More Pictures!

Most recently (for fun, for me):

And a couple of examples of things for Chris's game:

Tower Attack Pictures

My boyfriend has been working on a tower attack (as opposed to defense) game. It's a nice little idea, and he had some artist/designer people he was working with that I'd hooked him up with through friends of mine. Then they turned flaky, and my boyfriend still wanted to finish up his game. But he had no original graphics to work with. So he asked me if I'd be willing to, and I thought I'd give it a shot. Here's some of my favorite icon things that I've made. (They're all 30x30 px because that's the scale my boyfriend wanted/needed for the game).

From left to right, top to bottom: cardinal, heron, cat, mine, turret, zebra, turret, igloo, sheep, ruined village, penguin.

Storybook with Kids I Babysit

The Lion and the Mouse

Once upon a time there was a huge lion asleep in the savannah.
A tiny mouse accidentally woke the lion up.
The lion was angry to have been disturbed and threatened to eat the mouse.
The mouse begged for mercy and promised to repay the lion in some way.
The lion laughed at the thought of a tiny mouse being able to help a big lion, but allowed the mouse to live.
Later, the lion got tangled in a net left by trappers.
He was unable to free himself, but he saw the mouse passing by and asked it to chew through the net.
The mouse happily chewed the ropes of the net. The lion, now free, apologized for thinking that someone so small could never be useful.

Kay, so that's the example story I have for the children. We're (hopefully) going to make a book together. I guess I might make one without the kids if they turn me down, but it'd be more fun to do it with them.

I'll update after the babysitting gig, possibly with pictures and a further explanation.

UPDATE

Very successful night! Here's pictures of our finished product.

Once there was a girl. She was having a wonderful life in the clouds with her friend Cinderella when suddenly she was grabbed off the clouds by a big, fat giant and put in a tall tower.

With the turn of a key the not-so-friendly giant had the girl locked up for what he thought was forever.

The girl did not know what the do. First she tried calling for help; that did not work.

Next she tried climbing through the window but there were wooden bars clocking her escape.

Finally she tried calling for help one last time. Cinderella heard her!

Cinderella climbed up (the) tower by the vine (beanstalk) growing on its side and when she got to the top she used her magical shoes to break the strong wooden bars of the window.

Cinderella and the girl climbed down the (vine) beanstalk.

They lived in the clouds happily ever after.

The end.

To Soar Amongst the Stars

Ok, so I'm revising a super old story (whose working title was A Temple for the Stars, but I'm switching things up and re-working-titling it). Here's some writing! (About 1500 words)

Update: Embroidery

My current hair.

So what have I been doing for the past few months? Some things, I suppose, but not really much. No writing to speak of since the first couple of weeks of November.

But here's something I've been working on since New Year's Eve (approximately).

First quotation on AC McG's scarf.

Second quotation on AC McG's scarf.

Little Red Riding Hood, also on AC McG's scarf.

 Life is going well, all in all. I hope to get back to writing soon, and maybe have a finished world map soon as well. (I feel like that would make it easier to write...)