stroking flex of strong talons. He squeezed once, in warning. “Keep them there.”

Cross-posted to tf2007fun and transficsation

Technically this is for yesterday, but I wrote 323 words anyway--and barring edits, polishing-up and general wibbling, I think I can call the next chapter of 'Giants' done. Yay! *throws confetti* This one is definitely more Giant-focused; I really feel like I've been ignoring the big guy in terms of exploring his personality and individual quirks. He deserves better, darn it! ^___^