It's been awhile since I've managed to get out a holiday picture out before the end of the day at hand. Well, as I write this, Christmas 2014 still has an hour left, so I still made it :)

For my watchers, some eye candy. For Tina's SO Todd, an invitation to a Yuletide romp beneath the sheets...Or on top of them. Those two are not known for being particularly discreet while they're doing the horizontal...Or vertical, for that matter. There's not much else those heels she's wearing are good for :)

Anyway, while I was tempted to do a messy x-rated lovemaking pic amongst scattered presents and tangled rope lights, I settled on a simpler pic of Tina being her BF's best gift of the year, since I could bang out (heh) one of those before the 25th was over. Those with dirty(er) minds are free to re-read the above paragraph and let their imaginations do the rest.

Even so, I spent extra time glitzing this up a bit, from the pattern of the wrapping paper on some of the presents, to soft-shadowing and rim lighting delicately applied to the light-facing sides of pretty much everything in the pic. I started the pencils late last night and started vectoring the inks, taking a sleep break before finishing up Christmas morning. Taking another break for the usual morning rituals, I returned in the afternoon to pour in the flat color and shine everything up to the tune of a long string of electronic dance music and all its *step variants culminating in what you see above. General because all the naughty bits are covered.

Hope yours was merry :)

Vector-inked pencils on bristol. Colored in Micrografx Picture Publisher 10. 138MB at original full-size.