Your source for all things Secret Santa related! Please see below the cut for more details.

Could all participants please send an email to me (address below) so that on Tuesday when I shuffle your names, I can simply send the message as a reply. By Tuesday afternoon/evening, you should have your Secret Santee!

Hello everyone! Some of you new players may not know me, as I'm not around the site as often as I was, but I do lurk and check up on things every day.

Anyway, for those that don't know about it, for the past few years, we've managed to arrange a Secret Santa among TEF players. We generally split the gift giving into two categories, mailed and non-mailed, to accommodate as many people as we can. What has happened in the past is that one player (last year it was Alinaquil although she couldn't maintain it, so it reverted to me) will collect names and addresses/emails of those who wish to participate, and then arranges a swap between those names.

Since last year was a bit chaotic, I figured I'd get a head start on this, especially with all of the gift-giving posts starting to appear.

What I want to know is, from those who have participated in the past, would you be interested in taking part once again? For those who haven't participated before, would you be interested?

I'm also thinking about placing a price limit on the gift this year for the first time, as I know that for many TEF players, money can be a tight thing. What would you think of this, and do you have a suggestion for the limit? I was thinking roughly $20 US/CAN, although I'm certainly open to ideas.

Anyway, please forgive the boringness of this blog, but I wanted to start sending out feelers.

Please feel free to comment here, or send me an email at lizrdlvr@hotmail.com.

Also, please note, this isn't a sign up just yet, I'm just trying to sound out whether it would be worth it to organize this once again.



Cheers everyone!

This poor naked deer wants some fancy colours!

Perhaps you have a favourite bird that you'd like to see translated into deer form?

Suggest a bird down below, and this poor guy can get a new look!

(New designs below the cut)

Hello everyone!

In an effort to make sure I don't over-exert myself while I try to recover from mono, I was wondering if anyone was interested in a small art trade.

I'd love to see any art of this little thing if anyone is interested.

I could take five for now, and we'll see how they go!

Thanks!

x Yura for Kaoori
x Dampir for Dampir
x Echosong for Echosong

5 slots, I'd like to try practicing with some more dramatic lighting and techniques. Just post a link to your deer's biography or reference and I'll see what I can do!

1. Aurelius
2. Veil
3. Poplar
4. Allison
5. Harumi

1b. Schism
2b. Maia
3b. Snowshoe
4b. Domino
5b. Lucamo

1c. Jinxyness--golden butterfly doe
2c. Isaita
3c. Xavier
4c. Atreyu
5c. Myszka

Note: These new slots most likely won't get done for a little bit, not until I'm done exams in a week or so anyway! As long as you don't mind waiting, I'll get them done as soon as I can.

Thanks!

Clicking on the thumbnail will bring you to the full picture. Please forgive the watermarks, I am simply trying to protect my photos.

Since I've started taking an evolution course this term at university, I've been curious as to the genetic relationships between Cervidae species.

Below the cut you'll see a (very large) image that summarizes those relationships.

Herein you will find the collection of signature deer that I have created, listed (roughly) alphabetically for your convenience. To make life easy, I'll only post those of the new templates for everyone to see here, but I will link to the older ones for those of you who are interested.

If you have requests, this is the place to ask for them! I simply ask that you provide a link to a biography or reference of the character, as I do put a fair amount of time into the details and it saves me the trouble of hunting down what they look like. Thank you all, it really is appreciated!

WARNING! Many images below!