Prestidigitation

For DarkMousy! Who wanted to see me(!) and Lord Vetinari chillin’ on a tropical beach:

“Ah, Drumknott… be so good as to escort this googly-eyed creature elsewhere.”

“Certainly, sir. And the crab?”

“It can stay.”

P.S. That is a real hat, and someday I will own it. 8D I tried it on at a custom hat booth at the Discworld convention last year. It was like… the ultimate pirate’s dream hat. Three-foot-long white feathers and roses all over the place, with a little model ship on the back. SO FABULOUS.

The sketch doesn’t do it justice at all, but I had to include it. ♥

Can you recognize these fine folks? I’ll give you three guesses:

…Got it?

If you guessed “Lord Vetinari, Granny Weatherwax, and Terry Pratchett himself,” award yourself a cookie!

This is the NADWCON gift art that I was working on for the last few days. Just finished it this morning, then took a two-mile walk to Kinko’s to have it properly printed and laminated. (Note to self: Buy new ink cartridges for the home printer. And look into the matter of stealing a laminator.)

I barely managed to catch up to Terry and hand it to him as he made his escape after the closing ceremony. I’m so glad I was able to finish it on time.

He thanked me kindly, even though he was in a hurry and could only glance at it. I hope he’ll be pleased with it once he has a chance to relax and take a look at it later.

I’m fairly happy with how it turned out. It was incredibly rushed, but I would far rather have something nice to give to my favorite author than something perfect that I can’t.

As for the con itself, overall… it was fantastic! I’ll see about doing a proper write-up later; if I started to talk about everything that was awesome now, we would be here all night. ♥

I’ve just been re-reading one of my favorite novel series, and sketched some spontaneous fan art for it:

I wonder if anyone can guess who these gentlemen are meant to be? Hint: Each one is formidable in his own right, and they tend to appear together. A cookie to the first person who guesses right.

Edit: ivoryandhorn got it! It’s Lord Vetinari, Captain Carrot, and Commander Vimes from Discworld. Best male characters in the series, I opine. ♥