...and it's done.

This was actually promised to Eagle-san way back last year, at the end of August/start of September. Between then and now, a lot of things happened, and I think even she forgot about it _/=/o;;

Image shrunk under the cut, it's a present so there's no signature. For your own safety (?) and to avoid distress (that would...be mostly mine), please do not try dangerous things such as zooming in too much. Selectively ignoring the bad coloring is recommended.

Lyrics from the abingdon boys school single HOWLING. Based on the fanfic Ode To Darkness and other related work by Eagle8819 (eagle8819)

( definition )

( Schism )

( lengthy babbling (optional) )

I hope I didn't miss out anything important...

Done during the wait for System Restore to, uh, restore the computer's settings. Roughly 10 (!) tries later, nothing has been fixed. |||orz Why does the message telling me that it couldn't be restored to that point keep coming up even after changing restore points? The mind boggles...

Also, because of that long wait, there's still a small mountain of holiday homework left to clear...no, please don't mention things like how the time spent on this could have been used on the homework. Comparing the charms of Chrome-chan versus that revolting stuff would be rather off-putting.



As ikka's mood got progressively worse, the Ayamine Rando-esque urge to just strip Chrome-chan down to very little rose higher and higher...this must be what happens when you pick a lingerie model as the body structure basis *tridents skewer*
Then again, as can be seen, common sense prevailed, though the torso looks like it needs some fixing still...hmm.

Only after working on the facial features for quite some time did I realize that this piece's style seems to be tilting a little towards the SNK art style of a few years ago 0_o;;; Why? *scratches head*

Just a rough sketch. There's a bit of background behind this image, but that'll be another story for another post.

Coloring/inking ETA unknown, though I do plan to work on it.



Now to go eat.

Do you...

...see them in lyrics of songs, even when the songs are by people who voiced other characters?

(Astrogation with 8thsin-san's translation subs...largely correct from what ikka's lousy JPN comprehension can tell)



...bring yourself to draw fanart about them, even though you can't color to save your life and lost one of your inking pens?

(I AM SORRY I RUINED YOUR HAIR EINS-NEECHAN)



...write fic about them?

[IN PROGRESS]
(maybe not yet then ^^;)

ikka has done (?!) the above. What about you? xD

Many thanks to everybody that have shown their concern for my post-surgery health...and apologies to those who witnessed the last complaining episode (in previous post) and went 囧...then again, I complain in this journal all the time, so...*runs from flying vegetables*

O_O Chris, is that you?
see the February 9 entry

And this is why Yahiro is epic. Who else do you know that can make Subaru so darn awesomely cool?

(ikka admits that the image of Subaru in her mind has always been of the cheerful guts-dude type Orz)

Wishing kaichou-sama many happy returns and another year of successful harem expansion. xDDDD


Here is an alternate piece with only Shizuru and Natsuki.


...quite pleased with it all more or less, but...gawrsh, ikka really screwed up when inking Natsuki's hair. |||Orz

...is 5.30 too early for dinner, I wonder?

Firstly, we have Fate-chan in the appropriate gear! *claps*



It's not shading or toning, but a bad case of trying to show contrast with only pencils! __Orz

Uh, yeah. More on this piece can be found under the cut, for folks whom I suspect do actually enjoy reading A/Ns and mangaka messages in tankoubon jacket panels. Just one remark, however: Fate has struck ikka as the type who'd be a good cager---above-average height (162? who believes that?), speed, the ability to analyse and move at the same time, etc etc---ah, what I wouldn't give for any of those! *laugh*

By the way, Eagle-san, I'll be sending a larger inked copy to you to make up for lagging on the OTD piece you saw the other time. ^^; Make do for now?


Just to let everyone know, ikka is going to be away again as of Monday next week (November 5) to December 2. Might write some stuff if somebody lends their laptop, but the chances of that happening aren't that high.