Longstanding Art-Trade offer:

I'll draw a sketch / lineart for the first 10 people who reply, under the following conditions:

I. Total one character (Chibis count as 1/2). Please supply references.
II. No mature content requests (hentai, etc.)
III. Reciprical Clause: You must complete a drawing of one of my characters (and send me a note so I can Fav it)

Requests:

1. 's character Black -- done
2. 's character Aero -- done
3. 's alter-ego, Frenotx -- done
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Recent Reads:
Neverwhere - A real treat. Dark, understated urban fantasy, with not a single vamp or were in sight. It never breaks down into overly long exposition, and manages to capture an appropriately disturbing atmosphere.

American Gods - Very cool book, manages to have quite a few twists literally staring you in the face, yet even the reader may not catch them until they're made explicit. Also, considering the complexity of the plot and concepts, its nice that it never breaks down into Exposition/Summary/Recap/Just-make-sure-we're-all-on-the-same-page-here mode, unlike Snowcrash.

Equal Rites - What can I say? It's a discworld book, and it's hilarious.

Snow Crash - Stevenson is not nearly as good a writer as Gibson, never-the-less, this is an excellent read; though the more technical reader may be head-slamming a bit at some of the reaches it makes.

Good Omens - It's a collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Seriously, how can you think it's not worth a look?

Pattern Recognition - Very nice, Gibson seems to be moving closer and closer to the present. Or perhaps we're catching up. Neat use of shifts toward stream-of-consciousness style to indicate increasing amount of jet-lag in the main character.