Hello all,

I am a 26 (I know! Don't judge me! :P) year old (female) graphic artist working for a rather large state university, and I do freelance illustration work on the side.

I'm primarily an artist and a heavy reader. I'm beginning to dabble in writing, but there IS a bit of a learning curve involved in switching from an artist's mindset to that of an author. ;) I'm giving it a shot! Comments and suggestions on my writing style are always welcomed and appreciated.

I majored in electronic art and Japanese in college with a side order of printmaking and Asian studies.

These are a few of my favorite things!:

Naruto - Kakashi, Neji, Sai, Hidan XD IC-for-whatever-situation-you're-writing-him-in!Naruto

Harry Potter - Snape, Lucius, Harry, Tonks, and to some degree, Draco

Lord of the Rings - Legolas, Gimli, Elladan, Elrohir, Glorfindel, Elrond

Weiss Kreuz - Brad Crawford! Aya, Schuldig

Fullmetal Alchemist - Roy! Ed, and Ling

Slayers - Xelloss! Loves me some Xelloss! Lina, Luna, Milgrasia (I know that one's a bit random - long story ;)

Bleach - Ichigo, Renji, All the captains, really.

I'm not at all a fan of schmoopy romance or shipping. It's just not my thing. I'm probably the least girly straight girl in existence. XD Please don't assume I'm going to "ruin" my own story with lovey-dovey crap just because of my gender. I'll either be offended or laugh at you if you PM with something along those lines. ;) If I HAD to pick a Naruto/Girl pairing, I'd have to go with Naruto/Temari. Temari is awesome.

I am currently working on a Naruto canon based AU fic. It is Naruto-centric and 25 chapters and counting (not including interludes), titled, "Senju Naruto" :P It begins shortly before his birth, and may continue on until he becomes Hokage, though I haven't outlined that far ahead at this point. It's mostly family/friendship/Adventure with a touch of everything else except poetry/songfic thrown in. Oh - and my dry sense of humor. There's a good bit of that.

If you are interested in seeing what Naruto will eventually look like in this fic, please see here: Senju Naruto

There's also some quick doodles I've been doing for each chapter's title art:

Chapter Two's title art: HERE

Chapter Three's title art: HERE

Chapter Four's title art: HERE

Interlude 1's title art: HERE

Chapter Five's title art: HERE

Chapter Six's title art: HERE

Wallpaper type thing: HERE

Naruto in Senju Armor (posted with chapter 7): HERE

Chapter Eight's title art: HERE

100th commenter's requested art for user Super Saiyan 2 Gohan! - Tsunade and Naruto playing shogi: HERE

Interlude 2's title art: HERE

Chapter Nine's title art: HERE

Chapter Ten's title art: HERE

Chapter Eleven's title art: HERE

Interlude 3's title art: HERE

200th commenter's requested art for user JayJay94! - Plants love Naruto: HERE

Chapter Twelve's title art: HERE

Chapter Thirteen's title art: HERE

Chapter Fourteen's title art: HERE

Chapter Fifteen's title art: HERE

Chapter Sixteen's title art: HERE

Chapter Seventeen's title art: HERE

Interlude 4's title art: HERE

Anti-Pervert no Jutsu! (doodle posted with chapter 18 because I had no time for other title art): HERE

Chapter Nineteen's title art: HERE

Many of you have asked me to do artwork for your stories, and I'm very flattered! Unfortunately, as much as I'd love to, I don't have time to do something for everyone who asks on top of my own story and art (not to mention RL, family, friends, work...), and my paying customers might get a bit peeved if I started doing a lot of work for other people without my usual fees. I am extremely appreciative for your interest, and you are always welcome to send me requests, but I'm afraid I can't make any promises unless you are willing to pay my commission fee. A girl's got to eat...and pay for her shinies. XD

Thanks very much!

Baal

Many of you have contacted me with commission inquiries - Thank you for your interest! Unfortunately, at this time, my commission queue is entirely full, as is my waiting list. You may, of course, still contact me with requests, but I don't take professional projects unless I can be entirely certain they can be done within a two-week maximum waiting period. My professional quality work is much more polished than what you see in my profile and therefore, far more time consuming. This makes it necessary to limit the number of projects I take at any given time to insure that level of quality. My free time is pretty scrunched as it is since I can only work on freelance pieces after my normal full-time, day job. I also need time to work on my own creative pursuits and artwork, or I get burnt out. ;) Once I clear some room in my schedule, I will remove this message. Thank you for understanding. :)