Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I seriously hate to do this, but I already lock over 90% of my posts, so it made no sense to put this off any longer.



If you're here to read my fic or other fandom stuff, these are the only entries I'm keeping public. No need to friend me just because of that.

Otherwise, I love friends, so comment, and I'll add you right away. =)

I haven't read any Potter related posts on my flist for weeks. So I can honestly say I went into this completely unspoiled.

( SPOILERific reactions/first thoughts after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows )

I cannot believe it's over.

I'm gonna keep it short since I just walked in the door from my 10-day ski trip. It's 1.45 am and I have to be at uni for a midterm at 8.

And we've been driving since forever.

Anyway, to recap, I got bored one evening, had brought no paper etc, and decided to give PAINT a go.

No references used since I had none. No wonderful layers or blending. Just simple pixels in Paint.

And despite the wacky proportions I had fun (it turned out to be very relaxing not worrying about getting things right), even if during colouring not erasing the lineart became a problem.

I hurried to share, since these were just really fun to do.

So, here you have it - learning to draw in Paint (with a mouse, naturally) in four fanart portraits. In chronological order to show the 'progress' in handling Paint. :p

( Molly, Hermione, Snape, Ginny - all G )
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These were all done during a 2-day period. Insane really.

Photos (I have some really good ones!) and a recap of the trip coming as soon as I'm a bit more rested from my holiday. ;)

Book seven title? I'm sorta sad that it's out. And thought I'd be more excited, but all I can really think is how many fanfics will there be in the next months with the exact same title?

Meh.

And my most prominent thought today? 'Why the bloody hell did I waste two hours of my life on Eragon?'

It's got to be the biggest pile of shite I've seen in ages. The only thing worst have been... I don't even know what, but with Eragon they atleast had decent material to work with and they still managed to churn out a thing where the only acceptable element was the dragon. Grr. Like I've said before, the book isn't among the best fantasy epics I've read, but it is a fun read nonetheless. Compared to the film it's a masterpiece.

To erase the experience from memory I re-watched The Princess Bride with little sis. Now that was fun.

And since bedtime is closing in, I leave you with - 'Rest well, and dream of large women!' =)

So, it's been almost ten months since I lasted posted fanart. I kinda feel guilty. So what you get is Hermione after the final battle.

The one my dear flist saw unfinished yesterday. And please, don't mind the hair. Finding it impossible almost stopped me from finishing, so it can't be helped that when it exploded in my face I kind of kept going.

Title: After
Characters: Hermione
Rating: G
Media used: pencil sketch one of my sisters posed for, scanned in, lineart cleaned up in The GIMP. After that lots of gimping with my trusty mouse and a knitting pattern photo found on google. Lots of references for tears... word of advice, when trying your first realistic looking colouring, don't decide on tears. Takes up way much time. ;)

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I think I'd like to go back to b&w now. Colouring - not as easy as it seems.

Completely out of the blue I felt like writing something today. And something happy, to boot. I've never written happy. I'm prettty sure it's not me, but that's what came out, so go figure. *shrugs* Really short , 30 min and unbeta'd.

Title: A Perfect Day
Characters: Lily/James
Word count: 461
Rating: G, just completely G


( Smile now... )

Haven't done one of these in a while.

Anyway, the short story: an unexcpected hour of free time behind an ancient computer with only MS Paint. A doodle that didn't want to stay a doodle. Later at home, the background added, and her eye touched up in PS. As always, mouse only.

Title: Cissy
Rating: G, since it's a portrait.
A/N: This doesn't look like something of mine at all. Entirely different style. But I couldn't help but finish it after I had started.

( Narcissa Malfoy )

Still unsure whether I like it or hate it.

Title: Chocolate
Rating: R (for everything implied)
Characters: Remus/Sirius
Wordcount: ~200
A/N: Yay, an actual drabble for that crazy, crazy person who prompts me with "Food. And Angst." (a.k.a. manraviel).

( Does chocolate count as food? )

Now, a good indea in theory, ask for drabble prompts to take up three hours. I hit a glitch with the first one. The damn thing decided to mutate into a ficlet. :p

Title: In the Dark
Characters: Snape/Bill
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: ~1650
A/N: For lisamarie0921. Her prompt was: Severus Snape/Bill Weasley. Wartime affair. "Bill wonders how he could possibly stay with Fleur now that he knows..."

( Strange things happen in the night. )

As you can see, it's been a busy night/morning. ;)

Title: Whispers in the Night
Rating: PG-13 to be on the safe side
Wordcount 2914
Disclaimer: Nothing but the plot is mine
A/N: My thanks to danijo1 for being wonderful and betaing this fic super fast. This is a genfic companion piece for The Darkness Within. It can stand on its own, but it contains major spoilers for the last couple of chapters. Consider yourselves warned!

( The aftermath of the final battle. )

This is my first LJ Christmas, so I am excited. Also, I love Christmas card hunting, so give me an excuse, please.

Everybody who wants one from this corner of Europe, sign up!

I'm screening the comments, so leave your contact info there. If you are uncomfortable with that, you can always email me at clen3k(at)gmail.com :)

If I don't know you all that well yet, leave a fun tidbit, so I'll know what you'd like. =D

~clen

My very stressed but always lovable beta Jenn has delivered the epilogue of Darkness to my inbox. Since she is the first person to read it, I was obviously chewing my nails during the wait, but it's here now.

The conclusion of this 'sort of dark' fic can be found here.

*breathes in deeply* There, now it's online in its entirety and I can't change anything. Not that I'd want to, but...

*bites nails and stares off to space*

Oh, and - *points to icon* That's my second cat, Minnie Mouse. She is the very, very older half-sister of the kittens. Before you laugh, she is shy as a mouse. And I kinda liked the Mickey Mouse comics when we named her.

Oh. My. God.

I can hardly believe it myself, just a couple of hours ago I got to write the words - The End - for my novel-lenght fanfic 'The Darkness Within'.

I wrote the first three chapters right after OotP (that's more than two years ago!) but worked up the courage to post online only this April. And now it's done.

I'm so confused right now. I thought I'd be relieved I can move on to new projects with a clear conscience. But as I wrote the last words of the epilogue I got almost teary eyed. Damn, I'm teary eyed while writing this post. I'm desperately going to miss my Harry, I've enjoyed living in his head so much.

I have the last chapter online here and the epilogue is sitting in my beta's inbox, waiting for her exams to be over.

Oh god, it's the most bizarrely sad and happy feeling to finish a story that has been a part of your life for two years.

Thanks to the lovely conversations captainjames has with his sister I find myself writing my first ever R rated (and slash) fic at four in the morning. As though that were not enough, it's historical RPS.

I'm also blaming this Wellington quote: Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.

Grace
Characters: Wellington, Napoleon
Rating: R

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</span>( Trust the compulsion. )
This was possibly the weirdest thing I've written.

I know exactly who to blame for my new obsession with making icons.

Also, I know why I seem to have fixated on hands. Someone's bad influence again.

The stock photos were black and white, so I had some fun. The result was:

1. 2.

3.

I've uploaded Chapter 13: Amongst Friends to FF.net.

Also, the prologue of the same story is now up at The Dark Arts.

I'm trying to decide whether to start plugging the FA version instead of the FF.net one. I already have readers on FF.net, but, of course, I could do with some more. The problem is, the first few chapters are not good. I mean they really aren't. The first four chapters were written straight after OotP came out. It just took me almost two years to work up the courage to post them.

So, if I direct potential readers towards TDA version ... they probably won't even want to read the rest of the story. And FF.net hitcounters and favourites and author alert lists are really good for my ego. :p

I have a question I feel I should know the answer to. Can I plug the same fic on FA Lead, etc threads twice, if it's on different archives?

I was taken for a prostitute today... Where on earth do these weirdos on Messenger keep getting my info? I checked, I'm not in the Members Directory.

Hi from Sweden!
Have been in you country, going to visit again in near future. I am a gentleman looking for good company when I am in your country and maybe? Respect and honestly are garanteed.

Excuse me?
Has anything similar happened to other people? Or am I just increadibly lucky?

Oh yes, and I did a much lighter version of the H/Hr icon:

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Ask me what happens, when you can't sleep, are feeling bored; have watched the new trailers entirely too many times with the mouse hovering over the 'screencaps' button... Nothing good, I tell you. Nothing good at all.

Feast your eyes on the result of sleep depravation:

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Am I pathetic to listen to something only because Alan Rickman speaks there? No need to answer, I know I am.

I had real trouble with this chapter, but in the end I think it turned out alright. Not my favourite, but my sister, who always get to read them before anyone else, says it's one of hers.

So I guess it's just a matter of taste.

Follow the link toCh 12: A Spy in Need

I got too impatient to wait until my Betas appeared, so the un-Betaed verision is posted here.

Enjoy!