I wish the scanner was hooked up... o.O;;

Okay, I'm a happy camper. I'm slowly coming to terms with the whole Zypo thing (gotta call Mom tomorrow), and I just finished a concept sketch.

It worked. It bloody well worked. As people who have been reading my LJ lately know, inspiration has been low and it's been hard to get things in my head out onto paper. Well, it's amazing what determination and time will do.

Alex and I have been listening to Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett in the car. Near the beginning of the book, the gods of the Discworld are playing games...and the Lady (Luck, if you don't know) makes her move by pulling out The Butterfly of Storms. I got this fantastic image in my head of the Lady, smiling, and holding the butterfly in front of a gaming board. I report, with much joy, that the Lady now smiles at me from my sketchbook. She looks almost exactly as I envisioned her, and she makes me happy. Her face, in particular, feels very accurate to me. Her hands, on the other hand, are not very good. But then, hands are the bane of my drawing existence. I'll work on 'em. I am also learning the value of shading (ha ha, artist joke. Value, shading, get it?). The picture has a background and everything!

It's been a long time since I've felt this happy about my artwork. Of course, now I have to darken some of the lines, trace the image onto parchment paper (or something, nice paper anyway), draw the frame (which will be nifty in itself; dice everywhere!), and actually sit down with my colored pencils and color it. It needs evening out in some places, but I don't want to lose that face! It'll be a lot of work, but I know I'll be more pleased with the results of that than I have been with my little sketchies.

Well, that's Elfie's little update for the moment. Happy happy, joy joy, I still love my mom, just in case anybody was wondering.

On another note, I saw the coolest T-shirt the other day. It said: "Kiss me, I'm a pirate." Gotta get me that shirt. ^_^

And now, some ( quizzes! )

Mmm...stuff.

Today has been a pretty good day, even though I didn't get as much done as I would have liked. For instance, I would have liked to work some more on my "Lady" picture. Ah, well. There's still time tonight.

What I did get done today:
1. Helped Alex sand the desk that shall be mine. We'll probably stain it next week.
2. Worked on plot for the next Swashbuckling Adventures session in the game I'm GMing. And there was much rejoicing. Those players won't catch me by surprise next time!
3. Called my mom. We had a very good conversation, and everything is great between us now. ^_^

What I still need to get done:
1. Help Alex sand and finish the floor downstairs. This must be finished by next Saturday (not tomorrow), as Jason is coming to visit and will have to sleep downstairs.
2. Help Alex clean house for the same reason.
3. Get Loki fixed.
4. Finish "Lady" picture.
5. Finish Swashbuckling Adventures plot for next session so that I don't run out of plot and have to improvise again. Improvising GM plots is scary, as you still have to remember everything for next time.
6. Work hard on "Deathworld" story. Work out last niggling plot details and actually start writing.
7. Help Alex catalogue all DVDs.

I think that's enough "To-Do" list for now. Yep. This is a common problem for me: I start writing down everything I need to do, and before I know it, the list is hopelessly long. Then I have to prioritize, and I hate doing that.

In other news, I've pretty much come to terms with Zypo and my mom. We had a great conversation today, and now both of us really know where the other is coming from. What was really scary was the realization that I wouldn't wish Zypo on any of my friends. He's my cat, and I love him dearly, but I do realize that he's not exactly "Mr. Fuzzykins." He requires...ah...extremely special handling. And that's a nice way of putting it. I told Mom about my offer to take Zypo in to the Humane Society myself, and she said she would definitely take that into consideration. She understands that it's hard for me to let go. *snugs Mom* I, on the other hand, understand that Mom has the right to live with a cat who won't savage her. *sheepish smile*

Well, I should probably help Alex make dinner now...bai!

EDIT: ( Discworld Quizzes! )