HI, Secret Santa! Since there are only a few people on the list of Secret Santa participants that I even recognize, chances are we don't know each other very well! So in order to make things a little easier for you, here is a list of stuff that would be awesome and that I would be thrilled to receive:
1. Gift art. I loooooooove art! I have some original characters that I would love to see drawn that you can pick from:
---- Esque (
reference) --- He's big and doofy. His best friend is a purple-haired elf guy named Mathais, who belongs to a friend of mine. (Mathais reference is also behind the link above.) Esque can be drawn either as a dragon or semi-human, and you are more than welcome to take artistic liberties with his design because I know he can be a pain to draw.
---- Ish (
reference) --- Esque's sibling. As dragons, they are the same size. I still don't have a good color reference for Ish (I'll work on it) but he is white with a golden sheen. The markings on his wings are black. Ish is laid-back, likes wearing an excessive amount of decorations and jewlery and shiny things.
---- ______ (
reference) --- This character is nameless by design. He can be wearing any kind of clothes you like, though when he's chilling out in the back of my brain he's usually wearing an old, white t-shirt, jeans, and no shoes. He's usually pretty mellow, but his other moods include annoyed or bored more than anything. He rides around on a big purple and green monster named Beltenebros, who is the embodiment/manifestation of a bicycle, and is often shown with a bike chain around his neck like a collar. (Beltenebros reference also behind above link, if you feel like drawing him.)
---- Endless Forest Deer --- These are not any specific characters, but just my usual set when I play in the forest. I usually wear the swirly gold pelt, crazy antlers and "hair" mask
as seen here, or the silver pelt with long mask and trumpet antlers.
---- Other --- I'm in love with the games "Shadow of the Colossus" and "Ico." If you draw any fanart from these games for me I will be very happy.
2. Bird-shaped Christmas tree ornaments.
3. Art supplies. I am always needing art supplies. Right now I especially need mechanical pencils, a new sketchbook, sculpey, and gesso.
4. Gift cards for Borders, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, GameStop or GameTrader.
5. Video games. Sometimes they are expensive so I'm not really expecting these, but if you have a copy lying around that you don't want any more, it would make me very happy. Specifically, I'm looking for the following games: Endless Ocean (Wii), Hotel Dusk (DS), any Phoenix Wright games (DS), Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS), Elite Beat Agents (DS), any Katamari Damacy game (PS2), or any other game for the DS/Wii that you think is a fun one to play.
EDIT: 6. Yummy foods! I live on the west coast of the USA. If you live outside the USA, and you know of particularly yummy snacks, candies, nonperishables, or other goodies that are common in your country and not mine, I would adore a sample! I have no food allergies or special dietary needs, so anything is fine!
Stuff I love: Nature, birds, art, fish, dragons
I will keep adding to this list as I think of stuff!
That's all I can think of! Thank you so much, Secret Santa! If you have any questions, be sure to ask Jen so she can pass along the message.