Damn, my right hand is hurtin'. For my family's stocking stuffers I've decided to do little illustrations for all of them. Wow, what did I get myself into. It's fun though, but it's taking longer than I thought. The illustrations are small, about 4 x 4 each. I'm a color pencil freak and I tend to get overly detailed if I'm having a good time with a picture. Now it's taken me over four hours to complete one picture and its not finished.
For my nephew, who's about 8, I did a realistic rendering of Raphael from the first movie. As some might know I lOOOOVE Raphie...so the pic is getting some tender loving care. My nephew has been bugging me to do a Raph picture for him and I know he'll take care of it...so what the hell, I'll make it look good. My older nephew is getting Shredder, damn this boy loves his bad guys

And Shredder is friggin cool. My niece is gettin' a small portrait one of one her favorite rock stars from AFI. Ahhh...to be 13 and a punk. Those were the days.... And lastly some bird/nature related pics for my mum and sister. And I haven't finished the first one!!
I hope my right hand lasts until next Friday. Dear God...please don't let my hand fall off.
heh... yeah. i'm doing the "handmade gifts" thing myself this year... and yeah. it takes FOREVER. thing is? none of my gifts are epic. just little ornaments. pretty blah really.
but yes!! best of luck! I know you'll make it!