Who could ever love a beast

[secondlina]

So,i've been working hard with my buddy Fanie over here to prepare some calendars to sell at Expozine. Basically, it's fairy tale themed. we each do 6 drawings for all 12 months. And it's going to rock. Hopefully, we'll make a bit of money with this!

Here the drawing of the beauty and the beast I made for said calendar. Isn't he the cutest?

Oh, reminder, My shirt on "We love fine" is up for voting, and the deadline is October 24th, so if you haven't yet, thank you for taking the time to do it. If you have, many thanks, you guys are awesome.

You can vote here : Voty vote vote.

In the liquor store next to the bookstore where I work, there is a skull-shaped bottle full of expensive vodka. The skull bottle looks amazing. I really, really want it. I swore when I saw it, I would buy it as a personal favor when Namesake reaches 10 000 readers on a single day. Last Tuesday, we were only 3000 people short of that goal. The readership is truly growing. It makes me incredibly happy. Maybe soon, I will have this skull bottle in my life, and the vodka it contains, to celebrate my achievements... 

Comments

[piratecore.livejournal.com]

I love this!!!

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

My brain just did a terrible thing: I was scrolling the page down, but as I did so, I caught sight of Beauty's hand in Beast's grip, and my brain instantly thought it was a fork...and it just made everything a bit too weird! ^_-; Thankfully, once I stopped moving the browser, everything was made right, and her hand became a proper hand again, (But forever more I'll remember!)

Alcohol with a skull on it? Truth in advertising?! What is this? Keep pursuing that dream, I guess. XP (Also, the irony over some things talked about earlier today!)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Oh, no, no, not a skull ON it. The drink is inside a glass skull. Really.

Bah, I would drink it slowly and share with friends. Mostly, I just like the idea of drinking stuff russian barbarian style *laughs*

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

You're gonna drink the expensive vodka or you just want the skull-shaped bottle? o.o;

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I kinda want both.

[pip25.livejournal.com]

The voting link does not work. In fact, the entire site failed to load for me for some reason. O_o

EDIT: Now it suddenly works. Strange.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Yeah.. that was odd and mysterious.

[ginasketch.livejournal.com]

Is it this one?

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I think so, yup!

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Wow. I can't drink alcohol. But part of me REALLY wants to buy that, dump the expensive vodka down the sink, and fill the skull with potpourri or something just for laughs!

[putri-nih.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry I'm on long today D:

I love this piece man

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome! I love his blank eyes, they make him seem more pathetic than scary. I expect this Beast to offer me tea and be very, very polite. But he's still a beast and he's sure no one can love him, looking as he does.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

The beast was actually quite polite in the original tale. His appearance was the scariest part of him.

[cottoncandykid.livejournal.com]

On our honeymoon John bought the Crystal skull vodka! We were in PEI and he super-insisted. He got the very big, life-sized bottle, my sister (who came with us on our honeymoon) got the smaller bottle. We haven't cracked it open yet, so I don't know how good the vodka is, but the skull has definately been a great conversation starter (and kick-ass to boot!)

I love this illustration! Is the calender being sold any other way (ie Namesake store, or a good friend sends you money via paypal?)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

If I mke something with it, i,ll be sure to add it to ZE STORE :D

Oh, take a picture!

[teh-maskmaid.livejournal.com]

That drawing is pretty awesome.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[auriga]

Aww, the Beast...;-;

Skull-shaped bottles sound very cool. Here's hoping you'll have it soon!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I hope so! I would feel pretty proud of myself.

[elirrina.livejournal.com]

I love Beauty and the Beast! I just got two more versions in book form by Robin McKinley, so now I have "Rose Daughter," "Beauty," and "Sunshine" - I'm not sure if the last one counts, exactly, but McKinley seems to think it does, so I'll count it. :)

How do you track viewers on Namesake? Is there a counter for every time someone visits?

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Right now, we use the counter for the project wonderful ads. I don't know how accurate it is. Accurate enough, I suppose. :D

[anna-nimmie-tee.livejournal.com]

I count your post as having excellent things in threes:
1. The Beauty and the Beast illustration
2. Namesake's readership climbing fast.(I cheer for you and Megs every time I see Namesake advertised on another comic's site.)
3. The vodka in the crystal skull-it will be yours!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Hhahaha, I cheer too! (sometimes megs puts some up without telling me, so I see one and go OMG IT'S JACK)

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Your beast looks adorable! I love his lil spats!

And that skull shaped bottle looks awesome! I would totally buy a bottle like that, vodka or no vodka. I just like quirky bottles.

Here's to hoping you will be able to buy it soon.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Quirky bottles are awesome. I have quite a few here.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like collecting all sorts of bottles.

[zorbgoink.livejournal.com]

is it the crystal head vodka by dan ackroyd? I bought that for my dad for his birthday and it is actually very very tasty in addition to looking AWESOME!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

It's also filtered thru diamonds, apparently. Or so wiki says.

[kitesareevil.livejournal.com]

Promise to share said vodka? *eyebrows*

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Sure, grab a plane, let's share. :P

[kitesareevil.livejournal.com]

Someday!

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the Beauty and the Beast drawing! This beast looks very different from all the other ones I've seen before.

If you don't sell all the calenders at the con, will you put some up for sale at the Namesake store? I can't go to Expozine; but I'd love a chance to get the calender just so I could see all 12 drawings.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

He looks like the type of beast I would love to hug hahaha!

So far, the calendar might NOT get printed due to it being far too expensive *sob sob* so it might end up being postcards.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Post cards are awesome, too. :)