I recently came across a story by ADF called The Enchanters Branding. In it, a young man discovers he's among the precious few who can channel a rare, unique and dangerous form of chaos magic -- also called the "Enchanter's Spectrum". The discovery is a bit like winning the lottery -- but while he's effectively set for life, he'll also be isolated and bound to secrecy... and trained to intentionally tap more of this inherently dangerous magic until it inevitably causes side effects -- unpredictable and irreversible forms of "branding". Most Enchanters experience some form of madness. What this man experiences is a tad more difficult to hide... but luckily, just an illusion. A manageable, but increasingly elaborate and awkwardly involuntary illusion....

Transformation has long been another passion of mine -- especially where scales and claws are concerned. This one succeeded in thoroughly piquing my interest. It must have had an impact if it convinced me to start a piece of fan art... because I almost never do.
Little teaser on the art style I'm trying: http://www.geekjosh.com/adf_prev.jpg
Hopefully I'll have it ready in a week or two. My art style is "slow and tedious". I take a crappy sketch and massage it in photoshop it until it looks like something. Sometimes it even works. :)

Edit: And here it is.

On a different note, my weird weight gain game "Gaining Perspective" has been through an initial wave of bug fixes and general maintenance. Perhaps the biggest new addition has been a much-requested gender selection option (and some new customized related events). If you were put off the the lack of a female character option, or haven't seen this game yet and have a thing for massive fatty adventures, it might be worth checking out.